End of the World Cycle

The jades on the Shui family were all collection-level jadeite. A small jadeite ring was placed on the appraisal machine that Xie Qin exchanged from the system, and instantly exchanged for 200 points according to the exchange rate set by Xie Qin.

"Hello, one jade ring can be exchanged for 200 points. Will it be directly deposited into your card?" The speaker was Bao Huihui. After giving birth, Bao Huihui started working right after the confinement period. Although there are only a few people in the base now, everyone has found a suitable position for themselves.

“Yes, they are all on the card.”

"Okay, anything else?"

"No, no more." Shui Zicheng took his card and left the window, then turned around and said to his family.

"The jade is useful! My ring is worth two hundred points."

When everyone heard that jade was valuable here, their faces instantly lit up. You know, jade is something that is given value by humans. At the moment of life and death, these things can only be regarded as a pile of waste stones except for their beauty.

Now they can actually exchange points here so that they can live a normal life. This is undoubtedly the happiest thing for them, and they instantly have some hope for their future life.

The Shui family was a famous jade merchant, and everyone had some jade decorations on them, especially the women. The three women had jade bracelets on their hands, and they exchanged for 300 points. The children also had peace buckles on their necks, which could be exchanged.

As a result, everyone exchanged two or three hundred points, and stored them on their ID cards regardless of age just in case. They were fully aware that this disaster would not pass, but would only get worse, and they were afraid that something might happen to someone, so everyone had to ensure that they had hope of survival.

After a dozen people exchanged their points, Xu Yangyang took them to the cafeteria.

The canteen was very large, and it was obvious that it was opened up by connecting the suites. There were only four elderly people in their fifties, two men and two women. Three of them were busy at the window, and they had heard that there were more than a dozen new people today, and they were still busy cooking. The other one was holding a baby in a swaddling cloth and coaxing him.

The two nannies who used to cook delicious food have also gone to the Lake City base. Now the cafeteria is still the same as it was at the beginning, with Yang Yuan's parents and father-in-law and mother-in-law cooking in it.

Although it is not as delicious as the ones made by the two nannies, it is simply a delicacy for Shui Zicheng and his friends.

Many people lived here before, so there were all kinds of tableware and chairs. I followed Xu Yangyang's example, took the plate and went directly to the window to get my food.

Once you use your ID card on the machine at the window, the points will be automatically deducted. Then the person at the window will take the plate and fill it up with each dish.

Shui Zicheng was standing at the front, looking at the plate full of food in his hand, he felt like crying for some reason: lush green vegetables, fragrant braised spareribs, glossy green pepper and pork shreds, a big bowl of soup, and shiny white rice.

With saliva rolling in his mouth, Shui Zicheng still handed the plate to Shui Miao beside him.

"Come and take your sisters to eat first."

Shui Miao happily took the food from her uncle and went with her two older sisters. The food was quite filling, and it was enough for three little girls to eat together.

He filled another portion and handed it to Du Ruohan, asking her to eat with her youngest daughter in her arms. Then he filled one portion for his two younger sons, and also filled one portion for his younger brother and sister. He glanced at his wife, and the two of them smiled at each other and nodded. Each of them only filled one portion of rice.

The family sat at the table and had a rare hot meal. Although there were only six servings of rice, everyone shared the food with each other and ate happily.

It can be seen that the Shui family is well-educated. Even when they are starving, they still eat in a proper and courteous manner. As the eldest brother, Shui Zicheng also takes good care of the whole family. Six meals are enough for eleven people.

There were some national treasure-level jadeite in their suitcases. According to the calculation of this machine, it was estimated to be worth three to four thousand points. However, there were so many of them that if they didn't budget carefully, it would be difficult to eat in the near future, not to mention that they didn't know what the place would be like to live in.

Their family of thirteen had a total asset of only seven or eight thousand points. His two older sons also needed to eat, and it couldn't be simple food. After eating and settling his family, he planned to go find Xie Qin. It was Xie Qin who said he was willing to raise them, so he had to tell Xie Qin how to raise them.

If Xie Qin couldn't do it, he would have to find a way to support his two zombie sons.

Xu Yangyang walked in front and swiped her card to get into the elevator, talking as she walked.

"Our base was established not long ago, and the free accommodation is a bit rudimentary, but it is definitely much better than what you have outside. At least it is cooler."

"Are we living on the first floor?" Shui Zicheng asked as he looked at Xu Yangyang and pressed the button for the first floor.

"Yes, the first to fifth floors are all dormitories. We are few in number, so my grandfather is the only one working on the bunk beds. Only the first floor has been installed." Xu Yangyang replied.

When they arrived at their accommodation, the Shui family was quite satisfied. It was very clean, and there must have been a thermostat in the room. The temperature was not as low as on the 16th floor, but it was not hot either, probably around 30 degrees.

The only difference is that men and women are separated. In a suite, there are large bunk beds made of wooden boards against the walls. There is nothing on the beds, and there is nothing in the room either, except for the toilet. All other places, including the kitchen, living room and dining room, have been converted into large bunk beds, leaving only a narrow aisle.

A house of about 100 square meters, with all walls opened up except the load-bearing walls. Wooden boards were placed against the walls, with a white dividing line every 2 meters. Each bedside was numbered. Shui Zicheng walked around and saw that there were as many as 40 beds in the small suite, which meant that 40 people could live in one room.

Just like Xu Yangyang said, there are very few people in the base now. Apart from the original residents, there are only them, so this place is very spacious for them.

The five rooms on the left are all boys' dormitories, and the girls' dormitories are on the right across the elevator hall. Shui Linglong was left to look after the children, and the adults started to move things into the car.

The bus stopped inside the repair shop. Xu Kai was inspecting it. After Shui Zicheng greeted them, several people started moving large and small bags upstairs.

Shui Zicheng tried the elevator, but his ID card only allowed him to go to the first and sixteenth floors. He wanted to find Xie Qin but didn't know how to get there.

After settling his family, Shui Zicheng went to the 16th floor by himself. He went directly to the office. Tang Yuzhe in the office heard that Shui Zicheng wanted to find Xie Qin, so he took out the intercom from the drawer and started to contact Xie Qin.

After returning home and having dinner, Xie Qin looked at the system mall, thinking about how to add some convenient things to the base. After looking carefully, he found that although his points were not small, he could not buy many things, and most of them were very ordinary daily things.

The communicators, drones, generators, and other things that he wanted all required completing missions to obtain, not to mention other heavy weapons.

After walking around for a while, they bought some building materials and prepared to continue rebuilding the base. Xie Qin was lying on the sofa, staring at the ceiling in a daze. Just when he wanted to find Liang Pengfei to practice, the intercom on the coffee table rang.

When Xie Qin heard that Shui Zicheng was looking for him, he thought of the jade mines in his family. Although he didn't know how much experience the raw stones could add, with so many of them, it should be faster than completing tasks.

Now due to population issues, the main quest has been stuck, and side quests will not be triggered unless you go out and contact the outside world. The fastest way to upgrade now is to collect gold and jade.

Thinking of this, Xie Qin stood up, replied to Tang Yuzhe, changed his clothes, and went out to the 16th floor.

When they arrived at the office on the 16th floor, they found the Shui Limu brothers there. They changed into white T-shirts, wore knee-length beach pants, and canvas shoes that were washed bleached. Even such simple clothes looked good on them. Xie Qin couldn't help but look at the two of them and nodded with satisfaction.

"Base commander, it's Amu and Aqing. You know that their situations are special. If they don't eat for a long time, they will lose their independent consciousness." Shui Zicheng understood this point very well. At that time, the two brothers did not want to hurt their family members and resolutely refused to drink the blood taken from their family members.

Ah Qing lost control and almost bit Shui Liheng and Shui Liyan. Although Amu had better control than Ah Qing, he also endured extreme pain.

"What do you like to eat?" Xie Qin walked forward a few steps and came directly in front of Amu. The two brothers were sitting on stools in the office. Xie Qin stood there and realized that his height was almost the same as theirs when they were sitting. He couldn't help but sigh at his height.

After hearing what Xie Qin said, the two of them shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know either.

"They have only drunk blood." Shui Zicheng replied.

"Do you think blood tastes good?"

The two men shook their heads again.

"They are actually a little resistant. Basically, they drink it once every three days, and only drink 100 milliliters each time. After drinking it, they will feel much better and their abilities will become stronger."

"Okay, I got it. I'll take them to choose something to eat. You go and have a rest first." Xie Qin said to Shui Zicheng with a smile.

When Shui Zicheng heard that Xie Qin was going to take his son away, he hesitated and kept rubbing his index finger with his thumb.

"Don't worry, let them come back before seven o'clock. You know, if I really want to do something to you, no one can leave Jiangqiong City alive."

"No! I don't think so, base commander. I'm just afraid that the two children will do something wrong." Shui Zicheng made up an excuse.

"Let's go." Xie Qin stopped talking to Shui Zicheng and motioned the two brothers to follow him. The two brothers looked at their father, and when Shui Zicheng nodded, they followed Xie Qin.

Xie Qin took the man directly to the 88th floor. The two brothers sat awkwardly at the long table in the flower hall and waited, while Xie Ran stood beside them, leaning against the instrument, looking at the two curiously.

You can't tell from the outside that the three of them have been chatting for quite a while. After a while, Xie Qin came with two large plates. It was weird to see the three of them looking at each other quietly.

"What are you doing?" Xie Qin asked as he placed the plate of fresh beef on the table.

"Chatting, listening to them talking about what's happening outside."

"Chat? How did you chat?"

"Spiritual power, just communicate normally."

"What? Why can't I do it? I also have mental power." Xie Qin was a little surprised. Why couldn't he do it? His mental power also came from Xie Ran. Logically, the type of his mental power should be the same as Xie Ran's, but he couldn't use his mental power to communicate with his two brothers.

"How would I know? Mental powers are different, too. Anyway, I can understand what they say, and they can understand what I say." Xie Ran shrugged. Xie Qin frowned, unable to figure out the reason, and asked Xiao Bao, who only said that it could not be detected at its level for the time being, and that it might be a mutation of the supernatural power.

Xie Qin didn't worry about it anymore. It wouldn't be too late to find the answer after the small castle was upgraded with more comprehensive functions.

The two brothers looked at the thin slices of raw meat on the table and looked at Xie Qin with some fear. Although the two did not say anything, Xie Qin understood the meaning in their eyes.

"What are you thinking about! This is beef! Can't you recognize beef?" Xie Qin burst into laughter and almost hit the two people on the head.

The two brothers then recognized that what was on the table was beef. The beef was very fresh. Xie Qin bought a whole cow and put it directly into the space. In order to feed the two brothers, he controlled the long knife in the space to chop out a whole cow leg.

It took Zhang Mingfang half an hour to cut two plates of fresh beef for the two people.

"Try and see if eating raw meat has any effect."

After listening to Xie Qin's words, the two brothers picked up the fork, poked a small piece of beef into their mouths, and it didn't taste as bad as they expected. It had a fishy taste at first, but more of a slight sweetness and the aroma of meat, and then their bodies felt satisfied.

It wasn't the feeling of having my stomach filled because I was hungry, but my body felt empty. I felt satisfied after eating the raw meat, and then I ate a few more pieces. Gradually, I could feel my mental strength beginning to recover.

"How about it?"

"Good. Eat." After his mental strength was restored, Amu began to communicate with Xie Qin. His gray eyes watched Xie Qin gradually become clearer, and his voice seemed to be less hoarse. Because he had eaten satisfactory food, his expression was also very relaxed. He looked very well behaved.

"It seems that raw meat is useful. You two are not difficult to raise." Xie Qin smiled and couldn't help rubbing Amu's head. A Qing beside him also opened his mouth with satisfaction and made a "huh" sound that only zombies can make.

"Get up and work when you're full." Xie Qin watched the two people finish a plate of beef and knocked on the table to signal them to get up.

The two followed Xie Qin to the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room.

"Did you control the zombies in Jiangqiong City before?" Xie Qin asked Amu.

"Yes. I. They are obedient." Amu nodded obediently, and Aqing also nodded like Amu.

Xie Qin had seen Xie Jin controlling zombies in his previous life. Zombies were born to obey the Zombie King. Even if the Zombie King did not actively control them, the zombies around him would receive the Zombie King's magnetic field and automatically protect him.

Xie Qin understood from just a few words that Amu was not controlling the zombies with his mental power, but that the zombies took the initiative to listen to him. He was able to control the zombies in the entire city because of his identity as the zombie king. All zombies that could sense his presence would receive Amu's magnetic field and gather in a certain place according to Amu's ideas.

"Try and see if you can control the zombies in this city and make them form a defensive wall around the city in an orderly manner."

"Very. Tired." Amu replied, shaking his head.

"You mean, this city is too big and it would be tiring if there were too many zombies?"

"Yes! Go ahead and order the zombies to protect me."

"What do you mean?" Xie Qin was confused. Half of the conversation with Amu had to be guessed. Xie Ran suddenly appeared.

"He said he could go to the periphery to gather the zombies together, have them stay in designated locations, and order them to protect Brother Amu."

"Oh? That's a good idea too!"

"Huh!——" Ah Qing beside him opened his mouth and made a sound, as if he was also saying something. Xie Qin looked directly at his brother.

"What is he talking about again?"

"What did he say his job was?"

Xie Qin knew about Ah Qing's ability, using his mental power to hide the living things around him. Although he was only at the third level, his ability was so powerful that even abilities higher than his could not sense it. For example, Xie Qin's fourth-level mental ability. Of course, this did not include mental abilities with absolute domains.

But the range of the absolute domain of the superpowers is very small. Even for a fourth-level zombie king like Amu, the absolute domain of the mental power is only more than 30 meters. So Aqing's superpower is equivalent to a low-level version of the invisibility shield.

"You will follow me from now on. As long as I leave the base, you will follow me. Wherever I go, you will go. Protect me. Do you understand?"

"Ho-"

"He said he understood." This time, Xie Ran translated directly without Xie Qin asking.

After eating a bun, the two of them looked more transparent, in short, they looked better. It was pleasing to the eyes, and Xie Qin felt better looking at these two good-looking people.

He smiled and sent the two of them into the elevator and let them go back. He felt happy even when he was sleeping and fell asleep much faster than usual.