In the past.
Mei Yuebai got up early to prepare breakfast, mainly because he was afraid he would suffocate if he stayed any longer.
Xu Qian's eyes opened on the dot at 6 AM, and she went to the bathroom to wash up.
Gu Qing walked into the bathroom wearing a green dinosaur robe, his eyes not yet open.
He closed his eyes and began brushing his teeth and washing his face.
Meanwhile, Xu Qian was busy next to him, her routine taking a bit longer than a man's.
She needed at least toner and moisturizer, plus a bottle of sunscreen.
By the time he finished washing up, Xu Qian hadn't finished yet, and Gu Qing hadn't opened his eyes. He pulled open his robe, preparing to urinate.
Xu Qian glanced at him, "Stop, I'm leaving."
Gu Qing: ...
"Sister Qian, when did you come into the bathroom!"
He almost got to see everything!
Xu Qian replied slowly, "I've been here all along."
Gu Qing covered his face and ran out, it was too embarrassing, he wanted to live on another Earth.
After eating their fill, the group went downstairs to pick up missions.
As they approached the mission hall, they coincidentally ran into Jiang Shuo and his group. The two brothers following him had pale faces and unsteady steps.
Their crystal cores were shattered, which would affect all the benefits they received as ability users.
For example, their sight, hearing, speed, and strength would all be improved, but with shattered crystal cores, these abilities would essentially become completely ineffective, making them almost like normal people.
Since they were living so uselessly, she would give them a push.
Xu Qian turned back, her mental power converging into a straight line, piercing directly into their already shattered crystal cores.
Her ability was more powerful than it was originally, and without any effort, the crystal cores of the two of them were directly shattered.
With a "crack."
The two of them simultaneously fell to the ground. People passing by were stunned, wondering why they suddenly fainted on the ground.
Jiang Shuo was also dumbfounded, not knowing who to help up first.
She subtly curled her lips. Without the assistance of these two right-hand men, it would be incredibly difficult for him to climb up.
They arrived at the mission hall exactly at 7 AM.
Now they were only going to copy tasks at the 3-star level, so there was no rush.
Xu Qian took a look at the 4-star missions; they were still the same few.
After they finished copying, Cheng Liangqing selected a few 3-star missions and handed them to Xu Qian for her review.
The missions for the past two days were all chosen by him. Because they were too "active," he had to handle this.
Xu Qian waved her hand.
"Let's go with what you chose."
In the end, in addition to the three 3-star missions to collect supplies, they added one 4-star mission.
The 4-star mission was chosen by Xu Qian: to go to the subway station to find documents. The main reason was that there were definitely enough zombies in the subway station.
After preparations were complete, they set off for the city.
On the way, the number of zombies was much larger than in the previous two days. Without realizing it, the apocalypse was almost a month old.
Most people, even if they didn't want to go out, had to. Without food, they could only starve to death. They had to go out and find new supplies.
After a month in the apocalypse, the nearby supplies were scarce, and most had been looted. Most of the survivors had no experience killing zombies and could only wait to be killed by them.
Zombies were increasing, and survivors were decreasing.
The first mission: collect 2000 lighters.
Gu Qing expertly drove the car around the city. After doing many missions, he was familiar with which stores were in which corners of the city.
Every convenience store they passed yielded a small amount of supplies and a small number of lighters.
However, most of the convenience store windows had been smashed, and the doors had been pried open. There wasn't much food left inside, but a lot of cigarettes remained.
Xu Qian collected them directly into her spatial storage. Now, no one cared about cigarettes, but later, they would be worth millions of crystal cores.
They had searched most of the convenience stores in the bustling city, but they had collected less than 1000 lighters.
Xu Qian had also collected lighters before, but she hadn't specifically collected them. Even with the scattered lighters in her space, it wasn't enough.
Gu Qing had to drive into the alleys, searching for more convenience stores.
There were too many zombies in the large supermarkets, making it too difficult to go there.
Mei Yuebai leaned back on the sofa, his eyes half-closed in rest. A black Hummer drove past, and he suddenly opened his eyes, then a slight, wicked smile curved his lips.
Just as he was about to tell them to stop, Gu Qing had already stopped the car.
It turned out there was a convenience store called "Xi Yang Yang" nearby. This convenience store's door hadn't even been pried open. Looking in through the glass, colorful foods were displayed on the shelves.
Mei Yuebai gave a brief instruction and got out of the car, walking towards the Hummer not far away.
Xu Qian didn't pay much attention. Cars were everywhere in the apocalypse, but gasoline was nowhere to be found.
She pulled out a small clip and pried open the door.
A strong, foul odor of excrement and urine assailed them.
Xu Qian was completely certain that there were living people inside.