Time Is Running Out

"Sister Yue, someone is looking for you."

A female bodyguard walked upstairs.

Jiang Yue was eating breakfast bread and glanced at the time - it was only 7:30 am, still early.

She leisurely swallowed the last bite and elegantly opened a bottle of milk.

When Jiang Yue came downstairs, a young lady had been waiting for a while.

Jiang Yue recognized her and was very familiar with her - this was her high school classmate and best friend before the apocalypse.

When the apocalypse came, she and Li Jingyin had gone to visit her, and after the heavy rain, they eventually took refuge in their dormitory.

"What's up, Li Jie?"

The team usually didn't gather and set off until 8:30 am, so why was she looking for her so early today?

"I have something to tell you, shall we go for a walk?"

Jiang Yue hesitated for a moment but eventually agreed, after all, this was her best friend before the apocalypse.

...

"Brother Jun, they've been waiting for you since early morning."

After brewing a pot of hot tea, Guo Yu also took out a pack of Harmony cigarettes, opened it, and handed one to Xiao Jun while lighting his own with a lighter.

"What are you kids smoking for?"

Despite saying that, Xiao Jun didn't stop him. In the apocalypse, who didn't have some stress? Alcohol wasn't an option, so why not smoke?

The rise of the "entertainment" industry in Future City overnight wasn't without reason - it was all about relieving stress.

Guo Yu chuckled mischievously like a rebellious kid, glancing furtively into the bedroom to make sure his mother wasn't around before lighting up.

"This is a thousand low-grade cigarettes."

Xiao Jun took out a spatial ring.

"Brother Jun, they made some money yesterday and want a bit more today. I already have the payment."

Xiao Jun only had a little over 2,000 low-grade cigarettes left, so he definitely wouldn't have extras to give them.

"No, but I do have high-grade ones."

"They said high-grade is fine too."

Xiao Jun glanced at Guo Yu and took out three hundred high-grade cigarettes from his spatial ring.

"High-grade ones are fifty Mutated Crystals each. They can sell them for however much they want, but not lower than the prices at the three major vendors."

Xiao Jun had even more high-grade cigarettes than low-grade ones. Initially, when they were raiding the major supermarkets, they always grabbed the most expensive items since space wasn't unlimited.

"Don't worry, I'll let them know."

Guo Yu nodded, took the ring, and left. After about ten minutes, he returned to the room and gave the ring back to Xiao Jun. The cigarettes were gone, replaced with Mutated Crystals.

"Brother Jun, I received news that the Lone Wolf Group might not last much longer."

Ever since Guo Yu learned that Xiao Jun had a history with the Lone Wolf Group, he frequently kept tabs on their situation.

The night before last, several of their Third Order members died. Yesterday was even worse - rumor has it that they only have about ten Third Order Mutants left.

Although they make a sizable income in Mutated Crystals every day, the Second Order Mutated Crystals need to be saved for cultivating Fourth Order Mutants, and their income from First Order Mutated Crystals doesn't even cover their losses from deaths.

Who would have thought that the Lone Wolf Group, one of the four major powers in Future City in the previous era, would only last a month now?

This was good news for Xiao Jun.

After sitting for a while longer, Guo Yu had to leave for the gathering as well, and Xiao Jun departed.

The streets were bustling with people preparing for the Airdrop Boxes again.

It had been a long time since he participated in this.

Xiao Jun sighed, wondering how his subordinates had become so disobedient - it would be better to keep a dog instead.

On the other side, Jiang Yue and her group of ladies had entered combat mode.

Don't think that just because there were no zombies, grabbing Airdrop Boxes was a matter of luck.

They would have to fight for them.

The entire city was filled with people - without fighting, they could only scavenge a few boxes per day. Robbing others was much faster.

"Sister Yue, someone has already tried to grab this one twice. When they saw us coming, they didn't dare to try a third time and ran away."

It was a high-grade Airdrop Box, piquing Jiang Yue's interest as well.

"High-tech military cot, soft and cozy, giving you the feeling of being at home."

Hmm... This item wasn't particularly good or bad, but she might as well keep it for now.

"High-grade Mutant Enhancer."

When these words appeared in Jiang Yue's mind, she was stunned.

She read the description again.

Consuming this would make her achieve godhood, wouldn't it?

She knew that Wan Cengya had taken a regular Mutant Enhancer before, which only increased her physical abilities by a factor of two.

How much would this high-grade one enhance her? Three times?

Finally, she had encountered a top-grade Airdrop Box.

"Yue Yue, what is that?" Li Jie asked, standing beside her and noticing Jiang Yue staring at something she had taken out in a daze.

Jiang Yue looked at the Enhancer in her hand, feeling as if in a dream.

Seeing that Jiang Yue wasn't responding, Li Jie thought she was still upset about the earlier incident and reached out to touch the Enhancer herself.

As soon as she made contact, the description automatically appeared in Li Jie's mind.

"Yue Yue, you should take this. Just consume it, and you'll become stronger than Xiao Jun directly."

Li Jie's face was filled with barely containable excitement.

An item to increase one's power - if Jiang Yue ate this, she would soar beyond Xiao Jun's level. Why would she need that stinky man anymore?

Let those smelly guys see that women in the apocalypse weren't just meant to be commodities - they could dominate just as well.

...

Xiao Jun went alone to the edge of his territory. After casually killing a few dozen zombies, he climbed up to the top of a tall building.

An endless sea of zombies stretched out before him, some even mindlessly biting each other out of boredom.

Could they still get out of the city?

Suddenly, Xiao Jun shuddered violently, as if being watched by something.

Following his instincts, he looked around but could only see the vast expanse of zombies, unable to discern anything clearly.

Yet the feeling of being watched grew stronger and stronger.

"Damn it, this must be a Fifth Order Zombie."

Xiao Jun was going mad - what had this world become?

The earthquake hadn't arrived, but the zombies were constantly preparing to attack the city.

Last time, it was Third Order Zombies attacking, but they were killed before they even started.

This time, they had a Fifth Order one ready?

This was cheating, a complete cheat.

With Xiao Jun's current strength, he might have a chance in a one-on-one fight against a Fifth Order Zombie.

But would zombies duel you in single combat?

If there were more than ten Fourth Order Zombies, plus one Fifth Order Zombie, Xiao Jun's entire harem team would become a zombie team.

He had to reach the Fifth Order himself.

Otherwise, none of them would survive.

According to his experience, although he didn't know if it was still reliable...

Once the Zombie Rain stopped, the city attack would be triggered.

He only had five days left.

Xiao Jun needed a large quantity of Third Order and above Mutated Crystals, no matter what - he had to exchange all the high-grade Mutated Crystals everyone had.