Apocalypse Descends: I Win Effortlessly by Turning Trash into Treasure

At Perry Yates’s command, countless golden Sunflowers sprouted from the ground.

They turned toward the residential building, beginning to emit golden sunlight like a cluster of brilliant pearls.

”ROAR!!!”

The Alien Queen was already enraged that her shelter had been blown open. Being attacked again sent her into an even greater fury.

Yet no matter how furious it was, the Alien Queen was powerless to resist such intense sunlight.

Its skin began to redden and break under the scorching sun.

To avoid further harm, the Alien Queen could only curl up as tightly as possible. However, this was a temporary fix that would only make things worse.

It was completely surrounded by the Sunflowers, which bathed it in searing sunlight.

A Hive only permits one Alien Queen. So, if a new queen is born within the nest, she must either kill the original Alien Queen to take her place or leave to build a hive of her own.

Most newborn Alien Queens choose the second option.

This wasn’t due to any familial bonds, but a disparity in strength.

As Alien Queens, they won’t attack each other, but ”won’t” doesn’t mean ”can’t.”

As a monarch, she would never allow anyone to covet her throne—not even her own child.

So, the moment a new Alien Queen showed the slightest hint of insubordination, its mother would immediately devour it.

The Alien Queen before Perry Yates had left its Hive only a few days ago.

After arriving at this residential area, it had claimed the place as the foundation for its future hive and was preparing to birth its first subjects.

A new Alien Queen is like a first-generation founder; the startup phase is always the most difficult.

If things had gone as planned, the people it had just controlled would have been its first meal, providing the energy to birth its first generation of subjects.

Unfortunately, it was too greedy.

It had spotted Perry Yates’s group from afar and wanted to capture them for food as well, only to become the prey itself.

Watching the Alien Queen gradually weaken under the sunlight, Perry Yates unhesitatingly cranked up the power.

About ten minutes later, the Alien Queen let out a final, mournful wail before falling completely still. The air filled with the smell of burnt meat.

Seeing this, Perry Yates didn’t approach. Instead, she flicked out a poker card, instantly incinerating the charred corpse of the Alien Queen.

Afterward, amidst the Alien Queen’s ashes, Perry Yates found a three-star card.

It was a Wood Attribute Skill Card: Regeneration.

This Skill was like the leaves of a plant—if they fall off, they can grow back.

Moreover, being a Wood Attribute card, it seemed like a perfect fit for Perry Yates.

However, Perry already had several cards with healing abilities. She also had plenty of defensive items and cards, making it difficult for anyone to get near her. This Regeneration card was actually a bit redundant for her.

Looking at the card in her hand, Perry Yates put it away.

’I’ll hang onto it for now.’

Then, Perry Yates turned and walked in the direction Elara Lynch and the others had gone.

After what had just happened, Elara Lynch and the others were quite shaken. They were especially terrified when they realized it had likely been an Alien Queen.

They abandoned their original plan to gather supplies. At a time like this, it was safer to hurry back to the base. As for the mission difficulty and Merit Points...

...those things only mattered if you were alive.

Compared to their own lives, they were worthless.

But sometimes, that’s just how it is. You search everywhere for something and can’t find it, but the moment you give up, it appears right in front of you.

The group was just about to head for the base when a team member cautiously approached Perry Yates and asked, ”Ms. Lowell, did a card drop after that Alien Queen died?”

Perry Yates turned her head and met the gaze of a baby-faced young man.

She remembered him. His name was Gavin Sawyer, she thought.

As luck would have it, while gathering information at the base earlier, Perry Yates had heard from someone that the base commander’s surname was also Sawyer and that he had a son named Gavin Sawyer.

”You want to get a special ability too?” Perry Yates asked.

Hearing this, Gavin Sawyer’s eyes lit up, and he nodded quickly. ”Yes, I really do! Please, sis, you’ve got to help me out.”

”I can, but what are you going to trade me for it? I don’t give my cards away for free.”

Perry Yates crossed her arms, adopting a businesslike attitude.

Hearing this, Gavin Sawyer thought for a moment and asked, ”What do you want? Wealth, status, Merit Points? You can name anything.”

At that, Perry Yates was even more certain of Gavin Sawyer’s identity.

’Just as expected of the base commander’s son, making such a grand offer right off the bat,’ she thought. ’But...’

”I don’t really need any of the things you just mentioned.”

When Gavin Sawyer heard her reply, he seemed to realize something. ”Ms. Lowell, you’re not from this world, are you? Will you be leaving?”

”Yes.”

The game system didn’t allow them to proactively reveal information about the game, but it wouldn’t stop them if someone else figured it out.

Besides, Perry Yates had also noticed that this world seemed different from the previous game worlds.

This seemed to be a real world, just like the Glacial Realm before it.

”I have one more question. How many cards do you have? The kind that can give people special abilities,” Gavin Sawyer suddenly asked.

His gaze toward Perry Yates suddenly became appraising, as if he were evaluating the value of an object.

In response, Perry Yates just smiled coolly and said, ”How many cards? I’m not sure myself. Maybe dozens, maybe hundreds. I don’t really know.”

Her Card Storage Device did indeed hold a lot of cards. Aside from the Advanced Cards she usually carried, she also had some others on hand just in case.

’Maybe I can trade with these people for some resources.’

’But if that’s the case, I can’t go back to the base with them. I don’t want to walk right into a trap.’

With that in mind, Perry Yates began to look around, wondering if she should find a place to set up shop and wait for people to come to her.

This world’s technological development was similar to Cerulea’s, or maybe even a little behind because of the Xenomorphs.

So technology was out.

Thinking of the materials she had collected from Xenomorphs in her Space Backpack, Perry Yates’s eyes lit up. She knew what she would trade with the people here.