Lucas heard the sound of the gasoline bottle shattering, and the enormous body of the insect turned around.

Three pairs of goose-egg-sized black eyes, located just behind its mouth, reflected the light of the fire, looking eerie.

Upon seeing the flames, the insect's six legs slightly sank, and its entire body instantly bounced up, leaping over the iron gate and back into the yard.

In the glow of the fire, a crimson ring appeared along the edges of the insect's hard exoskeleton, making it quite conspicuous.

"It really is the lowest-grade red-colored insect."

Having determined the insect's level, Lucas's nervousness eased slightly.

In his previous life, Lucas hadn't actually killed any insects.

He did know a little about the weaknesses of lower-grade insects.

The joints of their legs, their oral cavity, and their eyes.

He had guessed these weaknesses while observing the battles between evolved humans and insects.

This time, Lucas's focus was to attack the insect in these few places.

He had three portable liquefied gas canisters soaked in gasoline and wrapped in medical gauze hanging from his body.

Since he hadn't experimented with them, he didn't know if they would be effective, but he planned to stuff them into the insect's mouth.

As for the homemade gasoline bottles, apart from using them to ignite the gasoline drums, Lucas also planned to stuff them into the insect's mouth.

He just didn't know if they would ignite.

The electric welding gun and the portable high-power chainsaw were prepared for the insect's eyes and leg joints.

Given the available resources, this was the best Lucas could do.

The premise was that the first wave of burning the insects with fire wouldn't go wrong.

Lucas knew that using gasoline to burn the insects wouldn't cause them fatal damage, but it could still injure them and reduce their mobility.

The enormous figure of the insect stood in the yard, less than ten meters away from the corner where Lucas was hiding.

Lucas felt that the six insect legs, gleaming with a glossy black sheen, were sharper than his own knife.

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The grotesque and disgusting shape of its mouth was enough to give anyone nightmares at first glance.

Lucas's hands and body started trembling again.

But he had no choice but to act.

Even if he didn't make a move now, the insect might discover him.

Snap—

Lucas pressed the lighter, quickly igniting the gasoline bottle.

He exposed his body and decisively threw it towards the gasoline drum closest to the insect.

Earlier, Lucas had punctured all the gasoline drums and dug several channels for the gasoline to flow along.

The entire yard, except for the bus and the underground warehouse, as well as the five-meter radius around the first burning gasoline bottle, was covered in gasoline.

Boom—

The gasoline drum was ignited by the gasoline bottle, and the flames soared instantly.

There was also a blue-green flame that rapidly ignited the other areas of gasoline along the channels.

The flames soared into the sky, and the pungent smoke filled the air.

The insect's screams echoed through the yard, sounding furious.

At this moment, Lucas threw another gasoline bottle, and it landed directly on the insect.

Boom—

Boom—

The blue-green flames finally ignited all the gasoline drums in the yard.

After throwing the second gasoline bottle, Lucas couldn't see the specific situation of the insect anymore.

At this point, his eyes were filled with nothing but fire and thick smoke.

The temperature in the yard rose sharply, and Lucas was being roasted, feeling a bit dazed. For a moment, he didn't know what to do next.

The difference between imagination and reality caught Lucas off guard.

According to his plan, he should have thrown a portable liquefied gas canister first and then charged at the insect with the mobile high-power chainsaw for a close-range attack.

But now the entire yard had turned into a fire scene, and if he rushed in now, Lucas felt that he would become a roasted pig in less than half a minute.

Just standing in place, he felt as if he was melting.

Fortunately, Lucas was still lucky. The insect hit by the second gasoline bottle didn't notice him immediately.

At that moment, a burning giant fireball rose from the fire scene in the yard, soaring seven to eight meters high, and in the blink of an eye, it fell outside the yard.

Lucas felt blinded by the flames and thick smoke as the insect leaped away.

He had messed up on his first attempt and almost burned himself to death.

Feeling extremely frustrated, Lucas suddenly noticed a change in the yard.

His situation was no longer described as almost being burned to death.

A sudden gust of wind blew through the yard...

The fire instantly surged towards the spot where Lucas was hiding.

"This is not good."

Lucas quickly threw away the gasoline bottles and liquefied gas canisters on his body, disregarding the chainsaw and welding gun, and ran towards the direction of the bus.

At a critical moment, Lucas forgot to run towards the back of the single-story house in the yard.

There was a distance of over one meter between the house and the yard wall, making it unlikely for the fire in the yard to reach there.

Lucas also ruled out the underground warehouse as he feared the fire would leave him with nowhere to hide.

At a critical moment, Lucas relied on the system as a lifesaver.

He believed that the upgraded and modified bus was the safest place.

Running for his life, Lucas finally reached the bus.

If it weren't for the oxygen mask, the thick smoke would have choked him.

Within a matter of seconds after Lucas reached the bus, the fire in the yard spread to a distance of three to five meters from the vehicle.

"Now, what should I do, system?"

Panicked, Lucas directly sought help.

"The bus will break through the yard wall in ten seconds."

"The damage to the bus from this operation will be around 70%."

Before Lucas could think, the voice of the system sounded, and the bus started moving on its own, quickly changing direction and heading towards a corner of the yard.

Lucas lost his balance and fell to the ground.

Crash—

Rumble—

The sound of the collapsing yard wall accompanied the shattering of the windshield.

Lucas felt like his hand, which was protecting his head, had been pierced in countless places, causing intense pain.

The bus got stuck in the collapsed wall. When Lucas opened his eyes, he saw the fallen wall, the compressed driver's cabin, and shattered glass all over the bus.

Looking down, he realized his body was covered in broken glass, blood flowing out.

At that moment, Lucas felt like every part of his body was bleeding, experiencing too much pain, and entering a numb state.

Fortunately, Lucas's mind was still clear. After a moment of daze, he got up and jumped off the front of the bus.

Continuously leaping, he created a distance of seven to eight meters from the yard wall.

Seeing that the fire couldn't reach him, Lucas took deep breaths and began removing the broken glass from his body.

However, after removing only two pieces of glass, Lucas heard a sound in his left ear that felt like a lightning strike.

He was familiar with that piercing scream, a sound made by the insects.

Turning his head, Lucas saw the insect that had jumped out of the yard just twenty meters away from him.

By now, the flames on the insect had diminished.

Despite being burned by gasoline for such a long time, the insect hadn't been cooked. Its entire exoskeleton just had a reddish tint.

"You damn system!"

Overwhelmed by immense fear, Lucas swore at the system