Lucas's somewhat foolish performance in his speech quickly made the approaching people relax their vigilance.

"Brother, your motorcycle is cool. Let me give it a try."

The cautiousness of the young leader eased a bit, and his eyes lit up as he reached out to touch Lucas's motorcycle.

"Before the disaster, I also had a fantastic motorcycle. As long as I didn't go out to work, I would ride it whenever I had the time."

"I wonder how my motorcycle, which I've had for seven or eight years, is doing now."

Recalling the past, a touch of sadness appeared in the young leader's eyes.

"From now on, you can ride this motorcycle as much as you like. I rarely use it anyway, mainly because I don't have any gasoline to fill it up."

"It's called Demon Blade. I picked it up from a car dealership. It feels great to ride."

Lucas spoke to the young leader, but both of his hands tightly grasped the motorcycle handle, showing signs of nervousness.

"Hahaha, don't worry. I'll just take it for a ride, won't snatch it from you."

"Here's the deal, let me take you to meet our boss first. From now on, we'll be brothers."

The young leader laughed heartily, putting his hand on Lucas's shoulder and leading him into the resort.

A strong stench of sweat immediately hit Lucas's face. Although he almost vomited, he still maintained a smiling face, pretending to be ecstatic.

Entering the resort's gate, Lucas's eyes instantly lit up. Several types of large construction equipment were busy working, completely transforming the appearance inside the resort's gate.

Lucas's first impression was that this group of people should be from a construction company; otherwise, they wouldn't have such professional equipment.

When Lucas observed with a drone before, he only paid attention to the people and completely ignored other things.

"Haha, when we came here, the people who were originally here were constructing defense structures. It was like children playing pretend, not professional at all."

"But now, it's different. I dare say there are hardly any construction teams as professional as us."

Seeing Lucas's expression, the young leader willingly explained their background.

They were from a construction company in the coastal city. They had worked on many buildings in the coastal city, and they had even participated in military projects.

On the day the apocalypse arrived, their company happened to be at a construction site. So most of the equipment was preserved, and about half of the personnel survived.

At that time, the company's executives commanded the surviving people to hide in the unused underground mall and they managed to survive for a month.

What's more fortunate was that the Lake Blue Sky resort was constructed by their company. By chance, someone mentioned that the topography and environment of Lake Blue Sky were suitable for long-term survival, so they hurried over.

Among the three hundred survivors, there happened to be seven or eight evolvers. They were familiar with all the layouts of Lake Blue Sky and easily managed to defeat the Cobras with strategies and a little performance, successfully taking over the resort.

Listening to the young leader's introduction all the way, Lucas looked at the people who were being forced to work.

Many of them had recognized Lucas, but they silently chose to ignore him and didn't reveal his identity.

Actually, Lucas knew that someone would eventually point him out. hearts are unpredictable, and under certain conditions, some people develop ulterior motives.

Regarding this, Lucas didn't think too much about it and had already prepared to take action.

At this moment, his shadow clone had already determined the locations where the Cobras were being held and was figuring out a way to rescue them.

"I'm so hungry that I can't go on. I have no strength left in my body. Boss, could you get me something to eat first?"

Suddenly stopping, Lucas pretended to be extremely hungry and said to the young leader.

He couldn't proceed further, or else he would be immediately recognized.

In just a few more minutes, the shadow clone would be able to rescue the Cobras. Lucas planned to delay the time a bit.

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At this time, there was still one important thing that hadn't been clarified—the young leader hadn't mentioned any of the evolvers.

After speaking, Lucas directly sat down by the flower bed that hadn't been removed yet and refused to move any further.

The young leader, supporting Lucas with the motorcycle handle that Lucas had handed to him, was at a loss.

Are you really hungry?

Looking at Lucas's appearance, he had to instruct someone to bring food and also inform their boss.

It's all because Lucas claimed to have special abilities; otherwise, the sub-leader wouldn't be so accommodating.

"Brother, just sit for a while, have something to eat, and I'll take your motorcycle for a ride."

After the sub-leader finished speaking, he started the motorcycle.

Lucas nodded without saying anything.

Although the motorcycle had been modified and its shell was made of insect core armor, ordinary people couldn't tell, they would just think it was cool.

At this moment, the shadow clone finally managed to open the place where Cobra and Gehring were kept.

After the door opened, Cobra and Gehring rushed out first, only to find that there was nothing outside the door, and the person who had broken the door was no longer there.

At this point, Lucas didn't want too many people to know about the existence of the shadow clone, so naturally, he wouldn't let Cobra and the others come into contact with it.

The shadow clone that had returned to Lucas silently left again.

This time, the shadow clone followed the person who was called by the sub-leader to inform their boss, preparing to take the initiative.

Meanwhile, Cobra and the others ran out of the basement where they were held, smoothly reaching the surface and quietly escaping, preparing to find an opportunity to cross the bridge.

Before this, the shadow clone had already taken care of all the guards outside the basement, so Cobra and the others hadn't been discovered.

Seven or eight minutes later, the shadow clone returned to the island in the lake from the bridge pillar, confirming the location of the bosses among these outsiders and tightly gripping the pitch-black dagger in its hand as it charged in.

Just as one of the people was talking about Lucas, a jet of blood suddenly spurted from his neck, his eyes filled with unwillingness, and his body slumped to the ground.

At that moment, a black figure appeared behind him and pounced directly at the people inside the house.

No sooner had the shadow clones struck than Lucas immediately drew the pistol at his belt and shot one of the minions with a single shot.

Snap—

Snap—

...

Several consecutive shots, every bullet hit its mark.

With Lucas firing his gun, the entire resort descended into chaos.

The only evolved individual on the resort's side had just ignited a ball of flame in his hand, but before he could throw it, he saw a flash and his head flew into the air.

When Lucas used the recurve knife, he was fast and accurate, not giving his enemies any chance.

"Everyone, put your hands on your heads and crouch down."

Lucas didn't want to kill all the workers and outsiders, especially those who operated the machinery.

The people in charge definitely couldn't be left alive, but the workers had to stay.

While shouting, Lucas used his watch to make the bus automatically drive towards the resort.

At this point, even if Lucas were shot by an ordinary gun, he wouldn't be injured much; his skin could basically withstand bullets.

Just then, a piercing and familiar voice reached Lucas's ears from the direction of the bridge.

It was familiar because it was the scream Anna made when she activated her ability.

Under normal circumstances, if a normal person was yelled at this close range, their seven orifices would probably bleed.

"Sir!"

Suddenly, a figure flying in the air shouted at Lucas from a distance.

Turning his head, Lucas saw Cobra's figure appearing on the bridge, at least thirty to forty meters above the ground.

"This guy's ability to control wind is getting stronger and stronger..."

Lucas sighed and casually shot down a minion who was about to shoot him.

Creak—

The bus finally arrived at the entrance of the resort, and in the blink of an eye, the mute woman's figure ran from the top of the bus to Lucas's side, holding dual knives to protect him from behind.

"I'm fine here. You go check on the sub-leaders of those people. Try to keep them alive. I have questions for them!"

Lucas said to Cobra, who had arrived with the wind, and had Mata Hari get off the bus to watch over the people in the resort together with the mute woman, while he himself walked towards the island in the lake.

At this point, Lucas couldn't trust anyone except the mute woman, but he first had to make sure that the several evolved individuals from Blue Sky Lake didn't have any other intentions.

As Lucas walked towards the bridge, the bus silently followed behind him from the entrance of the resort.

The Revenge Mech on the roof of the bus also stood up, constantly changing its angles.

If anyone didn't have eyes at this moment, they were destined to be hit by a powerful bullet.

As Lucas crossed the bridge, he saw several dazzling lightning bolts appear out of thin air, fiercely striking the crowd of outsiders.

Boom!

The Avengers' cannon suddenly fired into the sky.

The loud noise startled everyone, and their gazes converged toward the direction of the bus.

At that moment, everyone witnessed an incredible scene.

Lucas, standing in the middle of the bridge, extended his hand, and a bright light emanated from the palm of his hand.

The light spot ascended slowly, gradually growing bigger and brighter.

When the light spot reached a height of over ten meters, it transformed into a ball with a diameter exceeding one meter.

Lucas released an artificial sun!

The small sun flew towards the Lake Island Square, instantly illuminating the entire square with its radiance.

Almost everyone was astonished by the small sun released by Lucas.

At that moment, almost everyone stared at the small sun, and many wondered in their hearts.

Was this thing a technological product or a miracle?

Simultaneously, Lucas's voice was transmitted through the bus's loudspeaker.

"Everyone, stop!"

The volume of the loudspeaker was not very high, but it was enough for everyone to hear clearly.

Soon, everyone came to a halt.

Anna, the old mayor, and others immediately moved through the crowd, demanding that both the people from Blue Sky Lake and outsiders immediately drop their weapons and line up in the square, crouching down.

The old mayor was indeed an extraordinary person, knowing that it was difficult to discern who was on their side at this moment, so he decided to have everyone crouch down and wait for inspection.

After about ten minutes, Gehring and the Cobras emerged from a house on the edge of the square, escorting a person. Mata Hari and the mute woman also led the people from the resort to the square.

Countless infected crows flew around in the sky, and apart from their cawing, there was almost no other sound in the entire square.

Lucas approached the person Gehring and the Cobras were escorting.

This person appeared to be a statue made of stone.

Without asking, Lucas recognized that this person possessed the ability of petrification.

Apart from his head, this person's entire body appeared to be made of stone.

"Sir, this is their leader. His ability is petrification. Gehring and I couldn't defeat him earlier; he stopped on his own," Cobras said, looking quite embarrassed, feeling a bit ashamed.

"Did they indiscriminately kill innocent people when they arrived at Blue Sky Lake?"

Lucas's words were somewhat unexpected.

"No, they didn't. When they arrived, they didn't directly attack. Instead, this guy, along with a few individuals with superpowers, disguised themselves as survivors," Cobras explained.

"They performed so convincingly that neither Gehring nor I noticed anything unusual, not even the old mayor."

"Little did we know that they would strike when we gathered to eat. They instantly took control of us, those who possessed superpowers."

"Concerned for our safety, the old mayor ordered all members of the security team to drop their weapons."

"Afterward, their main forces entered the resort."

"They were originally employees of a construction company and brought a lot of large-scale construction equipment. In a short time, they built several defensive structures."

"However, they didn't expect that these structures would end up helping us."

Cobras chuckled, unable to hold back his laughter.

Lucas glanced at Cobras and then turned his gaze to the petrified person in front of him.

"I've learned some details about your situation. I don't know how to deal with you, but releasing you is impossible, and keeping you also makes me feel unsafe."

"Maybe you can give me some advice. As for the others, I still need them to build Blue Sky Lake, so you don't have to worry about them."

Lucas spoke coldly to the petrified person while contemplating whether the Avengers' cannon could shatter his petrified body.

Or perhaps he didn't even need the cannon; could he dismantle him with his recurve blade?

Lucas felt a bit disgusted towards this person who had infiltrated and seized control of Blue Sky Lake using similar methods to his own.

At this moment, Lucas's mindset was typical of "doing it myself is better than having others do it."

Lucas self-mockingly thought, just like so-called moral standards, they apply to others, not to oneself.

"Hey, brother, no, big brother, can you please release my big brother? I'm willing to bear the consequences of his actions!"

Just as Lucas was making calculations in his mind, the subordinate who had brought Lucas to the resort suddenly stood up from the crouching crowd and shouted loudly at Lucas.