Lucas looked around after saying that and felt a bit embarrassed.

Being watched by countless people didn't feel good.

The waistband of the sweatpants Lucas was wearing had been burned, and he felt like it could fall down at any moment.

"Good thing I'm not wearing cartoon underwear."

Muttering to himself, Lucas didn't look around and walked to the motorcycle, getting on it.

Now the pants wouldn't fall...

Only then did Lucas realize that the infected dog that was on the ground was nowhere to be seen.

Turning his head, he saw the boy from earlier holding the infected dog and saying something.

Just like Lucas, the boy and the infected dog had an empty space around them.

Those people, including the soldiers, had seen Lucas coming for the infected dog, so the soldiers didn't shoot at the infected dog anymore.

It was quite touching to see them reunite.

Lucas felt that he wouldn't hug the infected dog with its rotting flesh.

The bugs he had just killed were among the zombie horde.

At this moment, bullets and grenades were flying all over the place. Lucas temporarily dismissed the idea of digging for bug cores.

However, he wouldn't leave now. He planned to wait until the zombie horde and the crowd had left before digging.

Lucas waved to a person in the distance who looked like an officer, and the soldier immediately ran over to Lucas.

The soldier appeared to be around thirty years old and saluted Lucas when he reached him, standing up straight.

"Thank you, sir, for saving us!"

Lucas felt a bit uncomfortable, waved his hand, and then pointed in a direction, saying, "Go to Phoenix Mountain, thirty miles outside the city. There are fewer people there, and there are relatively fewer zombies and bugs."

Lucas gave them a direction.

In his past life, he had heard many evolved humans say that although the wilderness was not safe, it was much safer than the city in the early stages of the apocalypse before powerful infected beings appeared.

And as for the fact that a coastal city would be nuked, even if these people weren't killed by infected beings, they would be wiped out by the nuclear explosion.

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As for Lucas himself, driving a bus in the city limited his mobility. He also planned to go to Phoenix Mountain, which was about the same walking speed as the crowd.

Seeing the soldier staring at him blankly, as if he had something to say, Lucas thought for a moment.

"I'm also going there, you go ahead."

After Lucas finished speaking, without waiting for the soldier to respond, he started the motorcycle and returned to the position of the bus.

After parking the motorcycle, Lucas closed the door, quickly changed his pants, put on a piece of clothing, and then collapsed into the seat.

This skill was so powerful that Lucas's stamina was almost completely depleted. He needed to rest well.

After about an hour, the remaining zombies were cleared by the military, and the crowd began moving towards the outskirts of the city.

Lucas wasn't in a hurry either. He ate something and then released a drone to observe the surroundings. Seeing that there was no imminent danger, he started the bus.

Despite his previous killing spree, Lucas was now not much different from an ordinary person.

"Just a minute of glory!"

He chuckled to himself, unable to contain his desire for bug cores.

He quickly dug up the bug cores and exchanged them for capsules.

He still wanted to experience the feeling of being non-human.

As the bus arrived at the previous battlefield, the crowd had already moved several hundred meters away, leaving only a military vehicle behind.

The soldier who had interacted with Lucas before walked over and stood beside the bus, his eyes filled with curiosity towards it.

Lucas knew he had something to say, so he opened the door and got off.

"Captain Henry salutes you, sir!"

The soldier named Henry instantly stood up straight and saluted Lucas again.

"If you have something to say, say it."

Lucas wasn't particularly averse to soldiers, but he was in a hurry to dig up bug cores and felt a bit impatient.

"I was stationed in the coastal city..."

"Stop!"

Lucas interrupted Henry before he could finish speaking.

Carrying a saw made of insect legs, Lucas couldn't be bothered to pay any more attention to Henry and started searching for bugs.

There were about a dozen, close to twenty bugs. Lucas felt like he was about to strike it rich.

Lucas didn't mind digging up the bug cores right in front of Henry.

His speed was fast, and he quickly harvested a total of nineteen bug cores.

Lucas glanced at Henry and saw that he hadn't left yet. It would be abnormal to directly hand over the bug carapaces to the system in front of him.

"It's the end of the world now, and if we want to survive, we can only rely on ourselves."

"As a soldier, you should understand that better than me."

"For me, I have no obligation to do anything."

"I know what you want to say, but it's meaningless to me. Don't waste your time with me."

Lucas said seriously to Henry.

This was also the first time he had spoken so much since being reborn in the apocalypse.

In his previous life, during the eleven years of the apocalypse, Lucas rarely spoke to others and was quite reclusive.

If he wasn't in a hurry to collect bug carapaces, he really didn't want to talk.

Today, he mentioned the Phoenix Mountain matter out of goodwill, but he didn't want to get involved with anyone.

After Lucas finished speaking, he stood there and lit a cigarette, looking at Henry.

In fact, Lucas was quite curious about how Henry and his military group managed to avoid being infected by the mushroom spores.

This further proved something: those influential people in the coastal city in his previous life must have known something in advance and left the city early.

However, despite his curiosity, Lucas had no intention of delving into it.

Surviving in the apocalypse was the most important thing, everything else was secondary. Lucas had no desire to be a hero and save the world.

Seeing that Lucas really didn't want to interact with him, Henry finally got on his vehicle and caught up with the crowd.

Once Henry's vehicle left, Lucas immediately returned to the bus and started exchanging the bug carapaces.

【Ten pairs of red bug carapaces can be exchanged for one yellow blank blueprint.】

【Ten red bug cores can be exchanged for one yellow capsule.】

The system's instructions were clear, directly telling Lucas what he could exchange for with multiple bug cores and carapaces.

Yellow was one level higher than red.

The conditions for exchange by the system were similar to what Lucas had estimated.

Without hesitation, Lucas clicked on the exchange.

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining one yellow capsule.】

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining one yellow blank blueprint.】

After the exchange, Lucas immediately exchanged for one more red capsule and opened it directly.

Lucas felt that there was no need to open the yellow capsule now. According to his memories from his previous life, yellow-colored bugs wouldn't appear for at least a month, and there wouldn't be any evolved humans, zombies, or other infected creatures in their advanced stages yet.

When that stage truly arrived, Lucas decided he would open it.

These capsules were like blind boxes, relying on luck. Lucas felt that the rewards might be different for each time period.

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining one red blank blueprint.】

【Congratulations to the host for a power boost. Strength +10.】

【Congratulations to the host for breaking through the normal range of adult strength. Reward: one immunity drug against infection.】

As soon as the system finished speaking, Lucas felt a change in his body.

It was a sense of power, a surging one.

Lucas at this moment even had a delusion that he could probably punch a zombie's head and smash it without any problem.