"Since you can't speak, I'll call you Little Mute from now on."
"Not perfect!"
Lucas murmured and placed the robot Little Mute in the driver's seat next to him.
The bus still had three seats remaining.
The driver's seat, the seat behind the driver, and the foldable seat where Little Mute sat, which was originally intended for the ticket collector.
After Little Mute quietly took her seat, Lucas thought for a moment and handed her the newly opened dual blades.
After all, it was something suitable for women, and it seemed appropriate for the robot Little Mute to use them.
Seeing Little Mute accept the dual blades and sit with them resting horizontally on her lap, Lucas had a feeling that this robot was definitely skilled in wielding knives.
The combat chip embedded in her was probably not simple. Perhaps this robot was a master.
With Little Mute arranged, Lucas began to contemplate again.
One was about the production of those drones, and the other was about the X Capsule.
"Wait!"
He suddenly realized that he hadn't dealt with the eggshell of Little Mute.
He didn't notice it before, but now Lucas looked at the opened eggshell and realized that the space inside was enough for both him and Little Mute.
【Press the eggshell button again to fold it back.】
The system suddenly issued a prompt.
Lucas pressed the black button on the eggshell.
Snap--
Similar to the sudden appearance of the eggshell before, after pressing the button, the eggshell made a crisp sound and disappeared.
After the eggshell vanished, a card the size of a business card appeared on the floor of the bus.
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Lucas picked it up and examined it carefully. Apart from some faint patterns, the card was entirely transparent, with nothing else on it.
【Stick the card to the heart position.】
The system prompted again and a panel popped up.
The panel had instructions.
Once the card was attached to the heart position, if Lucas's heart showed any abnormalities, the robot would find him and protect him without receiving any instructions.
The sensing distance was currently 10 miles and could increase with the improvement of Lucas's and the robot's abilities.
At the same time, this card also served as a communication device between Lucas and the robot, with a current communication range of 10 miles.
Of course, the current robot didn't have a language chip, so "she" could only listen and not respond.
Lucas didn't think much about it and directly lifted his clothes to stick the card to his heart.
The card instantly adhered to his skin, feeling firmly attached.
Then, a slight electric sensation suddenly emerged, and Lucas felt his heartbeat quicken.
At that moment, Lucas also noticed that Little Mute turned her head to glance at him.
But her expression remained cold and indifferent.
"Is this what they call a telepathic connection?"
Lucas opened the X Capsule again.
【Congratulations, host, for obtaining a mysterious fragment.】
"Hmm? Mysterious fragment?"
The voice of the system caught Lucas off guard. He looked at the panel but found nothing displayed on it.
"No explanation?"
Lucas was a bit puzzled, looking at the piece of metal in his hand, unsure of its material. It filled his mind with question marks.
The fragment was irregular in shape, around 2 centimeters in size, thin, and had an indeterminate weight, seemingly similar to the weight of the dual blades.
After examining it carefully for a few minutes, Lucas still couldn't figure out what it was.
Furthermore, the system informed him that it could keep the fragment for him, just like it did with the insect nuclei and insect armor.
Lucas didn't bother to immediately figure out what the fragment was.
Anyway, since it had appeared, he would surely find the answer in the future.
With the X Capsule matter settled, the bus arrived at the designated location.
At this point, Lucas felt that he shouldn't rush into the matter of the combat drones and decided to deal with it later.
Lucas got off the bus carrying a sniper rifle, a saw made from insect legs, and a large plastic bucket with his spare clothes inside.
He always carried the sniper rifle and the saw made from insect legs with him to feel safe.
Before getting off the bus, Lucas checked the drone control panel and saw that there were no abnormalities near the river, so he felt relieved.
He wasn't too worried about infected creatures in the river since he didn't plan to go in. He only used the bucket to fetch water for bathing.
In about ten to twenty days, Lucas wouldn't easily approach rivers or lakes anymore. By then, the infected creatures would have started evolving, and these areas would often have strange and powerful infected creatures.
Lucas didn't turn on the headlights or emergency lights as he walked to the river and filled the bucket with water. He undressed and started bathing.
There might be infected fish in the river, but Lucas didn't think they could fly out and bite him. In the early stages of the apocalypse, Lucas believed that besides the infected dog, almost all infected creatures were relatively dumb, even the insects.
The riverbank was quiet, with only the sound of flowing water. Lucas used a high-intensity flashlight to scan the surroundings and didn't find any mushroom-like growths nearby.
To be honest, in this quiet and dark environment, Lucas felt a bit uneasy.
Not far from the bus, Lucas saw that the emergency lights were on in the cars of the fugitives.
He applied shampoo to his head and started scrubbing.
There was a lot of zombie blood and other substances stuck to his hair, forming clumps. Even rubbing it himself made Lucas feel a bit nauseous.
He applied shampoo three times before feeling that his head was somewhat clean.
At this moment, while pouring water over his head, Lucas suddenly heard the sound of motorcycles approaching from the road he came from. It seemed like there was more than one.
Lucas paused for a moment, then continued washing his head. He knew that if someone approached him, the fugitives would take action.
This was also the reason why Lucas didn't force the fugitives to follow Henry and the others. Although he didn't say it, he implicitly agreed to have someone protect him.
Whether they could protect him was one thing, but having free lackeys was another matter.
However, what Lucas didn't expect was that this time the fugitives faced too many people and were disarmed without much resistance. Two of them were even killed.
When Lucas finished washing his head and looked up, at least thirty to forty motorcycle headlights were shining directly at him.
"FUCK!"
"Even taking a bath can lead to trouble!"
Lucas cursed in frustration.
In just that moment, he felt like he was going blind.