Closing his eyes, Lucas felt tears welling up, but after a few tens of seconds, he managed to compose himself.

Using his hand to shield his eyes from the motorcycle headlights, Lucas could now clearly see the people in front of him.

They were a group of young people, mostly teenagers or in their early twenties.

Before the apocalypse, these kinds of people were known as motorcycle gangs, composed of rebellious young individuals involved in street culture.

Because they acted without thinking and resorted to violence, the city dwellers didn't like them very much.

Whenever they spoke, it was always vulgar and crude.

Lucas didn't have a good impression of this group of people either.

Before the apocalypse, as an honest and straightforward person, Lucas had been blocked by these types of people on several occasions.

Lucas didn't speak or make any sudden movements. He wanted to see what these people were up to.

As his gaze scanned through the group, Lucas not only recognized the fugitives known as the Cobras but also spotted the owner of the infected dog.

However, he couldn't tell where the infected dog was hiding in the darkness.

The infected dog wouldn't give up on its owner, and Lucas knew this better than anyone.

This dog was an anomaly in the apocalypse, unwilling to easily abandon its owner even after turning into an infected dog.

Lucas remained silent, and the motorcycle gang didn't say anything either, not even the Cobras.

Just as Lucas started feeling uneasy, the leader of the motorcycle gang nodded to someone beside him.

Soon, a motorcycle rode up to the bus door, facing inside the bus.

After getting off the bus, Lucas didn't close the door. The mute girl was still sitting quietly at the entrance.

The motorcycle's headlight illuminated her, but she didn't move.

"Thomas, there's a woman inside the bus."

The young man on the motorcycle turned to the group and shouted.

But that wasn't all.

After shouting, the young man seemed to notice the situation inside the bus.

From the bus door, it was easy to see the various supplies piled up inside.

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The young man seemed more excited this time than before.

"Thomas, there's a lot of food and useful stuff inside this bus!"

"We don't have to take risks and go back to the city to find food for now!"

After shouting, the young man got off the motorcycle and pushed it towards the bus door, using the motorcycle's headlight to get a close look at the situation inside the bus.

"Miss, please come down and don't block the way. I want to get inside the bus."

The young man spoke to the mute girl, wanting to pull her away.

"Mute girl, get down and stand by the bus door. Don't make a move."

Lucas whispered quietly to himself, giving the mute girl an instruction.

Soon, the mute girl got off the bus, appearing as if she had been pulled down by the young man, without attracting anyone's attention.

The mute girl stood by the bus door without moving, holding a pair of daggers without sheaths in her hands, her eyes fixed on Lucas.

Several more motorcycles arrived at the bus door, and a few people got on the bus to search through things.

Meanwhile, Lucas raised his head and looked at the small red dot of the military drone in the sky, blinking.

Lucas was waiting, waiting for Henry to bring his men.

The military drone was up there, and Lucas didn't believe that Henry hadn't noticed the situation here.

Of course, Lucas didn't necessarily need to rely on Henry and his soldiers to come and save him.

He just found it a bit strange.

Before this motorcycle gang arrived, Henry and his team should have known about it.

They had sent out so many reconnaissance troops, so there must have been some presence near the bus.

But no one gave any warning!

Lucas felt that the current situation was not quite reasonable.

"Could they be testing me, trying to figure out my cards?"

Various thoughts ran through Lucas' mind at this moment, showing signs of paranoia.

One minute, two minutes, five minutes, ten minutes passed...

Henry's people didn't arrive.

In fact, to cover his act of pretending not to move, Lucas even raised his hands in a surrender position for the military drone to capture.

Lucas felt a bit disappointed, and he couldn't understand what Henry and his team were thinking.

The distance that could be covered in just five minutes, and yet there was no sign of them anywhere.

Lucas turned his head and saw that the motorcycle gang had figured out what was on the bus and was discussing whether to drive it away.

Then, someone started plotting against the mute girl.

They shouted at her, asking her to drop the knives and hand over the bus keys, but they actually wanted to take advantage of her.

The mute girl naturally wouldn't drop the knives, let alone respond to them.

If Lucas hadn't told her not to act, the two young men surrounding her would have lost their heads by now.

Lucas glanced at the military drone in the sky and finally lost his patience.

"Mute girl, kill all the people on the motorcycles."

Lucas whispered softly to himself, lowering his hands.

Splut

The sound of blades cutting through flesh could be faintly heard.

In the eyes of everyone except Lucas, the normally icy and aloof black-haired beauty suddenly made a move.

The twin blades reflected a cold light under the glow of the motorcycle headlights.

In an instant, the two people who had been talking to her had their heads flying in the air and landing on the ground.

But no one saw that a layer of frost formed on their heads when they hit the ground.

The random freezing effect of the twin blades had been triggered.

A chill spread, and even Lucas, not far from the bus, felt a slight coldness.

The sudden turn of events caught the motorcycle gang off guard.

Crack

Someone immediately fired a gun at the mute girl.

Clang

A crisp sound rang out.

But the mute girl remained unscathed, holding a knife in one hand as she boarded the bus.

The person who fired the gun was dumbfounded...

He thought his shot hadn't missed!

How did it hit the side of the bus?

"A single handgun bullet can hurt the body created by the mute girl's insect armor. What were you thinking!"

Lucas muttered to himself, watching the mute girl board the bus.

"Oops!"

Suddenly, Lucas realized something and quickly lowered his head to say another sentence.

"Mute girl, don't kill anyone on the bus. Bring them down instead."

Lucas didn't want the food, drinks, and various supplies on the bus to be stained with blood.

Especially his second crop of cucumbers, which had just ripened and he hadn't picked before getting off the bus. It would be uncomfortable to eat them with blood on them.

At this moment, most of the motorcycle gang's attention was drawn to the mute girl, and no one paid attention to Lucas.

Naturally, they didn't notice the sniper rifle placed by Lucas's feet.

Boom

Lucas fired a shot and immediately lay down on the ground.

The sniper rifle went off.

But the target wasn't the members of the motorcycle gang; it was the military drone in the sky.

Since Henry was using the military drone to watch the show, Lucas wouldn't let him.

The sound of the sniper rifle was indeed a bit exaggerated, sounding like a cannon firing.

Instantly, everyone's attention was once again drawn to him.

Boom

Another shot rang out!

Thomas, the motorcycle gang member, lost his upper body, and his motorcycle turned into a pile of scrap metal.

"This is the fate of those who dare to steal from me!"

Lucas cursed while lying on the ground.

Poor bald-headed Thomas.

He had been trying to act cool since appearing in front of Lucas, always putting on the air of a boss and disregarding everything.

But before he could say a word, he was beaten to pieces by the man standing by the river, dressed only in his underwear, who had just surrendered