After digging out the third bug nucleus, Lucas heard a sound of metal collision from behind.

"Pluff!"

He turned around and saw the mute girl in a throwing posture.

Looking ahead, he saw a soldier with a knife inserted into his neck.

The soldier covered his neck with both hands, his eyes filled with fear and despair, blood spewing from his mouth.

There was a handgun on the ground by his feet, and the knife stuck in his neck was one of the dual blades used by the mute girl.

"They still want to kill me?"

Lucas's anger surged instantly, his eyes turning red.

"Well done."

Lucas sneered and said, then turned around and quickly walked towards the corpse of the fourth red bug, swiftly digging out the bug nucleus.

In just two or three minutes, the bug nucleus was dug out. Lucas had the system store the nucleus and bug carapace, then ordered the mute girl to ride the motorcycle back to the bus.

Lucas suddenly stopped. With him and the mute girl no longer killing bugs and clearing the approaching zombies, the balance was directly broken.

More than a dozen zombies quickly rushed into the soldiers' camp.

The soldiers who were not inside the vehicles were immediately in danger, and within a short time, many of them were infected.

With this change, the firepower from the artillery vehicles that were bombarding the swarm weakened significantly.

Expressionless, Lucas stood by the bus window and watched for a while before returning to the driver's seat and turning off the bus headlights.

The bus started silently, the air barrier activated, and it headed towards the location where the protected civilians were.

By now, Lucas had calmed down.

He wanted to eliminate those who were unfavorable to him first.

Henry and Matteo were both dead, and it was clear to a blind person who was behind the soldier who fired at him.

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The bus passed through the soldiers who were fighting the bugs and zombies, encountering no obstacles.

The soldiers had no idea what had happened and were still desperately resisting the bugs and zombies.

The drone took off from the bus, and Lucas quickly locked onto the vehicle the Major was sitting in.

The bus slowly stopped in a corner by the roadside.

Lucas stood by the window, looking at a dark area a few hundred meters away, and raised his sniper rifle.

The crowd and the Major's vehicle were both in that quiet and dark area, unaware that Lucas's bus had approached them.

The drone positioned and locked on, and in the scope of Lucas's sniper rifle, a military vehicle appeared.

Boom!

The sound of the sniper rifle echoed, slightly quieter than an explosion.

Bang!

The sound of breaking glass followed, and the rear half of the military vehicle was almost turned into scrap metal, its roof twisted and flying over ten meters away.

A single shot hit the mark.

Lucas remained calm inside.

From now on, at least no one among those soldiers would dare to shoot at him.

If it weren't for the mute girl blocking the bullet earlier, Lucas didn't dare to think whether he would be disabled or dead by now.

The drone ascended high into the sky, beginning to observe the situation on the battlefield.

To Lucas's surprise, the zombies that had rushed into the soldiers and the infected soldiers had already been dealt with.

The army's attacks against the zombie and bug swarms had returned to normal.

The army equipped with heavy weaponry had gained a slight advantage in a short amount of time.

The army was still the army, and their combat power was formidable.

Lucas watched the coordination between the different soldiers and couldn't help but admire.

After finding a suitable spot to park the bus, Lucas and the mute girl joined the battle once again.

As for the old man Lucas had taken care of, it seemed that not many people paid attention to him.

At this moment, the soldiers were fighting desperately against the zombies and bugs, completely unaware that their highest-ranking leader had been eliminated by Lucas.

Only the members of the security team were running around in the darkness like mad.

In the scope of the sniper rifle, a red bug was slowly moving behind a small group of zombies.

Five meters ahead of it was a bug that Lucas had just blown its head off.

Due to the continuous shooting, Lucas was starting to feel tired, and the frequency of his shots had decreased.

At this moment, the bug in the sniper scope had crawled to the side of the dead bug.

Lucas's finger approached the trigger of the sniper rifle, preparing to make the bug explode, just like the nearby bug's corpse.

However, the bug that had crawled over the bug's corpse suddenly stopped and retreated a bit.

Its two bug legs instantly pierced into the body of the dead bug.

Seeing this through the scope, Lucas's body trembled as if he had been electrocuted.

Trying to calm himself down, Lucas continued to observe the bug's movements.

The two bug legs stirred around, creating a large hole in the bug's body. Then, a disgusting mouth extended from the bug, plunging into the hole, seemingly sucking something.

"The bugs are feeding on the bug nucleus of another bug!"

Lucas instantly confirmed his earlier speculation.

"These red bugs are starting to evolve too!"

A chill ran down Lucas's spine.

If the red bugs evolved into yellow bugs, he would be unable to harm them except by hiding inside the bus.

The sniper rifle and the saw made from bug legs were both of red-grade quality.

Among the things Lucas possessed, it seemed that only the bus, which had reached the second level, could withstand the yellow bugs for a while.

Boom!

The sniper rifle fired, and the deformed mouth of the bug exploded along with its head.

With a headshot, Lucas's sniper scope began scanning through the swarm of bugs.

Lucas wanted to prevent the bugs from evolving, at least not in front of him.

At this moment, Lucas just wanted to end the battle quickly, complete the mission, and then go to the coastal city to improve his power level.

Speaking of which, Lucas felt a sense of internal and external troubles.

The bugs, zombies, and other infected beings were the external factors.

The people he had killed, once the military found out the truth, they would probably launch an endless pursuit against him.

Lucas was well aware that as time passed in the apocalypse, the military's strength would become stronger and stronger. In a few years, the military forces of all countries on Blue Star would come together.

By that time, the world would be divided into many large regions, and the military of the old world would have a new name.

"The World United Military" would be the name after the integration of the military forces of various countries on Blue Star.

Only when the infected beings and bugs started to evolve did Lucas consider it the true apocalypse.

At that time, it would be almost impossible for humans to withstand the attacks of bug swarms and zombie hordes with conventional weapons.

While holding the sniper rifle, Lucas was actually contemplating another possibility.

Since this apocalypse involved the early evolution of bugs and zombies, did human evolution also begin?