Lucas suddenly remembered a few people, the Cobras, along with the infected dog. There were quite a few zombies and bugs coming from the direction they were hiding. It had been almost an hour, and he assumed they were all dead by now. In that moment, Lucas felt a bit inadequate as their leader. Of course, he didn't feel particularly sad about a few deaths. The main issue was that he felt frustrated that he hadn't fully embraced the role of a leader. Before the eleven years of the apocalypse, Lucas, the diligent driver, had no experience in this regard.

"May they rest in peace," Lucas glanced in the direction where the Cobras were hiding and silently mourned for them. The current situation demanded either eliminating or pushing back the zombie and bug hordes. The priority was to protect the group of people behind him and complete the mission.

Lucas opened the third red capsule, which was the last one he decided to open for now. As for the fourth capsule, he planned to save it for later. Seeing the signs of evolution in both the bugs and zombies, Lucas realized that acquiring more red-grade items would no longer suffice. If these creatures evolved, he would have to increase his power level accordingly. With his current strength, even if he encountered a zombie with yellow-grade strength, he would have to run.

"Congratulations, host, for obtaining a heavy blade."

"Congratulations, host, for the increase in skin hardening. Skin Hardening +10."

"A heavy blade?" Lucas was a bit puzzled by the name and unsure of what kind of weapon it was. He opened the panel and clicked on the description.

"Heavy Blade: Made from a combination of red bug carapace and diamonds. When used, it randomly triggers a gravity attack on the target, with a force of 1-5 times the target's weight, lasting for 10 seconds (upgradeable)."

"Gravity multiplied, it seems quite promising," Lucas understood it in a simple way. For example, if a red bug weighed one ton, attacking it with this heavy blade would trigger a 1x gravity effect, increasing its weight to two tons. After thinking carefully, Lucas realized that using this heavy blade seemed to involve an element of luck. Increasing the weight might affect the bug's movements, but what if he used it and ended up being pinned down by the bug? A single red bug's weight alone could cause a military vehicle to sink. If five times the weight of a red bug pressed down on him simultaneously, there was no doubt the military vehicle would be flattened.

"If I were crushed under a bug's weight..." Startled by his own thoughts, Lucas lifted the heavy blade that appeared in front of him with both hands. Fortunately, Lucas had surpassed human limits in terms of strength, and with a few swings, he realized it wasn't as difficult as he had imagined. However, the blade was quite wide, like half a door, and Lucas didn't find it particularly easy to handle.

Setting down the heavy blade, Lucas noticed the saw made from bug legs lying beside it, and his eyes lit up. What if he used that as a base material and remade a weapon? He happened to have a blank red-grade blueprint. Without hesitation, Lucas exchanged a red blank blueprint for bug carapace and began drawing.

The new weapon Lucas drew was a peculiar design that resembled a knife and a sword, with one side featuring a serrated edge. After finishing the drawing, the red blueprint began to flash with vertical lines, refreshing itself. One minute later, a new weapon appeared before Lucas. He clicked on the description on the blueprint.

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Fortunately, the random gravity attribute is still there, just without the upgrade option in parentheses.

The biggest difference between something drawn on a blueprint and something produced from a capsule lies here.

The contents of a capsule can be upgraded, while those drawn on a blueprint cannot.

To improve something drawn on a blueprint, one can only recreate it using a higher-level blank blueprint and higher-level materials.

After swinging it a few times with both hands and one hand separately, Lucas was quite satisfied.

This thing he designed was somewhat knife-like, and Lucas had put a lot of thought into it. According to the calculations on the blueprint, the weight distribution of the entire blade was reasonable, making it easy to handle.

Just as Lucas was studying the new weapon and preparing to give it a name, about a hundred meters away from the bus, the headlights appeared at the corner of the road.

Lucas looked up carefully and felt that it should be the two cars belonging to the Cobras.

In the blink of an eye, the outlines of the two cars became visible.

At the same time, Lucas also saw three insects chasing after the two cars.

Boom—

Without thinking, Lucas put down the new knife and quickly picked up the sniper rifle, firing a shot.

The head of the insect running in front instantly turned into a mist of blood.

Bang, bang—

When Lucas wanted to take a second shot, the remaining two insects had already jumped onto the roofs of the two cars.

The weight of the insects instantly slowed down the speed of the cars and almost deformed their bodies.

The two Cobra cars couldn't compare to specially made military vehicles, so when they drove for less than ten meters, they were directly pinned down.

The people in the cars acted decisively and opened the doors, jumping out.

Even at this moment, Lucas saw an infected dog jumping up, trying to bite one of the insects' legs, but it was flicked away by one of the insects and flew more than ten meters.

The infected dog fell heavily to the ground, and its hind legs twitched violently a few times.

"The infected dog is probably done for."

Boom—

Lucas glanced at the infected dog on the ground and immediately took the second shot.

The insect on the back car was instantly blown up.

Making a slight adjustment, Lucas aimed at the third insect.

Boom—

The third insect, which had just jumped into the air, was hit by the sniper rifle.

"Huh?"

Lucas straightened his body and immediately looked through the scope at the insect.

Lucas was certain that he hadn't missed with the third shot.

At this time, the head of that insect should have been blown off.

However, the insect was thrown off course by the shot, falling heavily back onto the roof of the front car.

Looking through the scope, Lucas saw that the insect's head hadn't exploded; only half of its mouth was shattered.

Boom—

Another shot.

Lucas fired this shot more urgently, directly hitting the connection between the insect's leg and its body.

Clang—

The harsh sound of metal collision could be heard clearly even from dozens of meters away.

"This thing must have consumed several insect cores and is already evolving!"

Lucas instantly made a judgment, furrowing his brow, and then took another shot.

Boom—

This shot hit the front car.

The agility and speed of the insect seemed to have improved significantly.

Lucas missed this shot!

And the insect had already jumped out again and landed in front of several members of the Cobras.

At this moment, the woman who had come to find Lucas several times was the closest to the insect.

Just as Lucas aimed again at the insect, ready to shoot, one of the insect's legs had already stabbed toward the woman.

Clang—

The sniper rifle hit the insect's leg, producing a metallic collision sound.

But the insect's leg only paused for a moment.

The front end of the insect's leg was the hardest part of its body.

The woman was as good as dead!

This thought was the only thing in Lucas' mind at this moment.

Not only Lucas, but also the people from the Cobras who were watching the falling insect's leg thought the same.

"Ah!!!!!!!!"

Suddenly, a sharp and piercing sound came from the woman's mouth.

No one expected that the woman, who was about to be stabbed by the insect, might have been overcome with extreme fear and suddenly let out a scream.

"What's happening!"

As Lucas heard the woman's scream, he felt as if his head had been struck by a brick. His brain hurt as if it was about to explode.

"Evolved humans!!!"

In the midst of Lucas' headache, the mute woman beside him covered his ears, and a few words popped into his mind.