Anna's eyes were closed, and at this moment, the voice inside her grew stronger and stronger.

Finally, she managed to stuff the insect core into her mouth.

The cold, hard sensation instantly stimulated Anna's brain.

An inexplicable power seemed to emanate from the insect core.

Anna suddenly wanted to scream loudly, as if there was another force inside her body responding to the power emitted by the insect core.

The two forces merged, and swallowing the core was not as difficult as she had imagined.

While Anna was still thinking about how to swallow it, the insect core smoothly slid down her throat.

Ah--

A terrifying and piercing scream shattered the tranquility in the darkness.

Lucas, who was asleep, was instantly startled awake.

He climbed out of bed and jumped out of the window, quickly running to the bus.

Only the bus made Lucas feel safe.

Although the scream seemed familiar, Lucas didn't dare to be careless. It wasn't until he released the drone from the bus that he relaxed.

To avoid attracting unknown dangers, the entire villa was currently without any light.

However, light sources were not needed now.

Lucas sat in the driver's seat and could already see Anna by the pool, emitting a faint red light from her body.

Anna was glowing!

Her exposed skin had a faint blood-red color.

To Lucas, this situation was extremely bizarre.

In his previous life of eleven years, Lucas had never heard of an evolved human experiencing such a phenomenon.

At that moment, Anna was also looking at Lucas, her expression helpless, as if she was about to cry.

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Lucas noticed that there were no other dangers around.

He beckoned to the mute woman and got off the bus, walking to a place a few meters away from Anna.

"I..."

Seeing Lucas, tears started streaming down Anna's face.

Then, before her tears could fall from her cheeks, they evaporated into steam.

Seeing this scene, Lucas immediately took a few steps back.

Anna's body was like a furnace, and Lucas could feel the heat coming from her.

Lucas glanced at the swimming pool and said immediately, "Jump into the pool and see if it can cool you down."

At this moment, Lucas didn't have any better ideas, so he gestured towards the swimming pool, suggesting Anna try a physical cooling method to see if it would work.

Splash--

Anna jumped directly into the pool, and a few seconds later, Lucas felt the steam coming from the pool.

It seemed like Anna's temperature had dropped.

Looking at Anna, who had calmed down in the pool, Lucas noticed her clothes were burned by the high temperature.

Lucas turned around and went back to the car to get a set of his own clothes, placing them by the pool, and then quickly returned to the bus.

It wasn't that Lucas didn't want to look at Anna's enticing body, but when he returned to the bus, he saw the footage sent back by the drone he had released earlier.

Zombies and insects were coming!

Anna's scream attracted both zombies and insects.

The zombies that were hiding in the woods outside the villa emerged.

There was also an insect, and in the darkness, Lucas couldn't see where it came from. It was currently outside the gate, as if it could jump into the yard at any moment.

"If you're okay, hurry up and get dressed and get on the bus," Lucas said.

After saying that, Lucas had everyone get on the bus.

Anna's scream had startled everyone on the first floor of the villa.

The mute woman dealt with the zombies, while Lucas picked up his sniper rifle.

Bang--

The insect jumped into the yard, but Lucas hadn't aimed at it yet.

Moreover, Anna was still getting dressed, and the red light on her body had already faded away, returning to normal.

"Run!"

Lucas shouted loudly.

In the scope, the insect was moving very quickly. Lucas took a shot but missed.

Lucas muttered, "It's over!"

He was about to pull the trigger again.

Ah--

Anna's scream rang out again.

This time, Lucas could tell that Anna's scream was intentional, not out of fear.

Bang--

Lucas instantly turned on the headlights of the bus.

Under the light, Lucas saw that the insect was about a meter away from Anna, and it had raised two insect legs.

The front ends of the insect legs reflected a metallic sheen.

Just like before, as soon as Anna screamed, the insect's body immediately stiffened, as if frozen in place.

Seeing this, Lucas didn't take the second shot.

He saw Anna calmly adjusting her oversized clothes a few times, then took a few steps towards the insect, directly reaching the abdomen of the insect with her right hand.

Sizzle--

A sound like fire being thrown into water was heard.

At this moment, Anna's right hand was as hot as glowing iron, and it directly plunged into the abdomen of the insect, emitting a burnt smell.

In the scope, Lucas could no longer see Anna clearly.

Another scream sounded, but this time, it came from the mouth of the insect.

The sound made everyone on the bus shudder, and even the infected dog outside wanted to jump into the bus.

But Lucas kicked it off the bus.

After all, that damn dog was still a source of infection, and letting it on the bus was risky.

"Um... Big star, be careful not to damage the insect core," Lucas suddenly thought of the insect core and shouted outside the bus.

Anna's evolved ability was a bit mysterious, and Lucas couldn't guarantee that the insect core would not be damaged.

Before, Lucas only knew that the insect core was very hard, but he hadn't personally experimented with it, so he was a bit worried.

The screams weakened and gradually became inaudible.

After the mute woman finished clearing the zombies outside the yard, Lucas got off the bus.

A strong smell mixed with the scent of burning reached Lucas's nose.

Under the bright flashlight, the insect was lying motionless by the edge of the swimming pool, dead.

"Here... take it back," Anna said softly to Lucas, throwing the insect core to him.

Two evolved humans with different abilities!

Lucas felt like he had hit the jackpot.

Almost all evolved humans would awaken abilities, but usually only one.

It was rare to have two or more awakened abilities.

In the shelter city where Lucas was in his previous life, there were no more than five evolved humans with two awakened abilities in the entire city.

At the beginning of this apocalypse, Lucas had already found one, and he was quite happy about it.

For the first time, Lucas truly had the idea of keeping this big star by his side.

Of course, this idea was pure and only for the sake of a safer survival.

On this side, Lucas returned to the bus, while Anna was contemplating some things.