Lucas couldn't make up his mind for a moment, so he simply decided to give up and not use it.

Feeling a bit confused, he needed to breathe some fresh air.

After getting off the car, Lucas climbed onto the roof of the bus.

In the darkness, the mute woman's eyes faintly emitted a hint of red light as she looked at Lucas.

"The moon is so lonely..."

Sitting beside the mute woman, Lucas looked up and spoke, gazing at the moonless sky.

The mute woman looked up at the sky, then turned her head to look at Lucas, seemingly not understanding what this carbon-based being beside her was saying.

Lucas took out the controller of the bus and pressed a few buttons.

At that moment, a soft and not-so-loud music came out from the bus, carrying a touch of melancholy...

With a slightly cool breeze blowing, Lucas seemed a bit tired.

...

After a while, a faint sound of snoring could be heard.

Only beside the mute woman could Lucas relax himself, even though he would often imagine the possibility of a short circuit in her circuits and then being hacked by her.

But in the apocalypse, machines were always more reliable than humans.

"Carbon-based being..."

Listening to Lucas' snoring, the mute woman glanced at him, then looked up at the sky, using her eyes emitting red light to search for the moon...

But no matter how she looked, she couldn't see the lonely moon that Lucas mentioned.

She turned her head to look at the sleeping Lucas, seeming to have a hint of understanding. Perhaps this was what humans often referred to as a feeling of loneliness!

Lucas was awakened by the aroma of mushroom stew.

He had slept for ten hours straight.

A few members of the Cobras were cooking, and there was a pile of food prepared.

Who knows what these people were up to, not cooking in the kitchen but insisting on doing it in the yard.

Sitting on the roof of the car, Lucas's brain was still in a sluggish state after waking up from a long sleep, watching the Cobras in a daze.

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"You mentioned before going to sleep that occasionally turning on the lights to attract some insects and zombies for everyone to practice. That's why I suggested they cook in the yard."

Anna saw that Lucas had woken up and walked over to the side of the bus, saying.

After witnessing Anna's awakened abilities, the Cobras had placed her in the third position and naturally followed her lead.

The first position belonged to the mute woman, the second was Lucas, and the third was Anna.

As for why the mute woman held the highest position in their hearts, the reason was simple.

She had proven herself!

This beautiful woman didn't speak, didn't greet others, and didn't eat or sleep. Only when zombies appeared, she would charge forward and slash them indiscriminately.

Under her blade, no zombie could maintain an intact body!

Mysterious and powerful, that was the label the Cobras had given to the mute woman.

Lucas nodded, unable to recall if he had said those words before, but he decided to go along with it.

Getting off the car roof, Lucas walked to a corner of the yard and had the system retrieve some leftover insect shells and fragments he had saved.

In the corner, there was a large off-road vehicle called "George Patton" that they had found in the neighboring villa.

It was a behemoth that made most cars on the street, except for large trucks and buses, look small.

This car was for the Cobras. Lucas didn't like them always staying on the bus, making everyone uncomfortable.

Now, Lucas was preparing to attach a layer of insect shells to the exterior of the car to increase its durability.

In the future, if he had spare yellow or higher-tier blueprints, Lucas planned to use this car as material to build another vehicle.

After a while-

By the time the Cobras finished cooking, Lucas had already attached a layer of red insect shells to the off-road vehicle.

"Under normal circumstances, the current zombies won't pose a threat to this vehicle. Just be careful not to let the glass or tires get destroyed."

Lucas said as he started eating the mushroom stew prepared by the Cobras.

"She doesn't eat?"

Anna pointed to the mute woman on the roof of the bus.

"She's called the mute woman, and she takes care of her own business. We don't need to worry about her."

Lucas didn't want to explain the mute woman's identity, so he dismissed the topic.

The gaze of the others turned toward the mute woman, each lost in their own thoughts.

During the meal, Lucas also finalized how to use the three blank red blueprints.

Two of them would be used to modify weapons for the Cobras.

One would be used to remake a flamethrower for them to use, and the other would be used to remake a heavy machine gun directly installed on the roof of the car.

As for the last one, Lucas modified the sniper rifle again, adding a suppressor and extending its effective range to 1000 meters, reaching a total effective range of 4000 meters.

Now that they had formed a team, Lucas assigned them specific roles, including the young boy and the infected dog. He didn't keep idle people or idle dogs.

The young boy and the infected dog were responsible for surveillance during every outing to scavenge for supplies since the infected dog's sense of smell and hearing had mutated, making them superior to humans.

The Cobras were in charge of the specific tasks during the outings, such as finding supplies, while also honing their survival skills.

Anna's role was to ensure the Cobras' safety during their outings and to improve her own abilities in the process.

The mute woman was tasked with protecting Lucas and providing support to the Cobras whenever needed.

Lucas oversaw the overall situation and also served as a sniper and scout.

Although the villa and the bus were now stocked with a considerable amount of supplies, it was still far from enough.

Consumption required replenishment.

As time passed in the apocalypse, various resources would become scarcer.

Therefore, Lucas needed to implement his plan as soon as possible and establish several more supply points.

After finishing their meal, everyone had a clear understanding of their roles.

An hour later, Lucas's team was about to embark on their first outing.

After securing the modified heavy machine gun onto the roof of the off-road vehicle, Lucas finished the preparations.

Even when Lucas and the team turned off the lights and left the community, no zombies or insects appeared on the surveillance cameras.

For their first outing to gather supplies and gain experience, Lucas followed the Cobras' suggestion and chose a nearby medium-sized community as their target.

Their objective was the two large chain supermarkets and three pharmacies on the community's commercial street.

The reason they set multiple targets for their first outing was mainly due to the presence of the bus.

First, the bus had been modified to carry a lot of items, and second, while nuclear explosions hadn't occurred yet, they could gather as much as possible, as these resources might not be available in the future.

Additionally, Lucas had found a truck outside the street, which would serve as a temporary cargo vehicle.

Lucas had even made short-term plans, selecting a warehouse for storing the inventory, which they could easily transport to in the future.

After leaving the community, they released a drone into the sky. The Cobras and two others led the way in the off-road vehicle, with the young boy accompanying them.

Anna and the other two drove the truck closely behind the infected dog, maintaining a distance of twenty to thirty meters from the off-road vehicle.

Lucas drove the bus, keeping a certain distance from the others.

As for the mute woman, she silently roamed around the bus on a motorcycle.