Cobras felt that his parents might no longer be alive, but since there was an opportunity to go back, he wanted to go and see for himself. Perhaps there would be a miracle.

Listening to Cobras, Lucas took out a map and located the position of Blue Sky Lake.

"It's quite far away."

"Over 300 kilometers. Given the current situation, it will take us several days to get there."

Lucas didn't know the specifics about Blue Sky Lake, but the distance was indeed quite far.

Although it was safer to be farther away from the coastal city during the nuclear explosion, it was still too far.

Moreover, they couldn't use the highways.

During the first week of the apocalypse, nearly all the highways worldwide were congested with cars and a substantial number of casualties.

There would undoubtedly be many zombies on the highways outside the coastal city.

Deep down, Lucas actually wanted to find a closer place so they could store more supplies.

If it was a location over 300 kilometers away, they could only go directly without being able to carry much supplies.

Furthermore, after they selected a suitable place, Lucas intended to establish it as a long-term secondary base.

It wouldn't be convenient to move back and forth in the future.

When the insects and zombies started evolving, even if they had a bus, safety couldn't be guaranteed.

"Let's think if there's any closer place, preferably within a hundred kilometers."

Lucas looked at the map and casually said, but he didn't notice the change in Cobras' expression.

"Sir, the reason I mentioned Blue Sky Lake as suitable is because it's a place with unique terrain. We can even settle down there for a long time."

Saying this, Cobras turned and went back into the villa, then came out with a pen.

"Take a look, sir. Blue Sky Lake is quite large, and the reason I said it's suitable for settling down is because there's a mountain in the lake that's about seven to eight hundred meters high, covering an area of over ten square kilometers."

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"This mountain faces the lake on three sides, with only one side connected to the land."

"There's also a small villa community inside the mountain, similar to this one, a high-end villa area."

"Another direction has an arch bridge connecting the mountain, and the distance is short. If we go there, we can even blow up that arch bridge, completely isolating the danger."

"Furthermore, Blue Sky Lake Resort has a tourist commercial street with many shops. To meet the needs of the resort and the villa community in the mountain, there are several supermarkets on the street, and they aren't small in size."

"It's not the peak season yet, so there won't be many people there usually. I estimate there should still be a considerable amount of supplies. We should be able to store a lot if we go there."

"Also, I don't know if the sun will reappear in the future. If there is sunlight, we can grow crops, raise pigs and cows in the mountains, and there won't be any issues with raising chickens and ducks."

"By then, we could even establish our own power."

Cobras tried to articulate everything he could think of, and the desire to go back home was uncontrollable.

Lucas glanced at Cobras, feeling that something was off.

Cobras sounded very eager when speaking, giving Lucas the impression that he really wanted to go to Blue Sky Lake.

"Come up with a few more places, and let's discuss and compare. The place Cobras mentioned sounds good, but it's just too far."

"If we can't find a better place, we can consider going to Blue Sky Lake."

"Everyone, think carefully."

Lucas gave Cobras a meaningful look and returned to his room.

In fact, after Cobras described Blue Sky Lake, Lucas thought it sounded great. The terrain was suitable for establishing a long-term base.

But aside from Cobras appearing so eager, there was another issue. The lake seemed to be quite large.

This raised a question.

Water-based infected creatures were not easy to deal with, especially after their evolution.

On land, both the insects and zombies evolved their intelligence and bodies simultaneously.

However, the infected creatures in the water mostly evolved their bodies alone.

This led to water-based infected creatures being more ferocious and difficult to kill than their land counterparts.

Especially the infected creatures in the sea, in the previous apocalyptic world, it was heard that some species mutated and grew bodies larger than a mountain.

Before dinner, Lucas took the bus and the mute girl and went out. He planned to go to the place where the group of survivors was last time.

It had been almost three days since the group of infected individuals was besieged by the insects. It was unknown what the place looked like now.

Lucas had a simple idea: to go and see if he could find any isolated insects.

The large group of insects shouldn't stay there for too long, so there shouldn't be many left behind.

Regardless of where they would go after leaving the coastal city, Lucas still wanted to obtain at least one yellow capsule before leaving.

An hour later, the bus stopped about two kilometers away from the survivors' stronghold.

Lucas parked the bus by the side of the road and carefully observed the area with a drone.

The exhibition hall, facing the lake on three sides, had already collapsed by one-third, and the entire building was burned beyond recognition.

There were many more zombies on the street in front of the exhibition hall. From the footage on the drone's control panel, these zombies should be the survivors from this stronghold who turned into zombies, as well as the ones that wandered in from other parts of the city.

There were probably many zombies inside the exhibition hall as well.

Lucas had no doubt that this human stronghold had been wiped out.

The drone's altitude was raised by another fifty meters, providing a broader view.

Not a single insect in sight!

After scanning four or five streets, Lucas realized that at this moment, there wasn't a single insect to be seen.

Everything was truly abnormal and eerie.

Lucas suddenly hesitated, wondering if he should change the area and look for insects elsewhere.

He didn't feel safe here at all.

Quickly, Lucas selected a new area on the bus's navigation map and prepared to leave.

Suddenly, the drone's control panel showed the figure of an insect.

This insect appeared suddenly beneath an office building across from the exhibition hall.

First, a giant insect leg appeared in the footage.

At the first glance of this insect leg, Lucas widened his eyes and his heartbeat accelerated.

This leg was at least twice the size of a typical red insect's leg!

Could it be a yellow insect with this size?

Lucas started to feel conflicted.

Should he run away if it was a yellow insect, or should he find a way to kill it?

Running away wouldn't be a problem with the bus.

However, if he could kill a yellow insect, Lucas would obtain a yellow capsule and a yellow blank blueprint, greatly enhancing his own strength.