Boom!

Another rocket exploded.

In an instant, the two insects on the rooftop were rendered motionless and unable to move.

Without hesitation, Lucas immediately changed direction and took out his sniper rifle, shooting and killing one of the insects that was about to approach the bus.

Boom!

Another insect, which had already appeared at the window, had its head blown open.

At this moment, Lucas finally had the time to put down the sniper rifle and use the drone to investigate who had launched the rocket.

The drone quickly adjusted its lens and looked in that direction.

"No one!"

In the drone's night vision and perspective capabilities, there was no trace of a person, even when zoomed in to three kilometers, there was no sign of the rocket launcher.

Lucas was puzzled. Even if the person had left after killing the insects, their actions couldn't have been that fast.

In this situation, Lucas could only think of one possibility: the rocket launcher was hidden somewhere underground.

Although the drone could penetrate some buildings, it couldn't see through the ground.

After some thought, Lucas decided not to go and investigate right now. Collecting the insect cores was the top priority.

With five insect cores already obtained, plus the five they currently had, they could exchange them for a yellow capsule.

Carrying the sniper rifle and a heavy knife, Lucas first went to dig out the two insects that were severely injured by the rockets.

Boom, boom!

After two gunshots, the heads of the two injured insects instantly exploded.

Within a few minutes, Lucas had obtained two red insect cores, and the insect carapaces were collected by the system.

After another ten minutes, Lucas had the remaining three insect cores in his hand.

Having the Cobras and the old man watch the situation outside the bus, Lucas immediately exchanged them for a yellow capsule and opened it.

[Congratulations, host, on acquiring the ability to replicate once.]

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[Congratulations, host, on the increase in skin hardness. Skin hardness +15.]

[Host's three physical attributes exceed 100. Reward: Upgrade weapon, random selection.]

"A new type of reward?"

Lucas heard the voice of the system and quickly checked his body data.

Skin Hardness: 108 (Non-human, 60% chance of immunity to infection from red-level infected individuals and insects.)

Lucas discovered that not only did his three physical attribute data exceed 100, but even the color of the data had turned into a faint gold.

He thought for a moment and used the serrated side of the heavy knife to make a small cut on the back of his hand.

This time, Lucas hardly felt anything.

"What's this?"

Lucas quickly loosened his belt and took a look, afraid that he might have lost sensation in his entire body.

"Fortunately, everything is fine. This aspect is still the same as before."

At this moment, Lucas had a feeling that his current physical fitness, if assessed based on color levels, might have reached the standards of the yellow level.

"Draw!"

Lucas couldn't wait to see what weapon he would get.

After selecting the draw, a panel popped up with a scrolling slider containing ten numbers.

The slider started accelerating its scrolling, and after a dozen seconds, it stopped, displaying the number 9.

[Congratulations, host, on obtaining a recurve knife.]

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[Recurve Knife]

An ordinary knife, currently at the yellow level, with significant killing power against infected individuals and insects within the yellow level. (Can be upgraded to orange level with 100 yellow insect cores or 1,000 zombie crystal cores.)

Reading the description, Lucas let out a long sigh of relief. Finally, he had a weapon that could cause damage to yellow-level insects.

The only downside was that this knife could only be used in close combat, which increased the danger to himself.

Speaking of weapons, Lucas still preferred the sniper rifle. It had no risks and had great power.

Alright, the weapon draw was over, and Lucas shifted his attention to what the yellow capsule had produced.

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[Ability Replication]

Can replicate any ability of an evolved human, with power corresponding to the host's actual physical attributes and abilities.

As Lucas read the description, his heart rate immediately accelerated.

This thing gave him a feeling of winning a lottery.

Lucas thought about the immensely powerful evolved humans from his previous life. Their abilities seemed capable of causing catastrophic destruction with a wave of their hand.

If he could replicate their abilities, Lucas believed he could dominate the post-apocalyptic world.

However, Lucas was also aware that such evolved humans were extremely rare, with fewer than five appearing in eleven years.

After calming down, Lucas wasn't one to aim too high. Since the system's task required him to find three evolved humans in the town, it meant that there must be three of them there.

He could replicate one person's ability when he found them.

Even if he couldn't find them, he could always go back and learn Anna's skill, which made her feel warm.

Worried about attracting more insects, Lucas had the bus start moving again and quickly arrived at the location of Cobras' parents' house.

As for the mysterious person who fired the rocket, since they didn't want to see them, Lucas didn't insist.

After a barrage of grenades, even with the bus's air barrier turned off, the area within a fifty-meter radius of Cobras' parents' house became a graveyard of zombies. There were no more zombies approaching for the time being.

Lucas stood by the window with his sniper rifle, on guard against insects, while the old man watched the surrounding area through the drone's control screen.

Cobras entered his parents' house quickly, carrying two automatic rifles and some grenades.

The door of the house was wide open, and Lucas thought there shouldn't be anyone inside. If there really was someone, it would be a sad situation for Cobras.

In less than half a minute, several gunshots rang out from the house. After about a minute, Cobras returned to the bus, shaking his head at Lucas.

"I didn't find my parents and my younger brother. There were only two zombies inside, the neighbors from next door."

Lucas could tell that Cobras was in a good mood.

When the bus arrived in this area earlier, Cobras had used the drone to survey the nearby streets and didn't find his parents.

Since his parents weren't at home, the chances of them being alive were high.

Since Cobras didn't find his parents, Lucas decided to go to the abandoned arsenal mentioned by the old man.

The abandoned arsenal was located in the mountains behind the small town.

They cleared away some zombies and two insects on the way, taking about twenty minutes before the bus stopped in front of a forest. The entrance to the abandoned arsenal was in a mountain hollow behind the forest.

The bus couldn't go in, so the three of them had to walk. It was a little over 500 meters away.

Lucas initially planned to fly the drone over to take a look, but the mountain hollow was also covered in forest, making it impossible to see anything.

In this situation, Lucas had no choice but to have the drone remain on high alert in the sky above the bus.

Leading the way with a powerful flashlight, Lucas walked into the forest. However, after walking less than a hundred meters, a burst of bullets hit the ground near his feet.

"Halt! Do not proceed any further."

A voice echoed through the forest, and several flashlights were aimed at Lucas an