After discussing, thirty people from the Cobras and the munitions factory decided to stay behind and guard the granary.

Reed also stayed.

As an evolved human, Reed's ability released thunderous sounds and even came with lightning.

Regardless of the power of this electricity-based ability, it was still quite intimidating.

Lucas also planned to bring Anna on the next trip and have her stay here until all the food was transported.

With the loading complete, the two groups separated in the small town and went their separate ways.

Lucas drove the bus in the front, with the parents of the Cobras and his brother's wife and children inside.

The Cobras' brother and the old man followed in another car behind.

Just the amount of food they brought this time would be enough for the people at Blue Sky Lake to eat for a long time.

In the apocalypse, no one would complain about having too much food.

On the next trip, Lucas estimated that he would bring over a dozen or twenty more vehicles to transport the food.

When they arrived, Lucas had already cleared the zombies and insects along the way, so the return trip would take much less time.

The bus drove onto the island in the lake, and the old man immediately began moving the food with the help of others.

This round trip didn't take much time. The construction of the defense fortifications in Blue Sky Lake Resort was still in progress. The buildings that needed to be demolished had already been torn down, and the categorized building materials were piled up on the side.

Lucas was quite satisfied. At least these people were very proactive when it came to work, showing that they understood how difficult it was to survive in the apocalypse.

He discussed the matter of the granary with Anna and took a rest, had a meal, and prepared to set off again to fetch more food.

The old man would no longer go with him in the future but would gather all the usable vehicles in the resort with a group of people.

This time, there were more than twenty vehicles that they brought over.

Fortunately, Lucas had a good amount of gasoline in storage, so the fuel supply wasn't a concern for now.

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Lucas looked at the clock and realized that he had about 10 hours before the nuclear blast. One more trip to the granary before then would be no problem.

At this moment, Lucas didn't know whether the nuclear explosion would still happen or not. He couldn't even clarify whether he hoped for it or not.

Anna and the mute woman sat quietly in the bus, not uttering a word.

Anna had no objections to guarding the granary.

Since awakening her abilities, Anna felt that the current days were more interesting than her previous days as a celebrity.

Everyone in Blue Sky Lake treated her kindly, not because she was a former celebrity, but because they knew she could protect them.

When Lucas returned, he gave her two red insect cores. After absorbing one, Anna felt her strength increase a bit more.

Lucas had already grown accustomed to Anna's method of directly swallowing the insect cores to absorb energy.

After all, in his previous life, he was just an ordinary person struggling to survive, and there were many things he didn't know.

Besides the insect cores, Lucas also used a red blank blueprint and made a golf club for Anna using insect armor.

The appearance of this golf club was drawn according to Anna's request.

When Lucas asked Anna what kind of melee weapon she wanted, she glanced at the mute woman's twin blades and said she wouldn't try any weapons. She suggested making a golf club since it felt comfortable for her to use.

In this way, the world's first, and possibly the only, golf club made from insect exoskeleton was created by Lucas.

Anna looked at the golf club in her hands, then glanced at the mute woman's twin blades beside her, and finally looked at Lucas, showing a hint of satisfaction in her eyes.

On the second trip for food, Lucas took Anna and the mute woman with him. The responsibility for guarding the island in the lake now fell to the former town mayor, the Cobras' two cousins, and the Cobras' younger brother.

If the people from the previous community were to cause rebellion in this situation, Lucas wouldn't mind coming back for a thorough cleansing.

Lucas made this statement in front of everyone before he left.

His intention was simple: In this apocalypse, in Blue Sky Lake, his words were law.

Anyone who didn't abide by the rules would be dealt with personally by Lucas.

During this trip, when Lucas arrived in the town, he spent an hour inside buying snacks and water from the supermarkets.

He also managed to find some gasoline at a gas station outside the town.

However, the amount of gasoline he found was quite small, likely because the people from the munitions factory had taken most of it.

As for snacks, Lucas knew that they would become increasingly scarce and expensive in the future.

Bus autopilot, Lucas opened two bags of chips and was just about to enjoy a snack.

"The system is about to undergo an automatic update, estimated to take forty-eight hours. It will not affect the host's ability to control and retrieve information from the panel, but all exchange and upgrade functions will be temporarily suspended.

During the update, the system will be unable to communicate with the host."

"???"

Lucas looked confused.

At this moment, the system suddenly announced that it was going to upgrade. This meant that for the next two days, Lucas wouldn't be able to exchange anything, and even if he completed a task, he might not receive the reward immediately.

Crunch...

Lucas paused for a moment, then crumbled the potato chips in his mouth.

It's just two days; there shouldn't be any major issues, he thought to himself.

Lucas muttered in his mind, realizing that after delivering the supplies, he would patiently wait for the nuclear explosion. He had no intention of going anywhere, whether the system was present or not.

With the addition of the buses, all twenty-one vehicles arrived at the granary without any damage.

This time, Lucas brought nearly thirty people with him. Ten of them would stay behind to guard the granary.

When the Blue Sky Lake convoy arrived, it was already their third trip, and the amount of food in the granary didn't seem to have decreased much.

"Are you interested in coming to my place?"

"Why not just bring everyone from the factory over to your place?"

"If something happens there, everyone will be buried underground."

Lucas casually threw a pack of peanuts to Gehring and resumed his scheming plan.

He wasn't entirely making things up with those words.

The abandoned factory was mostly underground, so if an accident occurred, the over a thousand people there could very well be buried alive.

Of course, Lucas only said that to convince Gehring and Reed to go with him; otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered.

Up until now, the system's tasks had made no progress at all.

The third Evolver hadn't shown up either, and Lucas was initially a bit anxious. However, with the system requiring two days for the upgrade, Lucas became calm and felt he could take it easy.

"I'll give it some thought."

Gehring smiled and didn't bring up the topic again. Instead, he opened the pack of peanuts and directly stuffed a handful into his mouth.

"I used to love these. Paired with a few bottles of chilled beer, it was amazing. But now, there's no beer to drink."

Gehring chewed on the peanuts, reminiscing about the past and showing a touch of sadness on his face.