The sudden appearance of the mute girl caused a momentary panic among the non-military individuals within the makeshift military.

Some, in their nervousness, accidentally fired their guns after seeing the heads roll from the mute girl's dual blades, killing a few of their own comrades.

Of course, a few stray bullets also hit the mute girl.

Clang clang clang—

Instead of hearing the sound of bullets entering flesh, these people heard the crisp sound of metal clashing.

"Keep firing, shoot her!"

The military personnel among them, who were trained for such situations, didn't show much panic. Seven or eight guns instantly opened fire on the mute girl.

They didn't pay much attention to the metallic clashing sound from before; even if she were made of iron, they believed they could destroy her.

Clang clang clang clang—

The gunfire this time was more intense. Although the mute girl's body was swiftly moving, she was hit a dozen times in an instant.

Thunk—

A grenade suddenly rolled towards the group of soldiers firing at the mute girl.

Boom—

The grenade exploded, instantly turning the crowd into lifeless corpses.

The power of the military-grade grenade was truly astonishing.

The carnage continued.

Before the smoke from the grenade dispersed, someone saw the mute girl being shot at relentlessly, yet she remained unscathed. In the blink of an eye, she swiftly moved and plunged her dual blades into the chests of two members of the makeshift military.

Blades out, blood spurted!

As she retracted her blades, the person who had just yelled out on her right side fell silent.

Has the mute girl gone mad?

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Maybe she has, maybe she hasn't.

Who knows if robots feel anything when they kill!

Thud—

A figure instantly collided with the mute girl, producing a dull sound.

The mute girl's body quickly retreated a few steps, only regaining balance by plunging one of her blades into the ground.

In her somewhat impassive gaze, a humanoid figure, at least two meters tall, appeared.

The person was rubbing their left arm, which they had used to collide with the mute girl just now.

A faint golden halo enveloped this person's body, which was becoming increasingly intense.

Undoubtedly, this person had managed to knock back the mute girl with their physical strength alone, and their body had a metallic sheen—a definite evolved human.

After the mute girl regained her balance, she pulled her blade out of the ground and swiftly moved her body, wielding her dual blades. It seemed like she was going to strike the evolved being head-on.

As a robot with only a combat chip in her body, the mute girl was fearless in battle.

When--

It was the sound of metal colliding again.

The metallic evolved being casually struck the mute girl's blade from the side, directly neutralizing her attack, and then stooped down to shoulder-bump her.

Thud--

Another dull collision sound echoed from the point of contact between their bodies.

The mute girl's body shook once again.

At this moment, before the metallic evolved being could strike again, its upper body suddenly exploded into a mist of blood.

The mute girl turned her head to look into the distant darkness, her expression still impassive.

At the moment when the mute girl's body was hit by the metallic evolved being for the second time, Lucas had already found a good sniping position on the hill near the arsenal.

When he saw through the scope that the mute girl seemed unable to defeat the big guy, he didn't hesitate to pull the trigger.

In the early days of the apocalypse, even evolved beings with metal abilities couldn't withstand a sniper rifle that could kill bugs.

Moreover, even if the big guy was an evolved being, even if Lucas currently needed evolved beings to accomplish system tasks, so what!

Lucas wouldn't stand by and watch the mute girl get hurt.

Absolutely not!

After all, the cost of repairing the mute girl would be quite high.

After firing a shot, Lucas changed positions and went prone again.

Ending the life of an evolved being for the first time gave Lucas an inexplicable feeling.

He felt like this was just the beginning, and he estimated that more evolved beings would die by his hand in the future.

Through the scope, Lucas diligently searched for evolved beings among the miscellaneous military group.

He didn't know if there were any more evolved beings left, and that was important.

Lucas had a simple idea: as long as they weren't on his side, eliminating one would bring a moment of peace to this world.

In the eleven years of his previous life, even as the infected and bugs became increasingly powerful, and the space for human survival dwindled, the priority for those human evolved beings was still internal conflicts.

They even created a ranking of evolved human combat power during the last ten years of the apocalypse, giving those evolved beings a halo of pre-apocalyptic stars.

It was ridiculous!

Although Lucas hadn't seen that combat power ranking, he knew that once these people became powerful, they didn't think about how to deal with the infected and bugs, but rather how to enslave others and enjoy a luxurious life.

The metallic evolved being was blown up by Lucas, and the mute girl resumed her killing spree, but this time no evolved beings jumped out again.

However, in the ongoing battle, the miscellaneous military group still had the upper hand.

Gehring's rocket ammunition was probably running low. Lucas had already seen him using an automatic rifle for sneak attacks and constantly changing positions.

Meanwhile, Reed's situation was even worse.

Using abilities as an evolved being consumed a lot of energy.

Right now, Reed seemed unable to produce even a spark of lightning, so he had no choice but to pick up a gun and become an ordinary person with slightly better physical abilities.

Lucas searched around but didn't find any more evolved beings. He fired several shots, destroying some of the miscellaneous military's more powerful weapons.

But that was it.

Lucas really hesitated to use a sniper rifle to kill ordinary people.

After all, sniper rifle bullets were manifested using blueprints.

At this point, as long as Gehring, Reed, and the mute girl were safe, Lucas truly couldn't save anyone else.

After Lucas suppressed and disabled the miscellaneous military's rocket launchers and heavy machine guns, the situation at the arsenal finally calmed down. Under Gehring's elusive command, the miscellaneous military's movements seemed to indicate they were preparing to retreat.

But now, it wasn't so easy to retreat.

Because the mute girl seemed unwilling to let any of them escape.