When Lucas and the others arrived at the town, Reed had already been waiting there with the people from the granary for some time.

As Lucas got off the bus, he was preparing to observe the crowd and see who might be an evolutionist when Anna and Cobras approached him.

"Sir, I think I've evolved, check it out!" Cobra said, his voice filled with excitement.

Standing in front of Lucas, Cobras extended his hands and opened his clenched fists.

Under the illumination of the headlights, Lucas suddenly felt the wind around him converging towards Cobras' palms.

When it gathered enough, Cobras swung his hands towards a tree by the roadside.

Crackling sounds filled the air as the thick trunk of the tree, measuring about 20 to 30 centimeters in diameter and reaching a height of nearly two meters, violently shook. Leaves scattered and fluttered down.

"Sir, look again!" Cobras said, extending his hand once more, this time with just one hand.

Snap! As Cobras pointed his finger towards the tree that had been swaying, the trunk emitted a crisp sound and was directly severed at the waist.

"Sir, this is called Wind Blade, a name given by Miss Anna."

No wonder he completed the mission. It was truly a remarkable coincidence that Cobras awakened an ability that Lucas hadn't anticipated.

And the ability he awakened was the power of wind.

In his previous life, Lucas had heard of evolutionists who awakened wind abilities. It was said that they were incredibly strong, capable of summoning tornadoes reaching hundreds of meters in height with a casual wave of their hand. Lucas had also heard that this person seemed to be the lord of a sanctuary city, one of the most powerful evolutionists in the apocalypse.

"Hahaha, congratulations, Cobras! From now on, you'll be our powerful protector!" Lucas laughed and embraced Cobras.

"By the way, Cobras, what's your full name? We've been together for so long, and I don't even know your full name. It's quite impolite of me."

Since Cobras had become an evolved human, it was better for Lucas to change his attitude towards him. He couldn't keep calling him by a nickname every time.

Lucas probably didn't realize how shameless his thoughts were, but even if he did, he wouldn't think it was a big deal. In the apocalypse, human values had already become distorted in many ways.

"Sir, my name is Howard Koch. If you hadn't asked today, I probably would have forgotten. It's been so many years since someone called me by my full name. Hahaha..."

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"But I prefer you all to call me Cobras. After all, that's what they've been calling me for many years."

Cobras laughed as he spoke.

It had to be said that Cobras was quite eloquent, avoiding some awkwardness between him and Lucas.

"Howard Koch," Cobras said his name, causing Lucas's heart to suddenly tremble.

The powerful evolutionist he had just recalled from his previous life was named Howard Koch!

Among the few fugitives they had randomly picked up on the road, one of them turned out to be a future city lord of a sanctuary?

At this moment, Lucas's mood was similar to when he first obtained the system after his rebirth.

"This person must be firmly bound to my side. I absolutely cannot let him escape!"

Lucas silently said to himself in his mind, and his face instantly broke into a smile.

"Cobras, from now on, just call me Lucas. There's no need to address me as 'sir' all the time."

"We're comrades in life and death, good brothers!"

Now that Cobras had an ability, he could be considered someone with status. If Lucas let him continue to address him as "sir," it wouldn't be appropriate. It would feel like he didn't consider him as part of the team.

Facing Cobras, who might become his personal bodyguard in the future, Lucas shamelessly and warmly spoke to him.

Then, under the somewhat bewildered gaze of Cobras and Anna, Lucas returned to the bus and burst into laughter, leaving the surrounding people puzzled.

After discussing the plan to go to Blue Sky Lake, they thoroughly scavenged the town. They collected everything that could be useful, except for the elderly, weak, sick, and those previously injured in battle. The rest of the people carried a considerable amount of supplies.

The bus led the way, followed by the grain-carrying convoy, guarded by over a hundred soldiers. Behind the convoy were the people who couldn't find a seat in the vehicles, and at the rear were Cobras, Gehring, and a few other evolved individuals driving Cobras' modified off-road vehicle.

The bus was now filled with elderly and children, including five pregnant women.

At this moment, Lucas couldn't resist the urge to open the capsules, his gaze fixed on the drone control panel.

Regardless, these people were now considered part of Blue Sky Lake, the first core group Lucas had gathered in the apocalypse. In the future, he needed to establish Blue Sky Lake as a small sanctuary, and their absence would be unacceptable.

With more children on board, the bus became noisy, but Lucas didn't want to argue with them. He simply asked them not to touch things inside the vehicle randomly, especially the several square meters of fertile soil.

Currently, the crops grown in the fertile soil were a reliable source of food for Lucas, no matter where he went.

However, the speed was still too slow. When they were ten minutes away from the nuclear explosion, they had only covered half of the distance. And that was without encountering any danger.

To be honest, Lucas was worried about encountering insect hordes while moving with such a large group of people.

Watching the time on his watch, Lucas ordered the team to stop and rest while waiting for the nuclear explosion to pass.

At this moment, Lucas never took his eyes off the time on his watch.

Three minutes.

Two minutes.

One minute.

The time for the nuclear explosion from his previous life had finally arrived. Lucas perked up his ears, and the drone flew to its highest altitude.

Three minutes.

Two minutes.

One minute.

The expected time for the nuclear explosion had already passed by three minutes.

There was no nuclear explosion.

No deafening sound.

The earth didn't shake.

There was no light captured by the drone's camera.

At this location where the crowd was, there were three cities similar in size to the Coastal City, but not a single city had been targeted with a nuclear bomb.

This apocalypse was different from the previous one!

Lucas couldn't describe the indescribable emotions in his heart.

The absence of a nuclear explosion meant that some of the events he had experienced in his previous life for eleven years were now null and void. Like the others in the group, he had no understanding of what the future world would be like.

At this moment, Lucas knew only slightly more about surviving in the apocalypse than the rest of the people.

Actually, Lucas didn't think too much about the fact that the nuclear explosion didn't occur. Instead, he was thinking about the sun.

If, two months later, the world remained in darkness, what would the people of Blue Sky Lake eat?

It was impossible to go to other places to plunder food.

Without the sun, survivors in any location would have no food, and the journey would be dangerous.

In the apocalypse, it was difficult to find non-infected living beings.

They couldn't possibly eat infected animals if the sun didn't appear.

Suddenly, Lucas felt that he needed to investigate this matter.

After some consideration, Lucas planned to wait until Blue Sky Lake stabilized before visiting several nearby cities to make preparations for the worst-case scenario.

After resting for ten minutes, the crowd set off again.

This time, Lucas intentionally increased the speed, not wanting to stay outside any longer.