In the footage, it was clear that it was another military convoy on the move.

What was even more eerie was that there seemed to be a layer of dark clouds above the convoy, moving clouds.

Upon closer inspection, Lucas felt that those dark clouds should be a flock of infected birds.

Another flock of crows?

How could they be with the military?

Even more bizarre was that the military and the flock of crows seemed to be getting along harmoniously.

The time shown in the video was an hour ago, and the convoy was also heading towards the plain.

Were they also going to Annan?

Unexplainably, Lucas thought of the system's mission.

Could it be that the appearance of the mission was not the system knowing his thoughts, but rather related to this convoy?

Just after waking up, Lucas's mind was filled with question marks.

The time since the convoy left was an hour ago, and from the map, they took a different route into the plain.

Lucas estimated that the distance between him and the convoy shouldn't be far.

In the apocalypse, the plain was actually a dangerous terrain.

Within a range of tens to hundreds of kilometers, the visibility was wide open, and anything in motion would be very conspicuous.

Normally, in the darkness, this situation wouldn't be a big deal as things wouldn't be easily visible without good visibility.

Unfortunately, bugs and infected beings didn't see it that way. Their vision was excellent in the dark, and they could hardly miss any movement.

The reason Lucas was a bit nervous about entering the plain was because in his previous life, there was a large team from the shelter city that went out to search for supplies. A total of three hundred people were wiped out by bugs and infected beings on the plain.

And that happened even when there were over a dozen Evolvers in the team.

The survivors who managed to escape said that in less than half a minute, bugs, zombies, and over a dozen infected beings, each the size of a small hill, emerged from all directions.

The Evolvers in the team were directly targeted by the infected beings, and not a single one survived.

After analyzing the situation, the people in the shelter city concluded that the bugs and infected beings had set a trap for the team searching for supplies.

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Since then, teams from the shelter city going out to find supplies were willing to take detours and avoid using the same route for both the outbound and return trips.

The map showed that to cross this plain ahead, there was a distance of over seventy kilometers, and under normal circumstances, the bus would take nearly an hour to drive through.

Lucas released the unmanned aerial vehicle and, one minute later, found the convoy from the video.

The distance between the convoy and Lucas at this time was about three kilometers.

This time, the convoy consisted of forty to fifty military vehicles, and those trucks were filled with people. There weren't many wearing military uniforms, but overall, they looked serious and gave off a military vibe.

The flock of crows that Lucas wanted to see had disappeared without a trace. Even after the unmanned aerial vehicle flew five kilometers out, not a single crow was seen.

With this, Lucas felt that something was even more suspicious and that things didn't seem good.

Since things were strange, Lucas decided to keep his distance from the convoy. He increased the speed of the bus to the maximum and prepared to get ahead of the convoy.

At this moment, in the unmanned aerial vehicle, the situation that Lucas had imagined suddenly occurred, similar to what the supply team encountered in his previous life.

This plain seemed calm on the surface, but in reality, there were hidden undercurrents.

In the drone footage, trees and large patches of grass in the plain were teeming with insects and zombies, slowly closing in on the convoy.

The convoy must have noticed the situation through their own drones, as they all came to a halt and began to erect a makeshift defensive circle.

At this moment, Lucas noticed that among the covered vehicles in the convoy, there were more than a dozen artillery vehicles, the kind equipped with high-speed grenade launchers.

"Another big battle..." Lucas muttered under his breath as he adjusted the drone's camera to focus on the route he was about to take.

On the road Lucas was traversing, there were also glimpses of insects and infected individuals, but the bus had no lights on and was running in silent mode, so those creatures didn't notice it.

Even if they did notice the bus, they didn't seem interested in it.

The bus stood out alone; the convoy was the main target.

The bus didn't pause for a moment and continued moving forward. Lucas wasn't worried about the insects causing trouble for him, and he had no intention of hunting at this time.

Unnoticed by anyone, Lucas's shadow clone had already slipped out of the window, holding a pitch-black dagger, and disappeared into the grass on the plain.

Currently, both Lucas and his shadow clone had a sensing range of ten kilometers. The clone could stay here and observe the battle situation for now, just in case anything happened and they needed to react in advance.

Without any obstacles in his path, Lucas silently thanked the convoy for acting as bait.

Crossing the plain was just a matter of time.

The bus followed the predetermined route, and at this point, Lucas had taken over autonomous perception from the shadow clone, multitasking and controlling the clone.

When a massive infected avian creature appeared in the sky ahead, the battle commenced directly at the convoy's location.

The shadow clone's body emerged from a large tree over a kilometer away from the convoy. Under the tree, zombies ran continuously towards the convoy, their numbers incalculable.

There were also a considerable number of insects in the zombie horde, occasionally with yellow edges on their shells.

The remaining few were infected individuals.

In the sky, there was only the giant avian creature circling, while on the ground, there was a mutated infected creature twice the size of an adult cow, as well as an infected creature that couldn't be identified as a tiger or something else.

The most conspicuous were a group of monkeys about the size of adults. They stood about two kilometers away from the convoy, emitting strange roars from their mouths, seemingly commanding the insects and infected creatures.

Lucas didn't need to guess; these monkeys were undoubtedly the intelligent type of infected beings whose mental evolution outpaced their physical evolution.

"I wonder which zoo they escaped from."

Judging from the apparent strength of both sides, the convoy seemed to have no way out.

Unless they had powerful evolvers among them or more formidable weapons, the outcome was already predetermined.

Since they were intelligent infected beings, it was better not to act rashly.

After a barrage of high-speed grenade launcher shots, the battle began, while the bus had already distanced itself from the battlefield by seven to eight kilometers.

Lucas gave the order for the shadow clone to retreat and no longer concern himself with the battle.

Another thirty minutes passed, and the bus left the plain behind.

An hour and a half later, the bus arrived in Nan'an City.

During the two-hour journey, Lucas didn't even see a single bug, which meant that the insects and zombies on the plain were likely the infected creatures of Nan'an City.

Following the navigation, Lucas drove the bus through half of the city and arrived in front of a renowned pre-apocalyptic university in Nan'an City.

According to the system prompt, the location where he had to complete the mission was the Energy Research Institute within this university.

Even before entering the university, Lucas noticed the infected crow flock from the previous video.

Without any hesitation, the bus drove straight toward the densest area of the crow flock.

A few minutes later, Lucas witnessed a confrontation taking place in front of the Energy Research Institute between two individuals.

Strictly speaking, it was one evolver suppressing another evolver.

A man wearing glasses and a blue lab coat sat inside an air barrier similar to the bus's force field. He appeared calm, holding a package of something and eating while speaking to a woman outside the barrier who was commanding the infected crow flock to attack the barrier.

Only at this moment did Lucas realize that he had encountered the legendary evolver with animal features.

The enlarged crow wings on the back of the evolver confirmed her identity.