The officer was swift and decisive, and the team quickly trotted forward.
"This officer must be an evolved person. Otherwise, these people would not be so obedient." He breathed a sigh of relief. With such a strong and reliable teammate, this mission should be much smoother.
What he was most afraid of was encountering a group of idiotic teammates. Not only would they not be able to help him, but they would also drag him down. Although the other party was strong, this kind of evolver was a mix of good and bad people, and everyone was extremely independent. He needed such a person to suppress him.
After all, the mission was very dangerous. Even Luo Yuan felt pressured. If he did not have such a person, he would have done the same thing if the team was in chaos and without a leader.
However, it would not be justifiable. Secondly, the only way to make an example would not be effective. Not only would it not be effective, but there would also be serious repercussions.
With the sound of the hydraulic jet, the thick iron door of the shelter opened layer by layer. The noise coming from outside quickly became clearer. There were even mutated creatures scratching at the iron door, making a sharp sound that made people's teeth ache.
A few evolved people started sweating on their foreheads. Their footsteps gradually slowed down, but because of their pride and the order, they had to continue moving forward.
When they passed through the stairs, the last iron door slowly opened. The officer raised his hand and made a gesture to be on guard. The crisp sound of a gun being loaded was heard.
Most of the evolved people who belonged to the military lifted their rifles and got ready to shoot.
Everyone's breathing became heavier. As time passed, the scene outside gradually came into view as the iron door opened. The mutated creatures that scratched the iron door were nowhere to be seen.
"There's nothing. It seems like they were scared away by the sound of the iron door opening." A big man in front carefully got out of the iron door and quickly checked the surroundings. He relaxed and laughed.
"Shut up. Everyone, be careful. The mutated creatures that can survive in the apocalypse are not that stupid. I suspect …" The Lieutenant Colonel said coldly.
Before he could finish his sentence, a huge ferocious-looking insect the size of a van flew out from a hidden corner. The black metal-like forelimbs popped out like lightning and pierced into the forehead of the man who was laughing just now. The hard skull was almost unable to block the mutated insect's forelimbs, which were comparable to alloys, and it directly pierced through.
Even with Lin Xiaoji's super self-healing ability, there was nothing he could do to save such an injury. He widened his eyes in disbelief, and the smile still lingered on his face. His body began to twitch uncontrollably. Unfortunately, this burly man died before he could even use his evolved ability.
Perhaps it was too easy to hunt, so the mutated insect did not leave immediately. It looked at the group of creatures with its cold and terrifying compound eyes. Perhaps it had a simple judgment that this was an easy source of food, but in this desert where food was scarce …
However, its thoughts were soon interrupted by a gunshot. A 15mm tungsten core armor-piercing bullet and a large caliber rifle that was specially designed for mutated creatures were fired at a speed of more than 900 meters per second. Its power was far greater than the Barrett anti-material sniper rifle before the apocalypse.
In the apocalypse, due to the global shipping being cut off, the remaining countries became isolated islands. Many technologies had regressed or even disappeared.
However, the relatively closed military technology was basically preserved. Due to the crazy survival pressure in the past few years, resources were greatly tilted to the military. Perhaps it could be said that the entire society was serving the military. This led to the rapid advancement of military technology.
More powerful propellant, better alloy, and the strong physique of the survivors of the apocalypse. When the enemy changed from humans to mutated creatures, some crazy and powerful weapons based on the idea of limitless maximum power began to emerge. And this new rifle was one of them.
Under such a terrifying attack, the hard shell of the insect was instantly shattered. Each wound was almost 20 to 30 centimeters in size. Some of the weaker parts of the stomach were directly penetrated.
The mutated insect let out a shrill screech and quickly fell to the ground.
…
The person who was joking just a moment ago was killed in the blink of an eye. Even though they had expected a high death rate in this mission, they still felt a chill.
Luo Yuan remained silent and held his knife tightly. The strength of the insect was not strong. It was at most a dark blue level, which could be easily killed. However, he was surrounded by people. Even though he had already noticed the danger the moment the insect appeared, he still could not do it.
"I'll do it again. Do not whisper or make any noise along the way. Now … continue moving forward," the Lieutenant Colonel shouted. The Lieutenant Colonel shouted loudly. Then, he called over two soldiers to carry the still twitching corpse and put it on the side of the road.
Everyone was used to the cruelty of the apocalypse, so they did not care about the disposal of the corpse. However, they looked even more depressed.
It was one or two o 'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day. The thick fog that was originally covering the sky of Desert City had now been blown away. It seemed to indicate that the city was returning to the wilderness.
Luo Yuan looked bleakly at the city after the catastrophe. The quiet and peaceful city had now turned into a pile of ruins.
Most of the buildings after the apocalypse were made of wood. Perhaps it was the nature of the mutated insects, or perhaps it was because they had been migrating day and night. They were so hungry that they did not mind eating anything.
In his sight, the entire Desert City had turned into a pile of ruins. Only a few important buildings, which were made of high-grade cement and steel bars, were barely holding on.
The smoke in the air was almost indiscernible. A large number of the insects had already passed. There were only a few mutated insects left in Desert City. Most of them had been injured and abandoned by the rest of the troops.
Some of the more injured ones had probably died and were eaten by other mutated insects. Along the way, they could see the carapace remains of these huge corpses. They were shrouded by groups of flies and mosquitoes. It was like a ghost town!
Even so, Desert City was still very dangerous.
In the animal world, a well-fed lion could allow a zebra to roam freely in its territory. It could even allow hyenas to fight for food and provoke it. However, a hungry lion would never let go of any living creature in its line of sight. If this lion was injured, perhaps its combat strength would decrease, but its aggressiveness would be the strongest, because missing this opportunity might mean death for it.
Not long after they left the shelter, the crowd was attacked one after another. Mutated insects with broken limbs seemed to have completely lost their minds. Luo Yuan even saw one with its entire tail cut off, dragging half of its internal organs as it struggled to run towards them.
However, such an attack did not cause much trouble for the evolved humans who were already prepared.
It was only then that Luo Yuan realized that he had underestimated these evolved humans. Most of them were not very strong. Most of them were level two or three, and most of them were physically evolved humans. Some of them were extremely strong, some were agile, and some had specific body parts that had mutated. Luo Yuan even saw an evolved human with three eyes and two faces with four arms. It was an eye-opener for him.
Although the ordinary evolved humans in the system had all sorts of abilities, they were not worth mentioning in his eyes in terms of true strength. However, their extraordinary physique, coupled with the powerful gunpowder weapons in their hands, made up for this shortcoming.
Of course, there were also a few evolved humans that caught Luo Yuan's attention.
One of the evolved humans seemed to be able to control metal. The steel bars around the ruins flowed like water. A huge mutated insect that was less than 20 meters in front of him was pierced into a beehive by a sudden metal spike. After the attack, the metal spikes turned into liquid again and flowed towards him, spreading along the back of his feet. A few seconds later, it formed a silver-white full-body armor.
There was also an evolved human who, when he activated his ability, caused the air within three to four meters to vibrate violently like boiling water. Countless gravel floated and turned into dust. It was so powerful that even Luo Yuan could not help but look at it a few more times. It was similar to a force field. Unfortunately, there was no mutated insect that was hot-headed enough to try it out, so he did not know how powerful it was. However, looking at the behavior of the surrounding rocks, Luo Yuan believed that if he were to enter such a force field without any defense, he would be turned into ashes in no time.
Of course, it was like a kid holding a gun. It was one thing to be powerful, but the actual combat was another. If that was the extent of his ability, he could rely on his Will to defend himself. Even if he could only hold on for a short moment, he would still be killed instantly.
However, the lieutenant colonel that Luo Yuan was most concerned about did not move at all, which made him slightly disappointed.
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