The whole nation is trying to survive on the cable car; I'm choosing one of three options at ea

A dull thud came from the roof, and the entire carriage shook violently. Su Mu grabbed the control panel to steady himself and looked up at the roof.

The fog lights pierced through the thick fog, illuminating a ten-meter radius around them.

He finally saw what had hit the cable car.

The object was about the size of an adult's head, dark purple in color, and covered with fine scales that gleamed with an eerie metallic sheen under the light.

Its body shape resembled a beetle magnified countless times, with a pair of translucent wings on its back, which were vibrating wildly and making a buzzing sound.

The most striking feature is its head... It has no eyes, and a long, thin, pointed horn at the top of its head, the tip of which glows with an eerie green light, as if it were coated with poison. Its mouth is shaped like a straw, curled under its head, with a sharp needle at the end, which is constantly poking at the cable car window.

Su Mu activated the reconnaissance function, and the monster's attributes appeared before his eyes.

【Piercing Bug (Lv2)】

[Race: Creepy Insect]

【Strength: 25】

[Physical Fitness: 30]

[Agility: 18]

【Spirit: 3】

[Skills: Pierce (pierces the target with the head's sharp horn, causing piercing damage), Acid Spray (sprays corrosive acid, dealing additional damage to metal)]

[Note: These are social insects, typically living in groups of dozens. They prefer to attack moving objects and have a particular affinity for metal.]

Su Mu looked at the piercing beetle, then looked around.

There is only one.

No, not just. The beam of his fog lights swept through the thick fog, and he could vaguely see more dark purple shadows swirling in the mist... at least a dozen, approaching his cable car.

Social insects. Living in groups of dozens.

Without hesitation, Su Mu summoned a spear from the void with his right hand and placed his left hand on the control panel, activating two arrow quivers.

"Whoosh... Pfft."

An arrow shot from the quiver, piercing the head of the beetle with pinpoint accuracy. The beetle's body froze in mid-air for a moment, then plummeted straight down, disappearing into the thick fog.

[Slaying a Lv2 Piercing Beetle grants +0.1 experience. Automatically collects: Piercing Beetle Horn x1.]

Su Mu raised an eyebrow slightly.

Automatic collection... This is the talent I just chose today. All resources belonging to the host within the attack range are automatically transported to the cable car. It's really useful.

He glanced at the ammunition level in the quiver; there were still over two hundred rounds left, enough for him.

But soon, he discovered a problem.

The flight paths of those piercing beetles were completely different from those of the previous firefly gnats. The firefly gnats flew in a straight line, and their collision with the cable car was entirely accidental. But these piercing beetles... they were actively approaching.

They were attracted to something.

He remained calm, nor did he personally intervene. Two quiver pods, one on the left and one on the right, automatically aimed and fired, each arrow precisely killing a beetle. Occasionally, a few escaped, but before they could even get close to the cable car, he casually dispatched them with a single shot.

Kill notifications and automatic loot notifications kept appearing on the system panel.

[Slaying a Lv2 Piercing Beetle grants +0.1 experience. Automatically collects: Piercing Beetle Horn x1.]

[Slaying a Lv1 Piercing Beetle grants +0.05 experience points. Automatically collects: 1 Piercing Beetle Carapace Fragment.]

......

Experience points increased slowly, but materials accumulated quickly. In just over ten minutes, he collected more than thirty sharp horns, more than twenty shell fragments, and more than a dozen acid glands.

Su Mu glanced out the window, his brows furrowing slightly.

The sound of the impact grew louder and louder.

It wasn't the sporadic "tap-tap" sound from before, but a dense, continuous "bang-bang" sound, like countless hailstones frantically pounding on the metal of the cable car.

He walked to the window and looked out... The beam of the fog lights swept across, and the dark purple shadows were several times more numerous than before. Before, there were only a few scattered ones, but now they were densely packed together, like a writhing dark cloud, surging endlessly from the depths of the thick fog.

The quantity is increasing. And the rate of increase is very fast.

Su Mu opened the chat channel to check on the other people's situations.

The news has caused a sensation.

"Damn it, why was the attack so early? Wasn't it supposed to be the middle of the night?"

"Holy crap! How come there are so many?! Weren't there only a few here and there before?"

"Help! My cable car can't hold on much longer! There are more than twice as many of these things as last night!"

"Something's not right, something's not right, there seem to be too many of them. The oil lamps used to work, but now they seem less effective! They're not afraid of light at all!"

"Mine too! The oil lamp is lit, but they're still hitting the glass! What the hell are these things?!"

"It's over, it's over! My cable car roof has been dented. If this keeps up, it won't make it through the night."

"Fuel! Does anyone have fuel?! I need to get out! We have to get out! We're surrounded!"

"I need fuel too! Anyone willing to trade? I'll give you everything I own!"

Cries for help, screams, and trade requests flooded the chat. Panic spread rapidly through the channel; everyone was shouting, but no one could help anyone else... Everyone was trapped in their own cable cars, struggling to survive.

Su Mu turned off the channel and looked out the window again.

The number of those piercing beetles is indeed skyrocketing.

The fog lights swept across a limited area, but the blurry shadows at the edges of the beams told him that the situation outside was far more serious than described on the channel.

However, for him, this was actually a good opportunity to gain experience.

The quiver was firing automatically, each arrow precisely killing a beetle. Su Mu wasn't idle either; he picked up the M500, opened the cable car's small window, and began firing at the dense, dark purple shadows outside.

"biu, biu, biu..."

The silencer reduced the gunshot noise to an extremely low level, but the bullets were fired at an incredibly high rate. The 27-round magazine was emptied in less than three seconds. He quickly reloaded and continued firing.

Kill notifications were flooding the system panel.

[Slaying a Lv2 Piercing Beetle grants +0.1 experience. Automatically collects: Piercing Beetle Horn x1.]

[Slaying a Lv1 Piercing Beetle grants +0.05 experience points. Automatically collects: 1 Piercing Beetle Carapace Fragment.]

[Kill a Lv2 Piercing Beetle, experience points +0.1. Automatically collect: Piercing Beetle Acid Glands x1.]

The experience points were increasing slowly but steadily. Su Mu glanced at the number of players in the upper right corner of the channel while reloading.

Seven hundred and thirteen people.