Survival in the apocalypse, teammate Xia Shiyu at the start

So Shen Zhao stayed in the tent and continued to instruct Ran Mouri on the Six Styles of the Navy.

Eri knelt before him and diligently massaged his legs, as a way of paying for her daughter's tuition.

after awhile.

Shen Zhao picked up the beautiful mature woman from the ground and went forward to give Ran Mouri some pointers.

Despite being greatly hampered by having someone with him, Ran Mouri's attacks still missed their mark.

Besides the vast difference in strength between the two sides, another reason for this outcome is that the mother clinging to the man distracted the girl.

Shen Zhao shoved Ran Mouri backward with a single palm strike, and sternly criticized her: "Calm down! Focus!"

"No matter what happens during battle, you must remain calm and focused, otherwise you'll be giving the enemy an opportunity!"

The girl bowed and apologized: "I'm sorry, Mr. Shen!"

Shen Zhao continued his work, saying in a serious tone, "It seems we'll have to do this kind of training a few more times."

The morning passed by in training.

When it was lunchtime, Asuna didn't wait for Ran Mouri to bring her lunch anymore.

They voluntarily came to the large tent where the three of them were staying.

Seeing that there was only a bed in the tent, the chestnut-haired girl couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

However, she did not inquire rashly, but bowed and said, "Excuse me."

Shen Zhao smiled and said, "Welcome, Miss Asuna. Please feel free to make yourself at home."

Ran Mouri happily walked over, took her hand, and led her into the tent: "Come in and sit down, lunch will be ready soon."

With Asuna, an outsider, present, Shen Zhao didn't try anything funny during lunch.

After dinner.

The chestnut-haired girl looked at the man solemnly and said, "Mr. Shen Zhao, I would like to ask you about something."

Shen Zhao said knowingly, "Miss Asuna wants to ask about the Key to the World, right?"

Last night, while playing with him, Ran told him about her conversation with Asuna.

“Yes.” Asuna lowered her head. “I want to know how to obtain the Key to the World.”

"I can pay survival points as a fee for purchasing this intelligence; the specific price is up to you."

"No need for intelligence fees." Shen Zhao waved his hand. "It's not a major secret, so telling you won't hurt."

Then he told the chestnut-haired girl without reservation the conditions for triggering the hidden quest that he had deduced.

Asuna fell into deep thought after hearing this.

She has no chance of winning the Rookie of the Year title.

The only hope is to get the mission from the relevant indigenous figures.

However, this path is not so easy.

Let alone the fact that it's impossible to determine from whom the hidden quest will be received.

At this moment, in the snowy forest, there was not a single living native of this world to be found.

Seeing the chestnut-haired girl frowning and deep in thought, Shen Zhao said, "There's no need to force this, Miss Asuna."

"While the Key to the World can be used to evade survival missions, the cost is extremely high. There's no need to spend too much effort on it."

Asuna remained noncommittal upon hearing this, and bowed to him, saying, "Thank you for your information and advice, Mr. Shen Zhao."

Shen Zhao said with a smile, "If Miss Asuna is planning to try the hidden quest, she might want to reconsider the suggestion of teaming up with me."

The chestnut-haired girl paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "I will seriously consider it."

They then said goodbye and left their tent.

The blizzard has not stopped.

Everyone had to stay in the tent to rest.

In the afternoon, Shen Zhao stopped focusing solely on playing with the mother and daughter.

He focused on cultivating the Force and digesting the vast amount of knowledge stored in Tony Stark's brain backup.

Eri Kisaki secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

From yesterday afternoon to noon today, she was so amused that her three little mouths were practically agape.

Now my overworked body can finally get a little rest.

The blizzard lasted for two full days.

The commotion didn't finally subside until the fourth morning of this survival game.

"The sky has cleared up!"

Ran Mouri opened the ventilation window on the tent and exclaimed in delight as she looked at the sunlight streaming in.

Shen Zhao stroked Fei Yingli's heaving head and said lazily, "The weather's cleared up, it's time for our vacation to end."

Although he could only stay in this small tent for the past two days, he was still quite carefree and happy with the busty mother and daughter by his side.

I don't find it cloying at all.

No sooner had he finished speaking than a tremendous roar came from outside.

Red Queen followed up with a report: "Master, a swarm of aircraft is passing by in the air!"

Shen Zhao immediately pulled away from the beautiful mature woman's red lips, casually put on a bathrobe, and walked out of the tent.

I lifted the curtain and stood at the tent entrance, looking up at the sky.

A massive formation of over a dozen bombers and fighter jets roared past and flew eastward.

Shen Zhao narrowed his eyes as he watched the direction the aircraft had left.

Asuna also came out of her small tent and looked at the departing aircraft, saying, "Are those planes going to bomb that Skull Beast's lair?"

"should be."

Shen Zhao turned his gaze to the chestnut-haired girl: "I'm going to go check on the situation. Miss Asuna, would you like to come along?"

Seeing the girl's hesitant expression, he added, "There might be a hidden mission in this incident."

These words made Asuna make up her mind: "Okay, I'll go with you too."

"Without further delay, let's set off now."

Shen Zhao turned to the mother and daughter in the tent and said, "Eri, Ran, Miss Asuna and I are going out for a bit."

"Make your own breakfast first, don't wait for us."

Then he instructed the blonde, busty beauty who had walked up to him, "White, protect the camp."

Commander White saluted respectfully: "Yes, Commander!"

Shen Zhao put on the Mark 7 Iron Man suit while still wearing his bathrobe.

"Come here, Asuna, I'll fly you there."

Without hesitation, the chestnut-haired girl walked over and let the man in gold and red armor embrace her waist.

The thrusters activated, and the two men soared into the air, chasing after the departing aircraft.

Chapter 133 Another Hidden Quest: Asuna's Request!

Wearing the Mark 7 Iron Man suit, Shen Zhao, along with Asuna, caught up with the aircraft group before reaching the massive Skull Beast lair.

He controlled his flight to stay close to the ground, taking advantage of the Mark 7 suit's excellent stealth capabilities.

The aircraft high in the sky were completely unaware that there were followers below.

A few minutes later, the colossal crater created three days earlier by two heavy bombers came into view.

It's unclear whether the skeletal beasts have either hidden underground or left their exposed lair.

The area around the sinkhole was completely silent, with no sign of any living creature.

Shen Zhao stopped a few kilometers away, holding Asuna, and watched from a distance.

The aircraft flew over the sinkhole, but instead of immediately dropping bombs on the ground, they began to circle in the air.

After a little thought, he understood what was going on.

Two days of blizzard have covered the entire sinkhole and the dense honeycomb-like tunnels at its bottom with snow.

Looking down from high above, all you can see is a vast expanse of white, making it difficult to accurately pinpoint the bombing target.

In such a vast snowfield, indiscriminate bombing with just a dozen or so aircraft carrying bombs would be completely ineffective.

Shen Zhao said, "Asuna, take out your laser designator. Let's help this air force out."

"it is good!"

Asuna took out a laser pointer from her backpack, turned it on, and guided the laser to the center of the sinkhole nest under the man's instructions.

The next moment, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on her face.

Just as she opened her mouth to say something, the man interrupted her first: "It's starting."

The aircraft high in the sky seemed to have received a laser designation signal from the ground.

Two fighter jets swooped down first and launched several air-to-ground missiles.

boom! boom! boom!

The missile hit the location indicated by the chestnut-haired girl with pinpoint accuracy.

Clusters of fireballs expanded and rose.

The snow was blown away and melted, revealing a dense network of tunnels underneath.

This confirmed the reliability of the suddenly appearing laser pointer signal.

One by one, the bombers dropped the bombs carried on the bomb racks under their wings.

Then the bomb bay located under the fuselage opened, dropping heavy aerial bombs one after another like eggs.

Boom boom boom——

The deafening explosions continued unabated, and the massive sinkhole, several kilometers in diameter, was instantly transformed into a sea of ​​fire under this carpet bombing.

The earthquake caused the sinkhole to collapse further, exposing structures deeper underground.

Numerous skeletal beasts, hidden in the underground tunnels, roared as they burst forth, only to be torn apart by explosions or perished in the raging flames.

Shen Zhao keenly observed that among the skeletal beasts that appeared, there were not only ordinary individuals the size of water buffalo.

There are other special units that are even larger in size.

For example, there is a giant monster that is estimated to be seven or eight meters long and looks like a snake or a lizard.

There was also a giant, one-horned monster that looked like a rhinoceros and was two or three stories high.

The honeycomb-shaped tunnel complex exposed after the secondary collapse is interspersed with many large tunnels, which are obviously specially prepared as access passages for these giant monsters.

This monster is indeed more complex than it appears, being the source of the world-ending catastrophe in this scene!

More than a dozen military aircraft dropped hundreds of tons of bombs, completely ravaging the sinkhole.

After running out of ammunition, most of the aircraft returned to base.

Only two fighter jets remained, circling back and forth above the sinkhole to observe the effects of the bombing.

"Let's go too."

Shen Zhao carried Asuna and flew towards the village where he and Eri and her daughter had temporarily settled.

Along the way, small groups of skeleton beasts were spotted running towards the sinkhole from time to time in the dense forest.

It seems they rushed back to provide support after discovering their base had been attacked.

Upon arriving at the village, it was quiet and peaceful, with no one and no monsters.

Shen Zhao landed in front of the wooden house where he had stayed three days ago and said, "Let's stay here for a while and observe whether the sinkhole nest has been destroyed."

The chestnut-haired girl did not object.