Survival in the apocalypse, teammate Xia Shiyu at the start

He looked like he couldn't wait to offer himself up.

If Asuna hadn't been there, Shen Zhao probably could have easily enjoyed a three-flower-blooming-in-the-open-air activity right there.

'I'll bring Eri and Ran out to play again tonight.'

Shen Zhao suppressed his eagerness and said, "Xiao Lan, your next task is to practice how to fight the Skull Beast."

"Start with one-on-one duels, and gradually increase the difficulty to one-on-two or even one-on-many."

"I'll keep an eye on things for you this morning, but you'll have to rely on yourself this afternoon since there's no insurance."

Ran Mouri shouted, "I'll do my best!"

"Okay." Shen Zhao put his arm around the girl's slender waist and said, "Let's go back and have breakfast first. We'll need to be well-fed to have the strength to fight."

"Oh no! Breakfast isn't ready yet," Ran Mouri said hurriedly. "I'll go prepare it right away."

Asuna immediately said, "Then I'll do my morning exercise here first."

Shen Zhao said meaningfully, "We'll make breakfast more elaborate today, which will take a little longer. Asuna, you can continue your training at your own pace. We'll call you when it's time to eat."

Ran Mouri understood the man's implication, blushed, and swallowed back her words about wanting Asuna to come back to the tent with her.

The chestnut-haired girl agreed without hesitation.

Shen Zhao led Ran Mouri back to their large tent.

Eri Kisaki, who endured the most criticism last night, is still fast asleep in bed.

The tent, with its soundproofing activated, was completely quiet; the noise from outside couldn't get in at all.

Ran Mouri walked towards the kitchen area: "Shen Jun, you rest for a while, I'll make breakfast."

"Wait a minute." Shen Zhao grinned mischievously and pulled out an apron. "Don't forget to tie this on before you cook."

The girl reached out to take the apron, but he pulled his hand back, saying, "Let me help you."

"Xiao Lan, take off your outer clothes first, so they don't smell of cooking oil later."

After a while.

Ran Mouri was making breakfast in front of the stove, wearing only an apron.

Shen Zhao stood behind her to help.

The loud noises from the two of them cooking together finally woke Eri Kisaki up.

Shen Zhao put his arm around Ran Mouri's waist and turned around to say, "Eri, come and help Ran prepare breakfast."

The beautiful mature woman obediently got up and joined in.

During breakfast.

Asuna picked up the milk and took a sip, her delicate eyebrows furrowing: "This milk tastes a little strange."

"Really?" Shen Zhao said casually. "Could it have spoiled due to improper storage? Or perhaps we weren't careful when heating the milk and let the flavors of other foods get mixed in?"

Ran Mouri blushed and said, "I'm sorry, if there's a problem, Miss Asuna, please don't drink it yet."

Asuna put the glass of milk aside and said to Ran, "It's okay, it's probably just my imagination. I've been smelling the stench of those monsters for so long that my sense of smell and taste haven't recovered yet."

Shen Zhao said with a smile, "I'll treat you to the freshest milk next time."

Asuna picked up another piece of condensed milk toast, took a bite, chewed it a few times, and then frowned again.

So, is it really a problem with their sense of smell and taste caused by the monster?

The condensed milk in this condensed milk toast seems to have the same strange taste.

Seeing that Eri and Ran Mouri, mother and daughter, were eating the same food without any change in expression, the chestnut-haired girl didn't say anything more and continued eating while enduring the strange taste.

Chapter 136 ends, a new challenge begins!

There are three days left until the end of the fourth survival game.

After two days of intensive training, Shen Zhao and Asuna began to work on the hidden mission.

Ran Mouri also wanted to join this dangerous mission, but Shen Zhao refused.

After two days of intensive training, the girl is now able to calmly deal with the attacks of three or four ordinary skeleton beasts.

However, her hastily improved skills were still insufficient to overcome the difficulty of this hidden mission.

In fact, Asuna's strength was insufficient to complete this hidden mission.

However, she had experienced three survival games on her own, and her combat strength and experience were far superior to Ran Mouri's.

At least it won't be a major hindrance to the mission.

Shen Zhao was confident that he could protect Ran Mouri.

However, participating in it won't earn you any mission rewards, so there's no need to undertake such a difficult mission just to gain practical experience.

So in the end, Ran Mouri obeyed the man's orders and stayed at the camp with her mother, Eri Kisaki.

Protected by the Dark Soldiers led by Commander White.

After breakfast, Shen Zhao and Asuna set off without delay.

The two silently trudged through the snow and across the dense forest, arriving near the skull beast's lair.

The chestnut-haired girl took out a laser pointer and aimed it at the enormous sinkhole in front of her, which was filled with honeycomb-like tunnels.

The extremely dangerous mission of venturing deep into the lair to search for the Skullbeast Mother can only be accomplished by the 240s themselves.

However, the human alliance in this world isn't completely without support.

Before they enter the sinkhole nest, an air raid can be called in to clear a path and distract the skeleton beast horde.

The Human Alliance Command had been notified of the earth-shattering operation last night, so the Human Alliance Air Force responded much faster this time than before.

The laser pointer responded within just a few minutes of being turned on.

After waiting for another ten minutes or so, the roar of aircraft could be heard from the sky.

A dozen or so heavy bombers flew in from the west.

A vast array of tiny black dots fell from the sky, scattering and crashing into a massive sinkhole several kilometers in diameter.

Boom boom boom——

Amidst the continuous explosions, the entire sinkhole instantly transformed into a raging sea of ​​fire.

Countless skeletal beasts were torn to pieces by the shockwave or burned to charcoal by the flames.

Hundreds of tons of cluster bombs were dropped, clearing large blank spaces in the super-giant crater.

Once the carpet bombing by the human coalition aircraft ended, Shen Zhao and Asuna immediately began their operation, entering the nest through the collapsed tunnels.

Shen Zhao, dressed in a Mark 7 suit and wielding a lightsaber, led the way.

Asuna followed closely behind.

Most of the Skull Beasts were distracted by the loud bombing outside.

In addition, Shen Zhao was guided by the Force.

The two ventured deep into the lair without incident and found the Queen-class mother.

With Shen Zhao's assistance, Asuna successfully located the Queen and summoned the human alliance fighters to drop bunker-buster bombs to carry out the decapitation strike.

This hidden quest has been completed.

When the queen died, the entire skeletal beast herd instantly collapsed into chaos.

The two easily escaped the nest and returned to the camp to reunite with Ran and her daughter, who were anxiously waiting outside.

After that, the outcome of the game was no longer in doubt.

Main quest completed.

"Initiating teleportation to exit the current game scene."

After a familiar sense of disorientation.

Shen Zhao left the snow-capped mountains and arrived in a dazzling starry sky.

"Players numbered 0125-1900/2600, begin game settlement."

"Complete the main quest in the Kill Mode game scene [Gray Forest], and you will receive +1 Authority Level Experience and 1000 Survival Points as a reward."

"In this game, the side quest reward is..."

"Side quest completion progress rating is S, quest reward 16000 survival points."

"In this game, the final ranking on the leaderboard is first, and the privilege level experience is increased by 2."

"Player ID 0125-1900/2600, your privilege level has been upgraded to Lv2. Do you wish to advance to a medium-risk game scenario?"

"Note that you have currently completed 4 low-risk survival game sessions, and you can stay in 6 more low-risk sessions."

"After advancing to medium difficulty, the remaining number of runs in low difficulty will be retained."

Excluding the bonus from the Rookie of the Year title, my privilege level has officially been upgraded to Lv2!

Just like the information provided by the prisoner, Shen Zhao can choose to advance to the medium-risk game scenario.

You can also stay until you've completed ten low-risk games.

However, as a player who uses cheats, he certainly wouldn't choose the latter.

Increased difficulty?

It's all about high difficulty!

Shen Zhao didn't hesitate and decisively replied, "I choose the difficulty level!"

"Difficulty upgrade complete. You will now enter a medium-risk difficulty game scenario in the next survival game."

"Settlement complete. Transferred to your personal private space."

The starry sky transformed into a vortex that swallowed Shen Zhao whole.

After a blur, he returned to the courtyard of his private space.

"Jun Shen!"

"elder brother!"

"..."

A group of beauties, both young and old, gathered around.

Shen Zhao smiled and hugged and kissed each of the women.

The silver-haired young girl, Kasugano Sora.

Utaha Kasumigaoka, the sharp-tongued senior in black stockings.

Saeko Busujima, a cool and elegant woman with purple hair.

The beautiful married woman, Sayuri Sawamura.

The haughty, golden-haired Eriri Sawamura.

Violet, a beautiful, quiet, and doll-like loyal dog.

The quiet and beautiful passerby heroine, Kato Megumi.

D.Va, the playful cat.

Eri Kisaki, a mature, sexy, and aloof married woman.

Ran Mouri, a gentle yet strong-willed and obedient daughter.

Finally, there was Commander White, and three members of YoRHa unit: 2B and A2.

After kissing and touching, Shen Zhao raised an eyebrow.

His harem is still missing one member.

"Your friend Asuna has requested access to your personal space. Do you agree?"

A smile appeared on Shen Zhao's face.

"Let me introduce a newcomer to everyone."