Survival in the apocalypse, teammate Xia Shiyu at the start

"Good morning, Violet. This is A2." He greeted her with a smile. "Have you had breakfast?"

"Good morning, sir." The blonde girl nodded to A2, not asking about his background, then looked back at him. "I've eaten. Sir, shall we set off now?"

This……

Shen Zhao didn't want to bring her along.

Without the protection of enhanced clothing, the flesh and blood bodies of ordinary people are far too fragile.

If given a choice, it's best to avoid fighting without wearing enhanced armor.

However, he did not refuse directly, but said, "You stay here, I will go and see Mrs. Sawamura and the others first."

After saying that, he stepped forward, knocked on the door, and entered the room of Sawamura and her daughter.

The mother and daughter did not appear to have gotten up yet.

Mrs. Sawamura sat leaning against the headboard, while Eriri sat beside her mother.

"Mr. Shen." The beautiful married woman's face flushed slightly, and her eyes darted away. "I'm not feeling well, so it's really impolite of me to see you like this."

The girl with bright blonde hair explained on behalf of her mother, "Mom was too tired yesterday and hasn't fully recovered yet."

Shen Zhao said considerately, "It's alright, I just came to see if you have any special needs."

She turned to look at Eriri again and said with a smile, "Miss Eriri, your hair looks better in pigtails."

It's also easy to catch them.

Last night, without the reins to hold onto, he felt like something was missing.

"Y-really?"

Eriri's porcelain-white face flushed instantly. She turned her head away to avoid his gaze, her small hand unconsciously tossing her loose blonde hair...

After casually teasing Eriri, Shen Zhao got down to business: "I have to go out for a bit, I should be back by evening."

"Ah, is Shen-kun going out to fight again?" Mrs. Sawamura said apologetically. "I'm sorry, Eriri and I can't help you."

"Mrs. Sawamura, you're too kind," Shen Zhao said meaningfully. "Besides, it's not like I didn't help at all. Last night, you made me feel very comfortable and relaxed."

The beautiful married woman blushed even more on her fair face and whispered, "When Shen Jun comes back and my body has recovered, I'll help you relax again."

This is really an unexpected surprise.

Shen Zhao smiled brightly: "I'm really looking forward to it."

Eriri turned her head and looked at her mother with a puzzled expression, then at him.

What are Mom and Mr. Shen Zhao talking about?

What happened last night?

At this moment, Shen Zhao continued, "2B will stay and continue to protect you."

Mrs. Sawamura hurriedly said, "No need, Mr. Shen, you should take her with you for help. We are safe here."

Eriri didn't have time to think it over and nodded vigorously in agreement with her mother's words.

"Do as I say," Shen Zhao said in an unquestionable tone. "I have other helpers."

He had put a lot of effort into protecting this mother and daughter; if he didn't protect them well and they were attacked by monsters, he would suffer a huge loss.

Seeing that he had made a decision, the Sawamura mother and daughter stopped trying to persuade him and obediently agreed.

Eriri felt a sense of being valued by a man, and she was delighted.

Sawamura Sayuri thought to herself, "I'll serve Shen-kun well tonight. He seems to really like the twin tails look..."

Shen Zhao bid farewell to the mother and daughter, each with their own thoughts, and turned to leave the room.

Returning to Violet and A2, he said to the blonde girl, "Violet, your mission today is still to protect Sora."

Violet opened her mouth, hesitated as if to speak, and finally lowered her head without saying a word.

Although protecting Sora's safety is also an important task, she would rather fight alongside her superior.

Seeing her dejected look, Shen Zhao's heart softened.

After thinking for a moment, he took out two items from the system space.

"Violet, I have a few gifts to give you."

The blonde girl looked up, her bright blue eyes filled with confusion as she gazed at him: "A gift?"

The girl, who is a humanoid weapon, cannot understand this ranking.

"A gift is something you give to someone you like to express your feelings."

Shen Zhao handed over the ball of light he was holding in his right hand: "This is a powerful combat skill called 'Gunfight Technique'."

"Once you learn this, you will be able to better unleash the power of ebony and white ivory. Come on, 2.6, stretch out your hand and touch it."

Violet obediently reached out a hand to touch the ball of light.

The next moment, she felt a wealth of knowledge about firearms being instilled into her mind and imprinted on her neurons.

When she came to her senses, she felt a slight stinging sensation on her neck, like being bitten by a mosquito.

Shen Zhao pulled out the syringe and explained, "This is a strengthening potion that can enhance your physique."

He originally intended to save this D-grade enhancement potion for Saeko.

After absorbing the scalding heat surging within her body, Violet clearly sensed the enhancement in her physical abilities.

She looked at Shen Zhao with some unease: "Sir, these are all very precious treasures, you shouldn't use them on me."

The girl had no interest in worldly possessions, but she was very clear about the value of items that could directly enhance her strength.

“These things are mine, and I can decide how to use them,” Shen Zhao said calmly. “Besides, you are also my treasure, so using them on you is the same as keeping them.”

Violet immediately accepted this logic.

"Yes, sir, I will make good use of this power!"

"Then let's stay here, protect Qiong, and properly digest our new power."

This time, Violet didn't hesitate: "Yes, sir!"

"Very good." Shen Zhao's lips curled up. "Next, there's one last gift."

He took a black collar out of his spatial backpack.

"Wear this, and I'll be able to know your location anytime."

The blonde girl obediently lowered her head and let the officer put the collar on her.

Chapter 77 Another self-destruction, a difficult monster-hunting journey!

Give all the skill books and D-grade enhancement potions you got from previous check-ins to Violet.

Then, a positioning collar was put on the violet-clad girl.

Shen Zhao took the newly acquired aloof and elegant robot, A2, and left to begin his journey to complete the hidden mission.

Two full days have passed.

However, there were no people or other monsters around the house.

The traces left by the monster that attacked on the third day were still very clear.

Shen Zhao activated his Force perception to the maximum extent, swiftly following the trail left by the fleeing flesh-eating centipede larvae.

Like 2B, A2 was taciturn and followed closely behind him without uttering a word.

Unsurprisingly, following the trail of the flesh-eating centipede larvae, Shen Zhao returned to the same mountain forest as yesterday.

It seems this place has become a paradise for the alien monsters of the mist.

Most of the native species were wiped out by these invaders.

Before entering the forest, Shen Zhao took out a lightsaber and an adamantium alloy throwing knife.

He then reminded A2, "The inside is teeming with monsters, so stay alert and be ready to fight at any time."

The aloof and elegant woman remained silent, simply holding the small sword known as the Type 0 Tactical Knife in her hand.

"Let's go."

Shen Zhao summoned the black phantom to clear the way, and then followed closely behind A2 into the mountains and forests.

However, once inside the forest, the footprints left by the flesh-eating centipede larvae were quickly destroyed by the activities of other monsters.

Even with his Force senses, he could no longer track them.

Shen Zhao stopped and frowned in thought.

Just then, a familiar neighing sound came from not far ahead.

In the Force's perception, a large, long worm was charging and crashing closer.

Flesh-eating centipede!

If we can't track the juvenile, then we'll track the path taken by the mature flesh-eating centipede.

But he didn't want to get entangled with these monsters that wouldn't bring him any profit.

So he said to A2, "Let's hide to the side and wait for this monster to leave."

They then led the aloof and elegant woman away from the path of the flesh-eating centipede and hid behind a dried-out tree trunk lying on the ground.

A moment later, a giant centipede monster, more than ten meters long, crawled over.

Shen Zhao used the Force to shield his aura; A2 was essentially a robot.

The flesh-eating centipede was completely unaware of the people hiding nearby and headed straight towards the town outside the forest.

This saved us from a pointless battle.

"Next, we'll see if we can track this monster down to its lair by following the route it took."

Shen Zhao led A2 out from behind their hiding place and back to the spot where the flesh-eating centipede had just passed.

The fallen leaves and soil covering the ground were all stirred up by the giant centipede's numerous legs, making it very conspicuous.

The two followed the fresh footprints in the opposite direction.

I wonder if the monsters that are active during the day have all gone to hunt in the town.

They made good progress thereafter and soon found a huge, deep crevice in the rock.

The edges of the rocks at the crevices have obvious scratch marks.

Shen Zhao estimated that the gap was large enough for a person to squeeze through.

That's true, after all, even when those giant centipedes are crawling on the ground, their height is no less than that of an ordinary person.

The space where they can move around is certainly large enough to accommodate human passage.

He turned to the aloof and elegant older woman and said, "A2, remember not to stray too far from me later."

Once we find the flesh-eating centipede's nest, we'll most likely have to use a self-destruct tactic to destroy it.

We need to store A2 in the system space beforehand, otherwise she won't be able to withstand a nuclear explosion.

A2 nodded to indicate that he understood.

"Then let's go inside and find out!"

Shen Zhao bent down and squeezed into the narrow crevice in the rock.

A2 followed closely.

The crevices in the rocks are dark but not damp, and the air is very well-ventilated, just like the environment that centipedes native to Earth prefer.

Continuing to walk in, a huge cave appeared before us.

The tall dome narrows upwards towards the center, eventually leaving only a hole the size of a manhole cover connecting it to the outside world.

A beam of light shone through the hole and landed on a huge sphere in the middle of the cave, which was made up of a large number of flesh-eating centipedes intertwined together.

The dark brown carapace on its surface reflects a metallic luster under the light.

A game notification sounded in my ear: "A nest of the Mist Alien [Flesh-Eating Centipede] has been discovered. Exploration progress has greatly increased."

I didn't expect to find the nest so easily this time.