Survival in the apocalypse, teammate Xia Shiyu at the start

Shen Zhao said calmly, "You'll have your turn to fight monsters soon. Now concentrate and stay alert, we'll be there soon."

D.Va readily agreed: "I know, I know, I'm super serious and super vigilant right now!"

The two Gundams sped through the air, quickly passing the location where the human resistance task force had been wiped out, and approached their destination.

D.Va looked around the cockpit: "According to the commander of that unit, the meteorite should have landed around here. Let me look for it..."

"Stop looking. The owner here isn't very welcoming and has come to kick us out."

Shen Zhao watched as a group of small black dots approached from afar, and then rapidly typed on the keyboard.

Exia raised the GN Composite Gunblade with her right hand and drew the GN Beam Saber from her shoulder armor with her left.

"Get ready to fight."

D.Va's eyes lit up, her pretty face, adorned with cat whiskers, brimming with eager anticipation: "Watch me wipe them all out!"

"quack!"

Hundreds of giant winged snakes flew in with strange cries, their tails raised and pointing forward, the ugly fleshy growths at the ends of their tails swelling rapidly.

shhh-

Before they could even fire their slime projectiles, the two steel giants struck first.

Beams of GN particles shot towards the swarm of winged giant snakes, and several monsters immediately fell to the ground.

"Slay an elite-level green-blooded beast and gain 100 survival points."

“Kill…”

Kill notifications flooded the screen.

D.Va's eyes lit up even more, as if she had discovered a treasure: "These winged giant insects are elite monsters!"

Shen Zhao didn't speak, but pushed the control lever.

With a beam saber in one hand and a GN sword in the other, Exia charged towards the horde of winged giant serpents that were charging forward despite the risk of casualties.

This time is different from before. To get closer to the meteorite impact site, we must eliminate this group of flying giant snake monsters.

D.Va remained still, controlling the Virtua Gundam to hover in the air, continuously firing at the swarm of twin-winged giant snakes using the two twin-mounted GN cannons on the machine's shoulders.

The thick and long GN rocket launcher was held in his hand, ready to be used as a key target to snipe even more powerful monsters.

The training over the past two days has yielded initial results.

Her shot avoided Exusiai's flight path.

And they weren't firing blindly; they were deliberately disrupting the formation of the flying snake swarm to create opportunities for Shen Zhao.

Faced with the fierce barrage of the Angels of Demacia, the flying giant serpents flapped their two pairs of large and small fleshy wings and scattered to avoid the attack.

Under the cover of fire, Exusiai charged into the midst of the snake horde, wielding her two swords and unleashing a storm of blood and gore with the GN Greatsword, which could cut through iron like mud.

"Quack quack—"

One by one, the giant winged snakes retreated, creating distance between themselves and the blue-white steel giant, while simultaneously raising their tails to spray out slime projectiles.

Shen Zhao didn't get entangled with them, and charged forward, cutting through the swarm of winged giant snakes.

He immediately changed direction and charged back into the snake swarm from behind, wielding his twin swords and slashing wildly.

The goal isn't to kill a certain number of enemies, but rather to keep these monsters occupied and disrupt their peace.

This allows the Archangel in the rear to safely provide ranged firepower, gradually wiping out the entire swarm of winged giant serpents.

Although the winged giant serpents lacked sufficient intelligence to perceive Shen Zhao's tactical intentions, they did not allow the Exia to run rampant.

While a small group separated to entangle the blue-white steel giant, they attempted to construct a spherical encirclement around it to imprison Exusiai.

However, Shen Zhao did not give them any chance to surround him.

With Exia's superior mobility, she darted in and out of the swarm of snakes, making seven in-and-out cuts.

Inside the cockpit of the Archangel, D.Va repeatedly locked on and fired, muttering to herself, "Twenty-seven, twenty-eight..."

With her companions drawing the enemy's attention, she could shoot with incredible ease, as if she were shooting at a moving target.

When the number reached forty, the girl glanced at the points leaderboard.

Seeing his name finally appear at the top of the list, he couldn't help but cheer, "Yay!"

She knew perfectly well who was to blame, and opened the communicator, speaking in a soft, cute voice, "Master, D.Va loves you! Meow~"

Upon hearing these words, Shen Zhao, who had just severed the head of a giant two-winged snake with his sword, felt a tingling sensation run from his tailbone all the way to the back of his head.

He couldn't help but recall the scene from the night before last, where a cute girl dressed in an adorable cat costume lay in front of him, sticking out her pink little tongue to lick a lollipop.

My hand holding the joystick trembled, and I almost fell headfirst to the ground while driving Exia.

However, he quickly regained his composure and stabilized the machine.

He reprimanded her sternly, "You are not allowed to seduce your master during battle again!"

D.Va wrinkled her delicate nose: "Hmph, what seduction? She was clearly expressing her gratitude!"

Shen Zhao threatened, "You still dare to talk back? Next time before we attack, we'll gag your little mouths with something."

D.Va immediately blushed and said, "Master, you big pervert!"

With that, the Archangel raised the giant cannon in her hand and pulled the trigger hard towards the swarm of winged giant snakes in the distance.

boom!

A thick beam of light roared out and pierced through the entire swarm of snakes, creating a blank area within it.

This allowed Exusiai, who had almost been surrounded due to her earlier mistake, to escape successfully.

Shen Zhao smiled and said, "Good job, keep it up. Your master will reward you properly when we get back."

D.Va proudly raised her chin: "Who wants your reward!"

With the combined efforts of the two Gundams, the swarm of winged giant snakes was quickly wiped out.

"let's go!"

As soon as the battle ended, Shen Zhao pushed the control stick and flew forward without stopping.

D.Va followed closely behind.

The two piloted a Gundam, flying around in search of the meteorite's whereabouts.

It didn't take long for them to find their target.

A massive meteorite crater, over a kilometer in diameter, sits amidst ruins, with a giant, dark green meteorite in the center, its size comparable to a ten-story building.

The moment Shen Zhao saw the meteorite, he received a game notification: "Hidden quest triggered: Source of Green Blood".

"Accept or not?"

"You can view the details after accepting the task."

Just as he guessed, the hidden quest could not be shared with other players; it could only be triggered by the player themselves.

He naturally accepted the task immediately.

A deep blue light screen appeared, displaying the mission details.

Hidden Quest: The Source of Green Blood.

"Mission Requirements: Explore the interior of the extraterrestrial meteorite to confirm the origin of the Green Blood Beast."

"Quest Reward: World Key (Green Blood Wasteland Dungeon)."

Another key to the world!

Shen Zhao's interest in this hidden mission immediately diminished.

One Key to the World is enough.

It's just a place for his harem girls to hide from the survival game; it's not like they're going to conquer the world.

At that moment, D.Va excitedly said, "Master, my hidden quest has been updated! The next step is to explore the meteorite and find the source of the Green Blood Beasts. The reward is the World Key to this instance!"

Shen Zhao said casually, "I know, I've also received this mission."

"You got it too?" D.Va urged. "Then let's hurry down and do this mission."

"Have you forgotten what I said?" Shen Zhao glared at the girl on the screen. "We're only here for reconnaissance today, and this mission..."

He paused abruptly at this point.

D.Va asked, puzzled, "What's wrong with this mission?"

Shen Zhao narrowed his eyes: "D.Va, do you know what the Key to the World is used for?"

"I don't know, I've never seen it before," D.Va said casually. "Maybe it's something that allows us to re-enter this world after the game ends?"

“That’s right.” Shen Zhao’s eyes gleamed. “That’s the purpose of the Key to the World, but the most crucial thing is that this item can also be used in other survival game scenarios!”

“In other games…” D.Va suddenly realized something, “Then wouldn’t it be possible to hide here and not participate in other games?”

Although the world is not peaceful, staying in one place is much safer than constantly venturing into different post-apocalyptic worlds.

"I told you I have other companions. Where do you think they are now?"

D.Va knew the answer without even thinking: "You have another Key to the World, and you sent them all to other worlds?"

Shen Zhao's lips curled up: "Correct answer!"

D.Va muttered absentmindedly, "So there's a way to cheat in this post-apocalyptic survival game..."

After a moment, she said listlessly, "Since you already have the Key to the World, there's no need to do this hidden quest."

Then, perking up again, he said, "Let's spend the rest of our time hunting monsters!"

She considered herself Shen Zhao's person, and Shen Zhao having the Key to the World meant that she also had a place to hide.

There's no need to expend energy and risk danger to complete hidden quests to obtain the World Key.

It's better to kill more Green Blood Beasts to get more points.

Shen Zhao said decisively, "No, we still have to do this mission! You and I both have to complete it."

"If possible, others should also get involved, and try to get everyone a World Key for this instance."

D.Va looked puzzled: "Why? Can the Key to the World be sold?"

“The Key to the World cannot be traded; it can only be used by the user,” Shen Zhao said. “However, that doesn’t mean it’s pointless to get more.”

He had only just thought of this problem himself.

"D.Va, do you know about the difficulty levels in survival games?"

Unsurprisingly, this was the first time D.Va had heard of this: "There are difficulty levels?"

Shen Zhao explained in detail: "The game scene difficulty is divided into low risk, medium risk and high risk. The survival game that we newcomers are experiencing now is low risk difficulty."

D.Va couldn't help but think to herself, 'You, a pervert, consider yourself a newbie?'

Shen Zhao, of course, couldn't hear her thoughts and continued, "After experiencing ten survival games, you will be forcibly transported to a game scenario of medium difficulty."

"Or you can advance to level 2 in less than ten games and choose to advance to medium difficulty ahead of time."

"If nothing unexpected happens, I'll be able to advance to level 2 after the next game. If I reach medium difficulty by then, I probably won't be entering the same game scene as you guys again."

"This way, even if I have the Key to the World, I won't be able to send you to other worlds to hide."

Upon hearing this, D.Va suddenly realized: "So you need to make sure other people get the Key to the World too!"

A veteran player from the Crimson Blood Guild once said that the higher the difficulty of the game scenario, the richer the quest rewards.

With the system as a cheat code, Shen Zhao naturally wanted to advance to a higher difficulty level in order to improve his strength more quickly.

However, Kasumigaoka Utaha and the others would not be able to keep up with him, which made him worried.

Strength is important, but the safety of the anime goddesses in the harem is also important.

Now we've finally found a way to have the best of both worlds.

Once he advances to level 2 after the game, he will be able to enjoy level 3 benefits ahead of time with the title of Rookie King.

Recruit the girls into your team.

Even if he moves up to medium difficulty, the other girls in the team will be grouped together according to the team rules.

Then, D.Va and even Megumi Kato, who obtained the key to this instance's world, opened the world gate and sent the women to this world to hide.