A single-player post-apocalyptic game, but with an all-female teammate mod.

Kill all sand snakes and sand scorpions you encounter, and you can also enter ruins if you encounter them.

However, I did not encounter any more ruins with BOSS rooms; at most, I encountered elite rooms.

However, during their exploration of the ruins, they encountered a new enemy.

Sand element.

Unlike sand soldiers, sand elements are essentially high-purity, active sand particle aggregates.

They do not have a fixed appearance, but can transform into the forms of various wild beasts.

Sand wolves, sand scorpions, sand snakes, and even sand griffins.

These beast-like sand elementals are roughly as powerful as sand soldiers, but their self-healing abilities are significantly stronger.

Once shattered, the sand grains quickly re-flow and reassemble, often requiring three or four consecutive attacks to truly eliminate them.

The elite sand elementals will transform into human form, condensing sand into swords or spears in their hands. Their fighting style is similar to that of the Sand General, but more flexible and versatile.

The powerful self-healing ability brought by the elemental state also makes them more vulnerable to the three elements of lightning, fire, and water.

So, overall, the kills are basically the same; they're all almost instant kills.

After three days and almost walking around the entire border, Aono had a clear understanding of the overall area of ​​the pass.

It's more than twice the size of the previous levels.

The previous levels had a world area of ​​about 400 square kilometers, but the area of ​​this desert ruins is estimated to be close to 1000 square kilometers.

The doubling of the level size is probably related to the game transitioning from the early to the mid-game.

Aono was not bothered by the increased area; on the contrary, he was even happier.

A large area means more monsters, which in turn means more resources.

He's currently worried that with more and more people, there aren't enough resources!

It seems we can increase our manpower now!

Compared to daytime, nighttime activities are much more monotonous.

After leaving the designated training grounds, Aono also had the additional task of improving the NPCs Shizuka Marikawa and Saeko Busujima.

The method for increasing trust level is the same as always.

One person receives four doses a day.

So, on the morning of the fourth day, Aono successfully recruited the two women.

"So, this is also a post-apocalyptic world?"

Shizuka Marikawa sat on the sofa in the living room of the Ark, her long golden hair cascading over her shoulders. She held a cup of Dudu's special hot milk in her hand, her expression blank and cute, completely at odds with her mature face and figure.

But surprisingly, there's a very exciting contrast.

"Well, it's still much better than your world, which is full of zombies and has no supernatural powers."

Aono looked at the naive, cow-like school doctor, who was only wearing a white coat and whose cleavage was fully exposed, and gave her a brief explanation of the situation in this world.

With increasingly thoughtful recruitment of automatically implanted memories and knowledge, they quickly figured out the current situation.

And it's also very easy to accept.

Having already survived the zombie apocalypse, what's so impossible about going through it again?

Moreover, no matter what, this world seems much better than their precarious one.

Aono didn't ask them how far they had progressed in their original world, whether they had just left the school or had already gone to a small island.

As I said before, it doesn't really make much sense.

Since they themselves don't mention it, there's even less need to delve into it.

"Therefore, in this world, not only can I continue to fight, but I can also master even greater power."

Saeko Busujima stood by the window, her long, dark purple hair gleaming in the morning sun.

Looking at the chakra in Aono's hand, the demonic side of the genius martial artist in her heart instantly overshadowed everything else.

“That’s right.” Aono nodded. “I’ll take you to buy equipment and experience books in a bit, and then I’ll take you to the training ground.”

The two exchanged a glance.

Saeko Busujima gently placed her hand on the hilt of the sword at her waist, a faint yet strangely cold smile curving her lips.

"Okay, I'm looking forward to it."

"I'm also very much looking forward to seeing how far you, this Asura woman, can go."

Aono smiled as well, but his words were utterly merciless.

He had already checked the stats of Shizuka Marikawa and Saeko Busujima; both were considered SSR-level cards.

It's just that its current level is too low, and it needs to spend some resources to develop it.

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Name: Shizuka Marikawa.

Occupation: Doctor.

Level: 1 (1/100)

Talents: Angel in White (Legendary), Medical Identification (Epic)

Talent Effect: 1. Increases the effectiveness of all healing and recovery items by 30%. When crafting medical items, there is a 25% chance to double the production yield (White Angel).

Second, it can accurately identify the components of various items, increasing the success rate by 50% when performing secondary processing or analysis (medical identification).

Skills: None.

Equipment: None.

Combat strength: 3

Trust Value: 100% (Bonus: Constitution +15%)

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Name: Saeko Busujima.

Occupation: Swordsman.

Level: 11 (1/1000)

Talents: Bloodthirsty Asura (Legendary), Sword Heart (Legendary)

Talent Effect: 1. Enhanced combat instincts: After killing enemies, combat power can be continuously increased, but at the same time, one will gradually lose sanity until all enemies are dead or one's stamina is exhausted (Bloodlust Asura).

Second, when using sword-type weapons, attack power is greatly increased, while maintaining a minimum level of rationality, that is, being able to distinguish friend from foe (sword spirit).

Skills: None.

Equipment: None.

Combat strength: 30

Trust Value: 80% (Bonus: None)

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The naturally naive Shizuka Marikawa immediately earned 100% trust, and Saeko Busujima's level was also quite high, exceeding the passing grade by a considerable margin.

Because she knew that Aono was thinking much more than she was, and had absolutely no reason to deceive her.

In addition, the sword techniques that Saeko Busujima learned are all at the mortal level, and the system does not recognize them as skills, so her skill bar is empty.

At this moment, Shizuka Marikawa also put down her cup, put her hands together, and said with a hint of regret, "It's a pity that Rika didn't come, otherwise she wouldn't have to continue to be bullied by zombies."

Aono couldn't help but twitch his lips. Although he knew this cow wasn't very bright, it was still hard to believe that she could say something like being bullied by zombies.

However, he managed to hold it in for the last time.

After all, rather than complaining, he was more eager to get the two of them working.

Especially Shizuka Marikawa.

If she successfully gets a job at the infirmary and can resolve the toxin issue, then things will be much easier for him.

Seeing that it was almost time, he led Shizuka Marikawa and Saeko Busujima to the cafeteria.

The women were already prepared, so they weren't particularly surprised.

After getting acquainted with each other, Aono said that he would be going out to explore later today, and would first see if Shizuka Marikawa could make an antidote.

If possible, then all combat personnel can go out to fight monsters today.

None of the women had any objections, especially the combat personnel who had been cooped up for several days. They were even eager for Shizuka Marikawa to quickly develop an antidote so they could go out and explore.

After breakfast, Aono asked Coco to take Saeko Busujima to the supermarket to buy equipment and experience books.

He then led Shizuka Marikawa and the eager women, including the Ice Beauty, to the infirmary.

The infirmary is definitely a core building of the Ark, but it has been in a semi-idle state due to a lack of professional medical personnel.

They can only perform the most basic medical care and cannot produce any extraordinary drugs.

Now, as the adorable Shizuka Marikawa walked in, a system notification popped up.

There was nothing more to say, and Aono decisively let her choose to join the company.

She paused for a few seconds, then naturally knew what to do.

She walked to the operating table in the infirmary, her big, innocent eyes suddenly becoming unusually focused.

She skillfully made various material requests to Aono, including water, common medicines, and materials dropped by monsters.

Aono told Ika to fly to the warehouse to get the items, and to buy the rest from the supermarket if needed.

Once all the ingredients were gathered, Shizuka Marikawa began mixing them on the workbench.

Soon, the various materials fused together, turning into a pale green liquid that emitted a faint glow.

The liquid flowed on the work surface, then changed color, settled, and was finally poured into a glass bottle by Shizuka Marikawa.

After producing the pale green liquid, Shizuka Marikawa did not stop and continued making it.

Finally, the three bottles of medicine samples slowly took shape on the workbench.

They are red, blue, and green, respectively.

Meanwhile, Aono and the others had already learned what the three potions were through system prompts.

The bottle emitting a warm, red glow is a blood vial; drinking it can heal injuries and restore strength.

The one that emits a cool blue glow is the blue bottle; drinking it can restore the body's energy.

For example, chakra, lightning element, and ki.

The pale green medicine at the beginning was an antidote.

All three medicines are currently only at the basic level; the medical room needs to be upgraded to produce more advanced medicines.

Aono picked up the red bottle and tested its effect.

After taking one bite, I could clearly feel that my physical condition had improved.

Previously, the hidden injuries accumulated in battles could only be eliminated by leveling up, but now there is another way.

He didn't try the blue bottle and the antidote one by one; their specific effects would be quickly tested during the actual battle.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Saeko Busujima also leveled up to level 40 in one go, and all her equipment levels were also upgraded to the same level as Aono and the others.

It's worth mentioning that after several days of monster hunting, Qingye has raised the level of all combat personnel to the current maximum of level 40.

Aside from the combat personnel, only Xiaochuchun was also upgraded to level 40.

After leveling up, she did feel that improving her superpowers seemed much easier.

It seems that Aono's guess was quite accurate.

Saeko Busujima's explosively increased strength almost caused her to lose control of her body for a moment.

But she is indeed very talented. After half an hour of training, she was able to move around freely.

However, to fully unleash their potential, they still need to train.