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

He stood up and glanced at the women.

"The maximum number of people allowed at the hospital and school is three. Kage and Tsunade, you two will come with me."

"Coco and Dudu, you two stay home, organize the supplies, and take care of the logistics. When you have time, continue to practice in the training room."

Even though Tsunade isn't there and there's no bonus, it doesn't mean the training is ineffective.

Tsunade's boost accounts for one-fifth, but the remaining four-fifths still depend on your own efforts.

Dudu instinctively wanted to say that she wanted to go too, but she restrained herself in time.

She turned to look at Coco on the other side.

The silver-haired woman squinted her eyes, smiled, and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, Mr. Aono, please take care of yourselves."

Coco's calm and composed demeanor surprised the young cook.

There was no sadness of being abandoned, nor any smug satisfaction of not facing danger; only the peace of knowing one's place and fulfilling one's responsibilities.

After a moment of surprise, she quickly replied, "Okay, Qingye-ge, please be careful. I'll have dinner ready at home and wait for you to come back."

"Yeah, don't worry, at worst I'll just watch the ads until the end," Aono replied half-jokingly.

What seemed like a joke was actually a well-thought-out arrangement.

This game has only one main storyline: survival in the apocalypse.

There are two ways to survive the apocalypse.

One option is to go out and explore, fight monsters, and collect resources.

Another aspect is internal management, which aims for self-sufficiency and sustainable development.

These two approaches are not contradictory; on the contrary, they complement each other.

Among them, those who venture out to explore clearly need combat professions with high combat strength.

Even in the previous brain teasers, even if you can't answer any of the questions, as long as your combat strength is strong enough and you can withstand all the punishments, you can still succeed in the end.

Developing the Ark obviously requires various life skills professions.

In terms of management, even the four members of Aono combined can't compare to Koko.

The same applies to cooking.

Little Chef Dudu easily defeated all four of them.

With everything arranged, Aono, along with Kage and Tsunade, left the Ark again and headed towards the comprehensive school to the west.

The three walked through the quiet streets, and soon, the familiar school gate came into view.

"Get ready to go in."

Aono took a deep breath and gripped his battle axe tightly. "Keep your spirits up. These special buildings are probably going to be quite difficult."

He stepped across the school gate first, followed closely by Kage and Tsunade.

After entering the gate, it wasn't a school in the traditional sense, but rather a vast, empty hall.

It's called a hall, but its area is almost as big as a playground.

At that moment, the scarlet lights, like splashed blood, instantly soaked the entire hall.

The piercing alarm sounded as it approached, so sharp it seemed to pierce eardrums.

"Watch out! This should be Wave Pass!"

Aono let out a low shout, holding the alloy battle axe horizontally in front of him, his pupils suddenly contracting.

"This quantity, this level..."

Looking around, the once empty hall now had dark silver metal floorboards that folded down, revealing hidden passages behind it.

Accompanied by the "click-clack" of hydraulic transmission, a dense array of mechanical creations surged forth like a tide.

With just a cursory glance, Aono's heart sank.

The familiar mechanical dogs, mechanical spiders, combat androids, and the mechanical bird with a sharp, cone-shaped beak hovering above the hall have all been upgraded several levels.

Even the most "newbie" mechanical dogs are at least level 13.

Besides that, what Aono was even more concerned about were the several new mechanical monsters that had appeared.

Especially the two new elite monsters that look like they're not to be trifled with.

Behind the battle androids that formed a tight square formation, ten enormous machines, resembling steel fortresses, were advancing with heavy steps.

They are nearly three meters tall, covered with thick composite armor, and their arms are not hands, but have been directly modified into two six-barreled Gatling guns.

Just standing there gives people an unshakable sense of oppression.

Above them, five streamlined flying robots were hovering in mid-air.

The missile pylons under the fuselage are clearly visible.

That's a new type of elite monster, responsible for high-altitude suppression and pinpoint bombing.

The blue tags on the heads of these two newly appeared mechanical monsters are clearly visible.

[Heavy Armored Combat Robot lv.20 (Elite)]

[Aerial Combat Android lv.20 (Elite)]

Not only are they elite monsters, but they're also max level!

Compared to these two elite monsters, the other newly appeared ordinary mechanical monsters are no longer important.

"Hopefully, it will come in waves..."

Aono held his breath, and he, along with Kage and Tsuna, stood back to back, forming a triangle to face the vast mechanical army of "Silver".

If so many mechanical monsters attack together, under saturation firepower...

Even though their strength is now vastly different from what it used to be, Aono and his two companions are not entirely confident that they can survive.

Not to mention annihilating the thousands of mechanical troops present.

57. Challenge Successful & New Programmer

After the mechanical army stopped pouring out, the hall was quiet for a moment.

Aono's spirit was also stretched to its limit.

Fortunately, although the difficulty of the levels has increased significantly, the underlying logic remains unchanged.

The saturation bombardment did not occur; instead, an endless army of mechanical dogs appeared.

Aono glanced at the scene and immediately knew the number.

At least five hundred!

The mechanical dog sprinted silently, its joints flashing with eerie blue arcs, instantly surrounding the three of them.

However, when the pack of steel hounds pounced, only a dozen or so could get close at the same time.

When divided among the three, each person only needs to face an attack from four or five.

This level of skill isn't even enough to put pressure on Aono and the other two.

"drink!"

Aono let out a low roar, and swung his alloy battle axe in a fierce arc.

With one swing of the axe, the two mechanical dogs that rushed towards him were like flattened soda cans.

The silver alloy outer shell, along with the internal core structure, shattered instantly!

At the same time, a dull thud came from the side.

Tsunade mobilized even more chakra than Aono, and her pink fist left afterimages.

With his unrestrained and monstrous strength, every punch he lands twists and deforms a mechanical dog, completely destroying its core.

Compared to their wild fighting styles, Shadow's fighting style appeared incredibly elegant.

She gripped the long-handled naginata, which crackled with purple lightning, with both hands, her movements graceful and effortless.

As the blade passed, a faint humming sound was heard in the air.

A mechanical dog approached, and like butter hitting a red-hot knife, it was smoothly sliced ​​in half from the center.

Before sparks could even fly from the broken surface, the two halves of the body had already crashed to the ground.

"Jingle bells—"

The crisp sound of gold coins hitting the ground mingled with the sounds of various mechanical materials colliding.

The besieging silver tide receded at a visible speed.

In less than ten minutes, the pack of dogs, which made up nearly half of the mechanical army, was completely wiped out, leaving behind only a pile of gleaming debris.

"We can only clean everything up first and then pick them up together."

Aono glanced at the gold coins outside the automatic pickup range and chuckled, "The next wave is here. Looks like we can have some fun today."

As soon as he finished speaking, the ground trembled slightly.

Mechanical spiders have surrounded us from all sides and the ceiling.

However, they also failed to make a splash.

Such a simple battle posed no threat whatsoever to Aono and his two companions, who had already surpassed the level's combat power limit.

However, judging from the panel, Aono's combat power has reached 220, and both the Kage and Tsunade have exceeded 150.

Based on the power levels in Dragon Ball, the three of them have long surpassed Master Roshi, who is known as the strongest martial artist.

Among them, Aono's fighting power is almost on par with Piccolo Daimaō, who wanted to destroy humanity.

Following the spider came a flock of shrieking mechanical birds.

But it only took Aono and his two companions a few more minutes.

The hall was nearly ten meters high, but for Aono and his two companions, who had been enhanced with extraordinary strength, it was just a matter of jumping up.

Immediately afterwards, the ground trembled, and a ferocious mechanical tiger roared out...

Various mechanical creations took turns attacking, but were crushed by the three of them like dust.

Finally, the final test arrived.

The only three types of elite mechanical monsters have appeared one after another.

First came twenty combat androids, marching in unison, exuding a murderous aura.

Their combat power far surpassed that of the previous mechanical monsters, and they even had some tactical coordination, causing a little trouble for Aono and his companions.

But it's just a hassle.

After dealing with the combat androids, the next challenge is the appearance of two new types of elite mechanical monsters.

First up are the heavy-duty combat robots.

The heavy armor is enough to ignore most attacks, and with its exaggerated firepower, it's practically ten heavy fortresses.

Unfortunately, in front of Aono and his two companions, these ten slow-moving iron lumps and wooden stakes were no different.

After easily dodging the barrage of fire and closing in, the three began to wreak havoc.

Tsunade's monstrous strength required several more strikes to damage these heavily armored fortresses, but Aono and Kage were still swift and decisive, taking down one in no more than three hits.

Finally, the grand finale was a combat robot that flew through the air.

Unlike mechanical birds that actively dive down for close combat, these five flying robots have maximized their strengths and minimized their weaknesses.

They remained airborne, maintaining their distance from Aono and his companions, and attacked only with long-range weapons such as missiles and lasers.

However, the height of the hall limited their advantage, and with the cooperation of Aono and his two companions, the five flying robots were eventually shot down one by one.

"Whew...that feels great!"

Aono shook off non-existent dust from his alloy battle axe, looking at the spoils scattered on the ground with great excitement.