Inside the cockpit, Lin Qi saw several distress signals rise from the distant dormitory buildings.
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White sheets fluttered in the wind, and red underwear hung from laundry poles...
There were quite a few survivors at Modu University, and their survival rate was noticeably higher than that of people outside the campus.
"College students really are hard to kill."
Lin Qi had no intention of rescuing them. The mech had no room to take on more survivors.
Rescue required the official forces of the Doomsday World to get involved. All Lin Qi had to do was meet up with the Rescue Team.
The M-level mech strode steadily toward the edge of campus.
Dormitory area.
The survivors watched the mech move away, their spirits sinking a little.
"That probably isn't the Rescue Team's equipment. Judging by where it appeared, it's probably something those bastards in the School of Mechanical Engineering made."
"Judging by the balance algorithm, the School of Computer Science probably had a hand in it too."
"That thing really can't save anyone. I hope it's sturdy enough. If it can meet up with the Rescue Team, our chances of being rescued will be much better."
Inside the dormitory buildings, the survivors gathered together.
They weren't short on supplies. As students at Modu University, they'd used radios early on and received the official announcements.
They showed the full initiative of modern college students, quickly rallying survivors and clearing the zombies from their respective dormitory buildings.
They kept watch on one another from building to building. Nearly every dormitory housed a gathering of survivors, though the numbers varied.
Since the apocalypse began, the greatest loss the survivors here had suffered came with the Crimson Moon's appearance.
Without the Crimson Moon, they might have already banded together and fought their way off campus.
The survivors stood by the windows, using A1 Blueprint posters with large lettering to communicate across buildings.
"Don't panic. Don't act rashly. Don't disturb the things downstairs!"
The mech's appearance didn't cause a commotion. The survivors stayed quiet, careful not to disturb "the things downstairs."
After the Crimson Moon, some survivors had died and become zombies. Among them, stronger individuals had emerged.
Fortunately, the students at Modu University had kept their wits about them and thrown those zombies out of the windows ahead of time.
Otherwise, this wave of Spiritual Energy would have wiped out the survivors gathered in several dormitory buildings.
On his way out of Modu University, Lin Qi saw what the survivors were doing.
"Looks like there really is a reason college students are hard to kill."
He gave a quiet sigh, but the mech didn't slow down for a moment. It took about ten minutes to leave the Modu University campus.
Along the way, a few zombies charged at the towering mech, but they couldn't damage it at all.
After a few collisions, instinct drove the zombies away to continue searching for living creatures.
The zombies had no intelligence, but they could tell the mech had nothing to do with flesh and blood, so they didn't take much interest in it.
The mech's progress didn't cause the zombies to gather in large numbers.
There was no need to activate the weapons system just yet.
"Lin Qi, where are we going now?" Xia Chu couldn't make sense of Lin Qi's intentions as she watched the mech's route.
It seemed to be heading toward a point closer to the center of Modu.
"To meet up with the Rescue Team. The radio hasn't had a signal for a long time."
"I scouted in this direction earlier. There was a firefight not far away."
As Lin Qi spoke, he brought up the footage collected by the Collecting Robot.
He zoomed in on the giant zombie.
"Let's deal with this giant zombie first, then look for the Rescue Team."
Lin Qi had his eye on the giant Crimson Crystal on the zombie's head.
Whether or not it was the same kind of thing as a Crimson Crystal, it certainly didn't look like a First Rank Extraordinary Item.
Lin Qi would eventually become a Second Rank Wizard, so it was bound to be useful to him.
The mech was now less than five hundred meters from the place he'd scouted earlier. He could already see the site of the firefight.
The surrounding buildings showed signs of damage from explosions.
The giant zombie was still there, repeatedly trying to get up, but half its body seemed unable to move.
Had the Rescue Team left this giant zombie half-paralyzed?
Lin Qi stopped and furrowed his brow.
He'd assumed the Rescue Team had withdrawn because they couldn't beat the giant zombie.
But from the looks of it, the giant zombie was no match for heavy firepower. Modern weapons had already blasted it nearly to pieces.
Two more shots at most, and the giant zombie would be finished.
But where was the Rescue Team?
Where had they gone?
Lin Qi slowed his approach and kept his Psychic Vision open.
Even when he reached the giant zombie, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
The giant zombie was slightly smaller than the mech. Seeing it approach, instinct stirred an urge to attack.
It reached out for the mech's chest, where the cockpit was located.
The Chainsaw Sword started up.
One slash.
The zombie's arm was severed.
"Can this zombie sense the living person inside the mech?"
Lin Qi came to a conclusion.
If this place were safe, then given the way an L-level Researcher operated, he might have done a quick study of the zombie.
But there was clearly a potential risk here, and Lin Qi didn't hesitate.
The mech reached out and aimed at the zombie's head, half of which had been blasted away by heavy fire.
The mech plucked out the Crimson Crystal, which was about the size of a watermelon.
As soon as the Crimson Crystal was removed from its brain, the giant zombie's struggling body went still.
The mech's sensors registered a temperature of four hundred degrees in its hand.
This probably wasn't the same kind of Extraordinary Item as a Crimson Crystal.
And something at four hundred degrees didn't look like it could be tucked under the tongue, either.
With the giant zombie no longer a threat, Lin Qi continued surveying the surroundings.
Using the explosions and bullet marks as clues, Lin Qi worked out where the Rescue Team had been that day.
He focused his senses in the direction the Rescue Team had gone.
Within his Psychic Vision, the concentration of Spiritual Energy Particles in that direction was noticeably abnormal.
"The source isn't on the ground. It's above..."
He looked toward the area where the Spiritual Energy Particles were concentrated.
It was a hundred-story skyscraper, with nothing unusual visible on its exterior.
It was also beyond the range of his Psychic Vision.
But judging by the concentration of Spiritual Energy Particles, there was definitely something on the roof.
An Extraordinary Item? An Extraordinary Profession holder? Or a monster?
Lin Qi thought a monster was the most likely. Judging by the density of the Spiritual Energy Particles, it had to be at least Third Rank.
Perhaps the Rescue Team had fallen to that monster.
"Lin Qi, why don't we go up and take a look?" Xia Chu asked softly.
Lin Qi immediately turned to look at Xia Chu. Her eyes had gone a little hazy.
Even after hearing Xia Chu speak, Lin Qi felt an urge to go upstairs and take a look.
Without the slightest hesitation, the mech raced back the way it had come.
There was no need to look for the Rescue Team anymore.
Their location was clear now.
And they were most likely already dead.
The apocalypse was progressing too quickly!
Lin Qi left at speed. Xia Chu had only just shaken off that dazed state when she suddenly realized she was already back inside the Modu University campus.
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