Rescue Team Missing, Return to Magic University

Inside the cockpit, Lin Qi saw multiple distress signals rising from the direction of the dormitories.

Flying white bedsheets, red underwear hung on clotheslines...

Modu University had a significant number of survivors, far more than outside the campus.

"University students are indeed hard to kill."

Lin Qi had no intention of rescuing them; the mech had no extra space for survivors.

Rescue required intervention from the official forces of the apocalypse. Lin Qi's task was simply to rendezvous with the rescue team.

The M-level mech strode forward with firm steps, heading out of the campus.

Dormitory area.

Seeing the mech's actions, the survivors' spirits sank slightly.

"That's not likely rescue team equipment. Judging by where it appeared, it's probably something cooked up by the bastards in the Mechanical Engineering department."

"Looking at the balance algorithm, the Computer Science department must have had a hand in it too."

"That thing can't save people. I just hope it's sturdy enough. If that thing can meet up with the rescue team, our chances of survival will be even greater."

Inside the dormitories, survivors were gathered.

They didn't lack resources. As students of Modu University, they had used radios early on and received official alerts.

They perfectly demonstrated the drive of contemporary university students, quickly gathering survivors and clearing out the zombies within their respective dormitories.

They kept watch from building to building, with survivors gathered in almost every dormitory.

Since the outbreak, the biggest loss for the survivors here was the outbreak of the Crimson Moon.

If not for the Crimson Moon, they might have already banded together and fought their way out of the campus.

Survivors stood at the windows, using A1 blueprint posters to communicate across buildings.

"Don't rush, don't be impulsive, don't disturb the things downstairs!"

The appearance of the mech didn't cause a commotion. The survivors continued to remain silent, avoiding disturbing "the things downstairs."

After the Crimson Moon, some survivors died and became zombies, among whom were born more powerful individuals.

Fortunately, the students of Modu University had their wits about them and had already thrown them down from the buildings.

Otherwise, this single tide of spiritual energy would have wiped out multiple survivor gathering points in the dormitories.

On the way out of Modu (Shanghai) University, Lin Qi observed the survivors' actions.

"So that's why university students are hard to kill."

He sighed slightly, his mech's movement unhindered. It took about ten minutes to leave the Modu (Shanghai) University area.

Along the way, occasional zombies charged at the mech, this colossal entity, but they couldn't inflict any damage.

After a few collisions, the zombies were driven by instinct to continue searching for living prey.

Zombies lacked intelligence but could discern that the mech had nothing to do with flesh and blood, and thus wouldn't be too interested in it.

The mech's steady advance did not cause a large-scale gathering of zombies.

There was no need to activate the weapon systems anytime soon.

"Lin Qi, where are we going now?" Xia Chu couldn't figure out Lin Qi's intentions, looking at the mech's route.

This road seemed to be heading towards the more central part of Modu.

"To rendezvous with the rescue team. The radio hasn't had a signal for a long time."

"I scouted this direction earlier. There was an exchange of fire not far from here."

Lin Qi said as he unfolded the footage collected by the collecting robot.

He locked the camera onto the giant zombie.

"Let's deal with this giant zombie first, then find the rescue team."

Lin Qi had his eye on the massive Crimson Crystal on the giant zombie's head.

Regardless of whether this thing was the same type as the Crimson Crystal, it at least didn't look like a First Rank Extraordinary Item.

Lin Qi would eventually become a Second Rank Wizard, so it would definitely be useful to him.

The mech's current position was less than five hundred meters from the location he had scouted earlier, and he could already visually see the site of the previous exchange of fire.

The surrounding buildings showed signs of damage from explosions.

The giant zombie was still there, constantly trying to get up, but it seemed like half of its body was immobile.

Did the rescue team cripple this giant zombie?

Lin Qi stopped advancing, his brow furrowed.

I originally thought the rescue team had retreated because they were no match for this giant zombie.

But now it seems this giant zombie was no match for heavy firepower at all, already half-destroyed by modern weapons.

At most two more shots, and this giant zombie would be finished.

But where was the rescue team?

Where did the rescue team go?

Lin Qi slowed his approach, continuously maintaining his Psychic Vision.

He didn't find anything unusual even when he got close to the giant zombie.

The giant zombie was slightly smaller than the mecha. Seeing the mecha approach, it instinctively felt the urge to attack.

It reached out, grabbing towards the mecha's chest, where the cockpit was located.

Chainsaw sword activated.

One slash.

The zombie's arm broke off.

"This zombie can sense the living person inside the mecha?"

Lin Qi made a judgment.

If the area were safe enough, given the behavior of L-level researchers, they might have conducted a simple study on this zombie.

But there were clearly potential risks here, and Lin Qi was decisive.

The mecha directly reached out, aiming for the zombie's head, which had half its skull blown away by heavy firepower.

The watermelon-sized Crimson Crystal was directly pried out by the mecha.

As soon as the Crimson Crystal left its brain, the giant zombie's struggling body immediately stopped moving.

The mecha's sensors provided data: the mecha's hand temperature reached four hundred degrees.

This was probably not the same kind of Extraordinary Item as the Crimson Crystal.

This four-hundred-degree heat didn't seem like something one could hold under their tongue.

With the threat of the giant zombie gone, Lin Qi continued to observe the surrounding environment.

Judging by the explosions and bullet marks, Lin Qi located the rescue team's position from that day.

He sensed in the direction of the rescue team.

Within his Psychic Vision, the concentration of Spiritual Energy Particles in that direction showed a clear anomaly.

"The direction isn't on the ground, it's above..."

He looked up in the direction of the Spiritual Energy Particle anomaly.

It was a hundred-story skyscraper. The exterior of the building showed no signs of abnormality.

The distance also exceeded 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 professional? Or a monster?

Lin Qi thought the possibility of it being a monster was higher. Based on the density of these Spiritual Energy Particles, it was at least a third-tier existence.

The rescue team might have fallen to this monster.

"Lin Qi, why don't we go up and take a look?" Xia Chu spoke softly.

Lin Qi immediately turned to look at Xia Chu. A hint of daze appeared in Xia Chu's eyes.

Even Lin Qi felt an urge to go upstairs and take a look after hearing Xia Chu's voice.

Without any hesitation, the mecha sped towards the way it came.

No need to look for the rescue team anymore.

Their location was already very clear.

They were probably already completely dead.

The pace of this apocalypse was not right!

Lin Qi left very quickly. As soon as Xia Chu shook off the dazed state, she realized she was back on the campus of Modu (Shanghai) University.