New Extraordinary Item

The broadcast continued all night, but it was just a loop.

Lin Qi and Xia Chu rested for several hours.

As a First Rank Wizard, Lin Qi's body also possessed First Rank strength, making him energetic.

Xia Chu, however, was somewhat tired. But after placing a Crimson Crystal under her tongue, her spirits lifted considerably.

"Let's go, rescue people."

Hearing Lin Qi's voice and the words "rescue people," Xia Chu immediately mustered her energy.

They descended to the second floor and boarded the mecha cockpit directly from there.

With the mecha's steps, heavy footsteps echoed across the Magic University campus. Survivors at a distance gazed towards the mecha.

"It's moving, it's moving! Rescue is here!"

Lin Qi's keen senses, provided by Psychic Vision, allowed him to detect these gazes.

Compared to the "obvious markers" mentioned in the broadcast, this sensitivity to gazes enabled Lin Qi to more easily pinpoint the survivors' locations.

Piloting the mecha, Lin Qi walked towards the nearby parking area.

"God, you're going the wrong way."

In the dormitory area, survivors watched Lin Qi head in the opposite direction, feeling anxious.

But upon seeing the mecha's next move, the survivors let out exclamations of awe.

The mecha's target was a box truck, or rather, the cargo container of the truck.

The Chainsaw Sword activated, its chain spinning at high speed.

Like cutting through butter, it easily separated the truck cab from the container, opening the container from the front.

The mecha placed the Chainsaw Sword on its back, magnetically secured.

The mecha's arms lifted the container, shook it a couple of times, and emptied its contents.

Shouldering the container, Lin Qi readjusted his direction and headed towards the dormitory area.

Before long, Lin Qi arrived beneath a dormitory building.

The mecha's height was just enough to reach the third floor.

The Chainsaw Sword came into play again, targeting the third-floor wall and easily creating an opening.

The mecha's external speakers announced: "Survivors inside, enter the container from the third floor."

The moment the voice sounded, it caused a commotion among the Zombies between the dormitory buildings.

It seemed the Zombies sensed the presence of living beings inside the mecha.

"Lin Qi, look over there."

Xia Chu, inside the cockpit, pointed towards a few Zombies.

Compared to ordinary Zombies, these few seemed somewhat special.

Their speed was noticeably abnormal.

"Finally found them..."

Lin Qi's emotions surged.

Within his Psychic Vision, the Crimson Crystals in the heads of these abnormal Zombies were distinctly different from those of ordinary Zombies.

After the Scarlet Moon event, ordinary Zombies were strengthened, but their essence hadn't changed. The total amount of Spiritual Energy Particles in their Crimson Crystals might have changed, but they remained the same type of extraordinary item, unable to be repeatedly analyzed by a Wizard.

In contrast, the Crimson Crystals in the heads of the fast-moving Zombies had undergone a significant morphological change, becoming angular and cubic.

Their color had also shifted from scarlet to a pale red.

The most crucial piece of evidence was that Lin Qi's mental power felt a sense of unfamiliarity towards the new crystals.

This was the basis for judging the type of extraordinary item.

On the top floor, survivors who saw these strange Zombies felt their hearts clench.

They quickly hung up a large sign written in A1 Blueprint: "Those monsters are dangerous! Dangerous! Dangerous!"

Lin Qi could see the survivors' warning; his Psychic Vision had comprehensive coverage.

Where did the danger come from?

Was it solely their speed?

Not entirely.

Under the shroud of Psychic Vision, Lin Qi saw the strange mouthparts of this type of Zombie.

They were no longer human mouths, only mouthparts could describe them.

The mouth had split into five sections, with extremely sharp teeth growing inside. These teeth rotated like a high-speed blender.

"Their strength isn't low, around M-level. Although this mecha is M-level overall, its materials are a weak point."

The judgment was accurate. The Zombie's mouthparts could tear through the mech's outer shell. If Chainsaw Sword were used in combat, the mech might suffer heavy damage.

But the mech had more than just the Chainsaw Sword.

"Xia Chu, prepare for cooling."

With that, two Six-barreled Machine Guns extended from the mech's shoulders.

The survivors upstairs watched clearly.

"Holy crap, a Vulcan Gatling? Six barrels?"

"Is that even legal? This is against the law, right? A mech engineering prodigy built this?"

"No, even if he's a mech engineering god, where did he get the gunpowder?"

The six barrels of the cannons didn't rotate, merely standing there calmly.

A high-frequency hum of electromagnetic energy buildup began.

The next second, a torrent of projectiles poured out.

With the computational power boost from the Collecting Robot's Chip, all projectiles avoided the Zombie's head, preventing damage to extraordinary items.

Those few strange Zombies were blasted into minced meat before they could even reach the mech.

After dealing with the special Zombies, Lin Qi didn't initiate another barrage.

It wasn't necessary.

The regular Zombies didn't yet have the ability to breach the mech's outer shell.

Upstairs, the survivors' heads were buzzing.

"Damn it, it's a Railgun! Not a six-barreled Vulcan!"

Electromagnetic weapons, with far greater technological content than a six-barreled Vulcan, and they didn't require chemical fuel.

The shock the mech gave the survivors wasn't over yet. They saw that any projectiles embedded in the ground, not blasted away, were being drawn back under the constraint of directional magnetic force.

The ammunition was actually recyclable!

Even the students of the top university, Magic University, had never witnessed such an outrageous sight.

Was this the mech engineering prodigy of Magic University?

He actually built such a devastating weapon right after the apocalypse broke out?

No, this definitely wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision; it must have been premeditated.

The big shot had plans even in peacetime.

What was he trying to do? Bomb the school?

There was no time for the survivors to ponder further, as Lin Qi urged them on.

"Survivors, quickly enter the carriage. There are more people waiting for rescue."

While waiting for the survivors to act, the Collecting Robot, which was handling the mech's computational tasks, detached from the mech and landed on the ground.

It brought several cubic crystals back to the mech's storage unit.

These crystals came at the perfect time. Lin Qi was just worrying about not having any extraordinary items to advance his Wizard level.

A few minutes later, all the survivors in this building had boarded the carriage.

The mech turned and moved towards another building.

The carriage wasn't full yet; it could still hold survivors from several more buildings.

The mech tilted the carriage slightly, jostling it to pack the survivors in tighter.

"Holy crap, big shot, easy does it."

A survivor's voice rang out, but Lin Qi paid no mind.

The next building had even fewer survivors, only three.

This was a girls' dormitory.

Lin Qi sighed. The apocalypse was indeed a disadvantage for women's physical conditions; a low survival rate was to be expected.

The mech tilted the carriage again, jostling it, estimating that it could still fit quite a few survivors if they squeezed.

"Holy crap, big shot, shake it a couple more times."

Inside the carriage, the same voice spoke different words.

Xia Chu quietly cursed, "Shameless!"