The next day.
After Xu Zhengyang landed in Shire City, California, he discovered that the airport terminal had been occupied by a large number of homeless people.
Some were setting up tents, others were using cardboard as partitions, some were sleeping on the ground, and many had simply taken over the benches in the terminal.
With so many people crammed in, the entire terminal exuded an indescribable odor, causing Xu Zhengyang to involuntarily frown.
"What's going on?" Xu Zhengyang quietly asked Da Bai.
"The police in Shire City only protect the wealthy areas.
After the appearance of zombies in the poor areas, no one has dealt with it, leading to a snowball effect where the number of zombies has increased dramatically.
Now, this area of Shire City has even formed a large zombie horde!
Because of this, the poor in Shire City dare not return home and can only gather in places like airports, military bases, and police stations that have armed forces for some protection."
After Da Bai explained, he projected an aerial view of Shire City onto Xu Zhengyang's contact lenses, highlighting the danger zones in red.
Then Da Bai continued, "Our target for this trip is the factory that Da Jiang is building here, which is located next to the poor area."
"I see..."
Xu Zhengyang nodded thoughtfully and then said to Da Bai, "Get a car over here, let's go directly!"
"Understood, Master," Da Bai replied.
*An hour and a half later.
Xu Zhengyang rode in the electric car that Da Bai had procured, traveling from the bustling area to the desolate outskirts, arriving near a heavily guarded checkpoint.
As they approached the checkpoint, Da Bai slowed down and said to Xu Zhengyang, "Master, beyond this checkpoint is the poor area, which is also where the zombies are. It's easy to get through from here.
But trying to come from the poor area to this side requires paying exorbitant entry fees and health inspection fees.
Only after the doctors here confirm that you are not carrying the Blood Plague Virus will you be granted access."
"What a greedy display..."
Xu Zhengyang sighed and then said to Da Bai, "Find a tall hotel nearby and book me a room."
"Understood, Master," Da Bai replied.
...
Fifteen minutes later.
With Da Bai's help, Xu Zhengyang successfully checked into the tallest hotel nearby.
Xu Zhengyang's room was on the 24th floor.
Upon entering the room, Xu Zhengyang hung a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the doorknob and immediately changed into his Flight Combat Suit.
After changing into the Combat Suit, Xu Zhengyang asked Da Bai, "Send me the exact location of the factory."
"Of course, Master."
Da Bai agreed and plotted the best route on Xu Zhengyang's contact lenses, saying, "Based on the current wind speed and direction, you can fly directly to this location.
I have already prepared a vehicle for you here."
"Okay."
Xu Zhengyang nodded, then activated the wings and Optical Camouflage Function of the Flight Combat Suit, leaping off the hotel terrace!
...
Ten minutes later.
Xu Zhengyang landed safely and drove towards Da Jiang's factory in the vehicle that Da Bai had prepared.
Although Da Bai was driving a new car, the windows had been smashed, and all valuable items had been taken.
Even the car's central control unit had been dismantled!
Fortunately, the engine and battery had not been removed, so Da Bai could still drive.
If the checkpoint area still resembled a modern metropolis, this side was completely a wasteland!
Although it was daytime, there were not a single pedestrian on the streets, and Xu Zhengyang could see scattered zombies wandering around! Not only that.
As Xu Zhengyang's car passed some residential buildings, he could clearly feel waves of unmasked hostility directed at him! Just then.
A series of system notifications suddenly appeared before Xu Zhengyang's eyes: [Time-Limited Emergency Mission: Bad Seeds (In Progress)]
[In the apocalypse, you are bound to encounter extremely wicked bad seeds. If you do not deal with them first, they will deal with you!]
[Mission Objective: Eliminate the bad seeds near you (0/18)]
[Mission Time Limit: 59 minutes 59 seconds]
[Mission Reward: Secondary Stamina Awakening Injection]
"Bad seeds?"
Upon seeing this mission, Xu Zhengyang immediately said to Da Bai, "Da Bai, slow down the car and help me scout how many people are nearby!"
"Sorry, Master."
Da Bai replied, "Since the power has long been out in the poor area, the surveillance cameras on the streets have become mere decorations.
Moreover, there are very few people with electronic devices here.
So I need drone assistance to gather detailed information for you!"
"Alright."
Xu Zhengyang nodded and took out two military reconnaissance drones from his Dimensional Space Pocket, launching them one after the other!...
Just as Xu Zhengyang released the drones, a crossbow bolt suddenly shot in from the right, aimed at the driver's seat!
Fortunately, Da Bai was driving, and Xu Zhengyang was sitting in the back seat.
Otherwise, even with the Flight Combat Suit, Xu Zhengyang would have been injured!
"Truly the bad seeds," Xu Zhengyang sneered, directly opening the car door and releasing all the Mechanical Dogs!
At that moment.
Da Bai had also obtained preliminary coordinates of the enemies, saying to Xu Zhengyang, "Master, based on my scouting, I have currently identified 11 precise targets, and I am still searching for the remaining ones!"
As soon as Da Bai finished speaking, eleven red dots representing enemy positions appeared on Xu Zhengyang's contact lenses! "Good."
After receiving the coordinates, Xu Zhengyang immediately activated the quantum mapping skill, directing the Mechanical Dogs towards the locations Da Bai had preset!
The bad seeds hiding in the poor area were armed with weapons like baseball bats and machetes.
Even the leader of the bad seeds had only a nearly worn-out Browning pistol as his most powerful weapon.
Such small-caliber firearms might not even penetrate the shell of a Mechanical Dog!
Thus, using the Mechanical Dogs to deal with them was completely effortless, with no suspense at all!
With Da Bai's assistance.
After Xu Zhengyang controlled the Mechanical Dogs to eliminate all the bad seeds in the area one by one, he suddenly noticed that one of the bad seeds was wearing a metal pendant that clearly did not belong to this era! So, while continuing to command the remaining Mechanical Dogs to hunt down the bad seeds, he also directed one of the Mechanical Dogs to pull down the metal pendant
and bring it back to him.
[Key to the Starship Exploration Shuttle Access]
[Effect: Used to open the access to the light-speed shuttle]