Chapter 1

Outside the city of Dawn, on the northern perimeter, the tenth legion of the Dawnbreaker Guild.

The embers of battle burned everywhere. The ground was littered with the corpses of zombies and alien species.

Female and male players alike were hauling the bodies onto garbage trucks, disposing of them.

Many technicians were rapidly repairing the trenches and protective netting.

In the center of this defensive zone, a girl with bright, watery eyes, waist-length hair, and a gentle face was wearily giving instructions to her comrades.

"Everyone, please work a little harder to clean up the corpses on the battlefield, otherwise the smell of blood will easily attract new monsters to attack. Also, repair the damaged defense lines as soon as possible, and re-establish the weapon emplacements."

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"Sister Zhao Han, you don't need to worry. Just leave this to Sister Lin Zinuo. You've been working hard commanding for so long, why don't you log off and rest for a while?"

A dark-skinned uncle said with a simple and honest smile.

"Uncle Li Shi is right."

The sisters next to him echoed.

"Sister, I can handle the rest. I promise to do it well."

A girl who was not tall, with a loli face, and an unusually mature figure, assured her earnestly.

"I'm still very confident in Zinuo's abilities, so I'll have to ask you brothers and sisters to assist her."

Zhao Han replied with a smile. She was indeed a little tired. She had been online for more than 18 consecutive hours in reality, and her body couldn't take it anymore. It was time to log off and rest for a while. Besides, this wave of monster attacks was considered over, and there shouldn't be any problems in the short term.

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On the other side, in the desolate wilderness, a tank was driving on a muddy road.

Inside the driver's compartment, Sun Duoxiang's lips were dry, and his stomach was rumbling. He stopped the tank, turned his bitter gourd face to look at Su Mo.

"Big brother, do you have anything to eat or drink? We've been driving for a day, and the spare fuel is almost used up."

Su Mo opened his closed eyes, glanced at Sun Duoxiang, and said, "Do you think I might have some? When I came in, I had nothing on me, nothing at all. Didn't you bring any food with you?"

"Oh, if only I had brought some. Wasn't I refueling the tank at the time? The oil drum was so heavy, it was too cumbersome to carry a backpack, so I took it off. When we were attacked, there wasn't even time to escape, who would have thought about grabbing a backpack?"

Sun Duoxiang replied with a mournful face.

"Drive forward, look around."

Su Mo replied in a deep voice.

"Okay."

Sun Duoxiang could only bite the bullet and continue driving forward. He didn't know if it was bad luck or what. All they ran into along the way were scattered zombies, and they didn't see any decent buildings.

By this time, even Su Mo's stomach was protesting. The high-intensity battle before had consumed a lot of his physical strength. Although he had recovered some after resting, it had been too long since he had eaten.

Sun Duoxiang hesitated for a moment, rummaging in his pockets. Finally, he found a biscuit stick. He tore open the package, broke it in half, and handed one half to Su Mo.

"Big brother, this is my last possession, here you go."

"No need."

Su Mo refused directly.

"Okay."

Sun Duoxiang didn't force it. He understood Su Mo's personality to some extent. Once this guy said something, he rarely changed his mind.

So he ate the bit of biscuit stick himself.

After that, the tank continued to drive forward, and after a long time, they arrived next to a small forest.

Su Mo suddenly said, "Stop!"

Although a little puzzled, Sun Duoxiang still stopped the tank according to Su Mo's request.

Su Mo simply said to Sun Duoxiang, "Stay here and watch the tank, I'll go find something to eat."

"Okay, boss, you have to be quick."

Sun Duoxiang said somewhat uneasily.

"I know."

Su Mo didn't say much, lifted the lid and climbed out. After landing, he walked directly towards the small forest in front of him.

This forest looked sparse, and the vegetation was ash-gray.

Su Mo cautiously walked deeper into the forest. Although the suburbs were relatively safer than the city, and you didn't see many monsters, the disadvantages were also quite obvious.

That was, there were no resources. They had seen some buildings along the way, but those buildings were devastated, and there was nothing inside.

The most crucial point was that Su Mo and the others didn't have a map of this area. They were purely driving forward blindly.

Not eating was still bearable, but not drinking water was deadly.

It wasn't that Su Mo didn't want to eat the little food that Sun Duoxiang gave him. It was that he was afraid of getting thirstier the more he ate, and then feeling even more uncomfortable.

More than ten minutes later, Su Mo saw a large lake in the small forest.

Su Mo was also a little surprised. He had originally thought that finding a small stream would be good enough, but he didn't expect to find such a large lake.

He walked to the edge of the lake and squatted down, scooped up some water with both hands, and carefully observed the water quality of the lake.

In the depths of the lake's center, a huge shadow was swaying.

Su Mo looked at the relatively clear lake water and was about to take a sip when he suddenly saw the reflection in the water. He subconsciously retracted his hand and looked towards a large tree on the right side of the lake. He saw that the branches of the tree were hanging with gray fruits.

Su Mo was silent for a few seconds. The trees near the lake were polluted, so the water here should also be polluted.

If he wasn't mistaken, it shouldn't be drinkable.

"Big brother!"

At this moment, Sun Duoxiang's voice came from not far away, interrupting Su Mo's thoughts.

Soon, Sun Duoxiang ran over.

"Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to watch the tank?"

Su Mo asked indifferently.

"There's no one around here, the tank won't get lost there. I'm about to die of thirst, let me drink some water first."

As Sun Duoxiang spoke, he squatted down to drink the water in the lake.

Su Mo reached out and grabbed Sun Duoxiang's collar, pulled him up, and warned him.

"This water can't be drunk, look at the surrounding vegetation. If I'm not mistaken, the reason why this world is full of monsters should be due to widespread pollution. Only a small number of places have clean water and bottled water."

"No way, didn't you drink it too?"

"I didn't drink it, whether you believe it or not is up to you."

Su Mo was too lazy to argue with Sun Duoxiang.

Sun Duoxiang swallowed hard. Reason told him that what Su Mo said should be true, but the problem was that he was really super thirsty.

"Eh, why is the water black?"

Just as Sun Duoxiang was struggling, he noticed that the originally clear lake water suddenly turned black.

Su Mo heard Sun Duoxiang's words, glanced over, and his expression changed drastically.

He reached out and grabbed Sun Duoxiang's arm and pulled him back violently.

"Run!"

In an instant, the originally calm lake exploded, and a bloody mouth attacked, full of sharp teeth, and a breath of poisonous stench.

*Ka!*