Many descendants

"I'll keep you alive."

"Then the vice president must keep his word," Su Yan said with a light laugh.

"..." Huo Qing could tell that she didn't really believe him. Indeed, in the current situation, it was uncertain who would protect whom. Touching his high nose bridge, he turned around and left the cockpit with a bit of embarrassment.

Arrange for people to prepare gas masks and weapons.

Su Yan stayed behind to repair the plane.

Huo Qing deliberately left someone behind to protect her.

"I heard the vice president call you Jerry?" Su Yan took two bottles of water and tossed one over.

Jerry had regular features, a tall and strong build, well-developed muscles, and chocolate-colored skin. He steadily caught the water bottle in his large hand and replied, "Yes, the other two are Charles (the blond one) and Lu He (the brown-haired one). The one who died was Carter, a new driver recruited by the organization."

"Whose side is Carter on?"

"When I joined the association, there were no problems with my background information."

Su Yan gazed at the vast green grassland and asked, "Have you ever been to Zone Zero?"

"We've tested the waters at the edge. If we're well-equipped, survival shouldn't be difficult. But if we go further in, who knows what we'll encounter?" Jerry downed half a bottle of water in one gulp.

Su Yan took a small sip and drank slowly. "Do you think we can get back safely?"

"Sure. It's also thanks to you landing on the grassland. There might be some dangerous wild animals, but there's enough oxygen. That red desert ahead, also known as the Eye of Death, has a temperature that's at least 82 degrees Celsius. The oxygen is thin, and without survival gear, you'll pass out in no more than fifteen minutes."

Suddenly, a red distress signal appeared in the sky.

Jerry's expression changed drastically. "Oh no, the boss is in danger!"

Su Yan immediately tossed him a backpack full of bullets. "There's a walkie-talkie inside. Hurry up and get over here. I'll stand by here."

“Okay.” Jerry took the backpack and immediately ran towards the direction of the signal flare.

Su Yan also grabbed two handguns, putting one into the top of her boot, which she had modified to perfectly conceal a handgun. Holding one in each hand, she circled the plane but found nothing unusual.

The intercom in the cabin crackled to life, and Huo Qing's voice came through, "Xia—"

Su Yan picked up the walkie-talkie. "Received, Vice President."

"It's troublesome."

Huo Qing's voice sounded very serious, and Su Yan's heart skipped a beat. "What's going on?"

“Redbacked ants, be careful, Charles is dead. Jerry, run—” Huo Qing’s last words were almost a shout.

Su Yan didn't know what a redbacked ant was, but judging from Huo Qing's reaction, it must be very dangerous.

She opened the backpack she had brought and took out a can of disinfectant powder. Insects have a very sensitive sense of smell, and they avoid these kinds of chemicals like the plague. The disinfectant powder was sprinkled around the plane, and when that wasn't enough, a large bucket of cleaning agent was found in the cargo hold to circle the plane.

This only prevents ants from getting close; if they do get close, you still need to kill them.

Just as Su Yan was busy searching for tools to kill ants, a redback ant the size of a soybean quietly approached the airplane...

Su Yan saw it on the system map.

He immediately stepped out of the cabin, holding a pistol in one hand and a small picnic flamethrower in the other.

The redback ant collapsed next to the disinfectant powder.

Su Yan picked up a pebble and crushed the redback ant. Unexpectedly, its shell was quite hard, somewhat like a seashell, and it took some effort to crush it.

"It is indeed troublesome." Su Yan frowned slightly, looking into the distance...

Three figures came into view.

It was Huo Qing and his group, and behind them followed a dense mass of red—the Redback Ant Legion.

Su Yan immediately turned around and went back into the cabin. When she came out again, she was holding several hand grenades.

That's why she managed to save the plane—she had enough weapons!

Huo Qing saw the grenade in Su Yan's hand and gestured for her to throw it away.

Su Yan pulled the pin on the grenade and threw it at the Redback Ant Legion!

With a loud "boom," the explosion struck right in the center of the redback ant army!

Huo Qing noticed this and a hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes. "Continue—"

Su Yan threw four more grenades, and the Redback Ant army suffered heavy losses. The remaining ants began to retreat and stopped chasing Huo Qing and the others.

In the end, Huo Qing led Jerry and Lu He back to the protective circle of the disinfectant powder.

My legs were sore from running.

Panting, Huo Qing looked at the circle of disinfectant powder and gave Su Yan a thumbs up. "Water."

Su Yan handed each of them a bottle.

"Redback ants are very vengeful; they'll definitely come back," Huo Qing said solemnly. If it weren't for the fact that his appearance was somewhat disheveled from the escape, he would have looked even more imposing.

Su Yan was currently treating redback ants as ordinary ants, but judging from the situation just now, they were clearly not ordinary ants. Her circle of disinfectant powder was not very safe.

Lu He witnessed his friend Charles being devoured by a swarm of redback ants, leaving not even bones behind...

Zone Zero is terrifying!

“Didn’t you say you’d been to Zone Zero?” Jerry said breathlessly.

"I was just bragging," Lu He said with a wry smile. "I was afraid you'd look down on me."

“What’s so great about this? Nobody would want to come to this godforsaken place.” Jerry shook his head.

Huo Qing slowly finished a bottle of water, then asked Su Yan for another one. "Who else is on Charles's side?"

Lu He replied, "I have a pregnant girlfriend, but the child isn't his. It's from his girlfriend cheating on him with her ex-boyfriend."

Suddenly, even the air seemed to fall silent.

"Let's wait until we're safely out of here before we talk about it," Su Yan said, pointing to a faint red glow in the distance.

"They're such beasts, they won't even let us take a break." Jerry stood up, watching the approaching swarm of redback ants.

Su Yan tossed him a rocket launcher. "Do you know how to use it?"

“Easy peasy.” Jerry grinned.

Huo Qing said, "Take out all the grenades."

Su Yan moved a box containing at least a hundred items and placed it on the ground.

Lu He looked at Su Yan with surprise, "You're quite strong."

"Otherwise, how could you be a cleaner?" Su Yan tossed him a grenade.

Lu He caught it in a fluster, saying, "Be careful."

Su Yan ignored him and turned back to the cockpit; leaving this place was the best solution.

Lu He: "What does she mean by that? Does she look down on me?"

Jerry loaded the shell and adjusted the firing angle, saying, "There's no safety pin, what are you afraid of?"

Lu He looked at the grenade in his hand, "...I'm being cautious. If it really explodes, all three of us will be finished."

"Enough with the nonsense," Huo Qing said to Lu He. "Go to the warehouse and see what else we can use."

"Yes, boss." He'd do anything as long as he didn't have to face those redback ants. He had a bit of trypophobia; seeing those redback ants made his head buzz and his reaction go sluggish.

The rocket launcher fired, creating a huge crater in the center of the redback ant army!

The swarm of redback ants, however, remained completely unfazed and continued charging towards them.