Caleb Mercer cleared his throat and gestured toward the two unconscious women resting on the cave floor. "Their names are Sophie Hale and Mira Wade, and they are my companions. What you said earlier was entirely correct, as we are definitely not from this world. We actually arrived here on a train.""A train?" Keira Quinn furrowed her brow, her stunning blue eyes filled with heavy skepticism. "Are you trying to tell me that you came from another world entirely? How is that even remotely possible? Given the current level of technology on Planet M-78, they could develop for another five hundred years and still not create a train capable of interstellar travel. Has your world's technology really advanced to the point of building a train that can cross entire galaxies?""No, no, no, you have it all wrong!" Caleb hurriedly waved his hands to dismiss the misunderstanding. "Our world has absolutely never developed anything like that."Sitting down on a nearby rock, Caleb car

"The recovery speed is extremely limited," Keira continued, her bright blue eyes reflecting the faint light. "If we could somehow get our hands on a zombie core from a level-two zombie, I firmly believe the energy restoration speed would be significantly faster!""Does that mean this level-two zombie core comes directly from the mutated ones that have already evolved?" Caleb asked, his curiosity thoroughly piqued by the concept of higher-tier monsters roaming the wasteland."Exactly," Keira nodded with a serious expression. "A level-one zombie core is completely blue, while a level-two zombie core takes on a deep purple hue. Beyond that, there are also level-three and level-four zombie creatures out there. However, a level-three zombie is already incredibly terrifying in terms of sheer strength and speed. I have only ever encountered a level-two zombie in person, and if I had run into anything stronger, I definitely wouldn't have been able to escape with my life."Hea

"But he was standing right there just a second ago. How did he just vanish like that?" The lackey scratched his head, muttering to himself in confusion.The conductor narrowed his eyes and studied Keira and the other two women from behind. Even from just their backs, he could tell all three were stunning. Especially the one with golden hair. Definitely a foreign beauty.Back on Earth, before everything went to hell, men like him wouldn't have dared lift their eyes to a woman that gorgeous, let alone entertain any filthy thoughts about a blonde like her. But this was the apocalypse now. He no longer had to worry about who anyone was. He could do whatever he wanted.Greed flickered across his eyes at the thought. "Forget it. If the man vanished, he vanished. Everyone, move in!""Grab the three women. We'll take turns later."At those words, the lackeys' eyes turned bloodshot with the same hunger. Just as they surged forward, a lazy voice drifted up from behind

Below the lake bed stretched a vast passage, cavernous as an abyss, and they now stood at its very bottom. Looking up, they could just make out a faint glimmer of light at the very top of the shaft, distant enough to suggest the lake was at least a hundred meters deep, maybe more.The passage they stood in ran several dozen meters wide, its walls built from reinforced concrete slick with a thick coating of algae that gave everything a greenish sheen. Ahead of them, the corridor stretched on into Darkness, its end nowhere in sight."No way. I can't believe there's an entire world down here under the lake," Sophie Hale said, her voice bright with astonishment, eyes gleaming as she took in the strange scenery around them.She wasn't wrong. For an underground ruin, the place had a certain eerie beauty to it."Of course there is," Keira Quinn said, a note of pride creeping into her voice. "When our country's top brass built this laboratory, they poured a billion dolla

[Automatic water purifier detected. It can produce three hundred liters of water per day.][Indoor temperature regulator detected. It can adjust room temperature so you can spend the winter in comfort.][Canning machine detected. It can process food into cans for long term storage.][Detecting...]A dozen more notifications flashed across Caleb Mercer's vision, one after another, each one more startling than the last.He stood frozen for a moment, genuinely stunned. He hadn't expected these machines to be this useful. If he could haul all of this back with him, he'd never have to worry about food or water again. He might not even need to go out scavenging anymore.He could just sit back every day, arms around the girls, eating steak, sipping wine, basking in the cool air of a working AC unit. The thought alone was enough to make the corner of his mouth twitch upward in a grin he couldn't quite hold back.Now this was a haul worth celebrating, and J