Chapter 655 - 645: Hello 3

After saying this, the man quickly realized he’d misspoken and looked at Moira Lynch apologetically.

"Oh, right. We’re heading back to base. Do you want to come with us?" the man asked.

Moira Lynch nodded. "Okay, thank you. My name is Moira Lynch."

"I’m Drake, and the people in the vehicle are my teammates. By the way, have you awakened a talent?"

Hearing this, Moira Lynch nodded again, then condensed an ice spike in her hand.

Seeing this, Drake’s eyes lit up. "It’s an ice-type Natural Element talent!"

Drake’s gaze on Moira Lynch instantly became fervent, as if he were looking at some kind of treasure.

At first, Moira Lynch didn’t understand, but when the first person asked if she could fill their water bottle, she got it.

’Could it be that the world’s water sources have been contaminated?’

She didn’t ask the question out loud. After all, this was likely common knowledge. If she asked, she would easily give herself away.

"Sure, no problem." Moira Lynch smiled as she took the person’s water bottle.

Seeing this, the others also handed over their water bottles one by one.

Moira Lynch controlled the superpower within her. One by one, ice beads formed at her fingertips and dropped into the water bottle with a crisp sound.

Soon, one water bottle was filled with ice beads.

"These ice beads will take some time to melt, so you’ll have to wait a bit."

Then, Moira Lynch filled all the other water bottles with ice beads.

The men cradled the cold water bottles as if they were precious treasures.

Just then, the ground suddenly began to shake violently.

"Not good! It’s an earthquake! Get us out of here, fast!"

At Drake’s command, the vehicle shot off like an arrow released from a bow, quickly leaving the area.

The tremors continued.

Moira Lynch looked through the window at the scene behind them.

A fissure had suddenly appeared in the previously flat ground.

The fissure was constantly expanding, swallowing everything in its path.

However, that wasn’t the most terrifying part.

The most terrifying part was that after expanding for a while, the fissure suddenly stopped, but the ground’s shaking didn’t end with it.

Before Moira Lynch’s eyes, the horrifying, bottomless fissure closed completely in the blink of an eye.

Her eyes widened involuntarily at the sight.

She had seen explanations of earthquakes in science videos long ago, but hearing about it and seeing it firsthand were two very different things.

She touched her chest, feeling her wildly pounding heart. ’If someone had fallen into that fissure, they would never have gotten out.’

The vehicle soon drove out of the earthquake zone, but seeing the grim expressions on the faces of the men in the car, Moira Lynch knew it wasn’t over.

Sure enough, it wasn’t long before the now-still ground began to shake again, but this was different from the earlier earthquake.

Moira Lynch’s gaze fell on a spot behind the vehicle. ’Something’s catching up,’ she thought.

"Out of the vehicle! Prepare for battle!"

Drake, who was driving, executed a perfect drift to bring the vehicle to a sharp halt. The men then quickly disembarked.

To Moira Lynch’s astonishment, the men’s bodies were swiftly covered by a layer of mecha.

It felt just like watching *Armor Warriors* as a kid, when the Armored Summoners would transform.

’Kinda cool.’

At that moment, the thing that had been following them finally revealed its true form. It was a bug completely encased in golden armor.

After burrowing out of the ground, it lunged toward Drake and his men, brandishing its fangs and claws.

Seeing this, the men quickly scattered, dodging the bug’s attack.

This bug was covered in armor, looking like an impregnable fortress, and it moved incredibly fast.

Moira Lynch keenly observed that Drake and his men were constantly trying to attack the bug’s eyes and abdomen.

However, the bug’s body stayed close to the ground, so most of their attacks were concentrated on its eyes.

But their aim seemed a bit off; whether they hit or not was purely up to luck.

Watching the men skirmish with the bug, Moira Lynch decided she couldn’t just sit back and do nothing.

She stepped out of the vehicle. Countless ice spikes materialized around her and then flew toward the bug.

With her spiritual power, she could lock onto the bug’s position at all times, ensuring it had no way to dodge.

Two of the ice spikes directly hit the bug’s eyes, causing it to let out a miserable shriek.

Yellowish-green fluid gushed from its wounded eyes, emitting a foul odor.

But she wasn’t finished. Moira Lynch controlled another ice spike to flip the bug over, exposing its vulnerable abdomen.

Stunned by what had just happened, Drake and his men quickly came to their senses and began to focus their fire on the bug’s abdomen.

A few minutes later, the bug—which both looked and actually was very powerful—finally stopped moving and lay motionless on the ground.

Drake and his men deactivated their talents and stared in disbelief at Moira Lynch, who was still standing by the vehicle.

They had encountered this type of Gilt Beetle before. To kill one, their squad needed at least half an hour. But now...

They had killed a Gilt Beetle in just a few minutes, and all the credit belonged to a young woman.

Moira Lynch naturally noticed their stares. That’s right—she had done it on purpose.

She was well aware they had been sizing her up with ill intent back in the vehicle.

In the apocalypse, civility had collapsed and the law had long since lost its power. Once constraints were gone, the evil in people’s hearts began to fester—especially toward a young woman like Moira Lynch, who was all alone.

It seemed this world had been in an apocalypse for some time.

While in the vehicle, she had sensed someone looking at her in a very uncomfortable way, which was why she decided to flex her "muscles."

Let them know that even though she was alone, she was not to be trifled with. If any of them had any bad ideas, they should get rid of them now.

As it turned out, she was right to do so.

When Drake and his men looked at Moira Lynch again, their eyes held a newfound respect. Even their movements and tone of voice had changed.

"Moira Lynch, do you want this Gilt Beetle?" Drake asked.

Not wanting to reveal her Space Button just yet, Moira Lynch refused.

"No, thank you."

Hearing Moira Lynch decline, the others didn’t say anything.

When most of the fluid had drained from the bug’s body, Drake called the others over to drag the carcass to a clean spot. Then he took out his tools and began to dissect it.

She watched as they cut open the bug’s abdomen, scraped out all the internal organs, and preserved the outer armor’s integrity as much as possible.