The mutated snake man, named Liang Yong, aged 40, was the general manager of a listed company. He had just been arrested for embezzlement before the apocalypse. In his youth, he loved eating exotic meats, and when the government controlled access to them, he developed a taste for snakes.

Just before the end of the world, he was bitten by a snake. On the day the apocalypse began, Liang Yong mutated into a snake man. He immediately devoured the police officers who were there to arrest him and ate numerous pedestrians, including zombies.

The common skills after mutation include [Binding Kill], [Knockback], and [Devour]. The derived skill is [Sonic Attack], which can cause dizziness, hallucinations, and vomiting.

He leveled up by devouring others.

The headquarters updated the classification standard, and this mutated snake man was rated as a three-star monster.

The highest star rating was temporarily set at ten stars.

As soon as Bai Shu entered the forum, the data section updated the wanted information on this mutated snake man.

Chen Xiaofei was tending to his wounds and couldn’t help but complain, “This news came too late! Why didn’t they update the information earlier? My head is still spinning, my ears are ringing, and this snake’s health bar is too tough to break!”

“Let Xiao Bai add the monster’s weaknesses to the report,” Wang Weihui said, also wrapping his own wounds.

The group stopped at an emergency lane. Wang Weihui poured disinfectant onto his wounds, flinching from the pain as the liquid touched his skin.

There was nothing they could do about it. It was a natural reflex.

Both of them had numerous external injuries, but luckily their special abilities helped their bodies heal faster. The bleeding had stopped, and they just needed to disinfect and bandage the wounds. After taking some medicine, they’d be back to full strength in about a week. If they were ordinary people, they would be bedridden for months.

Bai Shu nodded after hearing this. His left ear was slightly bleeding from the sonic attack, but he focused on uploading the mutated snake man’s data, in case other teams encountered the same monster.

“Since no one took the mission, the reward for this wanted mission has been raised to 200,000 points. I’ll transfer 100,000 points to Little Squad Leader, and the remaining 100,000 will be split evenly among the four of us. Does anyone have any objections?”

Bai Shu adjusted his glasses and spoke, but at this moment, no one was thinking about the points.

Wang Weihui said, “It’s fine, I don’t care.”

Chen Xiaofei, gritting his teeth as he wrapped his wounds, nodded and added, “Sure, giving more to Little Squad Leader is fine. If she hadn’t used that hidden kill move at the end, the three of us might’ve died here today.”

Wang Weihui agreed and glanced at his injured fist, tightening his grip. “We’re too weak. I mean, we’re way too weak. They even have these monsters ranked by stars now? This one was only a three-star!”

A three-star monster nearly wiped out their team. In the past, when they went on missions, their coordination was flawless, but today, they almost died.

Chen Xiaofei fell silent, feeling a rare sense of dejection. He sighed deeply.

Bai Shu quickly finished the report and then distributed the points to their accounts. “If you’re feeling discouraged, I suggest you take a look at the forum. Right now, we’re in the early stages of the apocalypse, and the highest-level monsters are only five stars. Also, because we successfully took down this three-star mutated snake man, the headquarters will give us additional rewards, so we can look forward to that.”

After all, the four of them, along with the little zombie, had taken down a three-star mutated monster.

Bai Shu was implying that they had already done something impressive.

Wang Weihui and Chen Xiaofei paused, then leaned closer to Bai Shu. They looked at the trending posts on the tablet, and a group of people were praising them.

• What??!! This mission, no one dared to take it. Which brave team took it? Oh, it’s the 3A Special Operations Team. Alright, I don’t have any problems now.
• Wow, a three-star mutated monster! What kind of team is this so strong?
• What’s the 3A Special Operations Team? Newcomers who are civilians, please explain.

Because of the apocalypse, the forum had given rise to many new internet terms.

For example, combat teams with military backgrounds used to call themselves “officially organized,” while ordinary people with special abilities who formed combat teams during the apocalypse referred to themselves as “newcomers.”

The forum discussions were heating up.

No matter how tough the world became, gossip was still necessary to keep from going crazy.

Everyone needed a way to relax.

When someone asked about the 3A Special Operations Team, other friendly comrades would explain.

• The 3A Special Operations Team, it’s nothing special. They’ve been ranked A for three consecutive years, a total of thirty-six months. [bitter] [weathered] [I’m not crying]
• Don’t listen to the nonsense from the newcomers above. Everyone in this team is tough; they wouldn’t be the legendary A-rank team otherwise. I heard that A-rank has seven teams, and 3A is still strong! Anyway, they’re at the top of the pyramid, we ordinary folks can’t compare to them. They’re a group of beasts! Not afraid of death or exhaustion, can go without food for ten days and still live!

Other comrades agreed, +1, and it seemed they had often been compared to this group by their officers. Their tone was full of melancholy.

The newcomers, meanwhile, were left in awe and thought they were really cool.

• No wonder they’re so strong! It feels like our team almost wiped out against a one-star mutated creature before. Now, a three-star mutated monster? It was human before, not even an animal, and the pressure feels overwhelming.
• Hahaha, sure enough, the newcomers are adorable. Never killed anyone, right? For those of us with military backgrounds, we’ve fought real humans before. Honestly, the pressure’s not too bad. The main thing is these monsters are so disgusting, neither human nor beast.
• The 3A Special Operations Team? Well, that’s not surprising. Didn’t you see the pictures and videos? My god, it’s all chunks of meat. Yuck! How strong do you have to be to turn a three-star mutated monster into meat chunks?
• Ugh, the one above, don’t be too crazy! That’s obviously snake meat. Looks like yellow eel meat too. I’m so hungry.
• ??? Please, calm down upstairs!
• Upstairs, that’s not appropriate…

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Overall, the forum was full of lively discussions, with the 3A Special Operations Team being treated like legends. Only the team members themselves knew the real story.

Chen Xiaofei rubbed his nose and said, “I really don’t deserve this. If it weren’t for Little Squad Leader, we wouldn’t have been able to beat this guy.”

Wang Weihui also felt guilty.

Bai Shu turned to look at the back row of the vehicle, where Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo were both sleeping. As soon as they got into the car, Qin Luo hurriedly wiped off the blood on his body, applied some medicine, wrapped it up with bandages, and covered himself with a small blanket. Then, he wiped the blood off the little zombie, who had immediately fallen asleep.

Chen Xiaofei hesitated and said, “Should we wake them up? Qin Ge’s wounds should be re-bandaged, and Little Squad Leader hasn’t even changed her clothes…”

Wang Weihui leaned in and glanced at them. They were sleeping soundly.

Bai Shu shook his head. “Let them sleep. I don’t know what’s going on with Little Squad Leader, but Qin Luo always sleeps after a fight. The latest research shows that sleep helps mutants recover their stamina and heal wounds faster. If you two can sleep, go ahead and rest as well.”