Judging from the messy scene, Saya Takagi family's mansion has fallen into complete chaos.
The SUV did not approach but stopped on the street several dozen meters away from the mansion.
"It seems that the people here don't welcome us very much."
After clearing out the zombies nearby, Kevin looked around.
The road leading to the mansion was blocked by a fence made of barbed wire.
The sound of vehicle engines attracted hordes of zombies to come from the other side of the barbed wire.
They were supposed to be protected people, but now they have become trapped beasts in a cage.
"ah...!"
Saya covered her mouth lightly with a pale face. She recognized several faces in uniform.
The people who were familiar to me turned into hideous zombies.
This gave her a very ominous premonition.
Even the guards of the mansion turned into zombies, so what about her parents...
"Please... please go find my parents!"
There was already a hint of tears in Takagi Saya's voice.
It can be seen that she is indeed very worried about the safety of her parents.
"The road ahead is blocked. Everyone else stay where you are and wait for my news."
Kevin thought for a moment and decided to use the grappling hook to sneak in and avoid the battle.
"As for Saya...you come with me. I need someone to lead the way."
"Ok, ok, no problem."
Saya nodded quickly and agreed without hesitation.
"Minami Rika, and Saeko, it's up to you after I leave."
"Don't worry, boss."
Minami Rika gave Kevin a confident look.
She brought out all the guns and ammunition from the weapons cabinet in her villa, and the firepower was very powerful.
"I...I can fight, too."
Miyamoto Rei also volunteered to pick up a pistol, wanting to highlight her role.
"Very good, wait till I come back."
The next moment, Kevin stretched out his hand and shot out a slime hook, pulling Saya in front of him.
After holding the bewildered Saya tightly in front of him, Kevin shot out his grappling hook again, climbed up a nearby building, and his figure instantly distanced himself from the ground.
"If you don't want your screams to attract all the zombies nearby, don't make any noise."
Before Saya could scream due to her fear of heights, Kevin covered her mouth.
After a while, the two finally found their feet on solid ground and landed on the rooftop of the mansion.
"This is your home, you should be more familiar with it than I am."
Kevin stepped on the edge of the rooftop and cast his gaze towards the interior of the manor.
"Where is your family most likely to be?"
"I… I'm not sure."
Saya thought hard with a nervous expression, but finally shook her head blankly.
"If they were attacked by zombies, they would definitely not stay in a safe place, but would choose to fight on the front line."
"Tsk, it's the same as if I didn't say anything."
Kevin glanced at the zombies in the manor. There were at least thousands of them. If he tried to clean them up, it would be a waste of time and magic potions.
"It seems that I need to put these things to use in advance."
As he spoke, a half-human-high mechanical device suddenly appeared in Kevin's hand.
The device has a spider-leg-like base and a fairly obvious shooting structure.
[Laboratory Turret (Orange): Automatically fires laser beams at enemies within range, causing 68 damage, with a maximum range of 60 meters, ineffective against Boss]
That's right, this is a turret that can attack automatically.
When Kevin was exploring the asteroid at the Garden Laboratory, there were two of these gadgets on the top floor of the laboratory.
Once placed, the turret can automatically search for and attack all enemies within range.
Although the frequency of the laser is not fast, it is fully automatic and consumes no energy!
Just find a place to place the turret and it can be on guard without any energy!
To make a [Laboratory Turret], two materials are needed: "Suspicious Plating" and "Mysterious Circuit".
Both can be obtained from the secure box in the Garden Laboratory.
But this way of obtaining it is a one-time thing and it will be gone after exploration.
Kevin took the second approach.
Using a special device called a [Refiner], the "Jarden Energy Battery" produced by the Energy Battery Factory is refined into these two materials.
This is a rare reward from a treasure chest that can sift through mud and sand to reveal valuable minerals and even gems!
Kevin has been exploring Terraria these days and naturally came across many treasure chests.
The "Refining Machine" is a very practical reward in these treasure chests.
Although each time you refine, there is only a pitiful 2.5% chance of obtaining one of the materials.
But fortunately, Kevin has a huge reserve of energy batteries.
An energy battery factory operates non-stop for more than 24 hours.
More than 5,000 energy batteries can be accumulated every day.
And Kevin obtained a total of 4 energy plants from the asteroid laboratory!
The amount of battery that can be automatically generated every day is also quite amazing.
Unfortunately, now he has no other use for the energy cells except refining them into materials.
Using these batteries, Kevin made nearly three-digit "laboratory turrets"!
He had some of it on him, and the rest was in Lily's inventory.
"Let these turrets clear the zombies in the courtyard by themselves, and we will search the mansion."
Kevin glanced at Miss Gao Cheng, who had a gloomy look on her face.
"Look at the bright side. There may be survivors. Your parents may still be alive."
"...Um."
Saya Takagi no longer had much hope at this point, but she still followed.
Under her guidance, Kevin quickly walked through every floor and every corner of the mansion.
"No, there is nothing here..."
When I saw that the last room was empty.
Saya finally faced the reality, and stood there with empty eyes, feeling distraught.
After the sadness in her heart eased a little, Kevin spoke.
"Although it is somewhat inhumane to make such a request at this time."
"But... I hope to requisition your home, this mansion, as a 'base'."
"In return, I will protect this place from disaster."
"…As you wish."
Saya Takagi agreed absentmindedly.
"You'll be able to clean up the zombies here soon anyway."
"I mean more than that."
Kevin looked at the sky outside the window. It was still about half a day before dark.
Based on the information he had...
Today, the blood moon is coming.