The sun was shining brightly at three or four o'clock in the afternoon. There were no clouds in the sky, only a thin layer of black mist. The warm orange sunlight shone on the clothes on people's backs, making them look warm. But if you look closely, you can see that the owner of the clothes is shaking.
A person's trembling is an involuntary muscle spasm, but it is not because of the faint mountain breeze, nor is it because of lack of clothing. Following the man's line of sight, he saw many figures appearing on the opposite hillside, sparse but numerous, extending into the jungle.
"Squad leader, when will we shoot?"
The person asking the question was a little soldier. He looked young and thin. He was squatting next to a dark green wooden box loading bullets, and around him were filled with loaded black bullets. magazine.
"Why are you anxious? The situation is unclear now, so don't act rashly. We are big-headed soldiers who obey orders and strictly implement the orders from above. Don't worry, there are so many of us here."
The man called the squad leader looked to be thirty years old, and his face was covered with stubble. Holding a half-stub of a cigarette in his mouth, he patted the little soldier on the shoulder comfortingly, and then walked to the side to continue his inspection.
The little soldier is called Xiaoliang, and there are many companions around him. Some of them are short girls, and some are stooped old people. Both men, women and children are focused on the task at hand at the moment - loading ammunition boxes one after another. Open it and organize it, or twist off the back cover of the wooden handle grenade and put it together. There are also two people who are responsible for delivering these ammunition to different comrades.
In the half-deep trench, soldiers wearing camouflage combat uniforms lined up one meter apart. One of them asked the squad leader for half a cigarette, twisted his upper body to light it, and then exhaled a puff of smoke comfortably.
He said: "It's better to smoke as an official, it's just easier to smoke."
The squad leader smiled and kicked him: "It's as if I deducted your salary. If you hadn't sent all the money back home, how about you pick up cigarette butts and smoke them all day long?"
"Hey, there are two losers at home, one big and one small." The soldier puffed out smoke rings and let out a contented sigh again, "People suffer when they live."
He was the soldier who was trembling in the sun just now. His fingers stopped shaking after taking a puff of cigarette.
"Brother Sanxi, smoke this from me." The soldier next to him smiled and came over, dug out a pack of crumpled cigarettes from his breast pocket, picked out one and handed it to the soldier's mouth.
"Oh, why are you so generous today?" Sanxi said as she unceremoniously grabbed the cigarette and stuffed it into her jacket pocket.
He hasn't finished smoking the cigarette butt in his mouth, so he doesn't need to smoke another one. Nowadays, it is not as good as in peaceful times. Cigarettes are a hard currency with purchasing power second only to bullets. That is to say, soldiers can enjoy it once in a while, but ordinary people do not have this kind of luxury.
The bullets at the base training ground are distributed in metered quantities and cannot be taken out at all. Even if they are taken out, there will be severe penalties, which is totally not worth the gain. Every time they go out to fight in the city, the guns have to be unloaded and filed back into storage after returning. Therefore, most of the ammunition circulating on the market is black goods, or simply picked up from airdrops from the outside world.
Seeing the other party looking directly at her, Sanxi said: "What's wrong? Tell me. You can't hold it in well when you look like that."
"Tell us another story. My sister-in-law is so beautiful. How did you catch her?"
"Hahaha, Xuanzi misses a woman. Let the old brothers see if his hair has grown!"
There was a burst of cheers from the people around him, and Xuanzi's cheeks turned red as he passed the cigarette. He looked to be about twenty years old, fair and wearing glasses. If it weren't for this apocalypse, he might still be in school.
"No, no. I...I'm just curious."
"Okay, for the sake of the God of Smoke, I will finish telling you today." Sanxi took two strong puffs on the bare butt of the cigarette, stood up and crushed the cigarette butt out with the heel of his boots, like a general who had won a battle. He held his hat and straightened his collar.
Sanxi coughed twice, cleared her throat and said: "Don't look at me like this now, at that time I was also a school idol. That's right, I am stupid, have bad grades, and do the kind of truancy and surfing the Internet from time to time. One time, I climbed over the wall as usual, and I ran into a group of gangsters surrounding a girl in an alley. Coincidentally, she was a female classmate in the class next to us. How could I bear this, and I didn’t care if I beat her or not. But if you go up there, give me a good punch..."
Sanxi said happily, and the stubble on his face jumped with his expression. The surrounding soldiers gradually gathered around to listen to the excitement, like many stars guarding the moon at night, quietly looking at the radiant man in the field.
"So, it was fate. Although I almost didn't make it back to the hospital, it was a blessing in disguise... Hehe, we got together as soon as we went back and forth. She got married two years after she graduated from college and gave it back to me. She gave birth to a baby girl who is as handsome as her mother."
The ammunition had been prepared long ago, and these people also joined in to listen to the stories.
Listening to Sanxi happily talking about their sweet or frantic married life, the youngest Xiaoliang suddenly felt emotional.
"Hey, when will I be able to cultivate to the right level?"
Seeing Xiaoliang holding her chin with a longing look on her face, Sanxi rubbed the other person's head and encouraged: "Everyone will be destined."
Others said: "Xiao Liang, listen to my brother, and Xuanzi, hurry up and save money. Let me tell you, regardless of whether it is before or after the apocalypse, how can you lose love when you have money? Young people like you , don’t be like us old bachelors who spent the first half of our lives living like dogs.”
There was a man in his forties in the crowd. He touched his bald head and sighed: "It's still the third love. When I get home, I still have to wait for you. I have to ask for help, pat my back and squeeze my shoulders. I really wouldn't change it for an emperor."
"Hahaha, how can it be so comfortable? They two are my sweethearts, so they can't be tired." Sanxi scratched the back of her head sheepishly and squatted down, "Hey, don't just talk about me. You two are full. The whole family is not hungry, but their daily life is not better than mine? Brother Zhao, you went to the pink alley last week, right?"
"What are you talking about?" The middle-aged man surnamed Zhao suddenly blushed, "They are all men, and the need is still there. Can you just hold it back?"
"Hahaha, old Brother Zhao's sword is still young."
"That's right, Brother Zhao's sword can be long or short, hard or soft. I just don't know how durable it is and how many people it can fight. Hahahaha..."
"Go, go, go."
…
The group of corpses on the hillside were advancing here as always. They wandered aimlessly and only advanced a hundred meters in two minutes. It is estimated that it will take some time before it enters the range of the Type 63 rifle.
"The supplies are ready, what does it say above?"
After inspecting the position, the squad leader came to the end of the trench. There were already two people standing there. They had a thick crook and a thin crook on their epaulettes. They were non-commissioned officers of the same rank as him.
"Let's wait for arrangements." One of them lowered his head and lit a cigarette, and wanted to light another one for the third squad leader. The third squad leader shook his head and declined, and the man shook his hand and flicked out the match.
"What, are you scared?" the man continued.
"I'm afraid that's for sure. Our dozens of soldiers have only gone out to fight one actual battle, and they were in a village that has already been raided. When they suddenly encounter such a big scene, I'm afraid they won't be able to cope with it."
"What's the point?" the third squad leader laughed. "Killing one black corpse is killing, and killing ten is killing. When we escaped from Shashi, we encountered dozens of black corpses that we couldn't defeat. Now we encounter hundreds of thousands. Isn’t it just that I still can’t beat him? What difference can it make?”
"Keep your voice down, the soldiers don't know the scale of this zombie wave yet." The squad leader who lit a cigarette warned, "Lao Fang, I know your wife died on the way out, but don't bring your emotions to the battlefield. Our men They also have dozens of lives in their hands, so we have to deal with them..."
"You have to be responsible for them." The third squad leader grinned, "My ears are numb when I hear these words. I just complain and complain, and it's not like you don't know me."
"Speaking of which," the squad leader said worriedly, "Only three of our squads are assigned to guard this hundred-meter-long battle line. I don't know where the confidence comes from..."
"I heard that we are not the main force," the second squad leader took a puff of cigarette and said mysteriously, "There is a plan from above, and it probably involves people with abilities."
"That's great. These people are so awesome all day long. It's their turn."
"It's also because of the lack of people. How long do you think we have been training? It's just to fight in the surrounding villages and suburbs. Those real elite soldiers followed Captain Lin and Captain Duan into the city to 'grab food' half a week ago We can't do this kind of work now, can we snatch supplies from the mouths of the corpses?"
"It's incomparable. They are the first batch of people to join the army. The training is intensive and time-consuming. They have a higher level of evolution and better equipment than us. Look at these broken guns in their hands. They are antique semi-automatics from more than a hundred years ago. You He said why the management committee wants to prepare a few more rifles for us, isn’t it because they are in disrepair and are afraid of jamming.”
"The gun is a bit broken, but at least it has enough ammunition. Compared to the brothers guarding the side of the base, we are better off."
"Are you satisfied with this? If you ask me, if you really want to fight a tough battle, why not put us in the fortress. The newly built outer city wall is so tall and big that even a zombie wave can't do anything about it."
"Do you understand the strategy? Since there is space and depth, of course we must consume the enemy step by step. With just a few thousand of us, if we don't fight a protracted war, will we be enough to fill the teeth with corpses?"
"Then according to what you say, there won't be enough space between our teeth, so we should just pack up and run away early..."
"Zi."
"Zizzizi——"
While the three non-commissioned officers at the forefront of the position were discussing the various possibilities of this battle, the radio on the squad leader's chest rang. The voice sounded rich and reliable, and he knew it was their instructor, Chen Hui, a veteran from the Armed Forces Department of District 3 of Shashi.
Chen Hui repeated on the radio: "Attention all rifle squads in front of the formation, please complete combat preparations immediately. In three minutes, the management committee will organize an active attack. Repeat, all rifle squads in front of the formation are attentive..."
"Active attack?" The three squad leaders looked at each other and hurriedly jumped out of the trenches and ran towards their respective positions.
"Everyone move, check the equipment one last time, and be ready to deal with any emergencies!"
"yes!"
At this moment, whether it was the rifle squad soldiers such as Sanxi and Lao Zhao, or the logistics personnel such as Xiaoliang, they all took the guns closest to them and lay down in front of the trench bunker skillfully.
The muzzles of the black holes pointed outwards, pointing at the hillside where the black corpses were swarming. There, tens of thousands of black corpses had emerged from the jungle, and the fastest front troops had advanced at least two hundred meters. The soldiers on the front line can already see the whole picture of these black corpses with their eyes, including the ragged clothes, rotten skin, and clots of blood. These are a group of inhuman monsters!
"Oh my god, this is too much."
Xuanzi's eyes widened in surprise, but from the corner of his eye he noticed a group of people moving quickly towards the corpses. Those people were wearing regular clothes and there were not many of them. They held various weapons in their hands and ran faster than a cheetah at full speed.
"Look!"
More and more black corpses in the corpse group discovered this group of people. After being attracted by the "human scent", the vanguard of the corpse group gradually became more active. Most of the people who were stumbling forward started to run, and suddenly joined the large army behind them. Pulled away.
"Ka——" "Clang——"
Suddenly, an earth wall rose into the sky, dividing these black corpses. To be precise, they are two earthen walls. They appeared from both sides of the corpse group one on the left and the other on the right, and then broke through the ground and merged in the center. There are people on both sides of the earth wall, Caiyun and Cai Shifen, another earth ability user at the base.
"Here he comes, a person with abilities!"
"That's...sister Caiyun!"
Cai Shifen is a late first-level earth element user who has mastered the earth element ability "Breaking Soil". Caiyun is just a servant of Lin Qian's "Earth Pulse" ability, but at this moment, she has shown a strength that is not inferior to Cai Shifen, which is really surprising. This is inseparable from Caiyun's hard training in daily life. She is usually diligent and kind, and is the goddess in the hearts of countless male soldiers, including Xuanzi.
"Girl, good job. Leave the rest to us! Battering Ram Team, follow me!"
Behind the earth wall, the two earth-type ability users were exhausted and had no choice but to retreat and hand the battlefield over to others who came over. At the front was a team of three capable users, led by a middle-aged man with a beard.
This man was tall and had many head-sized bolas hanging around his waist. He took out one while running, grabbed the chain and violently rotated it above his head.
"Spiral acceleration!" "Weight doubled!"
The two companions added attributes to the meteor hammer, causing the big man's arms to freeze. The meteor hammer spun in the air as fast as a windmill, making a "whooshing" sound in the air.
"Long range throw!"
Finally, the big man roared, and the meteor hammer flew out of his hand, leaped a hundred meters, and accurately hit the head of a tall black corpse. It was a P1 gorilla. Before it could exert its brute strength on the battlefield, it was hit with a hammer until its brains burst and it fell to the ground dead.
After getting off to a good start, the "Battery Ram" team fought more and more fiercely, throwing more than a dozen iron-thorn hammers in succession, knocking down the black corpses, and did not stop until no one was left around their waists.
"Magnetic traction, come back!"
Someone gave an order, and the hammers trapped in the enemy's formation trembled, and then they all rose into the air and returned to the big man.
"Thanks, brother."
"You're welcome, it's our turn this time."
This is a characteristic ability user who also masters the two first-level abilities of "Magnetic Pull" and "Precision Projection".
"Movement speed superposition!" "Hovering control!"
He also has two partners beside him. One of them applies the acceleration effect to three people, and the other can control 3 to 5 people to levitate into the air at the same time. Under the two additional effects, the trio achieved high-speed flight, and in the blink of an eye they surpassed the "Battery Ram" team and became the first place.
The squad leader used precise projectiles and threw two javelins in succession. Another S1 and a P1 were nailed to the ground. The other two people did not have such means, so they had to use assault rifles to focus fire at high altitude to suppress the group of corpses below.
After the corpse group was divided, the black corpses were caught off guard by the ability users. But they also reacted quickly. The anger of being attacked by food and the instinct of being in danger quickly made them enter the predatory state. The battle between the black corpse and the ability user has been intense from the beginning.
Among ability users, the two groups just now are still an exception. More people tend to fight independently, some have no trusted partners, and some are arrogant and disdain to join forces with others.
Among the divided corpses, the S1 ghost monkeys and P1 gorillas with special black corpses only accounted for a small part. There were only a few shield-armored black corpses, and there was no trace of the other special corpse variants. Although there were 1,800 corpses, mostly ordinary black corpses, they did not pose a great threat to the ability users. It is true that there are many characters among the ordinary black zombies who have evolved to the second level, but the second level ordinary black zombies still appear too weak due to their powerful evolutionary abilities.
"Riding the wind for thousands of miles!" Someone used the wind ability to make the black corpses shake unsteadily.
"Explosion without leaving a trace!" Someone used explosive power to attack the fragile brain area of the black corpse.
"Dark Swamp." Someone turned the land under their feet into a swamp to trap the Black Corpse.
"Laser." Someone penetrated the black corpse's brain with a hot laser.
Except for those with long-range attack abilities, most people's evolutionary abilities are much simpler.
"Enhanced arm strength", "Iron-armored Divine Fist", "Stone Giant", "Light Refraction"...
In a short period of time, in the crowded battlefield, different abilities bloomed. The ability users transformed into gods of war one by one and started hand-to-hand combat with the black corpses. No, it should be said to be a massacre, a unilateral massacre of the black corpses by ability users. In the end, thousands of black corpses could only hold on for ten minutes despite the overwhelming force of ability users.
"Zizzizi——"
"People with abilities please prepare to retreat. Due to the obstruction of the earth wall, a large number of black corpses have gathered in the thickness of the wall. The situation is unknown. Please return the battlefield to the rifle squad. The rifle squad will shoot freely and clean up the scattered black corpses."
Fu Lianhe's voice sounded on the radio, but none of the capable people retreated. They looked at the high wall in front of them, at the mountains of corpses piled under the wall, and at the dozen or so black corpses that turned over on the wall from time to time. The smiles on their lips were filled with contentment, disdain, and calmness. They think they have proven themselves at this moment, and since it is a glorious moment, how can it end hastily.
"Repeat, please enable those with abilities to retreat and start adjusting your breath to restore crystal energy. The battlefield will be dealt with in rotation with the rifle squad. A large number of black corpses have gathered behind the earth wall, and the situation is... rattling..."
Fu Lianhe's warning also came to an abrupt end as the headset was thrown under his feet and crushed to pieces. The esper who threw away the headset touched the beads of sweat on his forehead and spat: "Fuck, when do I need someone to tell me how to do things?"
Although others did not react so violently, they all focused their attention on the black corpses climbing over the wall in twos and threes. Twice the military merit is nothing if not earned. No matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are nothing more than flesh. They looked at each other and then rushed to the wall to continue killing them. Because there were not many black corpses that could climb over the earth wall, only about a hundred, so internal strife almost broke out among the ability users.
In the past life to the middle of the end of the world, ability users would research ways to save more crystal energy. Some people carry cold weapons or hot weapons with them and use them alternately with their evolved abilities; some people find new ways to explore the various uses of their abilities. In order to achieve a steady flow of water, so that one can maintain a long-lasting combat effectiveness.
If they are assisted by teammates or participate in group combat, the ability users will also use "ultimate moves" to maximize their attack power. In the worst case, if the crystal energy is exhausted, they can just return to the rear and slowly recover.
For the ability users participating in this war, everyone is actually very tired. Evolutionary abilities place a considerable load on low-level ability users, not to mention that they are still inexperienced and do not know how to carefully manage the crystal energy output of each move and style. After a big battle, the crystal energy reserves in the body have long been gone. Seventy-eight out of ten.
However, with the physique of an ability user, even with an ordinary steel knife, it is no problem to kill ordinary black corpses. But having said that, the human body recovers very slowly during battle, and being an esper without enough crystal energy is in a dangerous state.
"Brother Sanxi, what are those ability users doing? Didn't you tell them to withdraw?"
"Why do we care so much? With them here, wouldn't we have more peace of mind?"
"But they are blocking the shooting area, so it's hard for us to shoot."
"It's okay. These birds are so arrogant. When they get tired, they will naturally retreat."
