vncnus Chapter 9, let's talk about my 9mm and 12.7.
Chapter 9, let's talk about my 9mm and 12.7.
"Boom!" An explosion briefly ripped apart the horde of zombies, but the gap was quickly filled by subsequent zombies.
Looking at the seemingly endless horde of corpses, the two no longer felt the excitement they had felt when the trap first took effect.
Although a thick layer of sulfur had been poured onto the road for durability, the seemingly endless horde of zombies before them appeared insurmountable.
Suddenly, a zombie that moved somewhat swiftly sprang out of the sea of fire, but it didn't climb more than a few steps before becoming motionless under the scorching flames. Lorraine secretly breathed a sigh of relief—the greatest threat in the raging zombie horde had begun to emerge.
Lorraine patted Ouyang Nian on the shoulder: "Watch out for the shadows around you, the mutated zombies are starting to appear." He himself kept a close eye on the area around the campfire, watching out for any that might slip through.
"Awooo—"
A loud wolf howl suddenly rang out, the horde of corpses paused abruptly, then became even more ferocious, charging towards the sea of fire.
The good news is that more zombies will be infected by the flames while the trap is active; the bad news is that organized, faster hordes of zombies, and possibly clusters of mutated zombies, are coming.
Sure enough, after more and more ordinary zombies passed through the trap, several crawlers rushed out of the darkness, trampling over the horde of corpses into the sea of fire. Then, writhing in flames, they staggered out of the inferno. Lorraine's heart tightened at the sight.
Fortunately, due to the combined effects of the poison gas and flames, the creepers failed to pinpoint Lorraine and her companion's exact location, only managing to run a short distance before losing their mobility. To confirm their survival, Lorraine opened the data panel and, sure enough, saw that the "Kill Rewards" section had increased.
Shortly after the crawler's death was confirmed, several enormous mutated zombies appeared in the horde and stepped into the trap.
With a series of barely audible sounds, like balloons bursting, gaps appeared visibly in the trap—and then more "fat men" stepped in.
Seeing this, Lorraine said angrily, "This wolf king is really clever; he's using acid to put out the fire!" But due to the insufficient range of his weapon, he was unable to mount an effective counterattack.
"Ouyang Nian, is there any movement around?" Luo Lin didn't turn around.
No, I'm here.
Ouyang Nian stood next to Luo Lin, ready to deal with the zombies that rushed at him.
When "Fatty" was almost completely wiped out, half of the flame in the center of the trap had already gone out. After another wolf howl, the crawlers swarmed out, roaring as they trampled over the horde of corpses and over the trap, rushing towards Lorraine and his companion.
Lorraine aimed his gun, waiting for them to enter effective firing range before decisively using single-shot bursts to whittle down their numbers. But the ensuing gunfire and muzzle flashes provided the crawlers with a clearer indication—they began to climb up the building's exterior wall.
However, the flames on their bodies became an extremely clear identifier, and before they even reached the rooftop, their numbers had already been reduced by half.
Seeing the crawler less than a meter away, Lorraine pulled the trigger all the way down, emptying the remaining 20 bullets in the magazine.
"Click!" came the sound of an empty magazine. Lorraine shouted to Ouyang Nian, "Out of ammo! You go forward, I'll provide support!"
The two quickly switched positions. Ouyang Nian wielded his shield and waist knife, knocking away or decapitating the charging crawlers; Lorraine loaded the last magazine into his submachine gun, while simultaneously swinging his entrenching tool to swat away the crawlers that Ouyang Nian couldn't reach.
Seeing that the crawlers were about to be wiped out, the wolf king, who was hiding behind the horde of corpses and directing them, decisively rushed out. It was nearly a meter tall at the shoulder and more than four meters long. With its sharp claws, it grabbed the outer wall and rushed to the rooftop in one go!
Ouyang Nian knocked one of the crawlers away with a shield bash, then swept his waist knife across and severed the forelimbs of two crawlers. He then charged forward with his shield raised, blocking the wolf king's swung claws.
After killing the crawler next to him with an entrenching tool, Lorraine decisively picked up his shotgun and opened fire.
Taking advantage of the brief moment when the wolf king was repelled, he loaded his shotgun while shouting to Ouyang Nian, "Give me the pistol, you retreat first, I'll cover your retreat!"
In the instant the two crossed paths, Ouyang Nian handed a pistol to Luo Lin, then grabbed the sling he had prepared earlier and decisively retreated.
Lorraine raised his pistol, emptied the magazine at the creepers that were closing in again, then slammed the empty pistol at the Wolf King. He grabbed the rigging with one hand, raised his submachine gun, and fired continuously at the approaching Wolf King to disrupt his vision and buy time.
After the magazine was emptied, the enraged wolf king severed the cable with a single claw. Fortunately, the altitude had already decreased, and Lorraine landed successfully with a somewhat clumsy roll. By this time, Ouyang Nian had cut the knot and was close to the shore, and Lorraine leaped onto the boat.
Hearing the wolf howls getting closer, Lorraine urged, "Hurry up!" He then set up his shotgun and aimed it at the shore.
Driven by Ouyang Nian's superhuman strength, the two quickly returned to the gunboat. Before they could even catch their breath, Lorraine called out to the ship's AI: "1125, set sail and leave this place!"
The engine, which was idling, quickly accelerated, propelling the gunboat to move slowly.
Lorraine set up the DShK heavy machine gun, pulled back the bolt with a "clatter," and cautiously aimed at the shore. Hearing the wolf howls abruptly stop, he instantly tensed: "Ouyang Nian, throw a Molotov cocktail onto the shore; I can't see what's happening there."
"Bang!" A ball of fire exploded on the shore.
"Awooo—" A painful wolf howl rang out immediately.
Lorraine was taken aback and glared at Ouyang Nian. Ouyang Nian shrank back: "I saw movement over there, and I threw it over instinctively."
"Never mind, it looks like it's been eyeing us for a while now. Prepare for battle." As they talked, the wolf king had already jumped up.
"Boom boom boom—" The roar of the heavy machine gun rang out. Relying on his experience using the NSV in Tarkov before crossing over, Lorraine fired along the path of the flying flames, and several large-caliber bullets pierced the Wolf King's body, tearing open large holes.
This slowed down the wolf king's movements, but it still managed to cling to the starboard side of the ship.
The ship rocked violently. Lorraine gripped the machine gun in one hand and the railing with the other. Ouyang Nian, holding onto the railing with one hand, drew his pistol and fired repeatedly at the wolf king's face. The wolf king cried out in pain and tried to protect its face with its claws. Ouyang Nian seized the opportunity to step forward, draw his dagger, and cut off the wolf king's other claw.
Lorraine immediately shouted, "1125, slow down, hard to the right!" The ship moved forward to the right, moving away from the Wolf King and bringing it into the machine gun's field of fire.
"Thump thump thump thump thump thump thump—" Lorraine decisively pulled the trigger, and a series of bullets hit the wolf's head exposed on the surface of the water.
After half of the ammunition was poured out, the water gradually became still. Lorraine, unsure if the Wolf King was dead, inquired with the ship's AI: "Query the reward for killing a special zombie."
No individual zombie kills were detected.
In a moment of panic, Lorraine ordered the ship's AI to turn on the navigation lights. The instant the lights came on, he saw the tattered remains of the Wolf King floating on the water.
Then came a series of machine gun fire, bullets whizzing down the Wolf King's head and spine, turning him into a mangled mess.
"Special zombie kill detected. Navigation lights off, heading corrected."
Lorraine checked the remaining ten or so machine gun ammunition belts and set up the machine gun again. To avoid attracting zombies with engine noise, he gave the ship's AI command: "Switch the engine to idle."
Under the cover of night, the gunboat drifted slowly on the water like a ghost.
Lorraine and Ouyang Nian kept watch together against the zombie horde until the sun rose again.