by Chen Ran
The living dead were also known as living corpse, these infected and mutated humanoid monsters were completely different from the zombies of the old era. The living corpse had a keen sense of smell for fresh blood. The strength and flexibility of their muscles allowed the living corpse to have a stronger strength and speed than ordinary people. They were nimble, they could even easily climb up to the windows and ceiling, and they could even tear apart a grown man with their bare hands.
The living corpse was a type of social monster. They usually roamed the ruins of the city together, eating up all the humans and animals before migrating to other places.
There was nothing left alive in the Silver Tree City, but there were still a few living corpse s lingering there. The remaining living corpse s in the city were already quite old. Although they could still move, their strength and speed had greatly decreased. But even so, they were still opponents that could not be underestimated.
They were afraid of the sun and everything bright, so in the daytime, living corpse would basically sleep in the shadows of the ruins. This was also the reason why the base chose to operate during the day. If it was night time, the danger level of the mission would double.
Zero sat in the back with four other soldiers.
These people were not the soldiers that he had seen in Old Jack's room that morning. Their Warriors' auras were stronger, and their equipment was better. At the very least, they didn't use rifles, but automatic machine guns. This machine gun was not very powerful, but it could still fire continuously, so the fire net was not to be underestimated.
Holt was driving his car, cursing Old Jack for allowing him to participate in this dangerous mission. He had planned on feigning sickness to avoid it, but Old Jack had asked him to obediently join the team.
"Our base does not accept patients. Holt, if you are already too sick to go out on a mission, then I can only throw you out of the base. " Hearing Holt using his illness as an excuse to decline the mission, Old Jack said this.
Being abandoned by the base meant that he would have to face endless danger alone in the wilderness. Furthermore, he wouldn't be able to receive any assistance. This was no different from suicide.
Old Jack had always been saying that it would be done, but Holt had never doubted that before, so the black man immediately made a wise decision.
"Stop complaining, Holt. This time, if you return alive, the reward will be enough for you to find the most beautiful woman in the area and sleep for ten nights.
A middle-aged soldier with a cigarette in his mouth and a scar on his right eye laughed loudly.
"Shut up, Zog. I am not like you guys who are soldiers, I am just Miss Lea's bodyguard. What right do you have for me to participate in such a dangerous mission together with you old ghosts? " Holt slapped the steering wheel as saliva flew everywhere.
The four soldiers roared with laughter.
Zog's eyes looked towards the silent Zero, and said, "If you want to talk about noobs, we still have one here. "Hey, yellow man, I heard you're a survivor. Aren't you going to introduce yourself?"
Before he could answer, a young soldier sitting across from him said, "I also heard that you have a wonderful eye. "Why don't we take a look at it? Don't hide it like a woman."
His words were immediately approved by the other Two Soldiers, but they were completely ignored, and he was not moved.
The soldier was impatient and reached out his hand to grab the brown goggles that Zero had on his face. This was something that he had received from Holt before he went out on a mission. Zero originally wanted to take his sunglasses, but the black man only had this thing. And along with the goggles, besides the two boxes of magazines, there was also a Fine Steel Dagger.
At this moment, the dagger suddenly appeared in Zero's hand. With a cold flash, the tip of the dagger was pointed upwards at the soldier's throat. If he took another step, the sharp dagger would make a hole in his neck.
The soldier stopped.
Other than Zog, the other two people were cursing as they pointed their guns at Zero, causing chaos in the car.
"Damn it!" Holt did not expect such a thing to happen, so he immediately stopped the car, saving himself from the bumpy ride, which caused some unneeded variables.
Zero didn't even look at the two barrels pointed at him. The eyes under the goggles were focused on the soldier who was sweating due to his nervousness. He said lightly, "I don't want to cause any trouble, but when trouble comes knocking on my door, I don't mind taking care of it."
"Put down the dagger. I said, quickly put it down, or I'll shoot!"
The rest of the Two Soldiers s were shouting, their fingers already starting to move towards the board machine.
"Everyone stop!" Zog, who had been silent all this time, suddenly shouted: "Carr, Tony, put away your spears for me."
He looked at Zero. "And you, Yellow Man, should be pointing your dagger at the monster or enemy, not your companion!"
Zero looked at him and slowly withdrew his dagger, "I am only going out with you guys. As for my companions, they shouldn't be considered as such. At least, I don't see any sort of mutual understanding between the two of us. "
Seeing that Zero had taken back his dagger, the other Two Soldiers put down their spears. As for the young soldier who was being pointed at with a dagger, he sat down in his seat, almost exhausted.
Zog looked at Su Yun and shook her head. "I know that you don't trust us, and at the same time, we are unable to completely trust you. However, Sir, this dangerous world cannot be survived by just one person. In order to survive, you have to entrust most of your life to others. "
"I …" "Try your best." Zero made the biggest commitment.
The chariot continued forward.
In the carriage, Zog took the initiative to introduce his team. Zog himself was a veteran and also the commander of this mission. and Tony, who were holding the spear a moment ago, were firepower hand. As for the young man who disregarded zero just now, this soldier called Allen was a sniper. The last one was the black man Holt. He was Lea's bodyguard, and played around with his handgun pretty well.
"Zero, you're good at melee combat, ranged firepower support and so on. There are also scouts, trackers and traps. " Zero briefly introduced his specialty.
Zog nodded his head. Although Zero was a survivor, he didn't have any normal people who had evolved. But just from the way he had suppressed Allen just now, he seemed to be a skilled veteran. Zog believed in this point, and understood why Old Jack had allowed a newbie to participate in this mission.
This was a test for Zero. It was for Old Jack to determine if Zero had the right to remain in the base. In old Jack's words, the base did not support idle people.
Without saying anything along the way, Zero still needed to get along with this team. However, this sort of tempering was not suitable for conversations. Fighting could speed up this tempering even more.
Just as Silver Tree City was watching, on the left side of the road in front of the chariot was a group of people.
His right eye, which was hidden behind the goggles, immediately closed in on him after giving a command. He could clearly see a dozen ragged men taking turns enjoying the flesh of a woman. Amidst the crowd, the man's excited roars and the woman's mournful screams mixed together, sounding especially ear-piercing on this quiet road.
Obviously, this kind of behavior touched the bottom line of zero's morals. Subconsciously, he tightened his grip on the miniature machine gun beside him.
"Leave them alone, and you can't do anything about it." In the corner of Zog's eyes, he caught a glimpse of a slight movement. The captain said carelessly, "This world is no longer the same as the old days. There was no law in the wilderness. The one who had the toughest fist was the law. Things like that happen often in the wilderness, and there are worse things you've never seen. So you don't have to care, and you can't, unless you think you're God, hey. "
The fingers holding the machine gun grad
ually released. A sense of loss arose in Zero's heart. His world view was still on his knowledge of the old era, and it would be difficult for him to adapt to the fact that the world had already become chaotic in a short period of time.
This was an era of the jungle. Su Ming sighed in her heart.
The off-road chariot quickly passed by the group of mob s. A man, who had just gotten his satisfaction from the woman's body, looked at the chariot on the side of the road. He screamed at once, picked up an old pistol from the ground, and fired at the chariot.
Chapter 6 - Gun and Love
"Clank ~ ~ ~"
With a crisp sound, the rearview mirror on the right side of the tank became history. Holt cursed, but did not plan to stop or turn his head, which meant that the people in the carriage were not prepared to fight with the group of mob s.
Looking backwards, he could see the changes in the silver pupils of the golden right eye, and his vision was once again shortened.
In his line of sight, the mob who had fired the gun was a man with a face full of sideburns. He was wearing a tattered vest with the words "Go for Giant Team" written on the front in English. These clothes were naturally unable to provide any form of protection. As a result, the man's body was charred black by the intense ultraviolet light. In addition to his swarthy complexion, Zero also found something similar to cuticle on his shoulder and forearm.
That should be some sort of mutation, Zero thought.
Radiation was everywhere within the desolate wilderness. If he wasn't an Adept, then he would have to wear a radiation protection suit like Su Ling and the others when traveling in the wilderness. After many generations of improvements, the newest radiation protection suit was now no different from normal clothes. They were clearly a little heavier, closer to the military uniform and a bit behind the model. But compared to the mob outside, it was already much better.
The chariot flew far away, leaving the mob far behind.
"They want the car." Zog said as he smoked his cigarette.
Su Ming lowered her head. She understood in her heart.
The uninhabitable surface, all kinds of bases, companies, or humble settlements are hidden beneath the surface. The distance between these locations was usually about a thousand kilometers, so the current world had become unusually vast. Without a means of transportation, it would be difficult for ordinary people to travel through the dangerous wilderness. This was also a logical response for the mob s when they saw the chariot.
After walking for another half an hour, the chariot stopped. In front of the car was the entrance to the town, and the signboard with the words "Silver Tree City welcomes you" written on the side of the road had been thrown onto the ground. However, there was a head stuck into the lone iron rod. It was a man with a terrified expression. His head was stuck in the iron bar, which went through his neck, and the man's head, exposed to the sun, stank.
The hot air created by the sunlight caused the town to look distorted from afar, like a city of demons. Silver Tree City was very quiet. Occasionally, when the wind blew past, he would hear the sound of a can rolling on the ground.
"living corpse's vision has already deteriorated, but his hearing and sense of smell are exceptionally developed. If we drove into the city, no doubt we'd tell the sleeping guys, Hey, there's food. Zog made a motion as if he was shaking his head and then started laughing out loud, as he did not feel the slightest bit of nervousness he should have.
Su Ming heard what said, and the information revealed was quickly memorized, categorized and summarized by him. Thus, the information about the living corpse was slowly taking shape in her mind. Zero was not idle either. Listening to Zog's words, they were about to walk into the town. He quickly checked his equipment: a mini automatic machine gun, a dagger, ammunition, and a jug of level 2 drinking water.
Seeing Su Yun's orderly movements, Zog expressed his approval. Everyone quickly checked themselves, and Zog who was leading the group opened the car door, and took the lead to jump into the hot sunlight.
Zero also drilled out of the tank and left the cooling space through the refrigeration system. When he arrived at the surface of the ground that was as cold as the desert, he almost thought that he was going to burn up as well. But after a short period of discomfort, his body quickly adjusted itself. Even Zero himself didn't realize that there wasn't a drop of sweat on his body even after being baptized by the high intensity ultraviolet light.
As for the others, after a while, they started to sweat.
The Silver Tree City was not big, it was a zigzag shaped city street that ran through the small town. The 120 square kilometer small town, distributes the residential area, the school, the library, the hospital and the police station and other town facilities. In the old days, this quiet little town had a population of about a thousand people and was known for growing large amounts of ginkgo trees.
Currently, there were no greenery in sight, and the buildings in the city were in a half-destroyed state. Only the only school in the city was still intact. However, that place had also become the home of the living corpse, so the big red "Danger" character was marked on the map in Zog's hands.
After entering the city on foot, the team temporarily took a break in the garage of a house. Zog took out the map and made a simple plan.
On the west side of the city, beside the police station was the only hospital in Silver Tree City, the "Mary Hospital". The hospital drew a red circle on the map, Zog pointed at it and said, "This is our goal. The Mary Hospital has five floors, and the medicine is in the underground storage room. There might be living corpse s or other monsters inside, especially in the basement, which is the favorite park of these monsters, so we have to be extra careful when we move. "
Zog took off the illumination on the helmet and machine guns and said, "Everything that can create light must be removed. If light sources appear in the underground space, it is equivalent to telling these monsters that we have arrived. All of them switched to infrared detectors and had to have silencers installed on the muzzle of their guns. Those guys have really good ears. "
He did not receive any infrared detector or silencer. Fortunately, Zog seemed to have expected this outcome, and without a word, he took out the two items from his army bag and gave them to Zero.
He took out another map. It was a floor plan of the hospital basement. Zog tapped on the door and said, "Holt, stay here. First, put enough explosives on the door. Once we obtain the medicine and retreat, if the living corpse wants to kill us, it will depend on you. "
Holt nodded his head, patted his chest and said: "Leave it to me, I will take care of those fellows' eggs."
Zog smiled and pointed to Carr, Tony and Zero. He said: "The three of you follow me in, I will be in charge of leading the way, Carr, Tony you two will be in charge of providing firepower support when necessary. As for you … Zero, I hope that when I'm retreating, I won't suddenly jump out of some living corpse to stop me. "
Zero didn't say anything, but he didn't object, which meant he was taking the job.
In the end, Zog said to Allen: "Find a suitable place for us to block them and ensure that they won't bite us when we leave the hospital building. At the same time, you must arrange a path of retreat for yourself. We will gather outside the city. Well then, gentlemen, if you're ready, I think it's time to act. "
"Now, check the time! We still have four hours before sunset. Zog concluded with this, representing the beginning of the operation.
After leaving the garage, Allen temporarily left the group. The five of them, including Zero, moved quickly toward the hospital. Moments later, they were standing outside the building of Mary Hospital.
The fifth floor of the hospital building had collapsed, but the floor below was in good condition. The door of the building was open, revealing a dark space. Standing outside the door, cold gusts of wind blew through, as if the inside of the building was an abyss of hell.
But now, Zog and the others wanted to j
ump into hell on their own. After the captain sent out the short signal to move, he went in first, followed by Holt and the others. The one who walked at the back was zero.
He had already taken off his zero goggles long ago. The infrared detector was worn on the right side of his face, just enough to cover his golden right eye. He opened the safety catch on the machine gun and crouched, landing silently like a cat in the darkness of the hospital building.
Under the effect of the infrared apparatus, the corridor in the darkness was clearly visible to the naked eye.
The windows of the hospital were closed and covered with some kind of paint, preventing sunlight from entering, making it seem very dark. Facing the door was the clinic lobby. Zero saw the newspaper rack, the water dispenser, and the chairs all lying on the floor. There were also a few corpses on the ground, and the corpses had already turned into skeletons. No one knew just how long they had been dead. They were still wearing the doctor's white coats, and the corpse's skeleton was not complete. Judging from the uneven surface, it should have been torn apart by something.
His instincts told him that the hospital was very dangerous. Absolutely, it was not as calm as it seemed.
In his line of sight, Zog made a gesture to indicate that everything was normal. Zero followed, and the team walked out of the fire escape on the left side of the lobby and down the stairs until they reached the door of the underground storage room.
The door was unlocked and ajar. A dead body sat by the door. Judging from the attire, it must have been the hospital security. The corpse's left forearm had disappeared. Even its head had been bitten in half by something. This made everyone frown.
Zog gestured for Holt to stay, and the black man patted his chest, making a "OK" gesture. Then, he began to prepare the explosive arrangement.
The line continued forward.
After passing through the gate, there was a corridor that stretched left and right. Zog came to the wall and looked at the medicine storage plan hanging on the wall. He immediately locked onto a spot. That was the storage room for the antidotes of Su. It was located to the east of the basement and belonged to a relatively deeper location.