Chapter 55: Catching a Bullet with Your Face
At the beginning of night, the street lights on the streets of Prosperity Town are still lit up, because the townspeople have taken refuge in the shopping mall, so only the streets of the whole town can still see the light.
The street lamps shone a little, but more of the area was still entrenched in darkness, and giant spiders crawled from across the street, weaving between darkness and light, eight steps disappearing from time to time.
The rustling sound became clearer, and there was a dead silence in the shopping mall, and a few screams could be faintly heard over the town, presumably the unlucky ghost who had not arrived at the mall and was hiding in a place that thought he was safe.
Russell couldn't help but tighten his scalp as he watched the giant spiders that kept popping up in the dark corners, and the number was immeasurable, but he was sure that it was definitely more than the population of the town.
The number is more than four figures!
Looking at the giant spiders pouring towards the shopping mall like a tide, Russell immediately picked up the M4A1 beside him and explained to Mike: "If the situation is not good, remember to take Ashley to find a closed corner, you know the habits of spiders very well, this should not be difficult for you." β
"No, I have this, I can protect Ashley." Mike pulls out a few bottles of perfume from his backpack, spiders have an unusually developed sense of smell, and perfume can confuse them.
Russell took a bottle of perfume and stuffed it into his pocket, nodded with Ashley, and walked towards the first floor.
Many townspeople, like Russell, are saying goodbye to their families for a short time, and they are going to the front line to defend against spiders. The older one prayed and then stood at the window, his weapon and aimed downstairs.
Prosperity Town is too small to allow two species of apex predators to coexist, and this rule is still valid when amplified globally!
Everyone held the guns in their hands, sweat slid down their eyes, and they forgot to wipe them. Suppressed sobs grew, a gloomy atmosphere lingered in the mall, everyone wanted to protect their families, and in its current state, the human side lacked firepower and the odds of victory were slim.
"Oh my God! With so many giant spiders, what they grew up eating, I'm sure there's another biosphere underground. β
"No way, they're definitely surface creatures, but they've mutated. If there really is a separate biosphere underground, they will be killed by various viruses and bacteria as soon as they come to the surface. β
"Mutation!? Ridiculous remarks, can you explain where the energy comes from when they grow so big? β
In the gloomy atmosphere, the sound of unsociable quarrels emanated from the mouths of two old professors, and the two argued about academic ideas, which soon escalated into verbal altercations and physical altercations.
The surrounding researchers hurriedly stepped forward to separate the two, and the two old men were grabbed by the arms and dragged away, and they didn't forget to stretch out their legs and kick each other in the air.
"You wait, wait for me to prove my theory, and I will announce it to the entire academic community, calling on everyone to resist you stupid beep!"
"Old thing, that's exactly what I'm going to say."
After being dragged away by everyone, an old professor straightened his clothes, took out a checkbook and shouted to everyone: "I bid 1,000 US dollars per spider, and the price of live spiders is doubled. β
"You blasphemous scum, you actually link academia and money, I despise you......" Another old professor seemed to be enraged, he also took out his checkbook, his neck flushed and shouted to the stunned crowd: "Listen, everyone, that poor ghost is not worthy of studying science, I will add 500 US dollars to his offer, and I will want all the spiders." β
"Then I'll double it again!"
"I'm tripling!"
"Quadruple!"
"Follow!"
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A series of bolt pulls sounded, the style of the shopping mall changed, and the air was a little hotter!
The sobbing stopped, the women changed their faces in a second, wiped away their tears, and gave their husbands a look, while the children made a gesture of encouragement to their parents.
The man with the gun was expressionless, took out a red cloth belt from his trouser pocket and tied it on his head, his melancholy facial features instantly became extremely tough, and the sadness in his eyes was no longer there, replaced by perseverance and indifference.
Even the dogs, who had been shrinking their tails, began to bare their teeth at this time, showing wolf ferocity in their eyes, and let out a low whining sound in their throats.
In the corner of the wall, more than a dozen cats squatted quietly, their tails swept back and forth on the ground, the ghostly light in their eyes flickered, their claws popped out of the meat ball, and they stretched out their tongues to lick them.
The people who didn't have guns were secretly distressed, they were looking for weapons in the shopping mall, and a young man approached the owner of the gun shop and whispered: "You just said that this revolver is sold at half price, does it still count?" β
Gun shop owner: "I'm sorry, you recognized the wrong person, I'm his brother." β
The morale of the army is greatly boosted!
No, morale is like a rainbow!
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Russell came to the first floor, where there was an empty parking lot in front of the main entrance of the mall, and the first line of defense was the residents' cars, and the last line was police cars.
The police are in the first line of defense at the moment, they have less than fifty men, and the enemy is an endless tide of spiders.
Russell hitched his M4A1 on the car, waited quietly for the spiders to approach, and fired on the level ground, which was more effective than a condescending straf. As long as the head of the gun is pressed, it can basically be shot without missing a shot, especially with a powerful rifle, it is not surprising that a single shot will penetrate the body of several spiders.
The police leader glanced at Russell, cast an appreciative look, and said to his subordinates: "Wait for the spider to shoot 50 meters away, remember to stabilize the gun, don't fire continuously!" β
"Sir, there are too many spiders, and we'll run out of ammunition soon."
The police leader was silent for a moment, and said in a firm tone: "That's why I said, don't fire in a row." β
Before he could finish speaking, dozens of murderous residents suddenly rushed out of the shopping mall, and they came here with a whoosh, almost squeezing him out of the battle line.
Russell looked confused, and said in his heart that he was worthy of being the most death-loving American imperialist people, although he liked to work against the president, and he also preached alien invasion of the earth all day long, but his ability to accept new things was really strong, and he was relieved so quickly.
The head of the police smacked his tongue, held the police hat that was almost squeezed off, and said to Russell: "Prosperity Town is really a strong people, and you are the bravest people I have ever met." β
Russell blinked: "Aren't all the people of the United States like this?" β
"What, how did I not know?"
"Woohoo!"
Fadou Bruce sprinted to Russell's feet, and in the gap between the two cars, barked at the approaching spider.
Russell didn't know what was going on, and kicked it away: "Stupid dog, hurry back, your few catties of meat are not enough for a spider." β
The giant spider ran on eight legs, and the speed was very fast, and it accelerated again near the shopping mall. The police chief visually measured the approximate distance and fired the first shot, sending a green mist through the spider tide.
Deafening gunshots rang out one after another, and clusters of fire flickered suddenly, building a transparent wall in front of the spider tide. Huge clumps of green juice burst out, and the spiders screamed and fell, harvested like straw.
In order to conserve ammunition, the police chief had the crowd fire intermittently, and the officers were well-trained and strictly followed orders. Although the townspeople can't do this, their weapons are mostly pistols and shotguns, and the rate of consumption of bullets is also within an acceptable range.
The spider's head is in the thorax, called the cephalothorax, and it moves forward on four pairs of feet, and with its small braincase, it will not understand the meaning of death, so it will not be afraid of the rain of bullets.
This was brave and caused the green juice to spill all over the ground and the spider's corpses piled up on a small slope, making it more difficult to shoot.
"Don't waste bullets and retreat to the second line of defense!"
During the retreat, the firepower in front of the mall dropped, and the spiders roared and charged, and the waves were even faster than before. Humans have entered the modern war and have strongly forbidden to catch bullets with their faces, but spiders don't understand that even if their companions are shot in the head, they still rush forward side by side over the corpse.
Soon, another small slope accumulated.
There was only one last line of defense left, and although the police leader was unwilling, he could only order to continue to retreat.
Russell: "How long will it take for the army to arrive?" β
"Soon, they said it would be there soon."
Russell: "......"
There are many interpretations of this word immediately, the concept is very vague, and according to the law, reinforcements basically appear in the first second after the event.
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