Chapter 21: Deepening

After making contact with the people in the defense line, Kuru had a general understanding of the situation, and in addition to the mutated soldiers, there were 1,200 soldiers left in the defense line.

"Help, who used to have a population of tens of millions, how prosperous it was then......" The commander of the third line of defense was a strong man in his 30s, and he stood on the embankment and looked at the tall buildings in the distance, and his tone was a little lost.

"What is your battle plan?" Su Ming found him and asked.

"There are probably hundreds of thousands of mutated corpses in this area, and it will take a long time to completely clean it up." Commander Steinman said.

"I heard you found the antidote?"

"That's right."

"At first, we thought that the virus in Help was over and that the people would slowly recover their strength, but we didn't expect another airborne transmission." Steinman said.

"The antidote has been developed day and night, and the people of Help will be rescued."

"I'm afraid that there will not be one out of ten people in the city at that time." Steinman was depressed, and his powerlessness in the face of the crowd's frenzy devastated him.

"Come to the war room, let's talk about the battle plan together." Steinman walked past Su Ming.

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"Because other military regions need to be prepared in their own defense areas, our current strength is only about 2,200."

"All the traffic arteries of the defense line have been guarded by our firepower, because of the manpower problem, we can't go deep into the inner city, my plan is to wait for work according to the terrain, and clean up the corpse tide that enters the main road, and there is no need to go deep to lure the enemy."

"The vaccine will be distributed to all the surviving people in the city in three days. We just need to hold this place and not let the corpse tide inside escape. Steinman said his plan.

"What if the virus moves quickly through the airflow? In three days, it is possible that all the survivors in the city will be infected, and then the corpse tide will break out in all directions, and we will be under pressure to defend. Su Ming asked.

"Let's first clean up this area of corpses as much as possible, and go deeper into it step by step. If there are too many corpses inside, we can choose to go back. Kuru said.

"This can also be done, first reduce the number of wild corpses inside. Regardless of whether there will be a wave of corpses in other directions in the future, we will not be under too much pressure. Steinman agreed.

The roaring engines of armored vehicles roared through the neighborhood, and the soldiers inside fired a shot or two from time to time to attract the attention of the corpse tide. The group of corpses in the rear chased behind the armored vehicles like a black river.

The armored car passed through the iron bridge deck, and after entering the rear line of defense, the soldiers in ambush began to cleanse.

Zlap Star's exchange interface does not have [High Flame Armor Piercing Bullet], otherwise there is that kind of ammunition Su Ming has one point for one shot. What he is now exchanging for is a kind of military bullet, and in which world there will be materials in which world, and the void world will not inexplicably make things that do not exist in that world. Sword Mastery and Spearmanship Mastery are additional rewards for side quests.

When the side quest is activated, the timer for the third phase of the main story is also paused. Without worries, Su Ming and the three of them were relieved to exterminate the corpse tide.

Su Ming practiced target shooting in the fortifications, his shooting skills improved somewhat, and the hit rate of bullets in the skull gradually improved.

The mage's range attack was a bit of a scoundrel, before Su Ming killed one by one, and Duanmu Sect was killed in groups. This time, because the firing line of the fortifications was far away, Duanmu Zong had to shoot with a firearm, and Su Ming and his points leveled the gap little by little.

【Current Team Points:】

Su Ming (captain): 440

Tang Tian (team member): 436 (adaptive)

Duanmu Zong (team member): 871

Su Ming checked the attributes of this batch of crazy corpses, and they were very different from the ones he had encountered before.

【Infected (Evolved)】

Category: Human

Health: 91%

Viral potential: 450

Power: 6

Constitution: 9

Intelligence: 1

Dexterity: 3

Skill 1 Virus Erosion (Passive, Lv 10): After attacking, the target will be infected through blood and body fluids, and the target will go berserk and die within 10 days.

Skill 2 Rush (Passive, Lv 6): Increases movement speed by 32% until the infected person dies.

Skill 3 Split (Passive, Lv10): After the body is damaged, it can consume the virus potential to repair, and the virus potential can be replenished through life force.

Skill 4 Bite (Active, Lv5): Attacks regardless of any pain, dealing damage with × 3 strength.

The appearance of the crazy corpse grinning teeth does not arouse pity at all, and one by one the crazy corpses are freed from the gun. The firing position of Su Ming and the others was on a flat street, which originally looked like a pedestrian street, and on both sides of the road were houses built next to each other.

The bullet casings collided with the ground, and the crisp shells rolled on the ground with gunsmoke. The shells are clustered together and arranged in a variety of bizarre shapes.

The scorching sun shone on the pile of corpses below, and some mosquitoes and flies hovered above the wild corpses.

The streets were no longer in sight, and the breeze blew, carrying away the thick smell of gunpowder and blood in the air. After Duanmu Zong finished shooting a few magazines, he found that this was using Void Coin to practice target shooting, and with that spare money, he might as well buy a firearm directly.

The last gunshot rang out, and the gunfire that echoed through the streets gradually fell silent. A mad corpse staggered and collapsed in the pile of corpses.

The soldiers had been shooting for two hours, and the ammunition they were carrying was almost exhausted.

Su Ming's firearm durability had fallen to less than half, and he could only carry a knife to fight if he was killed twice.

Su Ming followed a group of soldiers to step on the pile of corpses, he began to try not to cover his nose, and gradually got used to the fishy smell and his sense of smell was not so sensitive.

The mad corpses within a radius of 1 kilometer were basically cleaned, and Su Ming and the three of them led a team of 200 people to the next stronghold after replenishing ammunition.

A shopping mall in front of it looked like a good choice, Su Ming and the three of them had the command of the team, and the identity of this special combat team was even more important than he imagined.

It is about 500 meters from the fortifications on the outskirts, and it is a good location for both attack and retreat. The team cautiously moved inside, Su Ming was holding a mantis bayonet, if there were remnants of the mad corpse inside, it needed to be dealt with quietly.

Upon entering the mall, the shelves of goods inside fell to the ground crookedly, and the business here had already begun to recover, but yesterday's virus shattered that hope again.

The ground was full of messy footprints, and the occasional splash of blood on the ground made Su Ming and the others vigilant. Sure enough, there were still wild corpses in some of the rooms, and they ran from a distance after hearing everyone's footsteps.

"Poof!" The mantis bayonet cut off the head of the mad corpse, and the mad corpse lay on the ground and twitched a few times without moving. From time to time, some single crazy corpses ran out of the corner, and those that Su Ming didn't have time to kill were burned to death by Duanmu Sect.

Su Ming observed the terrain, and the shopping center was divided into several floors. Inside, stairs connect various merchandise areas, and as long as everyone blocks the stairs below, they can shoot and pinch them upstairs. There are four or five entrances on the ground floor, and there is also an exit on the second floor that leads to the adjacent roof. If surrounded by wild corpses, they can move through a five-meter-wide gap in the building outside the house to a nearby position.

Su Ming radioed to inform Steinman that the supplies could be sent here. Relying on the terrain here, it can be used as a transit point for supplies.

Half an hour later, the troops of the defense line arrived here with a large number of weapons, ammunition and food and water.

The soldiers completely blocked the staircase with containers, and after choosing a shooting position, Su Ming knocked down the crazy corpses in the street in the distance with one shot.

The crowd of corpses began to surround the area, which was closer to the residential area, and the tide of approaching corpses was even larger.

"Bang!" The first mad corpse that ran into the hall below was shot in the head, and Su Ming's hand felt better and better. Immediately afterward, a crowd of dozens or hundreds of corpses poured into the floor.

"Bang bang bang!" The barrage covered the corpses, and in this semi-sealed environment, Duanmu Sect was full of firepower, and his skill turned into three fireballs, which seemed to make Su Ming understand what the dignity of a mage was.

After the corpses gradually filled the hall, Duanmu Sect's points had already exceeded a thousand, far ahead of Su Ming. After an hour of shooting at the mall, the surrounding corpses were cleared again.

Su Ming and the three of them continued to lead the team deeper, and this time they were not so smooth.

During the operation, small groups of corpses were encountered from time to time, and they were all killed under Duanmu Zong's staff and Su Ming's knife.

After walking another 1 kilometer or so, the intersection in front of me is a residential area, and neat residential buildings are displayed on the side of the road, which is densely populated, which also means that the number of wild corpses is even more terrifying.

The team moved cautiously against the buildings on the side of the road, the sunlight reflecting off the ground in a hazy way, and the hot season in Zlap was gradually approaching.

The exterior of the residential building is relatively intact, and children's entertainment equipment can be faintly seen in the amusement park in the distance.

"Smack!" The glass above their heads suddenly shattered, and as soon as everyone looked up, a mad corpse jumped down from a height.

"Bang!" The mad corpse crashes onto an abandoned vehicle, the roof of which is dented by inertia. The mad corpse wasn't dead, he was still waving his arms to pull the crowd in front of him.

The loud sound made everyone's hearts chuckle, and sure enough, there was already a tide of corpses in the distance.

"Run!" Su Ming reacted instantly, and ran forward with everyone. The back has been blocked by a tide of corpses, and he doesn't dare to estimate the number.

"Mom~ stabbed the hornet's nest!" Tang Tian glanced back, his face bloodless with fright.

"Hurry!"

Tang Tian added a buff to his hand, and everyone's steps became lighter. The potential in the life and death crisis is endless, and although the soldiers' attributes are between 4-6, this does not affect the speed of their escape.

The two hundred people chose an intersection in a panic, and the crazy corpse in the rear chased frantically as if they saw Tang Seng meat.

"Look, there's a stadium there. We can block at the entrance. Tang Tian looked at the tall buildings in the distance.

The entrance to the stadium was relatively narrow, Su Ming glanced at it and felt that Tang Tian's attention was feasible.

"Duanmu, how much mana do you still have?" Su Ming asked as he ran.

"It's less than half, and the skills in the shopping hall are a bit too much, and the mana has only recovered so much." Duanmu Zong replied.

"Can you keep the fire covered for a long time?" Su Ming asked again.

"Yes!" Duanmu Zong gritted his teeth and replied.