Chapter 23: The Survival Rules of the Zombie Apocalypse (8)
Heavy steel machinery slowly trotted through the streets, headlights blared, engines roared loudly to disturb the animals that came out at night, and rats fled in terror across the road into the sewers. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Reich clenched the joystick with both hands, concentrating on maintaining his full attention, his gaze wandered with the light, this young driver known as the "Iron Wall" has always been known for his optimism and love of laughter in the academy, but at this moment Reich's face is solemn as if he is facing a great enemy...... Because in the ruined city at night, there are more than just harmless creatures like rats.
"Zero distance, did you find anything abnormal?" Rech asked.
"Everything works." An answer came from the headset, "No large animals are found within fifty meters of you." β
Lei He and Luo Cheng contacted each other every minute to report the situation, this is a rule, the terrain of the ruined city at night is complicated, and neither Lei He nor Luo Cheng alone can guarantee that they can detect all the situations, so they will work in pairs to help each other.
The black-haired young man was lying on the roof of the building, his cheek against the butt of a sniper rifle, motionless, like an inanimate statue...... This is the unique ability of "zero distance" Luo Cheng, as a sniper, his hidden ability is unparalleled, at this time Luo Cheng's heart rate is extremely slow, and his body temperature is incredibly low to 23 degrees Celsius, once the body temperature of ordinary people is lower than 35 degrees, hypothermia will occur, and if it is lower than 32 degrees, it will be fatal...... But Luo Cheng can even maintain a normal conversation with Reich, he seems to have turned into a cold-blooded animal and entered a state similar to hibernation, which is an ability only reptiles have.
The young man was dressed in black, almost blending in with the night behind him, and his whereabouts could not be detected even through infrared night vision devices.
The back of Rehe's mecha was firmly encased in the center of the scope by Luo Cheng, and Rehe may have been an extremely good mecha pilot, but he was not strong enough to find out what was going on behind it...... So Lei He handed over his back to Luo Cheng, and the young sniper was condescending, and he was under his control within a radius of a kilometer.
The Barrett anti-materiel rifle has an effective range of 1,800 meters, and as long as it is within this distance, Luo Cheng can ensure the safety of Reich.
"Hey...... Zero distance. Rech said, "This mission is complete, do you want to go and have a drink together?" β
Headphones were silent for a moment, "I don't drink." β
"Don't always act like an ascetic." The young Russian laughed, "In the past, soldiers came down from the battlefield and generally only did two things...... Do you know what it is? β
"What?"
"Drinking and finding women." Rech replied, "The soldiers are outlaws who don't know if they will live until tomorrow, they only have today, why don't they enjoy it today?" β
Luo Cheng looked at the mecha through the glass of the scope, a little helpless.
"I don't drink...... Also, it's against the rules to chat in the quest channel. β
Rehe grinned, frowning and looking left and right, "Don't be so serious...... This place is unusually quiet, and it's crazy to not talk to anyone. β
Luo Cheng was stunned, indeed...... If he were in the ruins below, he would also want to talk to someone, and only with the voices of other people in your ears would you not feel alone, in an empty world.
Loneliness has always been humanity's worst enemy.
Heavy mechs cut through the ruins, the streets were a little narrow for such a behemoth, flanked by pitch-black residential buildings, the city was full of such neighborhoods before the catastrophe, inhabited by thousands of citizens, and after the apocalypse, these extremely densely populated settlements became hell on earth, filled with zombies behind every door.
But now the people and the zombies are gone...... The abandoned building stood in the darkness, lifeless, like the dead body of the city.
Another, even more terrifying creature has taken over these territories...... Rech didn't know where it was hiding, and at the end of any black hole alley could light up a pair of cold, bloodthirsty eyes.
"I gotta say...... You've just set up a FLAG. Luo Cheng took the initiative to speak, he could feel Rehe's tense nerves, hoping to reduce the pressure on the driver a little.
βFlagοΌβ Reich was stunned for the first time he heard this novel term, "What does this mean?" β
"Zhao Gao told me...... The original meaning of the word refers to a programming instruction, which is used to record a parameter of a variable, and later refers to the choice made by a character in a game or film that affects the subsequent development of the plot. Luo Cheng replied, "For example...... Someone who says to his friend, 'I'm going to be back,' then there is a chance that he won't come back, and if someone says he wants to wash his hands and retire, then he will most likely die on the eve of retirement, and that's the Flag...... You just said we're going to have a drink after the mission is over......"
"You're cursing me, aren't you?" Rech twitched the corners of his mouth.
"I didn't mean that." Luo Cheng lightly denied, "I just hope to ease your nervousness." β
"You've never learned how to distract others?" Rech yelled, "You're making me more nervous, bastard!" β
Reich's index finger was on the trigger, and the Gatling Gun was suspended from both arms of the mech, but in fact Gatling was just a general term, and any Gatling machine gun made on the Gatling principle could be called a Gatling gun...... The heavy attack mecha is equipped with the famous M134 rapid-fire machine gun, this machine gun has six barrels, the rate of fire is as high as 6,000 rounds per minute, is the world's highest rate of fire, when the US military was equipped with this weapon, it was erected on a helicopter as a suppressive firepower.
This is real heavy firepower, and even an anti-materiel rifle like Barrett is only a weak pencil knife in front of it.
No creature can withstand M134's attacks, and it can rain hundreds of bullets in a second, turning any creature that dares to approach it into a hornet's nest.
There are two ammo boxes on the back of the mech, each containing a thousand rounds of ammunition, and if Rech pulls the trigger and doesn't let go, he can empty the ammo boxes in ten seconds.
"Slow down, ironclad...... You're almost out of my effective range. The shadow of the mecha began to blur in the scope, and Luo Cheng reminded, "I need to change the position." β
βOKγβ Reich's voice was very dry.
The noise of the engine in the headset slowly weakened, and gradually entered a state of idling, and the black-haired youth folded the tripod and put away the rifle, and then got up, without going through the scope, and the mecha was already very blurry from this distance...... Only one point of light could be seen in the pitch-black ruins, and that was the light of the mech spotlights.
It seems that the mecha is already on standby, and it is rare for Rehe to be so obedient...... This Russian is a notoriously lone ranger, unorganized and undisciplined.
Luo Cheng turned around with his rifle, he jumped off a broken prefabricated board, and entered the empty room on the floor below, he was in an eight-story residential building, this is a single building, the buildings around him have almost all collapsed, and he must go downstairs before he can transfer.
Suddenly, there was a murmur of electricity in the silent headphones.
Luo Cheng was stunned.
Then he heard the deep roar of the engine...... The engine has restarted again!
"Iron wall! What are you doing? Why start the mech? Luo Cheng stepped to the window of the room with two steps according to the headphones, leaned over and looked at the mecha in the distance, and sure enough, ...... The point of light began to move again.
There is no response in the headphones.
"Iron wall! Iron wall, please answer! Luo Cheng yelled, "Rehe! What are you doing? β
"Quiet...... I'm fine. Rech finally replied, his voice frighteningly low, "I just saw something strange......"
"What do you see?"
"I saw a man." "A young man in white, he stood at the end of the street and looked at me...... I'm going to see how it goes. β
"Don't go over!" Luo Cheng turned around and slammed open the rotten door and rushed downstairs, "That might just be an infected!" It's complicated here, don't act rashly! Do you hear that? I'm the mission leader, and I order you to stand by! β
Damn it...... Just now I praised this guy for listening to the command, and he exposed his essence without saying three sentences, which is completely unorganized and undisciplined!
"He's not infected." Reich said faintly, "You...... Which zombie has ever smiled at you? β
Then he choked off the headphones.