Chapter 69: Return to Raccoon City
"But I'm ......" Matt didn't know exactly what the president meant, but he knew that he wasn't strong enough to command an army, as he could clearly see from his cousin in the mansion. Matt felt that he was very self-aware.
"I've seen your profile, Matt. You served briefly in the Army and are now a second lieutenant officer in the reserves, right? The Minister of Defense next to him said suddenly.
"Yes, Mr. President, Mr. Minister. I am honored by your mention. But I'm not good at fighting, and that's why I retired. I am not qualified to lead a special forces. Matt deflated.
"And who has the qualifications?" I don't have anyone here who has actual experience fighting chemical or biological weapons, and you're the only one I can find who has that experience. The president continued.
"But. "Matt still wants to shirk and let him take on such a heavy responsibility? He was really unprepared.
"Child, you have a heavy responsibility now, we need you. The Minister of Defense's voice was so strong in his sense of responsibility that it was hard to refuse.
"Okay" Finally, Matt finally succumbed to the persuasion of the two big shots.
"I'll send you two squads from the Secret Service, Captain McCain is their commander, and he'll assist you when you take office." The president smiled and shook his hand, and gave her the title of Special Counsel to the Biohazard Advisor.
Half an hour later, Matt left the president's Oval Office in a daze, trying to figure out how to play his new role. However, what he didn't know was that as soon as he left the room, several bigwigs began to complain about him.
"Just give my people to this guy to toss?" Are you sure it's a good idea? The president looked at the Secretary of Defense and said.
"Mr. President, we need to fish big with a long line, he is so recognizable to the public, and having him as your advisor can help us reinvigorate the image of the government, and I think he has a good chance of bringing us to our true goals." The FBI director next to him persuaded.
"That's your specialty, and I just hope this pop icon can help me get a second term." The president rubbed his eyes and said.
"You will be re-elected, Mr. President. Although there are many disadvantages to this crisis, it has at least prolonged our tenure. The Minister of Defense raised a glass and said, and the big guys laughed. The weather outside was even colder.
Nearly 100 kilometers away in Los Angeles, Shen Chao and Custer saw the news being broadcast live in a bar. In the news, a female reporter is standing on the streets of Raccoon City. Dozens of meters away, 5 or 6 policemen were shooting at a group of zombies with a population of about 30 people.
When the camera zooms in, those zombies are as terrifying as if they are in front of them. Gray-white skin, hideous and distorted countenance. Slow action, these are all showing the fragility of life. The female reporter also stepped back again and again when reporting, keeping her position behind the police.
Seeing this, Shen Chao and Custer exchanged glances, and then they immediately left the bar. Hop into the civilian version of the Hummer they bought a few days ago and drive all the way in the direction of Raccoon City.
"What will be the reason this time?" , is it like the plot of the game, there is a scientific research institution under the police station? Custer complained as soon as he got in the car.
"It's uncertain yet, but we're going to get over and see if Alice is in the hospital." Shen Chao said as he took off his clothes and put on a nano suit for himself.
"You want to see if your little girlfriend is safe, right?" Custer unceremoniously revealed. …,
"Well, that's probably why. Also, she's not my girlfriend. Shen Chao retorted, he knew who Custer was referring to.
"Whatever you want, what's the situation with our ammunition?" Custer started the car and asked. They had been carrying ammunition and supplies before. It takes a lot of time to exchange billions of electronic money for gold, silver, diamonds, weapons, and so on. They have been doing this these days and have moved nearly 10 tons of gold to their base so far, and now they have a brilliant ammunition depot......
"About three bases of rifle ammunition, but we have enough for our own use. Custer said after quickly counting the row of ammo boxes strapped under the back seat.
"Looks like we don't need any more supplies, straight to Raccoon City?" Custer asked, driving the car.
"Straight to Raccoon City!" Shen Chao replied with a pull on the bolt.
After about 2 hours of travel, Shen Chao and Custer finally saw the edge of Raccoon City, and they drove the Hummer past the famous "Welcome to Raccoon City" road billboard again. Only this time it was daytime, and the rising smoke and sporadic gunfire in the city contrasted sharply with the billboard.
The two drove all the way into the city. Although it was noon, the streets were supposed to be at their busiest. But the reality is that there are only a few scattered corpses on the ground.
The bodies were either conspicuous on the top of their heads or clearly marked by blunt objects. In addition, all the houses in the vicinity have closed doors and windows. It seems that people should have known about the outbreak of the crisis, and now they are following the instructions they gave to hide in the sturdy buildings.
"It doesn't look like the situation is too bad. Custer, who had already changed into a nanosuit, said from the driver's seat. They came in such a hurry just to see if they could help the people here control the infection. If you can, of course it's best, if you can't, then just pick up Alice.
Although their cyber intrusions into the umbrella rarely provided information about scientific research, they were able to track down the location of Project Alice: Raccoon City Hospital, due to frequent communications.
"I'm afraid things aren't so optimistic, look over there......" Shen Chao saw the corpse of a licker on the street corner in the distance, and he pointed to the corpse for Custer to see.
"Licker? It seems that something happened to the mansion, where do we go first? Custer asked.
"Let's go to the police station first, there is the best place to know about the current situation." Shen Chao said after thinking about it. Immediately, Custer drove the car to the Raccoon City Police Department.
Meanwhile, a few blocks away. A squad of more than a dozen police officers was firing at a large group of losers. Jill and Chris were in the middle of the previous 3 hours of fighting, and they had already consumed a lot of ammunition.
Jill looked at the shotgun in his hand and felt the chain that hung from his body. She still had a dozen bullets on her body at most, and the others wouldn't be much better, but in front of them was a horde of more than 200 zombies.
And even worse than their ammunition shortage is the fact that Raccoon City is a small city! It sounds like nonsense. With a permanent population of less than 100,000 people, Raccoon City can only be considered a small city. But herein lies the problem. The population here is small, so people in the same city have met more or less even if they don't know each other. And that's their problem.
Jill recognized a few familiar faces in this group of zombies, and many of the native Raccoon City officers in the team knew even more. Two minutes earlier, a young patrolman on their team had broken down as he had spotted his father and brother in the group, and then he dropped his gun and ran away without looking back. …,
This kind of thing had happened 3 or 4 times in the previous 2 or 3 hours, and several police officers found their relatives in the zombie crowd and then collapsed. Now there are only 12 people in the whole team who are still here. There were 16 of them when they set out.
"Retreat, retreat......" Seeing the zombies in front of him getting closer and closer, Jill called everyone back to the police car. Although they have defeated dozens of zombies, the remaining zombies are still getting closer and closer. They have to get out of here.
Just when the police heard her shout, they all hurriedly ran to the police car, but at this time, a licker suddenly blocked their retreat. Some of the police turned their guns to the licker and opened fire, while others stayed where they were, continuing to shoot at the zombie horde behind.
Jill fired all three of the remaining shots in the magazine at the Licker, but because it wasn't close enough and the Licker was too fast, it only hurt it. However, their fire did force the lickers* to get out of the way and run out of the police's sight.
When the police saw this, they immediately ran back to the police car and prepared to retreat. At that moment, a black Humvee appeared on the street corner behind it, and it rushed straight towards here with full speed. Before the police could react, they rushed into the zombie horde.
With a weight of more than 3 tons and various loads on their car, the Humvee, with a total weight of more than 4 tons, rushed into the zombie herd and ran over the front and back, and it only took about two minutes to kill or crush most of the zombies. Shen Chao and Custer, who were dressed in nanosuits, opened the car door, and then shot at the zombies who were still standing.
Shen Chao was holding a HK121 general-purpose machine gun and carrying a large bag full of drums. CASTER IS ALSO HOLDING A SCAL-H. Under their accurate and fierce shooting, the remaining dozen or so zombies were also wiped out within half a minute.
Jill watched the scene in front of her, and she suddenly felt stupid. It turns out that you can still fight zombies like this! They had been running around like firefighters for hours to clean up the scale-up of the loss, but now she realized that she could shoot zombies without bullets.
Looking at the two heavily armed guys in front of her, she knew that it was Shen Chao and Custer in front of her. So when he saw them walking towards him, Jill began to think about how to talk to the two of them. Just as she was conceiving a suitable opening statement. Shen Chao suddenly pulled out the straight knife on his leg and threw it in the direction of Jier.