This Wave of Zombies is No Good - Chapter 57
It was still morning. The young man led them onto a nearby off-road armored vehicle, then took the driver’s seat himself, first driving them towards the fallen third district.
The closer they got to the incident point, the more desolate it became. The number of people they could see on the road was decreasing, with only military vehicles and people in combat uniforms shuttling back and forth.
The military vehicle indeed had a smooth journey. In about half an hour, they crossed the city and stopped in front of several similar off-road vehicles. The young man with the tiger teeth got out of the car and pointed to the nearby vehicles and the other nine people, saying, “Today, we all listen to your dispatch.”
The crowd looked at them with admiration, but also a bit of doubt.
Anyone who was a soldier knew the name of the K Division. Just by placing these two letters here, they had great respect for these two people.
The doubt was that they, hundreds of soldiers, had been dealing with that monster for two days. Now there were only twelve of them. Although the other party was from the famous K Division, could they kill that monster?
Yu Jingtang looked at this team and briefly introduced himself and Zou Lang, “If you can’t remember my name, you can call me Captain.” Then he pointed to Zou Lang, suppressing the urge to call him an idiot, coughed lightly, and solemnly introduced, “This is the Deputy Captain.”
Then Yu Jingtang said to the crowd with a slight apology, “There’s no time to remember names, everyone report your numbers, the reported number will be the temporary code.”
The ten people lined up and reported their numbers, with the young man with the tiger teeth being the last, reporting number ten.
Yu Jingtang continued, “Everyone tune the walkie-talkie to the same channel, we have a total of twelve people, four cars, first three people per car, the specific combat plan will be discussed after we meet the monster.”
In the end, the young man with the tiger teeth was left alone, teaming up with Yu Jingtang and Zou Lang.
Just as the conversation reached this point, the pagers on the team members’ waists beeped. Everyone looked at it, and the young man with the tiger teeth said, “The monster has been found, it’s lying at the Yuchengfang Station on Subway Line 3.”
Yu Jingtang nodded to Zou Lang, “We should not delay, let’s go and take a look.”
Everyone got back in the car, and the four vehicles headed for Line 3.
Yu Jingtang held a gun and sat in the car, opening an electronic map on the side. Zou Lang also leaned over to look at the map, studying the directions.
After getting a general idea, Yu Jingtang asked the young man, “Tell me, what methods have you used to attack in the past few days?”
The young man began to recall, “At the beginning, we were conducting a blockade, setting traps for the monster, but this monster climbs very fast. Once it tears a hole, it quickly drills out. It can not only crawl, but also stand upright and climb on the wall, and it can also arch its body and crawl. In short, it can crawl in any way a centipede can.”
“Later, the leaders felt that human tactics were too dangerous, so they switched to a wave of drones. But the target of the drone was too obvious, the operation speed could not keep up, and after two rounds, several drones were destroyed.”
“Then, this monster once tried to rush through the checkpoint and go to other districts. Dozens of us fired together and stopped the monster. That was the wave with the most people eaten. It kept messing around until last night, this monster drilled into the subway and lost its trace, that’s the situation now.”
“Have you tried joint attacks? That is, selecting the weaker joint interfaces for attack attempts.” Yu Jingtang asked.
The young man with the number ten said, “Captain, your combat method requires too high a level of marksmanship and mental quality for a single soldier! Our team is considered good, absolutely not timid, other ordinary soldiers, in front of that monster, being able to not panic and fire is considered good performance. If you happen to hit the weaker foot of that centipede, it will shrink in pain and can escape a disaster. If you don’t hit it, or hit a place with thicker armor, you can only wait to be swallowed. We have been fighting with this worm for more than two days, and many brothers have died.”
Just as the conversation reached this point, there was a burst of noise from the walkie-talkie, someone was shouting, “It’s awake! The monster is awake!”
Then there was a buzzing noise, accompanied by the sound of panicked footsteps and gunshots, and the sound of glass shattering.
Zou Lang opened the sunroof of the car and stood up, and a cold wind suddenly poured into the car. The sunroof was not big, one person and it was still a bit loose, two people and it would be a bit crowded, Yu Jingtang did not join in the fun, and rolled down the car window. At this time, they were about a block away from that monster.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang at a subway entrance in front!
A huge centipede-like thing suddenly drilled out of the subway entrance. It brought out a cloud of dust and directly overturned the tempered glass board that sheltered the rain at the subway entrance.
Then the monster rose from the ground, standing upright, all its “feet” were moving, and it let out a strange cry.
This monster was much bigger than what they saw in the video yesterday. When it stood upright, it was about as high as three floors.
The air was stirred up by the monster’s leap, almost blowing off Zou Lang’s hat.
Looking up close, this monster was even more shocking than the image seen on the drone yesterday.
The monster looked at the people fleeing at the subway entrance, lowered its head and swallowed a person. For a moment, its huge teeth chewed, and blood splattered.
The young man with the number ten was driving the car, and at this point, they were already close to the monster, only a dozen meters away from the monster. The monster let out a roar and spat out a mouthful of bloody mucus in their direction. The young man quickly swerved to avoid it.
Zou Lang was thrown back into the car by the sudden turn, his back hit the car door, and he groaned.
The young man driving the car turned into a nearby street, still sweating from the shock, and explained, “That mucus is corrosive, if it gets on you, people will die, and the tires will burst.”
Upon hearing this, Zou Lang realized that he had just had a brush with death, and cursed, “Damn! I was still being chased by zombies last night, and today it has become a speed of life and death. I really should thank Zou Fang!”
Yu Jingtang saw that there were people and cars fighting with the monster next to it, trying to trap the monster, but they were completely unorganized. He frowned and said, “Let the others who are surrounding it retreat! It’s simply sending heads! We go up, hang it, and let it chase the car.”
Then Yu Jingtang clicked on the share of the electronic map, and said to several cars in the walkie-talkie, “Each car, follow the route I drew, lead the centipede to circle in the fallen district. Adjust according to the speed of the monster, not too fast or too slow. No need to attack for now, listen to my command.”
The people surrounding the monster quickly retreated, and the monster, with hundreds of “feet” moving, began to crawl on the street. Yu Jingtang let car number three be the bait. Car number three appeared in front of the centipede and fired a few shots, and the monster followed the direction of car number three.
Yu Jingtang chose a road that was one lane away from the monster and said to the young man with the number ten, “You take this route, try to drive the car as smoothly as possible, not too close, and not too far. If the monster chases over, immediately turn and shake it off.”
Then he said to Zou Lang, “Help me, I’ll try a few shots first.” After finishing speaking, Yu Jingtang stuck his head out of the sunroof, and Zou Lang held his waist from below. Yu Jingtang leaned out of the window and skillfully placed the gun next to the sunroof, feeling the current wind direction and car speed with his hand, and looked out from the sight. The monster looked ferocious and was gradually approaching car number three.
Yu Jingtang took a deep breath, his handsome face was calm, and the car under him was still speeding. The wind blew his bangs, the brim of his hat blocked the sunlight, he held the gun steadily, his index finger slightly hooked, a bullet shot out and hit the monster’s shell, the bullet sparked on the hard shell, just as Liang Xiao and the young man had said, it did not penetrate very deep.
Yu Jingtang adjusted the muzzle again, held his breath and concentrated, and shot at one of the monster’s “feet”, which was a hand of a zombie that made up part of the monster’s body.
The armor on that part was weaker, and the monster indeed retracted its hand in pain, slowing its movements slightly. But because it had many “feet”, this shot did not stop the monster’s steps, but rather seemed to anger it. After a pause, the monster roared and rushed forward even more fiercely.
Car number three quickly accelerated. The other cars also followed closely on the side or behind. The cars continued to entangle with the monster, speeding along the empty road. When they reached an intersection, the monster shook its body and followed the car forward.
With the third shot, Yu Jingtang hit the monster’s side of the head. The monster just shook its head, raising a cloud of dust, without much reaction.
Yu Jingtang frowned and aimed again, this time he chose a joint on the monster’s body. After a few breaths, he pulled the trigger, and a bullet shot out from the barrel, like a meteor, directly entering a joint of the monster, accurately hitting the monster’s spinal nerve. The monster’s body suddenly twitched, instantly stiffening upright, then turned its head and rushed towards their car.
Yu Jingtang quickly put away the gun and climbed into the car. The young man with the number ten also turned his head and changed direction.
Zou Lang handed Yu Jingtang the walkie-talkie, and Yu Jingtang said to the other cars, “Cars number one and two, fire, lead it back to the original road.”
Not far away, a burst of gunfire came, the monster took a few shots, hesitated for a moment, and then chased in that direction.
Yu Jingtang sat in the car, adjusted his thoughts, and said to Zou Lang, “The weak point should be on the spine connection. Next, we’ll try to see if we can break it.”
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