Chapter 5: Clearing Zombies
On Sajin Boulevard, the Mengshi 3 assault vehicle, like a steel beast with sharp features, drove at a moderate speed.
The 12.7mm caliber, black muzzle of the machine gun on the roof reflected a suffocating, eerie light under the sun.
Hu Junpeng, the rifleman and Squad driver, focused intently on the road ahead, wary of any sudden situations that might arise at any moment.
Gu Chengyuan sat comfortably in the co-driver's seat, which should have belonged to the Squad Leader, with a foldable bracket holding the Onboard computer directly in front of him.
The computer displayed a Seven Star electronic map and the current location.
As for Jia Sanniu, he had consciously retreated to the back seat, squeezing in with the other Soldiers in the Squad.
His small eyes, which always seemed half-closed, vigilantly scanned outside the window, searching back and forth for places where danger might appear.
Thirteen fully armed Soldiers, also carrying tactical backpacks, were crammed into the armored assault vehicle designed for a maximum of 10 people.
But thanks to the powerful vehicle air conditioning, even in the crowded environment, the interior remained very cool.
As time passed, the vehicle turned from the desolate intercity boulevard onto Xishui North Road, which leads to Xishui District.
Immediately after entering Xishui North Road and driving for less than two minutes, Gu Chengyuan ordered the vehicle to stop.
Looking ahead, the road was filled with scattered vehicles that had crashed and stopped on the roadside.
Some were still smoking, some had severely deformed front ends and were already half burnt.
Looking from afar at the carbonized people burnt inside the vehicles, the painful struggles before death were still faintly visible.
Some vehicles were in better condition, and inside them were even zombies scratching at the doors, attempting to get out.
Looking at the road conditions in front of him, Gu Chenyuan silently gave a thumbs-up to the Leader who selected the site for Yezhou University.
If Xishui North Road, which has sparse traffic, is like this, it's hard to imagine what the scene in the central area of Xishui District would be like, let alone the city center.
With massive zombie hordes, gridlocked traffic, survivors located in prosperous areas without rescue.
The only thing they could do was wait for death.
Could they outrun the zombies with infinite stamina on foot?
Even if someone was stubborn enough, it would be him chasing, him fleeing, and him having no wings to escape!
Looking at the density of zombies on Xishui North Road at this moment, Gu Chenyuan decided to have the Soldiers dismount and clear the zombies using the armored assault vehicle as cover.
The vehicle was quite crowded at this time, which was not conducive to deploying firepower. There wasn't even room to stretch their legs, let alone ensure shooting accuracy.
Although with the naked eye, one could still vaguely see zombies wandering on the road, most of them were trapped inside the vehicles.
It's estimated that not even a mini horde of 20 zombies could be gathered. Gu Chenyuan couldn't let go of such an opportunity to 'open cans' and level up!
"All personnel!"
"Here!"
"I am now issuing the combat mission!"
"First, three people form a combat team, forming three combat teams: 1, 2, and 3. Dismount and use the armored vehicle to clear the zombies on the road ahead!"
"The specific task distribution is as follows: Teams One and Two will serve as the main force for the forward clearing mission, and Team Three will follow the rear of the vehicle, responsible for guarding against enemy attacks from the rear and flanks."
"Junpeng, pay attention to controlling the vehicle speed. When the visibility ahead is unclear and there might be an ambush, use the horn to startle them in advance! The machine gunner is in position on the roof. Do not open fire without my command!"
"Finally, one shotgunner will follow me!"
"Also, each combat team, pay attention. If you encounter a vehicle in good condition, with a sturdy body, and containing a lone zombie that cannot escape, mark it and leave it for me!"
"I'm going to slaughter today!"
"All units, move out!"
"Yes!"
As the words fell, the left, right, and rear doors of the armored assault vehicle were opened simultaneously.
Combat Teams One and Two quickly dismounted, one on the left and one on the right. Team members covered each other as they advanced towards the front.
The combat team that dismounted from the rear door quickly spread out, with one person following the rear of the vehicle and one on each side, maintaining armed vigilance of the surroundings.
The 12.7mm machine gun on the roof, operated by the machine gunner, slowly began to move its muzzle.
"Bang~"
"Bang~"
...
A burst of short gunshots rang out.
Two zombies that lunged forward like mad dogs instantly fell backward under the powerful kinetic energy of the bullets.
As the main attacker of Team One, Squad Leader Jia Sanniu's hand gripping the 191 Assault Rifle felt slightly sweaty.
Mainly, these zombies were indeed a bit scary with their sudden movements. Just now they were walking crookedly, as if they couldn't stand steadily.
The moment they saw a person, they burst out, lunging forward like mad dogs.
The instantaneous astonishing acceleration and the frantic, irregular running.
Even with a scope, aiming in a hurry was quite difficult.
The three of them fired several shots before hitting the heads and killing the two zombies.
"Everyone, stay vigilant, be careful, and don't save bullets!"
Gu Chenyuan, who had just dismounted, was also startled by this scene.
This is different from the zombies he encountered at the bus station today, Gu Chenyuan thought with a frown.
If the wandering zombies that surrounded him when he was about to scan the code were all such sprint champions, he estimated he would have been finished long ago.
"Is it evolution? Or was I able to run away today because the zombies had just turned and didn't have strong control over their bodies?"
Carrying this doubt, Gu Chenyuan calmly opened the door of the assault vehicle and, with the accompanying shotgunner, got back in.
"Observe some more..."
His life was important!
There are specialties in every field, and people should know their limits even more.
Although his shooting performance was always excellent during his service, due to his branch of service, the shooting subjects were all prone chest ring targets at 100 meters.
Shooting was like physics, chemistry, and biology for a liberal arts student to him, just for understanding.
At first, he thought the zombies were all shuffling old ladies, and he planned to bully them severely and practice standing aiming with a raised rifle by the way.
But who knew that the expected experience points were actually sprint athletes!
And it's possible that the entire Xishui North Road is full of sports students!
Zombies don't have martial ethics and won't wait for him to lie down and aim.
"I'd better just wait for Jia Sanniu and the others to feed them to me."
Bang bang~
Another burst of short gunshots.
Gu Chenyuan opened a shooting window on the roof of the vehicle, poked out half his body, and looked ahead with binoculars.
Jia Sanniu and the others had killed three more zombies that lunged forward like wild dogs off their leashes.
Feeling the slight sluggishness of the armored assault vehicle beneath him, it was Junpeng controlling the armored vehicle to push a small car blocking the road aside.
Ordinary civilian vehicles were like small fry in front of this steel behemoth, easily pushed aside.
He could have chosen to crash through faster, but Junpeng felt sorry for the assault vehicle, fearing he would scratch the paint, so he chose a gentler push.
In this short time, the two combat teams in front of the vehicle had already killed more than a dozen zombies.
Based on observation, it seems every zombie is indeed a sports student!
The situation he least wanted to see had happened. Gu Chenyuan couldn't help but worry for the survivors living in prosperous areas again.
"System"
No longer thinking about irrelevant things, Gu Chenyuan called out the system, planning to see how many resources he had accumulated.
The anticipation in his eyes was like an old farmer waiting for a harvest!
"What?"
"Where are my resource points?"
Gu Chenyuan stared intently at the system panel's thick and large characters for 'Money'.
Followed by an even thicker and larger '2~'
He had killed more than a dozen zombies, so why was there nothing?
Where is it? Where is my stuff?
Do I have to kill them myself to get it?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
The System Lord cannot be so inhumane!
According to this mechanism, if I really raised an infantry Company, wouldn't I need to start with killing ten thousand people?
No, no, I need to use my smart brain to think about where the problem is!
Right!
"Guang Qiang!"
"Here!"
Pu Guangqiang, who was holding a shotgun and acting as a guard inside the vehicle, immediately replied.
"Dismount and dig open the brains of the zombies that have been killed. Search carefully to see if there are any foreign objects!"
"Yes!" Although Pu Guangqiang's expression was complicated upon hearing this command, he did not hesitate at all.
After dismounting, Pu Guangqiang took down the external hammer and pickaxe from the rear side of the vehicle and picked up a plastic sheet from the ground.
He walked towards a fallen zombie corpse with slightly trembling steps...