Chapter 239: Vulcan Mech

"Lin Xian, about how much longer?"

The water level had already risen past everyone's knees in the corridor. Chen Sixuan stepped through the water, looking at the blackened deep water beneath her, and could not help but frown.

"Almost there."

【Scanning progress: 90%】

"Ten minutes at most."

Lin Xian pressed his communicator: "Everyone, report your status."

"No problems here," the side at the Shu Qin building said, "but the water has already entered the elevator."

Shu Qin used her communicator to start contacting Kiki's direction: "Kiki, Director Ding, how are you two doing?"

Click, click~

A burst of static came through the communicator.

In the submersible's decompression chamber, Kiki heard the chaotic noise in her headset, immediately put down the submersible, and said to Ding Junyi: "They must be calling us; prepare to head back."

Ding Junyi looked at the already submerged research area and nodded: "I'll study the engineering logs once they're downloaded."

"I think the matter is already very clear," Kiki said with a grave expression, "this incident definitely has something to do with the Foundation."

Gurgle, gurgle~

A series of hollow popping sounds suddenly came from the decompression chamber's drain, and a large number of air bubbles kept rising.

Suddenly, the ground trembled, and the water surface churned.

Just as Kiki was preparing to retreat, she suddenly saw a monster resembling a black tree branch slowly emerge from the drain's whirlpool. It was soaking wet, and a pair of terrifying eyes seemed to be staring at the two of them.

"What the hell is that!"

At the sight, Kiki subconsciously reached out and grabbed, unleashing her psychic power to sweep toward it.

The area at the drain churned violently as a large amount of water was compressed together, dragging the black monster out from within. But to everyone's surprise, the monster's underside was still connected to a snake-like torso; even after being dragged out four or five meters from the drainpipe, it still hadn't been fully pulled out.

Rumble—the trembling sound gradually intensified, and both Kiki and Ding Junyi realized something was wrong.

Kiki immediately grabbed a submersible from above and slammed it down onto the monster's body. With a loud boom, the snake-like torso began to twist frantically, and immense force began to churn and lash out in the water. The entire decompression chamber's glass was shattered, and then the ground suddenly began to crack—crack, crack, crack!

In an instant, the earth shook, and an incredibly massive black head suddenly burst through the ground. The monster resembled some kind of bizarre sea snake, with a row of lantern-like eyes ranging from large to small on its head. It surged out with a roar, its head occupying nearly half the decompression chamber, while at the same time, a massive amount of black water sprayed out!

Kiki's eyes widened in shock; the black, tree-branch-like monster she had grabbed earlier was actually just a lure on the head of this strange snake. The branch already resembled a human body and had even grown facial features!

"Let's go!"

In an instant, Kiki felt that her telekinesis could not suppress this monster at all, so she immediately took Ding Junyi, and the two flew rapidly toward the corridor.

On the other side, Dalou, Shu Qin, and Lv Chang all felt the tremor. Ceiling dust fell continuously, light tubes swayed, and the water surface churned.

Sensing the abnormality, the few of them immediately grew solemn.

"What happened?"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

A large amount of water flowed down from the elevator shaft, and the lights on the 9th floor began to flicker and buzz due to electrical issues.

Dalou stood on a cabinet, holding his roaring Gatling gun, and watched the area below with vigilance: "Be careful, there's something in the water."

Hearing this, Shu Qin looked down at the murky water, which was already reaching her waist. The next moment, her expression changed, and she let out a muffled grunt, leaning backward on the spot. A black shadow appeared in the water in front of her, the waves broke, and a soaking wet water ghost covered in black fur suddenly lunged out. The water ghost had a human-like body and a fish-like face, its wide-open mouth full of red sharp teeth, and its body was covered in scales—it looked truly horrifying.

Rat-tat-tat!

In an instant, the team's firepower arrived. Shu Qin dodged the lurking monster, flicked her wrist, and turned to fire a shot in the direction where the water ghost had fallen into the water.

Bang!

The No. 10 explosive lead bullet sprayed at high speed, and the demon-repelling flames from the muzzle instantly evaporated the water surface in front, the splitting jet completely shattering the water ghost's lower body.

Water and blood splashed, blooming into a spray of waves under the lights!

Shu Qin scanned the area; the water ghost was not quite dead, and it quickly dove into the water with its mangled torso.

She stomped her feet, sprinted rapidly through the water, then vaulted out, stepped against the wall, and leaped, jumping directly onto a high platform in a research room.

Just as she was preparing to search for the monster's figure, she was shocked to discover that there were countless swimming black shadows beneath the water, currently circling and approaching her teammates.

"Get out of the water!"

Shu Qin shouted. Dalou, who was standing on the cabinet, also saw this horrifying scene. "Woo—" the electric gun barrel in his hand rotated. "Doo-woo!" A jet of metal swept out, kicking up sheets of waves, and a dozen black water ghosts were immediately blasted to pieces.

Hearing Shu Qin's shout, the teammates who were relaying transmissions along the corridor all sought high ground to climb up, leaving the water surface.

Boom! Boom, boom!

Just as Dalou was firing at full capacity, a huge hollow sound suddenly came from the elevator shaft behind him, sounding like a swarm of locusts passing through, dense and continuous.

The numbers on the row of elevators also began to jump uncontrollably, plummeting rapidly!

Ding, ding-ding, boom! The elevators fell, and a large number of unknown creatures began to slam into the elevator doors. The alloy elevator doors immediately began to bulge outward. Dalou and Shu Qin looked back and saw that the elevator doors were covered in claw marks and strange bulges from head-butting.

Seeing this scene, Shu Qin's expression changed drastically, and she shouted to Dalou:

"Dalou, retreat!"

Dalou took a deep breath and jumped from the cargo container into the elevator lobby. In an instant, the elevator doors behind him were also breached. Lights and sparks flashed; those elevator shafts were actually packed with pitch-black, bizarre underwater creatures. A stench filled the air, and these creatures, all covered in long black hair, swarmed out from the elevator shafts like a flood.

Doo!!!

The roaring Gatling gun's firepower poured out frantically. In an instant, blood mist exploded like fireworks in the elevator lobby, blocking these water monsters from rushing in.

Dalou retreated toward the corridor while firing, and Shu Qin and Lv Chang also closed in from behind. The three of them stood back-to-back in the water, retreating.

"We can't go up this way, retreat toward Team Leader Lin's position!"

Shu Qin's expression was grave as she pressed her headset: "Kiki, Director Ding!!"

"There are monsters, everyone be careful!"

At this moment, Kiki's voice finally came through the headset, accompanied by the sound of wind.

The water on the entire floor had risen to their thighs. Kiki took Ding Junyi and flew through the air. She had originally intended to turn into the atrium lobby, but a large number of black monsters suddenly surged out from the fork in the road ahead. She immediately pushed her hands out, and a shockwave shattered the corridor's light walls layer by layer, exploding the water surface and scattering the swarming water ghosts. She did not stop, flying along the original path toward the mech hangar.

Boom, boom.

The underground research facility emitted violent tremors, and the rising water level intensified.

Hearing the voice in her headset, Chen Sixuan also became nervous: "Miao Lu, provide cover for them!"

"Got it."

Squeak-ah!!

Just as she finished speaking, a monster resembling a starfish covered in black spikes suddenly floated up from the water ahead. A circle of sharp teeth in its center sprayed a ball of black water, heading straight for Chen Sixuan's face.

But at this instant, Chen Sixuan felt her heartbeat accelerate rapidly. The nervousness and anxiety in her heart were quickly suppressed by this mental power. Her gaze and expression grew increasingly cold and sharp; the sprayed black water even seemed to slow down slightly in her eyes.

She tilted her head, dodged the black water carrying corrosive poison, and quickly raised her A33K anti-material sniper rifle, aiming directly at the starfish at close range.

Bang!

The metal jet passed directly through the starfish's frontal mouth, creating a destruction zone nearly half a meter in diameter behind it due to the cavitation effect. The 12.7 armor-piercing round blasted a huge wave of water behind it after piercing through like a cannon.

Whoosh, whoosh~~!!

Watching the starfish's black spikes stop in front of her, Chen Sixuan's chest heaved rapidly as she continuously adjusted her breathing.

Gurgle, gurgle~

At this moment, she seemed to catch a sound. She immediately turned around, holding her rifle horizontally. She saw a water ghost covered in scales suddenly fly out of the deep water beneath the mech in front of Lin Xian. Chen Sixuan had already anticipated this and fired mid-air without hesitation!

Bang!

Lin Xian looked up and saw the water ghost lunging at his face explode in mid-air, leaving only a foul-smelling wind rushing toward him.

"Lin Xian!"

Chen Laoshi stood in the distant corridor, holding her gun and shouting at him.

"Done!"

【Mechanical scan complete, obtained T8-Z Vulcan Military Assault Type (Blueprint)】

【Mech body scan complete, 100% integrity, no mechanical faults.】

Woo~

Instantly, the Vulcan mech's booster engine began to start, thermal energy erupted from the air vents, and clear bubbles flowed out from the water continuously. This war machine, weighing over ten tons, was activated by Lin Xian once again.

Ssh~

At this moment, the high-strength hatch opened, and a corpse tilted forward and fell out. The corpse was soaked through, looking as if it had drowned.

But Lin Xian found it strange; the water level here hadn't completely submerged the cabin before, and this Vulcan mech's cockpit had excellent waterproofing. It was only when he opened it just now that lake water began to pour in. So, how did this pilot die?

Unexpectedly, a huge lump suddenly bulged on the corpse's back and burst open in an instant. Something pitch-black lunged out from the corpse, catching him off guard and attacking Lin Xian's face.

Scrape!

At this very moment, a powerful mechanical arm reached out rapidly and grabbed it precisely. Lin Xian's expression grew slightly grave as he looked at this guy trying to ambush him—it was actually a somewhat translucent invertebrate creature.

Its body was covered in a thin black film, and overall it looked like a slug with four tentacles.

Wade, wade, wade~

This bizarre slug looked soft, but it turned around and began to wrap around Lin Xian's mechanical arm. As it locked on and exerted force, the joints of his mechanical arm began to emit metallic sounds; its strength was actually immense!

"Good fellow!"

Lin Xian directly raised his hand and blasted out a surge of electricity, the scorching arc instantly piercing through the wriggling monster.

Squeak, squeak!!

At this, the bizarre slug in his hand began to struggle frantically. Lin Xian didn't say a word; his Mechanical Heart directly manipulated the Vulcan mech, raising its huge combat arm. Clang, woo! The spray suppressor below the main gun opened, and Lin Xian directly skewered the monster with a black spear and placed it in front of the thruster.

Boom!

The high-temperature flamethrower sprayed crimson flames, instantly roasting the bizarre slug into jerky on the spot.

Lin Xian then tossed it aside. Standing on top of the mech, he dragged the corpse out of the cockpit. At this moment, a cockpit that made his mechanical soul rejoice appeared in his sight.

The military green color scheme, holographic head-up display, and intelligent fire control panel made Lin Xian pause for a moment.

However, the situation was urgent. Lin Xian suppressed his excitement and quickly sat inside. The Mechanical Heart connected to the control system, and the entire mech was like a piece of clothing he had put on.

The Vulcan's cockpit wasn't small; he, a man of 1.8 meters wearing power armor, didn't feel too crowded sitting inside.

Ssh~

When he pressed the hatch lock, the combat hatch slowly lowered and closed, and then a deep, mechanical male voice sounded in his ears.

【Program starting】

【Connecting to pilot】

【Connection successful, new pilot confirmed】

A holographic light screen appeared before Lin Xian's eyes. The view outside the mech was incredibly clear, even wider than a human's field of vision. In addition, the intelligent fire control system, radar, and mech status parameters were all displayed in front of Lin Xian.

At this moment, Lin Xian felt an unparalleled sense of security surge from the bottom of his heart. He observed the cockpit all around; behind him, there was even a small storage area where he could keep some supplies and food, while on his left hand was a medical kit, and on his right was a mission terminal.

Lin Xian used his Mechanical Heart to connect to the co-state control device inside. Hearing a quick "woo" response, the entire mech began to move in the water.

Boom~ boom~

The heavy mech walked through the water, turned on the spot, and headed toward the corridor.

At this time, Kiki and Shu Qin's two teams had already converged, continuously resisting the tide of water ghosts that were like a flood, rushing toward the hangar.

"Chen Laoshi, Miao Lu, you go up to the lifting platform first and provide remote cover for them."

"Got it!"

Chen Sixuan immediately set off, and together with Miao Lu and the others, stepped through the water and climbed onto the large lifting platform.

Woo, woo!

Lin Xian piloted the Vulcan mech, walking directly toward the direction of the water ghost tide. The left-hand main gun and right-hand Vulcan cannon system were all disengaged from safety and mounted in place.

"You go up first, I'll hold them off!"

Seeing Lin Xian activate the mech, Kiki's eyes were filled with eagerness. She directly used both hands to exert her telekinesis, lifting everyone from the water, crossing the deep water area of the hangar, and moving them toward the lifting platform in the rear.

"Well done, kiddo."

Lin Xian sat in the cockpit, looking at the black monsters like a tide in front of him, his eyes spitting fire. He gritted his teeth, pushed the controller forward with both hands, and shouted: "Die, you bastards!!"

Woo! Ssh, ssh!

The T8-Z Vulcan military assault type's dual-arm main weapons lifted forward. The fire control suppressors and hydraulic shock absorbers at the elbows fully opened, and the Vulcan cannon barrels slowly rotated.

In an instant, firepower was unleashed at full capacity!

Doo!!!!!

The Vulcan cannon's golden jets lit up the corridor with dazzling light. Like a storm devouring everything, it blasted the hundreds and thousands of black water ghosts in front into fragments. A large number of shell casings were ejected from the side of the cannon like raindrops, falling into the water with a clatter.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

At the same time, the 75mm airborne main gun on the left hand began to show the prowess of a heavy cannon. Each shot fired with destructive power, piercing through the monster-clogged corridor for hundreds of meters like a skewer, then exploding violently. Each shot directly tore through dozens of water ghosts!

This Vulcan mech stood in the center of the corridor, its powerful firepower and deterrence completely suppressing the water ghosts that were like a tide. The pressure relief valves and radiators behind the mech continuously emitted steaming smoke.

A transparent slug from underwater suddenly jumped out, trying to climb up along the mech's mechanical legs. The onboard sensors couldn't detect such small things at all, but Lin Xian covered it with his Mechanical Heart; any movement on the mech could be clearly captured by him. While firing at full capacity with both hands, he directly controlled the mech to raise its right foot and stomp hard toward the water.

Splash!

Water splashed, and the black slug was directly stomped into a pulp.

"Lin Xian, there's a big guy behind!"

Lin Xian was enjoying the bombardment when he heard Kiki's words. His expression immediately grew slightly grave. Beep, beep, beep, beep—the mech's early warning system sounded. Rumble—a roar came from the corridor ahead, as if something huge was rushing through the floor and corridor rapidly.

"Retreat!"

Being underground with the Shijiu Lake water pouring in, Lin Xian could only return to the surface first; he could no longer care about whether the team members were marked or not.

Woo~

He stopped firing, turned around, and controlled the mech to run directly toward the lifting platform. The monster tide in the corridor, no longer suppressed, trampled over the mountain of their companions' corpse fragments and rushed toward the hangar lobby again.

As the water got deeper, these monsters moved faster, and more monsters appeared in various areas.

Rat-tat-tat!

At this time, the Infinite's team members fired one after another to cover Lin Xian's retreat.

Kiki, the moment Lin Xian's mech stepped onto the platform, used a shockwave against the water ghosts rushing from behind.

Boom.

At this very moment.

Thousands of water ghosts swarmed out from every corridor, beginning to fill the hangar lobby. They let out strange, rustling cries like locusts in the water, and soon drowned out the lights.

At this time, the mech lifting platform had already started. The Infinite's team members stood on the edge of the platform, firing at the area below with all their might, blocking the tide-like monsters. A large number of water ghosts climbed to the edge of the platform. Lin Xian directly manipulated the Vulcan mech's flamethrower, spraying it downward with full force, and flames soared into the sky.

Scrape, scrape, scrape!

The lifting platform emitted metallic strange sounds and finally rose to the upper level. Those monsters hanging on the edge were all crushed and severed by the shearing force of the lifting platform and the floor section!

At this time, everyone stopped firing, and the scene finally quieted down, leaving only the sound of the gun barrels cooling.

"Shu Qin, Dalou, Chen Laoshi, report casualties!"

Lin Xian shouted.

"Team Leader Lin, no one is injured."

Shu Qin and Chen Sixuan took a headcount; all twenty-plus people were present. Some teammates responsible for searching carried some supplies, and everyone was panting, feeling a bit relieved.

"Don't let your guard down, reload and prepare for battle!" Lin Xian sat in the mech cockpit and said loudly into the communicator: "Outside is a large testing ground; there may be many zombies and experimental subjects. Everyone, take up a defensive formation!"

"Got it!" Shu Qin and Dalou responded immediately.

"Chen Laoshi, after we go out, you are responsible for contacting the Infinite, and have Shasha and Huo Ge prepare to receive us."

"I understand," Chen Sixuan said.

Clang~ clang~

The lifting elevator rose floor by floor, the lights flickering. Lin Xian drove the Vulcan mech to the front, letting everyone hide behind the mech in a defensive formation.

Kiki operated the mobile terminal and opened the hangar door on the ground at this time.

On a flat patch of grass on the outskirts of Qingshui Town, the circular ground slowly separated, revealing a huge hangar entrance. Before long, a large mech slowly rose from below.

Everyone followed Lin Xian's Vulcan mech out of the underground research facility. Looking up, they saw that the sky above was pitch black, with no stars or moon, and they couldn't see their own hands in front of their faces; they couldn't see anything at all.

"The testing ground's canopy has been closed, blocking the light. Shu Qin, flare!"

Hearing this, Shu Qin didn't say a word, directly pulled a signal gun from the side of her leg, aimed at the sky, and fired—bang!

A sharp whistling sound was heard as the flare rose into the sky—bang! The incandescent light instantly shot toward the earth.

At this moment, everyone saw the huge curtain above the dome, like a hemisphere covering the earth, and in front, the outline of a small town appeared in their sight.

Kiki flew into the air, her gaze scanning rapidly. She immediately identified the direction and pressed her headset:

"2 o'clock direction, pass through the town's Nanjie, the exit is in the woods over there!"

"Let's go!"

Lin Xian didn't say a word, directly started the mech, and the Vulcan mech moved forward with heavy steps, while the crowd behind followed in rows, raising their guns to guard against the darkness on both sides of the road. Ugh, ah!!!

In the surrounding darkness, a large number of corpse howls sounded one after another. On the eve of the flare extinguishing, countless monster shadows moved from the direction of the town.

Lin Xian was now facing a formidable enemy. On the onboard radar in front of him, the red dots from all directions had gathered into a red ocean, rapidly approaching his center point!

【Large number of unknown creatures detected, activating pilot life protection protocol】

Ssh!

Inside the Vulcan cockpit, oxygen pressurization was activated, and at the same time, the auxiliary firing system was turned on. The fire control radar began to automatically capture dynamic targets.

"Maintain formation, don't get bogged down in a fight."

Ugh, ah!!!!

In the surrounding darkness, the roaring sounds approached one after another.

The members of the Infinite were all nervous now.

Ding Junyi was protected in the middle of the crowd. She looked at the surrounding darkness, and her expression didn't look good either. Chen Sixuan stood behind her: "Director Ding, you must stay close to Lin Xian."

"Thank you."

Ding Junyi touched the small green grass seedling on her head, her eyes flickering slightly. She actually wanted to help too, but she still hadn't figured out the principle of her little green grass's ability. Apart from a small flower blooming on her head when she was excited, it didn't seem to have any effect.

!

Everyone's flashlight beams swept continuously toward the surrounding darkness. At this moment, a red human-like monster rushed out from the darkness and lunged directly at the nearest female teammate.

Lv Chang was quick-witted; the light machine gun in his hand swept directly, the bullet jet piercing through the male monster's forehead and out the back of its head, bringing out a large splash of blood and flesh. The monster fell to the ground, struggling to grab at the female teammate's feet. Teammates on both sides fired together, instantly shooting it into a sieve.

Ah! Ah! Ah!

In just a moment, the second, the third, the tenth, the fiftieth...

A large number of human-like monster corpse tides kept running out from the darkness, and everyone's guns fired at almost the same time.

Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!

Like a string of firecrackers, smoke rose everywhere, and firepower poured toward the corpse tide swarming from all directions. Within the team, including Dalou, there were a total of three Roaring K23 electric rotary machine guns, firing toward the left, right, and rear respectively. The weapons in the hands of the Infinite's members were either light machine guns or grenade launchers, and the firepower was very strong. For a time, they forcibly repelled these tide-like dark offensives outside the shooting range of more than ten meters.

At the same time, everyone followed behind Lin Xian's Vulcan mech, continuously advancing toward the exit of the testing ground.

Inside the cockpit, Lin Xian watched the radar screen, controlling the left-hand airborne main gun to project firepower at the densest part of the corpse tide in the darkness to reduce the pressure on his teammates, while the Vulcan cannon on the right hand was in front, clearing the way.

Kiki flew behind the mech. Lin Xian instructed her to be responsible for dealing with the approaching monster tide, to conserve her energy, and not to release telekinetic shockwaves unless absolutely necessary, especially when firepower projection was lagging or someone was reloading, as her telekinetic barrier was very much needed to protect everyone and give them a breather.

Shu Qin and Lv Chang guarded the flanks. Both of them had excellent skills; in addition to firearms, they also carried melee weapons to prevent human-like monsters or some bizarre entities from making rapid breakthroughs.

Bang, bang, bang! Clatter~

At this time, everyone cooperated tacitly, and a large number of corpse tides were suppressed. The team entered the town's Nanjie, and monsters kept crawling out of the street shops, shattering the glass doors.

Click, click~

In the center of the road, twisted conjoined experimental subjects were densely mixed in the corpse tide, walking out slowly. The machine gun swept over, and they exploded in an instant. Bizarre black corpse insects crawled toward the team from the ground like a water flow. The team's machine guns swept the ground, kicking up a large amount of sparks, but they couldn't clear these pervasive insects at all.

"Kiki!" Lin Xian shouted. Seeing this scene, he knew Kiki needed to act.

"I know!"

Kiki gave a light shout, flew over rapidly, her eyes glowing. She reached out and grabbed the road surface, directly lifting the black insects, which were like a water flow, along with the corpse tide, as if lifting a carpet. The ground immediately shattered layer by layer, and dust waves splashed everywhere!

Boom!

The sound of a heavy sniper rifle exploded toward the sky. Chen Sixuan focused her gaze on the darkness above the department store and said to Lin Xian.

"Lin Xian, 11 o'clock direction above, Mist Spider!"

Cluster!

Before the words fell, a huge spider leg stabbed toward the top of Kiki's head.

Clang! The steel-slashing greatsword swept across. Dalou rushed over, holding the blade precisely with one hand to block Kiki's head, actually forcibly carrying the spider leg of the Mist Spider. The insect fuzz, like steel hair, slid out a string of sparks. Dalou reached out with his left hand, grabbed the sword hilt with both hands, flicked his wrist, and directly lifted the sword upward—whoosh! He completely severed the spider leg.

Whoosh, a flare exploded again, and the incandescent fire lit up the sky.

Above the department store, a huge green spider appeared in everyone's sight, its six extremely long spider legs making people's hearts tremble.

Woo, ssh!

At this time, Lin Xian's left-hand main gun had already lifted, aiming at the Mist Spider in the air and firing a shot.

Bang~!

In an instant, the Mist Spider's mandibles and its two front legs on the left side were blasted away. Dark green tissue fluid sprayed out, and the spider legs fell to the edge of the building like water pipes, then rolled down.

"Thanks, big guy!" Kiki shouted loudly, then flew up again to help the teammates in the rear block the corpse tide.

As a large number of human-like monster corpse tides were eliminated, along with the Mist Spider, many invisible black smoke gases gathered toward the crowd. The Infinite's team members' eyes flickered, and many people began to turn red, fear and oppressive aura flowing in their eyes.

Ding Junyi keenly noticed this scene and immediately pressed the headset communicator, saying to everyone:

"Everyone stay calm, don't let fear and slaughter erode your reason. Fear is a biological instinct, and so is courage!"

Hearing this, Lin Xian frowned, immediately understood something, and shouted to the crowd: "We'll be able to rush out soon, hold on!"

Ding Junyi and Lin Xian's words reached everyone's ears, and many people calmed down immediately, beginning to consciously suppress the trembling line of defense of their reason.

"Reload!"

"Bizarre entity appeared at 3 o'clock!"

"Concentrate firepower!"

Squeak!!! With a sharp whistle, an alien leech jumped out at 3 o'clock, but in an instant, it was grabbed in the air by Kiki with her ability. The teammates below advanced in layers, firepower arrived instantly, and it was shot into fragments in one go.

At this time, the cohesion and tacit understanding of the crowd were changing subtly. Although they were in the dark night, the teammates beside them gave people a feeling of a solid backing.

Boom!

Emerging from the town, the Vulcan's main gun blasted a path through the woods ahead. Lin Xian led the team toward the woods. Soon, the Vulcan mech's headlights found a hidden path in the woods; this was where Lin Xian and Kiki had ridden their motorcycles in before.

Clatter, the flamethrower ignited the trees along the way, the light became open, and zombies kept rushing out of the woods. At this time, many people's ammunition began to run low, and the corpse tide rushed closer.

The Roaring Gatling machine gun bullets in the team had already been shot out, and Dalou had to swing his steel-slashing greatsword, rushing up to fight these monsters in the dark night.

His speed was very fast, his whole body emitting a scarlet blood aura. Under the swing of the greatsword, there was a roaring wind, tearing those zombies apart like cutting melons and vegetables.

A female monster rushed out rapidly, jumped onto Dalou's shoulder, and bit down on his shoulder with a bloody mouth, bringing up a piece of flesh. Unexpectedly, Dalou didn't make a sound, directly reached out and grabbed the female monster's head, shouted, and slapped it toward the ground, forcibly shattering her head.

And the blood aura spraying from his shoulder made his combat power even stronger. While his wounds were continuously repairing, his eyes also began to glow with a crimson light.

Whoosh!

Shu Qin fired another flare into the sky in front of the woods. The light made the edge of the testing ground's canopy clearly visible, and huge reflectors and metal frames extended in an arc to the high sky.

Kiki rushed in front of the mech. She flew into the air, directly used a fan-shaped shockwave, and instantly shattered a piece of reflector!

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

The steel frame connections broke layer by layer, and suddenly a chain reaction formed. Large areas of reflectors began to shatter and fall, and the trend of breaking and collapsing extended continuously. Instantly, countless huge reflectors above the sky began to shatter and fall, bombarding the corpse group in the darkness!

Splash!! Boom, boom, boom!

"Careful!"

Lin Xian shouted: "Prepare to rush out!"

Bang!

The Vulcan main gun fired a shot, forcibly blasting a huge gap at the edge of the canopy in front. He operated the mech to accelerate and run directly, protecting his front with weapons crossed in both hands. With a "bang" sound, he rushed out of the testing ground with the momentum of a landslide.

At this time, the surrounding canopy steel frames began to deform completely, sinking layer by layer, emitting a wailing, sharp metallic sound in the darkness. A large number of steel frames and reflectors smashed large swaths of zombies and human-like monsters into fragments!

"Lin Xian, the car is still in the main entrance area of the research facility!" Chen Sixuan shouted at this time.

"I know, Kiki, Shu Qin, Miao Lu, go get the car, I'll hold the line!" Lin Xian shouted.

Doo~! Doo~!

The Vulcan cannon's bullets were also about to bottom out. Lin Xian prepared to lead the people to transfer there directly, while Kiki took Shu Qin and Miao Lu to move rapidly toward the research facility entrance. They had made a night beacon there and quickly found the direction.

At this time, many team members, including Lin Xian himself, still had dark marks on their bodies, attracting the remaining corpse tide in the Qingshui Town testing ground to pursue them, while only Dalou and the injured Lv Chang remained here.

The research facility was still a few kilometers away from the Infinite. In this dark night, he couldn't let these people run there on foot, especially given that everyone's bullets were almost exhausted; running blindly in the dark was equivalent to courting death.

So he had to lead the people to retreat to the main entrance direction, so that Kiki and the others could drive the car over quickly.

Bang!

A main gun shot exploded in the corpse tide, flashing with fire in the sky.

The Infinite's team members behind the mech no longer had much ammunition at this time; some took out spare pistols, and some simply picked up short knives and explosives to defend against the enemy.

"Ah!"

Dalou was blood-red all over, rushing into the monster group. He already had multiple wounds on his body, and his clothes were torn. Although his wounds were continuously repairing under the support of his evolutionary-level blood aura ability, there were too many corpse tides, and among them were powerful human-like monsters. Dalou was overwhelmed and continuously had new wounds torn by the monsters.

Lv Chang's M566 light machine gun had also run out. His left hand was bandaged, and his right hand held the GK03 electric knife Lin Xian had built for him. The electric arc flickered, and he rushed into the corpse group rapidly. Wherever the blade flashed, several heads fell to the ground.

Lin Xian looked at this scene in the mech's external vision system, his expression grave. He knew that both Dalou and Lv Chang were about to be unable to hold on.

"These zombies and human-like monsters, why do they feel more powerful than in Yubei City and Underground City No. 9?"

The corpse tide in the darkness not only had bizarre corpses controlled by black insects, but even ordinary rotting zombies were increasing in speed and strength. There was even a human-like monster covered in spikes that could actually block Dalou's steel-slashing greatsword with its hand. The steel spikes on its body were slashed by the greatsword, emitting sparks. Dalou roared, drew his sword, and slashed fiercely. Immediately, large chunks of flesh flew out, bringing up waves of blood.

Bang!

While Dalou was parrying, a heavy gun sounded. The head of the spike-covered human-like monster exploded in front of Dalou. The flesh of its sharp-toothed chin splashed onto Dalou's face. He wiped it off, looked toward the crowd following the sound, and saw Chen Sixuan maintaining a calm standing shooting posture.

Dalou hurriedly cast a look of gratitude. Chen Sixuan nodded slightly and immediately turned her gun to fire at another target.

Every time she fired, her lips parted slightly, and she silently counted:

"17."

Bang!

"18."

Chen Sixuan's targets at this time were all those agile or highly lethal human-like monsters and bizarre entities. Every calm shot would send an ugly monster to hell.

I don't know when, but this former Jiang University foreign language teacher had begun to exude the aura of a cold-blooded killer.

Ugh, ah!! The corpse tide was fierce, and the pressure doubled!

Boom!

The Vulcan main gun fired its last shell, blasting a group of approaching black insects. The fuzz on the black insects was completely ignited, bringing up a wave of fire.

At this time, a very strange, twisted sound suddenly rang out. The radar early warning system inside the mech sounded a frantic alarm, and the external vision system automatically zoomed in. Shockingly, behind the fire, he saw a multi-meter-long tentacle-type bizarre entity nimbly drilling out from countless zombies and attacking toward Dalou's direction.

The monster looked just like an upside-down human, its body covered in scarlet tentacles, and its movement method was extremely bizarre. In just an instant, it arrived behind Dalou.

At this time, Dalou was already covered in blood, and the light in his eyes was flourishing; obviously, his mental power had reached its limit.

"Dalou, watch your back!"

Lin Xian directly pressed the hatch release, preparing to come out of the mech to provide support, but it was too late. One of the tentacle bizarre entity's spike-covered arms was already in a sharp posture, stabbing toward the back of Dalou's head!!!

"Monster, don't you dare hurt my roommate!!"

Boom!!

Suddenly, a pillar of crimson fire rushed down from the sky, illuminating a range of nearly a hundred meters. The fire pillar instantly pressed the tentacle bizarre entity to the ground. A dashing figure descended from the sky in a palm-strike posture, spraying high-temperature flames violently. The tentacle bizarre entity twisted frantically in the fire, and the flames spread wantonly, burning dozens of surrounding zombies into ashes.

Dalou turned around and blocked with his steel-slashing greatsword, and the scorching heat wave directly blasted him away.

Lu Xingchen!!

"Ashes shall be your destination!"

Like a falling rocket, he sprayed flames and descended slowly in the center of the fire. The tentacle bizarre entity below had already been burned into charcoal alive. Then, Lu Xingchen opened his hands, shook off the sky full of sparks, and landed on the charred corpse of the tentacle bizarre entity.

Click~

The charred corpse instantly turned into black burning ashes and scattered.

Seeing Lu Xingchen arrive, Lin Xian thought it must have been Chen Sixuan's timely summoning.

"Wow!! It's Huo Ge!"

"Huo Ge is here!!"

Among the Infinite's members, two little fan girls shouted excitedly.

Ssh~

At this time, the Vulcan's hatch opened. Lin Xian stood out, looked at Lu Xingchen, who was showing off while standing in the sky full of ashes, and couldn't help but say:

"Why is this guy's entrance method different every time? Damn, he really looked cool this time."

"Brother Lin."

Lu Xingchen walked toward Lin Xian dashingly while raising his hand to spray a large fire to his side. A wall of fire burned fiercely, instantly reducing the pressure on everyone significantly.

"Am I late?"

"You're way too late!!"

Before Lin Xian could speak, on the other side, the roar of several off-road vehicle engines suddenly came. Kiki, Shu Qin, and Miao Lu each drove one. At the same time, Kiki also used her ability to grab several motorcycles; these were the Infinite's mobile vehicles. At this time, the vehicles rushed out of the corpse group violently. Boom! Kiki released a semi-circular shockwave, instantly shaking back the corpse tide around the squad.

Kiki got out of the car and said to Lu Xingchen: "Where's Shasha?"

"She must have stayed in the car to facilitate controlling the firepower to cover us getting on the car," Lu Xingchen said seriously.

"Alright, everyone get in the car!" Lin Xian shouted to the crowd: "Kiki, cover everyone getting in the car, Dalou, Lv Chang, Chen Laoshi, Director Ding, you follow, Huo Ge and I will cover the rear!"

"Got it!" Dalou and Lv Chang nodded in unison.

"Team Leader Lin, be careful," Shu Qin said.

All the team members got into the cars or on the motorcycles at this time, and soon they began to set off toward the Infinite. Kiki flew in the air to cover everyone, while Lin Xian and Huo Ge covered the rear.

Hum, hum, hum!

Instantly, several cars filled with the Infinite's team members rushed out of the dark night.

Lin Xian drove the mech to run rapidly. Now the mech's ammunition was exhausted and it had no combat capability, while Huo Ge stood on the mech's shoulder, continuously using his newly developed skills against the corpse tide pursuing from behind.

"Godly Supernova Flame Explosion!"

"Godly Flame Slash!"

Violent flames continuously washed over the corpse tide behind. The road along the way was ignited. Countless zombies continued to run while burning with flames, their corpse oil and clothing fragments continuously burning and dripping, but they couldn't feel any pain at all and were soon burned into charred corpses.

"Brother Lin, be careful!"

In the communicator, Shasha's voice was heard at this time.

In the sight ahead, a black train stretched for hundreds of meters, the lights were bright, and the 1130 close-in defense gun had already risen, the base rotating with destructive intent!

"Carriage 11, Carriage 5, prepare to open the doors. Kiki, load the mech into it for me later."

"Understood!" Kiki's voice came.

Fortunately, there was Kiki, a telekinetic ability user; otherwise, Lin Xian wouldn't have known how to load this 3-meter-tall mech into the train for a while. He would have to redesign a set of in-train mech loading devices.

The height of the train carriage was only 2.8 meters in total. He could only load this T8-Z Vulcan military assault type in a horizontal position, unless he completely dismantled the top of a carriage and made a device similar to the research facility's mech hangar lifting platform.

Ssh, doo!!!

At this time, the 1130 close-in defense gun, which had locked onto the target with fire control radar, began to exert its power. The surging firepower line swept directly across the plain by the lake. Those corpse tides, human-like monsters, strange insects, and bizarre entities in the darkness appeared extremely fragile in front of the metal jet of 10,000 rounds of 30mm tungsten-core armor-piercing bullets per minute. The severed limbs and insect bodies were like sand; even if they were just grazed by a single bullet, it would directly cause half of their bodies to collapse.

Instantly, the pressure behind Lin Xian and Huo Ge decreased sharply.

And as the vehicles returned to the Infinite one by one, the moment the carriage doors closed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Ssh.

The heavy automatic blast-proof doors closed, and the Infinite's outer armor electric blade system extended. Under the protection of the heavy armor and flap guards, those remaining zombies and strange insects could no longer pose any threat.

Ugh, ah! Ugh, ah!

Zombies continuously scratched at the heavy armor, making scratching sounds, while the Infinite stood motionless. People on the train looked at the crazy zombies outside through the windows, each of them having a sense of pleasure from surviving a disaster, and a huge sense of security surged in everyone's hearts.

Dozens of people were sweating profusely, sighing with relief. Lin Xian walked out of the mech cabin, looked at the Vulcan mech he had brought back, the full-effect medical cabin, a pile of living supplies of all sizes, and the mysterious containment device, and let out a long sigh.

"Finally back."

Lin Xian's eyes were burning; with so many gains, it was time to properly upgrade his combat power!

(End of chapter)