Chapter 302: Courage

Ye Nan's words made Matthew's face change again and again. At the same time, the Licker also took advantage of Ye Nan's inattention and secretly fled from here. However, in Ye Nan's perception, it didn't flee, but was quietly lurking on the train, ready to sneak attack at any time.

After Ye Nan finished speaking, he didn't care whether Matthew was willing or not, and walked straight out, taking Alice with him.

"Damn it." Matthew cursed inwardly, walked to the front of the car, and gathered with Kaplan, Jason, and another female mercenary, Michelle, inside.

"What's wrong, sir." Michelle smiled lightly and said: "Why are you frowning? We are already about to leave, we should be happy."

Michelle was a black girl. Although her temper was somewhat irritable and she was also a famous hot beauty among the mercenaries, when she was about to escape, she couldn't help but be happy, and her words became casual.

"Things are not that easy." Matthew shook his head and told everything he saw and what Ye Nan said.

"He let us face that monster, just to prove our strength, the strength to cooperate with him."

"What, Licker." Jason was shocked, his face panicked. Soon, his cry attracted the attention of Matthew and the others. In desperation, he told the information about the Licker.

"The Licker is a monster formed in the late stage of T-virus infection." 【302-1

"I believe everyone has heard Red Queen. Humans infected with the T-virus undergo constant metabolism. They expel unwanted cells accumulated in their bodies to the surface of their skin, and at the same time, they feel hungry and eat incessantly. When food can no longer satisfy a zombie, the zombie reaches a dead end, and their cells simply collapse."

"However, a portion of zombies are strange. In experiments, they did not collapse. Instead, they evolved directly. The product of this evolution is called a Licker."

"Their cellular tissue has completely rotted away. Things like skin are, to them, essentially just air. Except for their brains, all their cells are completely exposed, and their defensive capabilities are even worse than ordinary zombies."

"But if you think they are vulnerable, you are dead wrong."

"Their cellular decay causes the connections between cells to become optional. It also means that if you blow off a part of its body, it will have no impact on it as a whole."

"At the same time, because of the T-virus evolution and the collapse of cellular tissue, the genes inside it have also become chaotic. Certain unstable genes hidden deep within the human body also emerge, and these genes grant them very powerful strength."

"In short, a Licker is an existence even more zombie-like than a zombie."

Jason finished speaking in one breath, only to realize that everyone had turned pale. He immediately forced a smile, "But everyone, don't worry. In reality, a Licker isn't much stronger than an ordinary zombie. Its head is still its weak point. As long as we aim our attacks at its head, we don't have to fear not being able to kill it."

"Correct," Matthew nodded in agreement. "No matter how powerful it is, it's still a zombie, and we have guns in our hands. As long as we hit its head, we can defeat it. Besides, Ye Nan won't just watch us get killed."

After Matthew finished speaking, he raised his pistol, checking the ammunition and the safety. "We are mercenaries, not a group of stragglers, nor are we defeated soldiers."

"Gather your courage. The moment for us to fight and prove our courage has arrived."

Matthew spoke with passion, instantly stirring up their fighting spirit. The group, who had previously been dejected, suddenly became full of fighting spirit.

"He is indeed a suitable leader." Ye Nan's spiritual sense had been monitoring this place all along. When he saw Matthew inspire the group's morale through his words, he couldn't help but nod...

A leader doesn't necessarily have to think about problems comprehensively—after all, high-IQ geniuses aren't found everywhere—but if a leader cannot even inspire the morale of their subordinates, then that leader is a fool.

Especially for mercenaries, who are figures walking between life and death, if their leader is someone who sighs all day long, even if their combat prowess rivals a tiger, it is hard to imagine them accomplishing anything significant.

Hiss!

While Matthew was boosting morale, the Licker suddenly attacked. It broke through the window on the left side of the train, smashed the glass, and lunged inside. At the same time, its two claws reached out fiercely, pouncing toward Jason.

"Damn it, it's a Licker!" Matthew roared, aiming his pistol at the Licker.

Several bangs of gunfire struck the Licker's body, creating a series of holes and sprays of blood.

But the Licker only swayed for a moment and continued to pounce toward Jason, as if it had already locked onto him.

"Don't look down on me!" Jason roared. He spread his arms, seized the opportunity, and the moment the Licker lunged over, he grabbed its hands.

"Your weakness is the resilience of your body."

Jason's hands clamped onto the Licker's wrists, and at the same time, he used his head to thrust forcefully, pushing against the Licker's abdomen and driving it back.

Because its cells were completely rotted, the Licker's body mass did not match the strength it displayed. It gave one the feeling that if one exerted too much force, its body would come apart, even though it didn't actually come apart.

Others also came up to help at this moment. Only the sounds of bang, bang, bang rang out, and in an instant, a dozen more bullet holes appeared on the Licker's body.

Pale yellow blood bloomed on the Licker's body, and a foul stench emanated from it. Because it was dodging bullets, the Licker scurried around in this narrow space, and likewise, the foul-smelling liquid splattered everywhere, causing the surroundings to reek.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Several bullets struck the iron wall, throwing off a series of sparks, while the Licker scurried about, constantly moving its body and occasionally launching a counterattack. In an instant, everyone fell into a stalemate.

Suddenly, the leader of the mercenaries, Matthew, stumbled, looking as if he were about to fall to the ground, and a small gap appeared in the barrage of fire.

Hiss! Hiss!

The Licker spotted an opportunity and lunged forward, but everyone smiled. Michelle and Ryan simultaneously aimed their pistols at the Licker.

Bang!

The moment the Licker extended its tongue, its brain was struck by two bullets and exploded violently. But at the same time, its tongue pierced through Matthew's shoulder; that snake-like organ detached from the Licker and burrowed into Matthew's body.