Chapter 376: Enemy Assault

This life of mine was saved by you, and my present strength is also given by you.

Speaking frankly, you've given me far too much.

No matter when, I, Zhang Tie, will only die ahead of your Lin Team.

Patting his chest, Xiong Hanzi suddenly mysteriously sidled up to Lin An's ear:

"Lin Dui, I'll tell you a secret."

"Huh?"

Lin An looked at the smirking Xiong Hanzi with some surprise, inevitably finding it a bit amusing.

"What secret?"

Zhang Tie smacked his lips, speaking somewhat mysteriously:

"Lin Dui, when I was young I had my fortune told, and that fortune-teller was especially accurate!"

"He told me that I have a tough life! I just can't die!"

"Think about it. After all these things, when have I, Zhang Tie, ever had an accident?"

"Tsk, look at my talent—immune to death for 3 seconds! Doesn't that show even the system thinks I have a tough life?"

"So..."

He spoke with deep meaning, as if he had realized a truth:

"Lin Dui, think about it—I will definitely die ahead of you if I die."

"But I was born with a tough life—I can't die!"

"Hehe, isn't this just getting stuck on some bug?"

"So, so you don't need to worry!"

Lin An looked at the earnest Xiong Hanzi, somewhat amused, and couldn't help shaking his head.

What a strange theory.

However, being interrupted by Zhang Tie like that, my mood indeed relaxed quite a bit.

Just as Lin An was about to say something, dense gunfire suddenly came from the front position.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!"

Suddenly, a dazzling fire dragon erupted on the front position, the flames spitting from the gun muzzles occasionally illuminating the nearby battlefield.

Gunfire roared, one after another.

Lin An froze slightly, instinctively spreading his mental power.

Is another, slightly larger corpse tide approaching?

Didn't I issue an order?

At night, try not to attract zombies, to avoid causing a camp explosion (blowing up the camp).

Zhang Tie beside him also couldn't help furrowing his brow.

The beast's instinct let him vaguely sense a lurking danger.

"Fire! Fire quickly!"

The squad leader responsible for command shouted heart-wrenchingly, then after tossing a grenade not far ahead, hurriedly covered his head and crouched down.

"Boom!!"

Smoke and dust rose everywhere, firelight exploded.

Hidden in the darkness, the grotesque, rotting faces of a large horde of zombies were illuminated by gunfire, flashing by in an instant.

At least over a hundred thousand zombies!

After hastily checking the number, the squad leader seized the machine gun dismounted from the nearby armored vehicle and opened fire.

"Quick! Let the rear units rush up! We can't hold back this many zombies!"

A hundred thousand zombies—not all of them, but just on his position there are that many.

In the view from both sides, nearly every position simultaneously lit up with dense gunfire.

Angry shouts and the roar of heavy machine guns filled his ears.

All positions are firing.

This means each position is facing a massive zombie assault.

Are the zombies launching a surprise attack under cover of night?

Before he could think further, the young soldier Luo Bing beside him, who hadn't yet had a chance to change posts, hastily aimed his gun and fired.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The bullets shot out but didn't hit anything; instead they kicked up gravel from the ground.

The more he fired, the more panicked he became.

One shot... two shots...

Under tension, every shot missed.

Not only that.

The zombies, originally slow-moving like stationary targets, now seemed to have taken stimulants, their speed much greater than before.

After confirming he wasn't seeing things and it wasn't an isolated case,

Luo Bing turned his head anxiously toward the squad leader:

"Old Wang! Zombies! The zombies seem to be able to run!"

"What?!"

The roaring heavy machine gun stalled, and the veteran squad leader operating it abruptly straightened his body.

At the edge of vision, the black zombie horde linked into a line was running.

His hands and feet were icy cold.

"Ahhhh!"

Near the position, dozens of the fastest zombies suddenly rushed out from the darkness, their swift howling attacks catching the soldiers off guard.

Soldiers who encountered the zombies didn't have time to fire before half their faces were torn off in their cries.

Piercing screams.

From the discovery of the new attacking zombie horde until now.

In just two minutes, the encirclement line began to suffer casualties.

The speed of the zombie assault exceeded their comprehension.

"Beep-beep-beep"

"Beep-beep-beep"

"Beep-beep-beep"

Self-detonating Crystal Core explosion alert.

When the Wang-surnamed veteran just came to, he only heard continuous explosion alerts coming from the nearby position.

The dense alert sounds merged into a constant noise.

"Bang!!"

Three seconds later, the skull shattered.

The exploding brain dyed the entire position red.

The squad captain, seeing the terror, swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

The trigger condition for the Self-detonating Crystal Core is infection with corpse poison and abnormal heartbeats.

Previously, the crystal cores only detonated at the critical moment after virus infection, when soldiers were about to turn into zombies.

This design maximally 'exploits' the soldiers' value.

Just before turning into a zombie, they can still fight a bit longer.

But under normal circumstances.

If less than about ten minutes have passed, the crystal core cannot be detected!

Too fast! Too fast!

Everything happened too fast.

From the zombie horde charging into the position to the crystal core detonation, only a few seconds.

This means the zombie virus's toxicity has increased a hundredfold!

Unbelievable.

A strong surge of shock filled the mind.

"Captain!!"

Breathing heavy, Luo Bing fumbled to load the bullets.

The nearest zombie was under fifty meters away; at this distance he could even see the bloodlust in the zombies' eyes through the gunfire.

"Roar!!"

The continuous howls drowned out the gunfire.

In just a few minutes, the alert sounds of mass self-detonations rang out.

"Lin Dui!!"

"What should we do!!"

The nighttime zombie attack disrupted Lin An's plans.

Noticing the change in the front line, Zhang Tie's face grew grave, somewhat anxious.

After a brief moment of thought, Lin An decisively gave the order:

"Flares rise! All rear reserve units move forward to hold the line!"

"Zhang Tie! Gao Tian! Prepare to support the breach in the line!"

Although the view was blocked, unable to see clearly what was happening ahead on the position.

According to the gunfire and mental sense, Lin An could clearly feel a large amount of life force fading.

No reason for it to be this fast!

With excellent hearing, he could faintly distinguish the beeping of the self-detonating Crystal Core.

Has the zombie virus been strengthened?

Before he could think further, batches of tracer rounds were shot into the sky, illuminating the battlefield like dawn.

One hundred thousand...

One million..

Ten million!

His pupils suddenly constricted.

Lin An hastily looked up at the Corpse Mountain surrounding the high tower, and moments later he shockingly discovered an anomaly there.

The Corpse Mountain, originally formed from piled-up dense zombies, clearly revealed gaps upon close observation.

Damn it!

This group of zombies, unknown since when, secretly 'drafted' large numbers of zombies from within the Corpse Mountain to attack.

Taking a deep breath, Lin An without hesitation directly activated Air Step.

Only seeing his figure flash, he leapt into midair like stepping on a ladder.

Celestial Human Form

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