Chapter 517: Regaining confidence

"He's back! The big brother from the King of Hell Legion has lured the zombies over!"

"Ah? Why lure them here..."

"You've been watching for half a day, what the hell are you looking at? Luring zombies here is naturally to kill them. Do you think they're being stewed for you to eat?"

A group of people standing by the windows on the second and third floors discussed heatedly. The sight of the zombies running wildly made them have lingering fears, but as long as they thought of the solid barrier built by the King of Hell Legion downstairs, their hearts felt much more at peace.

Some people had been dissatisfied because they saw the combatants eating meat, drinking, and enjoying themselves, but at this moment, all their grievances vanished. The combatants were defending the safety of the camp with their lives. If they weren't blocking the front, these ordinary members would be very miserable.

"Ready, everyone ready. That guy emitting black smoke has also followed. Damn, it's all because its legs and feet are clumsy, delaying my time!"

Qi Xiaoshuai rushed into the mall gate, panting and cursing angrily.

It turned out that shortly after he started attracting the zombies, he suddenly discovered a serious problem: the black gas zombie's movement speed was surprisingly slow, about the same as an ordinary zombie in cold weather before the snow. In the blink of an eye, it was left far behind by the Big Guys and the current ordinary zombies!

Qi Xiaoshuai tried to ignore it, thinking it should be able to chase after them, and ran forward with all his might, only to find that the black gas zombie had actually been lost!

This made him feel very frantic. He wanted to ignore it, but then thought, since he had promised to lure the black gas zombie back, he had to do it.

Under the frantic running, plus the initial distance difference, he was two or three hundred meters ahead of the zombies. Qi Xiaoshuai had a sudden inspiration and ducked into a shop beside the street. After the chasing Big Guys and ordinary zombies lost their target, he jumped from the second floor to the back of the shop, circled back, and found the black gas zombie again...

If he still took the original route with the black gas zombie, he would directly bump into those Big Guys and ordinary zombies that had fallen into a confused state again because they lost their target. He had no choice but to detour to another road!

Things that could have been done in one go took him two extra detours, plus the time wasted on detouring, making a three-to-five-minute workload take twenty minutes. Fortunately, he completed the mission without danger, but he ran until his lungs were about to burst. His small face was pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans flowed down his neck.

"Fine, Xiaoshuai, well done. You watch the battle with peace of mind, leave the rest to us!"

Zhang Su watched the ordinary zombies rush out from beside the office building with crazy steps and said to Qi Xiaoshuai.

"Everyone, ammunition is limited. Aim and kill. Whoever dares to spray, go clean the toilets tomorrow!"

With an order, no one hesitated and started shooting directly.

*Da-da, pa-pa, tu-tu... *

Various gunshots intersected. An organized and disciplined defensive battle was simply not comparable to an encounter battle. This preparation wasn't just about defensive fortifications and weapons, but also psychological. Waiting for the enemy to take the bait and sniping them was completely different from roaring when encountering enemies on the road! Firelight flickered on one side of the dim street. Although the light was average, it hadn't reached the point of being completely invisible. The stable mindset improved the accuracy of the shooting. The fastest zombie only rushed to the green belt on the Le Gou mall side before finally being shot dead. Some unlucky ones had their heads blown off as soon as they poked their heads out from beside the office building.

The number of ordinary zombies was much higher than what Qi Xiaoshuai reported, about fifty of them, probably attracted from the shops along the road on the way back. But in the face of firepower, it didn't matter. Especially with shooting experts led by Tan Huajun participating, the ratio between ammunition consumption and the number of kills was very beautiful—basically, three to five bullets could kill one! There was no gap at all. Before the last few ordinary zombies fell, the Big Guys had already rushed out with a *deng-deng-deng* sound. That posture was quite impactful, like a small locomotive. Let alone slapping or biting people, being hit by it would make you vomit blood.

"Eh?"

Lu Yubo asked suspiciously: "Is this Big Guy a mute?"

"Yeah, no sound, quite damn strange..."

Immediately, the few people stationed at the Le Gou mall discovered the abnormality. They had been used to the disgusting roars from the throats of zombies for a long time, and suddenly it was gone, which felt a bit uncomfortable.

"I think this counts as a kind of enhancement. We must be careful in the future!"

Zhang Su said loudly and seriously. Ordinary zombies were silly and would scream when they saw people, and even when there were no people, they would always make some meaningless noises in their throats, making it easy for people to grasp their movements. They couldn't even hide, which was actually very conducive for humans to deal with zombies.

Conversely, look at the Big Guys. Their mouths were open so wide, but there was no sound at all. Unless they opened their legs and ran wildly—and even then, their fast way of moving was more like a big stride—only then would there be a little noise. At other times, they were truly very quiet! To exaggerate, if there were a few Big Guys hiding behind a door, you wouldn't feel anything at all before opening the door!

From their bodies, it could be clearly seen that the Big Guys had both men and women. As for why they became like this, it was unknown. Regardless of whether they were men or women before death, their body shapes were very similar after being reinforced into Big Guys, and it was estimated that there would be no difference in strength.

Everyone soon understood the meaning of Zhang Su's words. The few people who had their first close contact with the Big Guys also put away their contempt.

*Da-da-da... *

*Puff. *

Regardless of their marksmanship, everyone wanted to participate in the battle. Many people fired, and the Big Guys' heads were blown up without exception. Inertia carried their bodies forward, and they rolled on the road like gourds, blocked by the corpses of several ordinary zombies.

*Puff, puff... *

Immediately after, two more Big Guys died under hot weapons.

"Blew your head up, hahaha! I fired this shot; Sister Fatty didn't even fire!"

"Go fart your horse's fart. It was clearly me who fired. If you don't believe me, pick out the bullets later and see..."

No one had argued about this before because Tan Huajun was shooting seriously. Now that she was changing magazines, the others immediately became spirited, all feeling they had made a contribution! "Refreshing, finally got revenge, damn."

The combatants who had been tortured by zombies to the point of almost being annihilated at the time felt their heroic spirit expand at this moment. They discovered that Big Guy zombies were nothing more than this; in the end, they could be knocked down with one shot! With a gun in hand, the world is mine!

The combatants with poor marksmanship secretly made up their minds to practice hard once they got through this hurdle. As for whether the bullets were enough, they hadn't considered that step yet...

*Puff, puff, puff! *

Without ordinary zombies charging in front, the Big Guys were isolated and helpless. Under several rounds of intensive point shooting, they all died in battle. The luckiest one barely ran to the road and fell on the street without even crossing the double yellow line! "Brother Su, aren't we pretty badass? Hahaha."

"Gunpowder and firearms are truly great inventions!"

"Learn from Sister Fatty, I also want to be a sharpshooter..."

People longed to have the strength to fight Big Guys alone like Zhang Su, but by comparison, it was clearly simpler to use guns to solve it, and practicing marksmanship was also simpler than achieving Zhang Su's combat power! Hot weapons leveled the distance between ordinary people and experts, and also allowed everyone to regain confidence.

"Don't get excited too early. The real big guy hasn't been solved yet!"

Zhang Su looked at the motionless zombie corpses on the road, feeling a sense of relief in his heart, but he couldn't show it too obviously, especially since the real enemy hadn't appeared yet. Why be happy so early? "Brother Su, we still have bullets in our guns. We're not afraid of mutated zombies either. Watch me blow its head off with one shot!"

Lu Yubo was very smug. Regardless of what means were used to win the battle, it was a small victory without casualties for now, which was worth being happy about.

The term "mutated zombie" was sometimes used to classify zombies. When Big Guys and ordinary zombies were together, Big Guys were mutated zombies. But when more special black gas zombies appeared, Big Guys were reduced to slightly stronger ordinary zombies. Apart from their size, they had no special features, and there were too many of them.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 518 =====