Cutting the collapsed building into sections and moving them away was crude but practical.
Watching sections of the building weighing more than 10 tons being moved away, Lin Xinghai thought it would probably take a minute or two to clear a path wide enough for the convoy to get through.
Sure, a minute or two would have normally been super quick, but the thing was that they weren’t only in Heaven’s Peak City, but also close to the city center.
The zombies here were densely packed. Not to mention there were other zombies following them as they charged at the convoy!
Typically, the zombies would stop chasing after putting a distance of about 100 meters.
However, it was impossible to get rid of the zombies chasing them now. At this time, the number of zombies following the convoy exceeded at least 300.
The 1st Team in the rear position would undoubtedly bear the brunt of these zombie attacks.
“Prepare your hand cannon for range bombing.” Roger immediately ordered.
Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom!
A series of explosions sounded immediately, forming a line of defense intertwined with explosions and flames. However, because there were too many zombies and the 1st Team had too few people, most of the zombies still broke through the defense line.
But what greeted these zombies were bullets of the Shredder Rifles.
But again, the 1st Team had limited members. Even including Lin Xinghai, there were only 12 people. In the end, zombies reached the armored vehicle.
Rrraaahhh!
These zombies pounced on the vehicles wildly. Their sharp claws were terrifying. As their claws scratched the vehicles, sparks were sent flying from the surface of the armored vehicle.
Luckily, the armored vehicle was made of highly durable alloy instead of ordinary steel. Otherwise, the zombies would break through the defense and rush into the vehicle.
Still, that was a hypothetical situation. Facing the thick and durable armored vehicle, the zombie attacks were useless.
At least that was the case before the advanced zombies appeared.
However, Lin Xinghai couldn’t help but frown when he looked at the zombie lying in front of the shooting port, trying desperately to get inside.
Thwack!
Roger cut off the zombie’s head with his blade, “Get a hold of yourself. Kill the zombies, and try to intercept the zombie horde here. The armored vehicle is not afraid of the zombie horde, but it does not mean the two multi-functional off-road vehicles in front of the convoy are safe.”
Upon hearing the instruction, Lin Xinghai acted quickly. He raised his foot to kick the headless corpse away.
But halfway through kicking his leg, he stopped abruptly.
He seemed to have thought of something. There was light in his eyes, “This is a good opportunity!”
Then, instead of kicking the dead zombie, he pushed the zombie away at the spot of its injury.
“Ding! Blood Essence detected. Do you wish to absorb it?”
While happily choosing yes, Lin Xinghai quickly pushed the body away and waited for the next zombie to arrive.
Indeed, he was going to take advantage of this opportunity to acquire more Blood Essence.
Lin Xinghai didn’t need to wait for long. After the corpse was shoved away, the next zombie rushed over to fill in the empty space immediately.
This time, Lin Xinghai stabbed out with his vibro-dagger before the zombie’s head could reach in.
The zombies had sturdy bones. To guarantee a swift kill, he activated the vibro mode of his dagger.
Buzz!
Under the high-frequency vibration, the dagger penetrated the zombie’s head with almost no hindrance.
The target was killed instantly!
While Lin Xinghai pulled out the dagger, his fingers gently touched the wound.
“Ding! Blood Essence detected. Do you wish to absorb it?”
A pleasant system prompt sounded. Lin Xinghai acquired another point of Blood Essence.
Now, Lin Xinghai didn’t need anyone’s orders at all, and his enthusiasm rose to 200%.
He even occupied two firing ports. If a zombie wanted to crawl in through the firing ports, he would deliver a fatal blow and collect the Blood Essence at the same time.
His actions baffled Roger. Why the trouble when you can deal with the zombies with bullets?
However, Roger didn’t say anything. Lin Xinghai showed swift action, and his efficiency in eradicating the zombies was satisfactory. Moreover, his actions would help him get familiar with using vibro-dagger.
Harvesting Blood Essence was a joyful experience, but it didn’t last long.
The two mechas “Sky Fracture” and “Sky Frost” worked so quickly that it only took a minute to clear the path.
The convoy resumed its advance and got away from this place quickly!
For everyone else, this was good news. But for Lin Xinghai, it was undoubtedly bad news.
However, there was no way for Lin Xinghai to make the convoy stop. So, he could only silently open the system panel. After taking a look, his mood improved a lot.
His Blood Essence had reached 76 points.
After taking into account the two vials of genetic serums that he hadn’t used, it was equivalent to 86 points of Blood Essence.
In other words, he was only short of 14 points of Blood Essence before he could attain a breakthrough and awaken his powers.
The piercing alarm brought Lin Xinghai back from his thoughts.
He glanced at the screen and saw two advanced zombies appearing at the same time.
Lin Xinghai had long discovered that the closer they were to the city center, the more frequently these advanced zombies would appear.
But he didn’t expect them to appear together. This seems to be getting more and more dangerous.
To deal with the advanced zombies, Roger and Xu Hao were divided into two teams. They called in two more members with good marksmanship to cooperate.
In the end, the convoy overcame the threat safely.
However, the 1st Team only had a limited number. To deal with the advanced zombies, four people were occupied at once. The manpower to deal with other zombies would undoubtedly be even more stretched.
It was then that the other members discovered that Lin Xinghai, who had never been included in their combat output, was unknowingly not much worse than them in marksmanship.
Especially when shooting at targets within 10 meters, Lin Xinghai never missed his targets, which greatly reduced their pressure on holding the defense.
“Didn’t he just learn how to shoot? Oh my God! How did he achieve this?”
“I just noticed that his marksmanship has improved very quickly, and it seems to improve with every shot he takes.”
“If genetic assessment is good, can it also improve learning efficiency? Why haven’t I heard of this before?”
“You call this improving learning efficiency? This is simply cheating, okay?”
For a moment, everyone in the vehicle was talking about it.
The conversation between these people made Lin Xinghai feel guilty. He was reflecting on himself, had I gone too far?
However, he also discovered that everyone’s curiosity about him was just lip service. They would not go into details.
Moreover, the team seemed to be more welcoming to him.
Because they no longer regarded Lin Xinghai as a newcomer, but as a teammate whom they could truly rely on.
“With the speed at which your marksmanship is improving, you will probably be left with the responsibility of sniping advanced zombies next time you carry out a mission.” Roger couldn’t help but sigh.
In the end, Roger finally got over it.
When the talent gap reached a certain distance, there was no jealousy anymore.
Roger wanted to sigh. Is he still a human?