After Fang Tianhe gave the order, he and Shen Han immediately left the team, heading toward the direction where the mutant zombie appeared.
The three young captains, Roger, Wu Yan, and Xu Haishui, also quickly organized the remaining members to form a defensive formation.
They were veteran mercenaries in the field. In fact, the captains only needed to issue an order to lay out the defensive formation.
The group of mercenaries quickly chose a suitable terrain and then formed a defensive formation, relying on the two multi-purpose off-road vehicles.
Everything took less than a minute.
“Captain Roger, didn’t the leader and vice leader go to deal with the mutant zombie? Why do we need to set up a defensive formation?” Lin Xinghai finally seized the opportunity and asked after seeing everyone was on standby.
“Because mutant zombies never appear alone. They are like the king among zombies. Every time they appear, they will be followed by a large group of zombies.”
“What we have to deal with later is the zombie horde that follows.” Roger explained.
At this time, the zombie detector alerted the mercenaries with its alarm again.
Lin Xinghai looked over with nervousness.
There were dense red dots on the screen, and the number exceeded 300.
Even among them, there were over a dozen purple dots representing advanced zombies
They were following the black light spot and rushing toward their direction.
Watching the light spots on the screen getting closer, Lin Xinghai’s palms gradually began to sweat.
This was undoubtedly a major crisis. He even began to consider whether he should increase his proficiency in Basic Shooting Skill to 100%.
Just as Lin Xinghai was hesitating, Roger’s voice sounded again, “There is a hidden compartment under the armrest on your right. There are special bullets in it. If necessary, you can load it yourself.”
Lin Xinghai was delighted upon hearing this. He quickly opened the secret compartment, and then he saw two rows of special bullets.
One of these two rows of bullets was jet black all over, and he was not unfamiliar with this kind of bullet. Roger relied on it to kill advanced zombies.
There was a label on this row of bullets that read: Armor-piercing bullets!
As for the other row of bullets, they were all fiery red, and the label stated: Incendiary bullets!
Lin Xinghai counted carefully and found out that there were 30 bullets of each type. The number was not too much, but it was enough. After all, there were not many situations where it was needed.
Roar!
When Lin Xinghai hesitated whether to load some armor-piercing bullets into the magazine, a dense roar came from the distance.
Soon, a zombie horde appeared in their sight.
Leading them was a gigantic zombie, four meters tall, with a kind of black keratin layer covering its entire body. This keratin layer reflected a metallic sheen under the sunlight.
[TN: Keratin is a protein protection layer on top of the skin.]
Overall, it looked like a giant wearing armor.
“Fortunately, it’s an armored corpse!” Roger breathed a sigh of relief at this time.
“Is this mutant zombie easy to deal with?” Lin Xinghai asked humbly.
“The armored zombie, as its name suggests, has a keratin layer on its surface that acts like armor, giving this type of zombie an extremely high defense.”
“If an ordinary mercenary group encounters an armored zombie, it will definitely be a headache.”
“So instead of worrying about the leader, we should think about how we can hold our ground until the leader comes back to rescue us.” Roger added.
Lin Xinghai nodded. After a brief calculation, he turned to Qin Yang, who was driving, and said, “Brother Yang, do you have any spare magazines? Give me one.”
Some spare equipment was placed on two off-road vehicles and was temporarily kept by the driver.
“Yes.” Qing Yang took out an empty magazine from a storage compartment.
He handed it to Lin Xinghai and asked, “Is there anything else you need help with? Don’t be shy, just ask.”
Though Qin Yang was selected for this elite team, his skills were almost the lowest among them, which was why he was specifically tasked with driving.
Though Lin Xinghai might have fallen short in personal combat skills, his marksmanship had won everyone’s respect, including Qin Yang’s.
It was no surprise that he had such an attitude toward a “capable” comrade like this.
“Nothing for now.” Lin Xinghai responded, loading armor-piercing bullets into the empty magazine as he spoke.
When necessary, changing the magazine directly was faster than loading bullets.
On Lin Xinghai’s end, he had loaded only ten bullets by the time the zombie horde closed to a mere hundred meters.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The mercenaries wielding hand cannons opened fire first, indiscriminately launching a long-range bombardment without hesitation.
Besides that, the two electromagnetic railguns also began to unleash their fury, strafing the distant zombies.
However, there were too many collapsed buildings in the city center, which served as natural covers for the zombies.
Under these circumstances, the electromagnetic railguns also struggled to exhibit their full destructive power.
When the zombie horde closed to 50 meters, the mercenaries armed with Shredder Rifles also began aiming and firing.
However, Lin Xinghai found something strange. Roger was not among the firing team. He seemed to still be observing the situation.
It wasn’t until the zombies approached 30 meters that he raised his gun and fired five bullets in one go.
These 5 bullets were fired at the 5 places where zombie hordes were most concentrated.
However, they didn’t hit any zombies; instead, they all fell to the ground.
It turned out that Roger fired five incendiary bombs.
The zombies covered in them immediately fled for their lives.
Moreover, the five fireballs connected, forming a terrifying wall of fire. The zombies behind hesitated to advance.
These five incendiary rounds didn’t really do much damage to the horde of zombies. However, they disrupted their unified charge, helping the defense line from facing the scariest initial wave of attack.
The effect this had was incomparable to just taking down a few zombies.
Of course, the flames could only hold them off for so long, as the number of zombies was just too overwhelming.
The barrage from their group of just over a dozen people couldn’t suppress the horde. Soon, the zombies approached them.
Suddenly, the burly 2nd Team Captain, Wu Yan, stood up and shouted, “All constitution-type Enhanced, follow my lead!”
As he spoke, he hoisted the two-meter-tall massive shield beside him with one hand and took the lead in confronting the oncoming horde of zombies.
The other constitution-type mercenaries also quickly picked up their weapons and rushed forward.
They were the sole defensive line in the formation. If they were overwhelmed by the zombie horde, the consequences would be unimaginable.
But sometimes, things didn’t go as planned.
The number of zombies was overwhelming. Even though they had chosen a strategic location and were defending from a building, each constitution-type mercenary was still facing an assault from at least four or five zombies.
The defense line instantly became precarious.
Seeing this, the 3rd Team Captain, Xu Haisui, gathered the strength-type Enhanced, who weren’t skilled in shooting, and had them all grab weapons to reinforce the defensive line.
But even so, the situation was still not optimistic.
“Take out the advanced zombies first! They’re the biggest threat.” Roger spoke up at that moment, pinpointing the key issue directly.