parentshiftbook Chapter 87 Stunned
Chapter 87 Stunned
The more than 40 zombies charged forward one after another, like waves crashing against rocks. The waves shattered on their own, but the rocks remained unmoved.
In just a few rounds, the twenty-odd zombies at the front all fell to the ground.
Later on, even these ordinary zombies, who only possessed a sliver of primal instinct, began to feel fear.
They stopped charging, letting out low growls, and began to retreat.
However, of the more than 40 zombies, except for two large ones that were captured alive, the rest were all killed on the spot.
Dark red blood flowed freely on the main road of the community, seeping into the soil of the green belt through the cracks in the paving stones.
The entire process lasted less than 5 minutes. This includes the time wasted tying up the two large zombies during capture; otherwise, it would have been even shorter.
The survivors upstairs in the Cuizhu Garden residential complex were all dumbfounded.
Many of them had been huddled in their rooms since the first day of the apocalypse, observing the outside world through the gaps in the curtains.
They had witnessed zombies pounce on living people, and seen neighbors from the next building dragged out and torn to pieces by hordes of zombies. In their understanding of the apocalypse, zombies were the hunters, and humans were the prey.
But what they saw at that moment was a group of humans slaughtering zombies.
In particular, the rescue team members didn't use guns to quickly deal with the zombies; instead, they engaged in close-quarters combat.
Although they were all carrying melee weapons, even if a normal person had a melee weapon, who would dare to engage in close combat with these zombies?
They're trembling with fear even when firing a gun from over ten meters away, so how much courage and strength does it take to slash someone face-to-face with a knife? Just who are these people?
After the initial shock came the excitement.
Someone let out a brief gasp, but quickly covered their mouth, afraid that their voice would attract more zombies.
But this did not stop them from expressing their excitement through other actions.
Someone leaned halfway out of the window, waving a large red cloth wildly in their hands, while someone threw several pieces of red clothing off the balcony, as if to say, "My home is here, come and save me."
Several people who were still wavering after listening to the drone broadcast yesterday decisively turned around upon seeing this scene, rummaged through their closets for red clothes, and hurriedly hung them on the window.
Yesterday, relying solely on a drone broadcasting messages from the sky, they were indeed unsure whether it was truly the military.
It's also uncertain whether that superhuman actually has the ability.
But now, seeing these people neatly dressed in military combat uniforms, and watching them chop zombies with melee weapons like they were melons, the credibility of their actions immediately skyrockets.
Even if some people still have some doubts, the strength of the rescue team downstairs is beyond doubt, and they are willing to take the initiative to rescue people. Going with them is better than continuing to hide in the room and wait to die.
Hiding in the room with no food or water, waiting a few more days would mean certain death.
Of course, there are a very few people who can roughly guess what the situation is.
The chubby boy on the 7th floor of Building 1 is one of them.
He was leaning on the windowsill, holding up his gleaming binoculars, and had been watching ever since Lu Chen started shouting through the megaphone.
He had seen Lu Chen controlling the zombies through binoculars yesterday afternoon... He personally witnessed the more than 2-meter-tall zombie leading a group of armed zombies, clearing out hordes of zombies on the street.
So he could probably guess that at least a large portion of the people downstairs who were chopping down zombies weren't human at all.
"Wow! He looks completely different after changing into his combat uniform." The scene of the elite zombie slicing three zombies in half at the waist with a single strike still shocked him.
Yesterday, those guys were wearing cotton-padded coats and scarves. They looked strong, but a bit rustic.
Today they've changed into the military's full set of combat gear, and standing there, they look exactly like a regular army.
If he hadn't witnessed the truth with his own eyes yesterday, he would never have imagined that these guys were zombies controlled by superhumans.
"I just don't know what kind of treatment I'll get after I join them." He put down his binoculars, rubbed his hands together, his chubby face showing both tension and apprehension.
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Unlike the survivors upstairs who were full of thoughts, Lu Chen didn't have that many ideas in his mind.
After the elite zombie team finished off the last zombie, he said to Wei Dong beside him, "Release the drones and conduct a high-altitude reconnaissance to see if there are any survivors."
"Once you've confirmed it's safe, use the loudspeaker on the drone to repeat what I just said so the survivors can prepare in advance."
Then he turned to look at Shen Qingci.
「我们和昨天一样兵分两路。翠竹苑这里8栋楼，刚好每人4栋。现在是9点50分，争取11点30分之前把全部倖存者救出来。」
"No problem!" Shen Qingci nodded, then asked hesitantly, "Do we need to capture all the Da Zhuang and Tie Zhu level fighters alive on this floor?"
"No need, save your power. We have a mission this afternoon. The most important thing about your power is sensing danger. Don't use it all up just to catch a few strong zombies."
"If we encounter another zombie cat like the one we just saw, or another elite-level one, you need to be able to spot it immediately," Lu Chen said directly.
He paused, then added, "Of course, if we encounter them in places like fire escape stairwells or corridors, we'll definitely capture them alive; it's a piece of cake."
Shen Qingci's superpowers haven't broken through yet, and the amount of superpowers in her body is far less than his. If he had to carefully explore every floor, he could probably only explore a maximum of 3 apartment buildings before his superpowers were almost completely depleted.
I'm going to Sunshine Garden this afternoon, so I definitely need to save my special abilities.
"Okay, no problem." Shen Qingci nodded immediately.
Immediately afterward, Lu Chen ordered all field personnel: "Everyone, take out your pens and paper and record which apartment numbers in each building have red cloths hanging up. Move out in 5 minutes!"
"Yes!" all the field personnel responded in unison, quickly rummaging through their combat backpacks to find notebooks and pens.
Ning Tieshan and Zhao Yongqiang did not need any further instructions from Lu Chen; they had already automatically started assigning tasks... who was responsible for recording which buildings, and who was responsible for cross-checking to avoid omissions.
Although Lu Chen did not formally assign them any positions, both of them had already received guns, which was seen as a status in everyone's eyes, and no one in the field team would object to their arrangement.
After receiving their assignments, the field staff each found a building and began to look up and take notes.
The eight buildings of Cuizhu Garden form a semicircle. Standing at the main entrance, the view is quite open, and most of the windows can be seen clearly. Cheng Qihang and the other new members looked up as they counted and took notes, their pens scratching on the paper.