Published: February 6, 2025
The first line of defense concentrated more than half of the elite combat troops from Cloud Summit Villa. There were over forty evolvers among them, and Little Tiger, along with all the Starved Tiger Knights, was also assigned to this location. This meant that the number of evolvers had reached nearly eighty.
In addition, there were over two hundred ordinary soldiers, each equipped with brand new rifles. Next to the defensive fortifications were boxes of ammunition. Even Ye Zhongming was stationed behind the line, holding a sniper rifle and aiming at the approaching horde of zombies.
Considering the amateur marksmanship of the survivors, Mo Ye only ordered them to fire when the zombie horde was within a hundred meters.
The battle immediately entered its most intense phase.
The disgusting monsters at the front, hissing and laughing, were instantly torn into pieces by the metal storm. Body fluids, blood, minced flesh, severed limbs, and bone fragments filled the human sight along the defense line, as if a giant meat grinder had rolled into the horde, grinding hundreds and thousands of zombies into powder.
Many survivors instinctively paused at this scene, as they had never witnessed such a bloody spectacle before.
However, the zombies would not stop advancing due to this. Taking advantage of the diminishing gunfire, the horde quickly filled the positions of their fallen comrades and even advanced a few meters.
“Stay focused! Those who are not evolvers aim for the neck, fire in quick bursts, and do not spray!” While firing his own weapon, Mo Ye shouted to remind those who had only handled guns a few times about the necessary precautions to improve shooting efficiency as much as possible.
There was tension on everyone’s face, but as the battle progressed, it gradually dissipated. Everyone was adapting to this kind of combat, especially this life-or-death struggle.
The location of the first line of defense was excellent, with dense woods surrounding it. At this moment, the paths were blocked by stones and abandoned vehicles, leaving only this route to the mountaintop. Although there were over twenty thousand zombies, only about a hundred could position themselves at the front, which prevented the shooting angles from being too dispersed, thus improving accuracy. Every second, several zombie heads were blown apart. Of course, many bullets struck the zombie's body, which had little effect besides some repulsion. A small portion even shot into the sky, but that was unavoidable; after all, even with a stockpile of ammunition, they could not afford to let soldiers waste bullets practicing.
Two minutes later, after the horde had lost over a thousand numbers, they advanced to about eighty meters from the first line of defense.
This distance began to make many survivors uneasy. The soldiers from Cloud Summit Villa, who had been indoctrinated with combat concepts recently, were still okay, but some of the Starved Tiger Knights began to hesitate. Even after Young Master Yun's severe reprimand, they started to retreat.
This behavior was extremely dangerous, as it could trigger a chain reaction, leading to the premature collapse of the first line of defense.
Young Master Yun's eyes were red with anger; he wished he could kill these people. Born into a prominent family, these individuals usually followed him. After the apocalypse, they couldn't return to Ying City and found themselves in a cycle of roulette, so they stayed here.
It was fine to maintain their bond through brotherhood during normal times, but at this moment, for the Starved Tiger Knight members who were already evolvers, the One-Star Evolution Elixir no longer held much appeal. Their lives mattered more than anything, and Young Master Yun was nothing compared to that.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As gunfire erupted and these few people fell, Ye Zhongming coldly aimed his handgun at Young Master Yun.
“Don’t you dare back down! I, Young Master Yun, have never gone back on my word! If anyone wants to leave, I’ll kill them!”