Chapter 6 Chapter 6 (1/2)
Ouroboros
Chapter 6
“Fuck, what the hell is that?? What the hell is PU-31?!”
“Did the command centre do a last-minute mission change?”
“Think with your brain. Those at the top would definitely not do something like that.”
“Did we get mixed up with another squad’s mission? Or is this a prank by that group of people from the ninth squad?”
“And what’s this about the chaser of darkness?! We can’t go back if we don’t finish this mission??”
“Cap Song, have you encountered something like this before?”
Following the chaotic chatter, Ji Yushi’s question made everyone quieten down.
The black combat uniform made Ji Yushi appear even more slender but his tone was calmer compared to his teammates.
“First time.” Song Qinglan answered, “Have you encountered this in your Recorder missions?”
Seeing him remain silent, it was presumed that he had also not encountered this before. Song Qinglan raised a brow, “Why? Afraid?”
Ji Yushi shook his head, “No, it’s enough if I can just lie down and win.” (KKnotes: For those who have forgotten, lie down and win basically means do nothing and profit off them)
Everyone was shocked: “!!!”
They didn’t expect Advisor Ji to actually say something like that out loud! Was it really okay to do this in such a situation?!
Ji Yushi continued to look calm, as if he had no burden whatsoever.
He appeared to be determined to be a salted fish. (KKnotes: Basically to be useless/to do nothing)
Song Qinglan: “……..”
Forget it. Everyone has their own ambitions.
Not wanting to speak anymore, Song Qinglan looked around before picking up a broom and going outside.
The black wall was just ahead. He poked at it with the broom and saw that it could go through. It seems that it wasn’t a physical body. The broom in his hands however suddenly became very light. As he pulled it back out, the part of the broom that was inserted into the black wall was gone, as if it had been ‘eaten’ by the black wall.
This terrible scene made everyone sweat nervously.
They couldn’t help but imagine the horrific scene of themselves recklessly touching that black wall and becoming physically mutilated or possibly even split in half.
As they saw earlier, that black wall could move.
Although it was still now, no one knew when it would start moving again. Clearly, they should leave this park management office as soon as possible.
Song Qinglan threw aside the broken broom: “What did the mission rules say?”
“De-death elimination.” Someone answered.
“It’s good that we know.” Song Qinglan turned to everyone and said sternly, “Pick up your weapons and try not to die on me. Since we can’t go back anyway, let’s figure out what this PU-31 is.”
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The squad ventured out of the park, reaching a not so spacious intersection.
In Star Era 1470, the building density was much higher than the time and space they came from ten years ago so having a space in the centre of the city to use as a park was already very luxurious and, as a result, the streets near the park were relatively narrow.
The city was barren and emptier than expected. There were no signs of life around.
Wrecked cars were messily scattered by the sides of the roads, various shops appeared to have been smashed and burns and there were also blood stains everywhere along with an occasional mutilated corpse or two. It really felt like it was the end of the world.
The deeper into the city, the more silent it was. The only sounds that could be heard was everyone’s heavy breathing transmitted through the communicator. No one spoke.
The team members bypassed the black wall and continued on while looking around vigilantly.
They didn’t know when that black wall would move again and at times they would look back to check, only to see that it was still sitting there in the distance, having wiped out half the world.
“Wait.”
Song Qinglan’s voice sounded in the public channel and he made a fist gesture.
Everyone stopped.
It was already 6 o’clock in the morning.
The late summer sun filtered through the gaps between the tall buildings, casting a golden glow onto the charred asphalt road.
In that blinding light was a group of people.
To be more precise, it was a group of zombies.
There was a pool of flesh and blood in the middle of the road. It could be seen that it was a fresh corpse with all its inner organs scattered outside of the stomach. The group of zombies at this moment were scrambling around the corpse, feasting on the corpse’s limbs and internal organs, devouring hungrily.
The sound of chewing mixed with hoarse and low growls could be heard very clearly even at a distance of seven or eight metres away.
Although they had mentally prepared themselves, witnessing the scene of humans eating humans was still too shocking.
Before everyone had the time to digest this scene, they heard a terrified cry from behind.
“Ahhh!!!”
Not far away in the shadows of the buildings was a woman covered in blood. She had just rushed out of a building and closely following behind her were twenty or thirty zombies, frantically reaching out, trying to tear her apart.
On this end, that woman’s cry had alerted the group feasting in the sun.
They immediately looked up with their grey and turbid eyes and their bright red mouths. Like demons from hell, they immediately rushed towards the team!
“Fuck!”
Someone cursed and soon following that, someone said, “Save her!”
‘Bang, bang, bang’. Several gunshots sounded. Song Qinglan successfully struck a few of the zombies chasing after the woman and, at the same time, the other teammates had fired at the group of feasting zombies which were rushing towards them, blasting their heads and splattering it all across the ground.
The silence of the city was broken by the sound of gunfire.
“Grrrrr—-”
Like they had poked a hornet’s nest, within a few seconds more dormant zombies appeared in all directions. They came out of the shadows, from the buildings and from hidden corners around the street like a tide and rushed over at an alarming speed.
“Go, go, go!!”
“Hurry!!”
Gunshots sounded one after another, resonating throughout the street.
The woman had rushed over to them in a blink of an eye. Ji Yushi was about to pull her over to safety, but his expression suddenly changed.
At a short distance of about ten metres away, that woman transformed from a living human into one of those demons at a speed visible to the naked eye!
“Shoot!!! She’s no longer human!!”
Someone shouted behind him.
Ji Yushi felt like he had just woken up from a dream. He pressed the trigger and the Diamond Bird struck her in the head, scattering her brains in all directions.
The woman instantly fell to the ground and was stepped on by countless other zombies rushing over.
“Behind you!!”
He was suddenly pushed, and he heard an explosion close to his ears. Ji Yushi only felt a warm sensation on his neck. Song Qinglan had blasted off the head of a zombie behind him. With his face covered in blood and brain juice, Ji Yushi’s vision was blurred and his ears still roared from the blast earlier. Song Qinglan said something to him with a frown but he couldn’t hear it.
In a blink of an eye, the streets were densely covered with zombies. It was hard to find an escape route.
“Thud——”
Song Qinglan had already used his long legs to easily climb onto the roof of a car amidst the rain of bullets.
He held Shen Mian and, with full firepower, directly blasted out a ring of bloody corpses with the squad as the centre.
Everyone had a chance to catch a breath.
Li Chun similarly jumped onto the roof of another car and shouted while shooting, “Cap Song, there’s too many!!! What should we do?!”
Song Qinglan had his brows deeply furrowed. His pupils shrank and he commanded, “To the left! Convenience store!”
Most of the shops along the street had already been destroyed and the convenience store with the metal barrier was very conspicuous.
More and more zombies were attracted over by the sound of the gunshots and the zombies close at hand continued to attack the living humans.
Bloody corpses were littered all over the ground. No one paid any attention to what they stepped on and just hurried desperately in the direction pointed out by Song Qinglan.
Tang Qi and Tang Le occupied the left and right flanks respectively while Zhou Mingxuan was at the very front.
Song Qinglan and Li Chun used their height advantage and quickly helped open a bloody path for them.
Ji Yushi wiped away the blood on his face. They had successfully reached the door to the convenience store.
Someone cursed, “It’s locked!”
With long-term tacit understanding, Duan Wen didn’t hesitate. He raised his gun and directly smashed the shops identification panel, causing it to let out a piercing alarm. The metal barrier outside the glass door was lifted by Zhou Mingxuan who soon managed to open a small gap.
When Ji Yushi turned around, he saw that Song Qinglan had jumped off the roof of the car, tumbled across the ground to dodge the zombies before quickly striding over.
Song Qinglan’s face was as cold as frost. He yelled as he fired with his gun, “Li Chun! You fucking haven’t played around enough?!”
Li Chun had become too immersed with killing. At this moment, he was cursing as he shot at the zombies constantly climbing towards him.
When Song Qinglan yelled, Li Chun seemed to have returned to his senses. He looked over at his teammate who was rushing to the convenience store, “I’ll cover for you! Hurry up and go!”
Song Qinglan reached the convenience store and, with amazing arm strength, he and Zhou Mingxuan managed to lift the barrier high enough for everyone to climb through.
“Grrrrr——-”
What they didn’t expect was that almost at the same time as lifting up the barrier, five or six zombies with grey eyes and pale faces suddenly flew out from inside like rabid dogs!
‘Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!!’
Following the sound of consecutive fires, the zombies all fell to the ground.
Every bullet accurately struck each of their heads.
Everyone was taken aback for a moment: “!!!”
Standing right before the door was Ji Yushi. With his face covered in blood, they couldn’t see his expression clearly.
He held Diamond Bird in both hands and his arms trembled slightly from the recoil of shooting consecutively.
The last corpse laid in front of him with wide eyes and a bullet right between his brows.
Song Qinglan was also stunned for a moment. He quickly recovered and commanded, “Clear up the entrance and close the door after going in!!”
Now wasn’t the time to gag. Duan Wen immediately dragged the corpses away and rolled in. Following him was Ji Yushi who had changed everyone’s impression of him in an instant.