84 Zombie Waves (1/2)

Chapter 84: Zombie Waves

Translator: _Min_Editor: Rundi

The goods arrived the next day.

Almost everyone at the Sixth Street was busy with the crusade, so the smuggling went unnoticed.

There were only four people that delivered the goods, and they were all close subordinates of Zhao Chenwu. His assistant Su Lei personally led the team. The guarding soldier transferred the control rights to Jiang Chen and sharply saluted him before they hastily left.

Jiang Chen smiled as he watched the camouflaged armor vehicle and the pitch black metal giants with a fearsome face. He patted the closest guy's shoulder before ordering the new slaves to transport the goods.

If one could compare light armor to kinetic skeletons, then power armor resembled the knight's heavy armor in the middle ages. They were divided into ground type and air drop type with the main difference being the armor's weight and if it was equipped with a shock absorbing turbine engine. The mass of the air drop type was usually less than half a ton, while the ground type weighted one ton or more.

These ten sets of T-3 power armors were the air drop type. They were equipped with a trident-shaped revolving machine gun and ammo packages.

Lu Huasheng was smart enough to design an elevator at the exit. Or else, if they only used rope, it would be tricky to bring up the two meters high, 300-kilogram power armor. The ten slaves clearly did not know how to operate the equipment, and they looked like they were getting ready to enter their caskets.

Obviously, they knew it was illegal to sell those types of equipment.

Since it was illegal...

Their genetic ID must have been registered as died at the Sixth Street already.

As to if they will really die? It would all be up to the man with the cheerful smile.

”Welcome to Fishbone Survival Camp. Trust me, working for me is much more enjoyable than working for anyone else in the world...”

Although it did sound like bullsh*t, it looked like they won't be dying anytime soon.

Everyone felt relieved as they anxiously followed the man's footsteps.

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After giving the responsibility of assigning jobs to Lu Huasheng, Jiang Chen quickly went to find Sun Jiao.

”Weapon and power armor is ready, when should we depart?” Sun Jiao immediately asked when she saw Jiang Chen.

”Within two days. Did you manage to contact the survivor groups around us?”

”No problem. The wireless equipment in the conference room can do that, but what is the point of it?” Sun Jiao asked confused.

”Take them to fight the mobs.” He left an unclear response behind.

There were too many survivors living in small groups around the area. If he managed to consolidate them together, there would at least be two to three thousand people. If Fishbone Survival Camp wants to the break the limitations of their population, they must think about the surrounding survivors.

Those were the survivors that survived through hardships in the apocalypse. Their mental strength was much stronger than ordinary people, or at least more twisted. Their individual combat abilities also far exceeded the slaves in the ghetto. But the tricky part was, they had long ceased to believe in orders and rules, they acted like wolves which are difficult to train.

If you want a dog to listen, a bone plus a rope would be enough.

But for a wolf to listen, a bone and a rope were nowhere enough. The survivors will take the bone away without hesitation but never willingly lower their head and accept the collar.

Unless they possessed absolute power, there was no point in even thinking about uniting together and fighting back.

Showing off their firearms was the second purpose of the crusade.

The best idea was to bring the battlefield together and alleviate the pressure from the waves of zombies. Then, promise them part of the reward to increase their dependency on Fishbone base.

Now that the zombies have all formed crystals, Jiang Chen didn't believe that those survivors would not be interested. Even if Jiang Chen didn't have the heavy firearm, the power armor was more than enough to steamroll through normal zombies. Those survivors have no reason to give up guaranteed profit.

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The next morning.

The Fishbone Base was busy once again. The soldiers rushed to their battle stations. The non-combat unit helped to pack supplies as well as raise polyethylene board onto the front door to create a defense zone in case the zombies rushed into the base when the door was opened.

Outside the wall, it was also busy. The crowded zombies perfectly illustrated the words 'seas of zombies'. The sheer amount of rotten bodies completely blocked the streets outside.

Strange. It was as if the zombies from the entire area was stuffed onto this one street.

”Weapon system, functional. Turbine engine, functional. And energy stick, functional!” Jiang Chen tirelessly checked the data within the electronic helmet. Although he had experience with power armors in the virtual reality training chamber and had the opportunity to familiarize himself with the actual armor yesterday, being locked in the ”metal box” made him feel unsettled.

The pitch black paint, the vigorous and light armor's aerodynamic shape, the trident-shaped revolving machines gun, and the tactical rifle placed at the waist. Jiang Chen was almost fortified to his teeth.

It certainly did look cool, but it was surprisingly difficult to put on.

Sun Jiao glanced at Jiang Chen with worried eyes. She then took a deep breath and waved at the guard on the wall.