109 Tragedy (1/2)
Chapter 109: Tragedy
Translator: _Min_Editor: Rundi
”Enemy unit arrived on the second floor.”
”Fire!”
”Roger!”
Dadada-!
In the darkness, fire sparks suddenly erupted as the mutated humans rushing into the hallway were caught off guard.
The polyethylene tables and chairs were thrown into the hallway as the power armored soldiers used that to take cover and unleash their firepower at the mutated humans.
The weight of the mutated human's armor was mostly focused in the front part; their intense firepower made it necessary to consider running away. But once the distance has been shortened, their fatal weakness was exposed. Although they were not completely unprepared, when they stepped on the stairs, their center of gravity leaning forward uncontrollably exposed their defenseless backs to the machine guns of the power armor soldiers. Almost instantly, they experienced heavy casualties.
”Fire at will!”
Jiang Chen carried the tactical rifle as he gritted his teeth and continuously pulled the trigger.
The mutated human's charging momentum suddenly came to a halt. They began to lift their guns up to fire back, but shooting up was always a disadvantage as they were unable to return fire. Despite their muscle being able to carry the weight of the C-type plastic steel, it was too much for the spine. If they had to shoot up, that means their center of gravity must be shifted back, and all the weight will be concentrated on the spine.
”Nice job! How did you know their weakness?” Sun Jiao said in excitement while she continued to pull the trigger.
”Would you believe me if I said I guessed it?” He unloaded the empty magazine and smashed a new one into the cartilage. Jiang Chen aimed at the neck of a mutated human.
Dada--!
The bullets penetrated through the neck of the mutated human, creating a splash of blood as the bullets broke his neck. He fell onto the ground like soft mud and stopped breathing.
Despite the incredible body, they were still human after all. Even if they surpassed the limitation of DNA, they could not overcome the barrier of life.
”They have entered Area A already; we lost control of the left wing on the second floor.” Noisy shouting was heard from the public channel.
”Retreat to the third floor.” Sun Jiao decisively ordered.
”Roger!”
They can't allow the battle to take place in the hallway, once one wing lost control, the other wing had to retreat as well.
The revolving machine gun began to spin on the right hand, the left dragged the tactical rifle as the machine gun spat out a constant fire.
They kept their fire suppression as they retreated.
Once the defense line was compromised, they had to reestablish it on another floor. If they engaged fire with the mutated humans in the hallway, they would be the ones overwhelmed.
[Dammit, I should have brought some heat sensor grenades with me.] He saw the
on the full sensory screen as he cursed in his mind.
Who would have thought this crusade would be this problematic? Against the cold-blooded zombies and agile mutants, heat sensor grenades were practically useless.
At this moment, the floor violently shook. The explosion from the east side was audible even from the other wing.
”03 is down!”
”Dammit, it's recoilless cannon!”
Jiang Chen watched with his own eyes as the 03 number became crossed and marked with <Heart Ceased> <Offline> symbol. Although he didn't know the person's name, seeing that his comrade has fallen, it was an indescribable feeling.
Although he was aware that there would be casualties in every battle.
”Retreat! Retreat to the roof!” Sun Jiao shouted in the public channel.
They couldn't wait any longer. A T-3 power armor was worth over ten thousand crystal, and if it was busted, then there was one power armor less.
The mutated human saw that they gained an upper advantage as they began to shout out in joy. They attacked the stairs roaring. Even if they had ten people along the way, the 10 to 1 casualty ratio did not scare them because they firmly believe that once these metal junks were forced on the roof, they would turn into scrap metal under their firepower.
The armor in front of their chest was comparable to the T-3 C-type plastic armor. Technology? They didn't need it!
”Dammit, why do they seem to be on drugs.” Sun Jiao clinched her teeth as the 72mm anti-tank cannon launched repeatedly. The AP bomb directly penetrated the concrete stairs and blew the mutated human into two pieces.
”Initiate final plans.” Jiang Chen met with Sun Jiao already as they took cover at the other end of the stairs. They leaned tightly against the wall as they shot with the tactical rifle.
Bullets flew and carried the trail of faint gray smoke.
”But, but that is 5400 crystals.” Sun Jiao's face appeared as if she was about to cry.
”Enough! A T-3 is 13000 crystals.”
Sun Jiao clinched her teeth as she reluctantly made her last shot, and shouted in the public channel.
”Retreat! Initiate final plan!”
”Roger.”
The defense line could no longer hold on to the sixth floor, but there were still at least twenty mutated humans attacking. They already abandoned their plan of just piling on bodies and began to act more cautiously as they continuously fired the recoilless cannons and self-made grenades. The saving grace was that while they had almost an infinite amount of bullets, their grenades and bombs were limited, or else there was no way this battle could be fought.
Finally, the mutated humans rushed onto the sixth floor, it forced all the power armor soldiers into the hallway.
But at this moment, a scene the mutated human didn't expect happened.
The metal junks all jumped out of the window as the turbine engine began to shoot out a blue trail of flames and carried them downstairs. At the same time, explosions began to erupt on the fifth and sixth floors. The hidden aluminum heat agent blew the stairs into pieces.
They could fly?
The stairs were destroyed?
However, they had no time to react.
<Backup fuel rod self-destruction program>