The most ruthless person in the apocalypse

Chapter 1160 The Zombies Become Unstable

Clang, clang... boom, boom.

As Qi Xiaoshuai and Meng Changwei were talking, a series of mechanical collision sounds came from the gate behind them, followed by the heavy rolling sound of pulleys.

"Ta-da! The door's open! Haha, come on, keep going, give it your all!"

Pang Dakun stood between the two doors, dramatically shouting commands to the combat personnel pushing them open. The doors, which were at least 27 or 28 centimeters thick including the mezzanine, were finally opened completely. The rollers rolled over, making the entire mountain seem to rumble.

Boom! Thump!

The two large doors swung wide open, slamming into the limit device with a dull thud.

Everyone saw the scene inside the mountain, where tracked vehicles and self-propelled howitzers exuded an aura of authority, proving that all their hard work had paid off.

Gangzi was so excited that he kept rubbing his hands together. Back when he was in the barracks, he never had the chance to admire the brand-new self-propelled howitzer up close like this. Now, he might even have the chance to fire a shot himself!
"There's a motor inside this door. Both the latch and the opening are electrically driven. I guess it's controlled remotely via video verification. It must be incredibly difficult... Hey, young man, give me back the remote-controlled bomb."

Pang Dakun hopped and skipped over to Qi Xiaoshuai and Meng Changwei, reaching out to Qi Xiaoshuai for the bomb.

"for you."

Qi Xiaoshuai took one out and placed it in Pang Dakun's hand.

"Wait, no, there are two!"

Pang Dakun frowned and demanded it.

"Didn't we just use one? There aren't two left!" Qi Xiaoshuai waved his hand, indicating that he didn't mean anything by it.

Pang Dakun froze for two seconds, then said with an exaggerated expression, "This won't do, handsome young man. You're in charge of this mission, so of course you should use your explosives first. How can you use mine? Give them back to me right now! I've already opened the door!"

The quota for remote-controlled bombs is very tight; even if you apply, you may not get one. Pang Dakun argued his case forcefully.

"You... I... fine, here you go, here you go..."

Qi Xiaoshuai originally wanted to hesitate, but then he thought of the other party's unpredictable methods and gave up the idea. He didn't want to lose his own remote-controlled bomb while trying to extort it from the other party. He believed that with Pang Dakun's temper, he was capable of doing it.

"That's more like it, hehe."

Pang Dakun snorted, feigned anger as he took the explosives, and laughed less than half a second later.

His behavior was somewhat childish, but to outsiders it was not excessive at all. Who wouldn't want such a powerful bomb?
"Let's get down to business. With so many types of armored vehicles, we definitely can't drive them all back in one trip. We don't have enough drivers or fuel. Let's move the easily accessible weapons and equipment first, as much as we can. We'll bring over more fuel this afternoon. That's it, let's begin!"

Qi Xiaoshuai did not make a more detailed division of labor, mainly because he was not good at overall planning. He decided to give his subordinates more freedom to discover and correct problems in the process of carrying out the tasks.

Moving munitions is purely physical labor, seemingly tedious and monotonous, but everyone does it with extraordinary enthusiasm!
All fear stems from insufficient firepower. The most powerful zombies may be immune to artillery fire, but a massive number of ordinary zombies can still be suppressed by firearms.

"Sigh... If we had preserved a complete standard-issue military force and had an arsenal like this a few days before the disaster struck, we could have wiped out an entire city!"

As Meng Changwei carried boxes of weapons and ammunition out of the warehouse, he couldn't help but sigh.

"At the time, everyone knew nothing and was hoping for an organized military rescue. Looking back now, the more concentrated the area, the more terrifying it was!"

Qi Xiaoshuai shook his head with a bitter face.

"Stop dwelling on the past, look forward to the future!" Pang Dakun advised, hearing their sighs.

Qi Xiaoshuai glanced at Pang Dakun speechlessly and corrected him, "That's called 'remembering,' what the hell is 'remembering'!"

"Alright, alright, let's remember, let's get back to work!"

Pang Dakun carried the ammunition box and ran swiftly. He used the once-glorious arms industry to rebuild human civilization.

Unlike the bustling activity at the armory next to Taolin Reservoir, the zombie-hunting crews along the Chuhai River were now at a low level.

Chen Hanzhou, Zheng Xinyu, and Wang Xin led the team, along with Zhang Xin, who needed to be closely observed. They then selected thirty skilled individuals from both the elite and reserve legions, making a total of over sixty people, who went to the Chuhai River to clear out the zombies.

Everyone knew they were out to clear out the zombies from the Haihe River, so they were all relaxed and chatting along the way. With the electromagnetic array trapping the zombies, they started hunting them down from the edge. There was no danger; it was just physical labor. They got the job done while having fun, which was quite pleasant!

Upon arrival, after assigning tasks and commencing operations, the zombies dealt a heavy blow to everyone. If it weren't for a few members of the Yama Legion, all sixty people would have perished here!
On the provincial highway from the North Second Ring Road to the Haihe River, more than sixty people stood in a row. Some were squatting by the roadside, while others were sitting on the barren land. More than a hundred zombie corpses were scattered in front of them, and some of them still had traces of fear on their faces.

"Logically, once the zombies are alerted, they shouldn't return to normal so quickly, right?"

Wang Xin raised questions to the other responsible persons.

Fifteen minutes ago, the clearing operation proceeded normally. Thirty people were assigned to use lasso poles to lasso the zombies at the very edge and pull them out, while another thirty people were responsible for killing them. The four leaders were scattered in different locations to keep watch.

Based on past experience, when zombies are attacked within the magnetic field range, it takes about seven to ten seconds for them to come out of their chaotic state. Even after this time, they will not attack people directly. It will take another four or five seconds to "activate" their attack system.

The combatants have at least ten seconds to kill the zombies at their leisure. Even if the elderly people in the camp who do manual labor come, they will have enough time to take them down.

Today is different!

The combatants grabbed the zombie and pulled it out. In less than two seconds, the zombie broke free of its chaotic state and immediately "activated" its attack system. Just as the people responsible for killing it were about to make their move, several combatants were almost bitten!

If it ended there, it would be fine. Two seconds is fine, as long as the coordination between dragging and killing is better and faster. But what's scary is that the roars of those zombies can actually awaken nearby zombies!
The captured zombies screamed wildly, and suddenly another twenty or thirty zombies attacked the combatants.

Fortunately, Wang Xin reacted quickly and ordered everyone to retreat immediately, creating distance between themselves and the horde of zombies. However, even with their rapid reaction and full execution, it still triggered a domino effect, with more than a hundred zombies breaking away from the horde one after another!

Fortunately, by creating enough distance as quickly as possible, the zombies did not howl at first. Once they reached the crowd, everyone went all out!

With over sixty people facing more than a hundred zombies, and with three members of the Yama Legion, especially with Chen Hanzhou in charge, the task was not difficult, and they quickly cleared out the zombies.

During this process, a few zombies still managed to escape the electromagnetic array, but they posed no threat, thus stabilizing the situation.

Chen Hanzhou touched the bridge of his nose and nodded, saying, "Brother Su's intuition is really sharp. He's absolutely right. These zombies are completely different from the ones before!"

"If I was in a deep coma inside the electromagnetic array before, now I'm just slightly confused and have become quite unstable!"

Zheng Xinyu added that she often went on field missions and had a deeper understanding of zombies than the elite and reserve legions.

"We're fine as long as we get close to the zombies, but they go berserk as soon as we touch them. The worst part is that they're also hostile to each other. If one zombie screams, the others will attack us. It's a bit of a problem!"

Zhang Xin was thrilled to be called upon to participate in an important mission. Before coming, he felt confident that everything would go smoothly, but he never expected to encounter such a thorny problem right from the start.

"Why would we be the ones to solve this if it weren't troublesome?" Chen Hanzhou said calmly, then his eyes flashed and he said, "Zhang Xin, stop complaining and think of a solution."

Zheng Xinyu and Wang Xin exchanged a glance. This was a pre-planned segment to test Zhang Xin's abilities. Since Chen Hanzhou had brought it up, they decided to wait and see.

"How to crack it?"

Zhang Xin's eyes darted around. His first thought wasn't about finding a solution, but rather why he would be asked such a question!

The leader's wife was present, so he didn't ask. He also didn't ask the other leader of the Yama Legion, but insisted on asking him.

it's wired……

(End of this chapter)