You were supposed to hoard supplies, why the heck did you hoard zombies!

Chapter 272 Assault

A five-person squad was trapped in the building.

They had only intended to sneak around the town and scavenge some food and drinks to take back.

But who would have thought that more than a dozen incredibly fast "wild monkeys" would pop out of a tiny convenience store that was less than fifty square meters? If it weren't for the quick reaction of the team leader, who stopped a fellow member just as he was about to step inside—

In such a cramped space, there was a nine out of ten chance they would have fallen inside.

There simply wasn't any chance to fight back or dodge.

Wild monkeys.

As the name implies, they moved with the agility of monkeys in the mountains.

They were what the company referred to as Type-T Variants. In different regions, survivors often had different names for them: wild monkeys, earth dogs, etc., but they all referred to the same creature.

A dozen or so Type-T Variant zombies, for some unknown reason crammed into the convenience store, suddenly surged out.

In the nick of time, the team leader took the lead and shot one dead.

But as soon as the gunfire sounded, the situation changed completely.

The convenience store was situated right on the eastern side of the crossroads between two main streets and was also one of the areas with the highest pedestrian traffic in the whole town.

All sorts of shops, malls, and the residential buildings nearby were all filled with zombies mutated from the townspeople.

Within less than five minutes, hundreds of zombies emerged from various buildings.

Like locusts smelling blood.

They swarmed over.

Seeing this, the squad members naturally started to panic. In their rush, they quickly disregarded the order not to fire their guns lightly and one after another, they took their rifles off their backs and began shooting at the horde.

The ammunition they had brought just in case was quickly exhausted.

At that critical moment, the team leader immediately made a decision.

Look for suitable cover.

Noticing a nearby low-rise building with an extremely narrow entrance, he rushed in without a second word.

The rest of the team, seeing this, quickly followed their leader and charged in.

Then they blocked the iron door behind them.

They were temporarily safe.

But the situation was far from relaxed; it became even more severe because, before coming here, each of them had only brought enough food for one day and enough clean water for two days.

At this moment, there were definitely no fewer than two hundred zombies surrounding the building, inside and out.

Even if they were all sharpshooters capable of headshots with every bullet,

they wouldn't have enough ammunition.

Therefore, to rescue those people, it absolutely wouldn't do to wait for the swarm to disperse on its own; a proactive attack was necessary.

Taking into account conserving ammunition and attracting the swarm as much as possible, Xu Lin quickly came up with a plan.

That was to send a part of the group as decoys.

To lure the swarm in front of them away.

Then, the rest would take the opportunity to concentrate their firepower to break through and rescue all the people trapped in the building, afterward regrouping with those who had gone to act as decoys.

Ding Zhixiong was in charge of being the decoys with his team.

Taking into consideration the need to create enough noise and the inconvenience of a large group escaping from the zombies, he thought for a while and finally decided to bring only eight people along for the mission.

Nine people in two vehicles, all of which were modified off-road vehicles with raised chassis.

The method for attracting the zombies' attention was very simple.

Just cut oneself on the forearm.

Then came the roaring of engines, as two vehicles, one after the other, charged past the swarm behind them, knocking down several zombies before quickly turning back in the opposite direction to escape.

To attract the zombies' attention as much as possible, Ding Zhixiong even had his men fire several shots into the middle of the swarm.

Under the dual allure of blood and sound, the swarm quickly chose a new target.

One after another, the zombies hastened to follow.

The Type-T Variants were in the lead.

Incredibly fast.

Almost in the blink of an eye, a Type-T Variant, with its strong explosive power, leaped onto the roof of one of the off-road vehicles but was flung out violently to the side at the next turn.

The moment it hit the ground, it crashed into an upthrust billboard, with its body breaking into an odd angle upon impact.

Yet its companions did not give up because of this and continued the pursuit relentlessly.

Following them was a horde of hundreds of zombies.

"The chance has come."

"The rest of you, follow me to the rescue."

"Remember, don't tangle with the swarm for too long; once the people are rescued, leave this place immediately."

After Xu Lin gave the solemn instruction, everyone began to act according to the pre-arranged groups.

A dozen men, holding shields standing half a person tall, formed a wall in front of this temporarily organized assault team, quickly knocking down all the zombies still lingering below the low-rise building.

Those following immediately behind swung their blades, cleaving open each head on the ground.

Blood flowed like streams.

The entrance to the building was now in reach.