Chapter 142 New Module <TOC> Chapter 144 Power Armor
Translator: SumTLMan
The Ushas multi-purpose helicopter hovered in the air with a diameter of tens of kilometers, patrolling over the city of Avonigarda, monitoring any suspicious individuals.
The setting sun coated the helicopter and the city below with a dazzling golden hue.
Sitting on the left side of the cabin, the co-pilot was searching for suspicious targets on the ground through the photoelectric camera mounted underneath the helicopter’s nose.
“Recently, there have been more and more crows in the city.”
On the LCD display in the cockpit, groups of crows flew close to the rooftops of buildings, like a dark cloud.
“They are attracted by the smell of flesh and blood. Too many people have died recently.”
There were not many crows in the city of Avonigarda, and they survived on the city’s garbage.
The pilot said nonchalantly:
“Once the corpses are eaten, they will naturally leave and return to the wilderness.”
The two chatted idly, as the Soul Cult’s resistance was unexpectedly weak and was almost annihilated as soon as it emerged. This left them with little to do, and they only needed to patrol along the planned route.
Just as they thought today would be as peaceful as the previous days, an astonishing incident occurred.
The Mohanendi River, which had been flowing quietly, suddenly boiled and churned, stirring up the sediment at the bottom of the river.
Through the photoelectric camera, the co-pilot could see faint, dense shadows emerging on the surface of the river.
“What the hell are those?”
He exclaimed in shock.
The next moment, a swarm of zombies burst out from under the river’s surface and surged toward the riverbank.
Their highly decayed faces twisted, and their pale eyes were filled with hatred for life. Their thin skin was swollen and wrinkled due to prolonged immersion in water, and their bodies expanded considerably. The yellow-green pus filled the pustules, swinging violently as they moved.
Such a terrifying scene seemed like hell had descended upon the earth.
As the city of Avonigarda was under martial law, there were not many pedestrians on the streets, only the province troops enforcing the martial law.
The zombies, like a tide, rushed towards the martial law troops.
The martial law forces stationed at the intersection consisted of only one platoon of Company B, Second Battalion of the Province Army, and the only heavy weapon was a machine gun mounted on a military off-road vehicle.
The soldiers were so frightened by the tide of zombies that they rolled and crawled onto the off-road vehicle, not firing a single shot and preparing to flee. However, when they tried to start the off-road vehicle, there was no response.
Both off-road vehicles could not be started.
“Th- the battery has been stolen?”
A sudden bolt of lightning struck overhead, startling everyone.
Although somewhat staggering due to the absorption of a large amount of water, the zombies quickly approached the off-road vehicle.
With no way out, the desperate soldiers had no choice but to fight back. Relying solely on their legs, they could never outrun the zombies.
Amidst the dull gunfire, the front row of zombies were shot, with pus and blood splattering everywhere.
The 12.7mm caliber machine gun bullets tore through the zombies’s bodies, creating a carpet of pus and rotting flesh on the ground.
Other soldiers also stepped out of the off-road vehicle, using their rifles to shoot at the zombies.
Unfortunately, their weak firepower was not enough to suppress these fearless and simple-minded zombies.
Zombies from behind stepped directly on the remains of those in front and pounced on them. Some impatient zombies climbed onto the walls of nearby buildings, leaping towards their target. Others flooded in from other streets, surrounding the soldiers from behind.
In an instant, the soldiers found themselves in a desperate situation, surrounded by enemies on all sides.
The roar of a machine gun sounded from the sky, as empty shells fell from the helicopter’s machine gun. A hail of bullets rained down from the sky, tearing apart the surging zombies along with the ground.
In a blink of an eye, the ground was covered with colorful pus, blood, and severed limbs, and the number of zombies rushing towards the soldiers was significantly reduced.
The 30mm machine gun mounted on the helicopter was far more powerful than ordinary heavy machine guns. The spinning and tumbling shrapnel could easily penetrate several zombie bodies in one go, bursting them like balloons.
Such terrifying destructive power effectively suppressed the frontal attack of the zombies tide, but the ammunition consumption was also astonishing.
Soon, the co-pilot switched from continuous fire to short bursts, suppressing the zombies’ counterattack. After all 1,200 rounds of ammunition were used up, they had no choice but to fire all their rockets into the Mohanendi River.
“They’re done for,” said the pilot, watching as the off-road vehicle below was flipped over and the soldiers inside were dragged out and torn to pieces. A severed leg was thrown out, hanging on a nearby street sign.
“Let’s go. We’re out of ammo, and there’s nothing more we can do. The other units should have regrouped by now.”
“How did these zombies manage to sneak into the city from the Mohanendi River? There must be multiple high-level zombies behind them.”
The helicopter in the air began to turn and climb, preparing to return to the airport to resupply ammunition. Meanwhile, the zombies below, having torn apart all the soldiers, began trying to enter the buildings on both sides of the street to hunt.
Just then, a pale-skinned zombies with clearly visible dense blue veins under its skin climbed onto the roof with astonishing agility and then spread its arms wide as if to embrace something.
The veins under its skin lit up with a dazzling blue light.
“No!”
Both pilots cried out in horror, but it was already too late.
The dazzling blue light flared up, shining in all directions. The air was instantly filled with bursts of electric light wherever the blue light shone, transforming into spreading rings of electric arcs.
The helicopter in the sky swayed and fell like a drunkard, and even with the pilots’ best efforts, they could not control the helicopter’s posture in the air.
With a deafening boom, the helicopter crashed onto the rooftop.
After emitting radiation, the zombie became somewhat weakened, even the color of its blood vessels faded, but it still excitedly raised an arm, letting out an angry roar.
This was a rare irradiated zombie, possessing considerable intelligence.
The body of the energy manipulation awakened was revived in the tide of the Source Ocean. During its long wanderings in the wilderness, it absorbed a large amount of radiation and instinctively transformed it into a powerful radioactive psychic energy through its body.
It could burst the radioactive psychic energy within its body in an instant, creating electromagnetic pulses and high-energy radiation, not only destroying unprotected electronic devices but also penetrating ordinary shelters and injuring personnel behind them.
The circuitry of the Ushas multi-purpose helicopter was not protected against electromagnetic pulses, instantly burning out the onboard flight control system, and the two pilots were severely injured.
The zombies immediately surged up, climbed the building, and pulled the two pilots out, tearing them apart in mid-air.