Chapter 131: Chapter 131: Frenzied Military Training
Paris Suburbs.
A few minutes later, Lin Yi learned via radio that Solomon had already prepared with his men.
He returned the motorcycle to the Shelter, summoned his soldiers, and set up a car barricade.
He carefully inspected the hundred people in front of him, frowning, as he only recognized a few among the soldiers.
Almost 90% of them were newcomers...
"Most of you are fighting under my command for the first time, so listen up!
Mages, don’t use powerful magic attacks, save as much of your Magic Value as possible!
Archers, release your arrows upon command!
Infantry with Skill Level 2, your main target is the mutant!
Now, get into position, let’s have some fun!"
Lin Yi finished speaking and fired a shot into the air.
The sound of the gunshot could be heard a kilometer away!
The zombies immediately reacted, but it wasn’t so easy for them to approach the soldiers.
A large number of scrap cars occupied the highway, blocking more than half of the space, greatly hindering the advance of these ignorant zombies.
In addition, about thirty soldiers holding bows, shot volleys of arrows at the zombies in front.
Some zombies fell on the road, and a few were tripped, making it even harder for the zombies behind to move.
At this moment, General Lin Yi posed a question.
"They have no archery skills, and you’re making them act as archers directly?"
"Yes, boss! They are Hubert’s people, they’ve been trying to gather Skill Books, especially archery Skill Books."
Lin Yi nodded upon hearing this.
This was quite thoughtful, Skill Books are extremely rare, so directly teaching everyone archery, then giving the Skill Books to the best archers once found was the plan.
At this moment, he had a sudden idea: "We have a bunch of useless bows, right?"
"I..." Solomon was at a loss for words.
Like the boss, he had tried archery but the results were... hard to describe.
He had tried his hardest to draw the bowstring until his arm shook, but the accuracy was still very lacking.
"I think you should have a good chat with Hubert, his training method has some substance."
"Yes, boss! That old guy thinks he’s the best commander in all of Paris besides you, and maybe he’s got a point..."
As Solomon said this, he remembered that all of Hubert’s people were soldiers, and they were all Professionals.
Even those afraid of close combat were at least Level 2 or above.
Besides the new recruits, Hubert’s people were well-trained, almost outshining his own.
As Lin Yi watched the battle, he thought for a moment and decided on a major improvement.
"I want you, with Hubert, to divide everyone into groups of ten. Equip them with gear and Vaccine Bracelets, then take them out for some training, to truly hone them."
"As you command, boss!"
Lin Yi waved his hand, and Solomon returned to the Shelter, heading off to find Hubert.
In the battlefield.
The close-combat soldiers were initially a bit confused and hesitant, never having fought under such conditions.
But more experienced veterans, those who had ’worked’ under Lin Yi before, demonstrated to their companions what to do.
They opened car doors or simply took them off, preventing the zombies from passing through, and then everyone began earning Experience Points with ease.
Among this group of zombies, there was only one mutant, and typically, mutants rarely group together.
This was a typical scenario, an agile zombie surrounded by a group of tanks.
It thought the timing was right and charged from the left, aiming to bite a nearby soldier’s throat.
But the mutant got a little surprise, as an archer soldier took out a handful of screws from his pocket and tossed them into the air.
With a wave of his hand, dozens of screws shot through the mutant like bullets, riddling the undead creature with holes.
"Thank you, old soldier!" shouted the unguarded recruit, who was so scared his heart almost stopped.
If not for the veteran, he would have been doomed, as the Vaccine Bracelet couldn’t fix a throat.
"Don’t thank me, it’s all thanks to the boss’s... uh... good teaching, you’ll learn a lot more in the future."
The veteran grinned and continued killing monsters.
The battle continued.
A few minutes later, the newly slain zombies began to pile up, hindering the soldiers.
"Move the bodies to the pit!" Lin Yi ordered.
Among the team were a few veterans from the "Mad Plunderers" group, who quickly demonstrated to others how to move the bodies to the pit.
All soldiers had been assigned ’outdoor handlers’ jobs on the first day, so they could transport bodies and other items back to the Shelter.
As the zombie bodies were sent back to the Shelter, the corpse pile began to thin out, and the bio-material counter started to rise.
The battle lasted about twenty minutes.
A few were injured and were sent back to the Shelter for treatment, needing at least three to five days to recover.
Post-battle statistics.
This time, more than seven hundred zombies were killed in total, five hundred were originally wandering on the highway, and two hundred were attracted by the gunshots.
Lin Yi gave the order.
Then, cars, bodies, and spoils began to disappear from the battlefield.
Received 11 white rewards, 550 Coins.
Thanks to Solomon’s efforts, all soldiers not yet Professionals were ready to be put into action.
Lin Yi summoned the Shelter deputies, formed teams, and ordered them to set out, collecting cars along the way and killing any zombies encountered.
Every quarter kilometer or so, Lin Yi fired a gunshot into the air, attracting all the local zombies.
With no densely populated areas nearby, they encountered no more than a hundred zombies, and no mutants.
As it turns out, the highway is an excellent place for training recruits and farming Experience Points.
Many zombies were stuck inside the cars and couldn’t get out.
Basically, they were sitting ducks!
This is the most ideal target for ordinary people wanting to become Professionals.
The recruits only needed to stab through the windshield into the zombies’ heads trapped inside.
Lin Yi even equipped them with Level 3 One-handed Swords, which could pierce through the windshield and zombie heads like cutting paper.
This greatly improved the efficiency of ordinary people converting to Professionals.
The teams advanced very slowly but methodically killed zombies rushing from all directions.
It was already three in the afternoon.
Lin Yi decided everyone should return to the Shelter for lunch.
Everyone enjoyed a satisfying high-calorie lunch... with apple pie for dessert!
As he drank tea, he asked, "Solomon, how’s the orc world going?"
"It’s at a stalemate..."
"Those new members, Chen Youyou?"
"Good news, boss! Many of them have practical skills." Chen Youyou couldn’t stop smiling, couldn’t even speak.
Listening closely, Lin Yi understood.
Among this new generation, many could make clothes out of Rabbit Hide, and many were butchers. The meat factory’s productivity had reached eight tons!
Chen Youyou finally stopped laughing, a bit embarrassed, then continued to report: "We have enough..."