Chapter 30: Chapter 30: Supply Crate Rewards
The horde of zombies led by the Mutated Zombie and the child zombies gradually merged, forming a gigantic zombie horde numbering over a thousand.
This zombie horde is even more dangerous than the one at the fishing village, and now they are only relying on a carousel.
"Everyone get ready, fire at will, absolutely do not let the zombies get up here!"
The ground is now covered with over a hundred zombie corpses, and the distance between the carousel’s top and the ground has closed, adult zombies can almost grab the edge of the carousel with a raised hand.
The Red Alert Soldiers immediately rushed forward and started shooting at the wave-like zombies below.
By this time, it was already noon.
Each soldier’s bullets had been refreshed, fully reloaded, the firepower immediately became fierce, starting to suppress the zombie attack.
Ye Fan took this opportunity to convert the collected money.
This harvest was indeed substantial, having collected nearly two thousand Gold from the bodies of two hundred female zombies!
These, together with what Ye Fan already had, amounted to two thousand five hundred Gold!
If he were to deploy Conscripts, he could produce 25 of them, and even 12 Army Soldiers could be created.
But Ye Fan did not deploy troops immediately.
Firstly, newly deployed troops are rookies; the numbers might increase, but not the combat effectiveness significantly.
Another important point is the carousel top is too small, with a dozen people on it, it’s already trembling, a few more might collapse it.
If casualties occur, the money would be wasted. Ye Fan felt the most urgent need now was for a better foothold; this carousel was not tenable.
Opened the Red Alert page, selected, produced, and then began to wait....
He glanced at Xu Haoran, who was hovering around 300 meters outside, unable to approach due to the dense zombie horde.
Ye Fan ordered him to wait for the right moment to take action.
The battle situation was precarious as soon as the Agile Zombies appeared.
The child zombies, though terrifying in appearance, weren’t much of a threat as they couldn’t reach the top of the carousel.
But the Agile Zombies, led by a Mutated Zombie, appeared among the horde.
A Quasi-Agile Zombie leaped into the air, jumping directly onto the carousel.
Its target was Army Soldier Luo Fei!
Luo Fei was Ye Fan’s second strongest firepower point here, second only to the Three-Star Conscript Wang Hu, even stronger than the Two-Star Li Biao and others.
The Agile Zombie lunged at Luo Fei, suddenly leaping up with a claw, catching Luo Fei off guard, leaving a big gash on his shoulder.
Just as the zombie was about to strike again, Xiaotian lunged fiercely, biting the zombie’s ankle, halting its momentum.
Luo Fei, without a word, lifted his semi-automatic rifle single-handedly and pulled the trigger, firing ferociously!
A burst of fire spewed, forcibly killing the Agile Zombie.
"Luo Fei, fall back!"
Ye Fan even saw Luo Fei upgraded to Two-Star, yet he still ordered him to retreat and unhesitatingly threw a bottle of serum. Two medics immediately rushed over, helping the wounded Luo Fei to the center of the carousel, skillfully bandaging him, administering antiviral serum, unfazed by the surrounding chaos.
"Sir, five minutes, in five minutes Luo Fei can return to the battlefield."
"Good, Chen Chuan, it’s your turn!"
Ye Fan had just issued the order when Chen Chuan opened fire.
His target was the agile-type Mutated Zombie, as it was the most dangerous enemy.
The sniper rifle was equipped with a silencer, making hardly any noise, and Ye Fan, watching the Mutated Zombie, saw a burst of blood from its body, and it toppled over!
"Is it dead?" Ye Fan was overjoyed; he was most worried about this one.
"No, this type of zombie reacts quickly, harder to kill than the Armored Zombie; it deflected the shot, only breaking one of its claws."
Ye Fan saw the Agile Zombie indeed crawled up again, with one paw drooping; however, it wasn’t a fatal injury.
Having been shot by the sniper rifle, the zombie crawled and again charged forward, actually reaching the base of the carousel.
This angle was no longer feasible to hit it, so Chen Chuan temporarily abandoned this target, turning his aim on another Quasi-Agile Zombie.
This one was easier to handle, taking it down with one shot.
The soldiers continued firing, but the bullets were consuming rapidly.
The sound of mass gunfire was deafening while zombies kept appearing and joining the attack.
Layers of bodies piled up, exceeding a meter in height.
Taller zombies stood on the corpse mound, able to touch the soldiers’ feet with their arms.
At such close quarters, accuracy improved, Ye Fan checked the time, drew his 23 pistol, and joined the sniping.
The two medics had finished bandaging Luo Fei, and all three joined the sniping ranks.
The Two-Star Army Soldier Luo Fei immediately became the main attack force, his drum magazine now doubled, firing madly, with precision greatly improved, undoubtedly the strongest firepower point.
If not for the continued following zombies, this wave could have wiped out most of the zombies.
The freshly replenished bullets were quickly consumed in such high-intensity combat.
"Sir, we’re almost out of bullets!"
"Wang Hu and Li Biao, keep one magazine each; the rest don’t need to save bullets, empty them and engage with bayonets!"
Nearly everyone had run out of bullets, starting to fight with bayonets drawn.
Despite this, they couldn’t stop the zombie horde’s advance; the mound of bodies grew higher, with the zombies’ heads reaching the carousel top, their waving arms posed a great threat to the soldiers.
"Cease fire! Get down!"
Ye Fan suddenly issued the command.
Ye Fan’s words were regarded as the highest directive by the Red Alert Soldiers. As soon as he spoke, the gunfire ceased abruptly, and everyone collectively lay prone.
Even Xiaotian spread its limbs and lay flat on the merry-go-round cover, without raising its tail.
In the distance, Xu Haoran ran to within a few dozen meters of the zombie horde and threw the second grenade!
The One-star Scout gets two grenades to use each day.
The grenade exploded in the midst of the zombie horde, instantly creating a huge fireball.
The massive explosion cleared out a patch of zombies and attracted the attention of many more.
"Cover me!"
Ye Fan leapt down from the top of the merry-go-round, landing in the space cleared by the grenade. Though he stumbled, there was no time for concern; he immediately opened the Red Alert page, clicked, and placed the long-awaited building!
A towering structure of 5.5 meters rose from the ground!
Defensive Structure, Surveillance Tower!
Square-shaped, the bottom four meters had no windows, only the top had a room with windows on all sides, where a massive heavy machine gun was set up.
Ye Fan rushed in through the corner door at the bottom, and behind him, one by one, the Red Alert Soldiers jumped down from the merry-go-round, charging into the tower with exceptional efficiency.
Covering the rear were Wang Hu and Li Biao, who emptied the bullets from their guns to provide cover for their comrades, buying them precious time.
When it was their turn, they jumped down together, covering each other as they sprinted to the base of the tower, by which time two dark shadows had charged from the zombie horde.
It was the Mutated Zombie and another Quasi-Mutated Zombie.
Snap snap~~~!
Claws swung, injuring both Wang Hu and Li Biao!
Yet neither Conscript uttered a sound, smashing the zombies back a bit with their rifle butts before quickly rushing into the tower.
Ye Fan forcefully shut the door, locking all the zombies outside just before they could charge in!
Inside the tower was an iron stairway, and everyone quickly climbed to the top, gathering in the room above.
The medics swiftly initiated rescue operations, and Ye Fan handed the last bottle of serum to Li Biao.
Wang Hu, being a Three-star Soldier, would not be infected by the virus, thus did not need the serum.
Ye Fan looked down, including the Mutated Zombie, all the zombies vainly waved their claws, roaring angrily towards the top of the tower, unable to reach the five-meter-high rooftop.
After the massacre below, approximately four hundred zombies remained.
For now, they were safe.
Ye Fan took a deep breath, looking at the somewhat fatigued soldiers around him. Now everyone was out of bullets, but as long as they made it through tonight safely, with tomorrow’s bullet refresh, these zombies would certainly be wiped out.
Ye Fan had one bullet left in his gun, but it seemed useless.
Though there was a heavy machine gun indoors, it could not hit zombies at almost a vertical angle.
Time to eat.
Ye Fan was about to let the soldiers eat; with no ammo and food depleted, there was nothing else to do.
Just then, something unexpectedly flew from outside, a grappling hook snagging the corner of the tower rooftop.
Ye Fan looked out to see Xu Haoran using his Scout wall climbing skill, swiftly scaling up from below.
It turned out he took advantage of the distraction caused by Ye Fan and the others, managing to reach the side of the tower, and now he had climbed up!
The Agile Zombie jumped below, attempting to attack Xu Haoran on the wall.
In a moment of urgency, Ye Fan drew his gun, firing the last bullet.
Although it did not kill the zombie, the force of the bullet effectively knocked it off.
Under the cover of Ye Fan, Xu Haoran smoothly reached the rooftop.
Unpacking his backpack, Xu Haoran pulled out a crate, placing it before Ye Fan.
"Sir, the supply crate is in hand!"
Ye Fan excitedly took the crate and immediately wanted to open it.
But suddenly, a flash of insight struck him, and Ye Fan stopped his actions.
He previously had 2,500 Gold; building the 5.5-meter One Tower cost 1,200, leaving 1,300.
At the time, he was focused solely on constructing the tower, so the 1,300 hadn’t been used yet.
After thinking for a bit, Ye Fan decided to expand production.
Scouts and Snipers were one-of-a-kind, but the firepower of the Army Soldiers deeply intrigued Ye Fan, especially after seeing the performance of Two-star Soldier Luo Fei, prompting him to produce a batch of Army Soldiers.
The military dogs’ performance was also commendable, consistently contributing in critical moments, warranting another one.
Thirteen minutes later, five new Army Soldiers and one military dog appeared beside Ye Fan.
The small tower was now crowded with twenty people and two dogs!
Ye Fan, with a thought, opened the supply crate.
"Success always favors those who are prepared; let’s hope we win big this time!"
Perhaps Ye Fan’s prayers worked, as upon opening the supply crate, rewards emerged.
"Congratulations, Sir, you’ve received a collective Star Promotion reward for all Red Alert Units within ten meters!"