Chapter 243: Swamp Siege

Although the flying backpack was very fast, it still took Fu Qinghai nearly two hours to go back and forth.

It takes two hours to operate the flying backpack in cruising mode, and I don't know how long it would take for a Leman Rust tank.

Sometimes Fu Qinghai wished he could tie an iron chain around himself and drag the tank forward.

Fu Qinghai looked down and saw that the Leman Rust tank was still moving slowly, leaving deep ruts behind it.

"Calling My Little Pony, anything?"

"Shh... Got it, Qingshan, you'd better come down and take a look."

Chen Xinlu's voice came.

The two women seemed to be sober.

Fu Qinghai folded the wings and dived down.

…

Chen Xinlu pointed at the screen and said,

"The auspicious array has detected signs of life."

Fu Qinghai took a closer look.

Both sides of the road are covered with densely packed small green dots.

Of course, the auspicious instrument can block out the life signals of plants as background information. In other words, these "little green dots" on the screen are definitely not plants.

"What is it?"

Fu Qinghai muttered to himself.

Although Force perception is extremely sophisticated and does not rely on physical signals such as sound waves, spectrum, thermal radiation, and electromagnetic waves, it can be used in any environment. However, its disadvantage is that its range is small. The perception distance is at most as large as that of a room, and it cannot really be used as a radar.

"Qingshan, three o'clock."

Jiang Yixia, who was sitting in the driver's seat, reminded.

Fu Qinghai pulled the periscope at the gunner's position over and took a look.

Adjusting the zoom of the field of view, the back of a person appeared in the distance, sitting alone in the flooded sand.

Leman Rustank kept driving along the damaged highway. On both sides of the highway were mudflats and swamps with varying depths of water. There were also clumps of mangroves in the east and west, soaking in clear water several feet deep. The formation of the swamp was probably related to the storm.

The "person" just sat quietly in the swamp.

"I'll go and take a look."

Fu Qinghai said.

Without taking off his armor, he put on his helmet and set off again. He got out of the car and walked to the roadside. He stepped into the mudflat. Most of the soles of his shoes sank instantly, and the huge magnetic shoes were wrapped by the soft mud that surged from the surrounding area.

"Fuck."

Fu Qinghai cursed inwardly and could only activate the flying backpack. He leaped over a distance of a hundred meters, and with a "bang", mud and water splashed everywhere, and he landed directly next to the man. He was splashed with mud and water by Fu Qinghai, but he remained motionless.

Corpse?

Fu Qinghai blinked slightly and switched to the thermal imaging view.

But there is heat in his body, although it is inconsistent with the heat radiation of humans.

Fu Qinghai looked at the man's grayish profile, shriveled eyes, and dirty hair. He was a tall man wearing a semi-enclosed black exoskeleton armor. It was not a power armor, but a single-soldier exoskeleton. To Fu Qinghai, the transmission shaft and hydraulic column looked very primitive, as well as exposed wires, straps, and gears.

The movie "Edge of Tomorrow".

Fu Qinghai recognized it at a glance.

It was this exoskeleton that bound the man's body, preventing the corpse from falling down, and allowing it to maintain a strange kneeling posture, standing alone in the entire tidal flat swamp.

This is obviously a reincarnation.

There was a big knife shaped like a helicopter propeller next to the corpse, or perhaps it was a helicopter propeller. Fu Qinghai reached out to touch the corpse's head, and there was a "crash" sound.

The man's head fell off completely.

Densely packed black mollusks swarmed out of the water. Upon closer inspection, they seemed to be some kind of leeches with flat, short and thick bodies that were wriggling everywhere. After falling into the water, they arched their backs twice on the sand and immediately burrowed into the mud and disappeared.

These leeches hollowed out the man's body. As the leeches that filled his body left, the man's skin quickly collapsed and turned into a blue-gray leather sheath, hanging shriveled on the individual exoskeleton.

The leeches did not attack Fu Qinghai.

But Fu Qinghai knew that they would decide whether to drill into the animal based on the temperature of the animal's body surface. Leeches naturally would not be interested in cold and hard ceramic steel. If there was a person with bare skin standing here, it would obviously be a different scene.

After understanding all this, Fu Qinghai turned around and prepared to leave.

Just at this moment.

"Bang!"

Fu Qinghai looked down.

A bony claw covered in blood stretched out from the flooded sand and grabbed Fu Qinghai's shoe.

Fu Qinghai raised his knees.

"Crash!"

He pulled a zombie covered in rotten flesh out of the mud and sand, with its claws still tightly gripping the magnetic shoes.

"Hoo…Puff!"

The zombie opened its mouth to roar, but Fu Qinghai stepped back and the zombie's head exploded.

"What?"

Fu Qinghai shook his head and prepared to go back.

"Bang--"

With a loud bang, Fu Qinghai was instantly lifted into the sky by the huge object that broke out of the ground. The exploded mud and water poured down like rain, obscuring the shape of the giant object.

Fu Qinghai turned his head in mid-air, and what greeted him was a huge snake mouth that had expanded to the extreme. A row of alienated curved fangs surrounded the swinging forked snake tongue, and the bottomless black esophagus was big enough to fit a small car.

"Bang!"

The snake's mouth closed.

The zombie snake raised its head toward the sky and swallowed hard.

The next second, its throat swelled.

"Puff—hiss, hiss, hiss!"

The tip of a chainsaw sword, spurting blood with a hissing sound, emerged from the skull of the giant snake. The huge head, which was not much smaller than a tank, tilted weakly to one side and slammed heavily on the mudflat swamp, splashing water.

The chainsaw sword continued to cut, slicing through the entire tough snake skin and thick muscles. Fu Qinghai, covered in blood, lifted up his scales and walked out.

Of course, not his blood.

[You killed the T virus zombie snake "Gap"]

[Start calculating assimilation points...76 points]

Fu Qinghai raised his hand to wipe off the transparent mucus and red and black blood that covered his visor, then raised his head and saw that at this moment, the entire swamp was "boiling"!

Amidst the splashing mud and water, countless giant reddish-brown and flesh-brown tentacles broke out of the ground and danced wildly in the air. Some were long and some were short with suction cups, some were thick and some were thin with fangs. For a moment, the corpses were dancing wildly, which was extremely terrifying.

"Qingshan, Qingshan, did you see it?"

Chen Xinlu's anxious call came from the communication channel.

"Yes."

Fu Qinghai nodded and said.

The rotating turbofan stirred up the mucus and blood, and the wake of the flying backpack blew away large waves. Fu Qinghai leaped up and flew towards the highway where the tank was.

"Crash!"

A giant worm with ring-shaped flesh segments brazenly emerged from the swamp, its four cross-shaped sharp appendages spread out, revealing tiny teeth, like a stirring frosted turbine.

Fu Qinghai, who was well prepared, dragged the chainsaw sword and cut over. The Blue Fang suddenly lifted up, and the giant worm's appendages broke instantly, and the huge cylindrical mouth was also split open without any hindrance.

However, Fu Qinghai did not receive any notification of the points reward.

It means it is not dead yet.

Even though the point rewards were much more substantial than those of ordinary zombies, Fu Qinghai still didn't want to get entangled with these zombie monsters in the swamp. They possessed tremendous strength that matched their huge size, and it would not be fun to be dragged into the depths of the swamp mud.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Countless thick tentacles shot out from the swamp and instantly tied Fu Qinghai tightly. Even his right hand holding the chainsaw sword was entangled. Fu Qinghai's mind moved, and the flying backpack suddenly turned on the afterburner mode. The blazing white flames burst out, and the tentacles burned by the plasma tail suddenly retracted. Fu Qinghai tore off all the tentacles hanging on his body and flew into the sky.

"Qingshan, request permission to open fire!"

Jiang Yixia said.

They still remembered Fu Qinghai's ban on firing.

"Wait till I come in."

Fu Qinghai landed with a bang, his iron shoes stepped on the solid road surface, and the power armor instantly opened like a blooming lotus. Fu Qinghai, wearing only a vest, walked out from it, opened the side hatch of the tank and walked in.

Before closing the hatch, Fu Qinghai ordered:

"Qingming, fight outside for me."

"No problem, Master."

This is the plan arranged by Fu Qinghai.

He was worried about three women driving the tank alone. After all, they were just a temporary crew forced to drive the tank. Only three people could not fully unleash the power of the tank. Fu Qinghai needed to personally serve as the tank commander and take command.

However, the Blue Shell Power Armor is extremely lethal, and Fu Qinghai cannot just leave it in the carriage and watch. After all, the assimilation points provided by these zombie monsters are still quite attractive, so he arranges Qingming to control the armor to kill outside.

The power armor controlled by artificial intelligence is not as flexible and agile as when Fu Qinghai wears it himself. It is a little stiff and slow, but the opponent is just a group of brainless virus-infected bodies who don't know any moves or techniques. Fu Qinghai believes that Qingming can handle it.

Jiang Yixia had already taken his place at the gunner's seat. Fu Qinghai sat down at the driver's seat and said in a deep voice,

"Crew members, take your positions."

"Follow the road and fight your way out!"

…

The tank engine shook violently, the exhaust column at the rear spewed out large clouds of black smoke, and made a humming sound as if it had started well.

A large number of zombie monsters have surrounded them from both sides of the road. Fu Qinghai's eyes are glued to the periscope, and he slowly says:

"Keep your triggers, girls."

"Put it a little closer, the density is not enough."

"Click."

Some zombies had already crawled onto the road, blocking the way, and were crushed by the tracks.

Chen Xinlu looked out through the shooting hole and saw a giant black scorpion about seven or eight meters long had crawled to the side of the tank, with its sharp tail raised high. Next to it were various strange-looking half-human zombies, with deformed appendages growing all over their backs.

On the other side, several giant leeches with waving tentacles had climbed onto the side-mounted weapon station. Their sticky black muscles clung to the shooting holes and squirmed and slid. Suddenly, a white eye emerged from the muscles and stared at Li Xingxian.

"Fire!"

Fu Qinghai shouted.

"boom--"

Li Xingxian pulled the trigger immediately.

The double-barreled heavy flamethrower shot out a large ball of red and yellow flames.

"squeak--"

Several giant leeches let out sharp hissing sounds, trembling and shrinking as they fell off the car body. However, the refined promethium was like a maggot attached to the bones, clinging tightly to the bodies of the zombie leeches, constantly burning and spreading. Li Xingxian turned the muzzle of the gun and sprayed flames at the zombie monsters that were rushing in. A five or six meter long column of flame swept across a large number of zombie monsters, igniting their flesh and blood.

"All, all, all!"

The double-barreled heavy bomb let out a dull roar, and the giant scorpion that had mutated into a thick shell was instantly smashed into pieces, with flesh and blood flying everywhere. Those thick shells that were immune to ordinary firearms were no different from plastic cardboard in front of the heavy bomb. After penetrating the giant scorpion, the heavy bomb could also break the tentacles at the back. The invisible barrage instantly cleared a large fan-shaped area.

"Switch to burst mode, Chen Xinlu."

Fu Qinghai ordered.

A large number of zombie monsters crowded in front of the tank, trying to slow down the advance of the steel behemoth. Although the effect was minimal, the continuously piling up corpses still made the rotation of the tracks slightly slow. The vehicle body began to rise and fall, crushing the giant worms and deformed zombies that blocked the way. When the speed slowed down further, Fu Qinghai finally grasped the handle of the laser cannon.

Pull the trigger.

"Biu——"

A red beam of light shot out, instantly clearing out the worms and tentacles that were blocking the way ahead. The dirty flesh and blood turned black and carbonized under the burning of the laser, and large holes were corroded through it.

The muscles on Jiang Yixia's arms bulged as he kept turning the large and small dials, controlling the turret to rotate left and right. With his left hand, he held the grip of the coaxial storm bolter and fired supplementary shots at the blind spots on the sides and front of the vehicle that could not be covered.

Heavy bombs are 1.0 caliber, and storm bombs are .75 caliber like ordinary bombs. The only difference is that storm bombs are double-barreled parallel bolt guns.

Leman Rust tank, full fire!

The Blue Shell Power Armor controlled by Qing Ming has switched to an industrial backpack and is standing alone on the flat roof of the Troy logistics vehicle. Two mechanical tentacles grab the body of the vehicle, holding it firmly in place, and he is swinging and slashing with the chainsaw sword in both hands.

The phlogiston welding torch, servo robot arm and plasma cutter were transformed into terrifying weapons, burning the zombie monsters that pounced on them from all directions into torches, pinching them into minced meat, and cutting them into pieces.

It was the first time for the three women to witness such a fierce war scene. The zombie monsters driven by the virus were fearless and rushed forward one after another, crashing into the firepower network constructed by the Leman Rust tank. They were not afraid even if they were smashed to pieces. The three women were a little bloodthirsty for a while.

Fu Qinghai, sitting firmly in the driving seat, remained calm and composed.

He even had time to light himself a cigar.

He took a deep breath and exhaled white mist, diluting the turbid air and tense atmosphere in the car.

Until, a giant alligator snapping turtle as big as a hill was seen in the distance climbing onto the highway and blocking the tank.

With a body more than ten meters long and a high bulging back that was several meters taller than the tank, it faced the tank coming from a distance, opened its bloody mouth, and screamed:

"Moo——"

"Jiang Yixia, load the main gun ammunition, armor-piercing shells."

"Roger that, comrade commander."

Jiang Yixia shouted, and immediately slid down from the gunner's position, came to the ammunition compartment, picked up the huge soft metal capped armor-piercing bullet, stuffed it into the barrel deftly, closed the lock and closed the gun door. Jiang Yixia sat back in the gunner's position, stared at the giant alligator turtle not far away, and quickly turned the turntable to adjust the shooting angle.

Such a huge target did not require precise aiming. Jiang Yixia, who served as both gunner and loader, locked the crosshairs on the alligator snapping turtle's head and stepped on the firing pedal decisively and quickly. The breech block suddenly recoiled and the shell burst out of the barrel with high temperature.

"BOOM——"

The roar of the main gun brought death. The ferocious head of the alligator turtle disappeared in an instant, and its huge body as strong as a mountain behind it was pierced through. The molten metal stream evaporated the bones and flesh inside the target, forming a huge hole visible to the naked eye.

The giant snapping turtle fell.

The heavy body stirred up a large cloud of dust.

Even more than a dozen zombies were crushed to death.

"Gunner, great kill!"

Fu Qinghai praised.

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(End of this chapter)