Launching the first wave of attacks were over twenty hyaenas, wolves, leopards... These bio-weapon-infected animals were less like wild beasts and more like specialized biological weapons.
Their original sharp fangs and claws were replaced with serrated blades, their hearts swapped out for high-torque miniature engines, providing a continuous supply of power to their bodies.
Hydraulic and linkage structures at their joints significantly increased their strength and jumping capabilities. Mechanical eyes in their sockets could clearly lock onto fast-moving hostile targets even in dim and chaotic environments.
Above their spines, they were also equipped with rotary machine guns or other heavy firepower.
Clatter clatter clatter clatter—
The infected leaped back and forth across the airship's inner walls, at dizzying speeds, using their claws and teeth to carve open Zeluo soldiers' power armor, and then swung their tails into the gaps at the armor's seams.