Living Dead's

Chapter 61 - Crisis

Feifei listened to the roar of gunfire through his earphones, he could not help but feel anxious even though he saw the zombie figures on the monitor screen disappearing one by one.

He carefully called out, "Dad...?"

At the other end of the channel, Shen Yuan of course learned of his daughter's worries. He turned the gun on his fingertips, and replied with a laugh. "Your father is very strong, do not be afraid."

Feifei, "Then what about Uncle Xi? Is he stronger than you?"

Shen Yuan confidently boasted, "Of course your father is stronger. Xi Zihe is nothing."

Xi Zihe listened with a blank look, he looked at Shen Yuan with a look of disbelief. He is unable to answer anything.

Whatever. Father and son are happy.

Xi Zihe took over the situation again. "That's enough. Where is Yang Ruisi? Did he pee in Africa?"

In that short moment, Yang Ruisi was able to finish off another zombie that suddenly appeared. He picked up the mic and gasped for breath as he spoke in a low voice. "I'm here, captain."

Xi Zihe instantly nagged after hearing his voice. "What's wrong with you? Is your kidney damaged? You take fifteen minutes to pee?"

The Jaw Yang Ruisi instantly fell. He had a foolish expression on his face as he was perplexed.

Kidney damaged? Pouring water?

Yang Ruisi suddenly turned her eyes towards the little girl. However Feifei immediately turned his gaze to a distant hill.

Yang Ruisi instantly understood, it was you.

"Ehem." Yang Ruisi cleared her throat and immediately shifted the topic without answering Xi Zihe's question. "Has anyone been hurt?"

Shen Yuan answered his question, "Nothing. We're fine."

"Immediately report the situation outside." Xi Zihe said in a firm voice.

"The side door has been blocked. And the main door. There are a lot of zombies there."

Yang Ruisi's voice was unstable. He no longer looked at the monitor screen but at the military barracks in the distance. Even with the distance stretched, he could still see countless small black dots moving slowly forming colonies on the military field.

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Four o'clock in the morning, the darkest hour before dawn.

He Zhao moved his remote controller and the drone moved as he pleased. Four drone propellers whistled as they flew towards the armory on the east side of the barracks.

Black masses move in hordes. Thousands of zombies surrounded the three floors inside and outside the two-story building. All was clearly visible despite the dark through He Zhao's small control monitor.

Five members of Xi Zihe's small team approached the main door of the warehouse. Outside, muffled voices sounded one after another. Breaking down the door and slamming the door, the zombies tried hard to get inside. A large gate made of iron slammed until it curved inward. The unceasing roar of zombies outside was like a wave that came for a short while.

Xi Zihe asked through his microphone, "How much?"

His voice Yang Ruisi came out from her earphones, "The conservative guess is ten thousand, surrounding you from the armory all the way to the field."

Xi Zihe's head lowered as he prepared the minigun, and propped it up on his arm. He casually asked, "Wow very good. Do you think we can break through?"

Yang Ruisi replied jokingly. "Cannot be. Does our insurance still work in a world like this?"

Xi Zihe shrugged, "What will happen if we don't succeed?"

Yang Ruisi did not answer him. "May succeed. Feifei and we are all waiting for you to return."

Xi Zihe gestured to Shen Yuan. Shen Yuan nodded and with a shot from his rifle, the bullet hit the wall in front of the armory, smashing the door safety switch into pieces.

The alarm in the armory immediately roared. The iron gate slowly opened. Xi Zihe shouted loudly, and lunged forward. Two machine guns exploded with deafening bursts of bullets. Bullets flew in a straight line and swept over the zombie ranks in front of them.

Xi Zihe and Li Yan who were carrying the minigun advanced in front of the line. The two of them walked slowly out of the armory, the other one was at the back, supporting the two of them. The sound of wild gunfire echoed at night.

Yang Ruisi's heart was like it was going to come out of her throat. Hearing the roar of gunfire through the earphones, it had already made him break out in cold sweat. The condition of the two boys next to him was not good either. They could clearly hear the sound of gunfire leaking from Yang Ruisi's earphones in the middle of the night. With the sound of gunfire shaking heaven and earth, there was no possibility of being able to communicate with them, they would not be able to hear his voice clearly.

He Zhao again directed his drone following the small team of Xi Zihe. The drone was carrying a small lamp that illuminated their path. That insignificant ray of light shone on Xi Zihe and Li Yan who were turning their backs to each other, slowly moving forward while turning around and shooting.

Zombie heads exploded along the path they passed, rotten limbs flailing about as they were shot.

Shen Yuan, Yao Yue and Song Yi followed behind and worked together to guard their rear. Any zombies that escaped the shots of Xi Zihe and Li Yan, they would immediately clear up.

When the place of the bullet was empty, Xi Zihe threw the machine gun away, and took out two small caliber rifles. He started shooting again

Bang out! Bang out! Bang

"You're almost there! Move through the west side of the field! There are fewer zombies there!" Yang Ruisi shouted with all her strength, until the veins on her neck were visible. He observed the situation using the camera mounted on He Zhao's drone.

Xi Zihe tightened the grip on his rifle and roared, "Start running!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xi Zihe made eye contact with Shen Yuan. Shen Yuan immediately understood the message, he rolled on the ground and threw a hand grenade as far as possible.

BOOMING

The explosion nearly knocked everyone down. Shen Yuan who was closest to the explosion bore the most impact. As he crouched down, a piece of shrapnel scratched the side of his face and left a bloodline.

Xi Zihe again shouted, "Quick, quick!"

The zombies surged towards them. Everyone headed to the west side of the field and started running as fast as possible. The distance between the armory and the helicopter was very short, but by trying to escape death with thousands of zombies chasing behind them, Shen Yuan felt this path was very long.

Xi Zihe, "Quick! Everyone, follow Xiao Zhao's drone!"

They followed He Zhao's drone which led them to get to the place where the helicopter was.

Up ahead, they could see the helicopter parked after passing through a thin wire fence.

"Prepare to jump!" Xi Zihe's voice sounded from the front of the line.

With a single leap, they managed to pass through the barrier. But soon, many zombies with broken limbs staggered up, groaning and moaning trying to get past the thin wire fence.

"Team Yao Yue is getting ready!" Xi Zihe's voice was heard again. "Our target is confirmed! Me, Father, and Song Yi will act as protectors. Yao Yue and Li Yan were getting ready to board and pilot the helicopter! Hurry on!"

In the middle of the field, there was a row of helicopters parked on the grass. As agreed upon, Yao Yue and Li Yan were already preparing to get inside the helicopter, yet a zombie suddenly came out from behind the tail of the helicopter.

"Foot!"

They simultaneously opened fire to take down the zombie. However, their bullets were useless. The zombie was still standing strong.

"Captain, here..." Yao Yue tried to speak while stammering.

In front of them, the zombies that had just come out, turned their heads towards them.