Section 161: The Remnant Corpse

Running along the dim street, with a lot of wet and cold night wind blowing on my face, causing pain like a knife cut.

As the distance shortens, the street landscape shrouded in darkness gradually appears within a range that can be distinguished by visuals. The blood in the air becomes more and more intense. The black figure that is constantly rising and falling in the middle of the road in the distance gradually breaks away from the blur and becomes clearer.

There is no doubt that he is a human. The clothing fabric attached to the surface of the broken body is enough to prove this.

Lin Xiang controlled his breathing and kept aiming at the target with the assault rifle in his hand. Judging from the movements, the black shadow seemed to want to support the ground with both hands, and then use his legs to stretch out his legs to complete the upright movement of his body. Because the leg joints were completely blown away, the body that had lost its head could only lie on the ground and roll and twist.

The columnar reproductive organs standing between the legs indicate that the body belongs to a male.

Perhaps because of the presence of Lin Xiang, the arms on both sides of the corpse began to climb towards him. Within the range that could be observed in the line of sight, Lin Xiang was surprised to find that the tips of "his"'s fingers actually protruded out sharp bone spurs with a length of more than 20 centimeters. These keratinous substances with outer arches have sharp blades. Due to too much force, when the claw tips come into contact with the ground, they occasionally have dazzling sparks, leaving eye-catching white scratches.

It was strange that despite the serious injury, there was very little blood splashing on the ground.

"He"'s body... seems to have no blood.

Moreover, "his" body was emitting a strong stench.

Holding his breath, Lin Xiang slowly retreated on the empty street. Perhaps he was gradually adapting to the movement of one foot with his arms, the broken corpse moved faster and faster. A few minutes later, "he" had completely gotten used to the way of crossing his left and right arms. The broken legs dragged behind his body turned into a balancer that controlled the amplitude of the body's shaking. The sharp bone spurs passed by the surface of the hard stone, causing a series of tooth-sourcing friction sounds.

"It actually learns... This is definitely not a human being, what kind of creature is it?"

The muscles on Lin Xiang's face twitched, and his detection consciousness clearly recorded the movement images of the corpse a few minutes ago. Compared with the flexible and agile movements now, "he" at that time was like a toddler.

The corpse was moving faster and faster. Suddenly, his thick arms supported the ground with force and leaped over with the help of a powerful reaction force. The inner bent arm end crossed to protect his chest. The moment he rushed towards Lin Xiang, he suddenly separated to both sides.

"Da da da da da da--"

AK100 spit out hot flames, and dense bullets knocked the corpse backwards several meters away, and could no longer get up.

"It turns out that the key is in your chest."

Lin Xiang nodded thoughtfully, raised his rifle and fired it repeatedly, and the bullet accurately penetrated the joints of the broken corpse's arms and another leg. After all this, it took a few minutes until he confirmed that the target had completely lost his ability to move. Then he stepped forward carefully, took out the flashlight that had been prepared from his pocket, and observed it carefully.

The fabric on the chest of the corpse was completely blown up, revealing a series of shocking dense bullet holes. At the heart of the left chest, there was a bulge that was about inch high above the surface of the body, slowly rising and falling, just like a severe asthma patient was panting violently.

Lin Xiang's pupils immediately contracted - in this case, it was really shocking to be able to maintain their survival status.

Without hesitation, he raised his gun, aimed at the corpse's chest and slammed it several times. With the violent twitching, the hands and feet of the headless corpse were swaying in pain like a fish that was lost. After a few seconds, he finally exhausted his last trace of strength and fell from the air and would never move again.

Lin Xiang squatted down, pulled out a dagger from his waist, and carefully cut open the flesh around the chest of the corpse, revealing the white ribs and a slightly empty chest cavity.

The corpse has no heart, the size of a fist, and the surface is full of meat balls of broad bean-like tumors, pulling countless bright red lines to all sides, filling all the space inside the body. It looks like an alien spider placed on a huge silk screen.

This is the center that controls the body's movements.

Behind him, there was a burst of rapid footsteps. Lin Xiang did not turn around. Relying on the sensing of the space detection, he knew that it was Yang Hua and several other members of the mercenary group.

"This, what kind of monster is this?" Yang Hua was stunned when he looked at the corpse that emitted a strong smell.

"I don't know either."

Lin Xiang cut a piece from the center of the meat ball that was still slowly squirming, pierced it at the tip of the dagger, and observed it carefully under the blazing light of the flashlight, with a faint gloom on his face: "However, I probably understand the real reason why Solomon blocked the entire northern district of Liujin City."

In the distance, there were fierce gunfire sounds from the direction of other mercenaries' advance positions.

...

The rose-colored morning light slowly released from the end of the horizon, gradually turning into a ray of light-spreading dye, smearing the dark sky into a faint crimson. The radiant clouds silted in the sky crowded together, seemingly still sleeping, allowing this faint light to shine freely under one's nose, bringing a hint of heat to the cold air.

A huge twelve-story building stands on the north side of the city, with six thick stone pillars with a diameter of more than five meters barely maintaining the integrity of the broken building. The two stone lions covered with dust were squatting on both sides of the entrance, and up the central steps guarded by them. On the wall of the door beam nearly ten meters high, several convex fonts that had long been lost - "Industrial and Commercial Bank of China".

At the top of the bank building was a tall and thin Asian man, holding a tactical telescope in his hands, silently observing the movements in the south of the city.

His shoulders are very wide, and his tall skeleton gives people a strong and powerful feeling. His black hair is slightly curly, revealing a pale yellow background on the skin surface, and occasionally some unusual flushing will appear.

He looked at it for a long time, slowly put down his telescope, and said coldly in a tone without any emotion: "Mr. Rand Walker, your toy seems to have failed again."

"Haha, failure does not mean losing everything. Compared with the previous batch of works, the toys this time have much better performance. I am very satisfied."

More than three meters behind him, another white man in his thirties stood. His thin face was clean, his black hair was spotlessly combed, and his figure was tall but not strong. His shaved white shirt appeared from the neckline of the permed black suit. His figure looked about the same height as the man standing in front of him, but he squinted his eyes and seemed to have a smile on his face forever.

"Your movements are too slow. We have been sticking to the northern area for half a year." The Asian man's voice was obviously a little dissatisfied.

"Mr. Wang Yi, the experiment is an extremely complex and slow process, and I need time." Rand Walker kept smiling.

"This night just passed is your last experiment-"

The man named Wang Yi rudely interrupted him: "For half a year, in order to meet your experimental needs, I have been constantly providing various fresh materials, and the daily demand for energy and water has been compressed to a minimum. This abnormal supply is over. At least, I have to let my soldiers take a good bath and enjoy the benefits of hot water and energy. This is Liujin City, not a dark and cold hell-"

Rand Walker raised his hands and paced back and forth on the roof full of scattered scattered stones and sludge, and asked lightly: "Why, are you going to terminate our cooperation?"

Wang Yi turned around and looked at him coldly, his tone slightly eased: "I just asked you to end this damn experiment. I admit that the toys you made are indeed very effective. Their individual combat capabilities are very powerful, and they can even kill evolutionary psychics with strength of up to level 5 or above. But Mr. Rand Walker, you have to understand that no matter how powerful the army is, it must have complete logistics supplies. The area we control is only a small thermal power supply machine. The energy and radiation-free water generated every day are used for your experimental consumption.

My soldiers can only rely on the small amount of residual amount left to barely maintain. We can overcome difficulties, but some things cannot be forced to hold on with will - we lack medicines and ammunition reserves are seriously insufficient. As before, the biggest problem is food. In order to provide you with fresh experimental subjects, we have killed all the residents in the surrounding area and all the refugees passing here. Without them, there is naturally no question of any food collection. Now, all the food in the warehouse is only enough to last for a week at most. This is the current situation we are facing."

Rand Walker didn't say anything. He lowered his head, thought silently for a few minutes, and asked seriously: "Are you going to launch an attack now?"

"No more than tomorrow night at the latest."

Wang Yi replied bluntly: "Once you capture the southern area, you will get more fresh corpses and continue to experiment, and we can also get enough supplies and energy. Taking action now will be good for you and me."

Rand Walker nodded slowly: "I understand. Then start the arrangement according to your plan! At this time tomorrow, you can get two hundred new toys as a supplementary force. Add to the old models stored in the refrigerator, you will have 506 cell splitters."

"Why is it only two hundred?"

This number obviously made Wang Yi feel dissatisfied. He had a gloomy face and a hint of anger flashed in his eyes: "From the time when the previous batch of old models stopped production, I have provided you with at least three thousand corpses and two hundred new toys, which is too few."

"Cell Sclercers are very sophisticated biochemical combat weapons, and their production process cannot be converted into simple one plus one. The experiment will cause a large amount of consumption, and the cultivation speed of implanted seed nuclei is not as fast as expected. Moreover, your offensive plan is too hasty, so I can only use the bodies that have been processed in advance and stored in the cold storage for installation. If you want to get more toys in the future, please let me know your plan half a month in advance."

As he said that, Rand Walker picked up a small light brown suitcase from his feet and walked by Wang Yi with a expressionless face. His tall figure quickly disappeared from the convex staircase entrance outside the top of the building.

This rude behavior stimulated Wang Yi's angry and anxious heart. He gritted his teeth hard, and his twisted face twitched slightly. It was not until Rand Walker's figure completely disappeared from the small door of the stairwell and there was no rhythmic sound of footsteps on the cement steps that he spat at the ground and cursed quietly.

"This damn bastard, a corpse dealer full of disgusting smell--"

...

On the north of the Ruojin City armed blockade line, four armored trucks painted with the "Vulture Mercenary Group" double-headed eagle logo spread horizontally, occupying the entire street more than ten meters wide. The 12.7 mm heavy machine guns mounted on the roof have opened the insurance. The dilapidated building windows and top floors on both sides of the road are filled with dense muzzles. Instead of pointing to the north of the city like a few hours ago, they turned around and aimed at the south side that once represented the rear.

Five or six meters behind the truck, next to the street, dozens of tired but strong men leaned on each other and moaned weakly. Almost all of them were wounded, and the surface of the combat suit was full of torn marks. Through the torn materials, you could see shocking deep wounds. Several dying wounds even lost their entire arms or legs. Although the wounds that were forcibly twisted by the huge force were simply bandaged, they still exposed their pale and broken bones.

These people are mercenaries affiliated with different organizations, and they also encountered powerful and terrifying undead creatures. The biological weapons that were obviously made by man far exceeded the level of mercenaries' awareness. The fierce gunfight continued until dawn. They were suffering heavy losses and could no longer care about the so-called mission. If they had not encountered the "vurp mercenary group" that was also retreating on the way to escape, they would probably not be able to escape the tracking of undead creatures.

The city's dividing line has been completely closed. Anti-aircraft machine guns extending from sandbag walls and fortifications aimed at the black muzzles at the people who survived. The soldiers of Liujincheng, wearing desert camouflage, burst out hostile light from their eyes. They stood behind the solid bunkers, staring coldly and alertly at their former friendly forces.

Standing at the intersection surrounded by tall buildings, Su's figure looked thin and thin. The golden morning light from the back dragged his shadow out a long diagonal line on the ground.

"Fuck it, I understand now why the bastard Solomon actually offered such a high commission price. Such a bullshit task is simply to let us die in vain-"

The fat Yarman stood beside Lin Xiang with an astonishingly thrust multi-barrel machine gun, and cursed angrily. Because he was too excited, his belly, which had accumulated into circles of flesh, trembled up and down, causing a surging flesh collision like waves.

The opposite street entrance has been blocked by a steel tripod that is more than two meters high. This solid and solid metal component can effectively resist the impact. The dense wire mesh is wrapped around the surface, like thorns filled with poisonous thorns. In the open area dozens of meters behind the steel frame, hundreds of soldiers from Liujincheng are building new chest barriers with sandbags - they obviously did not expect that so many people would come back alive.

A fully armed officer stood behind the wall, holding a microphone and shouted loudly: "Return, return, and return it to me. You have not completed your mission, no one is allowed to leave, and Mr. Solomon will not give a reward. Say it again, go back to your own posts-"

Lin Xiang was about to speak, but Yarman, who was standing next to him, suddenly rushed forward and roared angrily: "We will stop doing it, move the roadblocks, I will leave this damn city now-"

“This is impossible—”

The officer on the opposite side flatly refused: "Since you have accepted the task, you must complete it at all costs. Finally, everyone will return it to me. If you dare to take a step forward, you will kill them all-in-one-"

"I'll fuck your mom--"

The furious Yarman spat fiercely and was about to raise the machine gun in his hand, but Lin Xiang reached out to hold it down.

"I want to meet Mr. Solomon, we need to have a good talk." Lin Xiang stood up slightly, and a cold murderous intent appeared in the depths of his black eyes.

"Everyone is ready--" The officer had no intention of answering. He turned around and issued an order to all the soldiers. Suddenly, a crisp sound of pulling the bolt came from behind the wall opposite.

"You are asking for a group of idiots who don't know how to live or die..."

These words were squeezed out from the gap between the teeth, Lin Xiang's eyes sternly and said in a deep voice: "Yang Hua, take action--"

Before he finished speaking, he had lowered his body slightly. With the help of the solid counter-punching force in his legs, he jumped towards the wall dozens of meters away at a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to distinguish, aiming at the four heavy machine guns arranged in the front direction and firing continuously. The operator behind the machine gun fell down, and everyone had a clear bullet hole on their foreheads.

The sound of guns and cannons immediately sounded, and countless bullets flew through the air, hitting the metal fiercely and tearing the human body. The soldiers of Liujincheng had all received potions to strengthen, and their comprehensive combat capabilities were much stronger than ordinary people. However, the group of mercenaries with the double-headed eagle logo in front of them were obviously more fierce. Most of them were in groups, relying on the terrain and buildings as cover to pour fire into various garrisons.
Chapter completed!