Invincible through Touching Corpses

Chapter 264 - 263: Countermeasures

Encountering this horde of over 500 zombies made everyone truly realize just how terrifying the zombie hordes were at night.

But this clearing mission was led by the Military Department and initiated by the Shelter’s upper echelons. No matter how difficult, they had to grit their teeth and push on, especially since it was still within their capabilities.

The battle raged on, a cacophony of roars, gunfire, and the screams of zombies.

After nearly five minutes of fierce fighting, the 500-plus zombies were finally annihilated. Only a tiny fraction managed to escape at the last moment.

In this battle, the first brigade had only suffered two minor injuries, so by all rights, it should have been considered a complete victory.

But no one looked particularly happy. The threat these nighttime hordes posed had truly exceeded their expectations.

During the day, even if a 500-strong horde appeared, they estimated that just one-third of these Mecha would be enough to handle it.

But now, not only were they all deployed, they had been forced to fight from start to finish.

As for the much-anticipated members of the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps, their Gun Technique was still a cut above the rest, but with only two of them in each Mercenary Corps, they were spread too thin and lacked strength in numbers.

With so many High Level Zombies breaking through the firepower blockade, they couldn’t kill many of them.

Even the damage to the Armored Vehicles was beyond acceptable limits. After just one battle, the outer armor of every Armored Vehicle had at least ten scratches.

Keep in mind, each of these scratches was half a meter long and a centimeter deep. The outer armor was only five centimeters thick.

In other words, if the same spot was hit five consecutive times, the armor would be breached.

The odds of the same spot getting hit five times might sound low.

But that wasn’t the case in reality. The scratches crisscrossed, and many of them already overlapped.

If they encountered more hordes, it wouldn’t be surprising at all for a point on the outer armor to be breached. Even if it wasn’t, the Points required for repairs would be several times higher than before.

As the Mercenary Corps Leaders anxiously calculated these potential costs, they ordered their men to clean up the battlefield.

However, at that very moment, the Zombie Detectors inside their Armored Vehicles blared an alarm again.

Lin Xinghai, of course, also heard the alarm. He glanced at the detector, his brow furrowing slightly.

Another zombie horde was rushing them. In fact, there were two of them.

More importantly, both hordes were large, each numbering over 450, approaching 500.

Lin Xinghai’s brow furrowed. When the other Mercenary Corps Leaders saw this, the faces of many paled.

It wasn’t that they couldn’t handle them, but the sheer frequency of these hordes was beyond their expectations.

If all the zombie encounters were this difficult, they wouldn’t be able to clear much ground on this mission.

Lin Xinghai swept his Perception Power over them. Seeing their state, he couldn’t help but sigh softly. ’In the end, it still comes down to me.’

As he spoke, he pressed his Communication Device and ordered, "All units, listen up! The convoy will switch to a circular defense formation. Additionally, all Mecha Pilots, report to me when your Perception Power drops below 60%, and again when it drops below 30%. I will provide assistance based on the situation."

The moment Lin Xinghai spoke, the tense atmosphere instantly eased.

"Yes, sir!" everyone replied, their fighting spirit soaring once again.

With just a single sentence, Lin Xinghai had reignited everyone’s morale. Such was his unique charisma.

The convoy quickly moved into position. At this point, no one paid any mind to the corpses on the ground as the entire team rapidly shifted into a circular defense formation.

At the same time, Lin Xinghai also gave separate orders to the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps. Almost all the members in his vehicle were dispatched to the other Armored Vehicles of the Mercenary Corps.

As for his own Armored Vehicle, he kept only a driver, a communications officer, and two Mercenaries in charge of reloading.

The reason for this was that his Armored Vehicle’s role from now on would be to provide support, not to engage in direct combat.

After deploying his men, the vehicle drove into the center of the circular defense formation.

Inside the formation, free from the harassment of the Zombies, he could rush to any point that needed support at top Speed.

Lin Xinghai had just finished his arrangements when the next zombie horde arrived, and the roar of cannons boomed once more.

Because the formation had changed from a triangular assault formation to a circular defensive one, their firepower became more balanced and concentrated. This time, defending was a little easier than before.

Of course, this only applied to the regular members. The elite members responsible for dealing with High Level Zombies and the corps leaders piloting the Mecha were still having a tough time. They needed to go all-out to kill those High Level Zombies.

Otherwise, if those High Level Zombies reached the Armored Vehicles, every extra second they lingered could mean several more scratches on the armor.

The battle was incredibly tense and fierce, but Lin Xinghai just stood on the vehicle’s rooftop firing platform, quietly watching. As long as the others could hold on, he wouldn’t intervene.

After all, this was a form of training for them, and he also needed to conserve his own stamina and Perception Power.

Soon, the third horde of the night also arrived, and the pressure on the convoy surged.

Lin Xinghai was just about to intervene, but to his surprise, the formation quickly stabilized after only a moment.

The entire convoy was like a reef standing firm amidst a raging storm, solid and dependable.

Seeing this, a flash of surprise crossed Lin Xinghai’s face, but it quickly gave way to understanding.

After all, he had led them on a charge through a zombie tide during the day. Although the nighttime hordes were numerous, they couldn’t compare to a true zombie tide.

The only reason everyone was struggling now was that they were fighting at night.

But as long as they adapted to this change, the pressure was actually less than that of a zombie tide.

As everyone fought desperately, the number of zombies from the two hordes—nearly 1,000 in total—visibly dwindled.

900, 700, 500, 300... When the number of zombies dropped to 200, a Mercenary Corps Leader finally reported to Lin Xinghai that his Perception Power was now below 60%.

Lin Xinghai glanced at his wrist-mounted computer. They had been fighting continuously for nearly 15 minutes, so this was a completely normal development.

After all, for those who hadn’t broken their third Genetic Lock, the time they could pilot a Mecha was generally limited to about half an hour.

And that wasn’t even for high-intensity combat. For this person to have lasted this long was already quite impressive.

"Alright! I’ll take care of the High Level Zombies for your Mercenary Corps. You take this time to rest." As he spoke, Lin Xinghai had already pulled the trigger.

For others, their Gun Technique was limited by the night, but Lin Xinghai had no such problem.

It wasn’t because his eyesight was particularly good, but because Lin Xinghai used his Perception Power to lock onto his enemies. Even with his eyes closed, he could still land a precise hit.