Invincible through Touching Corpses

Chapter 281 - 280: White-Hot Combat

The moment the zombie tide appeared in their field of vision, the final defensive deployments at Outpost No. 108 had been finalized.

Most of the members of the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps had also been sent to the front lines.

Watching the zombie tide charge toward them, these members didn’t feel much anxiety. In fact, they were more excited than anything else.

They were, after all, completely prepared.

The outpost provided ample covering fire, and each member was also flanked by three Combat Robots.

The main purpose of these Combat Robots was not to kill Zombies, but to protect them.

Of course, to everyone there, the most important thing was the presence of Lin Xinghai.

In their hearts, Lin Xinghai was a living legend. With such a legend presiding over the battle, they had no fear of the unexpected and could fight without holding anything back.

"Ah Hai! Should I bring your Mecha over?" Fang Tianhe asked, piloting the Heaven-Sundering Mecha over to him.

Although Lin Xinghai’s personal strength was considerable, his combat effectiveness would be a whole tier lower without a Mecha.

"Just bring my personal Armored Vehicle over for now! The Tearing Rifle is more effective against regular Zombies."

"Of course, just in case, have the Mecha brought over and put on standby as well. That way, if anything unexpected happens, I can respond immediately," Lin Xinghai said.

His personal Armored Vehicle was, of course, the one fitted with a shooting platform.

"Right!" Fang Tianhe quickly made the arrangements.

Soon, Lin Xinghai’s Armored Vehicle drove up from the rear of the outpost. It wasn’t alone; the other four Armored Vehicles followed close behind.

Each of these Armored Vehicles carried 50 Combat Robots, ready to be deployed as immediate support if any part of the defensive line ran into trouble.

The moment Lin Xinghai stepped onto the shooting platform, the zombie tide had charged to within a hundred meters of the defensive line.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The "self-propelled artillery" opened fire first. Shell after shell, each over 100mm in caliber, launched from the outpost and rained down on the dense zombie tide.

KABOOM!

The frantically running Zombies were swept up by the shockwaves and flung into the air like straw. Their bodies were ripped to shreds in mid-air, dead long before they ever hit the ground.

Lin Xinghai was nearly 200 meters from the point of impact, but the powerful blast wave nearly knocked him off his feet.

’The military’s weapons are truly incomparable to what a Mercenary Corps can field,’ Lin Xinghai couldn’t help but muse.

The power of the "self-propelled artillery" was over ten times greater than that of a Hand Cannon Bullet; a single shell could kill fifty to sixty Zombies.

And that was just the number killed outright; many more were injured.

A single volley from the ten "self-propelled artillery platforms" was enough to halt the momentum of most of the charging Zombies.

When the zombie tide closed to within 50 meters of the defensive line, the outpost’s "automatic machine guns" also began to unleash their might.

Although these machine guns were incapable of precision aiming, under the control and coordination of an AI system, they could lay down a flawless curtain of fire, blanketing huge swaths of the zombie tide.

The lucky Zombies that had survived the "self-propelled artillery" bombardment were mowed down in droves under this massive curtain of fire.

After this baptism by artillery and bullets, the ordinary Zombies were almost completely wiped out. Only High Level Zombies and a small number of Intermediate Zombies managed to survive and reach the first defensive line.

By then, their numbers had been reduced to less than a tenth of what they were.

But even so, these Zombies still couldn’t directly harm the members of the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps.

That was because a squad of Combat Robots had just charged out of the trenches, taking up positions at the very front.

These Combat Robots weren’t carrying Firearms; instead, they were armed with two enormous cleavers.

That’s right. With a simple adjustment to their programming, these Combat Robots could engage in melee combat. They formed an Iron Wall in front of the mercenaries, all while inflicting damage on the Zombies.

Behind this cover, the members of the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps opened fire, unleashing a relentless stream of Armor-Piercing Bullets that instantly downed one High Level Zombie after another.

From the very beginning, the battle had reached a fever pitch.

Zombies were being mowed down in droves, but in the process, the High Level Zombies also posed a threat to the Combat Robots.

From time to time, one or two Combat Robots would be destroyed, but the number of robot losses was far lower than the number of Zombie casualties.

Lin Xinghai was currently on the second defensive line. His Perception Range was wide enough to completely cover the entire front line this outpost was responsible for defending.

After observing for a moment, he inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.

Facing such a terrifying zombie tide, he had been a little worried that the members of the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps wouldn’t be able to hold out.

As it turned out, the members of the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps did not disappoint him. Every strategic point along the entire defensive line was held fast, and not a single Zombie had been allowed to take even one step across it.

Moreover, they had managed to kill a massive number of Zombies in the process.

"Wan Jiasong, have you tallied the casualty ratio yet?" Lin Xinghai asked into his Communication Device after observing for five minutes.

Since both he and Fang Tianhe had come to the front lines to personally oversee the battle, command of the rear outpost had been handed over to the military squad.

"Just tallied. Our casualty ratio against the Zombies... it’s actually 80-to-1," Wan Jiasong replied, his voice filled with shock and disbelief.

Yes, he was truly stunned. After all, according to the Military Department’s projections, the casualty ratio should have been 10-to-1 if they had relied solely on the firepower of the Combat Robots and the outpost.

But the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps had somehow managed to increase that ratio by a full eight times. How could he not be shocked?

Of course, this didn’t mean that the combat power of the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps was greater than that of 1,000 Combat Robots and the entire outpost combined.

Rather, it was because after the tide had been bombarded by artillery and intercepted by the Combat Robots, the survivors were almost exclusively High Level Zombies—and the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps were experts at dealing with them.

That was precisely why they were able to achieve such a casualty ratio.

At that moment, Wan Jiasong finally understood why both Lin Xinghai and Fang Tianhe had, almost without a second thought, decided to place the first defensive line 300 meters out.

The Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps truly had what it took to make such a decision.

After hearing the statistics, Lin Xinghai gave a faint smile, but his expression didn’t relax much. He continued to ask, "Have the reports from the other outposts come in? What is the casualty ratio for the entire battlefield?"