Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 164: Chapter 156: Lightning Zombie Battle

This time, everyone disembarking was combat personnel.

Yu Dong’s group included Huang Zhiqiang, Zhao Youcai, Yan Yikai, Zhao Wenjie, Zhou Jian Country, Liu Ye’ye, and Shen Xinyi, making for a total of eight people.

Wang Dingbei’s group had Jing Yanwei, Xiao Dabe, Liu Hao, and Yang Ze, plus two firefighters and two new city management officers. These newcomers were also public servants who knew Wang Dingbei, bringing his team’s total to nine people.

Aside from the two city management officers, whose combat effectiveness was questionable, the rest were all beasts with incredible stamina from long-term training—they were formidable fighters.

Also present were Sun Shan with his five technical workers, ten newly recruited members for the combat team, and their instructor, the venerable Yu Chengfei.

CLICK-CLACK-CLICK-CLACK~

Before anyone had even moved, Liu Ye’ye’s robot dog had already dashed out, a large loudspeaker mounted on its head.

"Two dollars! Two dollars! Everything’s just two dollars! You can’t lose, you can’t be duped, all for the low price of two dollars!"

The sound echoed throughout A Port, penetrating the interiors of the many shipping containers.

After the dog completed a loop through the central area, two drenched zombies burst out from a hidden corner and began chasing it.

"Careful, drenched zombies!"

WHOOSH~

WHOOSH~

Yu Dong and Yang Ze each fired a crossbow bolt. The short bolts slammed directly into the back of the two drenched zombies’ heads, and they dropped dead on the spot.

The two men glanced at each other and shared a knowing smile.

Neither had expected the other to have such good aim.

Yu Dong had been using his for three months and was already familiar with using the weapon to kill zombies. Yang Ze, on the other hand, had fired purely on instinct, yet had also scored a one-shot kill.

"Fucking awesome, you two! That aim is unbeatable. At this rate, who could tell you apart from a master sharpshooter?"

A fellow worker behind Sun Shan exclaimed in genuine admiration.

The praise made it impossible for Yu Dong and Yang Ze to suppress their grins.

"Let’s move. The coast should be clear now that the robot dog has made a pass."

Liu Ye’ye’s loudspeaker dog was unparalleled at luring out zombies—a tactic that had been proven effective in a past life.

Approaching the two drenched zombies, Wang Dingbei crouched down to examine them. He pulled a wallet, a cell phone, and two condoms from their pockets.

Jing Yanwei instinctively bagged the items in plastic.

"These are the zombies that were lured into the sea by your blank rounds yesterday," Wang Dingbei said. "I remember these two. They were port workers. They must have climbed back up during the night..."

Yu Dong looked around A Port.

It was a deep-water port, surrounded by the sea on three sides and by a metal barricade on the fourth.

"All three sides are a deep-water harbor where ships can dock, with a depth of over ten meters. To jump in and still manage to climb out... They were lucky, but it looks like they were the only two."

Huang Zhiqiang spoke up. "Dongzi, I remember Xufeng bought a batch of fishing nets. The plan was to deploy them around A Port after the apocalypse started. That way, if any more zombies fall into the sea and try to climb back up, they’ll get tangled. Shouldn’t we set up the nets first? To prevent zombies from suddenly showing up inside our base."

After listening, Yu Chengfei couldn’t help but nod. "He’s right. We should secure our base first. Otherwise, we risk suffering a setback right at the start."

Yu Dong picked up his walkie-talkie. "Lin Mo, Lin Mo, arrange for some crew members who know how to handle nets to come down. Have them go to warehouse A-40, grab the fishing nets, and deploy them around A Port."

"Copy that!"

"We can leave security measures like that to others. Our main objective right now is to kill zombies! We have to take them out, and fast!"

As he spoke, Yu Dong planted his foot on the drenched zombie’s corpse and pulled his short crossbow bolt from the back of its skull. He checked that the arrowhead was still intact, wiped it clean, and placed it back in the magazine.

Yang Ze did the same.

Crossbow bolts were liable to break, especially short ones like these. Fired at such high velocity, the shaft would crack instantly if the angle was off or it struck something hard.

A clean shot that penetrated the skull and stopped within the zombie’s brain tissue was the best way to keep a bolt from being damaged.

"Why the rush? You’ve mentioned the time crunch several times... What’s this all about?"

Wang Dingbei had keenly sensed Yu Dong’s constant rush to kill zombies. Even when dealing with Cai Hong, he had been eager to make them show their hand, finish them off, and then immediately bring his people here to hunt zombies.

"Huang, Youcai, you two go open warehouse A-50 and get these guys geared up."

Yu Dong gave out orders as he answered, "Because we have to eliminate a massive number of zombies within nine days! We need to secure our objectives before the first rain."

"After the first rainfall, climbing zombies will start appearing. When that happens, we’ll be in real trouble."

"But for these nine days, all we have to deal with are these stupid, common zombies."

"We have to strike hard while the zombies are still unevolved!"

Wang Dingbei understood. "So, a blitzkrieg, right?"

"Exactly. A zombie blitz."

"Alright. Let’s fight. You call the shots."

Yu Dong was pleased by Wang Dingbei’s ready agreement.

Yu Dong had formulated this strategy based on the experience from his past life. It was only after surviving the sneak attack on the bank vault and the overwhelming pressure of the zombie horde that he had realized just how easy the early-stage zombies were to kill.

’They’re fast and strong, sure, but they’re also dumb as rocks!’

’They just ram straight into your fortifications, and can only climb over when the pile of their own dead gets high enough. They can’t even leap!’

’Classic primitive zombies, through and through.’

After everyone grabbed their gear, the members of Wang Dingbei’s group, with the exception of Yang Ze, were each equipped with a long spear and a tactical straight-bladed knife for close combat. They all wore full-body stab-proof suits and tactical helmets.

The venerable Yu Chengfei was equipped the same way.

Yu Dong’s group, on the other hand, was far more eclectic.

Everyone on his team wielded a Death God Repeating Crossbow. Zhou Jian Country had brought out a crate of Molotov cocktails from his chemical warehouse. Liu Ye’ye and Shen Xinyi were saddled with several drones and their control gear, and the robot dog trotted along behind them.

"Huang, Youcai, Kai, Wen Jie, you four have less experience with the crossbows. In this first fight, try to aim for the zombies that aren’t moving much to get a feel for it... And do not fire in the direction of Officer Wang’s people."

Getting hit by one of these was no joke. Even if a helmet managed to stop a bolt, the impact alone was enough to cause a concussion, and the bolt itself would surely snap.

Yu Dong had bought out the entire stock of special short crossbow bolts from the Sanlida factory, but that was only 100,000 bolts. It sounded like a lot, but since they couldn’t be replenished, every single one had to be conserved.

’These 100,000 bolts had to last them until they had cleared all the zombies in Yanhai City!’

"Okay, we will!"

ROAR!!!

AWOOO!!!

GRAAAGH!!!

The loudspeaker dog’s earlier broadcast had drawn more and more zombies to the outside of the barricade.

The zombies in the front rank were being crushed to death by the ones pressing in from behind.

They were shoved onto the barricade’s metal spikes, which pierced their skulls and killed them...

"These barricades are only 1.5 meters high, which is perfect for exposing the zombies’ heads! Everyone, find a gap in the barricade and feel free to start clearing them out!" Yu Dong shouted.

SWOOSH!

With a sound of cutting air, the venerable Yu Chengfei’s long spear shot out, pierced a zombie’s head, and was instantly withdrawn.

First, a glint of cold steel, then the spear struck like a dragon!

SQUELCH! SQUELCH! SQUELCH!

One by one, the heads of the zombies clinging to the barricade were punctured like watermelons under the old man’s spear, each thrust leaving a bloody hole!

Everyone: "!!!"

Yan Yikai exclaimed, "Ah, so satisfying! Now this is what I call a battle! Brother Dong, I want to use a spear too!"

It wasn’t just Kai; the ten other newly joined combatants were also completely dumbfounded.

In that moment, they finally realized... just how strong their instructor was.

After killing ten zombies in quick succession, Yu Chengfei finally retracted his spear and slowly exhaled.

"That was just basic spear work," he said. "It’s very simple. You’ll learn it from me."

Everyone: "Basic spear work???"