Chapter 698 - 668: Reinforcements and Fierce Battle (Part 2)

Once the Mecha Brigade fully unleashed their firepower, the damage they caused was terrifying.

The formation of the Abyssalal Creatures that had been besieging the squad was instantly torn to shreds.

Seeing this, the students immediately cheered. They hadn’t expected the military’s reinforcements to arrive so quickly, or be so powerful.

Many even looked into the distance. Mecha Brigades like this had jumped down in droves. The mere thought of it made their scalps tingle.

What a staggering cost it must have taken to assemble such a rescue force.

But while they were still excited, a Rare Level Mecha in the distance immediately activated its loudspeaker and roared at them, "Don’t just stand there gawking! Evacuate immediately! Get out of the green Poisonous Fog District!"

Hearing the urgent shout, the students’ excitement gradually faded. They couldn’t help but look at each other, not quite understanding why the other party looked so worried when their side clearly had the upper hand.

However, they didn’t dare to delay. They promptly and orderly left the building they were defending and quickly boarded the Armored Vehicles.

At the same time, they saw the Mecha Brigade sprinting madly in another direction. But there didn’t seem to be any enemies that way; there were pitifully few Abyssalal Creatures.

Just as they were growing confused, the Zombie Detector on their vehicle suddenly blared with a piercing alarm.

When everyone in the vehicle turned to look, a scalp-tingling sensation washed over them.

A dense cluster of red dots had appeared there. In the blink of an eye, the number of dots surpassed 100, and even then, it was still climbing.

"The instrument can’t be broken, can it? There’s clearly..." one of the members muttered, but before he could finish, his eyes shot wide open.

He saw the road over there collapse, and a Blood Demon crawled out from the hole. Behind it, Death Claws, Giant Arms, Armored Corpses, Spitters, Blood Worms, and Hunters—all these Mutated Zombies—charged out in droves.

"Go, now! Don’t get caught up in that!" The squad leader felt his own scalp go numb and immediately roared the order.

And this scene wasn’t just happening here; it was playing out all over the Trap District.

「...」

Meanwhile, Lin Xinghai was leading the Xinghai Squad in a rapid breakout.

Compared to other teams that needed to band together or even find a building to defend while awaiting rescue, their situation was much easier.

Under Lin Xinghai’s suppressing fire, these Abyssalal Creatures couldn’t stir up any real trouble.

The Abyssalal Corpse Ghosts were no exception. By now, every member of the Xinghai Squad was at the Peak of the Blood Qi Realm. Even killing a frenzied Abyssalal Corpse Ghost was a one-hit affair.

Besides, not many Abyssalal Corpse Ghosts could get close. They only had a chance to approach from the sides and rear, areas Lin Xinghai couldn’t fully cover, so cleaning them up was still quite easy for the squad.

As for the Petrifying Spiders with their ranged attacks, they might have been a major headache for other teams, but they posed no threat to the Xinghai Squad at all.

After all, they were Lin Xinghai’s priority targets. The effective range of the Heavy Machine Gun in his hands was a full 1,000 meters. The Petrifying Spiders didn’t even have a chance to get close before being picked off.

In fact, it wasn’t just these Abyssalal Creatures; even the Mutated Zombies were no threat to them.

Lin Xinghai’s proficiency with his High Level Shooting Skill had already reached 100%. In other words, if the situation required it, he could even infuse all 12,830 points of his Blood Qi Power into a single bullet.

Under these conditions, combined with his Gauss Rifle and Depleted Uranium Armor-Piercing Rounds, Lin Xinghai could instantly kill even a Third Level Armored Corpse with its powerful Defense Power in a single shot.

And it didn’t even require that much Blood Qi Power. Lin Xinghai only needed to spend 200 points of Blood Qi Power to empower the bullet to achieve a one-shot kill.

That was for an Armored Corpse, the one with the highest Defense Power. If it were another type, like a Death Claw, a mere 100 points of Blood Qi Power would be enough.

With this in mind, Lin Xinghai could rely on consuming Blood Burst Pills to rapidly restore his Blood Qi Power, keeping it constantly topped up.

It was because of Lin Xinghai’s all-out assault that the Xinghai Squad reached the edge of the Trap District with almost no pressure.

With the reinforcements having arrived, the members of the Xinghai Squad all let out a collective, long sigh of relief.

"Boss, we should be safe now, right? These Mecha teams are terrifying! They can just steamroll right over even Third Level Mutated Zombies," Little Fatty remarked with awe as he watched the distant battle.

In that direction, a military Mecha Brigade was fighting a horde of Mutated Zombies numbering over 200.

Despite being outnumbered two to one, they were actually managing to suppress the Mutated Zombie horde, relying on their seamless coordination and immense firepower.

However, after Little Fatty finished speaking, he realized Lin Xinghai hadn’t responded. When he turned to look, he saw his boss frowning deeply.

"What’s wrong, Boss?" Little Fatty asked.

"Haven’t you noticed? We haven’t encountered a single Fourth Level Mutated Zombie this entire time," Lin Xinghai said.

"Uh, maybe our squad just got lucky!" Little Fatty said weakly.

"I can now scan an area over 7,000 meters around us, and there’s still not a single Fourth Level Mutated Zombie. You think that’s just us being lucky?" Lin Xinghai shot him a sideways glance.

This time, Little Fatty fell silent. He was shocked that Lin Xinghai could scan such a vast distance, but he also understood that this was definitely not normal.

"Then, Boss, what do you think is going on?" Little Fatty asked, swallowing hard.

"My guess is that the Abyssal Plane has priority targets to eliminate. Like me, for example."

"The problem is, even if they used a mole to learn that I came to this Trap District, the area is simply too large. Plus, we’ve been constantly moving, so they couldn’t have known our precise location before."

"But it’s different now," Lin Xinghai said, raising his Gauss Rifle and pulling the trigger.

On a distant street, a Hunter that had snuck close unnoticed suddenly let out a terrified shriek before a Depleted Uranium Armor-Piercing Round struck its head, burning it to a crisp.

Only then did Lin Xinghai finish his earlier thought. "These Mutated Zombies can use their roars to transmit information. I’ve killed so many of them... I’m sure my position has been exposed."