Heading into the city, an orange-yellow car light cut through the darkness. Lin Xian sat in the passenger seat, continuously observing the automatic rifle in his hands.
He had already scanned the blueprints of the acquired objects. For him, making an automatic rifle was even less difficult than making a crane. The only problem was the bullets.
His fear of insufficient firepower acted up again.
If he could solve the issues with gunpowder and explosive materials, he could mass-produce bullets and shells, even create vehicle-mounted turrets and machine-gun posts, allowing him to strike monsters while on the move, so there was no need to engage in hand-to-hand combat on the roof of the car.
Building looked at Lin Xian with a strange expression, whispering,
"Brother Xian, I can chop down any monster."
Lin Xian looked at him with surprise, smiling, "Monsters that can be chopped are fine, if we can’t beat them, we can run. I’m more worried about ghosts."
"Ghosts?" Building pointed at the machine gun and Steel-cutting Greatsword in the back seat, "Can’t they be chopped?"
"Don’t know, but some people have seen them, supposedly they have supernatural abilities and can’t be killed..."
Lin Xian’s expression darkened slightly, looking ahead at the cityscape shrouded in darkness, "There’s truth and falsehood in the news, in this dark night there are all kinds of strange things, it’s better to believe they exist than not, extra caution can never be wrong."
Building nodded, not saying a word.
Soon, the SUV drove into the city’s main road, arriving at a street near the pedestrian area.
The engine sound and headlights attracted many frenzied zombies. To prevent the horde from surrounding the SUV, the two immediately got out of the vehicle.
"Go upstairs first, wait for my instructions later." Lin Xian threw a walkie-talkie to Building, and then the two split up, with Building carrying the machine gun running towards the second-floor observation deck of the mall.
Lin Xian, on the other hand, ran swiftly toward the square through a back alley.
In the dark night, Lin Xian’s eyes became profoundly deep, seeming to clearly perceive the lurking zombies ahead, his left hand holding the Wind Gun, his right hand wielding the electric knife, darting through the darkness like a shadow.
A few zombies hadn’t even turned around before a cold light flashed, and heads fell to the ground.
Zombie Dogs barked fiercely in the alley, chasing after Lin Xian, who turned and shot several Wind Gun blasts swiftly, blasting several dog heads open, then immediately took out a small remote controller and pressed it.
"Happy Birthday to you... Happy Birthday to you..."
A loud and eerie tune suddenly rang out in the center of the dark square, resounding through several blocks immediately, breaking the tranquil silence of Yuchi City.
Clang, followed by several large lights turning on, illuminating the circular square.
Unable to find any suitable material, the mechanical-sounding music from the speakers unnerved people quite a bit.
He dashed out of the alley, quickly climbing up a hidden platform, sneaking into the shadows, observing the activities on the square from half a block away with Building.
"Happy Birthday to you... Happy Birthday to you..."
"Building, any movement?" Lin Xian took out the walkie-talkie to test.
"None." Building’s voice came through the walkie-talkie.
He decided in his heart, looking at the time, 14:45, one and a half hours until dawn. If there was no gain, they would immediately set off after dawn.
Lin Xian sheathed the electric knife, taking out the automatic rifle to stay on guard secretly.
As time passed by the second, the loud music soon attracted countless zombies from several streets, swarming densely to the square. These zombies, extremely sensitive to sound, rushed to the square but found no target, surrounding the loudspeaker, their rotting eyes starting to search for prey everywhere.
More zombies surged in.
15:05, the entire circular square was already packed with all kinds of zombies, Zombie Dogs, Ghouls controlled by Black Insects, and if there were any hidden survivors in the city, they would definitely be frightened by this massive commotion.
"None, Brother Xian, those Black Insects monster, don’t know if killing them would..."
"Shouldn’t be one." Lin Xian whispered.
Those Black Insects, although being a type of supernatural creature, had been dealt by him in North Bay before without finding any red orbs or even encountering any black aura. It can be assumed they are not the targets they were looking for.
"Let’s wait a bit longer."
The music in the square continued.
Lin Xian, hidden in the shadows, intently watched the movements in the square when suddenly the sound from the speakers changed, possibly due to the battery dying or some other reason.
"Happy Birth...day... Happy... Birth...day..."
The little girl’s voice began to slow down, sounding deep and eerie, as if dragging the tune, sending chills down the spine.
"Building, be careful, I feel something is wrong."
Lin Xian felt something off and immediately warned the Building.
But after waiting a while, the walkie-talkie remained silent.
Lin Xian frowned and pressed the talk button again.
It was then he noticed, the signal light on the walkie-talkie was emitting a faint red light, unable to connect.
What’s wrong? It was just fine a moment ago, has something happened over at the Building?
Lin Xian immediately realized the gravity of the situation and his whole body shuddered.
He decided to abandon his stake-out and rushed towards the direction of the Building.
But just as he stood up from the shadows, he suddenly felt as if he was being observed by something and immediately looked up.
Lin Xian, still uneasy, turned on the flashlight he carried and shone it into the alley above but found absolutely nothing.
Lin Xian’s eyes flickered, a sensation of his heart racing surged inside him, his forehead starting to sweat. It felt similar to the creepy feeling he had in Jiang City at the furniture store when he was watched by the White Giant Monster.
Moved by his instincts, he hesitated no further and turned around firing up into the air, followed by several Wind Guns simultaneously!
Gunfire flickered, illuminating the dark alley, and suddenly, Lin Xian saw three extremely terrifying faces.
They were monsters with skull-like faces clinging to the wall above, visible only after he started firing despite the flashlight revealing nothing just moments ago.
The monster seemed like three melted Zombies fused together with spider-like legs, carrying a sinister, eerie smile, having watched Lin Xian for who knows how long.
The creature seemed unexpectedly taken aback by Lin Xian’s sudden awareness and firing; bullets punctured it immediately, blowing out several bloody holes, and black blood spurt gushing out, hitting the ground with a sizzling corroding sound.
When the flashlight didn’t reveal it, Lin Xian thought this thing didn’t have a physical body, but as soon as the gunfire erupted, the bullets pierced through its skin.
The three-headed monster simultaneously roared, deafeningly. Enraged, one of the heads abruptly opened its mouth towards Lin Xian, revealing a wide maw filled with terrifying fangs, spraying a stream of black blood straight at Lin Xian.
Sensing a strong danger from the black blood, Lin Xian couldn’t react in time and immediately executed a move: Backflash!
However, instead of toward the three-headed monster, he swiftly maneuvered to the side,
The black blood splashed onto the platform where Lin Xian had just been standing, instantly releasing a scorching corroding smell with billowing white fumes and a rank odor.