The shockwave produced by the explosion, carrying various debris, sped through the air for a distance before gradually falling toward the ground.
The power of this explosion was very strong; the ground could clearly be felt trembling once, so there was basically no hope that the sniper on the rooftop could escape unscathed.
In just a few breaths’ time, with gunshots and explosions, the fatigue from staying up all night was swept away, and everywhere he looked were panicked civilians running amok.
Unlike these civilians who didn’t know what had happened and were scared out of their wits, Lu Bai remained as if nothing had happened, without much change even in his tone.
“It seems it was to resolve the sniper, but how was this done?”
No sooner had he finished speaking than another intense roar sounded; this time, the explosion appeared at the administrative building where headquarters was located.
Looking up in the direction the sound came from, through the thick smoke, a figure could faintly be seen darting about, trying to descend to the ground using equipment similar to a grappling hook.
Seeing this scene, Lu Bai’s mouth twitched.
Three-dimensional maneuver gear?
“They really made their move, causing such a big commotion just to resolve the sniper at the high point—what a grand move.” Zhuo Li squatted on top of the tent, full of emotion.
Xiao Xueyin frowned slightly, pondering as he said, “By doing this, aren’t they afraid of someone else picking the peaches?”
And that was indeed the case.
Though the sudden explosion caught many death fighters off guard, they would soon react.
If wanting to seize the “node,” now was an excellent opportunity.
The situation changed dramatically; in an instant, more than ten figures rushed out of the crowd, quickly crossing the orange-yellow yellow tape, and among them was even a plump middle-aged woman.
The calm of the second half of the night was more due to the death fighters not wanting others to take advantage, forming a tacit anomalous balance, and now that balance had been broken first by the Survey Corps.
The hoodie man looked at Xiao Xueyin, then at Lu Bai: “Should we go up?”
“Don’t rush, watch a bit more.”
Xiao Xueyin still couldn’t figure it out: “The Survey Corps prepared so thoroughly; could they really just be making wedding clothes for others?”
One point worth noting was that the defense power inside the building wasn’t strong.
After all, the entire military base had only preserved a little over five hundred troops in total.
Due to zombies appearing in various areas of the settlement, the rapid response force and two companies of soldiers had been dispatched elsewhere.
And these remaining two hundred-plus people had to split their troops to guard passages in some settlement areas while also ensuring the safety of the administrative building and research center.
Not long ago, Zhou Zongming had even taken a team from the building to check the situation.
Right now, it would be impressive if the interior of the entire research center building could muster a platoon’s worth of troops.
This meant that even without more death fighters rushing in later, just the first wave of more than ten death fighters could kill through the research center.
“Are we still waiting? What if the one who grabs the ‘node’ is a coward who just runs off with it, then we might not be able to catch up.”
What Liu Yue said wasn’t without reason, but judging from her excited expression, it was hard to
“No need to worry about this point.”
Lu Bai touched his chin: “The node won’t be taken so easily.”
Hearing this, Xiao Xueyin glanced at him impassively.
Meanwhile, inside the Research Center building, intense gunshots also rang out, with quite a few ricocheting bullets piercing the glass and landing outside the yellow tape.
An unlucky egg was directly hit by a bullet and let out a scream of agony.
The civilians running amok around them were all startled. Although they still didn’t know which way to flee for their lives, staying away from the research center was definitely no problem.
The benefit of being able to check the System Panel at any time is that, by comparing the current number of Death Fighters, one can judge the general situation inside the Research Center.
Don’t think the gunshots inside the building are dense; however, during this time, the number of Death Fighters has only decreased by two.
It might even be the casualties to the Survey Corps caused by Zhou Zongming’s side.
This point, most Death Fighters know well in their hearts.
Based on this, people successively couldn’t hold back and followed the footsteps of the pioneers, rushing into the building.
As time passed, it was clear that the gunshots were gradually weakening, and the resistance power inside the research center was dying out.
Liu Yue boredly ground the pebble under her foot, irritably wanting to stomp her foot: “Are we just going to watch like this?”
“We really can’t rush. Look, the other teams haven’t appeared yet.”
Xiao Xueyin patiently pacified, “If there are no accidents, the research center should now be surrounded by the death fighters.”
Picking peaches isn’t that easy.
Even if you seize the node, you have to be able to hold onto it.
The current situation is not necessarily unwelcome to some people.
If you have confidence in yourself, then letting others go in to bring out the node would actually be a more controllable risk.
To put it bluntly, no one can figure out what the Survey Corps is thinking. Those who think a bit more will worry if there’s some trap here. Since someone has already gone in to trip it, might as well continue to observe.
A few minutes passed, and the gunshots inside the research center became sporadic, with only occasional bursts of bullets fired by someone.
This doesn’t sound like defensive soldiers firing; it’s more like someone picked up a weapon and is attacking the competitors.
Bounded by the orange yellow tape, unlike the intense battle inside the research center, an abnormal calm has settled outside the yellow tape.
He could sense that quite a few people were hiding in the surrounding tents, clearly all waiting for the moment the node is brought out of the research center.
“The node’s position hasn’t changed yet,” the hoodie man reminded.
Zhuo Li crouched on top of the tent, continuously reporting information without pause: “I see the Ten Blades team, at our ten o’clock position. Oh, and at one o’clock, the gray school uniforms have appeared too.
The death fighters ambushing on the east side of the building are the most numerous; just from what I can see right now, there are twenty or thirty of them. Could it be they all think the node will come out from that direction? How about we stop waiting in front of the gate?”
Zheng~
Lu Bai drew his eight-sided Han sword and said with a chuckle, “Relax, no need to stay tense all the time. I’ll go catch a Survey Corps soldier and ask.”
From the movement, not only had the defensive forces inside the research center been completely killed off, but even the gunfight on the other side was coming to an end.
More than twenty death fighters launching a sneak attack on a small squad of soldiers with the element of surprise would have no suspense; dragging it out this long was already impressive.
“Sounds good.”
Anyway, the node hadn’t moved, and Xiao Xueyin didn’t stop Lu Bai from acting alone; he just pointed at the walkie-talkie in his hand and added, “Stay safe and keep communications open at all times.”