vrcanaries Chapter 26 Tang Sword Squad
Chapter 26 Tang Sword Squad
The three people in the back row had all fallen asleep, so Pei Sihao and Gu Nanfeng stopped chatting. The car quickly drove to the intersection of the South Ring Road. After going down from there, it would take about five or six minutes to reach the safe base of the city center hospital.
Just as Pei Sihao turned onto the side road, a burst of gunfire suddenly woke up the three people in the back row.
At this point, it's almost certain that only the military possesses firearms. Unlike in novels, in a real zombie crisis, even if an entire military unit or police station is overrun, firearms and ammunition are not so easily obtained by ordinary people.
Since there were no cars on the road, Pei Sihao simply pulled over. Lu Yuan turned his head to look out the window. The direction from which the gunshot rang out was a well-known pre-cooked food production factory in G City. Lu Yuan usually liked to eat there, especially when he hadn't received his wages yet. He could eat two bowls of rice with just one bottle of their chili sauce.
"We're very close to the safe base. It's possible that the army that came out to find supplies encountered zombies." The gunfire stopped after a while, and Gu Nanfeng guessed that the situation had been dealt with. He was about to call Pei Sihao to drive away, since parking the car on the side of the road might attract nearby zombies.
Pei Sihao heard the gunfire stop and prepared to start his car and leave. Just then, a loud "bang" rang out from the factory, a sound that even made them feel the tremor, so it was definitely not an ordinary gunshot.
"Should we go over and take a look?" Although he knew it was irrational, Lu Yuan still wanted to go and help when he saw the flames rising from the direction of the factory.
"50 zombies detected in the vicinity." When the car stopped, Zhong Qiang, who was sitting in the trunk, turned on the power of Weiguo. This new function of detecting the number of zombies in the vicinity was added to Weiguo by Gu Nanfeng last night. Because it was a test version, the detection distance, detection range and detection data could not be guaranteed. However, it wouldn't hurt to test it at any time.
"If there are so few zombies, why is the army using such heavy firepower? Wouldn't we just be delivering takeout if we went there?" Based on his five years of experience, Yang Xiao could tell from the battle that the fighting was fierce.
"That's what they say, but..." Lu Yuan thought differently from Yang Xiao. If it weren't too dangerous, he wouldn't have wanted to go and help.
"Since we're already here!" Pei Sihao didn't really care whether he went or not. Seeing Lu Yuan's nervous expression in the rearview mirror, he turned the steering wheel and drove towards the factory. Anyway, there were no cars on the road, so it didn't matter whether he went against traffic or not.
"If we're going to help, we'll need to bring some reliable self-defense weapons." Gu Nanfeng turned to look at Lu Yuan. Right now, all they had were small-scale weapons like hammers, daggers, and baseball bats. If they went over there, they'd really be delivering takeout.
"Yes, I know!" Seeing that everyone was supportive of him, Lu Yuan immediately started searching through his spatial storage. He couldn't take firearms, as it would be difficult to explain using them in front of the troops. Fortunately, he had plenty of melee weapons in his storage. After picking and choosing, Lu Yuan took out five Tang swords, which were convenient for slashing and thrusting. He also arranged a long spear for Wei Guo, which had a longer range and would be good for Wei Guo's defense.
"Wow, this is even sharpened!" Zhong Qiang exclaimed excitedly as he received the Tang sword. He was a fan of Chinese animation and games, and recently a domestically produced holographic online game had become very popular, with the swordsmen sects that used Tang swords looking incredibly cool.
Zhong Qiang is a sword enthusiast, so he also bought a Tang sword accessory, but he didn't sharpen it. Afraid that someone would covet and damage it if he left it in his dormitory, he "enshrined" it at home. When he ran out of the dormitory, he regretted not leaving the Tang sword there.
"This is more than just sharpened." Gu Nanfeng weighed the Tang sword in his hand. The quality was obviously that of a good product. Although he was not a gamer, his father liked these kinds of things, so he had looked into several famous sword shops, visited them in person, and bought several cold weapons for his grandfather. Now it seemed that none of them could compare to the five that Lu Yuan had brought out.
"I absolutely love you, Lu Xiaoyuan!" Yang Xiao, who hadn't said a word since receiving the Tang sword, suddenly gave Lu Yuan a big hug. This weapon could practically multiply his combat power several times over.
When the car reached the last turn in front of the factory gate, Pei Sihao stopped driving. He was afraid that driving directly there would affect the army's operations, so he signaled everyone to put on their raincoats, grab their weapons, get out of the car, and walk over.
The five of them cautiously moved forward with Weiguo. As they walked, Weiguo tried to connect to the factory's internal network to obtain a map of the factory and surveillance images, but his plastic protective suit not only blocked the zombies but also limited his ability to receive signals.
"They should be a supply detachment, with 15 people and two modified military trucks." Wei Guo tried several times but couldn't get any deeper into the factory, but he did manage to find out the information about the surrounding troops.
Lu Yuan and his group crept over and saw two modified military trucks parked at the factory gate, and several people firing wildly into the factory from the gate's fence.
Then, Lu Yuan could see the number of zombies in the factory. It was definitely not the 50 Wei Guo had predicted; there were easily over a hundred. It seemed that when the virus broke out, the entire factory was an isolation zone, and once someone was infected, all the workers inside were infected as well.
Although most factories now use artificial intelligence as their main workforce, a typical factory area still has at least a hundred employees, so it's estimated that there are definitely fewer than a hundred zombies here.
The army's supply detachment couldn't help but laugh when they saw the five men rushing over with swords. They were using firearms and still couldn't get through the gate, while these students rushed out with a few Tang swords. They couldn't help but laugh for a while.
Gu Nanfeng observed carefully and found that although the zombies inside were attracted by the gunfire of the supply team, they kept their distance within a safe range of more than 150 meters, with the aim of exhausting the supply team's ammunition.
"Stop!" a voice from the squad called for a halt to the attack, indicating that they had also noticed the problem.
It would be extremely unwise to keep wasting ammunition here, but this pre-made food factory is the largest factory near the safe base. In the past month, supermarkets, convenience stores, and even restaurants near the base have been completely ransacked by various supply teams of the troops.
The supply teams now have to go to the city center to find food, but the zombie density in the city center is too high. Several teams that have gone there have suffered varying degrees of casualties. So this time, the logistics captain, Qin Yuan, personally led the 0788 supply team to explore this factory, hoping to get the pre-cooked meals in the warehouse here to solve the base's urgent needs.
"Dr. Gu!" Qin Yuan was already overwhelmed when he heard soldiers laughing. He turned around and saw a small team carrying Tang swords approaching. He immediately spotted Gu Nanfeng in the team. He had seen Gu Nanfeng a few times before when he participated in the military's new materials experimentation program, so he was somewhat familiar with him.
Hearing Qin Yuan address Gu Nanfeng as "Dr. Gu" in such a serious manner, Pei Sihao couldn't help but laugh. He had never heard anyone address Gu Nanfeng like that before. After all, in their social circle, people usually called him Senior Brother Gu, or Brother Gu, or Young Master Gu, or something like that.