BC Chapter 73

After encountering the mutated zombie, Yao Jinglin instantly realized that the rescue operation in Qingshui City was likely to develop into a deadly battle. And the three squads she led might become the first rescue team members to be sacrificed in Qingshui City.

More than twenty people focused their fire on the two-meter-tall mutated zombie, but still failed to cause substantial damage to it. They only forced it to retreat a short distance. The surface of its skin was harder than that of ordinary zombies, as if it were wearing a layer of flesh armor. The bullets that flew towards it only left some superficial scratches.

Yao Jinglin fired at the zombies along with her team members, while calculating her next plan in her mind. After all, the ammunition in their pockets was limited, and the time they could maintain such a high rate of fire was limited. Judging from the current situation, they couldn’t solve the mutated zombie in front of them with just rifles. But if they compromised or resisted stubbornly, even if all of them sacrificed themselves here, it would be a futile effort.

Therefore, she cautiously put away her gun after reloading, and at the same time, pulled Du Huan out from the front row of shooters, leaned close to his helmet, and shouted, “Choose two people to escort you back to deliver the message, tell the headquarters that the rescue team needs heavy firepower support, the rescue team is only suitable to assist from the side. Also, take the news of the mutated infected appearing here back. Since this situation has already appeared on the edge of the city, it may be even more serious when going to the city center, let all team members be careful and cautious!”

“Captain! I request to stay here and fight! You should go and deliver the message!” After hearing Yao Jinglin’s words, Du Huan looked at Yao Jinglin’s firm expression, his eyes flickered, and he said with a touch of compassion. Although Yao Jinglin was appointed as the captain in this rescue operation, she was actually younger than Du Huan. He heard that she had not even had time to find a boyfriend, and had been dutifully serving the people at her post. According to the current situation, those who stay behind will definitely face a situation where nine out of ten will die. Du Huan believes that he is already a married man, and even his children are already five and a half years old, so it doesn’t matter if he sacrifices himself. Anyway, he will be a hero again in eighteen years. So he wanted to leave the chance to survive to Yao Jinglin, a girl who hadn’t had time to experience the beauty of life.

“Deputy Captain Du Huan!! This is an order!” However, Du Huan’s idea will eventually fail, because Yao Jinglin has never been the kind of person who takes life and death as particularly important. Besides, if someone really has to sacrifice, it must be her. Anyway, there is a younger brother at home who can take care of her parents, so even if she leaves, it won’t have much impact, except that she is destined to be unable to repay her parents for raising her for so many years. Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to balance. Since she chose this profession, she can only dedicate herself wholeheartedly, otherwise she would be sorry for the oath she read when she raised her fist to swear. So her attitude was very firm, and she looked at Du Huan with a serious expression that made it impossible to refute. As a qualified soldier, one must completely obey the orders of the superior on the battlefield, which is beyond doubt. So Yao Jinglin deliberately emphasized the words “Deputy Captain” to remind Du Huan not to overstep the mark.

Seeing that there was no room for reversal, Du Huan could only sigh and respond with a salute: “Yes! Captain!” Then he picked out the two youngest members of the team and led them back in the direction they came.

Just after Du Huan and the three of them left, the team members who had died earlier actually stood up behind everyone, swaying and staggering, giving everyone a demonstration of what is called “resurrection from the dead.”

If Yao Jinglin hadn’t been behind everyone, planning to find the weakness of the giant mutated zombie, so she didn’t go forward to continue firing, she probably wouldn’t have noticed the strangeness of these guys.

When participating in rescue operations in other cities before, it may be because there were not many zombies, so they had not encountered so many special situations. Although they knew that the zombie virus was contagious, everyone had always thought that the mutation would occur when people were still alive, but this was the first time for everyone to see the process of people infected with the zombie virus turning into living corpses so directly.

“Behind!! Behind!!” Obviously, Yao Jinglin was not the only one who felt the strange atmosphere behind her. After informing each other, the team members witnessed this scene. They had to face the zombies in front of them and also be wary of their dead teammates behind them. Everyone’s heart was filled with an unspeakable sense of suffocation.

Although she felt unbearable, Yao Jinglin bit her lip and raised her gun, aiming the muzzle at those team members who had turned into zombies. In order to avoid damaging their bodies as much as possible, Yao Jinglin’s every shot was aimed very clearly – headshot.

This was also the last bit of tenderness she could give to those dead teammates at the moment.