Infinite Ebullience-Chapter 39 - 24 Counterattack Part 2
39: Chapter 24 Counterattack (Part 2)
39: Chapter 24 Counterattack (Part 2)
Tang Zheng reloaded the MG42 machine gun and tightly held onto three grenades with the bottom covers unscrewed, leaning against the inside wall of the elevator to conserve his energy.
He watched the red numbers on the floor display changing, envisioning the tactical moves he was about to make.
“Tang Zheng, they’re about to throw grenades into the room,” Bai Guo’s urgent voice came through the walkie-talkie.
“There are five in total.”
“Grenades?” Upon hearing this, Tang Zheng could only smile bitterly.
It was lucky that the Nazi Zombies hadn’t thrown grenades for a hard attack at first.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have lasted until now.
They would have been finished long ago.
“Can you tell me something useful, like the layout of the Nazi Zombies, are there any on guard in the direction of the elevator?”
“Yes, there are two Zombie soldiers with rifles on either side, crouched and ready to shoot at any time,” Bai Guo’s voice was still shaking a bit, but at least he was able to clearly articulate his words.
“What a hassle.
I guess we’ll have to use grenades to clear the path after all.” Tang Zheng complained.
As the elevator doors opened, he squeezed out, simultaneously pulling out the lanyard of the M24 and tossing it towards the right corridor.
He remembered quite well that room 602 was in this direction.
Boom, boom, boom, three grenades exploded one after another, filling the entire hallway with smoke.
The shock wave threw everything in its vicinity into disarray, toppling the Nazi zombies around.
Tat-tat-tat, seizing this opportunity, Tang Zheng lunged out, hitting the floor, firing towards the hallway – recklessly emptying half the bullet chain, considering there was no cover in the hallway other than the rooms.
The rain of bullets surely hit something.
At first, there were several counter fire shots from 98K rifles, but it went quiet after Tang Zheng’s firing.
He didn’t rush forward, but retreated back into the elevator room.
As expected, about three seconds later, the sound of the MG42 machine gun rang out, firing in his direction.
“Tang Zheng, they’re hiding in room 602 and shooting towards the corridor,” Bai Guo’s voice came out again.
Now he didn’t need prompts from Tang Zheng to report the loss, “There are seven bodies of Nazi Zombies on the ground.”
“Damn it, if the zombies have entered the room, why can’t Zhao Jingye and the others counterattack?” Tang Zheng cursed.
He figured that Zhao Jingye and his group must have retreated into the bedroom after the Zombie soldiers threw grenades, “These cowards, don’t they know to coordinate an attack with me?”
“What do we do now?” Bai Guo was anxious.
If they threw grenades into the bedroom again, Qin Yan and the others would have nowhere to hide.
“Can you contact them through the walkie-talkie?” Tang Zheng was also out of options.
He had pushed himself to the limit to save them.
He certainly couldn’t risk his life too.
Li Xinlan held a grenade, leaning against the wall, remaining silent.
“Sister Qin Yan, this is Bai Guo, can you hear me?” Bai Guo immediately called out to Qin Yan.
“If I don’t shoot, would the Nazi Zombies only deal with Zhao Jingye and the others?” Tang Zheng let only the muzzle of his gun show and pulled the trigger.
He wouldn’t be fool enough to jump into the hallway again and start shooting.
“Definitely.” Li Xinlan nodded, then suddenly looked towards the elevator door, pulling out the handgun from her right leg holster.
“It’s me.” Lin Weiguo hurriedly identified himself.
He didn’t want to be mistaken for the enemy and get shot by one of his own.
“I knew it was you.
Zombies don’t use elevators.” In reality, Tang Zheng had known Lin Weiguo was coming out as soon as Bai Guo got the walkie-talkie.
Li Xinlan was somewhat annoyed, wondering why she hadn’t thought of that.
She had just been feeling pleased with herself for finally having a faster reaction than Tang Zheng.
“What’s the situation now?” Hearing Lin Weiguo’s inquiry, Li Xinlan hastily explained everything to him.
“These damn fools, did they think hiding in the bedroom would save them?” Lin Weiguo also looked helpless.
However, the tables turned quite quickly.
“Tang, Little Tang, are you listening?
Save us.” Zhao Jingye’s voice finally came through the walkie-talkie.
“We are in room 602.
The living room is full of Nazi Zombies.”
“Full my ass, there are at most four of them.
I am in the elevator room on the sixth floor, you damn jerk.
Why didn’t you cooperate when I was attacking?” Tang Zheng swore unmercifully at Zhao Jingye, not giving him any face.
“I was wrong, okay?
Please save us.
They’re about to break into the bedroom.” Zhao Jingye was truly panicked, “Even if you don’t care about me, you have to consider Qin Yan and Pang Meiqin, right?
Besides, aren’t you the group leader?”
Zhao Jingye knew that he didn’t carry much weight in Tang Zheng’s mind, so he brought up the stewardesses – Qin Yan and the others.
“Tang Zheng, I apologize, please save us.” It was the voice of stewardess Cheng Chen, who had mocked Tang Zheng on the first day.
Now, facing danger, she finally let go of her pride and started pleading with him.
“I apologize too.
I won’t say anything bad about you anymore.” This was stewardess Zeng Xue.
From the quavering voice, one could tell she was frightened.
“Tang Zheng, we’re all in this together, aren’t we?
Are you just going to stand by and watch us die?” Kang Songde also lost patience and lowered his stance, “When we get back to the real world, whatever you ask me to do I will, I’m the Director of the Traffic Bureau after all, please save me.”
“You’ve finally become a hot commodity.” Lin Weiguo whispered teasingly at Tang Zheng.
“How does it feel to be treated like a savior?” Li Xinlan playfully swept a look at Tang Zheng, using the grenade as if it were a microphone and placing it in front of Tang Zheng, “Any thoughts?”
“Enough with the joking.” Tang Zheng furrowed his brow and pushed away the grenade in front of him.
Accidentally, he brushed against Li Xinlan’s finger.
The woman’s body involuntarily trembled, as though she had been shocked by electricity.
“Tang Zheng, please save Sister Qin Yan.” Bai Guo also started pleading, sobbing spasmodically.
“Everyone stop arguing, listen to me.” As soon as Tang Zheng finished speaking, the walkie-talkie immediately quieted down, leaving only the heavy breathing of the crowd.
“Qin Yan, do you still have the police hand grenades?”
“I have two left.”
“How many bullets do you all still have?
Change to a full clip.” As Tang Zheng spoke, Lin Weiguo already replaced his position and starting shooting towards the hallway to keep the intimidation.
“Only Xu Lu and Cheng Chen are out of bullets, everyone else still had some.” Kang Songde anxiously reported.
He really didn’t want to stay here any longer and couldn’t wait for Tang Zheng to come and rescue him, so he had uttered everything.
“Okay, when I count to three, you all throw the hand grenades into the living room, bombing those Nazi zombie soldiers, then everyone just shoot with the muzzle poking out to attract their attention.” After Tang Zheng finished speaking, he took Li Xinlan’s large travel bag, opened the zipper, took out six grenades, then removed everything including the Ontario 18 Chop on his belt, the dog leg knife on his right leg, and the tactical vest, in an effort to lighten his body load as much as possible.
“Bundle grenade?
Damn, are you preparing to risk your life again?” When Lin Weiguo saw Tang Zheng tying the grenades together, he knew what he was planning to do and immediately yelled.
People on the walkie-talkie also heard the yelling and collectively went silent, with only Qin Yan still trying to persuade.
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If it’s dangerous, then let’s find another way.”
“Of course it’s dangerous.” Li Xinlan’s face was full of grief.
She really didn’t want Tang Zheng to take risks.
She quietly poked his waist and whispered in his ear, “What about that woman of yours with the firearm?
Just like how you dealt with the Nazi zombies in room 1208, let her go into action.”
“It can only be used once an hour, otherwise, I would have acted a long time ago.” Tang Zheng gave a bitter smile.
He actually planned to give the seed to Li Xinlan so that she could activate an ability to save Qin Yan and the others.
However, thinking about how activating the abilities might result in sleeping for twelve hours, he gave up on this idea.
He didn’t want another burden.
“What about the other two Nazi zombie squads on the ninth and fifth floors?” Tang Zheng was ready, but he hadn’t forgotten to confirm the positions of the other zombie soldier squads.
“They are searching the rooms on their own floors one by one.
The squad on the fifth floor only has four more rooms to reach the end of the floor.” Bai Guo, who was hiding alone in the security room, had also worked hard.
Listening to her trembling voice, you could tell she was very scared.
“Okay, get ready to follow the command.” Tang Zheng crouched on the ground, ready to pounce at any moment.
“Tang Zheng.”
“What’s up?” Tang Zheng turned his head and saw Li Xinlan’s red lips pressing against his own.
The warm and soothing feeling, along with a hint of tingling, made Tang Zheng involuntarily stick out his tongue and lick his lips, coincidentally licking Li Xinlan’s red lips.
“So, you know how to take advantage of the situation too.” Li Xinlan gave him a white look, casually straightened the collar of his protective suit, and spoke with her breath as sweet as orchids, “If you die, I will accompany you.”
“You won’t have the chance.
I’m not reckless.
Every action I take is carefully calculated.” Tang Zheng made an OK gesture.
He estimated the distance here to room 602.
It’s less than twenty meters.
After strengthening his body with the golden seed, he calculated that it would take him about three seconds to run at full speed.
The Nazi zombies would take more time than that to recover from the shock wave of the explosion.
Three seconds was enough for him to run over and throw the bundle grenade into the living room.
“Tang Zheng, good luck!” Lin Weiguo punched Tang Zheng’s chest and lifted up the MG42, aiming at the upper part of the hallway and firing suppressively.
“Qin Yan, you do the count and throw the grenade.”
“Okay, three, two, one, fire.” After Qin Yan finished shouting, explosions and gunshots rang out in the living room like popping beans.
Tang Zheng didn’t waste a moment and rushed out at full speed the moment the explosion sounded.
As expected, the shooting from the Nazi zombies inside the hallway was interrupted by the shock wave of the explosion.
Tang Zheng, who was sprinting, felt as if he was flying.
His body, enhanced by the golden seed, was truly impressively strong.
As he ran past the door of room 602, he threw the bundle grenade in.
He even saw a Nazi zombie that had fallen at the door and was about to stand up.
Its face was covered in black smoke and rotting flesh…
Boom!
With the explosion, a shock wave rushed out from the door, blowing the unfortunate zombie soldier onto the door across the hallway.
The entire hallway seemed to shake.
“Get in the living room and kill the Nazi zombies quickly.” Lin Weiguo yelled directly into the walkie-talkie.
He was worried these idiots wouldn’t seize the opportunity.
However, the burst from the bundle grenade was so powerful that by the time Qin Yan and others rushed out, all they saw were the limbs and broken arms of the zombie soldiers.
They had nothing more to do.
“Oh yeah, long live Tang Zheng!” Bai Guo couldn’t help cheering when she saw Qin Yan walking out of the room unscathed.
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PS: I have got some work to do, may be busy later, so this chapter is released early!
