dmims Chapter 8 Good News and Bad News
Chapter 8 Good News and Bad News
"Ouyang Nian, come back!" Luo Lin steadied himself and approached a building. Seeing that Ouyang Nian was about to chase after the mutated zombie, he quickly called him back.
"The zombies are definitely after us. This guy is probably a crawler; he's very fast and hard to catch," Lorraine explained to Ouyang Nian as he approached, loading a shotgun shell into his gun.
"Did you just hit the target?" Lorraine asked.
"It hit its shoulder, probably ruined one of its hands. It's the first time it's used this shovel, it's not used to it yet," Ouyang Nian replied with a regretful expression.
"It's daytime now, so it's not very active. Plus, it's lost a limb. If this thing is conscious, it'll probably attack from above. Let's wait and see."
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
Sure enough, they heard a sound coming from above. Lorraine raised her gun and aimed at the top of the building. Ouyang Nian held a shield in one hand to protect Lorraine and dragged her away from the building with the other.
The crawler couldn't resist rushing downstairs, but its speed and stability were not as good as before.
"stop."
Lorraine crouched down and fired three shots in the direction the crawler was moving. The crawler froze from the shotgun blasts and fell to the ground. Ouyang Nian shielded Lorraine's side, ready to finish him off at any moment.
"Bang." The crawler crashed heavily to the ground. Lorraine and Ouyang Nian went over. Lorraine fired two more shots into the crawler's head, and then Ouyang Nian chopped off the crawler's head. After confirming that he was completely incapacitated, the two sighed heavily and smiled at each other.
"Buzzing"
Lorraine pulled out a rag, wiped the dirt off his hands, and then took out the data tablet.
Kill 1 mutated zombie
[Reward: 60 rounds of 9mm ammunition]
[Kill Rewards Now Available]
Looking at the information that popped up on the data panel, Lorraine was overjoyed. Killing mutated zombies would earn him rewards, which greatly increased his endurance. In the future, if he encountered mutated individuals, he could choose to kill them to obtain supplies, provided that it was permissible.
Before Lorraine could even check the conditions for achieving the other kill rewards, a rapid warning sounded in his mind.
【warn!warn!warn! 】
[Due to external stimuli, the rampaging horde of zombies will appear ahead of schedule. Countdown: 6 hours and 35 minutes]
Lorraine frowned, turned and ran towards the workshop, calling out to Ouyang Nian, "Hurry, the zombie horde has gone berserk ahead of schedule!"
Upon hearing this, Ouyang Nian, without bothering to find out the source of the information, put away his entrenching tool and followed Lorraine to the workshop.
As Lorraine turned to look at Ouyang Nian, her peripheral vision caught sight of the crawler whose head had been severed earlier. Seeing the dark red liquid flowing on the ground, Lorraine stopped and bumped into Ouyang Nian behind her.
"Why did it stop so suddenly?" Ouyang Nian rubbed her chest. Dressed in heavy armor, she couldn't stop in time and crashed into Lorraine's shoulder.
"There's still blood inside that zombie. Put it on the cart and use its blood as bait to lure the horde of zombies to the trap."
Lorraine quickly explained, "I'll go get the cart. You can throw the zombies onto the cart later." Then she ran towards the cart that had been left on the side of the dormitory building.
Ouyang Nian had no choice but to run back, pick up the zombie, and throw it onto the rapidly approaching cart. Blood was slowly flowing from the zombie's body. After confirming that the zombie wouldn't fall off the cart, the two rushed back to the workshop.
Upon reaching the sulfur-covered intersection, Lorraine took the entrenching tool from Ouyang Nian, smashed the zombie into a pulpy mess, and then threw the cart into the center of the trap.
Back at the workshop, Lorraine wiped his entrenching tool as he explained to Ouyang Nian, "The fire we just set seems to have agitated the zombie horde."
Lorraine checked the intelligence system, confirmed the time, and continued, "There are still 6 hours until the horde of frenzied zombies appears at sunset. I'll go back to the ship to get the remaining weapons and ammunition. You go and hang the oil drums in the center of the trap, making sure they're at head height."
Lorraine took out an alarm clock and handed it to Ouyang Nian: "Place these alarm clocks near a few intersections so that the zombies can find their way."
"OK." Ouyang Nian indicated that he understood.
"Then let's act quickly, there's not much time left."
"Wait, help me take off this armor first." Ouyang Nian called out to Luo Lin.
Then, under Ouyang Nian's command, Lorraine helped her remove the armor.
As Lorraine helped remove the armor, she grumbled, "If one person can put it on, why can't they take it off?"
"I can definitely take it off, it's just a hassle. If I can ask someone for help, I'll definitely ask someone for help." As for what to wear, Ouyang Nian chuckled, indicating that she had a unique method.
After helping Ouyang Nian remove his armor, Lorraine returned to the ship and began checking the weapons and ammunition.
He took out the only remaining 12.7mm and 9mm bullets from the warehouse, then took out a pistol and a submachine gun, used maintenance tools to clean the chambers briefly, and then loaded all 120 rounds of 9mm bullets into the magazine.
Next, Lorraine loaded the 12.7mm ammunition into the belt, then loaded the belt, which contained only 83 rounds, onto the DShK heavy machine gun located on the ship's side, and released the safety, putting it in a ready-to-fire state.
After doing all this, Lorraine changed into the large backpack he had obtained from Ouyang Nian's workshop, packed two pistols and a submachine gun inside, and then took two packets of chocolate from his military rations and put them in the backpack as well. After packing up, he rowed back to shore and moored the small boat in its original spot.
Lorraine returned to the workshop with a large backpack and saw Ouyang Nian already dressed in armor, carrying a waist knife, and taking out food.
"Here are these two pistols. See if you can hang them somewhere on your person for easy access." Lorraine took the pistols out of her bag and handed them to Ouyang Nian.
"Don't refuse, keep it for emergencies." Seeing that Ouyang Nian wanted to refuse, Lorraine waved her hand and said, "Just consider it as me keeping a backup for you."
Ouyang Nian secured the gun to his body, tossed a small can of beef to Lorraine, and picked up a Molotov cocktail. "It's getting dark. I'll take you somewhere you can move around easily."
Ouyang Nian locked the workshop door and walked to the roof of the building next door. "There's a power line here that goes directly to the utility pole by the river, which is exactly where you'll moor your boat."
The two lay on the roof, eating canned food, waiting for nightfall.
As the sun's rays completely faded, Lorraine nudged Ouyang Nian and handed him a few pieces of chocolate. "Eat if you're hungry, don't fight on an empty stomach."
"Ring ring ring—" The piercing sound of an alarm clock came from the distant night sky, masking the approaching zombies. As the alarm clocks faded away, the two could see blurry figures in the distance.
The last alarm clock rang, signaling that the horde of zombies had fallen into the trap. Lorraine lit a Molotov cocktail and handed it to Ouyang Nian: "It's up to you now."
Ouyang Nian stood up, swung his arm, and accurately threw the Molotov cocktail into the center of the trap.
With a deafening roar, a burst of flame erupted amidst the horde of zombies, then spread wildly. The flames and toxic fumes from the burning sulfur effectively disrupted the zombie horde, which swarmed around the fire, constantly being burned to death or forced into the trap. The towering flames illuminated half the sky.