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Chapter 17 Skeletons

"Bastard. I'm going to kill him!"

Chen Xiaozhu was in grief and seemed like a crazy wolf. He had only one thought in his mind: to kill this bastard who was worse than beast and avenge his sister. However, Qian Zhuang took advantage of the cold and took it back into the house with others. At the same time, just as the man was about to rush to the entrance of the basement, the thick door panel full of hope for survival was closed coldly and ruthlessly.

The sound of the blade cutting pieces of flesh and cutting bones mixed with the screams of despair. To Chen Xiaozhu, it was simply an extremely strange and beautiful music...

Qian Zhuang's 110 phone call was very useful. Half an hour later, people hiding in the basement heard the sound of alarms coming from the gate. However, after several crisp gunshots and screams, there was no movement again.

The trapped people believed that they would be rescued. In fact, after that, the police station, who found that the situation was not good, sent two groups of fully armed rescue personnel one after another. However, after entering the factory, they were all wiped out.

The skeletons no longer seemed to want to make the idea of ​​these trapped survivors. They just surrounded the warehouse and hunted all the people close to this place. They transported the obtained corpses into the warehouse to peel off the flesh, leaving only thin bones. They sprayed them repeatedly with liquid food desiccant stored in the factory. After accumulating enough quantities, they placed them in the corner next to the warehouse and piled up.

Through the tiny gap between the walls, Qian Zhuang clearly saw the strange actions of the skeletons. He really couldn't understand what these monsters wanted so many corpses to do? At the same time, he also found that there was no possibility of survival if he wanted to break through this trapped place.

Fourteen survivors have been in the basement for nearly six months. Relying on the storage of a large amount of food and bottled water here, this can support us until now. If one of them had not been a worker who graduated from an electronics technical school, who thought of connecting the backup power supply in the field, using two small iron pieces to strike each other, and seeking help in the form of Morse code, I am afraid that no one would have known their existence until now.

"Bait?"

Hearing this, this strange word suddenly appeared in Lei Cheng's mind. Looking back at Chen Zhang and others behind him, they also looked thoughtful.

Those monsters, what do they want to do for corpses? And those bones that have accumulated into mountains...

"Pack up everyone's things. Let's go now."

No one speaks, no one moves.

"If you can come in, you may not be able to get out." Qian Zhuang smiled bitterly: "I believe that the warehouse outside must be full of skeletons now. I can't get out anymore."

As if to prove that what he said was not false, Gao Dabiao, who was alert at the entrance, also exclaimed. Lei Cheng made three steps and rushed out to see, and he couldn't help but gasp for everything in front of him.

The canvas covering the surrounding bone piles had been lifted from the inside. White skeletons slowly stood up from the human bones sprayed by food desiccant. They seemed to have independent consciousness, and rushed from all directions in groups, surrounding the narrow ground of the basement.

These skeletons were very slow and did not have the long swords that Lei Cheng had ever seen before. Despite this, the hundreds of white and upright bones were enough to scare any ordinary person crazy.

In ancient Chinese legend, there was something called "zombies". But not to mention seeing such living skeletons without flesh and blood, I am afraid that many people have never even heard of them.

The sound of bones colliding with the ground is extremely crisp. The sound of nearly a thousand bones combined together is a death-seeking sound that is enough to cause a person's mental breakdown.

It’s not that Lei Cheng has seen monsters, but not to mention seeing such a large and dense group of skeletons, they have never even imagined what kind of terrible existence they were.

"The machine gun preparation, Yan Rui and Chen Zhang, the three of us protected them from close range. The others followed behind and rushed out of the warehouse as fast as possible."

As he said that, Lei Cheng hung the assault rifle in his hand diagonally on his chest. Instead, he pulled out a thick-blade steel sword about a meter long from his back. This was a standard equipment in the federal army, and it was also a melee weapon that he repeatedly asked all his team members to be equipped with. After all, this was almost the experience gained from his own life.

The five soldiers were very quick to move. However, the people in the basement had a look of distrust in their eyes.

"Can you only have five of you... can you rush out?" Qian Zhuang asked in confusion: "There are too many skeletons... last time there was a whole platoon of armed police officers..."

"If you want to continue to stay here and live by chewing canned biscuits, I will never force you." Lei Cheng interrupted him without hesitation and said coldly: "It's just that I want to remind you that too many people have died in order to save you. We can be regarded as the last batch of reinforcements. Whether you can leave or not, just do whatever you want."

The judgment of interests is more effective than any temptation or threat. It is these last few words that forced all the people in the basement to stop their minds. They stood up one after another, and slowly stepped on the cold steps that walked out of the ground with the infinite fear and confusion of the unknown future.

It is only a few dozen meters away from the nearest skeleton and the hut. Due to the shrinking of space, the swarming skeleton group seems so dense, with almost no gap.

"shooting--"

The two machine guns in the hands of the Gao brothers made a violent tremor, and the bullets flying out of the gun chamber shot directly at the dense group of skeletons with fearless momentum, bringing out bursting fragments among the white bone forest.

There are so many skeletons. The bullets passing through the gaps in the front skeleton can easily hit the followers in the order behind them. The crisp sound of bone bursting, the roar of machine guns, and the extremely rhythmic knocking between the skeleton ankle bones and the ground became a mixed sound that filled every corner of the warehouse.

The dense bullets can easily sweep a straight passage directly in front of them. Although the skeletons blocking there were not completely broken, it seems much less than the "bone forest" that shoulder to shoulder on both sides.

"Raising the machine guns and shooting them flat on their heads."

Lei Cheng rushed to the front of the team, while whispering loudly to command his teammates, while flexibly waving the steel sword in his hand to smash the skeletons that escaped bullets and approached the crowd. Chen Zhang and Yan Rui protected the wings of the Gao brothers respectively. The entire team took all the rescued people behind with an extremely sharp triangular assault formation, like a giant boat breaking through the ice, and rushed towards the warehouse exit blocked by heavy trucks.

For some reason, the closer he got to the exit, the more inexplicable doubts Lei Cheng felt. He was familiar with the bloodthirsty habits of monsters and his unique preference for fresh meat in living people. However, in these dense skeletons, he could not see the madness brought by killing. Their movements were very mechanical and very rigid. It was like manipulated puppets, who could only act according to the rules and follow the wishes of the manipulator.

In the story Qian Zhuang said, a very critical plot was mentioned - the skeletons he encountered before were all equipped with weapons such as swords and shields. Lei Cheng himself also had a deep understanding of this. However, the white skeletons who were swarming in front of him not only had nothing in their hands, but also seemed to be inferior to their similarities in terms of their agility and strength.

A skull that was broken by a bullet and fell from the spine rolled in front of Lei Cheng. Without thinking too much, he stepped on it hard. Suddenly, the round bones were squeezed by gravity and turned into a mixed body of ashes and fragments.

If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely not be able to do this. However, Lei Cheng had far more power than ordinary people. Moreover, this move was not accidental or unintentional. This kick somewhat confirmed his speculation.

"As expected, it was empty?"

What Lei Cheng refers to is the crystal from the monster's brain. There is no trace of this kind of thing in the white fragments under his feet.

Why is this happening?

If possible, Lei Cheng really wanted to turn the warehouse upside down and find an answer to explain his confusion. However, the situation did not allow him to do so.

The two machine guns were so powerful that the passage that was penetrated from the skeleton group could not be refilled. The survivors following behind seemed to see hope of survival, and they picked up simple weapons in their hands, carried the bones stretched out from the skeletons on both sides, and ran desperately towards the truck.

"Climb up! Quick!"

The other end of the cargo compartment is the passage connected to the factory gate. As long as you can run out there, the hope of survival will be much greater.

As the captain, Lei Cheng has always been worried about Yan Rui as a woman. After all, compared with men, women do not have the same physical strength advantages as them. Especially at this time, women often become a burden to men.

However, such concerns seemed a bit unnecessary. Yan Rui, who was flexible, showed no sign of being unable to survive. She still waved the sword in her hand lightly and slashed the skeletons that were close to her side to smash them.

Everyone climbed onto the roof of the car smoothly. The skeletons chasing it seemed that they could not perform such complicated climbing. They could only gather in front of the iron frame at the front of the car, stretched out two thin hand bones, and usedlessly grasped and pulled everything that could be reached. At first glance, it was like a pale bone forest that suddenly appeared from the concrete ground.

The thick warehouse gate seemed to be the biggest obstacle to isolating life and death. However, when the survivors happily climbed down from the roof of the car, cheering and standing in the warm sunshine, greedily breathing the fresh air that had disappeared for a long time, they were shocked to find that in the middle of the intersection less than a hundred meters away from them, dozens of human bones, all covered in gray, holding long swords and round shields in their hands, were staring at the group of people who had just fallen from joy into the ice cellar of fear with the two empty black holes.

"Get get it..."

I don’t know who opened the head first, but in an instant, the crisp sounds of the upper and lower teeth collided with each other, made from people’s mouths. They gathered together to form an extremely strange and desperate sound.

"It's just them...killing people..."

Qian Zhuang swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and carefully pulled Lei Cheng who was standing beside him. He asked dryly: "Can we... escape?"

"able!"

As he said that, Lei Cheng quickly inserted the sword in his hand back, untied the assault rifle in front of his chest, and put the sight hole in front of him. With a "bang" sound, the head of a skull that was closest to the crowd opposite was blown to pieces. The thin body holding the knife and shield fell to the ground as if it had lost its center of gravity, scattered into a pile of fragmented bones.

Although there was only one skeleton killed, it had a completely different meaning for people shrouded in fear. For the first time, they discovered that these monsters that looked extremely terrifying would die.

"The machine gun shot flat attack. Keep the formation. We can rush out."

Lei Cheng replaced the weapon in his hand with a sword and directed the crowd into a ring. The weaker woman was arranged in the middle. The three of them were still the strongest in combat, with Chen Zhang and Yan Rui.

It was so close that after just one shot, the skeletons had already taken the long sword in their hands and rushed towards the crowd opposite.

Distance is the best reason for the existence of firearms and is also an absolute guarantee of safety.

The Gao brothers rushed to the front with a flat machine gun, and two angry tongues of flames tore everything blocking the road into pieces. The muscular men formed the most suitable combination with the heavy guns, making them the most powerful guardian gods in the eyes of many survivors.

"Roll!Roll!Roll!Hurry up!"

A long black sword slashed from the air. Lei Cheng had no time to think about it, so he raised his sword with both hands to block it. After a harsh metal sound of collision with each other, the long sword that could not penetrate was swung high again, and he was struck down heavily with a round iron shield blocking in front of him. The target was Lei Cheng, who was shocked, located below.

"They actually know how to use sword techniques?"

Slashing is the most basic movement in swordsmanship. It is also the most powerful and practical move. However, there are not many people who can apply this movement to the skillful and free. What's more, the other party is still a skeleton without flesh and blood?

"Damn! What monsters are these?"

With a angrily curse, Lei Chengyun took the strength and slashed the sword with the greatest strength. Suddenly, the long sword that was slashed down and the shield in the skeleton's hand were suppressed by incomparable gravity. In the face of that irresistible violent momentum, it was smashed into a pile of useless fragments.

"The knife that blocks them, just smash them or smash them. These guys are not strong."

Lei Cheng, who discovered the weakness of the skeleton, shouted loudly, and the sword in his hand also cut another skeleton close to him into two pieces. Under his guidance, the survivors also tried their best to smash the simple weapons in their hands. For the first time, they discovered that after overcoming the fear, these monsters with ferocious appearances were so vulnerable.

Any behavior of despising your opponent will pay a heavy price. What's more, the excited people forget the most important point - the skeleton is quite flexible.

Perhaps they discovered the weakness of fighting hard! The skeletons changed their previous style of opening and closing, but quickly flashed into the crowd. Relying on the limited defense of the iron shield, they inserted the slender blades into the crowd from tricky angles. They brought together bloodsplashes of blood that cooperated with each other.

They no longer require a fatal blow. They only need to make these humans who should be staying in the basement honestly consume their energy. After all, if they are bleeding and injured for too long, they will also die.

At this time, the machine gunner at the front of the team had already rushed to the factory gate and formed a very effective fire cover there. Because, from another intersection facing the factory workshop, more knife-holding skeletons also rushed over.

"Run! Just rush out and we can survive!"

Although the skeletons' movements are flexible, their running speed is obviously inferior to that of humans. Once they break through the narrow space of the warehouse passage and rush onto the outside streets, they will no longer be able to catch up with the running crowds.

Hope and excitement were like a huge halo, covering people's heads. The wound that was poked by the long knife seemed to no longer hurt. They all tried their best to rush towards the vitality-filled door.

At this time, a skeleton sandwiched between the crowd and the wall also squatted out like a desperate situation, took the big knife in his hand, and drilled straight into the densest place of the crowd regardless of everything.

(You have to buy a ticket when you get on the bus! It's like you have to pay for a MM. Lao Hei tried his best to write, buddy, how many tickets will be made to open my eyes!)
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