Invincible through Touching Corpses

As the sun rose, everyone finished their breakfast. After a brief reorganization, the convoy continued toward Tongmen City.

This was the last dangerous area, and it was also where Zhou De and his group had encountered the Death Claw and Giant Arm. Because of this, even Lin Xinghai was taking things a bit more seriously this time.

"In a moment, I’ll go lure out the Zombies. If I encounter those two Mutated Zombies during the process, I’ll kill them preemptively."

"But if I don’t run into them, and they arrive after we’ve triggered the zombie tide, then I’ll have to go out and deal with them personally. When that happens, you’ll have to hold off the zombie tide by yourselves. Are you confident you can do it?" Lin Xinghai asked, looking at the others gathered around him inside the Armored Vehicle.

"Don’t worry, Boss! Even if our Gun Technique sucks, we have so many heavy-hitters here. It’ll be no problem," Little Fatty promised, patting his chest.

Lin Xinghai: "..."

"Try not to use those things if you can help it! It’s cheaper to just spray them with your Tearing Rifles or blast them with Hand Cannons than to use those."

"Of course, if the situation becomes impossible, then don’t hesitate to use them. After all, your lives are what’s most important," Lin Xinghai said, rubbing his head.

"Captain Lin, don’t listen to his nonsense. We’re not that pathetic. We can at least hold off a zombie tide of under 20,000 for a short time," Sun Tianbo said with conviction, glancing at Little Fatty.

"Oh? That confident?" Now Lin Xinghai was genuinely curious.

"You’ve been training us for a whole day and even taught us a Heaven-defying Magic Technique like the Investigation Technique. There’s no way our Gun Technique wouldn’t improve!"

"I can use the Investigation Technique at a basic level now. With this Magic Technique’s help, while I can’t be a perfect shot like you, my hit rate when using suppressive fire can reach at least 30%," Sun Tianbo said with a smile.

This was an absolutely terrifying figure. Under normal circumstances, the hit rate for suppressive fire was typically less than 10%. Now, by relying on the Investigation Technique, he had tripled that rate.

However, it wasn’t hard to understand why. Previously, their Perception Power could only be used to pilot Mechas or to get a vague premonition of danger.

Using it to observe things, as they could now, had been impossible.

At the stage of the Optimized, they could at most sense that something existed in a particular location, but they couldn’t even determine its size or distance.

After reaching the Blood Qi Realm, although their Perception Power underwent a qualitative change and the clarity of their perception improved dramatically, this improvement was merely like going from being completely blind to having 20/400 vision. They could only use their Perception Power to get a rough idea of what an object was, but aiming an attack with such "vision" was impossible.

The Investigation Technique was like giving this nearsighted person a pair of glasses, making everything crystal clear.

Moreover, due to the nature of Perception Power, activating it was like gaining an Eye of God. They could "see" everything within a 200-meter radius with perfect clarity, allowing them to lock onto enemies before even firing. It would be stranger if their Gun Technique’s hit rate *didn’t* increase.

Hearing Sun Tianbo’s explanation, Lin Xinghai did a quick mental calculation and understood. ’He really has the confidence to back up his words.’

’After all, a 30% hit rate meant that with a 50-round magazine, he could kill at least 15 Zombies. In full-auto mode, a 50-round magazine would be empty in just five seconds.’

’That meant he could kill about three Zombies per second, or 180 Zombies per minute.’

’Of course, that kill rate was nothing compared to my own, but Sun Tianbo isn’t the only one present who has mastered the Investigation Technique!’

"How many of you can use the Investigation Technique now?" Lin Xinghai asked.

At Lin Xinghai’s question, four more people stepped forward besides Sun Tianbo and Liu Miaomiao, making for a total of six.

’If all six used full-auto, they could kill roughly 1,080 Zombies per minute combined. While that still couldn’t compare to my own speed, dealing with a zombie tide of under 20,000 would indeed be no problem. And that isn’t even counting the Hand Cannons they could use for support.’

"Alright. In that case, go get ready!" With his only major concern now addressed, Lin Xinghai had no reason to hesitate.

Soon, the three Armored Vehicles split up. Lin Xinghai drove off to lure the horde, while Little Fatty and the others found a sturdy-looking office building nearby and quickly began to reinforce its entrances and exits.

Lin Xinghai returned in less than 10 minutes. The zombie tide he lured back this time was the largest one yet, numbering 17,000.

This was within their estimates. However, despite Lin Xinghai causing such a huge commotion, the two Mutated Zombies still hadn’t appeared. ’I wonder if they’ve really left,’ he thought.

But Lin Xinghai didn’t dwell on it. After entering the office building, he joined the others in clearing out the Zombies.

With the experience from the previous two encounters, everyone was now well-practiced. There was no need for any further instructions or arrangements.

Furthermore, as their Gun Technique steadily improved, their efficiency at killing Zombies also saw a noticeable rise.

Lin Xinghai even had to deliberately slow his pace to give the others more opportunities to practice their shooting.

However, just as they thought everything was going smoothly, the high-powered Zombie Detector that Little Fatty had brought suddenly blared. It was an alarm that only sounded when a Mutated Zombie was detected.

Little Fatty immediately stopped shooting and scampered over to check on it.

"Boss! Two Mutated Zombies are approaching fast! And they’re leading a zombie tide... a massive one, 50,000 strong!" As he spoke, Little Fatty’s voice grew tense.

They were already surrounded by a zombie tide. Even if they weren’t, a new tide numbering in the tens of thousands would be a huge problem on its own.

And with Lin Xinghai gone to fight the two Mutated Zombies, they had absolutely no confidence they could hold off such a massive tide on their own.

This was a far cry from their initial estimates.

The other team members nearby, who had already focused their attention when the zombie alarm sounded, all paled at Little Fatty’s report.

"Dammit! How are they leading another tide?" Sun Tianbo cursed under his breath, his earlier confidence completely gone.

"The question now is what should we do? Do we retreat or make a last stand here?" Xie Shanyong chimed in.

Just then, even the walkie-talkie on Lin Xinghai’s hip crackled to life. "Captain Lin, two Mutated Zombies are rapidly approaching your position with a tide of 50,000. I advise you to break out immediately. I can mobilize people on my end to coordinate an attack and help you punch through."

For a moment, everyone broke into a flurry of discussion, but soon all eyes turned to Lin Xinghai.

Then, to their astonishment, they saw that Lin Xinghai’s expression was perfectly calm, without a single trace of tension or unease.