End of the World

“Woo~ woo~”

The shrill air raid sirens sounded, foreshadowing that the zombie swarm was about to attack the shelter again. The soldiers who heard the sirens rushed back to their respective posts and prepared for battle.

Wu Bin and Dafeng delivered the ammunition, and the two men who heard the alarm were at a loss. If they wanted to leave, the guards under the city wall all rushed up and they could not go down at all. It would not be appropriate to stay, as the two of them knew nothing and it would be embarrassing for them to just watch the show while the others were fighting.

"You two, this is your position, go ahead first!" An officer saw Wu Bin and Dafeng were in a daze and directly assigned them to the mortar position.

"Ah? Commander, we are just delivering ammunition!" Wu Bin felt that his luck was so bad today. He came to the military camp to look for people but was captured and forced to do hard labor. After delivering ammunition, he was dragged to fight again.

"What I want is the one who delivers the ammunition. Your operation is very simple. Just put the shells into the barrel!"

……

"Brother Bin, are we really going to hold on?" After the officer left, Dafeng glanced at a mortar against the wall.

"Let's try it!" Wu Bin was actually a little excited. Men always like cold weapons. Today he had the opportunity to try this large-caliber mortar.

This mortar was newly installed, and the trajectory distance had been adjusted. What was missing was a shooter. Anyway, there were hordes of zombies outside, so there was no need to adjust the distance frequently. There were several other people like Wu Bin and Dafeng. They were organized to deliver ammunition and then assigned to the new mortar position to perform fool-proof operations.

All the searchlights on the wall were turned on, and the zombies that had been hiding in the darkness were exposed one after another. Except for the original defense forces, the newcomers couldn't help but gasp at the sight of such a large number of zombies. Only Wu Bin and two others had heard Zhu Zhenguo talk about the million-strong zombie swarm. Most of the civilians in the shelter knew nothing about it, and couldn't help but get a little agitated when they saw such a large number of zombies.

"Boom!"

The artillery on the wall opened fire first, and a large number of shells fell into the group of zombies, blowing them upside down. Then the heavy machine guns also joined the massacre, and a volley of bullets knocked down rows of zombies.

"Tom!"

Wu Bin took out a cannonball from the box and fired it. He saw the cannonball fall into the crowd of zombies, causing serious damage to them. The cannonball killed more than a dozen zombies.

Dafeng was not willing to be left behind, so he also rewarded the zombies with a cannonball. It seemed quite satisfying to watch them being blown away, which was much more fun than delivering ammunition.

"Damn, this thing is so powerful. It would be great if we had one!" The mortar killed many zombies in just a short while. Dafeng exclaimed it was awesome.

"This thing looks simple, but not everyone can use it!" Wu Bin has always been curious about how the mortar is aimed.

Dafeng nodded in agreement. The shooting distance of a mortar is related to the angle, but the shooting angle and distance are not so easy to grasp.

Although the firepower of the city wall was strengthened to a certain extent, it still took the zombies nearly an hour to reach the foot of the wall. Everyone felt their scalp tingling as they saw more and more zombies coming.

"Hey~"

"Boom boom boom!"

A loud thunder sounded behind him, and a sound of cutting through the air came from the sky. Large-caliber shells landed on the ground and directly sent the zombies into the sky. After the bombardment, not to mention the zombies, even the corpses were not many intact.

"Oh my goodness, what kind of cannon is this?" Dafeng was amazed as he looked at the open space where the smoke had not yet dissipated among the crowd of corpses.

Wu Bin was very shocked. The previous wave of artillery fire directly wiped out seven or eight out of ten zombies in the visible range. He had heard about the enormous power of the 155mm cannon before, but now he truly felt it.

"Everyone check your weapons and ammunition immediately!"

A voice came from the loudspeaker on the city wall, saying that the artillery was buying everyone a few minutes to rest.

As soon as the voice finished speaking, there was another thunder behind him. The artillery launched an artillery bombardment into the depth of the zombie group to curb the zombie offensive. After about ten minutes of bombardment, the artillery ceased fire.

"Help, help, this is Asuka-san, we are being attacked by unknown creatures..."

An Army Aviation helicopter was attacked by some mysterious monsters in the darkness while performing a reconnaissance mission. They damaged the helicopter's tail propeller and the helicopter could not remain stable.

"What happened to the helicopter?" someone on the city wall shouted.

Everyone turned their eyes to the sky and saw a helicopter flying towards them unsteadily. Even flames could be clearly seen coming out of the engine.

"Get out of the way!" When the people on the city wall saw the plane was about to hit, they immediately fell to the side.

The helicopter flew over the wall with its belly brushing against it and crashed into the area between the barbed wire and the wall. Almost everyone rushed to the other side of the wall to check on the fallen helicopter.

With a loud "boom", the helicopter exploded and the entire fuselage was covered in flames. The pilot had no time to escape.

No one knew why the helicopter fell. The Army Aviation maintenance personnel checked the aircraft very responsibly and there was no possibility of mechanical failure. Army pilots are well-trained and will notice any helicopter failure immediately. As long as it is not a fatal failure such as engine shutdown, there is usually time to deal with it and land safely.

"Everyone be careful, there are unidentified flying creatures in the sky!" The soldier in charge of operating the searchlight accidentally shone it towards the sky and discovered an unidentified black shadow in the night sky. He immediately sounded the alarm.

Several other searchlights turned to the sky and captured dark shadows hidden in the night sky. There was a large group of them flapping their wings and flying towards the shelter.

"Is that a bird? Coming out to look for food?"

"Have you ever seen birds coming out to feed at night?"

"Yes, Owl!"

……

Everyone was talking about it. The snipers saw through the scopes on their sniper rifles that what was flying was not a bird, and their faces changed immediately.

"Those aren't birds, they're giant bugs!"

A giant bug? The others were obviously stunned. The snipers didn't care what the others thought and immediately aimed and fired. Sporadic gunshots were heard on the city wall, all from the snipers.

When everyone reacted, the heavy machine guns turned their muzzles and fired at the sky. A considerable number of the machine guns on the city wall were anti-aircraft machine guns, which could easily adjust their firing angles.

"Woo~~"

The alarm sounded, and everyone was organized to fire into the air. In an instant, an anti-aircraft fire network was organized on the city wall. Many insects were hit and fell. Their defense was not even as good as that of ordinary zombies.

The attacking insects were the newly emerged giant insects. They were about half a meter long, with a pair of bat-like wings and a body similar to that of a moth. There was a long sharp sting on their head, which was their sharp beak. There were sacs in their mouths that could secrete acidic solutions, so they would also attack with acid. People hit by the acid would be burned at the least and melted at the worst. This acid only works on biological proteins and has very poor corrosion to metals, almost like a super weak acid.

This type of insect was later called corpse moth. Their larvae parasitize on corpses or other large animals, including humans. Corpse moths can also be found in the bodies of some zombies. Adult insects like to pollute water sources. People and animals who drink contaminated water will be infected. The larvae have a latent period of about one month in the body. The host will not feel any discomfort before mutation. It is extremely concealed.

People now don't recognize these monsters they have never met before and are trying their best to kill them. The helicopter should have been destroyed by them, which shows that they are not friendly.

There were too many bugs, and a lot of bullets were wasted to shoot down some of them. They passed through the fire network and quickly flew over the city wall.

They were greeted by even more intense rifle fire, which wiped out most of the insects in an instant; however, a small number still managed to reach the city walls, causing casualties to the defending forces.

"Tu Tu Tu!"

A soldier killed one insect with a rifle, and another one escaped. It raised its sharp mouth and sprayed green liquid at the soldier. The soldier didn't expect that they could spray liquid, and was caught off guard and was hit.

The liquid sprayed directly onto his face, and the soldier instantly felt a burning pain on his face, forcing him to put down his gun and cover his face with his hands. As soon as his hands touched his face, his palms also felt a sharp pain, as if they were burned by fire.

The soldier kept rolling on the ground and soon he was silent. His face and hands were melted by the acid, revealing his eerie white bones.

There were dozens of other soldiers in similar situations, which caused chaos on the city wall and many people were injured in the chaos.

The defense forces barely managed to eliminate the insects on the city wall, and more insects flew in from afar. Not all of them landed on the city wall, but quite a few of them flew into the shelter and pounced on the tent area.

"Brother Bin, what should we do?" Wu Bin and Dafeng were squatting near several ammunition boxes. They were lucky that they did not become the target of the bugs, otherwise they would be powerless to resist. They couldn't use mortars to kill the bugs!

Wu Bin looked at the chaotic city wall and there was nothing he could do. Everyone was in chaos now. The appearance of these insects was too unexpected and the defense forces were not prepared at all. The two witnessed the insects melting the face and hands of a soldier and were very frightened.

When Wu Bin saw another wave of insects coming and flying towards the tent area, his face changed drastically. If the people at home were not prepared, someone would definitely be injured, and might even end up like the soldier just now.

"Dafeng, let's go back quickly!"

"Okay!" Dafeng was also worried about his family, so he naturally had no objection. After all, the two of them were not from the army, so leaving their posts without permission would not be considered desertion.

The two men rushed left and right, weaving in and out of the chaotic crowd, and were nearly killed by friendly fire several times, before finally running to the ammunition truck at the door.

The logistics troops of the ammunition trucks all joined the battle, and there was no one guarding this side.

Seeing that no one was around, Wu Bin somehow opened two ammunition boxes. One box contained 81-bar rifles, and the other contained boxes of 7.62 bullets.

"Brother Bin, how about we steal some contraband?" Dafeng became bolder when he saw that there was no one around. There were only two shotguns and a pistol in the house. He didn't know that Wu Bin had already given the pistol to He Yuxin. Anyway, he had never seen Wu Bin take it out.

"Okay!" Wu Bin did not object. He reached out and took two 81 rifles, along with several magazines and bullets. It would be difficult for the troops to trace them now, as they might not even know how many guns were lost.

Dafeng was even more awesome. He directly took four Type 81 rifles, brought more ammunition, and also took seven or eight grenades from the box next to him.

After taking the things, the two men did not forget to close the boxes, sneaked out of the barracks, and ran back to the tent area.