On the highway, the two base vehicles kept fifty meters apart and traveled steadily at fifty kilometers per hour, like two lion kings patrolling their territory.
On the base vehicles, ten light machine-gun gunners and thirty fire-support soldiers fired in an orderly fashion.
"Rat-a-tat-tat!"
"Bang bang bang!"
The gunfire was dense but not chaotic, filled with a strange rhythm.
The demon zombies swarming around the highway fell in swaths like cut wheat. Basically, ten bullets were enough to kill nine demon zombies.
This was the strength possessed only by King-tier Mercenaries.
"Boss, there's something off about this horde of demon zombies. It seems to be going through the motions with us."
Inside Base Vehicle One, McField said to Zhang Yang. They had already turned back along the route they had come from, but the hundred-thousand-strong tide of demon zombies that should have been nearby had actually dispersed.
The demon zombies they were hunting now were all ordinary ones, with only one or two Elite Demon Zombies appearing from time to time.
"Mm, that's normal. After all, we're quite troublesome to those devils as well. Tomorrow is when the demon zombies undergo their second upgrade. It's understandable that they don't want to make a move."
Zhang Yang smiled. "Still, it's also possible that we're charging straight into a death trap. So spread the word—tell everyone to stay alert and be ready for battle at any moment."
A few minutes later, the gunfire thinned out, because there were fewer and fewer demon zombies around them.
"Boss, fog's rolling in. There seems to be something in the sky."
"Don't look up. Everyone, get inside the vehicle."
Zhang Yang gave the order, then looked up himself. Sure enough, a layer of black-red mist had drifted outside, while several enormous shadows had appeared in the