By then, the students had already gone into the teaching buildings. Apart from the soldiers, there was hardly anyone left on the sports field.
The fierce gunfire had not let up. It rang out in an unbroken roar, bullets whizzing across the field in every direction.
This was no longer their battlefield, at least for the moment. Besides, even if they wanted to chase that monster, no one could keep up with it.
Xiao Changming took out a pack of cigarettes, only to find they were all soaked through. Irritably, he crushed the pack into a ball and tossed it onto the field.
"Captain, have one of mine," Wang Yue offered. He pulled a metal cigarette case from his pocket, opened it, and held out a cigarette.
"Chief Chen... would you like one?" An awkward smile squeezed onto his broad, fleshy face. The two of them had clashed earlier, after all. But a battlefield was the easiest place for enemies to become allies; in the face of life and death, petty grudges and prejudices meant nothing.
Besides, he had only just returned from the gates of hell.
Chen Shouyi glanced at him in surprise. "Thanks, I don't smoke."
Wang Yue didn't press him. He and Xiao Changming began smoking off to one side.
The atmosphere was silent and oppressive!
The rain was still falling, but the downpour had eased into a light drizzle, improving visibility considerably.
Bzzzzzt...
Suddenly, the machine guns roared to life.
Xiao Changming tossed aside his cigarette and said grimly, "Is that monster trying to escape?"
To avoid hitting their own men, the machine guns had been positioned in the buildings around the school. They were the final line of defense and wouldn't be used lightly.
After all, these weapons were far too powerful. Each shell weighed