Eliminating the Zombies

"Red Queen, what do you think of this suggestion?" After giving the mercenaries a solution, Ye Siyu looked at the Red Queen and asked. "I can help you," the Red Queen answered without hesitation.

"That's great." The mercenaries looked happy at the Red Queen's affirmative answer. Although the process was somewhat troublesome, it was enough as long as they could complete the mission.

Unlike the excited mercenaries, Zheng Zha and the others now looked at Ye Siyu strangely. They had all seen the story and knew that, whether or not all the zombies inside were eliminated, the Red Queen would not let anyone inside go.

The T-virus had long since spread throughout the entire Hive. Anyone who entered would be infected, which was why they found Ye Siyu's plan so strange.

Suddenly, Zhan Lan's eyes lit up. She whispered to Zheng Zha and the others, "Although I don't know exactly what Ye Siyu is planning, one thing is certain: he wants the mercenaries to act as bodyguards and help him kill zombies to farm Reward Points."

At Zhan Lan's explanation, Zheng Zha and Li Xiaoyi, who stood beside him, both brightened. Although they didn't know exactly what Reward Points were used for, Zhang Jie had explained that the Lord God Space could grant people many powerful abilities and items.

As for how to obtain those abilities and items, it was clearly closely related to those Reward Points.

While Zheng Zha and the others talked, Ye Siyu and the mercenaries discussed their next plan.

"After the Red Queen opens the laboratory doors and releases the zombies, each of you will guard a passage and kill them... If you can't hold out, lure the zombies to the laser corridor and use the lasers to easily wipe them all out." Using the map on Kaplan's microcomputer, Ye Siyu laid out their next course of action.

The mercenaries all nodded in agreement. They found Ye Siyu's plan perfectly reasonable, as though it had been rehearsed hundreds of times, and they hardly needed to make any changes.

Soon, the next operation was fully planned, and the mercenaries began checking and arranging their weapons and equipment.

"Do you want to come along?" Ye Siyu asked, looking at Zheng Zha and the others nearby.

"Huh?" Zheng Zha and the others were taken aback. They had thought Ye Siyu only wanted to kill the zombies by himself and hadn't expected him to remember them.

"If you've got the guts, follow me," Ye Siyu said calmly. With that, he took a rifle in one hand and an axe in the other and left the main computer room with the mercenaries.

"I'm going. Are you coming?" After Ye Siyu and the mercenaries left, Zhang Jie followed them out. He wanted to continue observing Ye Siyu. Because of his status as a guide, he was deeply wary of a newcomer like Ye Siyu who might become powerful. If given the chance, he would kill Ye Siyu without hesitation.

Of course, he wasn't a bloodthirsty person. He wouldn't act unless he had no other choice.

Seeing Zhang Jie leave, Zheng Zha took a deep breath and immediately followed him, with Zhan Lan behind him. Li Xiaoyi, the fat man, and the others who remained did not follow. None of them had the courage.

More than ten minutes passed, and many "people" had gathered in Dining Hall B.

These "people" naturally couldn't stand still. They had long since been infected by the T-virus and turned into zombies, and the Red Queen had used sound to guide them all to Dining Hall B.

Shambling zombies kept emerging from around the corners of the surrounding containers. Some wore work clothes, while others wore research uniforms. Some had already begun to rot, and others had ankles twisted completely out of shape, but even so, they kept walking toward Ye Siyu and the others.

The first zombie at the very front was especially notable: only half its head remained,

and its rotting bones and brains were a revolting grayish white. Although they knew zombies existed, the mercenaries and Zheng Zha's group alike turned slightly pale when they actually saw them.

"Are these the zombies people become after being infected with the T-virus?" Alice asked, her face pale.

"Bang!"

A gunshot answered Alice. Ye Siyu, standing atop a nearby container, had pulled the trigger of his automatic rifle and shot the zombie at the front.

The remaining half of the zombie's head exploded from Ye Siyu's shot, like a bursting watermelon. Thick, blackish blood and white brain matter splattered over the surrounding zombies.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

As Ye Siyu fired, Zhang Jie and the mercenaries also began pulling the triggers of their guns.

"Everyone, hold your formation. If a zombie breaks through the line, immediately tell the others to fall back," Ye Siyu called to the group from his elevated position atop the container, firing controlled bursts at the zombies as he spoke.

Every shot he fired brought down a zombie. His aim was extremely accurate, countless times better than Zheng Zha's and the others'.

On the other side, Zheng Zha, Zhan Lan, and the others slowly fired the handguns the mercenaries had given them at zombies that came within ten meters. Only at that range could they hit their targets.

Gunfire rang out through Dining Hall B as Ye Siyu and the others cut down zombie after zombie. The thick stench of blood and decay filled the hall.

"I'm out of bullets. Everyone, fall back into the laser corridor!" Ye Siyu shouted as he saw more and more zombies appearing and their ammunition nearly spent. He jumped down from the container, picked up the fire axe lying on the ground, and retreated while swinging it, chopping away the zombies that approached him.

Hearing Ye Siyu's order, Zheng Zha and the others retreated in an orderly manner with the mercenaries. Before long, they had returned to the Flame Queen's main computer room behind the laser corridor.

"Red Queen! Activate the laser corridor!" Once everyone had retreated into the main computer room, Ye Siyu shouted.

"Bzz!" The lights at the far end of the laser corridor dimmed, and a thin line of laser light rapidly formed and swept toward the swarming zombies. In an instant, they were cut into chunks of flesh of varying sizes, making for a revolting sight.

Watching what happened inside the laser corridor, Zheng Zha and the other reincarnators, along with the mercenaries, were excited. Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan were happy because they could earn Reward Points, while the mercenaries were happy because they could complete their mission.

As everyone watched the zombies go to their deaths in the laser corridor, Ye Siyu had already aimed his rifle at the mercenaries.