hsntnovel Chapter 42 Battle, Reinforcements Arrive and Gun Barrels Overheat
Chapter 42 Battle, Reinforcements Arrive and Gun Barrels Overheat
The ferocious beasts that used to prey on each other are now mixed together, forming a torrent that attacks.
boom!
A bullet pierced the air, and the ferocious beast running at the front of the group died instantly.
The herd of beasts, unusually calm, seemed to be bound together by an invisible force, trampling over the corpses of their companions with unstoppable momentum as they charged toward the camp.
Lu Sheng and Lu Zheng noticed this phenomenon and immediately realized that the ferocious beasts had started to swarm together.
This is one of the important theories that laid the foundation for the behavioral science of ferocious beasts, and its meaning can be described as follows:
A large number of ferocious beasts of different races but of the same level gathered together, regarding a higher-level beast as their leader, and under the leader's command, attacked human strongholds.
This phenomenon appeared in the early days of the Long Night Era, and even the classification system for nocturnal creatures was a conclusion drawn from observing this phenomenon.
Before the clustering phenomenon appeared, the Night Beasts were wild beasts that had been infected by the power of the long night and mutated.
However, after the emergence of the swarm phenomenon, the Night Beasts are soldiers crowned by the long night, losing all self-awareness and becoming biological weapons whose only purpose is to annihilate humanity.
Fortunately, this phenomenon has been studied for hundreds of years, and Lu Zheng and Lu Sheng already knew how to deal with it from textbooks.
Lu Sheng carefully observed the charging beasts and quickly identified that the beast tide consisted of black wolves, iron-footed spiders, and man-eating rats.
The ferocious beasts that came in a swarm were level seven, and the temporary leader who commanded them was level six.
"Zhao Cai, from now on, you only have one thing to do: search for the level six ferocious beasts in the ferocious beast team, and once you find their whereabouts, synchronize their location with Lin Ran and me."
"Yes, sir!"
Upon hearing Lu Sheng's command, Zhao Cai responded very cooperatively.
Lu Sheng remembered very clearly that, according to the textbook, the attack by ferocious beasts after a clustering phenomenon was essentially no different from an attack led by a ferocious beast leader.
Once the leader of the ferocious beasts is eliminated, they will collapse on their own.
What everyone needs to do is hold the line.
From the moment Lin Ran fired the first shot until now, the ferocious beast at the forefront has entered the crossfire range, and everyone has pulled the trigger to engage in a firefight with the beast.
In an instant, bullets rained down, and the number of ferocious beast corpses in the fan-shaped area covered by the firepower increased rapidly. Thanks to the sacrifice of their companions, more and more ferocious beasts continued to advance into deeper places.
Lu Sheng stood in their path, watching the ferocious beasts rushing out of the corpses. After a brief aim, he pulled the trigger and quickly slammed the hammer.
Bang bang bang bang!
Six gunshots rang out in succession, killing all the ferocious beasts that had broken through the encirclement. The people blocking the beasts on both sides didn't even understand what was happening at first.
When they came to their senses, they realized that Lu Sheng had emptied his magazine in an instant, and that every shot had hit its mark.
Lu Zheng was the most surprised among them. He knew that Lu Sheng had modified the revolver issued by the family. With the skills of a builder, modifying a gun was not a difficult task.
But that kind of superb high-speed shooting skill can never be achieved without ten years of rigorous training.
He couldn't understand it, and the current situation didn't allow him to think about it slowly, because more ferocious beasts were swarming in, and some even began to climb onto the vehicles, trying to attack them.
The pressure of dealing with the ferocious beasts attacking him and stopping the beasts rushing towards the breach in the wall suddenly increased, causing even more beasts to break through the fire net and reach Lu Sheng's front.
Lu Sheng responded as always, quickly aiming and then striking the hammer to efficiently eliminate the attacking beasts.
After firing a round, he ejected the empty cartridge case while catching the quick-load loader handed to him by Jiang Shutong, and completed the reloading in an instant to continue the next round of firing.
Entry: An extended barrel allows a revolver to lock onto a target with only a brief aim.
Entry: Double-action trigger, further improving shooting accuracy by 30%, indirectly shortening the time required for aiming.
Putting aside the two minor drawbacks—that aiming at multiple targets at once made his eyes a little tired and that using a revolver like a submachine gun made his hands burn—he felt incredibly strong at that moment.
Lu Sheng's front line has stabilized, but Lu Zheng's situation is not ideal. The power of shotguns is undeniable; they can kill multiple ferocious beasts at once. However, their rate of fire is ultimately a major weakness.
Faced with the ferocious beasts charging towards him one after another, he was starting to feel overwhelmed.
During a brief reload, a black wolf even rushed up to him. He reacted quickly, kicking the beast away and seizing the opportunity to pull the handguard to load the gun.
boom!
One shot sent all three ferocious beasts that had jumped onto the car flying off.
After the danger passed, he was still shaken, feeling that if he had made even the slightest mistake, he would have been killed.
He glanced at the time; a quarter of an hour had passed since the firefight began, and the leader still hadn't appeared. The workers would need at least another quarter of an hour to complete the construction.
I'm not so sure if Lu Zheng can hold out.
hum!
Just then, his bracelet suddenly vibrated. Glancing at it out of the corner of his eye, he saw hope again.
Lei Zhaowu has arrived.
On the road not far away, a small truck sped towards them. Seeing that it was about to collide with the raging torrent of beasts, Lei Zhaowu quickly jumped out of the truck.
The speeding truck disrupted the beasts' attack rhythm, killing several and sending many flying. At the same time, Lei Zhaowu, who had landed using tactical maneuvers, immediately raised his assault rifle after regaining his footing.
Da da da da da da!
As he moved forward, he manipulated the gun with a shoulder-fire stance, spitting fire. As a member of a military family affiliated with the Lu family, the training he had received since childhood was fully displayed at this moment, and all the ferocious beasts that charged at him were killed.
After getting close to the truck, he took out a fragmentation grenade and threw it, then quickly climbed onto the truck body, jumped onto the trailer, and met up with Lu Zheng.
Boom!
As he regained his footing in the carriage, an explosion rang out from the ranks of the ferocious beasts, easing the pressure on everyone once again.
Lu Zheng quickly pulled Lei Zhaowu into the temporarily formed communications team, and Lei Zhaowu reported to Lu Sheng through the public channel:
"Brother Lu, I'm in position."
"Alright, assist Lu Zheng in the resistance."
With reinforcements arriving, Lu Sheng felt even more confident. He checked the time and realized that Liang Shan's team could finish building the wall in as little as thirteen minutes.
Taking advantage of the disruption to the ferocious beast horde, the group pressed their advantage and pushed the battle line back to the front half of the firepower network.
Seeing the surging beast tide, yet not a single ferocious beast could cross the defense line, the workers felt increasingly reassured and worked even harder.
Ten minutes passed quickly. The beast's attack had weakened somewhat during this time, but showed no signs of stopping. All the combatants were now faced with a problem.
Although everyone was intentionally firing intermittently, the gun barrels had overheated under the continuous fighting and could hardly be sustained for much longer.
As the ferocious beasts surged in one after another, Lu Sheng's hands were already slightly numb. The double-trigger shooting method was very efficient, but the impact on his hands was also considerable.
He was about to ask Jiang Shutong to borrow an automatic pistol when his bracelet suddenly vibrated and a projection radar image popped up, marked with a bright spot.
The leader of this beast tide, that level-six ferocious beast, has been found by Zhao Cai.