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Every event has its cause, and ultimately, there will be an effect. Although Lin Yi had been the Captain of the Blood Envoy Mercenary Corps for over a month, his experience was not necessarily as rich as that of Witerson II. So when Bai and the other two climbed onto the roof of the truck, he did not anticipate the defensive gaps that would appear on either side of the vehicle. He also failed to think about how to block the defensive blind spots created by their manpower shortage. Endless Zombies finally found a breakthrough; they roared and charged towards Lin Yi and his companions in the truck at all costs.
Finally, after suffering tremendous casualties among his comrades, a Zombie successfully crossed through heavy fire and approached Lin Yi's vehicle. With frantic help from its fellow Zombies, it leaped onto the top of the truck. Yes, it then grabbed a person's ankle and opened its foul mouth wide to bite down hard. It savored a long-lost delicacy; this feeling seemed to be only the second time it had experienced since its birth. This "Brave" Zombie desperately gnawed away, wanting to devour flesh and drink blood to become even stronger.
Suddenly, with a "thud," it felt as if its head was about to fall off. The "Brave" Zombie tried to lift its head, but its grotesque face, now just decaying flesh, fell with a "thud" from the truck. It was then shredded into pieces by the rapidly spinning blades extending from the vehicle's exterior. The Zombies below seemed unwilling to accept that their heroic Zombie had been slaughtered so easily; however, even with their deep resentment, it was futile. The Zombies expressed their emotions through furious roars, their originally terrifying faces now even more ferocious.
Bai's reaction speed was among the fastest in the Mercenary Corps. So when he saw a Zombie gnawing at Jimmy's leg, he instantly drew a blade from his back and swiftly decapitated the Zombie.
"I'm poisoned! It's over! I'm going to become a Zombie!" The once formidable Jimmy cried at that moment, tears streaming down his face. He had witnessed too many of his comrades turn into Zombies, ultimately becoming Bloodthirsty monsters. Jimmy did not want that; he did not want to become a mindless corpse that only devoured others.
"Boss! Jimmy got bitten by a Zombie! What should we do?" Flower Cannon shouted loudly out of the window. The Serum they had brought earlier had already been confiscated by Kachi under some pretext.
Lin Yi sensed something was wrong when he heard the commotion on top of the truck, but before he could figure out what was happening, Flower Cannon delivered this bad news. Lin Yi felt helpless; he could not conjure up any Serum.
Suddenly, Lin Yi spotted a speaker at one corner of the roof. He crawled closer while shouting, "We have a comrade who has been bitten by a Zombie! We urgently need Serum!"
His hoarse and panicked cries resonated with everyone in the vehicle; however, they were all people who had come from the Death Zone and were now focused on shooting without any intention of giving up easily.
There was a moment of silence from the other side, but for impatient Lin Yi, it felt like an eternity.
"Are you just going to watch us all turn into Zombies?" Lin Yi continued to shout.
"I'm sorry; we don't have any Serum!" The other side's tone seemed somewhat dejected. "We hope you can handle this situation!"
Handle this situation? Lin Yi chuckled bitterly; their meaning could not be clearer—without Serum at this moment, the only thing left to do was to end his comrade's life before he turned into a Corpse.
"If there were enough Serum, there wouldn't be so many people turning into Zombies. We also have relatives and friends. But in situations like this, we are powerless. The thirty doses of Serum we gathered for you last time were allocated from special supplies!" Paul, who had been driving, explained. However, at that moment, Lin Yi could hardly take in any more information.
"Thud!" Flower Cannon jumped down from the roof of the truck, followed by Bai helping Jimmy slide slowly back into the vehicle.
Jimmy clutched his leg tightly, struggling to control his emotions. He did not want to die, but he also did not fear death. From the moment he donned his military uniform years ago, he had prepared himself for death at any time. But death was not what frightened him most; he simply did not want to become a monster that harmed others.
After Flower Cannon squeezed in, it found a shooting hole and began firing, while Bai did not take action, merely watching Lin Yi. The muzzle of Bai's gun was pointed directly at Jimmy, and even a fool could understand the implications of such a gesture.
At this moment, Jimmy's emotions were slowly descending into chaos, and he didn't even notice the tension in the air. Perhaps he was aware of his own fate; after all, many people had met their end at the hands of their own kind.
Lin Yi was not a decisive person; even when buying something, he often struggled to make quick decisions. Now, with one close companion forcing him to kill another companion who had already been infected by the corpse poison, he hesitated even more.
"It's no use; there's less than a minute left. He’s about to undergo Corpseification!" Bai was not going to wait for Lin Yi to continue pretending to be kind. He raised the blade in his hand, ready to sever Jimmy's head.
A flash of silver glinted in the confined space, and the scene of blood-soaked battle gear was about to unfold.
In the end, tragedy did not strike. A series of metallic clashing sounds echoed as Lin Yi blocked Bai's blade with his Laser Gun.
"Wait, this isn't right; he should still have a chance!" After blocking Bai's attack, Lin Yi offered no further explanation. He immediately crouched down and carefully rolled up Jimmy's pant leg.
A foul stench wafted up as he pulled up the fabric. Lin Yi quickly held his breath and examined Jimmy's leg. He saw that below the ankle, Jimmy's foot was completely rotten and oozing pus, and the area of decay was visibly spreading upwards from his ankle at an alarming rate. Soon, his entire leg would be transformed into putrid flesh by the Zombie Virus.
Thoughts raced through Lin Yi's mind. He remembered that he had just injected Jimmy with a dose of Serum, which still had some effect. However, it could only temporarily resist the invasion of corpse poison and control its rapid spread throughout his body.
"Jimmy, if you want to survive, we have to amputate your leg!" Lin Yi looked up at the bewildered expression on Jimmy's face and said seriously.
For a moment, Jimmy was stunned, but understanding that sacrificing a leg might save his life, he nodded vigorously.
This time, Lin Yi did not hesitate. He signaled Bai to hold down Jimmy, then swiftly drew out the “Silver Soul.” The “Silver Soul” was a specially crafted blade, sharp beyond comparison with ordinary knives. Using it to sever Jimmy's leg would minimize his suffering.
At this moment, the rot had nearly spread halfway up his leg. With a swift motion, Lin Yi brought down the knife and severed Jimmy's already decaying limb. To be safe, he aimed below Jimmy's knee.
"Ah~" A piercing scream escaped from Jimmy's lips as his face turned completely pale. Blood gushed from the severed stump of his leg. Bai promptly injected him with a dose of Stimulant, while Lin Yi quickly took out dissolvable bandages and wrapped them tightly around the spurting wound. Although they hadn't prepared any more doses of Serum, they had plenty of bandages for stopping bleeding and reducing inflammation. Despite being splattered with blood, Lin Yi ultimately managed to staunch the flow from Jimmy’s wound.
In just a matter of seconds, Jimmy’s face had turned ghostly white; at this point, he couldn't even cry out in pain anymore and could only convulse weakly with vacant eyes, on the verge of passing out from blood loss. With no other choice, Lin Yi kept calling out to him to prevent him from slipping into unconsciousness. Deep down, however, he silently rejoiced that a mistake hadn’t led directly to Jimmy’s demise.
Bai saw that Jimmy was fine and quickly began to counterattack. The power of the High-Temperature Flame Gun was certainly not to be underestimated. After continuous firing from everyone, all the Zombies were pushed back to a distance of fifty meters from the convoy. Although they were not afraid of death, they would not engage in futile struggles. After several rounds of attacks, the number of Zombies had noticeably decreased.
Before Jimmy was injured, two of the Giant Zombies had already been killed, and Bai and the Flower Cannon managed to take down another one before coming down from the roof of the vehicle. However, the truck responsible for clearing the path had encountered a total of five Giant Zombies, with the remaining two being dealt with by Bullet Scar Man himself.
Although the convoy was struggling to advance, at least they were not in a situation where they were besieged and unable to escape. Lin Yi was only thinking about getting back to the city quickly. Although Jimmy was not seriously injured, he needed to rest; such jolting was not good for him.
Suddenly, Lin Yi heard a tremendous rumbling sound, as if some ancient beast was approaching.
Lin Yi's heart raced; he knew there was no luck on the battlefield, but he still prayed earnestly that things wouldn’t turn out so badly. Their convoy had no superhumans aside from their excellent weapons and could not handle those terrifying creatures.
“Lin, Lin… Mr. Lin! I’m afraid we won’t be able to escape!” A voice from the roof trembled with fear and despair.
Everyone's hearts sank at that trembling sound; they were not strangers to the Zombies and understood where that fear and despair were coming from.
“What’s going on?” Lin Yi tried to ask as his subordinate Consciousness tightened his grip on the Laser Gun.
“A horde, an endless horde of beasts is charging towards our convoy!” The voice grew increasingly tense, as if he had encountered a situation that completely surpassed his psychological limits.
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