Invincible through Touching Corpses-Chapter 94 - 93: Successful Breakthrough

Regardless of what the people in the vehicle were thinking, the roars of the zombies yanked them back to reality.

Even though they all trusted Lin Xinghai, some nervousness and anxiety were inevitable.

ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!

As the multi-purpose SUV drew near, the group of zombies, who had been hunched over feeding, snapped their heads up, their attention captured by the fresh "food" in the vehicle.

If the corpses of their own kind were like plain rice and bread to them, then living humans were a gourmet feast.

The excited and fanatical expressions on the zombies’ faces made this perfectly clear.

Over 200 zombies charged at them. Very few hunting squads had ever witnessed such a scene—at least, not many who lived to tell the tale.

RAT-A-TAT-TAT!

Just before they were about to collide, Lin Xinghai, standing on the roof, pulled the trigger.

Without exception, the zombies at the very front were hit in the head. They reeled back from the impact and collapsed.

A rain of bullets swept forward, felling zombies in rows.

But Lin Xinghai didn’t kill all of them. For one, it would have been difficult. For another, it was completely unnecessary.

The multi-purpose SUV wasn’t just for show, after all.

At full throttle, the SUV plowed directly into the horde.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Dull thuds echoed as zombies were sent flying one after another.

The horde had already been thinned by Lin Xinghai’s baptism of bullets. With so many down, its density had dropped significantly. Moreover, Lin Xinghai had specifically targeted the Intermediate Zombies and the sturdier Ordinary Zombies.

With that, the horde’s overall threat had been cut by more than half. The SUV could easily crash through on the strength of its powerful engine alone.

Inside the vehicle, Ling Xiu was nervously observing the situation with his Superpower. Suddenly, his eyes narrowed. "Damn it, a High Level Zombie."

Both of Lin Xinghai’s Tearing Rifles were loaded with nothing but regular bullets.

High Level Zombies could withstand regular bullets, and Lin Xinghai had no time to switch ammo.

Seeing this, Ling Xiu anxiously grabbed Huang Nuo’s Tearing Rifle and quickly began swapping in Armor-Piercing Bullets.

But the High Level Zombie was too fast. He had just ejected the magazine when it was already within ten meters of them.

’Is it too late?’ Ling Xiu thought, a mix of anxiety and helplessness washing over him.

’I should have thought of this sooner. If only I’d prepared a third Tearing Rifle loaded with Armor-Piercing Bullets for Lin Xinghai.’

’This whole mess would have been a non-issue. But now...’

Just as despair began to creep into Ling Xiu’s heart, he saw a bloody hole suddenly appear in the head of the lunging High Level Zombie. It collapsed with a THUD, dead.

The way it died was practically identical to that of an Ordinary Zombie.

"This..." Ling Xiu almost bit his tongue in shock. He had no idea what had just happened.

’Pre-loaded with Armor-Piercing Bullets?’

He instantly dismissed the thought. ’The Tearing Rifles I passed him definitely weren’t loaded with Armor-Piercing Bullets.’

’As for the Tearing Rifle Lin Xinghai originally had, unless it was loaded entirely with armor-piercing rounds, what good would a few pre-loaded ones do?’

’Not unless he could predict the future and know exactly which shot would line up with a High Level Zombie.’

Ling Xiu carefully replayed the sequence of events in his mind and soon noticed a detail: the gunshot just now hadn’t sounded quite normal.

’It sounded like... the combined report of two guns firing at the exact same time.’

A thought instantly surfaced in his mind. It seemed impossible, but it was the only logical explanation.

Lin Xinghai, dual-wielding, had fired both guns at the exact same instant, landing two bullets in the exact same spot on the High Level Zombie’s head. The combined Power of the two rounds had pierced its skull.

It sounded simple, but High Level Zombies were incredibly fast, and their sense of danger was extremely keen.

An ordinary person... no, even a master of the Gun Technique like Roger—a marksman ranked around 100th on the shooting leaderboards—would need Vice-Captain Xu Hao’s help just to land a clean shot on a High Level Zombie’s head.

And as for landing two bullets in the exact same spot on its head...

The difference was like hitting a fast-moving softball versus hitting a fast-moving peanut.

The difficulty wasn’t just an order of magnitude higher; it was on another level entirely.

In the entire Star Shield Shelter, not even the top-ranked marksman on the leaderboards could pull that off.

Lin Xinghai himself was only able to pull this off because he had advanced his Gun Technique to the Intermediate Shooting Skill and mastered a special application of his Perception Power.

And even then, there was a prerequisite: the High Level Zombie had to be within ten meters.

Of course, regardless of the prerequisites, Lin Xinghai had performed a miracle others would deem impossible.

After killing the High Level Zombie, Lin Xinghai acted as if nothing had happened. He continued firing without a single pause, taking down the zombies blocking the SUV’s path.

As the multi-purpose SUV continued its relentless advance, they soon encountered a second, and then a third, High Level Zombie.

But without exception, they all died just like Ordinary Zombies, barely causing a ripple.

After Lin Xinghai took down the fifth High Level Zombie, the two remaining ones hidden within the massive horde showed looks of terror. After a brief hesitation, they turned and fled.

The flight of the two High Level Zombies seemed to trigger a chain reaction. The Intermediate Zombies following them also began to flee, and just like that, the entire horde broke and scattered.

Everyone inside the vehicle was stunned. They had heard that zombies could flee, but this was the first time any of them had seen it firsthand.

When a horde was small, the battle was usually over before the zombies could even grasp the situation, so the possibility of them fleeing never arose.

Only in a situation like this—a massive horde facing a one-sided slaughter—could the zombies at the rear, who hadn’t even joined the fray, become terrified enough to flee.

With the rear quarter of the horde now fleeing, the multi-purpose SUV successfully broke through the encirclement.

Cheers instantly erupted inside the vehicle. This trip had been a massive windfall.

This was even with Lin Xinghai taking a sixty-percent cut. Otherwise, it would be no exaggeration to say they had made an absolute killing.

So, amidst his excitement, Ling Xiu was already considering how to strengthen their cooperation with Lin Xinghai.

’As long as we can latch onto a powerhouse like him, our hunting squad will take off like we’ve strapped on a Rocket Jetpack. Our dreams will be within reach in no time.’

The road back had already been cleared, so with no obstacles in their way, the SUV could go full throttle.

If they encountered any zombies, as long as there weren’t too many, they could just ram right through. Lin Xinghai didn’t even need to lift a finger.

"Do you guys hear that?" After driving for another five kilometers, Lin Xinghai’s ears twitched, and he suddenly asked.

The others, who had gradually calmed down, perked up their ears at his question.

In fact, the Genetic Optimization Level of Ling Xiu and the others was higher than Lin Xinghai’s. The enhancements to their bodies, such as their hearing, should have surpassed his.

After listening intently, their pupils contracted slightly. Ling Xiu, in particular, immediately activated his Thousand-Mile Eye Superpower and looked to their right.

Then he cried out, "A zombie tide!"