Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 1177 - 56: Breakout and Helicopter (685 Monthly Tickets, Extra - )

Chapter 1177: Chapter 56: Breakout and Helicopter (685 Monthly Tickets, Extra Chapter)

"I’m a friend of Yuliya’s, stop shooting," Tang Zheng didn’t bother to pick up the M4A1 and, clutching his handgun, he dove for cover. In his view, a beautiful foreign woman like Yuliya must have had quite the reputation among the Resistance.

"Yuliya, the enemy is your comrade," Leon ran through the bullet rain, dashing into a Commuting Car. He had realized and yelled towards the Ukrainian girl.

Bullets pierced through the walls of the carriage, ricocheting unpredictably. One even grazed his ear, but now the shooting had finally stopped.

Five Lickers were crouched on the ceiling, eyeing Tang Zheng with a predatory gaze, but they didn’t launch an attack, and the lobby fell into a sudden silence.

"Yuliya, are you there?" A rough male voice rang out, full of vigor.

"Sheva? It’s me!" Yuliya recognized the voice of her teammate and immediately jumped out of the carriage, "Stop shooting, they’re friends."

"Since when did you become friends with policemen?" A blond man with a scar on his left cheek emerged from behind a pillar on the third floor, looking down at the lobby with an imperious gaze. He didn’t move his gun’s muzzle away, still aiming at the spot where Leon was hiding.

"It’s a long story," Yuliya said with a wry smile, suddenly realizing that although they were acting together, they were not familiar with each other.

"These guys aren’t civilians either. I’ve seen them when I was at a convenience store outside the factory," the man with the scar said, dressed in military garb, standing tall and looking rather handsome. He had been through many battles and had an air of rugged competence about him.

"Sheva, they’re not bad people," the man with short hair ran out and waved at the strongest fighter in the group, "Did you see that? He’s strong; he can kill five Lickers!"

"Hmph, so can I," the man known as Shevchenko, nicknamed Sheva, was unconvinced and turned to unlock the door of a Restroom on first floor before trotting forward. He then steadied himself on the railing with his right hand and jumped down from the third floor.

Ah, Susan screamed, covering her mouth, but Yuliya was already accustomed to such sights.

Thump, Sheva landed on bent knees, unharmed. Following the injection of the Alpha Agent, not only could he control the Lickers, but his physical abilities had also greatly improved. Of course, the consequence was that the side effects were even more severe.

Tang Zheng picked up the Rifle and calmly walked towards the Main Entrance. Since Sheva was lying in wait, it meant that there was no danger here, but before he could survey the factory compound, he heard someone calling his name.

"Tang Zheng, are you okay? Thank God," Dong Zixuan and her group ran out from inside a room. Seeing Tang Zheng, they were overjoyed, feeling much safer.

"Just you guys? Where’s Zheng Sheng?" It was an unexpected surprise, but Tang Zheng had a bad feeling not seeing his old classmate.

"It’s all my fault," Li Yumiao apologized, looking downcast.

"Everyone has their fate. What happened to you guys?" Tang Zheng saw no signs of torture on Dong Zixuan and her group and felt relieved.

"We were being chased by a squad of policemen, but he saved us. However, he was guarding us like we were thieves," Li Yumiao briefly explained.

Sheva assessed Tang Zheng, inquiring Yuliya about her experiences while they were apart. The previous fight had happened too fast, less than thirty seconds, and although he had heard the young man cry out Yuliya’s name, he had to consider whether it was a deception. Moreover, controlling Lickers did have some limitations. In that kind of face-to-face situation, it was already impossible to stop the pets.

Hearing Yuliya say that Tang Zheng saved them, Sheva wasn’t surprised. Surviving the attack of five Lickers and annihilating them in one encounter, such tactical acumen was rare, perhaps one in ten thousand. This guy must have been through brutal battles of life and death.

"Why are you here?" Yuliya felt relieved, "Did you finish your mission?"

"No, so I’ll wait to leave with you." He guessed that she would take route nine according to her teammate’s habits, which was simple for Sheva.

"If it’s all right, I’d like to leave," Leon no longer wanted to be with these people.

"Let’s go too, I’ve got an Armored vehicle ready," Sheva nodded at Tang Zheng, "We’re even now. We owe nothing to each other."

"Goodbye, Tang," Yuliya said farewell to Tang Zheng and left. The man with the short hair also waved his hand. He thought Tang Zheng was a good guy.

"Chicago is done for; it’s too difficult to leave the city alone. Come with us," Tang Zheng extended an invitation to Leon. A strong policeman like him definitely needed to be roped in, at least until they were out of the city before parting ways.

"I’m waiting for colleagues; they might still be fighting," Leon declined, wanting to reestablish communication and contact everyone.

"You don’t mind if we take an Armored car, do you?" Tang Zheng’s implication was to ask for the location of the Armored vehicle; it would save time compared to finding one himself. With only forty-five minutes left to escape Chicago, every moment was precious.

"I need the Armored car; you can take the Helicopter," Leon had to consider his team. Leaving the city from here or meeting up with the troops would take only ten minutes if they drove at full speed. Besides, there might be a lot of people, so an Armored vehicle was necessary. Of course, the most important thing was that he didn’t know how to fly a Helicopter. There’s a difference between the police and civil versions. Without a few years of practice, he didn’t want to crash.

"Are you kidding? Do you think we know how to fly a Helicopter?" Kong Licheng was annoyed. Having been caught by Sheva, he had been holding in his frustration and now felt like punching Leon.

Without another word, Leon looked at Tang Zheng, and as he did so, the gro,up’s gaze also fell on him.

"You can fly a helicopter?" Dong Zixuan was very surprised.

"Yes." Tang Zheng nodded, now was the time to give everyone confidence.

"Are you sure? Driving that isn’t just about pressing the accelerator." Kong Licheng didn’t want to joke with his own life and was full of skepticism, "You don’t even know the model of the helicopter, and you dare say you can fly it?"

"Enough talk, even if you bring me what’s known as the AC-130 Heavy Attack Aircraft, a flying gunboat, I can still fly it." Tang Zheng was getting impatient, even the US F-22 Fighter, he could handle, "What you should worry about is whether the helicopter can fit all of us?"

Hu Liwen thought Tang Zheng was bragging; even the best pilots wouldn’t dare to make such a boast.

"Don’t worry, it’s a Black Hawk series multipurpose helicopter, excluding the pilot, it can carry up to twelve people, enough for you to get away." Leon checked his firearms and ran to the second floor, "It’s parked on a lawn in the east area of the drug factory, and you’d better pray it hasn’t been taken."

"Let’s go." Although flying a plane was a technical task, it wouldn’t stump any group leader, not to mention Tang Zheng was in a hurry.

"Right, if you get the plane, remember to inform my colleagues to come up from Area Nine for a rendezvous." Having said that, Leon slipped into a restroom.

"I and Licheng will take the lead, six Li Zhilians to cover our retreat, the rest are responsible for firepower support." Tang Zheng squatted at the door, observing the map, determining the direction and distance, "Make sure to stick close to me."

"What if there’s no plane?" Hu Liwen clutched Dong Zixuan’s arm, her face full of worry, always saying things that were disheartening.

"Then you can stay behind." Tang Zheng loaded a new ammo clip into his firearm, and seeing a bunch of newbies still dazed, he was about to get frustrated, "Check your equipment, what are you dazing for?"

Hu Liwen heard the dissatisfaction in Tang Zheng’s tone and pouted, but didn’t dare to say anything.

"Let’s move!" Watching Li Zhilian and Hu Liwen busy and not knowing what to check, Tang Zheng didn’t remind them again, he ran out of the lobby, "Keep up."

"You’re running too fast." Watching Tang Zheng sprint, Hu Liwen shouted out.

"Shut up, do you want to draw the zombies here?" Tang Zheng wished he could shoot Hu Liwen, such a pig-headed teammate.

The previous battle had all taken place in the underground laboratory, and on top of that, Anlanke was a large drug factory, so there were many zombies wandering around the ground facilities, numbering over a thousand.

Seeing Tang Zheng and his group, some zombies started to crowd around.

It was about eight hundred meters from here to the lawn in the east area, and Tang Zheng’s plan was to sprint all the way there; the longer they delayed, the more likely they were to get surrounded.

Zombies from the sides and behind could be dealt with, but those blocking the way were troublesome. In order to avoid attracting more zombies with gunfire, Tang Zheng chose to take a detour.

"Open fire, and charge through, they’re everywhere." Kong Licheng understood Tang Zheng’s intention, but there were just too many zombies.

After sprinting a hundred meters and crossing a few rows of factory buildings, they encountered more than twenty zombies head-on.

"Apart from Licheng and Zixuan, no one is allowed to open fire without orders." Tang Zheng raised his M4A1 and fired single shots at the zombies in front of him, and to improve accuracy, he slowed down slightly, but for Hu Liwen, it was still too fast, exhausting her, with the policewoman gasping for breath, wishing she could get a full breath in one gulp.

Dat, dat, among crisp gunshots, the zombies fell like leeks being cut, bullets to the head, down they went, Tang Zheng ran past the corpses with composure.

"You haven’t killed them all!" Li Zhilian, noticing a few more at twenty meters to the left and right, grimaced at the heavy stench of decay, and quickly reminded Tang Zheng.

"No need, we can make it through in time." Dong Zixuan added her explanation; Tang Zheng’s method was the most energy-efficient. If they tried to kill them all, they would run out of ammunition and waste time, slowing down their progression.

Kong Licheng hadn’t practiced shooting moving targets and was using an unfamiliar M4A1, missing all his shots. It was essentially Tang Zheng making an effort alone, clearing the path for everyone.

After running two hundred meters more, Hu Liwen and Li Zhilian began to heave with severe breathlessness, their throats dry and smoking, their lungs burning with pain.

"No, can’t go on, need to stop and rest." Hu Liwen suggested, feeling like she would die if they kept on running.

Tang Zheng ignored her, maintaining his speed.

"How tough exactly are your nerves?" Watching Tang Zheng, with a heavy backpack drenched in sweat, Dong Zixuan saw that he was obviously exhausted, yet he kept pushing, bearing the brunt of the attack, she couldn’t help but admire him greatly. Although they had been locked up by Sheva, they had also rested for a while, whereas it was clear that Tang Zheng hadn’t, he was like a beating heart, never stopping.

"Iron Man!" Kong Licheng was impressed; in this high-speed rush, Tang Zheng still maintained a ninety percent accuracy rate, it was as if he had transformed into a war beast, determined to kill everything in his path.

"Two hundred meters to the right, a Licker!" A shout from Dong Zixuan made everyone’s hearts leap to their throats. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian.com with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)