Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 375 - 12 Dangerous Pursuer

Chapter 375: Chapter 12 Dangerous Pursuer

Tang Zheng merely wanted to observe these people’s reactions while training their nerves. If they feared wild wolves, how would they fare against more formidable monsters? It’s a pity that there were too few newbies that caught his eye.

Dantai Zongqi stood in the accumulated snow, holding an AN94 against his shoulder, firing in a proper single-shot manner. He made no mistakes yet showed nothing impressive. But Tang Zheng gave him a few extra glances because every time he killed, it was always the one closest to him.

Noticing Tang Zheng’s gaze, Dantai turned around and looked at him, asking, "Can I have a few hand grenades?"

"Fanfan, give him ten. Qin Yan, reload."

Hearing Tang Zheng’s words, Lu Fan shrugged indifferently and tossed him ten hand grenades. Qin Yan’s firepower suddenly intensified.

Tang Zheng discarded an empty drum magazine, replaced it with a new one, and before he had time to adjust his gun muzzle, an evil wolf suddenly sped up, broke through Qin Yan’s machine-gun lock, and rushed towards the crowd.

The newbies instantly broke out in a cold sweat. Chu Baichuan grabbed his watermelon knife, stood in front of his wife, and prepared for bare-handed combat. An Ping’s older brother held up a crossbow, standing in front of his trembling younger brother, An Ning. While several models were retreating in fright.

The wild wolf howled, and its sharp claws, two inches long, sprang out from its paws, attacking Tang Zheng. Everyone seemed to see the flesh hooked on its bloody gums.

"Tang Zheng, be careful." Qin Yan tried her best, but the distance was too short, and the number of evil wolves was too great, an additional wolf burst past the blockade and charged forward.

The newbies were shocked, retreated hurriedly. These wild wolves apparently possessed intelligence. They knew how to disperse as a team when rushing a crowd. If it wasn’t for the excellent marksmanship of the fighters at the front, their formation would have been broken long ago. However, some wolves still slipped through.

Tang Zheng took a step forward, twisted his waist and swept his arm. His left hand, like a steel whip, hit the wolf’s head. If it weren’t for his protective suit, he could have drawn his dragonbone curved knife for a lethal strike. His right hand wasn’t idle either, he held the gun with one arm, shoved the gun barrel into the mouth of another evil wolf that pounced at him, and pulled the trigger.

The 7.62mm bullets tore through the evil wolf’s throat, pierced through its back, and shot out a bowl-sized wound. Hot fresh blood instantly splashed out, staining the melted snow, leaving a blotched emptiness. Tang Zheng swung his arm, flinging the wolf’s dead body onto another one that had just gotten up. Then he fired again, blowing the wolf’s head. The wild wolf was killed instantly without even being able to let out a howl.

Three evil wolves diverged, bypassed the crowd, and pursued the two models who had earlier fled from the group. Liu Heng thought it was his opportunity to shine, he turned around, knees on the ground, looking through the scope and aiming at the silhouettes of the evil wolves. As the wolves became centered in his scope, he started to fire in short bursts.

"YES, killed her." Seeing the evil wolf fall dead, Liu Heng shouted excitedly.

Gao Wei gave this kid a surprised look, puzzled at his excitement since it was clearly Tang Zheng’s accomplishment.

Liu Heng soon realized this, because just as he saw the other two evil wolves in his scope, they were already killed. He was extremely embarrassed, checked around him, took a sigh of relief when he confirmed they weren’t laughing at him, then looked back at Tang Zheng and found that Tang Zheng didn’t care about these things at all.

The battle lasted for five minutes. After the evil wolves left more than fifty bodies, they stopped attacking and retreated into the birch forest. However, they continued lurking behind, ready to find the prey’s flaws and go for a bite.

"Let’s move. We can’t be in a deadlock with them." Dantai Zongqi gave the evil wolves a glance and continued moving forward. A few of the newbies quickly followed, fearing to be left behind.

"Tang Zheng, don’t tell me you’re planning to hold the rear again?" As soon as Pang Meiqin noticed Tang Zheng not intending to move first, she got worried instantly.

Upon hearing this, the newbies paused momentarily and glanced at Tang Zheng. Seeing him vigilantly guarding against the evil wolves without complaining or asking for anything, their impressions of him improved greatly, but they also felt a little ashamed and embarrassed. However, a few carefree fellows, such as the drunk fatty, the urban management officer, and the two models with short hair, hurriedly chased after Dantai, wanting to get out of there.

"Stop grieving. Let’s go." Lu Fan jumped down from Tang Zheng’s back, reminding the newbies before then walking towards the evil wolf’s dead bodies asking, "Uncle, do you think these corpses can be sold? How many nuclear bottle caps are they worth?"

"I’m not sure, the wolf meat is radioactive, so it probably won’t be worth much." While Tang Zheng had Qin Yan and Pang Meiqin staying alert, he himself protected the little Lolita while packing the corpses.

"Alice’s apron is really useful, heh, doesn’t leave a single hair." Lu Fan hummed a ditty he made up, looking quite relaxed.

The evil wolves, seeing the bodies on the snowfield suddenly disappear, became restless. They growled repeatedly, moving forward, trying to exert pressure on their prey.

Lu Fan pulled out a hand grenade, pulled the pin, and threw it out. With a bang, the accumulated snow was blown twenty meters high.

Tang Zheng fired a burst. The bullets hit the birch tree, splintering a large patch of bark and wood chips.

The wolves’ agitation decreased somewhat, but they still refused to give up. Some of them bypassed them, attempting to chase the unarmed humans.

"Hey, team leader, conserve the bullets a little. I’ve played wasteland radiation games before. In those games, dozens of bullets can exchange for a lot of supplies." The speaker was an tall young lady around 18 or 19 years old. She had an egg-shaped face and textured short hair, which made her image look neat. However, her hands were crossed over her chest now, with her nose being all red from the cold.

"I’ve played it before, the 6th generation of ’Radiation’." Lu Fan sped up the process of picking up the dead bodies, but he always felt it was strange to have a little loli do it.

"The latest ’Radiation’ series should be the fourth generation, New Vegas, right?" Xu Biyun was puzzled, "I just played it a few days ago."

"Hehe, Fanfan has played even more future games." Lu Fan was quite generous, "Last time, I collected some from the Dinosaur War, if you want to play, you can call me."

"Deal." Xu Biyun simply introduced herself, then quickly squatted on the ground to pick up the empty casings.

"Why are you picking them up?" Pang Meiqin, the computer in her family, felt Lu Fan was doing quite well, so she felt a little resentful.

"In the world of the wasteland, metal is very rare, and casings should be worth a few bottle caps." Xu Biyun appeared heartbroken, "The MG3 has good firepower, but it consumes too much ammo."

Tang Zheng and Lu Fan gave Xu Biyun a second look upon hearing this. This cheerful girl was the first newbie to seriously consider how to deal with future crises.

"Dantai Zongqi must have thought of it too, it’s just that he has a sufficient ammunition reserve, doesn’t want to waste time picking up casings." Yin Shangwu looked at the figures a few dozen meters away, her eyes gradually turned cold.

"If you can earn 200 dollars in the time it takes to pick up 50, of course, you would choose the latter." Lu Fan sniffed, stuffing the apron into a small travel backpack.

"Ha, why not take both 200 and 50?" Tang Zheng’s words left the smug little loli in a daze, but Tang Zheng knew that Dantai had made the right choice.

"Uncle is so mean." Lu Fan pouted adorably, quickly catching up, then dove to land on his back.

With an evil wolf hanging behind them, the survivors were trying their best to rush their journey. During this time, Tang Zheng helped carry the old woman for a while, as Gao Wei’s strength had all but ebbed away. However, the old soldier consciously took up the responsibility of the rear guard, walking in the back.

Fortunately, Trojan didn’t plan on letting the survivors die early in the game. After struggling to walk in the blizzard for more than three hours, the silhouette of a city finally appeared in their line of sight. The newbies cheered, feeling that their hardships were finally coming to an end.

"Uncle, something’s not right, there seems to be someone behind us." Lu Fan didn’t dare to look back with the telescope, afraid to alarm the others, "The bulge on the snow is too conspicuous."

"Let’s talk about it when we get into the city." Tang Zheng relayed Lu Fan’s discovery to Qin Yan and the others. As soon as they entered the outskirts of this bomb-blasted city, they took advantage of Gao Wei’s cover to quickly begin running. After a series of jumps, they disappeared into a dilapidated building.

"Will Tang Zheng be okay alone?" Looking at Tang Zheng’s departing figure, Gao Wei was a little worried, suggesting, "Let’s send someone else with him."

"The pursuers behind should be the ones to be careful." Lu Fan took out her revolver, keeping an eye on her surroundings. This silent, ruined city made her uncomfortable.

"You seem to be very confident in his abilities?" Gao Wei was very interested in Tang Zheng and asked tentatively.

"Even if the enemy unleashed a tank brigade, it could only hold on for about five minutes before being wiped out!" Lu Fan squeezed behind Qin Yan. The little loli knew that if danger arose, the other two women would not protect her.

"Alright, be alert everyone, we might face attacks from locals." Qin Yan reminded, though she kept her voice low, she made sure everyone could hear.

"Humph, bragging, right? Dealing with a whole platoon would be difficult enough." Du Peng was a soldier, of course, he knew how powerful a tank brigade was.

"Just so you know, Tang Zheng once took out an entire reinforced company on his own, the elite German soldiers of World War II." Pang Meiqin proudly recounted Tang Zheng’s battle achievements, taking some credit for herself, "mmm, those Nazi zombie soldiers, except for their heads, couldn’t be killed by hitting any other parts."

"You’re lying? The SS?" Du Peng got excited, "From that division? The 11th Armored Grenadier Division? No, the Nordic Division was the ace, and it couldn’t have been beaten up by Tang Zheng."

"Stop guessing, you’ll find out soon enough." Lu Fan felt that a revolver was not safe enough for self-defense, she wanted to take out a pepper grinder, but the triple defense mask covered her wristwatch.

"Old Pavel, it seems like we’re short one person?" Behind Qin Yan’s party, about four hundred meters away, were five trackers covered in white cloth lying on the snow, not feeling cold at all, looking greedily and hungrily at their prey, wishing they could swallow them immediately.

The speaker was a middle-aged man, using a telescope missing a lens to observe Qin Yan’s group. He wore a triple defense mask over his head, so his voice was somewhat muffled.

"What’s there to be afraid of? They’re just a bunch of clueless wanderers with no experience." Little Pavel was lying in the snow, fiddling with his crossbow, excitedly saying, "Did you see the machine gun in that beautiful woman’s hand? Even the Iron Fist Council doesn’t have many of those. It should fetch a good price." (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote and recommend it. Your support is my biggest motivation.)