Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 993 - 429: Human Civil War_2

Chapter 993: Chapter 429: Human Civil War_2

Little Knife: "No, we must meet up once a month."

Lin Wu: "When I graduated, I promised everyone we would meet every five years, but due to forces beyond my control, I had to be absent. So who knows about the future? Little Knife, in the future, you might not think the same, because you’ll have more encounters. If you miss me, just give me a call and invite me for a meal, and I’ll be right there."

Little Knife laughed and asked, "How come you’re not the one buying me a meal?"

"Ladies first, of course."

In the midst of their conversation, Maya’s voice came through the headset: "Little Knife in position, report."

Lin Wu: "Kitchen Knife in position."

Little Sniper: "Blade in position, despising the name Kitchen Knife."

Maya: "Prepare for battle."

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The drone dropped a gasoline bottle near a car on the ground with a thud, and the guards at the door went out to check. A second drone carried a flaming Molotov Cocktail, which upon impact caused a blazing eruption, instantly setting the guard ablaze, and starting to burn the vehicle.

The guard was calling for help while stripping off his clothes; the people inside were unaware of the attack and started to come out to check the situation – some stripping and beating out the flames, others looking for fire extinguishers.

Seizing the opportunity, Maya and Snow Egg retrieved their drones, and by now more people were at the door. Standing 70 meters from the entrance of the Third Hospital, the two raised their silenced M4s and began firing together. Amidst the chaos, three soldiers fell to the ground, and finally, someone realized what was happening: "We’re under attack, under attack."

Maya and Snow Egg continued to shoot until the alarm was sounded about ten seconds later; by then five soldiers within the Third Hospital had fallen. Snow Egg moved first to point C, while Maya aimed for the searchlight, destroying it as it swung around.

Two Humvees from the Third Hospital headed towards Maya’s direction; as they approached Maya’s location, they realized they couldn’t go any further, so the car doors opened and the soldiers got out.

Lin Wu’s first shot hit a soldier’s thigh, felling him on the spot; Lin Wu adjusted for the aiming error from the shot’s landing point, re-cocked the rifle, and then shot the shoulder of a soldier who attempted to check on his comrade.

"Sniper!" someone shouted, and they all hit the ground. The uneven terrain hindered the vehicles’ progress but also provided them with cover.

After a moment of silence on the battlefield, Little Knife fired, with three bullets just missing their mark. After firing, Little Knife immediately retreated, exposing her location. Her position was quickly engulfed by gunfire. More than 20 soldiers ran from the Third Hospital to the fight, and just before they reached the front position, Little Sniper took down one of them. The soldiers, now focused on Little Knife’s position, began searching for the sniper’s position.

Little Sniper: "Flare."

Lin Wu pulled over his balaclava and lay prone on the ground; soon after, a flare rose into the sky.

Little Sniper reported: "Another dozen soldiers are coming to support, the whole squad is equipped with night-vision goggles. Be careful of drones, I can’t find the drone operator."

Lin Wu: "I see them."

Maya: "Hold back."

"Can’t hold back." If they waited any longer, the drone would be overhead, and the outcome would be the same. Lin Wu took a shot at a drone operator over a hundred meters away leaning against a wall, killing him. The drone lost control and immediately fell. However, due to the cover provided by the flare, Lin Wu’s position was not revealed by the shot.

As the flare extinguished, Snow Egg hit a target, drawing the soldiers’ attention to the firing location. It was then that the soldiers realized they weren’t facing just one or two enemies, but a planned ambush.

Snow Egg asked in confusion, "Why aren’t they coming over?" He deliberately exposed his position, immediately moved, aiming to draw the soldiers out of cover to pursue.

Little Knife clarified, "They are setting up anti-sniper positions."

Lin Wu asked, "Is it something like a periscope?"

"Yes, they can locate the sniper’s position by the duration of sound propagation."

Lin Wu decisively fired his gun, destroying the locator, then he immediately came under fire. Lin Wu quickly retreated from the concrete ruins. Five soldiers equipped with night vision goggles flanked from the side, rapidly encircling towards the decrepit factory where Lin Wu was.

Retreating to Point B, Little Knife reminded, "Watch out for mines."

"Understood." It would be a joke to be blown up by my own mines.

Sliding down to the first floor, Lin Wu lifted his leg over a tripwire and retreated to the back door. Since this place was in ruins and he moved hastily, he still bumped into some objects, creating quite a bit of noise. The pursuers encircled from three sides, three of them entered the ruins, and two followed close to the walls, one on each side.

"This is a big loss." Seeing Lin Wu exit the back door, Little Knife pressed the detonator button. A blast rang out, further reducing the ruins to rubble and burying the three soldiers who had entered the factory area. Falling objects triggered another mine, followed by another explosion.

"Under attack." A bullet hit Maya’s cover, she immediately retreated, the bullet missing her head by less than 20 centimeters: "There’s a sniper."

Little Knife followed up, "The enemy sniper has been eliminated."

Another flare appeared in the sky, everyone waited quietly, and as the light was about to fade away, another flare soared into the sky. Little Knife confidently stated, "They’ve given up the assault, let’s retreat."

Maya said, "Lin Wu, get ready, I’ll cover your retreat." With that, she picked up her gun and sprayed bullets outward indiscriminately.

Lin Wu, the closest to the enemy, took the opportunity to dash through the 10-meter clearing, but the enemy also had an expert shooter. Not everyone was distracted by Maya’s gunfire, and a righteous bullet struck Lin Wu. He fell to the ground, feeling intense pain in his back. The good news was that the pain was sudden and localized, indicating that his bulletproof vest had likely stopped the bullet. Using his hands and feet, he crawled across the last stretch of open ground and leaned against an overturned small truck, ready to catch his breath and check his wounds.

Little Knife, seeing clearly, urged, "Lin Wu, run, the car won’t stop the bullets."

Lin Wu ran forward in pain, with the sound of bullets piercing through the car behind him, one bullet striking directly on Lin Wu’s heel, tearing through the entire sole of his shoe. Lin Wu finally managed to meet up with Little Knife in a sorry state, and Little Knife partly carried Lin Wu as they continued to retreat.

The soldiers from the East Base did not pursue further, instead relying on drones to search for the enemy. However, there was a lot of large debris in the area which compromised the infrared penetration of the drones. Still, the artillery at the power plant fired several times at suspected sniper positions.

By then, the covert strike team had already taken a boat, and long after they had departed, the helicopters deployed at the power plant arrived at the scene to conduct a thorough search of the surrounding area.

At four in the morning, the two howitzers deployed at the power plant bombarded the Survivors Alliance Headquarters. Small landing craft began patrolling the southwestern and southern rivers of The Day After Tomorrow River. They identified three suspicious persons by the roadside and immediately opened fire, killing them.

Shana, informed of the above by Baldy, analyzed during a breakfast meeting that whether it was the bombardment of the building or the attacks on survivors, both stemmed from East Base’s retaliation. What made everyone curious was how Little Overlord would handle the current situation. Merely yielding would certainly cause him to lose his seat as the leader, but facing artillery, helicopters, landing ships, and fully armed soldiers, what could he do to fight back?

Little Overlord’s counterattack came swiftly. At noon the next day, the food at the Third Hospital Base was poisoned. By the afternoon, more than 30% of the soldiers at Third Hospital Base had high fevers. Zombies appeared by evening. As the head of the Third Hospital Base had concealed the true condition, it fell into chaos that night. Soldiers fought zombies and each other, and those about to turn into zombies lashed out, shooting everywhere in anger. The nearby refugee camp was affected, fortunately, they lived in modern apartments with sturdy doors and windows.

On the third day, more than a hundred soldiers landed, and four armored vehicles were brought in to secure the Third Hospital Base. By evening, Little Overlord received a secret report. At ten o’clock that night, the East Base assault team drove armored vehicles into Little Overlord’s heartland in South City and launched a raid on a building purportedly harboring Little Overlord. During the operation, East Base’s two helicopters airlifted two squads of soldiers to the rooftop of the building.

Little Overlord’s strike force used their familiarity with the terrain to concentrate their attack on the four armored vehicles and engaged East Base in a two-hour firefight using traps inside the building. During this time, the Alliance captured one armored vehicle and destroyed another.

As the battle stalemated, Maya piloted an armed helicopter and bombed the Third Hospital with seven rockets and also fired an air-to-air missile, destroying an East Base helicopter transporting the wounded. Eight soldiers from the Railway Bridge Base divided into two groups, stormed into the Third Hospital, killed four soldiers, and quickly withdrew.

Soldiers from the Power Plant Base received orders to drive Humvees to rescue those trapped in the building, but they encountered an ambush and suffered heavy casualties and injuries.

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