Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 604 - 597: Frustrating Battle

Chapter 604: Chapter 597: Frustrating Battle

With Fulajie’er’s reconnaissance, Luo’er felt a bit more relaxed. He took steps towards the Purification Corps hoping to merge with them. But he couldn’t guarantee the reliability of the group as there was vast gunfire in that direction. With extensive experience in warfare, Luo’er could tell there was a lot of haste and chaos in their gunfire, indicating the new recruits were panicking, firing recklessly.

Armed with his gun, he tramped through the bush. Just as he ventured about ten meters forward, he abruptly heard Fulajie’er’s startled cry, "Luo’er, get down!"

Without a second thought, Luo’er dropped to the ground. Immediately after, a line of bullets whizzed over his head, emitting a buzzing sound. The bullets struck nearby branches and tree trunks, creating a cracking noise.

Observing this, Luo’er couldn’t help but take in a cold breath. He turned around and asked loudly, "Was anyone hit?"

The responses of his teammates somewhat reassured him; that line of fire had flown right over their heads, causing no harm. With a sigh of relief, Luo’er turned back and hollered, "Friendly fire, cease shooting!"

But his words were seemingly to no avail, given that his opponents were not regular soldiers but new recruits who had only trained for several months before entering the battlefield. They might freak out trying to understand ’friendly fire.’

"Everyone, stay low to the ground to avoid friendly fire!" Gritting his teeth, Luo’er decided to join the Purification Corps because, with just ten of them, they stood the risk of getting wiped out. Even a tiny scratch could cause an infection.

During an epidemic, getting injured wasn’t the most dangerous thing. The real danger was infection. After all, even the dispatched teams from headquarters hadn’t found a vaccine or serum. Once infected, it was basically a death sentence.

Luo’er rolled on the ground, then stood up and crouched, clearing a path ahead. The covering teammates occasionally fired shots to disperse encircling monsters. Hearing Luo’er’s words, they chose to fire in a kneeling position to avoid friendly fire.

Luo’er, who was leading, pushed through the bushes to suddenly find five Purification Corps squads huddled back to back. Seeing Luo’er, the soldier facing him showed a terrified expression and instantly fired his AK rifle.

Ratatatatatat!!

Luo’er instinctively closed his eyes, finding that he hadn’t been hit. Upon opening his eyes, he saw that Fulajie’er had timely erected a physical defense shield in front of him. Fulajie’er’s use of magic was unrestricted, so Luo’er had asked Tangmo to teach her shield spells some days ago.

"Are you okay?" Fulajie’er inhaled deeply, asking the question while still feeling lingering fear.

Without answering her, Luo’er quickly walked forward after the soldiers stopped firing, grabbed the muzzle of one of them and pushed it aside. Following that, he kicked the soldier in the stomach. The soldier bent over in pain and Luo’er punched him on his helmet, knocking him to the ground.

Seeing their comrade knocked down, the others quickly turned around with their guns, but fell silent upon seeing Luo’er. Although Luo’er looked young, his authoritative figure was ingrained in the soldiers’ minds; hence, these raw recruits didn’t dare to misbehave in front of him.

"Point your muzzles towards the battlefield, where do you think you’re shooting!" Luo’er scolded angrily, then tossed the gun back to the soldier. After being dealt with, the soldier didn’t dare to utter a word. He silently stood up, holding his gun alertly.

"Watch out for enemies from both sides, don’t take side shots, beware of friendly fire!" Luo’er scolded again.

Upon locating the Purification Corps group, Luo’er momentarily felt relieved. Even though he had just avoided friendly fire, at least they had five extra hands firepower-wise, making them less passive against potentially hidden monsters.

But before he could rejoice for long, there came rusling sounds from straight ahead. Seeing a silhouette weave through the bushes, the soldiers screamed in anxiety and immediately opened fire.

Dada dada dada!!!!!

Dense bullets were shot towards the opposite side like raindrops, shattering chaotic branches and splashing up high rotten leaves. One of the monsters was hit by a barrage of bullets, making a loud crunching sound, and its figure faltered for a moment.

Soon, it became the target of the soldiers’ concentrated fire. Almost all the bullets were shot at it, and the dense bullet rain easily tore apart its seemingly sturdy chitinous exoskeleton armor, blasting it to pieces, with black blood splattering everywhere.

"Pay attention to alternating firepower, don’t fire at the same time!" At the same time, Luo’er was still teaching incessantly, but these extremely nervous soldiers obviously didn’t take it in.

Soon, the awkward problem appeared. These five soldiers almost simultaneously needed to reload their magazines, and only the machine gunner continued to pour out firepower. Seeming to realize the weakened firepower, the monsters took the opportunity to attack them without caring about the horrific death of their companion.

"What are you all staring at, hurry up and reload!" Luo’er really wished he could slap each of their faces to keep them from just standing there blankly in this situation.

He took a step forward, raised his rifle, and directly opened fire at these monsters. The members of the Advance Team were in sync with him. But they fired in a more orderly manner.

Luo’er and Tangmo used automatic firing mode, pulling the trigger to the end, using powerful automatic firepower to suppress the monsters on the opposite side. Cheng Ziang and Baiyue conducted short bursts of fire, providing supplementary firepower. So when Luo’er and Tangmo needed to change the magazine, they could take their place and continue suppressing the enemy with firepower.

As for Hu Daoke, his magazine had much larger capacity than a standard rifle magazine, so he also used short bursts to ensure continuous firepower.

Under the alternating suppression of the Advance Team, the monsters for a moment couldn’t get close to everyone. The first two monsters, having eaten dozens of bullets, collapsed on the ground, their limbs scattered all over the place.

The thirty-round magazine was quickly depleted, and Luo’er and Tangmo hurriedly stepped back to prepare to change their magazines, while Cheng Ziang and Baiyue took the chance to supplement firepower.

Clearly aware of the decaying firepower on the other side, the monsters once again rallied and launched a reckless charge. Seeing this, Luo’er didn’t have time to reload. He quickly threw down his rifle, grabbed the rifle and the magazine from the hands of a Purification Corps soldier who had just taken out a magazine from his pouch, and swiftly reloaded. Then he aimed at a monster that had slipped through and hit them with a burst of fire.

The bullets easily penetrated the monster’s entire body, shooting out from behind it and splashing up high leaves on the ground. The monster was scattered all over, its hard exoskeleton shattered to pieces.

Suddenly, another soldier let out a terrified scream, as a monster that had slipped through pounced on him while he was changing his magazine. The soldier was stunned by the scene in front of him and stopped moving.

Without even thinking, Luo’er rushed forward, kicked off the charging monster, snatched the rifle from his hand, and after quickreload, executed a close-range shot. His muzzle was less than half a meter from the monster. The flames spewing from the muzzle licked the monster’s body, and the lethal bullets shattered it to pieces.

At this moment, Murong, who was in charge of guarding the rear, also reacted. He hurriedly turned his muzzle towards this charging monster and fire a volley, finally turning it into a hedgehog.

"Stop being foolish, or you’re going to die!" Luo’er tossed the gun into the soldier’s arms, saying irritably.

After two rounds of shooting, almost all of the attacking monsters fell on the path of their charge. The facts proved that as long as the firepower was properly coordinated, these monsters couldn’t get close at all.

However, this theory only applies to the Advance Team. As for these Evolution Corps soldiers, they didn’t understand such coordinated tactics. For them, who were new to the battleground, it was already quite good that they weren’t scared enough to wet their pants.