NFBE Chapter 178 Winning by Quantity
Chapter 178 Winning by Quantity
The five of them prepared in the laboratory before Ji Lang and Lin Yun went to the door. Since the laboratory doors all opened inwards, their plan was for Lin Yun to stand behind the door and open it a little, while Ji Lang would use his superpower to freeze the zombies closest to them at the doorway, preventing a large influx of zombies that would prevent them from getting out completely once the door was opened.
"Ready!" Ji Lang stood in the direction of the door opening, cracked his knuckles, glanced at Lin Yun, and said, "Open!"
Lin Yun and Ji Lang acted quickly. As soon as the door opened, Ji Lang's blizzard ability rushed out from the crack. Although Lin Xiao and Zhong Qiang's support skills did not activate, they still effectively increased Ji Lang's attack power.
"Run to the right, this is the closest to the safety door." Lin Yun's superpower effectively froze a group of zombies at the door. He quickly opened the door, shouted to Zhong Qiang and the others behind him, and rushed out with Ji Lang.
Just like when they came down, zombies attacked from all directions and surrounded the five of them. But looking around, Ji Lang and Lin Yun did not see the high-level zombie with superpowers that they had sensed. Could it be that the zombies were still upstairs?
"Don't be careless, let's go upstairs first!" Ji Lang and Lin Yun exchanged glances and continued leading Lu Yuan and the other two towards the underground parking lot upstairs.
Since they didn't encounter the high-level zombies they had mentioned, the journey was much smoother than the descent. They quickly reached the third basement level of the underground parking garage. Just one more level up, to the second basement level, would take them back to the research institute's new building.
"Strange, such a strong feeling, there can't be any mistake." Ji Lang asked Lin Yun beside him while fighting off the zombies that kept rushing towards him, "You felt it too, right?"
“That’s right.” As Lin Yun spoke, he waved his hand, blowing away the zombies charging at them again. The three people behind him, including Lu Yuan, were also spraying muskets around themselves. The small muskets were quite useful in the corridors and stairwells, but they were not very effective in the spacious parking lot. Lu Yuan had originally wanted to switch to the large muskets they used before, but since they were constantly running, one person couldn’t operate those alone, so they had to make do with the smaller ones.
"What should we do? This place is too wide, and there are more and more zombies." Yang Xiao looked at the zombies that kept surging around him. The safety passages in this parking lot are different from those in the laboratory. This parking lot connects two buildings, so there are safety passages everywhere. But the safety passage to the underground laboratory doesn't lead directly upstairs. After reaching the third basement level, you have to walk at least a hundred meters to reach one of the safety passages to the upper level. This was probably originally designed to cover up the entrance and exit of the underground laboratory, but now it seems to be really inconvenient.
"Almost there, just hang in there a little longer." Ji Lang took a deep breath. Because of using his superpowers, he and Lin Yun were also a little exhausted. But these last few dozen meters were really difficult for them to walk. If they relaxed even a little, the zombies' claws might touch their faces.
"It's not that we can't hold on, it's that we're afraid you can't hold on." Yang Xiao could clearly sense that Ji Lang and Lin Yun were already in a state of overexertion. Just now, he felt a surge of power within his body, flowing continuously out of him and covering Ji Lang and Lin Yun. This was probably the true nature of his support ability, which could replenish his teammates' energy when they were overexerted.
"Yeah, yeah, why don't we use the big guns to burn a path through first?" Zhong Qiang was also anxious, but he didn't know that the more anxious he was at this moment, the more his auxiliary ability would erupt, directly stimulating Ji Lang and Lin Yun's consumption. It can be said that they are now trapped in a vicious cycle and may die here.
"No, as soon as the muskets finish burning, more will come up behind them. They won't even try to dodge." Lu Yuan turned up the power of his musket, but unlike when they came down, these zombies just didn't want them to leave alive, even if it meant being burned to ashes themselves.
"Damn it, what do we do now?" Zhong Qiang threw the small flintlock pistol that had run out of fuel into the pile of zombies and quickly lit a new one.
“This is truly a case of winning by sheer numbers,” Ji Lang suddenly laughed. “There’s not even a shroud of cover around here.”
"Don't give up, don't overthink it!" Lin Yun turned to look at Ji Lang. He could guess what Ji Lang was thinking. Just like when he chose to sacrifice himself to protect Ji Lang, Ji Lang wanted to sacrifice himself so that the four of them could escape.
"Ji Lang, don't think you can be a hero!" Yang Xiao understood what Ji Lang meant. He was standing almost back to back with Ji Lang. He didn't dare to turn around, afraid that if he did, zombies would rush towards him. He could only shout loudly, "I won't let you die, do you hear me!"
"System, system, what do we do? Is there anything usable in the space?" Lu Yuan operated the small musket in his hand while opening the space interface, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find anything suitable for his current use. If he used explosives or something, the whole building might be destroyed, and they would be buried down there with the zombies. But if he tried to teleport using a vehicle, their current location was beyond the distance he could teleport.
"Dr. Lu, I'm very sorry, I don't have permission to access your space." The system voice sounded in Lu Yuan's ear.
"What the hell are these permissions? You need permissions for everything! What am I supposed to do with you?!" Even the usually mild-mannered Lu Yuan couldn't help but swear at this moment.
"Sorry, Dr. Lu..." However, the system voice could only repeat the message that he did not have permission to use the system.
"Damn it!" Helpless, Lu Yuan could only take out four defensive orbs from his spatial storage and give one to each of them. "With so many zombies, I don't know how long these defensive orbs will hold out. Let's all use them together and then run together. Let's run as many steps as we can."
"Why didn't you take them out sooner? These should have been enough to get us to the stairwell." Yang Xiao and Zhong Qiang took the two defensive balls from Lu Yuan and handed one to Ji Lang and one to Lin Yun.
"I'll count down, get ready!" Because Lu Yuan was the last to leave, the other four didn't sense anything unusual when he said this.
"Three! Two! One!" Lu Yuan shouted the last command. Lin Yun, Ji Lang, Yang Xiao, and Zhong Qiang activated their defensive spheres together. A transparent defensive light screen appeared around the four of them. Even if Ji Lang and Lin Yun stopped using their powers, the zombies that rushed at them could no longer get close to them.
Just as Lu Yuan had expected, the defensive sphere couldn't withstand much damage. Every time the zombies crashed into it, the sphere's color would lighten, lasting for a maximum of ten or twenty seconds. However, that should be enough time for them to run to the stairwell.