255: The first wave of actual combat

“Is the Commander crazy? He didn’t teach us anything, and he’s just sending us to the battlefield like this?”

“I also think he’s a bit unreliable, but the Commander for this training is specially arranged by the Alliance. I heard he’s a full-element controller.”

“His strength doesn’t mean we’re strong! Beidu has seen the birth of who knows how many Corpse Kings. How can he alone guarantee the safety of fifty of us?”

Someone in the team was complaining.

“Alright, everyone, stop complaining. This is the practical stage. All teams, pay attention to your own safety.”

Tian Ming’s voice appeared again on the all-member channel: “Are you guys cursing me on your private channels? Don’t think I can’t hear you. First Team, at the end of the street to the left, there’s a zombie horde, 532 of them. The other teams, move in and deal with them together.”

A hint of surprise appeared on everyone’s faces. How did the Commander know there were zombies? The reason for setting a range was because Tian Ming’s detection radius was only five or six kilometers. This way, all the training personnel were within his detection range.

Tian Ming’s own detection, combined with the combat system’s positioning function, plus his own speed, made protecting these fifty people a piece of cake for him.

“All teams, attention! This is First Team. We’ve made contact with the zombie horde. Prepare to open fire.” Li Feng’s voice rang out in the channel.

Other teams also approached one after another. They surrounded the zombie horde in a triangular formation, and each team began to act according to their respective divisions of labor.

Although they were fully armed, what they held in their hands were conventional weapons. Coupled with fighting within the urban building complexes, the difficulty was imaginable.

“Bang bang bang…” Gunshots instantly echoed in every corner of this area. The zombie horde was attracted by the firepower and surged towards the soldiers.

“Take cover! Main attackers, prepare!” Li Feng calmly gave the order.

The main attackers quickly found cover and aimed at the zombie horde in front. Their rifles were equipped with high-explosive warheads, which could cause large-scale casualties once they hit a zombie.

“Bang bang bang…” The main attackers pulled their triggers, and high-explosive warheads shot into the zombie horde. Immediately, roars erupted from within the zombie horde, and a large number of zombies were hit by the high-explosive warheads, their bodies blown to pieces.

These zombies were not fully evolved; many were still flesh and blood. Some, having consumed unknown elements, were completely black but surprisingly fragile. After the first wave of firepower, more than half of the five hundred-plus zombies were eliminated. The remaining ones were Metal Zombies and zombies made of high-strength alloys.

Tian Ming appeared on the rooftop of a building not far from the combat zone, listening to Li Feng’s commands in the channel and the coordination of these people, gaining some insight.

Although he was their Commander, when it came to teamwork, these people were far more skilled than him. While there was a significant numerical difference between the two sides, the zombies basically didn’t cause much trouble.

More than five hundred zombies were eliminated by more than half after twenty minutes of engagement. The remaining zombies were more highly evolved; they possessed a certain level of intelligence and began to scatter and flee.

Li Feng commanded: “Liu Qing, Zhang Liang, flank from left and right, occupy streets three and four. Qin Lu, outflank and cut off their retreat.”

At this moment, the VR tactical glasses displayed the map of the area and the action routes of each team. This combat equipment could generate real-time area locations based on the Commander’s commands and automatically plan the travel routes for each team, which was undeniably powerful.

Moreover, it could also real-time draw a battlefield map based on images captured from different angles. Every soldier was a terminal, a combat information input end, and also a regional network computing node.

The combat routes and the trajectory of each soldier’s movements, along with the entire tactical command operation, were also simultaneously displayed before Tian Ming’s eyes.

Tian Ming was actually quite shocked, because he had always fought alone. This was the first time he had seen such a scene of command and coordinated combat.

Under informatization, the potential of every combat unit was maximized.

In the team channel, Li Feng shouted: “All units, shrink the encirclement. Close the door and beat the dog.”

The remaining zombies within the encirclement became agitated. They seemed to sense that they had fallen into a dead end and began to desperately flee towards the periphery. But Li Feng and the others were well-prepared. They used the buildings on both sides of the street as cover, continuously firing at the zombies.

“Bang bang bang…” Gunshots intertwined with the roars of the zombies, making hearts pound. Each gunshot was accompanied by the painful screams of zombies.

Tian Ming frowned. Standing on the building, he felt a surge of aura rapidly approaching. It was a large number of Metal Zombies and zombies made of high-strength alloys. They seemed to be attracted by the screams of their companions and rushed towards the combat zone.

Li Feng was startled and shouted: “All teams, attention! A large number of Metal Zombies and zombies made of high-strength alloys have appeared behind us. All teams, retreat and consolidate your defenses.”

The battle here still alarmed the surrounding Corpse Kings. A deafening roar erupted, tearing through the battlefield’s tranquility like a bolt from the blue.

Qin Lu’s team, which was originally retreating, had their path blocked by a tall, muscular Corpse King. It was enveloped in a heavy stench, its eyes flickering with an eerie green light, as if death itself had descended upon the world.

“It’s a Corpse King!” A soldier shouted in terror.

The appearance of the Corpse King immediately heightened the tension on the entire battlefield. The zombie horde seemed to sense their master’s arrival, becoming even more berserk. They roared and struggled, launching even fiercer attacks on the soldiers.

Qin Lu stepped forward, her mind subtly moving. She opened her palm, and a sphere of light floated above it. The light sphere emitted a dazzling radiance.

The light sphere converged into a beam, like a laser, shooting directly towards the Corpse King. The Corpse King seemed to pay no mind to this light beam, only roaring and swinging its sharp claws to swat at the beam. Surprisingly, when the Corpse King’s claws made contact with the light beam, a puff of green smoke appeared.

Besides her speed, Qin Lu’s temperature control ability was also extremely powerful. She could control the range of heating, raising an extremely small space to a state of quantum excitation. The high-energy light emitted in this state could penetrate steel plates. However, in front of this Corpse King, it had no effect whatsoever.

“How is this possible?” Qin Lu exclaimed. She had not expected her attack to be ineffective.

In that moment of hesitation, the Corpse King rapidly approached and slammed its hand forward.

Boom! Like a concussive grenade exploding, a visible ripple appeared in the air. This ripple rapidly expanded, flying in all directions.

Qin Lu’s team members had not even reacted when they were instantly sent flying by the shockwave created by the Corpse King.