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Chapter 83: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes
The infected were pouring into the river like dumplings into boiling water.Jake finally let off the trigger of the heavy machine gun.It was a strange weapon, the kind people wrote off as useless. Too weak against the big monsters. Total overkill against ordinary infected. It sat in an awkward middle ground.But tonight had reminded him exactly why he'd hoarded it. When a swarm closed in at a critical moment, nothing else cleared the field so fast.The problem was ammo.Five hundred rounds sounded like a lot. Hold the trigger down, and it was gone in under a minute.Jake had spent ages saving up, and all he had to show for it was two heavy machine guns. After this last stretch of firing, he was down to less than two hundred rounds.From here on, every shot had to count.The infected jumping into the water weren't much of a threat to the vehicle anyway. Standard automatic rifles could handle them.The rocket launcher stock was running low too, after several rounds had gone out in the
Chapter 82: Water Route
Without the other two groups committing to the same move, Jake alone taking the water route would've left him badly exposed, operating completely solo.For now, the only option was to wait and see a little longer.If the land route broke open somehow, Jake wouldn't mind sticking with it.Everyone had stuck together this far ideally, they'd all make it back together too.The moment that stopped being possible, though, Jake wasn't going to hesitate for a second.The horde kept surging in like a rising tide. In the past, the standard approach against these things had always been kiting fight while retreating, keep distance.Standing ground, let alone charging straight into a mass like this, was always the worst possible call.Unfortunately, boxed in the way they currently were, all they could do was hold a loose defensive ring, each person covering one side. The moment any single side buckled, the whole group would get swallowed fast.BOOM.A rocket landed with precision, tearing a dozen
Chapter 81: Zombie Horde
Stepping inside the new vehicle, Jake finally understood exactly what Hogg had meant no disappointment whatsoever.Honestly, thoroughly satisfied, didn't even cover it.Fusing with a yacht this size had bumped the doomsday chariot up another full size, and the interior space had grown right along with it.The whole interior now split across two levels. The first floor held a dedicated living room, kitchen, storage room, and bathroom.A handful of sofas, a fridge, a TV all of it clearly carried over from the yacht's original layout, folded seamlessly into the new vehicle post-fusion.The sofas leaned a little too luxurious for practical survival use, sure, but Jake couldn't bring himself to rip them out mostly because it would wreck the overall flow and style.Besides, on the rare exhausted day, having somewhere comfortable to collapse sounded appealing.After a moment's thought, Jake decided to leave them be for now. If space ever got tight, he'd clear them out then nowhere close to t
Chapter 80: New Vehicle
"They're not even the same type of Anomaly. What revenge are you even talking about?""Don't care if they're the same or not. These disgusting things all deserve to die, and the ones that look like that one deserve it even more.""Good luck with that plan. Where exactly isn't crawling with these things these days? And it's only getting worse, more of them, stronger every time."...Chatter aside, nobody's hands stayed idle, long guns and short alike came up, trained on the target.Hogg had floated the idea of just dropping an anti-tank mine early, call it a day, given the late hour.Flatly shot down by the group.An anti-tank mine hit too hard. Let Hogg use it, and he'd walk away with the lion's share of the credit, leaving everyone else grinding for scraps.Teaming up meant everyone got a fair bowl, not one guy hoarding the whole pot.The first shot a heavy anti-materiel round slammed into the creature's forehead, tearing a huge chunk of flesh loose, and everyone opened fire together
Chapter 79: Three Chances
"Mine's... an enhancement card."When it came to Jake's turn, he hesitated for a beat. Not that his plan had changed; he was just weighing the angle.Logically, hadn't this whole setup been building toward exactly this moment?Except in practice, someone who actually pulled a fusion card rarely announced it immediately unless they genuinely loved showing off.That hesitation alone tanked his credibility instantly. Suspicious looks turned his way, practically broadcasting we don't believe you.Truth was, Jake wasn't lying at that moment. He really had pulled an enhancement card, a small bump to Perception. He just couldn't stop people from reading into the pause.Watching the reaction, Jake thought, fine, no point explaining further. Whether they believed him or not wasn't his problem, and he had zero motivation to convince anyone otherwise. Let them stay suspicious.Besides, wasn't that exactly the outcome he wanted?The whole thing settled into ambiguous murkiness, which suited him f
Chapter 78: Group Farming
"Going anomaly hunting at a time like this? Has that guy lost his mind?""Are you going? Not me, that's for sure. The new vehicle's nice, but you gotta be alive to enjoy it. What if we come up empty and the flood catches us? We'd just be waiting to die out there.""Not necessarily. If it only costs us half a day, it might be worth the gamble.""The thing is, we don't even know how far off the flood crest actually is.""Doesn't that one guy in the Caravan have the Sky-Eye setup? Someone find him and check."...In the end, plenty of people were tempted they just needed some reassurance first.Nobody in this Caravan was stupid. Anyone paying even minimal attention had noticed how fast the climate had gone haywire since the collapse.For anyone with a vehicle, an extra function meant an extra edge on survival. Of course people were tempted.Watching the conversation drift toward him, Jake decided to help it along."Relax, everyone. The flood crest is still about two days out. Even if tod
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