At a distance of 120 meters, the 201 machine gun unleashed its full firepower.
7.62mm bullets poured out mercilessly, striking the monster's tough skin.
One by one, the bullets burrowed into its body and then shot out from its back.
In the roar of the machine gun, the bullets, with immense stopping power, virtually pinned the monster in place, giving He Shuo a chance to aim and fire.
"Bang!"
Without any hesitation, his fingers lightly squeezed the trigger, and a 12.7mm bullet blasted out of the Type 10 sniper rifle's muzzle, hitting the monster's head with pinpoint accuracy.
In an instant, a mist of blood exploded like fireworks.
The monster's enormous body crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Target eliminated!"
He Shuo reported.
Following closely behind, Lei Jie, who was responsible for primary battlefield observation as a support operative, spoke up:
"There's more than one!"
"Anomalous heat signatures spotted at 6 o'clock, 4 o'clock, and 9 o'clock positions, 200 to 300 meters away, more than five in number!"
"Captain! Your 2 o'clock position!"
As Lei Jie finished speaking, Chen Jian immediately swung his barrel.
Just as Lei Jie had said, another monster identical to the one just killed had silently crept to within a hundred meters of him!
Without a moment's hesitation, Chen Jian pulled the trigger.
The steady recoil of the Type 191 allowed the bullet to hit the monster's lower body with extreme precision. In less than half a magazine's worth of shots, the monster's mantis-like legs snapped unexpectedly, and it crashed to the ground.
Chen Jian steadily adjusted his aim and took a shot at the monster's brain.
The 5.8mm bullet's lethality was far less than the 12.7mm large-caliber bullet, but even so, the monster struggled a few times and then lay still.
Chen Jian breathed a slight sigh of relief.
What he feared most was that this creature might be impervious to bullets and blades.
But clearly, although it looked like it had a thick cuticle, it was still a carbon-based life form!
A .22 bullet can take down an elephant, so a 5.8 bullet should take you down like a grandfather beating his grandson!
He adjusted his aim once more, while over on Lei Jie's side, the engagement had already begun.
The bad news was, his hands held only a 9mm caliber QCQ171, which had trouble hitting a standard target at anything past 150 meters, let alone this monster.
----The good news was, he was the team's demolition expert.
And on his back was a QLU-131 semi-automatic grenade launcher!
While observing the battlefield, he had already set up the tripod, and at this moment, the barrel of his "single-man heavy weapon" was aimed in the direction from which the monsters were rushing!
"Boom!"
With a loud explosion, the bodies were obliterated.
Flesh and blood flew across the shattered street, and then drizzle down from the sky.
Having completed a shot, Lei Jie didn't pause; instead, he swung towards another direction, suppressing a monster that had just poked its head out.
Meanwhile, Chen Jian issued a new command.
"It's more than five!"
"There's too many, and we're too exposed here to defend ourselves!"
"Retreat to the front of the building, use the building as a backsided cover to organize our defense!"
"Understood!"
Everyone immediately took action.
Lei Jie and Shen Yue used heavy fire to suppress, while Chen Jian and He Shuo quickly retreated.
Once they reached their position, Chen Jian first changed the Type 191 magazine, then took off the LG6 from his back, and opened fire to take over Lei Jie's position.
Explosive flares kept flashing on the street, and the shadows of the monsters darted amidst the fires.
Even though they were in intense combat, Chen Jian felt a chill down his back.
What the hell are these monsters??
They were clearly large, yet moved with astounding speed.
Their entire body was covered with dark outer skin, and with the fleeting glimpse Chen Jian caught of the thick pads under their feet...
These monsters were born to hunt.
More accurately, they were born to ambush in the dark!
Even one of them was hard enough to handle, and what's scarier is they seem to be pack hunters!
Did this town's people all get slaughtered by these monsters??
It shouldn't be like this!
Where's the army? Where are the tanks? What about the massive LD3000??
No time to ponder anymore, Chen Jian's vision was already flooded with no less than ten anomalous heat signatures.
He didn't even have time to consider prioritizing targets and directly opened fire at the nearest one without hesitation.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Explosions rang out, and two monsters immediately dropped.
The situation seemed to be turning optimistic, but Chen Jian keenly noticed something unusual.
"This isn't working!"
"They approach too quickly, if even one of them gets through, we're all dead!"
"Shen Yue, suppression fire, decrease their assault speed!"
"Lei Jie, take down the scaffolding on the right side, let it fall and block the street ahead!"
"He Shuo, don't use the Type 10, use your Type 26!"
"I'll cover you, aim for the head!"
"Understood!"
"Understood!"
Everyone altered their tactics, Chen Jian picking up the nearby Type 191 and rapidly firing shots at the monsters approaching within 100 meters, slowing them down, and in the split second the opportunity arose, He Shuo, who had been ready, used his CS/LR4 sniper rifle to take aim and fire at the monster's head.
"Bang!"
A 7.62mm armor-piercing round tore through the monster's skull, and after struggling a few more steps, it finally collapsed to the ground.
On another front, with two loud consecutive explosions, the scaffolding on the street's right side started to topple over the street.
The sharp, piercing sound of metal scraping echoed through the battlefield, followed by the thunderous crash of heavy materials hitting the ground.
Dust rose like a smokescreen over the entire street.
But in the 20-type thermal fusion night vision goggle's view, all enemies were fully exposed.
Unexpectedly, to Chen Jian, the monsters' movements actually slowed down.
Were they planning to retreat?
This thought flashed through Chen Jian's mind, but the next second, he realized.
They weren't planning to retreat; they were planning to infiltrate for an attack!
Their vision could also penetrate the smoke!
Damn!
Chen Jian couldn't help but curse, and immediately a more terrifying thought rose up.
These monsters possess intelligence.
They can even adjust based on changes in the battlefield, trying to exploit their physiological advantages!
We can't afford to delay them; they can't find out that we can see them too!
Chen Jian no longer conserved his scarce ammunition and, switching his rifle to single-shot mode, aimed at the monsters' heads in the dust and fired recklessly.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang----"
The gunfire intensified in a heartbeat, and in mere moments, several monsters fell to the ground.
They seemed to realize, too, that the dust wasn't their cover, and their movements sped up again.
The distance between the two sides shrank to 50 meters.
For those monsters, even with the scaffolding in between, covering this distance took only 5 seconds.
There wasn't enough time.
Previously, they could block them because there was inconsistency in their distances, allowing the squad to eliminate them one by one.
But now, it was 4 monsters attacking in sync!
It's time to gamble with their lives.
Chen Jian raised the Type 191, switched the mode to full auto.
"Open fire with everything!"