Chapter 5: Encounter with the Licker

  Following the progress of Alice and her party, they did not find any traces of zombies in several laboratories ahead. It seems that these zombies should have been concentrated in the passage just now and completely eliminated. The only thing found was a few dead dogs with exploded heads on the ground near the doghouse!

  As they walked down the corridor past the kennels, they came to another laboratory. Mochizuki and the others finally stopped at this point because the laboratories in front of them were now all submerged in water up to their knees.

  "Now, you all need to be vigilant. There are still some zombies present here!" Mu Chen Xing reminded everyone as he gazed out at the water's surface.

  Although he had eliminated many zombies along the way, there were still some that he didn't have the energy to deal with. After all, Mu Chen Xing's main task was to seize the Flame Queen's motherboard, not to eliminate zombies! So he only spoke up now to remind Lain and the others to be careful!

  Lain and the others, reminded by Mudanxing, immediately regained their spirits and began to cautiously follow Mudanxing through the knee-deep water towards the exit on the opposite side.

  "Damn it! What is this!" Just as everyone had just walked into the water for a short while, Police Officer Matthew suddenly shouted.

  At Matthew's loud cry, the crowd who were in a state of tension immediately turned their guns around and looked back. They saw that there was a corpse floating on the water in front of Matthew, which gave him a fright.

  However, Alice and the others soon discovered that the zombies in front of Matthew had already been cut in half by someone and were no longer a threat. At the same time, they also found some floating zombie remains on the water surface in several other rooms.

  "Are these all the ones you've taken out?" Lain asked, walking alongside Mochizuki, holding an assault rifle and keeping watch for any movement in the water.

  After all, the remains of these zombies seem to have been chopped up by sharp blades, and Rayne and others saw Mu Chen Xing in the main control room with their own eyes. How did the sharp blade in his hand kill Spence? Now only he has the ability to use a cold weapon to chop up the zombies like this!

  "Yes! But still be careful, after all I don't know if there are any more zombies around here!" Murong Xing said calmly, looking at Lain who was still on high alert during their conversation.

  His words were not yet finished, and several zombies suddenly stood up from the water surface in a few laboratories. Then, they made a series of unpleasant screams and walked towards them. The originally slow-moving zombies looked even more clumsy in the knee-deep water. And everyone did not hesitate to raise their weapons and prepare to eliminate these few zombies.

  "The undead have no feelings, their heads are the only fatal spot! Don't waste bullets on other parts!" Seeing everyone preparing to shoot, Muxin didn't stop but reminded Lain of the zombies' weakness.

  After hearing Muxin Xing's reminder, everyone quickly aimed their guns at the approaching zombies' heads. Fortunately, all the people present were proficient in using firearms, and now they were facing zombies that wouldn't dodge at close range. With a few gunshots, these zombies that emerged from the water were accurately shot in the head by Rain and others.

  "Good thing you reminded me! No wonder we couldn't take down those damn things no matter how much we shot at them when we were attacked by zombies in that weird place!" Rayne said with a smile, looking at the zombie that had been blown away and didn't get back up.

  "These zombies' heads are extremely fragile, and after zombification, their vision begins to slowly disappear. However, in order to find prey, their sense of smell and hearing become extremely sensitive! So our actions must be swift, because their speed is far inferior to ours!" Mu Chen Xing didn't turn back, but spoke as he walked.

  Alice and the others didn't stay any longer, following Mu Chen Xing they quickly left this laboratory covered in water and continued on their way forward. This road was indeed much closer than the one they took when they first entered the main control room. Soon, they would arrive at the third floor of the laboratory where Mu Chen Xing had arrived first when he came down here.

  Before entering the third floor, Muxin Xing stopped at the door and spoke seriously to Lain and others behind him: "The zombies on this floor, I eliminated a small part when I came down, and the other zombies locked in the rooms should have all come out by now. After we enter, everyone will be fully prepared to open fire. Try to eliminate all the zombies in the shortest time possible. Remember one thing, shoot at the heads of the zombies. That way, we can save ammunition and time."

  Raine and the others, including Alice, readied their guns after hearing the warning. Mochizuki suddenly opened the large door and entered first, followed by Raine and the others.

  As soon as they entered the corridor of the room, Raine and others were shocked by the extremely bloody scene on site. The corridor and walls were covered with dark red blood, while the floor was filled with incomplete zombie fragments and internal organs, some of which were trampled into a bloody mess. A large group of zombies had already slowly approached them after hearing the door open.

  "Oh God...!" Seeing the extremely disgusting scene in front of him, Police Officer Matthew let out an instinctive cry and almost threw up on the spot.

  Raine and Alice didn't look so good either, after all the scattered zombie chunks on the ground and the bloodstains on the walls releasing a pungent bloody smell were really overwhelming. Moreover, when their feet stepped on the ground, they felt sticky.

  "There are so many zombies in this layer!" Alice said nervously as she saw the large group of zombies rushing towards her.

  "It seems that the zombies on the upper floors should have been attracted by the bloody smell!" Mu Chenxing said with a frown, looking at the large group of zombies in front of him.

  At that time, Mochuan Xing was eliminating the zombies in the corridor on this floor. I remember that there weren't so many zombies left in the laboratory! It seems that now the only way to go is to force our way through and kill them all!

  "I'll clear the way, you guys take care of the zombies in other directions!" Mu Chen Xing's pulse gun on his right arm extended at this time, and he instructed Lain and others.

  "Alright, leave the others to us! You just focus on taking care of those disgusting guys in front of you!" Rayn said, aiming his gun at several zombies coming from the side and firing while speaking.

  Looking at the zombies that were constantly approaching in front of him, Mochizuki calmly started his second pulse attack in this movie. The energy bullets from the pulse gun instantly blew away the zombies that were rushing over. Some zombies were also blown to pieces in the subsequent explosion. The glass of the surrounding laboratory had already been shattered by the strong impact. For those who saw the pulse gun's attack scene for the first time, including Lain, they were all stunned by the powerful attacking power of the pulse gun.

  Just now, the zombies that rushed towards them in the room were instantly killed by most of them. Now only a few are left on the edge of the room! Lain and the others immediately blew their heads off with the automatic rifles in their hands.

  "Ambrella actually has such a weapon, why develop these dangerous bio-weapons?" Officer Matthew couldn't help but ask out loud after seeing the power of the pulse gun.

  "That's a cost issue! Just look at the equipment and weapons he has on him, the price won't be cheap! Otherwise, mass production would have started long ago. The Umbrella Corporation is a big company that pursues profits. It's hard to find customers for such expensive devices. Compared..."

  "Compared to that, the T-virus is a relatively low-cost biochemical weapon and once it's successfully developed, it can be mass-produced! And finding buyers won't be a problem either!"

  Although Mudan Xing's acceleration armor is not a product of this world, the analysis by Rain and Alice is also good. For expensive military equipment like acceleration armor, if it cannot be purchased on a large scale by the military, the company that developed it will lose a lot of research and development funds.

  The funds allocated to the military by governments of various countries are limited every year, except in times of war. Therefore, the procurement of troops is determined based on their actual needs and the cost-effectiveness of equipment.

  It is obvious that expensive preparations like accelerated armor are impossible to be purchased on a large scale by the military, unless the government can provide unlimited funding to the military, but this is also unrealistic!

  After confirming that all zombies here have been eliminated, Muxu Xing and his party are ready to continue heading towards the upper laboratory!

  Just as Lain was about to move forward, Muxin Xing suddenly stopped in her tracks and stretched out her left hand to block her way. As Lain looked at Muxin Xing in confusion, she heard the sound of something rushing towards them from the other end of the corridor! Upon hearing the noise, everyone quickly aimed their weapons at the entrance of the corridor.

  As the sound drew closer, Raine and Alice's spirits also began to concentrate highly. Before long, a monster appeared in their line of sight, and the appearance of the monster in front of them was quite terrifying. It had a torso and limbs basically identical to those of humans, but its entire body was devoid of skin, with long sharp claws on its limbs, while its brain was directly exposed outside without the protection of a skull, and its mouth was also dragging a long tongue.

  "What a pain! I didn't think it was actually a Glutton!" Murmured Mo Dustar, discovering the monster's identity through the display on his helmet screen at the first moment.

  While they were still shocked by the terrifying appearance of the Lickers in Raccoon City, Moondust had already launched an attack on the Licker at the door. The energy from the pulse gun flew rapidly towards the Licker opposite, but to Moondust's surprise, it dodged the fatal attack with incredible agility just before the energy blast hit it, jumping quickly to one side and avoiding the attack.

  But the tongue-wagging creature that followed closely behind was in for a world of trouble, getting hit right on by a rapidly flying energy bullet.

  Seeing the dust star had already opened fire, Lain and his party immediately launched an attack on the only remaining Tongue Eater that had dodged the energy bullet attacks. However, the Tongue Eater's movement speed was simply too fast. Their bullets did not hit the target.

  Just as Mochizuki was about to turn his gun around to help Rain and the others eliminate the Licker, three more Lickers suddenly rushed in from the entrance. Seeing this situation, Mochizuki immediately launched an attack on the newly appeared Lickers. The pulse rifle continuously fired energy bullets, blowing everything in the front area to pieces.

  However, the tongue-eaters had already dispersed and jumped away from the attack. Moreover, one of the tongue-eaters that was closer to Mushen Xing suddenly jumped towards him with all its might, and at the same time, its long tongue shot out like a javelin, stabbing towards Mushen Xing's body.

  At this time, Mocheng Xing didn't have the slightest intention of dodging. The Edmanli blade in his left hand suddenly extended and slashed at the incoming Tongsheng. The result once again proved that the sharpness of the Edmanli alloy was far beyond what any biological body could withstand. The Tongsheng that had pounced over was cut in half from its right shoulder by the Edmanli blade. However, the Tongsheng's sharp tongue did not pierce through the outer shell of the accelerated armor.

  "Damn it!... No... Help!"

  Just as he finished off the Licker, Dustin heard a cry for help coming from behind him. He quickly turned around to see that Captain Kaplan's foot was now entangled in a Licker's tongue, and his gun seemed to be out of ammo. The Licker appeared to be preparing to drag Kaplan away for a good meal.

  Seeing the urgency of the situation, using a pulse gun would have blown Kaplan and the Licker together. Dusty Star casually picked up a piece of glass debris and threw it at the exposed tongue of the Licker. The glass debris thrown by the acceleration armor cut off the long tongue instantly like a flying knife.

  The tongue-cut eater was affected by the sudden severe pain and started rolling on the ground. Mu Chen Xing took advantage of the opportunity to aim his pulse gun at it, ready to fire. However, the helmet display suddenly sounded an alarm, and just as a roar was heard, another eater pounced towards Mu Chen Xing from the side.

  Because the slurper's speed was too fast, Mù Chén Xīng didn't even have time to raise his left hand's Eddington alloy blade to counterattack before he himself was hit. This time the slurper didn't use its tongue, but instead used the huge sharp claws on its forelimbs.

  Mudustar was instantly struck by a massive force, and his whole body lost control and fell down. The devourer saw that the attack was successful and immediately pounced on Mudustar's body, pinning him down tightly, then opened its large mouth full of sharp teeth and aimed at Mudustar's head, starting to bite down.

  Mudustar heard the hard helmet and the scraper's sharp teeth collide, making a harsh and unpleasant friction sound! Just as Mudustar was about to activate the flight system to shake off the scraper, a gunshot rang out. The scraper's fragile brain was instantly blown to pieces!

  Mudan Xing pushed the corpse of the Licker off himself, and turned to see Rain holding a gun in his direction. It seemed that she was the one who had shot the Licker just now. At this moment, Mudan Xing suddenly realized the importance of having teammates! The feeling of having someone help when you're in danger is really great!