Outbreak Chronicles: Dead Pandemic

Chapter 291 - The Race to the Base: Outrun the Dead
Day 320: 6:10 P.M

Night Rage Officially begins

Osaka Streets

Equipment: Melee: Piyavka Machete, Piyavka Cleaver

Gun: AR15, Beretta M9 Pistol

(Kyosei’s View)

The attacks of the undead are just beginning to get intense. Flying variants are also flying in the distance and they seem to be observing the situation. Whenever we get busy with the dead that tries to attack and climb the truck, they would fly and try to attack us too. It was much easier to defeat them once they get near, I will immediately attack the flying heads before they can get near us.

”Conserve some ammunition and don’t shoot while they are far from the truck so that you guys won’t miss. Also, don’t bother shooting the flying heads, they don’t get near us unless there is a good opportunity to do so,” I said to them.

There are also a few variants we passed by like the Grenadiers and the Pukers though they are not able to chase the trucks as they do not possess any kind of speed similar to the normal undead during Night Rage. They are only dangerous if they are near to anyone but other than that, they are easy to dispose of, which is a lesser threat to us.

The troublesome ones are the decapitators. Even in the distance, the decapitators are too menacing and will try to attack us with any chance they can get. That is why when it gets real near, I will release a barrage of bullets to the Decapitator to ensure its death. You won’t let a monster like the Decapitator live if it risks your neck right?

It’s still a little bit early but the undead all around the streets has doubled already and different Variants have appeared already including the Juggernaut. Since we have been proceeding smoothly on the road without getting any bad interference from the undead, it seems Himari did have the ability to drive a truck without any trouble and with the help of Kaito to handle defense, it seems we will have no problem for now.

Then, all of a sudden, the truck started to rumble and almost swagger on the road which caused the other curled-up passengers to scream in fear for whatever is going to happen to them. The others who are holding the guns just have to hold on to their ground and made sure to avoid the entrance of the truck that is still teeming with the undead.

I have to tightly hold on to avoid being thrown to the side as I am the main attacker and defender of this place, if I show a single weakness in my defense, all of us are dead.

Even in this slight disturbance, the undead is not affected and quickly climbs up the entrance of the car and snarl at us. The others are still in recovery mode so they are still a little bit late to react. It was a good thing I made sure to avoid loosening my very own defense and reaction time or else, we are dead meat here in the back.

I pull out the Piyavka Machete and Piyavka Cleaver before beginning the slaughter and started chopping off the heads of the attacking enemies. It allowed the others who are still shocked a little bit to recover and also attacked.

The truck continued to run as intended so if I have to guess it right, there must be some sort of trouble in the front seat that caused them to swagger the car a little bit. But since we still continue to move on the road instead of stopping, I can tell that they are fine.

The undead is still busy on the attack and the Headaches are also in the attack mode too. Thankfully, the others decided to attack the headaches too once they managed to get really near.

”Keep the pressure coming, we can’t afford the dead to kill us here,” I said, trying to raise the morale of the ones fighting.

It is still very hard for everyone to fight even the truck is still moving. With all of the undead very hostile to us, we have to burst down all of them at once.

Then, I heard on the front seat Kaito shouting at us.

”Hold on tight guys! Himari is going to press the gas so that we can avoid these infected! We are going to speed up a lot more than usual to outrun all of the undead! Don’t let go on where you guys are holding on!”

I quickly ordered everyone to hold on to the rails of the truck attached to its walls and don’t let go. As the undead came circling on us, the truck’s speed increased causing the undead who are all on board of the truck to fall off the moment the truck move forward at a sudden speed.

A very bumpy and nauseating ride ensues as I continue to watch out for the undead who can still catch up to us. Some of the girls have been throwing up a little bit from the ride but they still have to hold on.

”Hold on a little bit longer! We are almost there!” I said to them as soon as I saw some of the familiar places. Also, the undead is starting to thin out and the undead horde that is following us suddenly blows up the moment they passed by on a certain line of the area, which means we have finally arrived on one of the outposts that most of us established so that we can have at least a lower threat on the main wall.

The explosives were set up to blow up periodically or when there are undead trespassers. There was someone controlling them back in the main base so if it is really needed to be activated especially like earlier, it will occur. We continue to let the truck run as fast as it was as the outposts are just meant to lessen the undead following and not to kill all of them if it is needed.

Soon, the sounds of gunshots and several voices of the men and women in the frontlines became more visible to my ears the more we approached the main gate. When the truck stopped, I can hear the sound of the gate opening, which means this is the final defense battle as it takes a little bit of time before the gate will open, and since it is vulnerable till the time before the gates closed, we have to do the final defense here.

”Ready your guns and aim. Fire and empty your magazines if necessary! This is the final stand and before we get to safety, we need to fight! Now, don’t hesitate and kill!”

The women who heard that this is the final stand quickly stood beside me and aimed their guns as we waited for the undead horde coming towards us. Although they are still far, the girls are now looking resolute to fight back.

Even though some of the undead are being cut off from the outposts and the guards on the walls are reducing their numbers, they are still getting near us and we won’t be able to rely on everyone on the wall to fight. We fired off the remaining bullets we can fire and do whatever it takes to do it. Not too far from us are two Juggernauts and a few big dogs appeared and snarled at us, before running in our direction.

”Eek!” the women holding the guns shook at the sight of the Juggernauts and the dogs. It looks like this is their very close encounter with them.

”Don’t panic!” I reassured and firmly keep them to stay on their toes and fight.

The variants are almost near us when the engine of the truck started to rev up again, meaning the gate is now fully opened. Before the dogs and the Juggernauts can reach us, they were showered with bullets in the process while the truck safely went inside the gate before it was closed, confirming the final hurdle and necessity of sacrifice.

Once the gates closed, the women holding the guns fell to their knees and started crying. The others who were just watching in fear approached them and hugged them while crying. I sighed seeing this touching scene somehow but I still couldn’t feel anything much about it. Removing the magazine of my AR15 to check the remaining bullets, I realized that I am down to a single bullet on my gun even after blazing the undead for the final stand.

I look into my left arm that was bitten by one of the dead during the last stand. I only deflected the dead but it seems I am still not safe from the bite that I got wrecked by them. If I am just a normal person, I would have died already, but for me, it wasn’t the real case. Looking at the bite wound slowly disappearing, I can tell that my body is no longer a normal human can possess.