"Hold this for me!"
Sitting back in the car and fastening the seatbelt, Ray didn't put the heavy-duty nail gun back into the bag but handed it to Liu Yuqing instead.
"It's so heavy!"
Taking the nail gun from Ray's hands, Liu Yuqing nearly didn't catch it, surprised to find that the nail gun not only looked like a sniper rifle but also weighed similarly!
She had once visited a firearms experience hall while in school, where she touched real guns. However, due to the expensive bullets and the strong recoil, she gave up after firing only a few shots.
Now, holding this nail gun, she instantly felt its difference.
"Don't zone out, keep an eye on our surroundings."
"Oh... okay!"
Liu Yuqing snapped back to reality, hugged the nail gun to her chest, and then looked around, constantly reporting the situation to him.
At this moment, the zombies they had shaken off earlier had caught up and gathered together, forming a horde nearly two thousand strong!
Among them, the two mutated zombies were in the lead!
The one with mutated legs, much faster than the average zombie, was the closest, already less than fifty meters away!
Ray glanced at the zombie through the rearview mirror, then turned his gaze towards the road ahead, where a tanker truck had overturned at the intersection ahead, silently calculating the best moment.
"The distance is fine; we just need to drive back to that route, lure the zombies near the tanker, and use the heavy-duty nail gun to blow up the tanker!"
His goal was simple: to use the tanker to eliminate the zombies and harvest a wave of points!
Initially, he hadn't planned to do this, as it was difficult for him alone to attract so many zombies.
But ever since he drank the [Basic Neural Response Potion], which enhanced his neural reaction and insight, he noticed the survivors' emotions around him and the overturned tanker on the street.
Instantly, he devised a plan that would not only solve the troubles created by those survivors but also allow him to harvest a wave of points!
Now, this plan was clearly proceeding very smoothly, entirely within his control.
Thirty seconds later!
Buzz—
Driving the armored vehicle, Ray floored the accelerator, pushing the speed to its maximum. With a turn of the steering wheel, he returned to the main road where the tanker was located.
"About a dozen on the left street, over twenty on the right street, and nearly two thousand behind..."
Arriving at the T-junction, Liu Yuqing's reminder immediately came through.
The left street was the main road to leave this place and head to their next destination, the Hilton Hotel, while the right was the way back to the supermarket.
Screech—
With the tires screeching against the road surface, producing white smoke, the armored vehicle sharply turned, passing next to the overturned tanker just over ten meters ahead, and entered the left street.
But after driving more than twenty meters and about to enter the next intersection, he suddenly slowed down. Under Liu Yuqing's puzzled gaze, he raised his hand to press the Bluetooth headset.
"Jarvis, the armored vehicle is yours. Turn left at the next intersection."
After speaking, he unfastened his seatbelt again, took back the heavy-duty nail gun from Liu Yuqing, opened the sunroof, and once more stuck half his body out of the vehicle.
Positioning the nail gun, Ray looked through the scope at the street behind the vehicle.
"Roar..."
"Heh heh... Woo-ow..."
"Roar roar roar..."
At this moment, the two evolved zombies had already charged past the T-junction, catching up again, with the two thousand zombies that followed them also appearing in the lens one after another.
The sound of roaring echoed from the zombie horde, akin to an army of wild beasts passing through.
"A successful harvest, and we're set..."
Ray murmured under his breath, silently calculating the time. It was about three seconds until the armored vehicle would turn into the next intersection.
He had to ensure that at the moment of detonating the tanker, the armored vehicle would also turn into the next intersection. He planned to use the office buildings and residential buildings along the road to shield against the force of the tanker's explosion, the intense heat it would generate, and the ensuing shockwave.
Otherwise, even if the armored vehicle could withstand the explosion, it might not withstand the intense heat.
In that case, the armored vehicle might survive, but they could be roasted by the heat!
This scenario was naturally also taken into consideration.
Ray silently counted down the time, his heavy-duty nail gun firmly aimed at the tanker.
Now, the distance to the tanker was within eighty meters, still within the range where the heavy-duty nail gun could penetrate eight millimeters of steel plate.
At this moment, time seemed to slow down!
Two seconds later!
"Heh heh... Heh heh..."
"Ho ho..."
A large number of zombies had already gathered at the T-junction where the tanker had overturned, chasing after Ray with their beastly instincts, unaware of the imminent danger.
"Now!!"
On the armored vehicle, Ray's dark eyes suddenly sharpened at this moment.
Bang bang bang—
Three gunshots rang out in succession, three steel nails in a straight line, cutting through the air. With powerful force, they penetrated the bodies of two zombies and hit the tanker precisely.
Hiss—
A spark ignited, and the three steel nails instantly penetrated into the tanker, setting it ablaze.
Boom—
The next second, the entire tanker exploded, sending up a massive mushroom cloud accompanied by a sky-high inferno and smoke.
All the surrounding parked cars, including the nearby zombies, were instantly engulfed by the sea of flames.
But that wasn't all!
The explosion of the tanker was terrifying!
The blast wave and inferno, carrying a breath of destruction, expanded rapidly around, instantly consuming the nearest office and residential buildings.
Boom boom boom—
A series of glass shattered, walls cracked, and buildings swayed, on the verge of collapsing at any moment.
Fortunately, Ray was well-prepared. After firing the last three steel nails from the heavy-duty nail gun in one go, he didn't even look back, immediately retracted the gun, and returned to the armored vehicle, quickly closing the sunroof.
Screech—
At the same time, under Jarvis's control, the armored vehicle executed a crisp tail drift, directly turning into the left lane and arriving behind an office building.
And it was at this moment, the shockwave from the tanker's explosion arrived, causing the ground to shake. Thankfully, the office building acted as a shield, minimizing the impact of the explosion on them.
Even so, the armored vehicle was still pushed several meters away by the residual shockwave that had been blocked by the office building, nearly flipping over.
The towering inferno brushed past them, engulfing the office building, turning the side facing the tanker into charred ruins.