Airid cursed as he started swinging the 50 cal left and right while pressing the trigger as he delivered precise short bursts that shredded the hidden hostiles to pieces.
Only for the three of us to snicker because we knew that this kind of magnitude of explosion and level of temperature couldn't possibly harm our augmented skin that was Impervious to small-caliber weaponry.
Suddenly Julian yanked his wheel to the left while pulling the brakes causing the armored car that was already being pettled by lead to come to a screeching halt.
As It did I slammed open the doors, took cover behind the door, and started putting two 7.62 mm bullets Into the bodies of the all-black clothed hostiles.
Because they were wearing armored vests I accurately hit just above their armored vests and put one Into their faces for good measure.
Just like we were trained to do In the special operations forces core.
"Weeb give us covering fire"
I ordered more out of habit which was drilled into me before I became a cosmic marine than necessity because we all knew what I was thinking.
"I'm already doing that vamp!"
Airid roared back as he continued to suppress the hostiles with mechanical precision.
While I grabbed the armored doors and yanked them off, while Julian and Darius did the same.
We started advancing deeper Into the village while passing the fresh corpses.
...
As Dracula and the two other cosmic marines walked past the corpses with puddles of blood underneath them.
An eerie transformation unfolded, unbeknownst to them, a peculiar phenomenon stirred beneath the lifeless exteriors.
Sinister black veins and arteries, akin to a spreading contagion, snaked beneath the still-warm skin of the corpses.
The still forms convulsed violently, only to abruptly cease their motions.
Then, an unexpected resurgence—a sudden twitching of their limbs, and their once lifeless eyes snapped open, now consumed by a profound darkness.
...
MC POV
"Changing mag!"
I roared as I sank the shield Into the ground while expertly pressing the mags release button with my right pinky causing the spent mag to drop to the ground.
"Copy covering!''
Darius roared back as he provided cover fire for me.
While I with my left hand, pulled out a fresh one and Inserted It into my rifle and after that released the bolt.
Only to spin around while bringing my left forearm In front of me, thanks to my Instincts and the shared senses provided by our AIs synchronizing.
"Don't let the f*ckers bite you, we're not taking any chances!"
I roared as I looked at the black blood-stained teeth that were doing their best to bite off the flesh from my face, the only thing preventing it from doing just that was my forearm pressed against Its throat.
Without hesitation, I pulled out my pistol strapped to my right hip and put 3 rounds Into the f*ckers forehead that already had a bleeding hole In it.
As I did the black rotting blood full of stench of death splattered onto my face and that seemed to finally do the trick.
...
"Herr I got my eyes on the target permission to fire over"
A sniper with Dracula's head visible In his scope crosshair hidden In a two-story mud house with his partner next to him looking through a specialized binocular said Into his headsets microphone.
"Feuer"
Came the crisp command.
BANG!
A 12.7 mm bullet exited the fire suppressor with a subdued gust of flames and muffled sound.
...
Although I managed to sense the bullet coming at me I still failed to detect It early enough without my power armors advanced sensors to evade It completely.
The bullet Impacted the tip of my forehead leaving a barely noticeable red print graze that disappeared instantly and bounced off to the side, causing the sand to get flung Into the air by Its Impact.
In response, I grabbed my rifle, aligned It according to my holographic crosshair, and pulled the under-barrel grenade launchers trigger.
...
The dumbfounded sniper and his partner watched In disbelief as the bullet ricocheted off their target's forehead only to see the target pull the under-barrel grenade launchers trigger.
"Shaize!"
The sniper cursed out as he sprung to his feet only for the 40 mm HE grenade to Impact the roof above them after passing through the window and explode.
The red hot shrapnel, the kinetic force, and roofs debris Immediately killed the two militants.
But just like others It didn't take long before the V cells, In their bodies took over.
Just like they did to others who kept suppressing them 24/7 by using V-cell Inhibitors but once they died the Inhibitors In their bodies could no longer suppress them.
So It didn't take long before their mangled corpses burrowed themselves out of the rubble and started madly running towards the nearest living target.
While completely Ignoring their safety, the two zombies jumped out from the second roof.
As they did their legs broke but despite that, the animated corpses stood up and continued to limp or crawl towards Dracula and his gang.
...
"This Isn't possible!"
The shocked officer cursed out loud as he held the tablet with dozens of helmet cameras live video feeds.
He clearly saw the bullet ricochet off a man's forehead It was simply not scientifically possible.
Unless one had metal for bones or In they're case ceramically coated skeleton the ones that their newest super soldier prototypes sported.
"Don't tell me that someone else managed to create their own supersoldiers without V cells?! Or did they somehow get their hands on subjects Vs blood?! F*CK who the f*CK Is It?! Is It the s*viet's? Y*nkees? The s*ort e*es?!"
The hysterical officer kept mumbling to himself while biting his glowed thumb until finally, he couldn't take It anymore.
"Kill them!"
The officer barked to the two meters tall militants covered from head to toe In black advanced armor that barely left any gaps exposed.
"Javol Kommandant"
Came the beastly voice that sounded more like a wild animals growl through the black advanced alloy gas mask covering the militant's faces.
As they grabbed their closed heavy machine guns bipods with their left hands and raised them up while walking towards the door.
"I'll show you what our w*ffen-ss Is made of"
The officer said to himself while smirking because he was 100 percent confident that they're undead soldiers that were a huge overall Improvement from the ones used In WW 2 would come out on top.
Not only each and every one of them were selected from the best of the best but they also retained their consciousness thanks to the new type of V cell Inhibitors In their bodies.
This In turn allowed them to retain their consciousness after their conversion compared to their predecessors who would become mindless monsters upon being Injected with a serum made out of V cells.
...
First zombies In the future and now zombies In the past what f*ck Is going on?
I couldn't help but curse In my mind as I put 3 bullets Into another sprinting toward me zombie's head.
Only for a rocket fired from AT4 HEAT one time use RPG to streak straight for Airid still firing the 50 cal.
Seeing this Airid once again wanted to destroy the rocket but this time the 50 cal encountered a malfunction.
Without hesitation, Airid jumped out from the gunner's seat, landed on the ground, grabbed hanging by his side battle rifle, and started putting lead Into the nearest hostile he saw.
While the rocket accurately Impacted the turret and exploded the mangled 50 cal and Its shield got flung Into the air while the car's armored glass shattered from Inside because of the kinetic force of the explosion.