Chapter 9 - Chapter 9: Night Battle

It wasn't until the third magazine was empty and the zombies were finally killed that Li Fei breathed a sigh of relief, then calmly asked Li Fugui to take people to collect crystal cores.

Thickness is something you learn, as long as you don't feel embarrassed, others will feel embarrassed.

Li Fei didn't continue to participate in the next battle, because he wanted to recover supplies. As for the real reason, perhaps only he knew.

Without Li Fei's participation, the speed would have been much faster, and Li Fei's material recycling speed couldn't keep up. At this time, Li Fei couldn't help but complain about the system. Why should I touch it before I can recycle it? I'll die of exhaustion in the future.

In the future, when the number of your subordinates grows to thousands or even tens of thousands of people, it might not be enough for them to just recycle materials if they don't do anything else all day.

"The system requires you to use the mining cart to recycle ores for gold coins."

 Well, it seems I should find a mine as soon as possible to truly free myself.

After an afternoon of fighting, the first platoon cleared out Buildings 1, 2, and 4. Li Fei was so tired from gathering supplies in the back that he became like a husky. At this moment, he wished he could stick out his tongue.

Although I was extremely tired, I was in a good mood. It was a fruitful afternoon, with the three buildings contributing over 16,000 gold, over 800 points, and over 70 crystal cores to Li Fei.

Li Fugui guided the people to gather daily necessities, and Li Fei returned to Building 3 to rest.

Lying on the sofa in the living room, Li Fei opened the system panel.

 Host: Li Fei

Age: 19

Rank: None

Position: Commander

Gold: 17757.8

Points: 1106

Skills: None

Troops: 34

Looking at the data, Li Fei was thinking about increasing the number of troops when Fugui came to inform them that all the supplies had been moved down. They were all basic supplies like rice, flour, grains, and oil. They were all stacked on the first floor of Building 2 and someone would be assigned to guard them at night.

With Li Fugui, Li Fei didn't need to worry about such small things at all.

"I trust you to do this job." Li Fei said casually. Li Fugui felt very happy when he received Li Fei's praise.

"By the way, Squad Leader Zhao Lin said this morning that the zombies seem to be slowing down at night. What do you think? Try it tonight. We can't avoid night battles in the future, so we have to explore to gain some experience."

 Fugui, who had just been praised, raised both hands in approval and said that he would arrange it immediately.

This little incident interrupted Li Fei's plan to increase his military strength. At this time, Li Fei was so tired that his bones ached and he fell asleep on the sofa.

I don't know how long he slept before Li Fugui woke him up. Dinner had already been arranged, with two dishes and a soup, a mixture of meat and vegetables.

After dinner, it was already dark. Squad Leader Zhao Lin volunteered to lead his men into a night battle.

There were no zombies in the courtyard of No. 6, but there were a lot of zombies outside the courtyard. There were hundreds of them gathered at the courtyard gate alone, and they had all been attracted by the gunfire in the past two days. You can't go out, it's too dangerous.

So Li Fugui chose Building 5, and Zhao Lin brought a group down to Building 5.

Tony stepped forward and opened the entrance door, and the zombies came out from inside. Their speed was already much slower, perhaps only a third of their speed during the day.

 Zhao Lin had predicted this and quickly eliminated all the zombies in the hall, then led the team to Building 5.

Seeing the first team enter, Li Fugui took Mark and the third team to guard outside Building 5, ready to respond at any time. The second squad guarded the surroundings and protected Li Fei's safety.

Li Fei looked at the blond-haired, blue-eyed second squad leader, "You're Jason, right?"

"Commander, this is Jason."

In fact, when the second squad leader was first recruited, he had reported to Li Fei, but Li Fei didn't care much because they were still fighting at the time.

I was casually talking to Jason when I suddenly heard screams from Building 5.

Li Fei realized that the screams came from the mercenaries, "Something happened!" The voices of the zombies were different from those of humans, and they could only roar hoarsely.

Li Fei took Jason and ran to Building 5.

What happened? Was anyone injured?

 "There must be someone injured, but we don't know the specific situation yet." Li Fugui replied. Hearing the screams, the third class was ready to provide support, but the first class hadn't retreated yet and it was pitch black inside, so the third class didn't dare to rush in. 

We heard footsteps, and Zhao Lin carried an obviously injured person on his back. The others retreated one by one and then closed the door. The third class stepped forward to provide support, and Mark carried Zhao Lin on his back.

Li Fei glanced at Zhao Lin. His left arm was covered in blood, probably because he was caught by a zombie. He looked at the first row that came out behind him and his heart started to pound.

"Why are there two people missing? Is there someone else inside who hasn't come out yet?"

"I'm sorry, Commander. We lost two brothers. My incompetence was the reason I failed to save them."

Li Fei hesitated for a moment and then said, "Go back first and take a look at your wound, then tell me in detail what happened."

The group returned to Building 3. Li Fei was in a tense mood all the way. Everything had been going smoothly for the past two days. Although the ammunition consumption was relatively high, there were no casualties. This made Li Fei a bit careless.

Suddenly, something like this happened tonight, resulting in two people being killed and another injured. This must have been an alarm bell for Li Fei.

Li Fugui returned to Building 3 and cleaned Zhao Lin's wound. Zhao Lin endured the pain and reported the situation to Li Fei. "After we entered building 5, we cleared each house in two teams, as usual. I brought Abri and Tony with me to provide support at any time.

Things went smoothly at first, and although they weren't implemented, there were no incidents. When we got to the second floor, the brother in charge of 202 opened the door and found eight or nine zombies inside. We cleared four buildings and we had never encountered a house with so many zombies.

The brother was stunned for a moment and then a zombie bit him in the neck, and he was dying instantly. Another brother immediately shot, but there were too many zombies and the distance was too close, so he was also bitten.

I guided people there and found that the two brothers had been dragged into the house by zombies. I wanted to save them. Abri and Tony shot to cover me while I got the two brothers out. At this time, my arm was also scratched and I couldn't get the money out. Fortunately, Tony got me out of the door and closed it, otherwise I would have been in great danger. Then the place was evacuated All of them.

There are eight or nine zombies. How could there be so many people in one house? Is it a residence?

"Besides you, is there anyone else injured?"

"No." Zhao Lin looked very weak and replied in a weak voice.

Li Fei thought that he was weak due to excessive blood loss, and was thinking of going to the mall to buy something to replenish him.

"Commander, Zhao Lin's injuries are very serious. We are running out of medicine now and the wound needs stitching." Li Fugui said to Li Fei.

Li Fei then remembered that he had no medicine, so he opened the mall and bought a box of hemostatic medicines and a box of antibiotics, spending 10 gold coins. It was truly a scam shop. I spent another 30 gold coins to buy a medical kit and a set of solar lighting equipment that could light up six rooms, which cost 40 gold coins. Although it seemed expensive, it was worth the spending.

Li Fei handed all the things over to Li Fugui. He couldn't help much and stood aside and watched. He thought to himself that he should focus on collecting medicines and medical equipment when he went out next time. These things were expensive. If he relied on buying them all at the mall, he would probably go bankrupt. 

"The system confirms that the infected are infected with the zombie virus and will turn into zombies in half an hour."