Infinite Ebullience-Chapter 25 - 18 The Power of the Female Musketeer

25: Chapter 18: The Power of the Female Musketeer

25 -18: The Power of the Female Musketeer

Squatting near the entrance of the underground garage under a palm tree, Tang Zeng quietly counts the number of zombies in the backyard.

He doesn’t immediately launch an attack, but is somewhat hesitant, unsure whether to use the Golden Seed to activate another berserk queen’s skill, or to continue upgrading the already-possessed musketeer’s skill.

“The last one looked like the French actress Sophie Marceau; who will it be this time, Natalie Portman?” Tang Zheng eagerly anticipated the appearance of the second musketeer.

He really liked Natalie’s portrayal of Loli Mathilda in “Léon: The Professional”.

Besides, having two ‘pseudo-actresses’ serve as bodyguards and cater to him, and even accompany him for shopping would somewhat satisfy his vanity.

However, Tang Zheng soon discarded these superficial thoughts, deciding to wait and first see how powerful the musketeer would be.

Compared to that bit of vanity, his life was more important.

Composing his mind, after casting the ‘Berserk Queen’s ability, the beautiful musketeer with gold brown hair appeared beside Tang Zheng.

Carrying a silver musket on her shoulder, her thumb hooked into her belt, she still had that cool and sturdy appearance.

“Sophie, deal with those zombies for me.” Tang Zheng loaded his Remington M870 as a precaution.

The musketeer did not engage in any flippant conversation.

She gently nodded, held her musket with both hands, jumped out from behind the palm tree and then ran toward the nearest zombie in the backyard.

“Holy shit, what is this?

Direct steamrolling?” Tang Zheng was startled.

Sophie’s wild action alarmed all the zombies there.

They all roared and lunged at her.

Just as Tang Zheng was about to jump out and provide support, Sophie commenced her attack.

With a loud bang, the silver musket fired.

A round was shot and a plume of white smoke erupted from the muzzle.

The head of a zombie across her instantly burst open, the body reeling backward.

Sophie continued rushing forward, simultaneously opening the deer-leather ammunition bag around her waist, pulling out an oil-paper-wrapped cartridge with precise amounts of gunpowder and a bullet.

She bit one end open…

The musketeer’s gloved hands danced quickly, loading, priming, aiming and then pulling the trigger.

The whole process was as smooth as flowing water, not a hint of hesitation.

Her elegant movements were like performing a visually tantalizing, supremely gorgeous ballet.

With every gunshot, a zombie was certain to have its head blown into minced meat and flop to the ground.

When they finally paid the price of five lives to get close to Sophie, she was still calm as ever.

With one hand on the ground, she did an elegant aerial cartwheel, dodging the zombies’ lunges.

Mid-air, she continued to fire and attack, causing two more zombies to topple to the ground.

Sophie was utterly an agile, pure attack type hero.

Slow-moving zombies couldn’t even touch the hem of her skirt.

And it seemed that similarly agile Hunter Zombies and Barbie Dolls might not even be faster than her.

Boom, another zombie’s head was blown apart, falling forward on the ground and leaving a trail of blood.

“Hey, hey, this combat power is off the charts, right?” Tang Zheng was dumbfounded with his jaw dropped by Sophie’s amazing performance.

His eyes nearly popped out of his sockets.

He felt that with this musketeer beside him, his safety was absolutely secured.

Sophie’s reloading takes exactly five seconds each time, and she never fumbles.

Tang Zheng could see that this was a skill of a female Musketeer.

Also, it’s highly likely that her every shot being a headshot was a skill, too.

Her accuracy was terrifying.

In less than a minute, there were over a dozen corpses on the ground, their heads blown into a rotten watermelon-like state.

With the last rapid shot from the flintlock pistol, blowing off the top of the final zombie’s head, Sophie elegantly blew the smoke from the muzzle of her gun and again stood quietly beside Tang Zheng.

There was still some white smoke from the gunpowder lingering in the air, causing a slight choking sensation.

Tang Zheng paced around, evaluating Sophie.

He was pleased, of course — if only her reloading time could be faster.

He wondered if there was a solution, or if Sophie could switch to a better gun?

Tang Zheng handed over his Remington M870 to her.

The female Musketeer glanced at him and completely ignored it.

“Summoning another female Musketeer wouldn’t be bad.” Tang Zheng couldn’t help but feel excited by the thought of two Musketeers creating a hail of bullets to suppress the zombies.

However, he soon frowned and dismissed the idea.

After using the Berserk Queen Skill for five minutes, he felt suddenly fatigued.

His limbs were weak, his spirits were diminished, and he felt slightly dizzy.

Through the knowledge transferred from the Golden Seed yesterday, he understood that his physical constitution was too weak to support the usage of the Berserk Queen Skill.

“I should postpone upgrading my skills for a while, otherwise, I’ll end up dropping dead from exhaustion.” Tang Zheng muttered, feeling thirsty.

After licking his lips, he leaned against a palm tree and sat down.

He didn’t rush to leave because he wanted to climb the wall to observe the situation outside after the Berserk Queen Skill cooled down.

The backyard of the Oasis Hotel was enormous.

Besides the three delivery trucks parked on the left, no other large objects could be found, making the backyard appear more spacious.

At the same time, there was no need to worry about any special infected hiding.

Out of the two large iron gates, one was left open.

He could see the police across the street, which was not a good sign.

Tang Zheng quickly ran over, pushed the gates shut with both hands, and inserted a T-shaped bolt.

Thankfully, the door hinges were well-maintained and amply lubricated with yellow oil.

Otherwise, the creaking noise could have attracted zombies.

After securing everything and ensuring there were no hidden dangers, he let out a sigh of relief.

Climbing the three-meter high concrete wall was no pressure for Tang Zheng, especially with his jump strength amplified by the Golden Seed.

Using the momentum from a short sprint, Tang Zheng hopped onto the wall.

When his body reached the highest point, he reached out with his right hand to grab onto the top of the wall, then hoisted himself up.

From atop the wall, his view was suddenly unobstructed.

He could see that the few streets across from him had been cordoned off.

Aside from the two to three hundred police officers taking cover behind dozens of police cars, prepared for action, there were red fire trucks, fully equipped firefighters, ambulances, nurses, and even further away, American citizens who, rather than escape, were keen to watch the spectacle at the Oasis Hotel.

However, they had now all turned into zombies, wandering aimlessly.

Probably because of a distance of fifty to sixty meters, the sound of Sophie’s gunfire didn’t attract them.

Enjoying the warm sunlight of Los Angeles, all Tang Zheng wanted at that moment were the equipment worn by the police officers – a riot shield, an M1911 handgun, an MP5 submachine gun, an M4A1 carbine, a bulletproof vest, a helmet, a walkie-talkie, even offensive hand grenades, a tactical vest…

“Holy shit, it’s no wonder the LAPD is so famous, their gear is incredible.” Tang Zheng muttered irrelevantly.

Even though he was talking to himself, his mind was quickly spinning, considering how to get some of those weapons back.

The distance of fifty to sixty meters was quite a challenge.

If their efforts to lure the zombies failed, they would probably attract a large group of them.

Moreover, the sheer number of zombies here increased the chances of encountering special infected.

While ordinary zombies couldn’t climb over the three-meter-tall courtyard wall, the special infected could easily do so.

If Tang Zheng wasn’t careful, he might just stir up a hornet’s nest.