Infinite Ebullience-Chapter 76 - 44 Counterattack Part 1

76: Chapter 44: Counterattack (Part 1)

76: Chapter 44: Counterattack (Part 1)

“Tang Zheng, come in.

It’s clear.” Qin Yan called out from inside the supermarket five minutes later.

“What’s the situation?” Tang Zheng had prepared himself for the worst, but walking past the toppled shelves and seeing the bald man lying dead in a pile of sanitary pads still shook him.

“Wu Xudong is dead, but he managed to kill the zombie with his last effort.” Qin Yan gestured to the shelves opposite, “There’s another one there, probably taken down by Zhao Jingye.”

“Their deaths are pointless.” Tang Zheng, blue with rage, kicked the shelf in front of him, causing it to topple and roll away.

He walked up to the corpse of the teenage girl that was a zombie and kicked it twice, furious.

“These frail creatures managed to take down two strong men, what a joke!

If they were going to die, they should have at least taken down two Boss-level monsters with them.

I feel humiliated for them.”

“Calm down!” Qin Yan barked at him, “I suspect these two zombies are not ordinary, could they be the invisible ‘Shadow Barbies’ you mentioned?”

“Maybe, but it’s too late now.

With two of us suddenly gone, our trap set up for the ambush needs to be rebuilt entirely.” Tang Zheng took a deep breath to calm himself down after venting at the dead zombie girl and scanned the glass ceiling of the supermarket.

“Why don’t you escape?

We can stay here and delay the zombies by sniping them for you.” Qin Yan with some hesitation finally suggested, “The rest of us stewardesses aren’t much help, we’ll only be a burden.

If you’re on your own, you could find a sports car and hide out the remaining days without a problem.”

“Are you mocking me?” Tang Zheng let out an ironic laugh, “Or have you given up hope of surviving?”

“No, I haven’t…” Before Qin Yan could finish her sentence, Tang Zheng suddenly lunged forward and pulled her into his tight embrace, almost suffocating her with the force of his grip.

The bodies of the two of them in black protection suits were pressing against each other.

Despite the tactical vests on them, the sensation of flesh against flesh was still clearly perceptible.

Being held tightly in Tang Zheng’s arms, Qin Yan was stunned for a moment, then she began to struggle violently.

The awkward position and movement brought them even closer.

“What are you trying to do?

Bastard, let me go.” Qin Yan couldn’t get free, so she bit into the side of Tang Zheng’s neck.

But he didn’t utter a word or make any other move; he just held her tightly for a solid minute.

“What the hell are you doing?” Eventually Qin Yan stopped struggling and, on impulse, licked the blood off the skin where she had bitten him.

The realization made her flush with embarrassment.

“Don’t misunderstand.

It’s not what you think.” Tang Zheng let go of Qin Yan after he finished talking, “I was just trying to gauge your true thoughts.”

Qin Yan burst out laughing.

She realized that Tang Zheng was trying to scare her, and his statement was just an excuse to dissuade her from any thoughts of giving up.

“Fine, you’ve succeeded.

Let’s hear your plan, and we can go through this together.” Pushing her hair back behind her ear, Qin Yan made a silent vow in her heart, “If we survive today, I will end your virginity.”

“You two stop watching, go get Xin Lan.

Tell her to bring the green travel bag with the mountaineering ropes and carabiners.” Tang Zheng shouted towards the supermarket entrance, knowing that Pang Meiqin and Zhou Zhou must be there.

“OK.” Pang Meiqin stood up from the entrance, bestwoing a jealous glance at Qin Yan before she reluctantly turned and walked away.

“Why did you refuse Pang Meiqin’s invitation to share a bed?

So many men in our company would love to get her into bed.” Qin Yan feels a bit embarrassed, realizing they all saw her previous behaviour, so she changes the subject.

“Nothing too serious, just conserving energy,” Tang Zheng curtly replies.

“What kind of excuse is that?” Qin Yan is stunned and can’t help admiring, “I don’t know whether to praise you or scold you for having this sort of willpower.”

…

Qin Yan, Li Xinlan, Bai Guo, Pang Meiqin, and Zhou Zhou sit in the bus attentively listening as Tang Zheng lays out his tactics.

“The first step, I’ll have Sophie lure those Hunter and Tank zombies into the gas station, then we’re going to blow it up.

We’ll do our best to burn those minions to death.

Without their protection, those four mutated dogs are nothing, we’ll annihilate them.” Tang Zheng gestures outside, tapping on the window, “Qin Yan, exactly here, stop the bus and come here.”

The bus stops at the entrance of the rest area, Tang Zheng calls them to the back of the bus and starts setting up the trap in front of them.

Twenty grenades, linked into a cluster bomb, are tightly taped to the back row of seats, then the protective cover is turned and the fuse is extended by tying it to a parachute rope.

Next to this is five purified water buckets filled with gasoline, shards of glass, nails, and some iron debris.

He opens the rear window, takes out a meter-long mop handle found in the supermarket, places it between the rear window and the car wall, and ties the parachute cord to it.

Then he uses another elastic cord found in the supermarket to connect the rear window with the car wall.

“I see, the bait gets on the bus from the front door, lures the zombies in, then the bait jumps out of the back window, breaks the mop handle, pulls the grenade ropes while the rear window shuts at the same time, blocking the zombies’ path.

Then the explosion, taking down every single zombie that has entered the Greyhound bus, right?” Pang Meiqin, smiling at Tang Zheng as he nods.

“As long as the rear window can hold back the zombies for three seconds, that’s enough.

My concern is whether I can escape the blast range in three seconds.” Tang Zheng is unsure, wondering whether to remove a few grenades.

“It’s too risky, Tang Zheng.” Li Xinlan grabs Tang Zheng’s arm, shaking her head.

What if you’re caught?

Remember, the speed of the Hunter Zombies is very fast.

“So I will be standing at the bus door to lure them, uh, this car bomb trap is mainly for the remaining Hunter Zombies.

Even if a few Hunter Zombies slip by the gas station trap, it’s vital we totally obliterate the Tank Zombies, their hides are too thick.” Tang Zheng tests it once, and upon seeing the rear window shut and the improvised fuse cord being pulled off as planned, he nods in satisfaction, and leads the flight attendants toward the supermarket.

“Later I’ll douse the entire bus with gasoline.

Even if we can’t blow them up, we can burn them to death.” Standing next to the cash register in the supermarket, Tang Zheng points to the glass ceiling, “See that?

Those steel frames holding the glass are just right for setting the second trap.

Bai Guo, Pang Meiqin, bring over that ice-box.

Xinlan, hand me the mountaineering rope.”

Tang Zheng takes the mountaineering rope, ties a coffee bag to one end as a weight, then throws it upward.

The rope passes through a steel frame and falls back down, Tang Zheng pulls it taut, testing its strength.

“This is a typical trap used outdoors for hunting, capturing small animals like rabbits and foxes, though I’ve upsized it.” Tang Zheng pulls out a segment of the parachute rope, cuts it open, and makes two lassos that are slightly less than half a meter in radius, placing them side by side not far from the cash register, “Embarking this trap is perfect here, an obligatory passageway into the supermarket.

Zombies running over will unavoidably step into them.”