The Walking Dead: Rebuild

Chapter 177 The Terrifying Sound Follower

The next day, after a brief discussion, Michonne and Jesus adopted Reiner's plan and decided to search for traces of intelligent zombies from the remaining large buildings.

Soon, they left the place where they rested last night and found a public hospital with a relatively large area.

Most of the small buildings in the hospital have been destroyed by the shock wave, and even the external walls and doors have disappeared. Only the bare half of the foundation is still standing there, plus the dark spots burned by various flames. The ground and walls made the whole scene look extremely miserable and desolate.

Only the central and strongest main structure of the hospital was not completely destroyed. The five-story, nearly 30-meter-high building still stood there, still showing the glory of human civilization.

After Jesus and others killed some mutant monsters wandering in the yard, they discovered that not only the mutant zombies, but also many mutant creatures, poisonous insects and beasts also liked to hide in these buildings that were good at hiding from wind and rain.

It is precisely because of this that the density of monsters in the hospital far exceeds that in the open wilderness.

Fortunately, except for the corrosives who can spit out corrosive bile, there are currently few monsters that can break through the defense of alloy armor.

Facing all kinds of monsters in the hospital and their endless methods, the battle was not smooth sailing. However, Michonne and others relied on the guns and firearms in their hands and the terrain advantages they specially searched for, and cooperated with each other. What a life-threatening situation.

After clearing the reception hall, registration room, pharmacy and other areas on the first floor, there were only two roads in front of everyone.

One is to go up the stairs and continue clearing the second three floors of the hospital and more floors above.

The second path is to go down the stairs and clean the basement below.

According to the experience of Jesus and others, most of the basements of hospitals are mortuary rooms and laboratories where corpses are stored.Some hospitals even have their own incineration rooms or warehouses.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that this hospital is very special and there are some secret institutions underneath.

After soliciting the opinions of several important people, everyone agreed that the monsters in the corpse storage room and incineration room should be cleared first.

After all, that's where corpses are disposed of, so there might be some terrifying monster hidden there.

However, when they walked down the stairs to the underground floor, they discovered something strange.

The space on the underground floor was so quiet that almost no unusual sounds could be heard. It seemed as if everything that could make a sound had been destroyed.

Moreover, Jesus and the others also discovered that many rhizomes, vines and spore organisms were growing unnaturally on the walls, ceiling, floor, and many corners of the underground floor.

It's not the kind of brightly colored mushrooms or flower petals, but ugly plants with weird patterns and dry and rotten skin.

Needless to say, everyone immediately thought of the fungal virus that was raging around the world. Fortunately, everyone was equipped with an air treatment system, and an emergency oxygen supply device was also installed in the armor. Even if there was no air, it could last for several hours. However, it was not the case. Don’t be afraid of these fungi and viruses that are in the air.

Seeing this situation, Jesus looked solemn and said to everyone through the communication channel:

"Everyone please remain vigilant."

"Remember what I mentioned before?"

"Those zombies controlled by intelligent zombies also have fungal viruses in their bodies."

"Maybe down here, we can also find monsters infected by mycovirus."

Everyone nodded silently and tightened their grip on the weapons in their hands.

Even Clementine quietly informed the giant Tom who was walking in front of the team, asking this big guy who walked with wind to pay attention to the distance between himself and the team.

However, they underestimated the monsters lurking in the hospital basement.

As the footsteps of Giant Tom echoed in the basement, the monsters were awakened by the sound one after another. As if they were in a hunting state, they roared like a night owl and rushed out from their hiding positions.

Sensing the movement in the basement, Jesus only had time to shout:
"Enemy attack, defensive formation."

I saw dozens or hundreds of monsters rushing out of those large and small corpse storage rooms.

They bowed their bodies and cooperated with their hands and feet, as if they were crawling. They moved very fast, even faintly faster than human running speed.

Although they still maintain their human appearance, the bodies of these monsters are densely covered with wooden skins that look like dead wood. Judging from their thickness and material, they look like they are covered with a thick layer of wooden armor.

What's even more terrifying is that on their heads, except for the mouths used for eating, other facial features can no longer be seen. A group of plants that look like mushrooms cover most of their heads, with layers of The ugly wrinkles and spores that open like petals, combined with the rotten wood-like appearance of these monsters, make the whole look extremely terrifying.

Seeing these monsters, Reiner, who had been hiding in the crowd, suddenly shouted:
"These monsters are called Sound Followers, and they are zombies that are highly infected by the mycovirus."

"They move very fast and are very sensitive to sound. Their main attack methods are physical attacks with their hands and secreting spores to infect the target."

"Just blowing out their brains won't kill them. You have to destroy most of the organs in their chests."

As he spoke, he looked at the Sound Followers who were still rushing over at top speed, and said supplementaryly:

"However, these sound followers have been completely covered by the mycovirus, and I am not sure whether they have gained new abilities."

Jesus and Michonne nodded. They had also seen information about the Sound Followers in the library. Although they had not personally encountered these monsters, they had a general understanding of their strength and intelligence.

Without hesitation, the two captains immediately stood up and shouted to their team members:
"Stinger Team, get on top of me, don't let them rush over."

"Death Corps, use flamethrowers and burn them to death."

After simply issuing two orders, Jesus and Michonne led their team members away from the main force without hesitation, firing violently while trying to buy time for those behind to change weapons.

And the armed giant at the forefront of the team, after receiving Clementine's order, was like a runaway wild horse, waving the giant alloy mace in his hand, facing the most densely populated position of the sound followers , collided at high speed.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
Once the armed giant starts running, his strength combined with his weight of dozens of tons will bring an impact almost as strong as a speeding truck. In front of him are the two-meter-tall Sound Followers, all of whom are kittens and puppies. existence

The Sound Followers running at the front were the first to bear the brunt, and were directly knocked away by Tom's distance. Like a rubber ball, they flew more than ten meters and hit the monster behind them hard.

However, the corridor on the underground floor was designed to be very spacious, although the armed giant rushed like a wild boar and knocked away many sound followers in the middle of the corridor.

But these agile and fast-moving monsters quickly rushed out from both sides of Tom.

And as the Sound Followers continued to roar, more and more Sound Followers emerged from every corner and room.

Their number increased from hundreds to four to five hundred in a matter of minutes, and the entire corridor seemed to be crowded with them in an instant.

Some of the skinny Sound Followers, like monkeys, climbed directly onto the shoulders of their companions. Two layers of monsters were stacked on top of each other, almost forming a wave of monsters that looked like rotten wood.

However, the armed giant Tom at the front was not afraid of these little guys who could not reach his waist.

The giant mace in his hand was raised high, and then he slammed it down. Three or four Sound Followers were immediately smashed into meat pies, and the following horizontal and vertical slashes, every attack could bring Walk four or five sound trackers.

The dry wooden armor did not seem to have much effect. Under the violent squeezing, these sound followers seemed to be like abscesses, one after another being exploded by the mace, and yellow-green liquid splashed from their bodies. Came out and looked absolutely disgusting.

However, unlike Tom the Giant, who was strong and capable of sweeping across thousands of armies, the members of the Sting Team following him immediately felt the pressure brought by the Sound Followers.The speed of these monsters was so fast that they only lasted for tens of seconds, and there was no time to make much resistance. They were like waves and drowned Jesus, Michonne and others.

Although the arms and teeth of the Sound Followers cannot harm the people protected by the Guardian Armor, the weight of these monsters is real.

Directly using the attack method of stacking Arhat, using his own body, he firmly pressed the members of the Sting Team to the bottom, almost blocking all their resistance.

Even if Jesus, Michonne and others wanted to continue struggling, they were suppressed and could hardly make any movements. They could only watch helplessly as the wave of Sound Followers drowned them.

"Fuck."

There was no time to say anything. Reiner, who was only wearing protective clothing and heavy body armor, cursed secretly when he saw this, quickly aimed at a room that seemed to be a toilet, and immediately got in.

He couldn't help but run away.

Reiner's armor is different from others. Although it can protect against attacks from ordinary monsters, as an ordinary researcher, if he is suppressed by these Sound Seekers, he will be infected by them even if he is not infected by the virus. Crushing weight.

However, the resistance of the Stinger Team also bought some time for the Death Corps behind them. They all changed their flamethrowers and sprayed blazing flames mercilessly at the surging waves of monsters.

Clementine, who was among the Death Troopers, also hurriedly gave new orders to Giant Tom, asking him to try his best to resist the follow-up Sound Followers and not allow them to continue to put pressure on the soldiers.

The judgment of Jesus and others was very correct. Although these Sound Followers were covered with a layer of dead wood armor, which greatly improved their defense, the wooden structure also made them more vulnerable to fire attacks.

The special fuel stored in the flamethrower was extremely ferocious, and even had a combustion-supporting effect after it got on the wooden armor of the Sound Follower.

Soon, the temperature in the entire basement corridor rose sharply, and the sound trackers running over were ignited one after another, turning into burning torches and making a shrill roar.

But what is even more frightening is that these ignited Sound Followers still showed no flinch or fear, and actually pressed towards the soldiers of the Death Corps with their burning bodies.

You know, the soldiers of the Death Corps are equipped with alloy armor. Although these thick metal armors can defend against most physical attacks, their thermal conductivity is also very good.

After these burning sound followers are posted.

The sharply rising temperature outside the armor quickly caused the soldiers of the Death Corps to suffer.

The entire interior of the armor seemed to have turned into a high-temperature furnace, constantly torturing the soldiers' nerves.

The only good thing is that the armed giant Tom is really powerful. Under the command of Clementine, this big guy holds a giant mace. Through continuous sweeps and continuous swings, he relies on his own strength to It blocked most of the Sound Followers and prevented the wave from completely overwhelming the troops behind them.

Clementine, who was following the team, was also very calm. She did not panic because of the disadvantaged battle situation and quickly came up with countermeasures.

She ordered the twenty soldiers of the Death Corps to divide into four groups of five, and adopted a fighting method that took over the divisions, attacking the Sound Followers in turn.

It not only avoids the rapid exhaustion of fuel, but also prevents individual soldiers from getting too close to the Sound Followers and being burned by their high temperatures and losing their lives.

Under the command of Clementine, with the desperate advance of the Death Corps soldiers, they quickly succeeded in igniting the Sound Followers pressing on the members of the Sting Team.

The huge pile of Sound Followers pressing on them immediately burned quickly after being ignited, turning into a blazing flame, even blocking all the Sound Followers on the other side.

Of course, this is not because Clementine wants to burn her teammates to death. As a member of the Sting Team, she is well aware of the special abilities of the Guardian Armor on her body.

The special spider silk on the armor is not only extremely tough and has amazing defensive power, but it can also effectively insulate them from fire damage. Even in temperatures of thousands of degrees, they can move normally.

This was a tough battle. After Jesus, Michonne and others were rescued, they no longer rashly attacked the waves of Sound Followers.

They learned from their previous mistakes and found a room on the underground floor that was conducive to defense. They cooperated with the armed giant Tom to fight and retreat.

Finally, the narrow door was used to effectively limit the number of Sound Followers rushing into the room.

Coupled with Giant Tom's powerful combat power and using the top-door strategy, it finally took nearly two hours to eliminate all the thousands of Sound Followers entrenched on the underground floor.

And the battle during this period was not smooth. Their team of nearly 40 people did not expect to encounter the attack of thousands of sound followers. Although they also carried flamethrowers, the amount of fuel they carried was not enough. In the later stage of the battle, they could only rely on ordinary firearms to deal with these sound trackers.

However, the presence of deadwood armor makes these Sound Followers extremely difficult to kill. Not only do they need to blast their brains, but they also need to be shot seven or eight times in the chest to destroy the mutated organs in their bodies that coexist with fungi and viruses.

It takes almost ten shots on average before they can kill a Sound Follower.

Not only that, without the help of flames, these sound followers will eject a large amount of fungi and viruses from their bodies after death, so much that they even form a thick fog visible to the naked eye.

This was the case for Jesus and others. In the later stages of the battle, after the fuel was consumed, the bacteria and viruses spewed out from the bodies of the killed Sound Followers almost covered the entire area.

Everyone's sight was blocked by poisonous gas, and even the air processing system equipped in the armor could no longer separate enough oxygen for them to use. The emergency oxygen supply device in the armor even had to be turned on to allow their battle to continue.

It is conceivable that without corresponding breathing equipment, even if the survivors can defeat these monsters, they will be infected by fungal viruses in the air and eventually transform into their own kind.

After the battle, Reiner also ran out of the bathroom where he was hiding. The soldiers did not blame him for his escape. He had no burden on himself. He mainly focused on saving his life. This had always been the behavior of the Human League. One of the principles.

After coming out, Reiner immediately got into the work of collecting samples. He planned to send these monster samples to the main base as soon as possible. He must let the President and several professors know the terror of these Sound Follower monsters. .

Judging from the situation of this battle, these sound followers are agile and quick in action, and can also build human walls and stack Arhats.

Once the number of them gathered exceeds thousands or tens of thousands, these monsters are likely to be able to cross high walls of more than ten meters or even tens of meters.

And with their strong vitality, apart from large-scale flames, it is difficult to use thermal weapons to quickly eliminate them.

If humans were besieged by such monsters at the beginning of the disaster, no fortress would be able to defend against their human sea tactics unless they hid underground.

Michonne and Jesus also agreed with Reiner's judgment. After the Sound Seeker's attack, they had decided to end this exploration and temporarily return to the temporary stronghold on the edge of the radiation zone to make repairs.

Not only because of the lack of ammunition and equipment carried, the main reason is that in the previous battle, despite the barrier of armor, the soldiers of the Death Corps were generally injured by the high temperature of the flames.

Especially the soldiers who were first attacked by the ignited Sound Followers had serious burns on their chests and arms. If not treated, they would most likely not be able to join the next battle in a short period of time, or even Death from infection.

Moreover, almost everyone's body is covered with a large number of fungi and viruses, and must be professionally cleaned.

Otherwise, when they take off their armor, they are likely to be infected by the virus attached to the armor.

On the way back, everyone felt a little depressed. This was the second time they returned without success. Although they obtained more detailed information about monsters like the Sound Follower, it cannot be said that they gained nothing.

However, the changes in the monsters in the radiation zone increasingly frightened these elite soldiers.

It is hard to imagine that if the monsters in the radiation zone attack humans again, whether they will have the ability to continue to protect their homeland.

　I’m reading less and less, which is so sad, ugh.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)