allonlinenovel Chapter 52 Peng Si Returns
Chapter 52 Peng Si Returns
Qiu Jing dragged the injured team member to the car. The medic took out a hemostatic bandage and put it on his arm, then quickly disinfected it and wrapped it with gauze.
But just as he was treating others, a mutated human suddenly jumped out from under the tire and bit off his neck.
This kind of situation keeps happening, and even Miao Yin can't avoid it.
A tall, muscular, deformed man climbed over the wall, his scarlet, beastly eyes fixed on the two people standing on the roof of the car. He pounced like a wild beast, his black scales reflecting a chilling light in the sunlight.
But unlike the rescue team that was fighting in disarray, her superpowers were sufficient to handle the situation.
With a wave of her hand, Mu Yin unleashed a shockwave of black and red magma that swept across the area. The mutated man didn't even have time to scream before he was reduced to a charred corpse.
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The unusual situation naturally caught Qiu Jing's attention. Without time to think about the information about the superpowered individual, she shouted:
"Get everyone onto the vehicles! Don't engage them head-on! Bring out the machine guns!"
That's right, they're going to use that machine gun that was specially modified to be mounted on the vehicle!
They shouldn't have used such a loud weapon, but in this siege, only such heavy weapons could fight their way out!
So the team members threw down a few grenades to blow away the mutants, and under the cover of smoke, quickly climbed onto the roof of the vehicle to avoid their attack range.
But Qiu Jing wasn't so lucky; her continuous shouting attracted the attention of too many people with deformities.
Soon, the last grenade on Qiu Jing's body was thrown out, and before the smoke had cleared, new mutants rushed out.
Before her already numb fingers could even pull the trigger, the mutant was already in front of her.
As the gaping maw of blood was about to bite down on her, Qiu Jing's eyes widened, and all she could hear was Deng Zhize's anxious shouts.
"what--!"
Qiu Jing cried out in pain.
Her right shoulder was bitten!
The mutant's sharp fangs got stuck in her bones, and she could no longer hold the gun. Qiu Jing could only use her last bit of strength to pull out a military knife from her waist and stab it.
Deng Zhize fired wildly at the mutant from above. He dared not aim for the mutant's head because it was already pressed against Qiu Jing, and it would be easy to accidentally injure her.
Moreover, this is already a mutant that has grown a crystal core, so it won't die just because its head is pierced.
Other deformed people, attracted by the sweet, fishy smell, also flocked to this location.
Qiu Jing is in grave danger!
In a life-or-death moment, a fire axe suddenly slashed into the deformed man's neck!
A crisp sound of bones breaking rang out as a gun shot at an angle, severing the last remaining connection and separating the deformed man's body from his head.
The man grabbed the deformed man's mouth and forcefully pried it open, then threw the head away.
Qiu Jing opened her eyes while covering her wound.
Through her blood-blurred vision, she saw the sunlight slanting down from above. Against the light, Peng Si, holding knives and spears, stood tall, his body radiating bloodlust. The long, narrow scar on his right cheek seemed to come alive, displaying a fierce and sharp edge, and his eyes, like those of a highland eagle, were filled with murderous intent!
"Captain Peng, Captain Jiang hasn't..." Qiu Jing's face turned pale, and she was covered in cold sweat.
"Don't say anything, I know."
Peng Si grabbed Qiu Jing by the waist and lifted her up, putting her on the roof of the car. Deng Zhize was there to help and quickly stopped the bleeding.
At this moment, the team member sitting in the second vehicle had already pressed the button, and the machine gun rose to the roof of the vehicle as the machine operated.
The loader quickly loaded a long string of ammunition into the gun, and the gunman raised the machine gun, aiming it at the deformed people surrounding them.
"Reloading complete!"
"Wait until the residents are on the bus before you open fire!"
Peng Si turned around and saw that the five team members he had brought back were still fighting against the mutants, while the few residents he had rescued were clutching their clothes and screaming in terror.
His face was very cold, and he raised his gun to join the battle.
A dozen minutes earlier, he received Qiu Jing's distress message and withdrew as quickly as possible.
Unexpectedly, the group of normally well-behaved mutants suddenly rushed out, severely hindering their evacuation.
They had to sacrifice two teammates to force their way down from upstairs and break through the mutants' attack.
The results showed that the situation was even more serious.
The mutated people were dancing wildly in the neighborhood, as if summoned by something, and they all gathered at their convoy.
In order to get out, they sacrificed three more team members to rescue Qiu Jing in time.
Upon seeing Qiu Jing covered in blood, Peng Si was so filled with hatred that he almost ground his teeth to powder.
The first rescue team he led consisted of teammates who had trained and risked their lives with him for three years. Of those who died in the Dongai Community incident, only Qiu Jing and Deng Zhize survived.
What if they're both gone too...
Peng Si dared not think about the consequences.
He didn't want to see any more of his teammates die!
He dropped a bomb, killing a deformed man blocking the car door, then opened the door and shoved the residents inside.
"All vehicles behind, move up! Prepare to blow up the road!" he ordered into the walkie-talkie strapped to his body.
Seeing that all the residents had boarded the vehicles, the machine gunner did not wait any longer, grabbed the gun handle and began firing.
Powerful firepower, enough to pierce a wall, was fired at the mutants with deafening bangs. The powerful blows tore flesh and blood apart, and the smaller mutants were even torn apart from their bodies!
The road ahead has finally been cleared a bit.
"Drive!" Peng Si ordered.
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Miao Yin kicked the deformed man who had died beside her off the road. Suddenly, the car beneath her feet began to move, but stopped again after a short while. She grabbed Yan Shuzhou, who had lost his balance, but her gaze was elsewhere.
"Aren't you coming out yet?" she murmured.
Suddenly, a faint scratching sound came from under the carriage. Miao Yin looked down and saw that it was a nine-tasseled rabbit.
It stayed there all alone, scratching incessantly at the car door with its two paws, trying to attract their attention. When it realized that Miao Yin had noticed it, it was moved to tears.
Miao Yin then remembered the little ear they had placed in the property lobby.
No one knows how it managed to get through the horde of mutants and the hail of bullets to reach their side.
Yan Shuzhou also seemed to have just woken up from a dream. Miao Yin could tell at a glance that he had fallen into one of the common mistakes of summoners.
—Disconnection of thought.
Superpowers are something that develops after birth. Many people forget their existence at first and subconsciously use their more familiar hands and feet to defend themselves from harm.
In order to use their powers more effectively, those with superpowers need to imagine them as a new organ and then practice constantly to become familiar with their operation until they can use them freely.
But this requires a long process of change, until using superpowers becomes a subconscious reflex like knee-jerk reactions, then it can be considered a true success.
This is especially evident in Summoners, because they need to connect their thoughts with beings outside themselves, share information, and their refined operations are far more difficult than their grand gestures of summoning wind and rain.
Therefore, early summoners often lose contact with their summoned creatures due to things like being so frightened that their minds go blank.
Yan Shuzhou had previously suffered from psychological problems, which caused him to be able to summon the Nine-Tails Rabbits but not control them. After several days of training with Miao Yin's special abilities, he was able to improve this problem and establish a better connection with them.
But now, because he was surrounded by mutants and under excessive psychological stress, he unconsciously severed his connection with the Nine-Tails Rabbit without realizing it.
Perhaps it was because of this that the Nine-Tails Rabbit, feeling abandoned, hurriedly ran out to remind them not to forget about it.
—I haven't experienced enough. If I went through life and death a few more times, I'd probably be better.
Miao Yin jumped out of the car and picked up the Nine-Tails Rabbit. Looking at the small, smooth-furred pink rabbit in her hand, she suddenly fell into deep thought.
—The creature summoned by fear will run back to its master.
So, where do injured children go?
Miao Yin glanced to the side and saw that, due to the urgency of the situation, the back door of the car was still wide open, and no one had closed it.
She casually tossed the rabbit into Yan Shuzhou's arms, and the surging flames spread out, enveloping the carriage.