113: Mech troops intercept hordes of zombies

The air force fleet roared as it arrived above the vanguard of the Zombie Tide.

The gale whipped up by the rotors stirred the nauseating stench of decay below.

The cabin doors swung open, and accompanied by the hissing of hydraulic devices and the clanging of metal, eight Heavy Infantry who had been promoted to Hero-class leapt down!

"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The heavy thuds of landing were like giant hammers striking the earth, shaking up clouds of dust!

Eight destroyers, standing over three and a half meters tall and entirely colored in a cold gun-metal gray, instantly adjusted their aerial posture and buffered their landing, standing steadily in the middle of the road!

Their massive steel bodies reflected a chilling, cold light under the beams of the searchlights, like giant guardians stepping out of myth.

"destroyer Squad! Arc defensive formation! Open fire!" The captain's voice rang out through the mecha's built-in communicator, cold and efficient.

The eight mechas moved rapidly, their heavy metal feet plowing furrows into the ground as they formed a steel arc barrier.

Thick mechanical arms lifted, holding not ordinary machine guns, but specially reinforced rapid-fire weapons—the M249 "Metal Storm"!

The barrels were thick, and the ammunition belts coiled like giant pythons.

"Zzzzz—rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!!!"

The deafening roar instantly tore through the night sky!

Muzzles spat out searing tongues of fire several meters long!

The 7.62mm armor-piercing rounds formed a terrifyingly dense chain of red light, like the Grim Reaper's web, instantly covering the fan-shaped area ahead!

The zombies in the front row, whether they were ordinary walking corpses, those lightning-fast "Jumpers," or the thick-skinned "Iron Backs," were as fragile as paper before this absolute density of firepower!

Swathes of zombies were torn, shattered, and dismembered by the violent Metal Storm!

Filthy blood and gore sprayed as if thrown into a meat grinder!

With just one volley, a blood-soaked vacuum zone was forcibly plowed through the vanguard of the surging Zombie Tide!

Following closely behind the mechas, twenty Flametroopers clad in heavy, high-temperature resistant exoskeleton armor lined up behind the mecha arc like a moving wall of flame.

The flamethrowers in their hands had a sinister design; there were no traditional fuel tanks to be seen, only the energy cores on their backs flickering with a ghostly blue light.

"Fire!" the Flametrooper captain ordered.

"Whoosh—BOOM!!!"

Twenty incredibly thick torrents of flame, with temperatures reaching thousands of degrees Celsius, erupted outward!

They instantly converged into a sea of death fire, dozens of meters wide and nearly a hundred meters long!

The air distorted under the high heat, emitting crackling pops!

The zombies engulfed by the sea of fire didn't even have time to scream; the rotting flesh and fat on their bodies were instantly ignited and carbonized, turning into piles of black ash that smoked and drifted away with the wind in just a few seconds!

The pungent smell of burning filled the air, and even the helicopter pilots high in the sky could smell it.

At the same time, twenty Tesla Troopers also launched their attack.

The electric current spray guns in their hands had a peculiar design.

Following the captain's command, the gun bodies emitted a high-frequency hum, and the muzzles lit up with blinding blue-white electric arcs!

"High-voltage mode! Release!"

"Zzzzt—crack-pop!!!"

It was no longer a single beam of current, but a sweeping, high-voltage electric arc net that exploded outward like a shotgun blast!

The violent current instantly pierced the air, accurately striking the dense Zombie Horde ahead!

The struck zombies' bodies convulsed violently, their muscles instantly carbonizing, smoking, and catching fire under the ultra-high voltage!

The current jumped and conducted through the Zombie Horde, like chain lightning, instantly electrocuting strings of zombies into charred charcoal!

The scene was eerie and terrifying.

More than twenty hinds and chinooks hovered at low altitude, their autocannons and rockets precisely picking off the stragglers attempting to approach the Mecha Unit from the flanks or the air, weaving a tight aerial protective net.

Under such efficient and almost extravagant outpouring of firepower, the experience points (star level) of the Mecha Unit soldiers soared at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The system constantly refreshed the fuel blocks (for Flametroopers) and batteries (for Tesla Troopers), ensuring they could continue fighting.

In just five minutes! Tens of thousands of zombies, including a large number of unranked special zombies, were reduced to nothing before this arc of death!

This scene of destructive battle, recorded by the Red Alert Legion's air force, was broadcast in real-time to the main screens of all official bases nationwide capable of receiving the signal.

Kyoto Base, Strategic Conference Room.

The giant screen vividly displayed the scene of destruction on the front line, where steel and fire were intertwined.

Watching those eight destroyers harvesting zombies at will like mobile fortresses, watching the Flametroopers spewing dozens of meters of fire dragons without fuel tanks, watching the Tesla Troopers releasing sweeping electric nets to carbonize zombies in swathes... the conference room fell into a dead silence.

The faces of all the high-ranking generals and officials were filled with unbelievable shock!

Xiao Weihua frowned, his gaze turning sharply toward Qin Guoqiang: "Commander Qin, I remember... our mecha project was still in the testing and verification stage before the apocalypse, far from reaching the standard for deployment, right? And what about these flamethrowers and... electric weapons?"

Qin Guoqiang looked grave, shaking his head slowly, his voice carrying a hint of dryness: "No... it's not just the mechas. Their flamethrowers have completely abandoned traditional fuel tanks; the energy source is unknown, and the range and power far exceed our military's current equipment. Those electric weapons... are even more unheard of! This is definitely not any technological path we know of!"

Dead silence descended once again.

Chief Administrator Li Bingyi couldn't help but ask: "These... such high-tech equipment, the military... is completely unaware of it?"

The high-ranking military officers present looked at each other, and in the end, they all shook their heads helplessly, their eyes filled with confusion and a hint of the sense of loss from being surpassed.

Xiao Weihua took a deep breath, suppressed the surging waves in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Alright! No need for too much suspicion! Since it is confirmed to be a force of our China, strength is a good thing! Keep watching! See how they handle the next wave of impact!"

He refocused his gaze on the screen, full of inquiry and expectation.

Lingnan Province, Rongcheng Base Command.

General Zhou Keming, Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Military Region, Governor Zheng, who was also a national second-tier official, and a group of high-ranking southern military and political leaders were also deeply shocked by the images on the screen.

"Good heavens! This flamethrower... this electric gun..." Commander Zhou Keming pointed at the screen, his voice filled with amazement, "Even our Southern Military Region's most elite special operations brigade doesn't have this equipment! The National Government... they've hidden it well!"

A technical staff officer beside him frowned and muttered: "Their mechas... are they mass-produced? What is the energy core? Drive system, balance system, intelligent fire control... each of these is a huge technical threshold! Look at their movement coordination and sustained firepower... this is definitely not a prototype!"

Just then, the scene changed abruptly!

The Flametroopers and Tesla Troopers on the front line suddenly stopped their long-range attacks and quickly put away their weapons.

Immediately after, two mechas that were significantly larger and more sinister in design than the other destroyers—the blaze (Blaze Ash), which was entirely crimson-yellow and radiated heat that distorted the air, and the thunderbolt (Yang Yi), which was wrapped in blinding electric arcs with blue-purple light flowing over it—charged into the Zombie Horde like fierce tigers descending from a mountain!

The eight destroyers also drew laser swords flickering with high-energy particle light from their backs and followed closely, killing their way into the enemy formation!

"Roar!" Blaze Ash controlled the blaze, and with a huge High-Temperature Cutting Blade carrying the power to melt steel, he swung it horizontally!

Where the blade passed, a dozen zombies were severed at the waist like a hot knife cutting through butter, the cut surfaces instantly charred and carbonized!

The high temperature even ignited the nearby Zombie Horde!

"Zzzzt!" Yang Yi piloted the thunderbolt, and the huge ultra-high-voltage electric spear, like the whip of a thunder god, thrust out fiercely!

The violent current instantly pierced through several zombies in front, electrocuting them until they convulsed violently, their bodies swelling and bursting!

The electric spear swept across, sparking a wave of electric arcs that electrocuted the surrounding zombies into charcoal!

The two Tier 2 mechas were like tigers entering a flock of sheep, with every swing accompanying the destruction of a large swath of zombies!

The laser swords of the destroyer squad danced, the high-power lasers easily cutting through the zombies' bodies, leaving charred cutting marks, with astonishing efficiency!

"Hiss..." In the Rongcheng command center, there was a collective intake of cold air.

Governor Zheng couldn't help but exclaim: "These two... are also mechas? This mobility, this lethality... they are far stronger than the other 8!"

The technical staff officer was completely speechless, just staring fixedly at the screen, trying to analyze the technology that transcended cognition.