Doomsday America

Chapter 177 Rescue Operation Successfully Completed
Wang Ling's movements were ruthless and decisive, and she only managed to stab each zombie once or twice.

Moreover, she doesn't often use powerful chopping motions.

Even if you can sever a zombie's limbs by hacking at it with a samurai sword, you can't expect to cleave its brain with every strike.

Whenever she makes a powerful chopping motion, it's mostly to disrupt the zombies' attack rhythm.

Just like now, after she stabbed the zombie in the eye socket and finished it off.

Suddenly, she raised her boot and kicked the other zombie in the chest, whose neck had been split open.

While kicking the zombie until it staggered, Wang Ling quickly pulled out her knife and stabbed it hard into the zombie's eyes!
It's clear that Wang Ling has been practicing swordsmanship for quite some time; her sword movements are exceptionally precise.

The eye socket wasn't a particularly large target, and the katana wasn't a particularly accurate weapon, but Wang Ling's blade still managed to pierce into the zombie's eyeball.

puff!

Amidst spurting tissue fluid and viscous blood, the two zombies collapsed to the ground one after the other. Wang Ling pulled out her knife, exhaling foul breath, and nervously looked at the other zombies nearly fifty meters away.

Those zombies who were still wandering around aimlessly looking for targets have now found their new target. They turned their heads in unison from all directions and fixed their gazes on Wang Ling!
Seeing the many eyes directed at her, Wang Ling didn't shout, but rushed towards the tent area immediately!
Over the past few days, Wang Ling has set up many traps near the living area where everyone has set up tents. These traps are basically ineffective against humans, but they will definitely cause trouble for the zombies.

Now it's time for those tripwires to come into play!

As she thought about it, Wang Ling jumped over the tripwire and stood on the narrow path between the two tents. Leaning against the third tent, which was arranged in a triangular shape behind her, she held her knife and looked at the zombies rushing towards her!
At this moment, in the sky, at an altitude of nearly 800 meters.

Gavin frowned and urged them on, looking down at the commotion on the rooftop below.

"Steve, can you go any faster? The survivors on the roof are in danger!"

"I've gone as fast as I can, boss!"

Steve yelled in response, then simply nosedived the helicopter and crashed it directly into the roof.

Gavin and Paul quickly grabbed the handles in the cabin and looked at the rapidly approaching rooftop.

At the front of the passageway where the tents were arranged in a triangular pattern, two zombies rushed into the passageway almost side by side.

They both tripped heavily in front of the rope, and Wang Ling took advantage of the moment they fell to the ground to quickly plunge her knife into the back of one of the zombies' heads!

puff!

Wang Ling drew her katana and, amidst spurting blood, plunged it into the back of another zombie's head.

At the same time, to Wang Ling's left, more zombies rushed out of the tent on her left, pushing against her with their heavy blankets.

Wang Ling kicked the oncoming blanket with one foot and then stabbed it into the blanket with another knife.

Holding knives in both hands, she suddenly pulled the covered zombie, causing it to fall to her side.

She then pulled out her knife, bent down, and quickly crawled out of the tent behind her!
As she left the area of ​​the triangular tents, more zombies rushed into that area, but their steps were slightly hindered by the fallen zombies and the messy tents, and for a moment they could not catch up with Wang Ling.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Wang Ling ran to the second loudspeaker that wasn't working. She glanced back at the zombies behind her and, after confirming that they were at least eighteen meters away, turned on the loudspeaker.

This time, the second loudspeaker, which had been silent for a long time, finally started working.

As the loudspeaker blared, Wang Ling endured the vibrations in her eardrums and crouched down to escape in a different direction.

And zombies.

Four of the zombies that were originally chasing Wang Ling changed direction and rushed towards the loudspeaker, which was making a louder noise.

boom!
Gunshots suddenly rang out from above Wang Ling's head!
At that moment, Wang Ling, who was running away, nervously looked up.

On the helicopter, Gavin held his gun with both hands, aiming at the zombies on the roof and firing the bullets.

Unfortunately, Gavin was still at least 500 meters from the roof, and the helicopter was still descending rapidly.

With these two effects combined, Gavin's bullets were nowhere to be seen, failing to hit any zombies at all.

However, this does not mean that Gavin's gunshots were ineffective.

The gunshots attracted most of the zombies' attention, while the propeller noise drew even more attention to the remaining zombies in the entire building.

Many of the zombies below the floors are one thing, but even if all the zombies heard the sound coming from above, they couldn't find the stairs and could only stumble upon the roof by accident.

And by sheer chance...

Okay, even if it's a matter of luck, the sheer number of zombies can increase their chances of getting lucky.

In just five seconds, Gavin saw two more new zombies rush out of the stairwell, and the number of zombies still running on the roof had increased to about fourteen.

Behind Wang Ling.

Wang Ling ran as fast as she could, glancing back at the same time.

Only two zombies were still chasing her, while the others rushed towards the direction the helicopter was descending, which was where the remaining three women were hiding.

Wang Ling tensed up. She quickly estimated the distance between herself and the zombie, slowed down slightly, and then suddenly turned around and stabbed.

puff!

The first zombie was knocked slightly off the ground by Wang Ling's headshot thrust. After dealing with the zombie, Wang Ling quickly turned halfway around, used the momentum to draw her katana, and slashed at the arm of the second zombie that was reaching for her!
laugh!
After a muffled thud, one of the second zombie's arms was severed, and Wang Ling's knife became stuck in the zombie's second arm.

Although he had lost his left hand, the zombie's momentum was not diminished at all. He swung his severed arm to block Wang Ling's knife and crashed into her.

Wang Ling was knocked to the ground by the zombie's powerful charge. However, she didn't panic. Instead, she used the moment she fell to the ground to pull the knife out from the zombie's elbow joint and then quickly rolled over.

With one hand gripping the knife and the other bracing against the ground, Wang Ling leaped into the air and then fiercely stabbed the samurai sword into the mouth of the zombie that was biting at her!
"Ahhh!"

After a scream, Wang Ling's katana pierced through the zombie's upper jaw from bottom to top, ramming the zombie's skull and causing it to collapse backward.

Seeing that the zombies were no longer responding, Wang Ling took a deep breath, then drew her knife and swung it hard, simply shaking off a little blood from the blade.

Meanwhile, at the location of the remaining three survivors.

As seven or eight zombies rushed toward their hiding place, drawn by the sound of propellers and gunfire, Anna's expression grew increasingly grim.

She nervously gripped the kitchen knife in her hand, squatted behind the blankets and other coverings they had prepared beforehand, and took a deep breath.

Her inhalation was so loud that Meryl and Greta, who were standing in front of her, both heard it.

Greta nervously turned around, swallowing hard as she rubbed Anna's only remaining right hand.

Then, she bit her lip and took a step forward, pressing herself against the edge of the cover, staring intently at the approaching zombie, while gripping the solid wood stool leg in her hand even tighter.

The stool legs are about 60 centimeters long, and a dinner knife is haphazardly fixed to one end with rope, wire and tape, along with seven or eight nails.

While Greta gripped her weapon tightly, the helicopter had already descended to a distance of only about 280 meters from the rooftop.

Only then did Gavin's bullet finally shoot down a zombie!
thump!
The fall of one zombie did not deter the others; they leaped over it and continued running toward the helicopter.

Gavin then compared the locations of the survivors below and spoke to Steve.

"Steve, move sideways a bit, don't go directly above the survivors!"

"Roger that!"

Steve moved sideways slightly as quickly as possible, and the zombies' movement patterns immediately changed slightly with his movement.

And so, the three women hid behind the blankets, watching helplessly as seven zombies rushed past them from less than five meters away.

The zombies running at the front even leaped onto the edge of the rooftop and jumped towards the helicopter!

Whoosh!
Phew!

Whoosh whoosh!
Puff puff!

One by one, the zombies leaped out and crashed to the ground, a sight that made Gavin breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Wang Ling had already joined the remaining three women with her knife.

They huddled together, staring intently in the direction of the stairwell.

The stairwell has now become a zombie spawn point, with one or two zombies emerging from it every now and then, perhaps heading towards the megaphone or rushing towards the helicopter.

As for the four women hiding behind the cover...

They were completely ignored by the zombies.

After all, compared to the loudspeaker and the sound of the propeller, their chattering and heavy breathing were hardly appealing!
As the thirteenth zombie leaped down from the rooftop, Paul, tense inside the helicopter, let out a long sigh and then whispered to Gavin.

"Boss, these filthy bastards are so stupid they're adorable. I even think we can just stop on the roof and lure all the zombies out of the building so they can fall to their deaths!"

"Yeah, as long as the zombies don't pounce on you, you can laugh at them all you want. But Paul, if you let your guard down too easily, you'd better not cry out in fear when a bunch of zombies pin you down!"

Gavin responded to Paul, then kicked the rope ladder away.

The nearly 15-meter-long rope ladder suddenly slid down from the cabin, and the helicopter was now only about 50 meters away from the roof.

At this distance, Steve had no choice but to steer the helicopter closer to the rooftop.

As the distance closed, the remaining zombies could no longer fall like dumplings being dropped into a pot. Instead, they gathered under the helicopter, tearing at each other as they waited for the helicopter to approach!

Fortunately, there weren't enough zombies, so Gavin and Paul each fired their guns and quickly took down all five zombies that had gathered.

Gavin then slung the rifle over his shoulder and yelled at Paul.

"cover me!"

"Sir?!"

Paul was startled; he had just been trying to climb off the plane, but Gavin had beaten him to it!
So his gaze toward Gavin became slightly strange, though that strangeness also contained a great deal of admiration and a touch of relief.

Paul then turned his gun and aimed it at the stairwell in the distance.

Every now and then, two or three zombies would emerge from there and keep approaching the helicopter, while Paul's bullets would try to take them down on the road.

Meanwhile, Gavin quickly climbed to the last rung of the rope ladder, watching the helicopter get closer and closer to the ground.

When he was still more than two meters above the ground, Gavin simply jumped down, crouched slightly to cushion the fall, and then shouted at the women.

"hurry up!"

"Ok!"

Thirteen or fourteen meters away, Wang Ling shouted a response to Gavin, then forcefully pulled Meryl and Greta, urging them to hurry over to the plane.

Meryl was pulled forward violently, and immediately became so nervous that she stumbled and fell to the ground. Even so, she still scrambled towards the helicopter on her hands and feet.

Fortunately, Anna reached out and pulled her up as she passed by, and she finally returned to normal.

When Meryl and Anna ran to the bottom of the helicopter, Greta had already thrown the stool leg to the ground and started climbing the rope ladder.

Bang bang bang!
Gunshots continued to ring out overhead, the sound causing Greta's core to soften as she climbed, causing the rope ladder to sway and slowing her ascent.

Seeing this, Gavin suddenly stepped on the bottom section of the rope ladder, stiffening it and partially fixing it to the ground.

This increased Greta's climbing speed, and after she had climbed five meters, Meryl was also pushed onto the ladder by Wang Ling.

At the same time, Gavin pulled out the Colt Python and shot the head of a zombie thirty meters away, while glancing up at Anna, who had lost an arm.

He pointed at Anna and said.

“You’re last!” After saying that, Gavin looked up at Meryl, who had already climbed three or four meters, and nodded at Wang Ling.

Faced with Gavin's warning look, Wang Ling sheathed her katana and hung it on her waist. Then, she used both hands and feet to quickly climb up the ladder.

Gavin, standing on the bottom rung of the rope ladder, casually scooped Anna into his arms.

"Don't be afraid, don't move!"

He growled at Anna, then freed his left hand to tightly wrap around Anna's waist, holding her close to his chest.

Although the women were nervous, at least they didn't cause any trouble like the "vase" characters in movies.

Greta had already climbed into the cabin with Paul's help, and the distance Wang Ling climbed provided Gavin and Anna with space to climb as well.

Gavin took one last look at the three zombies that were still charging towards him, about forty-five meters away.

He raised his gun in his right hand and fired three shots in quick succession, blowing the heads off the three zombies.

He then ignored the zombie that had just rushed out of the stairwell 60 meters away, put his revolver back in its holster, grabbed the handrail with his right hand, and climbed toward the helicopter with Anna in his arms.

Without Gavin's help to secure it, the 15-meter-long rope ladder immediately began to sway. Meryl screamed in terror, but fortunately, before her hands and feet could go numb, Paul grabbed her wrist.

“Focus!”

Paul yelled at Meryl and then struggled to pull her into the cabin.

When Meryl got into the cabin, she couldn't help but stare blankly down for a moment, then buried her face in Greta's arms, who was in a daze, and burst into uncontrollable sobs.

Hearing faint cries coming from inside the cabin, Steve couldn't help but smirk and spoke to Gavin from the cockpit.

"Boss, our operation went smoothly, can we open a can of beer now?"

"Ha, of course!"

Gavin held Anna tighter as he continued climbing, responding to Steve in return.

Inside the cabin, Wang Ling, holding Paul's hand, finally entered the cabin.

Then she knelt down and lay there with Paul, reaching out their hands to Anna and Gavin.

Looking at the two hands above his head, Gavin stepped forward and handed Anna's wrist to Paul.

Paul immediately pulled Anna up, while Wang Ling grabbed Anna's clothes and, with most of Anna's belly exposed, dragged her into the cabin.

Even after sitting in the cabin, Anna's expression remained somewhat dazed.

"We...we're saved?"

She couldn't help but mutter to herself.

Beside her, Wang Ling patted her shoulder, then knelt down and leaned forward again, reaching out her hand to Gavin.

Gavin casually patted Wang Ling's hand, signaling the girl to take her hand back.

Compared to Wang Ling or Paul, Gavin still has more faith in himself.

Paul didn't offer any help to Gavin, but instead whispered to Wang Ling and Anna.

"Don't stand by the door, go to your seats, go to your seats!!!"

While shouting and shooing them away, by the time Gavin climbed into the cabin, Wang Ling and Anna had already been driven back quite a distance.

Gavin climbed into the cabin, stood up, pointed to the women's chests, and said.

"Paul, make them fasten their seatbelts!"

"Copy that, boss!"

Paul shouted his agreement and then went to the women with varying expressions.

"Don't move!"

He yelled at Greta and Meryl, who were hugging each other, and then forcefully fastened them together with seatbelts.

Watching Paul's hand trace across Greta and Meryl's chests, Wang Ling swallowed hard and quickly found her seatbelt to fasten herself.

After tying Meryl up, Paul glanced admiringly at the quick-handed Wang Ling, then went to Anna's side and helped her fasten her seatbelt.

As for Gavin, he didn't close the cabin door either. Instead, he stood at the edge of the cabin, holding onto a fixed object, and spoke into the intercom.

"Sean, you can start lifting now. All the survivors have been rescued!"

"Roger that, sir. Do you think there are any survivors who would be a good match for me? I don't lack a qualified leader right now, I just need a qualified wife. Do you think I have a chance to pursue one of them?"

Sean responded to Gavin, then controlled the Apache helicopter in the distance, quickly ascending to an altitude of nearly one thousand meters.

As Steve raised the helicopter, Nicholas's voice came through the intercom.

"Instructor, as long as the superior doesn't compete with you, you'll definitely have a chance!"

"Don't worry, I won't take anything from you. I already have Nikita, guys~"

Gavin laughed and called out to Nicholas, then left the edge of the cabin and went to his seat, standing in front of Anna.

Noticing Gavin's approach, Paul, despite Anna's uneasy gaze, grabbed Anna's severed arm and spoke to Gavin.

"Boss, the color of her gauze is wrong. I suspect she's infected!"

"Tear off the gauze and check; there's a spare medical kit in the helicopter."

Gavin gave a crisp command, and Paul gritted his teeth, raised his hand, and pressed down on Anna's shoulder.

"Bear it!"

He growled at the panicked Anna, then untied the gauze binding Anna's severed arm.

“His!!”

Anna gasped in shock, and as she did so, Wang Ling, having confirmed Paul's actions, grabbed Anna's thigh.

"Don't struggle, just bear with it, they're saving you!!!"

Inside the helicopter, the rotors were quite loud, and Wang Ling had to shout for Anna to hear her.

Anna nodded as much as she could, but as she nodded, her body trembled involuntarily, and her eyes filled with terror as she looked at her severed hand.

At the same time, looking at the layers of gauze soaked in tissue fluid and pus, which even smelled of decay, one could see the bottom layer of gauze.

As he looked at the document, thinking about what he was about to do, Paul couldn't help but make a face of toothache, then turned to Gavin and said.

"Boss, why don't you do it?"

"What do you mean, 'I'll do it'? Have you never been injured before?"

Gavin rolled his eyes at Paul with amusement, then switched places with him.

Looking at the severed area connecting to the elbow, and the pinkish-brown, sticky gauze at the cut, I saw...

Gavin swallowed hard, then ripped the gauze off without any hesitation!

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

Anna tensed up completely, her eyes widening involuntarily. Her screams even made Steve in the cockpit turn his head to look.

"Shet..."

Gavin held Anna's arm firmly in place while frowning as he looked at the almost rotting cross-section of her elbow.

"How the hell did you get yourself into this state?!"

As he spoke, Gavin reached out and caught the anti-inflammatory spray that Paul tossed to him, then sprayed it all over Anna's arm.

Puff puff...

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

Anna was in so much pain that she started trembling all over. She struggled violently for a couple of moments, then simply closed her eyes softly.

Looking at Anna who had collapsed into her arms, Wang Ling let out a breath, held Anna close, and tentatively asked Gavin.

"She can be saved, right!"

"Of course, after all, she has already gotten through the most difficult step, I guess she can at least make it to the end!"

Gavin threw the spray to Paul, then pulled out his own dagger.

Anna's severed arm was filled with visibly rotting flesh, and he had intended to roast it and then slice off the rotten flesh with a knife.

But then he thought about it again. His knife seemed to have killed more than one zombie before. Even if he roasted Anna with fire, there was a risk that it would turn Anna into a zombie.

So he shook his head helplessly and took the anti-inflammatory powder that Paul handed him again.

This powder can provide a sufficiently dry healing environment for moist wounds.

So Gavin simply slammed an entire bottle of anti-inflammatory powder onto Anna's severed hand.

That's all he can do; let the anti-inflammatory drugs and Anna's festering wound continue their battle.

Since Anna has held on for so many days, surely she won't be unable to make it through the last hour or so before going home?
Thinking of this, Gavin found some clean gauze, wrapped Anna in several layers, then released Anna and spoke into the walkie-talkie.

"Guys, the rescue operation is a complete success. We can go take a look at the aggregate now. After seeing that big guy, we'll go home!"

"Roger that!"

"That's great, sir!"

"Ha, it's over so quickly? I wasn't done playing yet!"

As the voice on the intercom rang, Gavin plopped down opposite the women.

Paul then sat down next to Gavin and began changing his magazine.

As Gavin listened to the sound of his HK416 magazine being changed, he glanced at the four women opposite him and then threw a pair of headphones at Wang Ling.

Wang Ling immediately put on her earphones and tentatively spoke into the walkie-talkie channel.

"I am Wang Ling. These are my partners whom I have met over the past few days: Greta, Meryl, and Anna. Thank you so much for your rescue!"

After Wang Ling finished speaking, the intercom channel fell into an eerie silence.

After a full five seconds of silence, Sean suddenly yelled into the walkie-talkie.

"Wow, this sound is amazing! I love it!"

"Haha, what good is it if you like it? You have plenty of other things you like. Just focus on flying your plane!"

Steve cursed at Sean over the walkie-talkie, then continued speaking to Wang Ling.

"As for you, Wang Ling, you can talk to the boss about what you have to say. I still need to try my best to bring our plane home!"

(End of this chapter)