The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse - Chapter 122

Chapter 122: Chapter 120: The Little Mistress Has Some Skills_1

If it were a flat-ground battle.

Even if the opponent had guns, the difficulty wouldn’t be high.

With the current number of Skeletons, they could directly charge and flatten the opponent’s position.

But the situation in front is more akin to a small-scale siege.

The six-meter-plus wall seems not high, but climbing up is not easy, especially after the opponents have stationed in the prison for so long, certainly taking preparatory measures against the undead.

If not careful, all of their preparations against the undead might be deployed against the Skeletons.

At that time, even if they managed to break through, the losses would be severe.

The decision to fight under the veil of darkness.

Apart from waiting for the enemy at their most tired and weakest, it was also because the Skeletons do not rely on visual sight, making fighting living beings at night an advantage for them.

All of the Skeletons, lowering their bodies, hid in the darkness.

Skeletons themselves are very quiet, unlike the living, who belch, fart, and make other sounds.

When in standby, the whole area fell into complete silence.

Only from the distance, some bug sounds could be heard.

“Rest a while, wait until it gets even darker.” Wu Heng said.

Li Yahong understood and nodded her head, shrunk into a ball and started to rest with her eyes closed.

From time to time, she reached out with her hand to swat away the mosquitoes approaching her.

…

Deep into the night, it had become so dark you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face.

Wu Heng opened his eyes and looked towards the prison.

The floodlights were still bright, but the people patrolling the wall had started to decrease. The people in the towers were leaning against the wall, it seemed like they were also dozing off.

The people on the wall were not regular soldiers. They were all convicts or survivors forcibly recruited as heavies.

To be able to properly patrol some distance with a floodlight was already good enough.

Asking them to stay awake all night, fulfilling a regular patrol routine, was definitely unrealistic.

At a glance, the top of the wall was empty.

Wu Heng nudged Li Yahong, who was beside him, embracing his thigh in a daze.

She woke up and her face turned a little red.

“What’s the situation?”

Wu Heng gave her a hush sign and said to the Big Head Skeleton behind him: “Let the Skeletons advance, slow down and approach.”

Whooooosh~!

In the dim surroundings, a large number of figures suddenly stood up.

Started to slowly approach.

Despite this, the footstep and bone-rubbing sounds were still clear in the still night.

They walked right into the range of the floodlights, and their skeletal army became ghastly pale under the light.

There was still no one looking down from the wall.

The Skeletons continued to advance, stepping more slowly now, trying their best to lighten their footsteps.

When they were still about 500 meters away.

Suddenly, a figure stood up from the top of the wall, yawned, loosened his belt, and started to urinate.

The Skeletons instantly stopped, as unmoving as terracotta soldiers.

Wu Heng and Li Yahong were also wide-eyed at this scene.

Of all times to pee, he chooses now.

But one thing was certain, the iron net on top of the wall was likely not electrified or perhaps was not wired at all.

Otherwise, this urine stream would have been his demise.

The Skeleton army stood still, keeping silent.

The man, while peeing, casually looked down and then furrowed his brows.

He rubbed his eyes and looked again.

The flow of urine abruptly stopped as he slapped himself twice.

The pain on his face woke him up even more, and upon confirming that there were masses of Skeletons under the floodlights, his heart almost stopped beating.

In fear, he yelled, “Ghosts! Ghosts outside, goddamn!”

Damn!

From the distance, Wu Heng cursed as well.

He immediately gave an order, “Attack, scale the wall, kill all weapon-holding individuals.”

Whoosh~!

The piercing crashing sounds were deafening.

All the Skeletons wielding their kitchen knives rushed up, hurriedly heading towards the wall.

All the people on the wall woke up in the shouts.

They started yelling at each other, sounding the alarm.

Everyone, in a panic, lifted their guns, pointing them downwards along the wall.

They hastily triggered their guns but fired no bullets.

With trembling hands, they tried to unlock their safeties and then started shooting downwards.

Bang Bang! Bang Bang! Bang!

Dense bullets started pouring downward.

In the dim night, it was like a giant orange web was slowly falling onto the Skeletons.

Bullets were striking the soil.

The Skeletons maintained some distance with each other as they sprinted.

Even though the Skeletons were not afraid of bullets, there were still a vast number of them that had their bones shattered by the dense shower of bullets, scattering into piles of bones.

The power of firearms was still massive.

Bang Bang! Bang Bang Bang!

Soon after, the machine guns on the wall began to spray bullets.

The bullets were even denser and quicker, like a beast’s gaping mouth, emitting blinding flashes of light.

A whole row of Skeletons were swept into fragments, scattering all over the ground.

Wu Heng and Li Yahong were somewhat surprised as they watched this.

The people on the wall were just a group of ragtag troops, yet they displayed such tremendous firepower.

They were just Skeletons, and the spots where bullets could hit were limited. If humans tried to attack, probably all would have perished under such scrutiny.

The convicts in prison actually found themselves a really excellent stronghold.

“Let the Riflemen come out and provide support.” Wu Heng continued.

From the darkness below, another group of figures dressed in leather armor quickly ran out, carrying rifles and submachine guns, and began to sweep fire towards the wall top.

The bullets shot up at the wall, forcing the brazen gunmen to retreat back down.

Among the skeleton ranks, only Nuyi One and Nuyi Two possess the talent for aiming.

But in the current situation.

Precise aiming isn’t necessarily needed, it’s already difficult shooting upwards. The main purpose is to suppress the enemy’s attack and induce some deterrence.

The effect was quite significant.

The rate of gunfire clearly decreased.

The Skeleton army had already reached the bottom of the wall.

They crowded together forming a ladder of white bones, stepping on each other’s ribs, climbing upwards.

In just a minute or two, they had already climbed halfway, nearing the iron fence.

Just when they were about to climb over the wall.

One after another, iron barrels were brought to the edge. The barrels were tilted, and the liquid inside poured down the bone ladder.

At the same time, a strong gasoline smell instantly spread across the entire area.

Then, the ignition materials were thrown down.

Woosh~!

A large fire instantly ignited, engulfing the whole pile of climbing skeletons.

The flames, dozens of meters high, turned the entire night sky orange.

“Dodge the big fire!” Wu Heng continued to give orders.

With a swoosh.

The gathered skeletons scattered instantly, avoiding the position of the fire.

They continued to gather at other locations.

Meanwhile, those on top of the wall were observing below, carrying iron barrels and constantly changing their location.

…

At the rear.

Wu Heng and Li Yahong watched the entire battlefield.

Big Head Skeleton, could control the Skeleton Warriors, achieving quite a good effect.

Especially dodging the fire, continuously dispersing and gathering, the results achieved were even more uniform than an army.

The defense displayed by the prison was also surprising.

Not to mention the bullets shooting down from above, even the reserved gasoline is enough to resist a certain amount of zombie attacks.

This was also why Wu Heng was reluctant to engage with them.

Zombies have a few attack methods, most of which are animal instincts.

But humans were different, they would use various tools and traps to gain the advantage.

Just like gasoline.

Wu Heng had previously used gasoline to deal with the zombie swarm, and not all people in the prison are fools, they also thought of this.

Now, they used it on the skeletons.

“Why don’t we retreat, encircle them for a few days, and force them out for a decisive battle.” Li Yahong suggested.

The current situation clearly puts the skeletons at a disadvantage.

Even if they won by numbers, a considerable portion of the skeleton numbers would be lost.

It’s like damaging oneself 1000, harming the enemy 800. Moreover, there are only about 100 people in the prison.

Wu Heng shook his head, without saying much.

Besieging was also a method.

But for him, he didn’t have that much time to spend here.

He never underestimated these criminals.

Being heavy criminals, they may be a lot stronger than him in many ways.

Moreover, having begun the attack, there’s no turning back. The prison must be captured today.

Wu Heng continued to give orders to the Big Head Skeleton.

“Let the skeletons scatter and attack, let the Spider Mother start to move.”

…

On top of the prison wall.

Chen Jinlong loudly cursed, urging people to transport gasoline and ammunition, continuing to attack the skeletons.

Listening to the alarm earlier, he also had a big shock.

He hurriedly ran over.

After the initial chaos, it was clear that the situation had improved significantly.

Below the wall, there were fire seas everywhere. The places where the skeletons were able to attack were limited. The rifles and machine guns only had to focus fire on the vacant positions.

Looking at it now, there were quite a number of skeletons, their appearance was frightening, but their destructive power was just that.

They couldn’t even climb the wall, let alone threaten his safety.

Also, there was an adequate reserve of gasoline in the prison, no matter how they attacked it was very difficult for them to break through the wall.

Once confirming that there was no danger to himself.

He relaxed a bit, his gaze began to seek in the distant night.

The origins of the skeletons weren’t hard to analyze.

The people who gave them information about the auto repair shop last time already mentioned there were a lot of skeleton monsters.

They came to the prison out of fear of skeleton attacks.

Now it seemed that these skeletons had a direct connection with the auto repair shop.

“Damn it, that woman does have some tricks up her sleeve.” Chen Jinlong cursed. He said to others: “Bring the loudspeaker here.”

A loudspeaker was brought over.

Chen Jinlong took a look at the distance and shouted: “Girl from the auto repair shop, I know these skeletons are your doing. You think these things can scare us? You dream! Wait for me to burn your monsters clean, then I’ll catch you, and make you a slave to everyone. I’ll torture you to death…”

All kinds of obscene language were broadcasted to the rear through the loudspeaker.

If he was on the radio, Chen Jinlong would win an argument with the auto repair shop with this kind of language.

Now, he didn’t care, he cursed non-stop.

Li Yahong’s face turned red with anger.

Wu Heng didn’t say anything, only continuing to issue orders to the skeletons.

…

On the other side of the prison.

Searchlights constantly scanned below. Armed guards watched, faces stern.

There were no abnormalities on this side.

But the concentrated gunfire and sky-high flames on the other side made them extremely tense.

As if they feared something in the darkness was rapidly approaching.

Dadada~!

Suddenly, a sound like high heels stepping on tiles rang out.

It became more frequent, and closer.