sinovels Chapter 363 Darkness Descends on Raccoon City
Chapter 363 Darkness Descends on Raccoon City
"Damn, there are twice as many today as yesterday."
Looking at the at least twenty or thirty black figures, someone couldn't help but mutter curses.
"Don't shoot."
Zhou Yuanshan quickly issued the order, "Don't waste ammunition."
Upon hearing Zhou Yuanshan's order, the team members who had already raised their guns in preparation for venting their anger had no choice but to lower them again.
They had already tried it a few days ago.
Neither rifle nor pistol bullets had any effect on these black figures.
Just now, their attempt to fire was merely a way to vent their pent-up anger.
"Everyone back off, maintain formation."
Zhou Yuanshan waved to the crowd.
The twelve people began to slowly retreat.
The next moment, a strange scene unfolded. As everyone slowly retreated, the black figures slowly followed.
The two vehicles were moving at roughly the same speed. It felt like a slow-motion chase.
"Oh no, Captain, there are more behind us!"
The soldier at the back of the line shouted.
Zhou Yuanshan looked back and was surprised to find that there were also dark figures approaching in the direction they were retreating.
There weren't many, only four or five. But they cut off their retreat.
"There are some on the east side too!"
Then someone else shouted.
Approaching from three directions simultaneously. The only direction without any shadows was to the west.
"Head west!" There was no time to think at this point, and Zhou Yuanshan made a decisive decision.
The team members immediately began moving westward without hesitation.
But after walking less than fifty meters, a dark figure emerged from the darkness to the west.
They surrounded them.
"Damn it!" Zhao Yang cursed and raised his gun.
"Don't shoot! It's useless!"
"So what do we do? Just wait to die?!"
Zhou Yuanshan looked around. Dark figures were slowly approaching from all directions, and the encirclement was shrinking.
The closest one is less than ten meters away.
"Fixed positions, everyone back to back."
The twelve people quickly formed a circular defensive formation, standing back to back.
five meters.
three meters.
"Captain Zhou..." Xiao Sun's voice trembled slightly.
Zhou Yuanshan gripped the rifle, his mind racing.
The gun was useless.
A knife? This thing has no physical form, how can you cut with it?
Fire? There were no incendiary bombs, and no time to start a fire.
His gaze swept over his equipment: rifle, magazine, grenades—
Hand grenade.
Could the explosion damage them?
uncertain.
But soon, he noticed something else hanging on his body.
That's... a flashbang.
After thinking for a moment, he immediately and without hesitation removed the flashbang...
"Captain, what are you doing?!" Li Qiang exclaimed in alarm when he saw his actions.
Zhou Yuanshan had no idea how to explain, so he simply pulled the tab and threw it towards the nearest group of dark figures.
"Lie down! Close your eyes!"
The twelve people lay down almost simultaneously, covering their ears with their hands and burying their faces in the ground.
One second later.
A blinding white light burst forth.
The light exploded in the darkness, so intense that even with their eyes closed and lying on the ground, all they could see behind their eyelids was white.
Simultaneously.
Amidst the sound of the flashbang exploding, a different sound also rang out.
The sound was like something screaming.
It was just like the wailing of a witch in legend.
A piercing, high-frequency noise, not belonging to any living being, came from all directions.
But the sound only lasted for about two or three seconds before quickly fading away.
In an instant, the surroundings returned to silence.
Sensing this situation, Zhou Yuanshan couldn't help but open his eyes.
The afterglow of the flashbang had not yet completely dissipated, and with the help of the light, he saw wisps of black smoke rising from the ground around him.
The smoke rose from the ground and then quickly dissipated.
But those dark figures had already disappeared.
Does it really work?
He looked up and around.
The dark figures closest to them had indeed disappeared.
It's not that they left, it's that they disappeared in the literal sense.
The dark figures that had been surrounding them within a three-meter radius had all disappeared.
All that remained was the dissipating black smoke on the ground.
Some of the dark figures in the distance were still there, but they were clearly retreating.
"efficient!"
Zhao Yang, who had also opened his eyes, stared wide-eyed as he scrambled to his feet, his voice filled with wild joy, "Captain, you're a real genius! You actually came up with a compromise..."
"Quiet!" Zhou Yuanshan glared at him and immediately asked the others, "Count the number of flashbangs!"
Each person quickly reported their number.
Two!
"One!"
"I have one more!"
The team has six flashbangs left.
Zhou Yuanshan quickly did the calculations.
Six pieces.
Based on the results just now, the effective range of each item is about ten to fifteen meters.
Not enough. Absolutely not enough.
Even so, he was overjoyed.
"Follow my orders."
Zhou Yuanshan stood up, his voice calm and clear.
"Everyone follow me. Keep a tight formation and walk briskly."
Use flashbangs only when a shadow approaches within five meters; do not throw them beyond five meters. Each flashbang must be approved by me before use.
"clear!"
"Set off!"
The twelve people quickly formed a team and followed him as he moved rapidly in one direction.
Forty minutes later.
The squad used three flashbangs to repel two waves of approaching Shadows.
Then, the darkness ahead began to fade.
A faint gray light can be seen.
"It's the edge, absolutely the edge, we're out!"
Upon seeing the dim light, someone in the group couldn't help but shout out.
After being trapped in darkness for three whole days, everyone couldn't help but show a look of joy at surviving a disaster when they saw the light.
Immediately, everyone's pace quickened.
Soon, the dim light before their eyes grew brighter and brighter, and gradually, everyone broke free from the darkness and merged into it...
Although there was no glaring sunlight or scorching sun, everyone felt a sense of relief at having survived a disaster.
Before anyone could finish their reflections, Zhou Yuanshan immediately gave the order:
"Xiao Sun! Communicator! Quick, check if there's a signal..."
Upon hearing this, Tongbing immediately took out his device and turned it on.
drip-
The signal has been restored.
"Channel connected! Signal available!"
"What are you waiting for? Contact command immediately!"
Zhou Yuanshan said, "Report all the details."
"yes!"
Xiao Sun adjusted the frequency and started making the call.
"White Wolf calling Iron Wall, White Wolf calling Iron Wall, please respond..."
A response came through the static.
"Ironwall received. White Wolf, you've been out of contact for three days! What's going on?!"
"Report, I am White Wolf..."
Zhou Yuanshan took the communicator and immediately reported the situation on his end.
"Numerous unknown black humanoid entities exist within the abnormal area."
Conventional weapons are ineffective, but light-based weapons are effective.
Flashbangs can directly destroy this type of entity.
It is recommended to report this immediately and deploy high-intensity lighting equipment in all known areas of abnormal darkness.
There was a moment of silence on the other end.
"Received. Awaiting further instructions from superiors. Remain where you are."
"clear."
Zhou Yuanshan put down the communicator and let out a long sigh of relief.
He looked at his team. Twelve men, not one missing.
……
at the same time.
North America, Oregon.
While Lin Fan was observing the tree in the cultivation area, Miller hurriedly found him with a walkie-talkie.
"Looking for you in Raccoon City."
Lin Fan took the walkie-talkie.
"I am Lin Fan."
Soon, the voice of Night Owl came through the communicator.
Unlike his usual calm tone, this time his speech was noticeably faster.
"Boss, something's happened at Raccoon City base."
Upon hearing this, Lin Fan was startled: "What's wrong?"
"Something unusual has happened in the woods to our west."
This evening, the sky over an area suddenly turned black and the darkness continued to spread.
All our electronic detection equipment failed in that area. The people we sent out earlier came back and reported that a black, vortex-like structure had appeared, hovering above the trees, with a diameter of approximately…”
He paused for a moment.
"It used to be only a few hundred meters, but now it's estimated to be about a kilometer..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Fan frowned deeply.
"One kilometer?"
"Yes. And it's expanding. But that's not the worst part."
The owl continued,
"The most troublesome thing is that our people found something in the area below the vortex."
"What is it?"
"Black, humanoid shadows. Numerous. Spreading outwards from the center of the vortex."
Lin Fan remained silent for two seconds.
Black humanoid shadow.
He thought of how he felt when he stepped into that dark forest during the day.
That feeling of being watched. That intuition that something is waiting for a living person to enter.
"How far is that thing from the base now?"
"At the current rate of spread, it will reach the perimeter of the base in about twelve to fifteen hours."
"Have the surrounding personnel been evacuated?"
"Not yet. Command is discussing it."
The owl lowered its voice.
"But I suggest making a decision as soon as possible. This thing... isn't quite right."
"Have you tried attacking those shadowy figures?" Lin Fan asked.
"We tried long-range fire, but it didn't work. Bullets and explosives went right through it; it was like shooting at thin air."
Lin Fan tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
"Where is the light?" he suddenly asked.
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the communicator.
"What?"
"Have you tried the light? Strong light."
Night Owl paused for two seconds: "Not yet. Why do you ask?"
Lin Fan did not explain.
"Let them test the strong light."
"Searchlights, flashbangs, flares—anything will do. Focus them on those dark figures."
How do you know light is useful?
"intuition."
The owl did not ask any further questions.
Having followed Lin Fan for so long, he still trusted Lin Fan's words quite a bit.
"I'll pass it on right away."
"Oh, right," said the owl. "There's one more thing."
"explain."
"Mr. Lin wants you to come back. He said if you don't come back, he'll have your mother take matters into her own hands..."
"Okay, tell me we'll leave at dawn."
"be safe."
The communicator was disconnected.
Lin Fan returned the equipment to Miller, then gazed at the tree in the cultivation area, lost in thought…
Based on Night Owl's description of that dark area, Raccoon City might truly be in imminent danger...
If this problem isn't resolved, all the hard work I've put into building Raccoon City will be destroyed...