Volume One, Chapter Eight: The Snow Leopard Assault Team
[Command confirmed. Random selection in progress…]
[Ding! Congratulations, Marshal, you have successfully summoned—the Daxia Army Special Operations Unit: Snow Leopard Assault Team (7th Squad)!]
[Team members: 12 (standard assault formation)]
[Summoning location: Marshal-designated safe zone (default: current spacious indoor area)]
[Summoning complete!]
At that moment, ripples like water waves seemed to spread through the vast and luxurious master bedroom living room.
Twelve tall, lean figures, standing as rigid as javelins, materialized out of thin air without any warning.
Silent and steady, they landed firmly and moved in perfect unison, as if cast from the same mold.
Lin Ye’s gaze swept across the suddenly appeared squad.
The Snow Leopard Assault Team!
Twelve members, all clad uniformly in deep gray digital camouflage combat uniforms bearing the distinctive Snow Leopard Assault Team insignia—a snow leopard head crossed by daggers. They wore the latest modular tactical vests and tactical helmets equipped with night vision mounts. Their lower faces were masked, revealing only sharp, eagle-like eyes that were calm and icy.
Their gear was meticulously refined to the utmost, every detail radiating professionalism and lethal intent.
The next moment,
The twelve iron-blooded warriors raised their right hands in a crisp, powerful military salute, exuding an air of solemnity and deadly resolve.
“Snow Leopard Assault Team, Seventh Squad, reporting to the Marshal. Awaiting orders!”
Their voices rolled out like thunder, imposing an invisible pressure that seemed to freeze the very air.
Lin Ye was equally stunned—so this was a special forces unit?
He suppressed the excitement welling in his heart and swept a piercing gaze like a spotlight over his first armed force.
“Who’s the team leader? Step forward!”
As the voice fell, the figure standing at the front right stepped forward.
“Reporting, I’m Chen Feng, captain of the Snow Leopard Assault Team. Marshal, please give your orders!”
Lin Ye nodded silently and then spoke, “Report your squad’s weapon configuration.”
“Yes, Marshal!”
“Snow Leopard Assault Team, Seventh Squad, is equipped as follows:
Assault group, 4 personnel, armed with QBZ-191 5.8mm assault rifles fitted with ACOG optical sights/holographic diffusers and laser designators.
Sidearms: QCQ-171 9mm submachine guns (folding stock version).
Special equipment: GLX-160 40mm smart grenade launchers.
Precision shooter group, 2 personnel, equipped with QBU-203 7.62mm precision rifles with 6–24x variable intelligent scopes.
Sidearms: QSZ-193 5.8mm pistols fitted with modular silencing kits.
Observation gear: CS/SA5 multifunctional observation devices (including laser rangefinder and ballistic calculator).
Demolition/support group, 2 personnel, armed with QJS-161 5.8mm light machine guns with 200-round linked ammo boxes.
Special equipment:
PF-16 individual cloud burst rocket launchers.
DZJ-08 multifunctional breaching systems.
Micro quadcopter attack drones capable of carrying explosives.
Additionally, the special operations unit includes:
Sniper group, 2 personnel, armed with CS/LR35 sniper rifles and QBU-10 anti-material sniper rifles, equipped with low-light/infrared dual-mode scopes.
Sidearms: Type 06 silenced pistols.
Support equipment: sonic detection arrays and anti-material electromagnetic interference guns.
Finally, the tactical command group, 2 personnel.
Primary weapons: QBZ-192 short-barrel assault rifles with intelligent red dot sights.
Electronics: battlefield AI decision terminals, frequency-hopping encrypted communication relays, and micro reconnaissance drone swarm systems.”
“Report complete, Marshal, awaiting your orders!”
Listening to Chen Feng’s detailed report, Lin Ye’s eyes glinted with sharp light.
The Snow Leopard Assault Team’s equipment was outrageously luxurious!
Such weaponry in the early days of a zombie-plagued apocalypse was nothing short of a dimensional strike—utterly overwhelming.
“Marshal, report!” Chen Feng’s voice pulled Lin Ye back from his thoughts. “Unusual biological activity detected at the villa’s perimeter. Preliminary assessment indicates low-threat targets. Requesting combat instructions!”
Lin Ye furrowed his brow and walked to the window, cracking it open slightly.
Through the reinforced glass, he saw a dozen or so ragged figures stained with blood aimlessly wandering outside the iron fence surrounding the villa.
Their movements were stiff but relentless; several were banging on the iron gate with decaying arms, producing a grating “clang” that made one’s teeth ache.
Further beyond, more dark shapes staggered through the rain.
Clearly, this luxurious villa had become a beacon attracting zombies amidst the chaos of the apocalypse.
Lin Ye frowned, about to give an order when a system alert chimed in his mind:
[Ding! Main quest issued: Liberate Donghai City within six months and establish a new order!]
[Quest rewards:]
[1. Blueprint Designation Privilege (can unlock any inactive exchange item) x1]
[2. Advanced Antiviral Serum (permanent immunity to zombie virus) x1]
[3. Fully equipped Heavy Armor Synthetic Brigade x1]
“Six months? Liberate Donghai City?” Lin Ye’s pupils constricted.
From the memories of his predecessor, he knew all too well the difficulty of this mission.
Donghai City spanned nearly ten thousand square kilometers with a permanent population exceeding fifty million!
Even calculating a 70% infection rate, at least thirty-five million zombies roamed the city! Not to mention the survivor factions rising amid the chaos…
And worse still, in one month, a superintelligent zombie matriarch would appear in Donghai City.
It was this creature that commanded the zombie hordes, causing the city’s complete fall within a year.
Well… he would take it one step at a time.
Panicking wouldn’t help; better to focus on managing the immediate opening moves.
For now, the pressing task was to clear the zombies surrounding the villa.
“Snow Leopard Assault Team, commence cleansing operation! All weapons equipped with silencers; conduct precision fire within the villa’s defensive perimeter. Avoid the black rain! Also… no need to worry about ammunition. You expend, we replenish!” Lin Ye decisively issued the first combat order.
His audacity stemmed from the extensive stockpile of ammunition available—various calibers were abundant and cost-effective.
Standard rifle magazines… one base unit cost only one merit point (one base unit equals 40 pistol rounds or 400 assault rifle rounds).
Machine gun belts of 100 rounds… one base unit costs two merit points (one base equals 1,000 machine gun rounds).
Various rocket rounds… three merit points each.
They could essentially fire endlessly without worrying about ammo shortages or insufficient firepower.
“Understood!” The twelve team members responded in unison, their voices deep and resolute.
The well-trained soldiers immediately dispersed, beginning to operate like precision killing machines.
They swiftly inspected their weapons, retrieving silencers from tactical vest side pouches and expertly affixing them to their barrels.
The faint sound of metal threads engaging echoed intermittently through the living room.
Chen Feng gave a tactical signal, and the team split into four combat groups:
Two snipers quickly secured the best shooting positions on the second floor.
Two precision shooters took charge of the first floor’s east-side floor-to-ceiling windows.
Two demolition specialists guarded the west-side garage entrance.
The remaining six formed a mobile firepower net.
Lin Ye stood by the window as the rain pattered against the glass, now mingled with the eerie shuffling footsteps of approaching threats.
Through his enhanced vision, he clearly saw seven or eight figures wandering outside the villa’s iron gate.
Their skin was pallid and decayed, eyes cloudy, dark red drool trickling from their mouths. Some had torn open abdomens with intestines trailing on the ground, yet they were oblivious.
“Marshal, target locked,” Chen Feng’s voice came through the earpiece.
Lin Ye noticed that each soldier’s helmet was fitted with a miniature bone conduction headset, and he himself had silently been equipped with one.
“Open fire at will,” Lin Ye ordered in a low voice.