Almost as soon as Zhou You started to move, the mice also reacted simultaneously, turning their heads in unison and facing Zhou You's direction.
Then, sharp rat squeaks sounded one after another.
Hundreds of rats turned into gray waves and rushed toward the stairs.
Bang bang bang bang!
The carpenter's nail gun on his left hand began to fire one after another.
Every shot he fired accurately hit the vital part of the neck of the rat that was trying to rush towards him.
He asked others not to aim at vital points because those people's shooting distances were farther, the lighting conditions were worse, and those people's shooting accuracy was far inferior to his own.
He is different.
He can do better.
Zhou You was at the very front of the battle formation, very close to the rat in front of him.
His shooting environment is also the best, with no obstruction at all.
Therefore, even if he only relies on his killing instinct, he can easily kill someone with a gun.
There were too many rats coming towards him, and with the continuous fire capability of the carpenter's nail gun, it was impossible to sweep them all away. After all, many rats managed to rush in front of him.
But these brave rat generals did not get a good result.
What greeted them was the sharp scalpel in Zhou You's hand.
Although he was holding the knife with one hand at this time, the force of his swing was not small.
Every time he slashed the knife horizontally, it would bring up large amounts of blood, causing serious injuries to the rats in front of him.
Not only that, although Zhou You has not deliberately practiced cold weapon combat these days, the strength and precision of his body control have still improved invisibly.
Obviously, although transcendental awakening is a process that is achieved overnight, people's ability to control the body cannot be followed immediately and perfectly.
When Dou Bai Mao rescued Yuan Yike, Zhou You behaved like a well-tempered master of cold weapon combat.
But the facts prove that that is still not his limit.
His muscle explosion control ability is also improving invisibly.
Especially after he had a long battle with Yuan Yike this afternoon, he himself didn't realize the subtle changes in his body.
But now, at the moment of the melee attack, Zhou You felt a new change.
First of all, as a top-level trans-limiter, his dynamic vision and neural response capabilities are stronger than those of ordinary mice.
Therefore, although the movements of these mice were very fast at this time, in Zhou You's eyes, they seemed to be in slow motion.
The moment he drew the knife with his right hand, he not only had enough energy to aim the nail gun in his left hand, but also had time to carefully observe the subtle movements of the mice. He also had time to deliberately and slightly retract the blade when swinging it horizontally, thrust forward, and raised the knife to strike.
Press knife.
If others looked at it, they would think it was just an ordinary sweep.
But only Zhou You knew that the knife after knife he was wielding was no ordinary sweep.
The tip of the knife drew a graceful three-dimensional curve in the air, which not only accurately avoided the mouse skull that could not be cut off with one knife, but also always accurately found the mouse's vitals.
If he made a mistake and let the knife pierce the mouse's skull, it might seem like he could kill him with one blow, but the weapon would probably get stuck for a while and he wouldn't be able to get it back.
But this didn't happen.
You know, he is now dual-wielding weapons, one near and one far away. He does not hold a shield like others.
His defense is low and he takes greater risks.
Fortunately, his control was precise enough and he never made mistakes.
His blade either scratched the mouse's two front paws, crossed its eyes, or passed through the throat without being blocked.
In just three seconds, twelve mice fell down in front of Zhou You.
Six died and six were injured.
Three of them died from throat injuries caused by nail guns, three died from having their throats cut, and the six seriously injured were either blinded or had their forelimbs chopped off.
The six injured rats were lying on the ground struggling and wailing, slightly blocking the path of other rats behind them.
However, the number of rats was still too large, and eventually some rats rushed to both sides of the circle from further sides.
In addition, there were many rats that ignored their companions lying on the ground and jumped forward by stepping on their companions' bodies.
At this moment, Sun Yingjun and another strong melee team member who were on the left and right sides of Zhou You finally made a move and rushed forward.
Sun Yingjun chose to hit the rat with a heavy shield first, causing the rat's body to tilt sideways, exposing its relatively fragile abdomen, then stabbed it out with a knife, then struck with the shield, drew the knife to push forward, and then immediately found the next opponent.
Another melee player's choice was not so rational and decisive. Instead, he rushed up to the general with a knife and casually stabbed the side of the rat's neck.
The knife penetrated, but it was not closed in time. When the mouse turned around and struggled, it almost took the knife away.
The melee team member chose to hold the handle of the knife firmly, then twisted it slightly sideways, using the mouse's own struggle to pull out a longer and larger wound.
He achieved his goal, but Keren was eventually taken sideways, but at this time a second mouse came to his right, making his situation suddenly become dangerous.
At this time, the elite warriors armed with long-handled weapons arranged in the second row came into play.
A spear with a length of more than twenty centimeters was stabbed diagonally, hitting the mouse who thought he had found an opening in the throat.
This elite warrior obviously studied the cold weapon fighting textbook seriously.
The moment he stabbed the mouse in the throat, he immediately twisted the barrel of the gun, and the barrel rotated the tip of the gun, making it slightly less tight and looser.
Then the soldier immediately put away his gun, then pressed the tip of the gun down against the rat's jaw, but instead of piercing it, he lifted it up.
The severely injured and dying rat weighed about two hundred grams. He was easily picked up by the gun, and it just blocked another rat from behind that was jumping on the corpse of its companion.
It was obvious that the killing frenzy set off by Zhou You's silent example had inadvertently driven the entire team forward, making others forget their panic and regain their calmness and fighting spirit.
The long-range combatants further behind also adjusted and began to carry out medium-range and relatively long-range strikes against the rats in the front slightly far away from the front according to the arrangements made before the tour, in order to reduce the pressure on the frontal battlefield.
The biggest pressure was naturally borne by Zhou You.
But not only did he not retreat, he continued to move forward despite the pressure.
He knew that his body was in an absolutely continuous and violent explosion stage, and his physical energy was consumed very quickly. It would be difficult for him to maintain his peak state for more than three minutes.
Therefore, you must rush to the door of the power distribution room before your physical energy is exhausted, meet up with the people trapped inside, and then defend the danger.
Zhou You believes that even if the number of rats reaches a thousand, if there is a terrain advantage provided by the vents in the power distribution room, all the rats can be killed slowly here.
The most important thing is that the construction workers who stay above will not do nothing.
At this time, Jiang Qianyun must be organizing manpower to use all kinds of armored vehicles, and then get off the elevator to carry out the second batch of support.
When the large army arrives, these rats will have no choice but to serve food alive.
Therefore, the most important goal right now is not to kill the enemy, but to join forces to ensure the safety of the trapped people.
Relying on the fire support of the long-range team members at the rear, Wandering moved forward at an extremely fast speed.
In just one minute, Zhou You rushed down the stairs completely.
The other elite warriors also kept up with his pace, and the sharp arrow formation did not become fragmented due to the violent rush around, but remained in order.
Along the way of the war, dead or injured rats were left all over the ground.
If you are already dead and no longer struggling, no one will care about you.
But those who are still alive will be stabbed alive by the novice melee team members who are temporarily assigned as long-range attackers in this encounter with sharp swords.
At the beginning, some of the relatively new melee team members were a bit clumsy, and they often couldn't find the vital points when stabbing them. It seemed that the stabbings caused blood and flesh to fly everywhere and made the mice scream, but it always took several stabs to kill one.
, it just wastes a lot of physical energy.
But just in this minute, these once ordinary people grew up rapidly under the stimulation of blood.
They followed the example of those better-performing team members, recalling in their minds the key attack techniques they had learned during the day by reading the "Guidebook" by themselves, or being taught by words and deeds by senior team members.
That is to say, when traveling around and reaching the basement floor, almost all new combatants can be killed in one hit during last-ditch attacks.
This seems very simple and not worth mentioning. It is just killing mice.
But if you think about it from another perspective, the behavior of the combat team members is equivalent to an ancient warrior wearing heavy armor stabbing a Tibetan mastiff with an average weight of more than 60 kilograms.
The opponent is a "large" mammal that is close to his size. Even if it is just a last hit, it is not easy to kill him with one blow.
Zhou You is growing, and others are growing too, but at a slower pace.
We finally reached the ground, and we were only three meters away from the door of the power distribution room.
At this time, Zhou You had abandoned the woodworking nail gun that had run out of ammunition, and instead held a scalpel with both hands.
He first looked back at the situation behind him to make sure that everyone else could keep up, then he raised his knife again and moved forward to kill more quickly.
So far, the more than 20 people led by Zhou You have killed nearly 200 rats in total. Among them, Zhou You alone killed at least 50, and the others together only killed 156. On average,
Each person's number of kills was less than eight.
The results of one person's travel accounted for about a quarter of the total.
He almost achieved one life per second.
At the same time, Mouse seemed to have a very clear idea of who was the key player, and put all its focus on Zhou You during the counterattack.
This also makes the situation for others relatively easy. They can kill one almost every seven or eight seconds.
This is the huge benefit that a sufficiently powerful combat-type trans-limiter can bring to the team.
Directly in front, there were still a large number of rats rushing towards this direction, trying to stop Zhou You's group, but it was in vain as they were still pierced hard by Zhou You's sharp arrow array.
Zhou You, who was holding a knife in both hands, was like a demon god descending from the world. Relying on the arm strength of more than 300 grams and the power of a scalpel, he severely ravaged the lone brave mouse in this time and space.
He moved forward steadily one step at a time.
But he was not red-eyed enough to just kill.
He still maintained absolute calm.
In fact, he never lowered his head at all, but always kept his head high and forward, his eyes constantly roaming among the rats.
He didn't do this for the so-called momentum.
His wandering eyes quickly scanned the group of rats, observing every rat visible to the naked eye, focusing especially on the rats located near the ventilation holes of the power distribution room and those far enough away from him further inside the passage.
He tried to find the Rat King.
So far, Zhou You has observed that the Rat King, who is responsible for giving orders among the rats, has given orders at least three times.
The first command is to ask the rats near the stairs to turn all their attention to their group of people.
The second order was to have these individually assigned rats rush in without fear of death.
The third order was to further refine the order after Zhou You showed his superiority to others and let some exceptionally strong rats act as the main force to besiege him at all costs.
Therefore, Zhou You can be sure that the Rat King is definitely here, among the rats.
He carefully observed each of the larger rats, trying to find any clues that they were the Rat King.
But unfortunately he found nothing.
Those big rats didn't show any abnormality. They didn't arrange guards around themselves, nor did they hesitate when launching a desperate attack, instead letting other rats die.
So so far, I have been unable to find the Rat King in my travels.
In addition to observing with the naked eye, he also tried to listen to the sounds of mice with his ears to find flaws.
But there are still nearly a thousand rats in the field, and all kinds of squeaks and screams come and go.
Together, these sounds simply become the white noise that previous picture tube TVs emitted when the signal was poor.
It's impossible to tell when traveling around.
He even suspected that, let alone himself, the rats might not be able to distinguish the instructions from the Rat King in such a loud noise.
The reason is very simple. Suppose a thousand people are gathering in a small square and whispering.
Even if one of them has a particularly loud voice, no matter how loud he shouts, hoping that everyone will go to a certain corner of the square at the same time, the others may not react at all.
These circumstances made Zhou You's all-out beheading plan impossible to implement.
More than a minute passed unknowingly, and the traveling team was still more than one meter away from the ventilation hole of the power distribution room.
There were more than 300 rat carcasses placed in the passage.
The situation is slowly beginning to develop in a direction that is unfavorable to Zhou Yu.
He began to feel a little tired.
What's even more troublesome is that the front arrow formation centered on him is also showing signs of weakness as the physical fitness of the combatants declines.
Sun Yingjun was still able to hold on, but many other close-combat warriors were exhausted and had to retreat to the rear and exchange weapons with elite warriors holding spears to become second-line support.
There are also some melee members who are so tired that they can't lift their hands and can't even complete the second-line support task. Then they have to continue to retreat and let the new recruits who just joined the army yesterday come up.
There are even some elite warriors with poor physical fitness who can't bear it anymore.
The nail gun's ammunition is basically empty.
There were even some pure long-range combatants who moved to the second line and shouldered their spears.
In addition, some people's equipment has cracks in the curling blade, and the sharpness has dropped significantly.
I still couldn't find any mice after traveling around.
But instead of weakening, the mouse's offensive has changed again.
The intensity of rats' attacks on the power distribution room has weakened slightly.
This is good news, at least it means that the people inside are temporarily safe.
But the bad news is that the Rat King has issued a fourth order again, completely setting the traveling group as the primary target.
Obviously, the Rat King also discovered that Zhou You's team was at the end of its strength, and planned to use its numerical advantage to kill Zhou You's group.
After all, the group of people traveling around were in an open area, and there were no narrow openings to create terrain advantages.
At this moment, the new rat civilization is completely different from human civilization.
The death rate of rats has reached a terrifying 30% or more.
If it is an ordinary human army, when the casualty rate reaches 10%, the military morale will be shaken. When the casualty rate reaches 20%, the military morale will be shaky. If the casualty rate reaches 30%, the military morale will collapse and it will be impossible to fight anymore.
Looking at the long history of mankind, there are only a handful of armies that can maintain sufficiently stable military morale when the casualty rate reaches or exceeds 30%.
You know, this is still the casualty rate, not the death rate.
But as for the rats, the rats didn't care at all about the corpses of their companions, and they didn't have any emotional fluctuations. They only knew how to keep charging like pure killing machines, sacrificing their lives and killing themselves.
This is simply incredible.
At this time, the rats were all flesh and blood, with only not-so-sharp fangs and not-so-strong claws, but they were facing a human army covered in heavy armor and carrying weapons.
It should have been long ago that they should have run away, wailing in despair like the natives faced with foreign guns and cannons, but the rats just didn't exist.
At this time, none of the other warriors, including Zhou You, felt complacent about the continuous damage caused to the rats, and no one took it lightly because their opponent was an unarmed rat with only flesh and blood.
The momentum of the rat army is too terrifying.
Sun Yingjun, who was standing next to Zhou You, couldn't help but think, if this continues and if we wait for more than a minute, when Mr. Zhou is exhausted, will we really die here?
At this moment, a temporary melee recruit finally made a fatal mistake and was stabbed crookedly with his spear, and at the same time, three rats rushed in front of him.
The three rats lay down at the same time, and two of them grabbed the recruit's leg armor with their mouths. The other rat in the middle stood up and pushed the recruit down with its two forelimbs.
The next second, the mouse in the center jumped up and passed over the recruit. The other two mice used their strength at the same time to pull the recruit into the group of rats.
The mouse moved too fast, and other nearby melee team members could not rescue him in time.
Fortunately, Zhou Youben was at the front of the team. When he heard the exclamations from behind him, he quickly looked back, turned sideways, and stabbed twice in succession with the scalpel that was still sharp enough despite his careful protection.
Pierce the sides of the necks of the two rats who were trying to drag the recruit away.
The new soldier finally broke free and quickly crawled back to the formation.