Welcome to the Wasteland - Chapter 58

Chapter 58: Vicious Dog

The U.S. military was interested in ‘Dog Meat’ which was equipped with a ‘biochemical brain’ because it was a piece of incredible weaponry. Its biggest advantage was its agility. It was difficult to follow, and there was no way to predict its movements.

Its strength coupled with its small size allowed it to attack swiftly, and the bionic eyes it was equipped with were capable of reading situations insanely quickly. Moreover, it had a highly intelligent computer that could actively generate attack routes to minimize or avoid enemy attacks.

Moreover, it was not afraid of ordinary attacks. ‘Dog Meat’ was equipped with heavy armor. Unless a large-caliber heavy machine gun was used, ordinary firearms posed no threat to it at all. Such an efficient murder weapon showed its hideous features for the first time that day.

Following Zhou Qingfeng’s orders, ‘Dog Meat’ dashed forward. Others only regarded it as an ordinary wolfhound, but once it bared its fangs and teeth, they would find out how terrifying it was.

Even Leila Fox had greatly underestimated the abilities of ‘Dog Meat’, otherwise she definitely would have let the dog become her guard. When she saw how swiftly ‘Dog Meat’ leaped onto the face of a student with a gun, only then did she realize how wrong she was.

In the blink of an eye, with just one strike, ‘Dog Meat’ showed the strength of its steel teeth. With one bite, it tore its opponent’s neck in half. Blood gushed out in tremendous amounts, causing the thousands of people at the scene to shriek in shock.

After the first attack, ‘Dog Meat’ launched itself off the corpse and dashed forward once more. Its intelligent computer calculated its advancement very precisely, allowing it to pounce onto another gunman swiftly.

This time, ‘Dog Meat’ did not move its bloodied maw. Instead, it reached out its legs and gently flew across its target’s neck. A blade popped out of one of its sharp claws, easily slicing open its target’s throat.

Within seconds, ‘Dog Meat’ moved swiftly from one gun-wielding student to another. Its incomparable speed made it so that no one was able to defend themselves against its attacks. Many of the gun-wielding students died before they could even realize what had happened.

More than a dozen law school students had been positioned around the mobile command vehicle with guns. When the people at the front were attacked, the people at the back were not given any form of warning. They could only see other students than themselves screaming and fleeing from the vehicle. Some of them were paralyzed by the gory scene, while some of them ended up fainting on the spot.

As they watched the scene become more chaotic, the remaining students with guns instinctively realized that their side was being attacked. Hence, seeing their people being killed one after the other, some of them started firing recklessly.

Nevertheless, none of their shots hit ‘Dog Meat’. Instead, they unintentionally shot other people on their side. This added to the chaos. By the time ‘Dog Meat’ had killed more than half of the students with guns, the others had either thrown their guns aside and ran away or raised their hands to concede defeat.

It killed seven people in 12 seconds.

Looking at the pungent and horrifying corpses that covered the ground, all Leila Fox saw in her eyes was blood-red. She shuddered uncontrollably, unable to suppress the fear and horror that had crept into her chest.

Zhou Qingfeng asked her to turn around and whispered, “You’ll have to learn how to get used to this. It’s like when I first killed a person, I was so upset that I almost threw up. However, I can assure you that in the next few days, you’ll see mountains of corpses.”

Not only did Leila Fox turn around, but she squeezed her eyes shut as well, trying to resist the repulsion that she felt. She said, “Is that why you took such a huge risk to get that dog?”

“That’s right. ‘Dog Meat’ might not know how to use firearms, but it’s undefeatable in close-quarter combat. Moreover, it’s smart enough to complete certain tasks that involve laying mines and explosives. With it, my chances of survival increase exponentially.”

Zhou Qingfeng was very satisfied with ‘Dog Meat’. As he watched ‘Dog Meat’ run over, wagging its tail, he retrieved a hemostatic triangle before wiping its bloody, flesh-covered maw. He patted its head adoringly and gushed, “Beautifully executed you dumb dog!”

‘Dog Meat’ whined, continuing to protest against Zhou Qingfeng for calling it a ‘dumb dog’. Nevertheless, it did not stop circling its owner obediently. Judging by its obedient appearance, there was no way anyone could tell that it had just killed seven people.

In David Lawrence’s team, Tony Parker was just a little punk with mediocre combat abilities. However, he had been part of the main combat force. The reason for that was because he had the fearless and obedient ‘Dog Meat’ around. At that time, no one could replace it.

To defeat ‘Dog Meat’, one had to either use firepower to block all its attack routes at a close range or use a powerful firearm to shoot it from a distance. All the injuries that the loyal dog suffered in the original plot had been caused by Tony Parker who had ordered it to carry out certain deadly tasks.

Nevertheless, using ‘Dog Meat’ to kill ordinary students who had never murdered people before, it was like using a machete to kill chickens. It has to be said, however, that this type of overkill method had a decent effect. At the very least, it gave the student at Colombia University an unforgettable performance.

Victor Hugo and his vicious dog’s reputation would spread far and wide. In the world of the Wastelands, a terrifying reputation was a good thing as it was capable of deterring unwanted trouble.

At that moment, a bang was heard. The law student that had been standing on the roof of the car, trying to win over Zhou Qingfeng, fell as his knees became weak. He was obviously in pain, and yet he tried to suppress it, scared to even make a sound. He could only grit his teeth and try to escape.

As he saw Zhou Qingfeng beginning to walk toward him in big strides, the guy called out frantically, “Please wait. Mr. Hugo, I am an excellent student from my law school. I can work for you, I’ve already gotten my lawyer’s license, I can help you resolve any legal issues.”

Bang…!

Zhou Qingfeng killed that bastard without hesitation. He watched as the corpse collapsed to the ground. He said in disdain, “In the world of the Wasteland, the most useless kind of people is lawyers who only know how to play tricks. You’ll only waste food and stir up trouble.”

When the students saw Zhou Qingfeng kill him without a second thought, the few students who were paralyzed on the ground started to sob. It seemed like they were having a nervous breakdown.

“Get up, I need some temporary subordinates. If you work hard for me, I’ll let you go.” Zhou Qingheng kicked the few people on the ground. He first asked them to pick up the firearms that had been discarded on the ground and then find some cargo trucks to move a large number of people and equipment from the Babylonian Laboratory.

‘Dog Meat’ required accessories, energy, and maintenance, all of which required professional personnel. Hence, the Babylonian Intelligence Lab’s personnel had to be taken away.

Afterward, Zhou Qingfeng needed several biopharmaceutical experts to configure and improve the NTZ-49 for him. It just so happened that Columbia University had the related personnel as well.

Were there people who resisted? Yes! But it did not matter, he only had to knock them out and bring them along. Those guys would end up being grateful to Zhou Qingfeng in the future.