Chapter 125: Even the Cannons Have Been Dragged Out

Worried that the second floor might be as dangerous as the third, Li Wensheng hesitated in the corridor, leaning against the wall to quietly peek and ensure no one was around before stepping out.

A few minutes later, he reached the stairwell on the second floor and stared down the stairs with a grave expression.

There were people on the fourth and third floors, but not a single soul on the second. This could only mean those originally stationed on the second floor had been called back to the first.

Taking a deep breath, Li Wensheng steeled himself and descended.

After just a few steps, he suddenly stopped, stood still for a few seconds, then turned back to the second floor.

He approached the second room to the left of the stairwell and twisted the doorknob.

The door wasn’t locked. It creaked open, revealing a large office space—not so much an office as a workspace with six desks arranged in the center.

Glancing around, Li Wensheng stomped his foot, listening intently. A faint trace of satisfaction flickered in his eyes.

He then found a good spot facing the doorway, about two meters away.

Click, click, click...

He lightly spun around, holding a Chicago Typewriter, firing at the floor.

Recoil was nonexistent for him; even with the Chicago Typewriter, his shots landed with deadly precision.

Soon, the floor beneath him was riddled with bullet holes, forming a roughly one-meter-wide circle.

As the circle appeared, Li Wensheng stepped onto it and fell through.

The room below was empty, save for a few old desks piled in a corner.

Bang!

Landing on the circular wooden panel, Li Wensheng faced the closed door directly.

Click, click, click...

Hearing footsteps outside, he instinctively raised his gun and fired into the door.

“Ah!” “Ah!” The screams outside followed the gunfire as through the bullet-riddled door, a group of attackers fell like wheat harvested by a sickle.

After emptying one magazine, Li Wensheng swapped the Chicago Typewriter for a Czech light machine gun from his system space and continued firing.

But only seconds later, he quickly switched to a pistol and dashed toward the front-left corner.

As he reached the corner, bullets shredded the blinds on the window beside him.

Within seconds, countless bullets poured through the window, reducing the blinds to shreds.

Outside was the first-floor lobby, crowded with both survivors and those lying bloodied and riddled with bullets.

Nearly half of the living stood before the window in two groups, wielding pistols and taking turns firing into the room.

Amid the intense gunfire, Li Wensheng’s mind raced. He stowed his pistol and pulled out two American grenades from the system space.

Creeping along the wall toward the window’s edge, he turned sideways, pulled the pins, and hurled the grenades outside.

A thunderous explosion rocked the air, the blast wave causing him to sway slightly.

Then came the rapid staccato of the Czech light machine gun—a fierce, elegant symphony.

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