Chapter 74 Weird
Under the control of Peggy and her brother, two armed helicopters began to fly into the sky above the zombie group from the outside, but these two drones were different from the reconnaissance drones. They did not have optical stealth capabilities, and the noise generated by the propellers was louder than that of the reconnaissance drones.
Soon, the two machines flying high in the sky attracted the attention of the zombies.
Just as Leon observed, the rotten zombies on the outermost periphery were similar to the zombies outside, moving slowly and sluggishly, but the closer the zombies were to the center of the nuclear power plant, the less obvious their decay, and their movements and speed were significantly enhanced.
As the outermost group of zombies were attracted by the movement of the armed helicopter, more and more zombies began to notice the two little creatures flying in the sky.
It was like throwing a stone into a hornet's nest. Soon the zombie swarm exploded. Nearly a thousand zombies swayed their bodies and rushed towards the location of the armed drone.
The speeds of these zombies varied. The slow ones looked like staggering old women, the fast ones looked like ordinary people who were in a hurry to get on the road, and the fastest one had its legs swinging so fast that its speed was almost as fast as an ordinary person's jogging.
Leon squinted his eyes and looked at the picture taken by the drone. His brows furrowed deeper and deeper. He patted Peggy on the shoulder and commanded:
"Don't go any deeper, Peggy. Move the drone around from another direction and control the speed of the drone to get rid of those slow zombies."
Peggy nodded, her hands rapidly typing on the keyboard. Under her control, the armed drone in the sky suddenly turned around and flew quickly towards the outside of the zombie group.
Although this mission seems to be a thankless task, Lyon hopes to take over this nuclear power plant closest to Atlanta in one fell swoop, repair the facilities inside, and put the nuclear power plant back into operation.
Since coming to this world, in the past six months, whether it is setting up a company, fighting enemies, or recruiting talents, everything has been smooth sailing. He even has an illusion that this world is a game in super easy mode for him.
There is no essential difference between these mutated zombies and ordinary zombies outside. Their intelligence has not been improved. It is only because their muscle activity and various body ligament tissues have been repaired that they are able to have faster speed and reaction ability.
Since we have discovered mutated zombies, for safety reasons, let's cancel the original mission.
Maggie agreed readily and informed Amy and Leon in detail the specific time required for the spring plowing in Oak Village.
If these 7 billion zombies were replaced by the kind of mutant zombies that Leon showed, which can run and are very fast, it is hard to imagine how many survivors would be able to survive their attack.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, Leon, together with Daryl and his men, used a hunting rifle that could spray out special fishing nets and successfully captured the two mutant zombies.
After several days of sleepless research, the doctors and professors from Umbrella Corporation came to a preliminary conclusion.
"Everyone here, please use your wisdom and intelligence to find out the true identity of these mutant zombies before things become hopeless."
The research work in the underground research institute never stops. Through radio contact, Lyon received good news from Daryl's team.
The short-barreled submachine gun located on the chassis of the armed drone spewed out violent flames.
For a moment, everyone was silent.
The next day, while the experts and professors were still studying samples of mutant zombies, the farm girl Maggie arrived at the Umbrella Corporation's base under the escort of several security members.
Leon breathed a sigh of relief, but when he turned around to observe the zombies that had strayed from the group, he was surprised to find that after losing their target, the zombies had gathered together again and returned to the huge group of zombies in the nuclear power plant.
Leon also took the time to meet with Maggie, and apologized to the girl and told her that there were urgent matters that needed to be dealt with in the next few days, and the Oak Village supply search team's mission would be postponed.
At that time, in addition to eliminating the threat of the Senas Nuclear Power Plant, Umbrella Corporation will no longer have to worry about electricity in the entire state of Georgia.
He took out his radio, switched to Daryl's channel, and said in a commanding tone:
"Okay, boss."
The tough and introverted Daryl never had any objection to Lyon's orders, and he soon led his team to the town of Roberta.
Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!
A large number of bullets were fired at the zombies.
Facing everyone with different expressions, Leon told them everything he had encountered at the Senas Nuclear Power Plant, and finally showed them the corpses of the mutated zombies and the living mutated zombies.
These Umbrella Corporation elites first felt fear, then numbness, and finally despair. But after despair, they couldn't help but feel a sense of resistance to their tragic fate.
Amy entertained her warmly, and after spending some time together, the relationship between the two girls quickly heated up, and they became like best friends.
For some unknown reason, in the entire town of Roberta, except for those zombies trapped in buildings and unable to leave, there are almost no wandering zombies in any public places.
More than two hours later, it was almost dusk. After traveling more than 80 kilometers, Leon and others returned to the Umbrella Corporation's base.
The girl's skills were very good. Under her control, the armed drone maintained a speed slightly faster than the fastest zombie, flying at a low altitude, carrying nearly a thousand zombies and slowly breaking away from the zombie horde.
"The battle song of humanity is a battle song of courage. We need to bring hope to those who are still struggling in pain."
After experiments and research, they discovered that all zombie viruses have the ability to absorb various radiations, accelerate reproduction, and simulate various cells in the human body.
They believe that doing so will speed up human research on the zombie virus.
By the time the armed drone arrived near Leon and others, there were only seven or eight zombies left following it.
Leon paid attention to everyone's expressions, and when he saw that their emotions had eased, he continued:
After Daryl's team left, Leon did not stay here any longer. He drove a truck loaded with mutant zombie samples and took Peggy and her brother back to the Umbrella base.
He issued a gathering order to all members of the security department, and the entire Umbrella Corporation began to operate urgently. In the shortest possible time, they would only retain the most basic defense forces in all their strongholds and gather the strongest combat power of the entire company to complete this exploration mission.
After thinking for a while, Lyon neither accepted nor rejected the request.
He only promised that he would allow these few remaining precious researchers in the human world to observe closely only when he felt it was safe enough.
Judging from the performance of these zombies, it doesn't seem like they have regained intelligence. If that's the case, then there must be something in the nuclear power plant that can attract them.
It turns out that they are absorbing various radiations from the sun and air all the time, and these energies ensure that their broken bodies can still move.
After some slightly cheesy but inspiring speeches, everyone's morale was restored. After all, these people present were all elites of the human race. They quickly calmed themselves down and began to use their respective skills to conduct various aspects of research on the mutated zombies that Leon brought back.
In essence, it is the same as an ordinary person when he just becomes a zombie, with physical qualities close to those of a normal person.
Seeing that the little beauty was obviously in a low mood, after experiencing Leon's intense and lasting magic of love encouragement, little Amy, who was sore all over and with a flushed face, curled up her body, lay in the man's arms like a kitten, and fell asleep.
"Everyone, we are in trouble, and so are humans."
Leon immediately gave Daryl the task of continuing to collect supplies and build a safer garrison.
It was not until nightfall that Leon and Amy, who were not professional researchers, left the underground research institute.
"We all need to fight. Please be courageous and don't give up all hope just because of the hardships and difficulties that may arise in the future."
Lyon, who was still full of energy thanks to his special physical fitness, stared at the ceiling with his eyes open, lost in deep thought.
But it was not until today, when he heard the various threats about the nuclear power plant, saw the abilities of the mutated zombies, and witnessed things that had never appeared in the plot, that he realized that the world was not as simple as he had imagined.
With the current manpower of Daryl's team, they can easily eliminate all threats in the town, and they can use all the resources in the entire town of Roberta at will.
As the drone began to move away from the nuclear power plant and made a big circle around the hill where Leon and the others were, more and more slower zombies were unable to keep up with the movement speed of the zombies in the front row and gradually left the team.
Maybe tomorrow, or maybe a few days later, he will come here with more troops, and then decide how to deal with this nuclear power plant.
If this world is a game, then perhaps from now on, he has left the novice village and entered a truly difficult world.
As for why these zombies can slowly change from a rotten state to their physical state when they just died.
Soon, the armed drone, under the control of Peggy and her brother, took advantage of the high altitude and fired directly at the zombies' heads.
Together with the corpses of the mutated zombies killed by drones, they were all loaded into a modified truck.
Leon thought about it, but being cautious by nature, he did not choose to deal with those strange zombies by himself. Instead, he continued to instruct Peggy:
"Leave two as research samples and kill the rest."
Leon looked at the two remaining zombies who were still tirelessly chasing the figure armed with a drone, and immediately had a plan in mind.
This is a major discovery made by Dr. Melfa and others.
"At present, the number of these mutant zombies is not very large, and they are tightly bound near the nuclear power plant for some unknown reason."
"I brought these samples back not because I wanted to see your desperate expressions."
"Darryl, bring a few people to where I am now, and bring the hunting rifles we use to capture zombies."
These cutting-edge researchers even made a rather headstrong request to Lyon.
According to experts' estimates, there are currently about 7 billion zombies in the world. Even the ordinary zombies like now, which move slowly and have rotten bodies, have already made the current survivors feel difficult.
What Leon was most worried about did not happen. The bullets from the armed drones easily shattered the heads of these zombies, directly causing their heads to explode, ending their twisted lives.
Without any unnecessary nonsense, Lyon gave Daryl's team another mission, ordering them to find a safe, spacious and easily defended building in the town of Roberta 10 kilometers away, and temporarily station there as a base for subsequent teams.
They hope to go to the Senas Nuclear Power Plant in Roberta County in person to observe and study the mutated zombies up close.
Without a moment's pause, when Leon brought samples of mutant zombies to the underground research institute deep in the base, the smartest, most knowledgeable and most experienced people in the entire Umbrella Corporation all gathered here.
Looking at Dr. Melfa and his wife in the underground base, four senior professors from Georgia Institute of Technology, professional military officer Colonel William, and Amy, his assistant who assists him in handling all the government affairs of the Umbrella base.
"Hurry up, I'll wait for you here."
Dr. Melfa and others were extremely excited about this research finding. They figured out how zombie viruses absorb energy and how they drive biological bodies. This was undoubtedly a major breakthrough in virus research.
After receiving the researchers' preliminary assessment of the mutated zombies, Lyon became more determined to find out what exactly happened in the Senas Nuclear Power Plant.
Being able to easily occupy a small town and get all the supplies inside for free is of course a happy thing.
Leon looked serious, and said with a hint of helplessness in his tone:
After some friendly exchanges, time quickly came to the third day.
This also indirectly explains why zombies can maintain the ability to keep their rotten bodies moving without any energy replenishment.
They can even start an industrial mode and restore a certain level of industrial production capacity, taking a big step towards the goal of rebuilding the human home.
In order to achieve this goal, over the next week, under the coordination of Leon and Amy, Umbrella Corporation stopped all other work and everyone worked together to advance this project.
Not only did they complete the assembly of the combat troops and the transportation of supplies, but the entire engineering department also worked overtime to develop new weapons to deal with the mutated zombies.
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