The Walking Dead: Rebuild

Chapter 74 Weird
Compared with reconnaissance drones, the assault-type armed drone is larger, has thicker armor, and has a stronger load-carrying capacity. It is also equipped with two short-barreled submachine guns and three hundred rounds of magazines, which can effectively attack within a range of 100 meters. enemy.

Under the control of the Peggy siblings, two armed helicopters flew into the sky above the zombie swarm from the outside. However, these two drones were different from the reconnaissance drones. They did not have the function of optical stealth, and the propellers produced The noise is also louder than that of a reconnaissance drone.

Soon, these two machines flying high in the sky attracted the attention of the corpse group.

As Leon observed, the rotting zombies on the outermost periphery are still similar to the zombies in the outside world, moving slowly and sluggishly, but the closer they are to the zombies in the center of the nuclear power plant, the less obvious their decay is, and their movements and movement speeds are also slower. has been significantly strengthened.

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 things flying in the sky.

It was like throwing a stone into a hornet's nest, and soon the group of corpses seemed to explode. Nearly a thousand zombies swayed and rushed towards the position of the armed drone.

The speed of these zombies ranges from fast to slow. The slow ones look like staggering old women, the fast ones look like ordinary people in a hurry, and the fastest one has his legs swinging rapidly, and his speed is close to that of an ordinary person trotting. .

Leon squinted his eyes and looked at the footage captured by the drone. His brows furrowed deeper and deeper. He patted Paige on the shoulder and commanded:

"Don't go deeper, Peggy, go around the drone from the other direction, control the speed of the drone, and get rid of those slow zombies."

Paige nodded and typed quickly on the keyboard with her hands. Under her control, the armed drone in the sky suddenly turned around and flew quickly away from the corpse group.

The girl's technique is very good. Under his control, the armed drone maintains a speed slightly faster than the fastest zombie, flies at low altitude, and takes nearly a thousand zombies, and slowly escapes from the group of corpses.

As the drone began to move away from the nuclear power plant, it made a big circle around the mountain where Lyon and the others were located. More and more slow-moving zombies could not keep up with the moving speed of the zombies in the front row, and gradually left the team.

By the time the armed drone arrived near Leon and others, there were only seven or eight zombies left behind it.

Leon thought for a while, but being cautious by nature, he did not choose to deal with those strange zombies by himself. Instead, he continued to direct Peggy:
"Keep two as research samples and kill the others."

"Okay, boss."

Soon, the armed drone, under the control of Peggy and her brother, took advantage of the high altitude and fired directly at the head of the zombie.

The short-barreled submachine gun located on the chassis of the armed drone sprayed out violent flames.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
A large number of bullets were fired at the zombies.

What worried Leon the most did not happen. The bullets from the armed drone easily shattered the heads of these zombies, directly blowing their heads open and ending their twisted lives.

Quietly breathing a sigh of relief, when Leon turned his head to observe the straggler zombies, he was surprised to find that after losing the target of tracking, the straggler zombies got together again and returned to the huge group of corpses in the nuclear power plant.

Judging from the behavior of these zombies, it does not look like they have regained intelligence. If this is the case, there must be something in the nuclear power plant that can attract them.

Leon looked at the two remaining zombies who were still tirelessly chasing the figures armed with drones, and immediately had a plan in mind.

He took out the radio, connected to Daryl's channel, and said in a commanding tone:

"Daryl, bring a few people over to my current location and bring the hunting rifles we use to catch zombies."

"Hurry up, I'll wait for you here."

Now that mutated zombies have been discovered, for safety reasons, the original mission should be cancelled.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Leon took Daryl and his men together, using a hunting gun that could spray out a special fishing net, and successfully caught the two mutant zombies.

Together with the mutated zombie corpses killed by drones, they were all loaded into a modified truck.

Without any unnecessary nonsense, Leon issued another mission to Daryl's team, 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 the follow-up team. stronghold.

Maybe tomorrow, maybe a few days later, he will come here with more troops, and then he will decide how to deal with this nuclear power plant.

The tough and restrained Daryl never had any objections to Leon's orders, and he quickly set off with his team to the town of Roberta.

After Daryl's team left, Leon did not stay here any longer. He drove a truck containing mutant zombie samples, and took the Peggy siblings with him to embark on the journey back to the Umbrella Base.

More than two hours later, it was close to dusk, and after covering a distance of more than 80 kilometers, Lyon and others returned to the Umbrella Company's base.

Without a moment's pause, when Leon brought the mutant zombie samples to the underground research institute deep in the base, the smartest, most knowledgeable, and experienced people in the entire Umbrella Company all gathered here.

Looking at Dr. Melfa and his wife in the underground base, four senior professors from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Colonel William, a professional officer, and Amy, his assistant who assists him in handling all government affairs at the umbrella base.

Leon looked serious and said with a hint of helplessness in his tone:

"Everyone, we are in trouble, and humans are in trouble too."

Facing the crowd with different expressions, Leon told all the things he encountered at the Senas Nuclear Power Plant, and finally showed the corpses of the mutated zombies and the mutated zombies that were still alive.

For a while, everyone was silent.

According to experts' speculation, there are currently about 70 billion zombies in the world. Even ordinary zombies like this, which are slow-moving and rotting, have already made it difficult for the survivors.

If these 70 billion zombies are replaced by the kind of mutant zombies that Lyon showed that can run and are very fast, it is hard to imagine how many survivors can survive their attacks.

The elites of these umbrella companies first felt a sense of fear, then numbness, and finally despair. After despair, they couldn't help but feel a trace of resistance against the tragic fate.

Leon paid attention to everyone's expressions, and seeing that their emotions had eased, he continued:

"Currently, the number of these mutated zombies is not very large, and they are bound tightly near the nuclear power plant for unknown reasons." "I did not bring these samples back because I wanted to see your desperate expressions."

"Everyone here, please use your ingenuity to figure out the true identity of these mutated zombies before things become hopeless."

"We all need to fight. Please have the courage. Don't give up all hope just because of the hardships and difficulties that may arise in the future."

"The war song of mankind is a war song of courage. We need to bring hope to those who are still struggling."

After giving some inspiring speeches, everyone's morale has recovered. After all, these people here are the elites of mankind. They quickly cleaned up their mood and began to use their own housekeeping skills. Skill, conducting various aspects of research on the mutated zombies brought back by Leon.

Until night fell, Leon and Amy, who were not professional researchers, left the underground research institute.

Seeing that the little beauty was obviously in a low mood, after experiencing the encouragement magic of Leon's fierce and long-lasting love, the little Amy, who was sore and flushed, curled up and lay in the man's arms like a kitten, entering Dreamland.

And Leon, who was still energetic due to his special physical fitness, stared at the ceiling with his eyes open and fell into deep thought.

After coming to this world, for more than half a year, everything went smoothly, whether it was setting up a company, fighting enemies, or recruiting talents. He even had the illusion that this world was a super simple game to him.

But it wasn't until today that he heard about the various threats from nuclear power plants, saw the abilities of those mutated zombies, and saw things that had never appeared in the plot before, that he realized that the world was not as simple as he imagined.

If this world were a game, maybe from now on, he would have left the novice village and entered a truly difficult world.

The research work of the underground research institute never stopped. Through radio contact, Leon received good news from Daryl's team.

For some unknown reason, in the entire town of Roberta, except for the zombies who were locked up in buildings and unable to leave, there were almost no zombies wandering around in any public places.

With the current manpower of Daryl's team, they can easily clear out all threats in the town, and they can freely use all the resources in the entire town of Roberta.

It is certainly a joy to be able to easily occupy a small town and get all the supplies in it for free.

Leon immediately gave Daryl the task of continuing to collect supplies and build a safer garrison.

The next day, while experts and professors were still studying samples of mutant zombies, the farm girl Maggie arrived at the Umbrella Company's base escorted by several members of the security department.

Amy entertained her warmly. After that period of time together, the two girls' relationship quickly heated up and they became something like best friends.

Leon also took the time to meet Maggie and told the girl apologetically that there were urgent matters that needed to be dealt with in the past few days, and the Oak Village material search team would be postponed.

Maggie readily agreed and informed Amy and Leon in detail about the specific time required for spring plowing in Oak Village.

After a friendly exchange, time quickly came to the third day.

After several days of sleepless research, the doctors and professors of Umbrella Company came to preliminary conclusions.

There is no essential difference between these mutant zombies and ordinary zombies outside. Their intelligence has not been improved. It is only because of the repair of muscle activity and various body ligament tissues that they can have faster speed and reaction capabilities.

Essentially, it is the same as when ordinary people first turned into zombies, with physical fitness close to that of normal people.

As for why these zombies can slowly change from the state of decay back to the physical state when they just died.

This is a major discovery made by Dr. Melfa and others.

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.

This also indirectly explains why zombies can still maintain the ability to move their decaying bodies without any energy replenishment.

It turns out that they are absorbing various radiations from sunlight and air all the time. This energy ensures that their broken bodies can still move.

Dr. Melfa and others were extremely excited about this research discovery. They figured out how zombie viruses absorb energy and how they drive biological bodies. This is undoubtedly a major breakthrough in virus research.

In fact, these cutting-edge researchers made a more willful request to Lyon.

They hope to go to the Senas Nuclear Power Plant in Roberta County in person to observe and study mutant zombies up close.

They believe that doing so can speed up human research on zombie viruses.

After thinking for a while, Leon neither accepted nor rejected this request.
He only promised that when he felt it was safe enough, he would allow these precious researchers, the only ones left in the human world, to observe them closely.

After receiving the researchers' preliminary assessment of mutant zombies, Leon became more determined to find out what happened in the Senas Nuclear Power Plant.

He issued a gathering order to all members of the Security Department, and the entire Umbrella Company began emergency operations. They would retain only the most basic protective force in all strongholds in the shortest possible time, and gather the strongest combat power of the entire company to complete this mission. Exploration mission.

Although this mission seemed a bit thankless, Lyon hoped to win the nuclear power plant closest to Atlanta in one fell swoop, repair the facilities inside, and put the nuclear power plant back into operation.

By then, in addition to being able to eliminate the threat from the Senas Nuclear Power Plant, Umbrella Corporation will no longer have to worry about electricity throughout Georgia.

They can even start an industrial model and restore a certain degree of industrial production capacity, taking a big step towards the goal of rebuilding humanity's homeland.

In order to accomplish this goal, in the next week, under the coordination of Leon and Amy, the Umbrella Company stopped all other aspects of work and everyone worked together to promote this project.

Not only has the assembly of combat troops been completed, the delivery of materials has been completed, even the entire engineering department has worked overtime to transform and complete new weapons to deal with mutated zombies.

(End of this chapter)