Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2119 Helicopter Crash

"How about we try another one?" Ant suggested after a while.

Jackals and Nuts all looked at the judge.

Although drones have many parts, quite a few civilian and public drones have been found in recent years.

However, Dazhangshu is not yet able to mass-produce drones, and every drone used is one less available.

After a moment's hesitation, the judge said:
"We're already here, let's give it another try."

"This time, Jackal, you'd better watch out."

“Okay!” Jackal nodded vigorously and rummaged through the back of the cabin to find another drone that was a bit larger than the previous one.

This time, the jackal flew very steadily. Although its speed was a bit slower, it flew more than two hundred meters without encountering any obstacles.

"Yes, keep this altitude. It's okay to go a little slower, just be steady!" The judge encouraged the jackal from the side.

The dense jungle was even more lush than the Amazon rainforest where the judges had once visited.

Palau Island is located in a tropical rainforest climate, with high temperatures and abundant moisture.

In the nine years since the apocalypse, Palau Island has been affected by meteorites from outer space. The air humidity here is close to 100%, and the temperature is also high. Over the years, more than 10,000 locals on Palau Island have all died in the mouths of zombies.

Without human logging, the vegetation here has transformed into a forest kingdom after nine years of growth.

Tall trees, large and small, grow together, their canopies blocking out the sky, the forest so dense that the sky is obscured.

The branches twisted and turned in mid-air, completely blocking out the sun.

Thick tree roots arched out of the ground like twisted hemp ropes, covered with thick green moss, making them soft and yielding when stepped on.

Rotten wood lay across the pile of decaying leaves, and vines hung down from high branches; the new vines were tender and shiny, while the old vines were rough like tree bark.

The ferns huddled together at the base of the tree, their new leaves curled up and their old leaves rusty.

Water droplets seeped from the cracks in the bark, but there were no insects, ants, or animals.

The drone followed the King Kong zombie in front of it. The King Kong zombie moved so much that the water droplets on the leaves fell down in a flurry.

Due to the high humidity, a layer of mist gradually rose on the screen after the drone ventured deep into the dense forest.

Jackal immediately activated the drone's defogging mode. The drone he was controlling was manufactured by DJ and had a lens equipped with heated defogging technology.

Soon after the defogging mode was turned on, the lens became much clearer.

However, the deeper the drone flew, the denser the vegetation became, and the King Kong zombies were extremely agile and did not stop to wait for the drone.

The jackal was controlling the drone, afraid of crashing into the haphazard branches and twigs, so it dared not fly too fast.

"We're almost out of catching up with those Vajra zombies. Should we speed up and catch up?" Jackal asked.

The judge countered with a question:
"If you speed up again, are you confident you can quickly avoid these branches and twigs?"

“No.” The jackal shook its head; the vegetation below was simply too dense.

The plants practically grow wherever they can find a spot.

If a drone is flying fast, it could easily crash into a vine that suddenly droops down.

After thinking for two seconds, the judge said:

"Then keep this speed, fly a little slower. There are also marks left by the places these Vajra zombies have stepped on. We can find the location of the mother by following these marks."

"Alright!" The jackal nodded and did as the judge instructed.

After the drone flew 500 meters deeper this time, the vegetation inside became even denser, but traces of the King Kong zombies could still be found on the ground.

Continue flying inwards.

Just as the drone passed through a gap in the middle of a tree trunk, the thick vine on the trunk suddenly moved, opened its huge maw, and swallowed the drone whole.

Kakakaka~
The drone was crushed and shattered.

A few seconds later, the screen returned to a striped state indicating no signal.

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Everyone looked at each other, speechless.

After a moment, the jackal said in a daze:
"Did you guys see what that was just now?"

The ant looked on in shock. "Isn't that a vine? Plants have mutated too? Has the world gone mad?"

The judge shook his head and said:
“That’s not a vine. Didn’t you see it just now? It has teeth and a forked tongue. It’s a anaconda.”

Nuts frowned and said:
"But... that anaconda is huge! It's at least twenty meters long! And with so many zombies here, how did it survive?"

The judge sighed and said:
"It's probably infected with the zombie virus."

“But,” Nuts continued, “aren’t only mammals susceptible to the zombie virus? Snakes are cold-blooded animals, how could they turn into zombie snakes!”

The jackal put down the control stick and said:

"Palau Island is close to an extraterrestrial meteorite, and it's possible that some mutation occurred that we're unaware of, which led to this situation."

"The terrifying zombie we saw here before, which looked like a giant squid, must have had squid genes as well."

"Squid aren't mammals!"

Silence fell again, and everyone felt extremely heavy-hearted.

Each time they come to investigate, they discover new information.

But this new information made them increasingly nervous about the future impact of sea fog on the camphor tree.

After a moment, the jackal couldn't help but ask:
"Shall we give it another try?"

"We brought a total of four drones on this trip. We've lost two, so we have two drones left."

The judge, with a solemn expression, said:

"Let's try one last time. If this doesn't work either, we'll think of something else. If all else fails, we'll retreat! We'll come back next time we think of a solution."

"it is good."

The drones they brought out this time were even larger.

The jackal was a little nervous, after all, the two drones in front of it had crashed.

"Relax, it's okay. If it doesn't work out, try again next time," the judge said, seeing his nervousness.

Jackal nodded. His knife-throwing skills were excellent, and his hands were extremely steady. He was the best at operating drones among them.

The drone flew out of the cabin once again.

They retraced their steps, but this time the jackal learned from its mistakes and tried to avoid the vines, or hover in mid-air to observe them before continuing its flight.

We flew for an hour, penetrating nearly two kilometers into the dense jungle.

This was the deepest we had entered the forest in the past three trips.

Zizzi~
Just then, perhaps because we were too deep in the forest, the signal became weak.

Seeing this, the judge quickly instructed the pilot to fly the helicopter closer to the drone, hoping to improve the drone's signal.

"Holy crap!?"

Boom!
The drone suddenly lost contact and crashed in the dense forest.

"The signal is terrible," the jackal said, looking at the judge and the others with a look of utter despair.

The judge sighed, patted the jackal on the shoulder, and said:
"It's alright, it's not your fault. Just don't use the last drone, just in case."

"Fine," the jackal said reluctantly, and could only give up.

Afterwards, they continued their photography and filming as usual, allowing researchers from the Natural Disaster Research Institute and the Zombie Research Department to take samples of the local environment, including seawater and samples from the capture of new types of zombies.
Several hours later, they completed their routine reconnaissance and data collection mission.

"Return to base!" Judge used the communicator to contact the driver ahead.

The driver who accompanied them on this trip was named Zhuang Mingdong, and he was from the Big Camphor Tree Flight Squadron.

Due to his excellent flying skills, he was assigned to carry out this project mission.

Zhuang Mingdong quickly changed direction, controlling the helicopter to use the automatic tracking and return mode, and flew towards the southern Philippines in the direction it had come from.

Mist.

They entered a wall of sea fog that was thousands of meters high.

This place is quite peculiar; centered on Palau Island, the surrounding thousands of square kilometers are all under clear skies.

On the outer perimeter was a huge wall formed by sea fog. They passed through the wall of sea fog and entered the sea fog.

In automatic tracking mode, they don't need to operate the helicopter.

The helicopter was flying at an altitude of two thousand meters above the sea. The people inside were sitting in their seats, fastened their seat belts, and chatting.

A dozen minutes later, the helicopter encountered a heavy downpour.

They encounter this kind of rainfall every time they come in; there's a particular area in the sea fog that always experiences rainfall.

Whenever this happens, all they need to do is raise the helicopter to over 4,000 meters and get out of the clouds, and they'll be fine.

This time, they used the same method.

The helicopter quickly ascended.

clap clap clap!

Large raindrops kept hitting the fuselage, making a loud noise.

The helicopter began to shake violently in the storm.

2500 m.

3000 m.

Suddenly, boom!
A bolt of lightning struck the helicopter.

The sustainable helicopter came to a sudden stop, and the instruments on the dashboard turned gray. The helicopter rotor also began to slow down.

Zhuang Mingdong was immediately dumbfounded.
this.
The helicopter lost its upward momentum and began to fall.

Below is the vast ocean shrouded in sea fog!
At a height of 3000 meters, a fall from that height would be certain death.

Even if they don't die from the fall, they can't escape the sea fog, not to mention the countless zombies inside!
Zhuang Ming's hands trembled slightly, but with his excellent composure, he quickly pressed the backup power button.

Old Qin, who was sitting behind the driver's seat, unbuckled his seatbelt and quickly ran to the driver's compartment.

Zhuang Mingdong quickly said, "The avionics equipment has malfunctioned!"

He made way for him, and Lao Qin quickly sat down.

"Nuts, quickly check the circuit breaker and restart it!"

"Received." Nut in the passenger seat quickly checked and reset the switch.

"Backup power activated!"

"Backup power supply #1 failed to start!"

"Then let's switch to backup power supply number 2!"

After losing upward momentum, the helicopter plummeted rapidly, and its speed increased.

Once the speed reaches a certain value, a buzzing sound is heard in the brain.

The aircraft shook violently, and Zhuang Mingdong accidentally bumped his arm, making a cracking sound.

He endured the pain, quickly returned to the cabin, sat in the same seat that Lao Qin had been in, and fastened his seatbelt.

Boom boom boom!
The things inside the helicopter were shaking violently. Luckily, they had secured the boxes containing the new type of zombies they had captured securely enough, preventing them from coming loose or falling. Otherwise, it would have been even more troublesome if the new type of zombie had escaped.

Beep beep beep!

The helicopter issued a warning.

Old Qin couldn't help but curse, "Damn it, the power's completely cut off, there's no power at all, and the alarm is still going off!"

"Only 600 meters left before plunging into the ocean!"

The nuts next to me reminded me from time to time.

"500 meters."

"300 meters."

"200 meters."

Just then, the dashboard lights up.

After the circuit breaker was restarted, backup power supply No. 2 was successfully restored, and the helicopter regained power.

The rotors spun, and the helicopter immediately stabilized.

call!
Old Qin wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked down at the gloomy sea fog, and cursed.

"That was fucking exciting!"

It was still raining outside. When the judge saw that the helicopter had stabilized, he immediately ran to the cockpit.

"What's going on now?"

Old Qin stabilized the helicopter and pulled it upwards, saying:
"It was probably struck by lightning just now, but it has regained power."

He glanced at the control panel and said with a wry smile:

"The zombie generator has malfunctioned and can no longer generate electricity."

"The wireless equipment is useless now."

"The transponder is also broken."

"Most of the electronic devices malfunctioned, but fortunately the control system has a lightning protection mechanism and is still functioning normally."

"The main power supply is out of service, and the No. 1 power supply is also faulty and cannot be started. We are now using the No. 2 backup power supply."

Upon hearing this series of devastating news, the judge closed his eyes.

The sustainable electric helicopter is so sustainable because it relies on the zombie generator to continuously generate electricity.

When there is a surplus of power generated by the zombies, it will recharge the backup power sources 1, 2, and 3.

The main power supply is connected to the zombie generator.

Now that the zombie generators have all suffered major malfunctions, we can only rely on the remaining power from the main power source and three other backup power sources.

The design of the sustainable helicopter is very thoughtful.

Even if the zombie generator malfunctions, the main power supply will also malfunction.

They can still fly 1,600 kilometers with three backup power sources.

The No. 1 backup power battery has the largest capacity and can support the helicopter's flight for nearly 800 kilometers.

Power supply #2 is slightly smaller, only able to support helicopter flight for 500 kilometers.

Power source number 3 has a range of only 300 kilometers.

These are all solid-state batteries with the highest energy density from the camphor tree, which have eight times the energy storage capacity of conventional lithium iron phosphate batteries before the apocalypse.

If lithium iron phosphate batteries are used, the backup power range of an electric helicopter can only reach 200 kilometers.

but!

Their main power supply is now unusable, and power supply number one has malfunctioned.

The only usable batteries are size 2 and size 3 batteries.

"How much power do numbers 2 and 3 have left?" the judge asked quickly.

The co-pilot, Nut, replied:

"Number 3 is still 100%, while number 2 is still 97%."

The judge calculated that, using the current power supply in the helicopter, they could fly approximately 780 kilometers.

How far are we from Trento, the place we agreed to meet with Hema and the others?

Based on the location before the connection was lost, the nut calculated the distance:
"There are about 1000 kilometers left."

Trento is a city in northeastern Philippines.

The sea fog has now reached Philippine territory, and if they still want to fly towards Trento, they are flying at an angle.

Currently, helicopters can only fly 780 kilometers, but they would have to fly 1000 kilometers to reach Trento, so they definitely wouldn't make it; they would most likely land on the ocean.

Since that's the case, they can only fly in a straight line, as that's the shortest distance.

How far is it from Marty City in the southern Philippines?

“750 kilometers,” Nuts replied.

Martí is a coastal city, and the city is currently shrouded in sea fog.

They could only go more than 30 kilometers beyond the city of Marty, and they didn't know if the sea fog had exceeded that range.

If they land in the sea fog, they will face various zombies that have landed from the ocean.

The judge believed that within 30 kilometers, the area had most likely been invaded by sea fog.

but
At least we landed on land, so there's still a good chance of survival.

If you landed at sea, you would surely die.

"Abandon Trentau, fly towards Marty!" The judge said, his gaze sharp, issuing the final order.

"Okay." Old Qin pulled the helicopter up to an altitude of four thousand meters.

Since most of the electronic equipment was damaged, tracking back to home was no longer an option.

The electronic beacon was also completely rendered unusable.

They could only use the most basic sextant method to determine their current location and make adjustments to navigate to the city of Marty.

The judge took a deep breath and continued issuing orders:

"Contact He Ma and the others, and have them come to Marty to pick us up!"

Old Qin turned his head to look at the judge:
"Old man, I already told you that the radio was damaged by lightning and is completely destroyed. There's no way to contact you!"

"Neither of them are working?" the judge asked.

"Yes!" Old Qin's face twitched as he answered helplessly.

"Damn it!" The judge slammed his fist on the machine door and cursed.

What the hell.
There was no way to contact headquarters or another helicopter.

Moreover, they don't even know if they can land safely in Marty.

Even if we land in Marty, it will most likely be shrouded in sea fog.

Landing in the sea fog.
The risk is high.

Secondly, after landing, they will have to face various zombies in the sea fog.

The most crucial question is, how will they contact rescue efforts?

How do I get out of the sea fog?

The judge was troubled by this series of complex questions.

Any one of them would be enough to give them a headache, let alone so many problems at once.

How can I solve this?
The judge roused himself, patted the two men on the shoulders,
"Old Qin, once you've got the helicopter sorted out, fly towards Marty City."

"Nut, you keep an eye on things for me. I'll go back and talk to the ants to figure something out."

(End of this chapter)