Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

boom!
Bang bang bang!
The first layer of defense at the mine was not yet completed, so Zhou Dafu could only order his men to take out the charging King Kong zombies.

However, the first layer of defense only has two hundred people, and their energy is limited when spread out. They can handle a few scattered zombies, but they are struggling to deal with this large-scale King Kong zombie.

As the horde of Vajra zombies drew ever closer to the mine, Zuo Ruxue, Li Qi, and the others responsible for the second layer of defense joined the battle from their armored vehicles.

Even at the mine, snipers were positioned to target the zombies and fire precise shots.

Five minutes later, all five hundred Vajra zombies were killed in their counterattack against the mechs.

call--

"Where the hell did this bunch of Vajra zombies come from?" A member of the militia lowered his gun and slowly exhaled.

"Why didn't we build military fortresses here at the tungsten mine earlier? And if we could have built a railway line here, along with the permanent military fortresses, we wouldn't be having such a hard time!"

Hearing his complaint, the team leader next to him shook his head and smiled wryly:

"I guess even the higher-ups didn't expect the number of King Kong zombies to increase so dramatically. Two weeks ago, the zombies we encountered were mostly ordinary zombies, with King Kong zombies being a very small minority."

But now, King Kong zombies are everywhere.

People are not as good as the sky.

Even though Xiao Jun and the judge had spent a long time investigating the sea fog and collected a lot of data on the zombies in the sea fog, these zombies seemed to have undergone some changes that they were unaware of after they landed on land from the ocean.

The sudden increase in the number of King Kong zombies caused them a lot of trouble.

Just as the two were chatting, the squad leader walked over and said, "Stop talking. You guys, and the rest of you, go finish off the dead. Someone will be coming to collect the bodies later!"

Due to the unique characteristics of the King Kong zombie's skin, the research institute conducted extensive testing and research on the King Kong zombie and discovered that the King Kong zombie's corpse can be recycled and reused.

Its skin, after being melted at high temperatures, can be used as material to make mecha.

Its bones are also very tough and can be used as materials for some high-end military weapons.

A short while later.

Amidst the horde of King Kong zombie corpses, sporadic gunshots rang out.

More than a dozen electric trucks drove up, and Zuo Ruxue's men loaded the bodies onto the trucks, filling the truck beds.

Two men in combat gear lifted a giant zombie and placed it on a forklift.

One of the men complained:

"This Vajra zombie isn't very big, but it's quite heavy. Damn, this body probably weighs at least two hundred pounds."

Another man chuckled and said:

"Otherwise, why would it be called a Vajra Zombie?"

After half an hour.

The corpses of the King Kong zombies on the battlefield were swept away and all transported to electric trucks.

Each of these King Kong zombies has two bullet holes in its head. The first hole was caused when it was hit while retaliating, and the second hole was caused when it was hit again.

When carrying out missions, providing follow-up shots is always one of the most important aspects of combat operations.

This point was implemented very well by both the militia brigade and the combat brigade.

the other side.

After dealing with the group of Vajra zombies, Xiao Jun was not happy. On the contrary, he had more time to think because he had resolved the immediate crisis.

He frowned, still unable to understand why so many Vajra zombies had suddenly appeared.

"Xiao Deng, connect me to the military department at headquarters," he shouted to the communications officer.

"Okay." The communications officer, Xiao Deng, immediately called the headquarters.

A few minutes later.

"We've made contact," Xiao Deng said, turning to Xiao Jun.

Xiao Jun quickly went over and put on the headset:

"Hello, this is Xiao Jun."

The camphor tree faction has multiple bases, each with a communications department responsible for relaying calls from various positions and then directing them to the department the callers are looking for.

Just as Xiao Jun wanted to connect to the military department of the headquarters, he had to go through the communications department of the headquarters, and then the communications department would directly transfer the information to the military department.

Headquarters base, command center.

After learning from the communications department that it was an urgent telegram from Xiao Jun, Liu Jianwen immediately had them transfer it over.

In the command hall, besides Liu Jianwen, there were also Yi Jing, his second uncle, and the others. They all stopped their discussion and looked at the radio station in the center.

Liu Jianwen turned on the speakerphone and replied:

"This is Liu Jianwen. Xiao Jun, what's the situation on your end?"

Upon hearing the voice of Liu Jianwen, the Deputy Minister of Military Affairs, Xiao Jun sat up straight:
"Minister, we just encountered hundreds of King Kong zombies, all arriving here at the same time."

"What?" Liu Jianwen was shocked before Xiao Jun could finish speaking.

He had seen the route to the Xunwu County tungsten mine and the surrounding terrain map. How could there suddenly be hundreds of King Kong zombies in such a remote and desolate place?

It's one thing that there are so many Vajra zombies at the Big Camphor Tree Headquarters Base, since no place in the entire south has a larger population than the headquarters base.

The entire headquarters base has a population of hundreds of thousands.

With such a large population, the popularity of the area naturally attracts zombies.

But Xiao Jun and his group had only been in Xunwu County for a short time, and they had already encountered so many Vajra zombies. This was too illogical.

“Yes, Minister,” Xiao Jun continued.
"We've just taken care of these King Kong zombies, but their appearance was very strange. I can't figure out why, so I'd like to request some guidance from headquarters."

Liu Jianwen frowned and looked at his second uncle, Yi Jing, Bi Tianxing and others sitting next to him.

Li Yu had just left when a new discovery was made at the zombie research institute. He went to check it out.

Given the current situation at the tungsten mine, Liu Jianwen was unsure of what to do. He wasn't a specialist in zombie research, so he didn't know what had happened with the sudden appearance of so many Vajra zombies.

After much deliberation, Liu Jianwen said:

"Alright then, since you've brought electronic beacons, we'll send two helicopters over later with experts from the zombie research institute to conduct an on-site investigation."

"Hold on for now!"

Xiao Jun looked somewhat surprised when he heard that the headquarters would send helicopters:
"Minister, piloting a helicopter in sea fog is quite risky."

After all, he and the judge had been struck by lightning in the sea fog before they made an emergency landing in the Philippines.

If they hadn't happened to run into the Chen family estate in the Philippines, they probably wouldn't have been able to return.

Liu Jianwen replied:

“Gao Le from the Disaster Research Department gave a report last week that the chances of lightning on land are much smaller than at sea, so as long as helicopters maintain a certain altitude, their safety is much higher than at sea.”

"So that's how it is." A hint of understanding appeared in Xiao Jun's eyes.

He naturally welcomed the idea of ​​sending experts to conduct an on-site investigation. "Alright, Minister, I'll wait for them here."

After communicating with Xiao Jun, Liu Jianwen contacted the Zombie Research Department and asked them to inform Li Yu to return to the command center as soon as possible, as there was important information to discuss.

The second outer city, the research institute.

Zombie research department.

Li Yu was wearing a sterile cap, a mask, and white clothes.

Looking at the King Kong zombie being disintegrated on the experimental bed.

Maddie, standing nearby, pointed to the three Vajra zombies in front of them and said:

"Sir, after our dissection experiments over the past few days, we have discovered some changes in the King Kong zombies."

"Look, this is the King Kong zombie that the judge and his men brought back from the Palau sea area. The surface skin of this King Kong zombie is silver-gray, but look at its wrists, abdomen, chest and more than a dozen other parts, there are dark black spots."

As he spoke, Maddie pointed to another King Kong zombie. This King Kong zombie had fewer dark spots on its surface, with only five or six dark spots on its head and chest.

"This one was captured by us a month ago during the first wave of King Kong zombies attacking the city. This King Kong zombie has fewer dark spots."

Maddie pointed to the last one, "This one is the King Kong zombie we caught from outside yesterday. Its skin is silver-gray with almost no obvious dark spots and only a few impurities."

Li Yu nodded and said:
"Go on, tell me why this change happened."

Maddie put down the cutting tool in his hand and explained:
"Based on our decomposition experiments, we found that the King Kong zombies brought back from the waters of Palau contained a relatively high amount of impurities such as manganese and nickel, while the King Kong zombies captured recently had an outer skin mainly composed of iron and DI elements, with the iron having a higher purity."

Our comparative analysis shows that the iron purity of these newly added King Kong zombies is 15% to 20% higher than that of the earlier King Kong zombies in the Palau sea area, and the nickel and manganese content is almost zero.

I had previously speculated that these King Kong zombies were likely a hive-like group, probably with a mother.

Comparing these three types of King Kong zombies, we speculate that the King Kong zombies in the ocean may have manganese and nickel impurities from seabed iron ore remaining in their bodies, and their shells may have dark black spots.

When the joint moves, the sound will be hoarse due to friction from impurities.

The recently emerging King Kong zombies on land have shells with higher iron purity, fewer impurities, smoother joints, and a crisper metallic clanging sound when they move.

Li Yu's expression suddenly turned serious, and he thought to himself: Has another mutation occurred?
"You mean to say that these King Kong zombies outside are stronger than the King Kong zombies we found in the Palau waters earlier?"

"Forehead"

Maddie shook his head and said:

"No, in terms of overall qualities such as strength and reaction speed, he hasn't gotten much stronger; it's just that the elements in his body have changed."

"Based on these changes, we can boldly hypothesize that the origin of the King Kong zombies is most likely near an iron mine, otherwise it would be impossible to explain such a large change in the iron content within these King Kong zombies!"

"Only iron ore? Why can't it be other non-ferrous metal mines?" Li Yu continued to ask.

Ma Di glanced at Bai Jie beside him, and Bai Jie continued to explain:
"We have recently made progress on this topic. The Di element in the King Kong zombie body is extremely high, and this Di element forms a special biological enzyme in the King Kong zombie body."

The molecular structure of this enzyme is highly compatible with the iron oxide lattice in iron ore, enabling it to rapidly decompose iron ore to obtain energy. Moreover, the ore lattice structure is vastly different from that of other ores, making it unrecognizable to biological enzymes.

For example, the sulfide structure of copper ore and the oxide structure of aluminum ore are incompatible with the active sites of various enzymes.

The outer skin of these Vajra zombies may have originated from an egg reacting with iron ore, causing iron to deposit on the body surface, and then reacting with di to form a protective layer.

Bai Jie's eyes were filled with excitement as she continued:

"Simply put, the zombie mother we previously speculated about has very likely landed on land, and it should be located around the iron mine."

If we can capture a Queen Kong Zombie, our research on King Kong Zombies can go much deeper, and we might even find a way to specifically counter them!

Li Yu only had a vague understanding of the many technical terms Bai Jie used earlier.

But Li Yu understood what Bai Jie said at the end.

"You mean to say that all these King Kong zombies appearing near our base are produced by King Kong zombie mothers, and that these King Kong zombie mothers are located in the iron mines around our base?"

“Yes!” Bai Jie and Ma Di answered in unison.

"Hmm," Li Yu pondered, stroking his chin. Now that he had made this discovery, things would be much easier.

Catch the thief first to catch the king.

Although the zombie mother has not yet been found and it cannot be verified that the King Kong zombies are the mother group, the research institute has been studying it for so long and has consistently speculated that there is a mother group.

If we could find the mother of the King Kong zombie, would we still need to risk our lives to kill it?
They directly destroyed their lair and precisely eliminated the mother organism.

Without the mother, the number of King Kong zombies will no longer increase as continuously as it does now.

The consumption of tungsten carbide alloy bullets naturally decreased.

There's no need to take huge risks to travel over 100 kilometers to mine tungsten, and then risk transporting the tungsten ore back.

Just as Li Yu was pondering, Xiao Lan rushed in.

"Sir, Minister Liu said there's been some trouble at the tungsten mine and he wants you to go to the command center."

"What's the matter?" Li Yu asked.

Xiao Lan quickly replied, "They said that Xiao Jun encountered a large number of King Kong zombies not long after arriving at the mine; it happened suddenly."

Li Yu's eyes lit up as he suddenly remembered the geological database he had seen before.

It seems there's a small to medium-sized iron mine near the tungsten mine in Xunwu County.

Based on what Bai Jie and Ma Di said earlier, the sudden encounter of Xiao Jun and his group with a large number of King Kong zombies seems to confirm Bai Jie and her group's guess.

"Bai Jie, Ma Di, Du Ruchen, you guys come with me." Li Yu turned around and said to the three of them.

"Oh, and bring your research reports," Li Yu reminded him.

"Yes, sir." Bai Jie quickly packed up the research report and followed Li Yu out of the laboratory.

After Li Yu left the zombie research institute...

Bai Jie and the others headed straight for the First Outer City Administrative Building.

Waaaaah—

The cold wind howled and snowflakes danced in the air.

It's already March, but the weather still feels like winter.

In the apocalypse, the seasons are indistinguishable.

Ten minutes later.

They arrived at the command hall, and as soon as Li Yu entered, he said to Yi Jing, who was standing at the door:
"Old Yi, compile all the geological databases we previously explored in the entire Ganzhou City, and also retrieve the distribution maps of the dozen or so mines around us!"

Old Yi didn't understand why, but since the leader had given the order, he had no choice but to do it.

When Liu Jianwen saw Li Yu enter, he quickly said:
"Xiao Jun encountered a large number of King Kong zombies, which is very strange. They just went there, and the area is sparsely populated. So I want to send two helicopters there, along with experts from the Zombie Research Institute and geological research."

Li Yu calmly sat down in the chair and said:
"No rush, listen to Bai Jie and the others' latest research report on the King Kong zombie first. We'll talk after that."

(End of this chapter)