Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2223 Crop Mutation
Headquarters Base of Dazhangshu.

Plantation No. 1 outside the city.

Multiple rain-inducing projectiles were launched into the sky around the large camphor tree, affecting an area of ​​about 20 kilometers in radius.

Snowfall occurred within a 20-kilometer radius of the large camphor tree.

Plantation No. 1 outside the city is also within this area.

Inside greenhouse D-83.

Tian Fang, a junior agronomist, dressed in work clothes, went to the intelligent control panel in the greenhouse to check the information on it.

"temperature."

"humidity."

"illumination."

"Spraying system."

"Crop growth".

The fifth-generation intelligent greenhouse system they adopted can use intelligent equipment to adjust the humidity, temperature, water spraying, and even fertilization in the greenhouse in a mechanized and intelligent manner.

In addition, cameras were installed. Once the intelligent monitoring detects abnormal crop growth, it will be marked in red to remind agronomists and technicians to check the situation.

After checking the information above, Tian Fang looked down and saw that area number 8 of the greenhouse was marked in red.

He frowned and wrote the situation down in his journal.

Then they walked toward area 8 of greenhouse D-83.

Upon arriving at area eight, he immediately noticed that a small patch of potato seedlings in area eight had unnatural, scorched brown spots on the edges of their leaves.

He frowned slightly and squatted down to examine it carefully.

He discovered that this dark brown color was not the kind of spread seen in ordinary pests and diseases, but rather looked as if it had been "scorched" by something.

The center of the spot also has a metallic sheen.

The stems of these potato seedlings were thinner than those of the normal potatoes next to them. He gently pulled up a potato seedling, and with a light bend of his hand, the potato stem broke off, revealing a sticky, transparent gel at the break.

"What's going on?" Tian Fang was a little confused, as this situation had never occurred before.

And it doesn't look like it was caused by pests or diseases.

He pulled the potato seedlings up by the roots, and the small potatoes that came out with the roots were extremely small, about two sizes smaller than normal potatoes.

Moreover, its shape is extremely irregular, not round and plump, but crooked and twisted, with a pitted and bumpy surface, like it has many small tumors.

Upon seeing the potatoes, he instantly realized the seriousness of the situation.

He put the potatoes and potato sprouts into the basket, then quickly got up and contacted his superior, Zhang Qian.

In the agronomist's office, Zhang Qian was busy dealing with the problem of greenhouses being crushed due to the recent blizzard.

After hearing Tian Fang's report, he gave a reply.

"The affected area is less than six square meters, and only the edges of the leaves are yellow. It's probably due to a lack of fertilizer. Add some diammonium phosphate fertilizer to replenish the nutrients and it will turn green again."

As an intermediate agronomist, Zhang Qian has several junior agronomists under his supervision and manages dozens of greenhouses covering hundreds of acres of planting area, so he is usually quite busy.

The yellowing of the leaves that Tian Fang reported is something they've encountered frequently before.

"But, should I bring this potato sprout for you?"

"No need, just do as I say."

With that, Zhang Qian hung up the communicator.

Hearing the beeping sound coming from his headset, Tian Fang looked down at the basket at his feet. The metallic sheen of the potato seedlings in the basket made him feel uneasy.

"What should we do?" Tian Fang said with a worried expression.

His task for the day wasn't finished yet. As a junior agronomist, he wasn't only responsible for this one greenhouse; he also had to inspect four other greenhouses.

He filled out the logbook truthfully, then put the potato seedlings in the basket into the storage room next door, and put on a mask to go check the other greenhouses first.

As for the problem with section eight of the greenhouse, he wanted to wait and see. If it didn't affect the other potato seedlings in the greenhouse, then there wouldn't be any major issues.

The first outer city of Dazhangshu.

Administration building.

The war command center.

Li Tie led Ma Di, Bai Jie, and the others to the door.

Knock knock—

He knocked twice on the door, and his second uncle's voice came from inside, "Come in!"

Li Tie pushed open the door, gesturing for Bai Jie and the others behind him to go in first.

After Bai Jie and the others went in, Li Tie was the last to enter and closed the door tightly.

Li Yu, seated at the head of the table, looked at Bi Tianxing and asked:

"Old Bi, tell me the details."

Bi Tianxing glanced at Ma Di beside him. He had originally thought that the leader would ask Ma Di first.

But now that the leader has asked him first, he naturally has to report first:
"Reporting to the commander, this mission was successfully completed. We did indeed discover the zombie mother in the New Century Iron Mine near the tungsten mine where Xiao Jun is located, and we successfully eliminated the zombie mother and other zombies."

"Xiao Jun departed with the helicopter squadron. One of the armored vehicles was damaged and is currently being repaired at the tungsten mine. There were no casualties."

He explained the situation clearly in just a few words.

After he finished speaking, Li Yu looked at Ma Di and asked:

"It is said that you have discovered a mother nucleus gland similar to that found inside the giant squid zombie. Have you made any other new discoveries?"

Before going upstairs, Madi had already prepared his speech.

"Commander, this time when we went out with Captain Bi, we discovered that in addition to the King Kong zombies, there are two other types of zombies in the King Kong zombie horde: the 'Nurturer' zombies and the 'Guardian' zombies."

The "Guardian" zombie is extremely powerful, even stronger than the King Kong zombie. It can be classified as an S+ level zombie.

As for the "Nurturer" zombies, their combat strength is relatively weak, and they are classified as Class B zombies.

The zombie mother is enormous and can control all the zombies in the King Kong zombie horde. She also sprays a liquid that can corrode metal, and her outer skin is gelatinous, making her completely impervious to conventional bullets.

It may even require a combination of close-in weapon systems and high-saturation bombardment with howitzers to completely destroy them.

I believe the Zombie Mother poses a greater threat than the Giant Squid Zombie, and I classify it as an SS+ level zombie.

As he spoke, Bai Jie simultaneously projected the videos and images he had brought back onto the projector, giving the senior executives present a more intuitive understanding.

Second Uncle Li Hongda and eldest Uncle Liu Jianwen stared at the huge mountain of flesh in the screen, their faces serious.

They never imagined that the King Kong zombie horde would be so terrifying.

Moreover, the "Guardian" zombies here are not even afraid of tungsten carbide alloy bullets; only tungsten carbide armor-piercing bullets can penetrate their defenses.

After introducing the zombies, Madi looked solemnly at Li Yu and the others.

"Chief, Chairman, Minister, I just discussed this with Minister Bai on my way here, and we think we should do these three things next:"

"First, send some of the zombie mother remains, the mother's gland, and some other newly collected zombie corpses to the Northern Independent Research Institute for Zhao Ke to study."

“Their recent research has hit a bottleneck, and they have been studying human evolution for quite some time. Sending these materials over should be of great help to them.”

"Second, we need to develop a plan to clear out the Iron Mine King Kong Zombie horde around our Camphor Tree base, to prevent the King Kong Zombie horde from continuously besieging the city and depleting our guillotine blades and tungsten steel alloy bullets."

At the same time, we also notified other branch bases to try to clear out the surrounding iron ore mines and to keep them informed of our situation.

Third, we will focus on developing zombie technology. This time, we discovered a new type of material in the zombie mother's lair. This new material is extremely fine, with both high toughness and hardness, and can be used in both industrial and military industries.

In addition to this material, there is also a silvery-white viscous substance that we found to have extremely strong corrosive properties and can also be used for military purposes.

"

Madi finished speaking in one breath, and no one present interrupted him. After listening, Li Yu glanced at his second uncle, eldest uncle, Yi Jing, and the others.

None of them expressed their opinions, clearly waiting for Li Yu to give the final order.

"Okay, I understand. You guys go back now. We'll contact you if we need anything."

Li Yu did not issue the order immediately, but instead told Ma Di to go back first after he finished reporting.

Madi glanced at Bai Jie, who shook her head, indicating that she had nothing to add.

Maddie then left the command center.

Bi Tianxing also left.

Bai Jie stayed behind. At this moment, everyone in the command hall was a high-ranking official at the ministerial level or above.

Li Yu tapped the table, looked at everyone, and asked:

"Let's talk about it. Based on what Ma Di and Bi Tianxing just said, what are your thoughts? Feel free to speak your mind."

Liu Jianwen was the first to speak:

"Now that we've discovered that there is indeed a zombie mother, we should eliminate it as soon as possible. There's no need to hesitate."

Li Yu looked at the others, and they all nodded slightly.

"Then let's vote."

Swish!
Everyone present raised their hands.

Seeing this, Li Yu said, "Since everyone agrees, then the military department will carry out this task. A detailed cleanup plan should be put forward before 10 a.m. tomorrow."

"Okay." With Uncle San absent, Liu Jianwen will take charge of the military department at the headquarters.

They then finalized the remaining two proposals put forward by Madi, and both were unanimously approved.

After the meeting, everyone went their separate ways to get back to work.

While multiple operations were being carried out simultaneously at the headquarters, Oriental Paradise was also extremely busy.

Oriental Paradise.

Fortress No. 2.

Black Hand stared at his men with a dark expression. "What the hell? Didn't I tell you to conserve your bullets?"

The subordinate replied, feeling wronged:

"The main problem is the sudden surge in the number of King Kong zombies; we don't know why, so..."

Helpless, Black Hand rubbed his forehead and walked to the radio station to contact Ju Tianrui, who was in charge of Oriental Paradise.

"Hey, it's my fault, Director Ju. There's just no other way. There are just too many King Kong zombies."

"We've been using it sparingly, but if you saw the situation outside with your own eyes, you'd understand."

"Okay, okay, I promise to use it sparingly."

"Okay, thank you, Director."

He put down the headset and sighed.

"How did it turn into a protracted war of attrition? This wasn't the case in previous siege battles."

He and Zheng Shiwu had previously been in charge of guarding the perimeter wall in the oil city.

At that time, the three-layer intelligent mobile guillotine could easily withstand the onslaught of zombie hordes outside.

The appearance of the King Kong zombies has completely disrupted their previous fighting rhythm.

sizzle-

Just then, the walkie-talkie clipped to his waist crackled to life the voice of Wang Chun from Fortress No. 1:
"Captain, we have discovered a giant zombie 5 kilometers to the south. Judging from its size, it should be the giant zombie squid we encountered at headquarters before."

"Damn it!" Black Hand became even more agitated after hearing the news.

They had previously obtained videos of battles against these colossal zombies at headquarters.

It consumes a lot of ammunition.

"Locate the position. I will contact the heavy artillery in the base to bombard it later."

"Yes," Wang Chun replied over the walkie-talkie, his voice trembling slightly, clearly indicating that the enormous zombie had put immense pressure on them.

As time passed, the sea fog had been on land for two months and had reached the headquarters a month and a half ago.

It has now spread to Oriental Paradise, Oil City, the northern border, and the Wuyuan Mountain and Zhangye agricultural and pastoral base in the northwest.

However, because Wuyuan Mountain and Zhangye Agricultural and Livestock Base are too far from the ocean, they have not encountered any large-scale zombie hordes so far, not even King Kong zombies.

Zhangye Agricultural and Livestock Base.

Snow fell heavily.

All the cattle and sheep were driven into the shed to avoid the wind and snow. Several vehicles came to the shed and unloaded hay from the vehicles into the feeding troughs.

The vast agricultural and pastoral base is surrounded by a nine-meter-high wall, and also has a layer of intelligent mobile switch.

It covers a large area, with nearly 5000 mu of greenhouses for planting, and an annual grain output of 7 tons, which can feed 35 people.

Some of the greenhouses also grow pasture grass, specifically for livestock feed.

After more than a year of development and improvement, the Zhangye Agricultural and Livestock Base has reached a total of 1 head of cattle and sheep, and is stably supplying more than 800 head of cattle and sheep to other branch bases every month.

It's freezing cold.

A headquarters building within the agricultural and livestock base.

Top floor.

He Liangwei, Zheng Hanbing, and Wei Yun, the three key figures of the Zhangye agricultural and pastoral base, gathered together.

Gather around the stove and cook hot pot.

As the hot pot boiled, Wei Yun smiled and said to the two of them:

"Fresh lamb, absolutely no gamey smell, come and have a taste."

Zheng Hanbing looked at the mutton tail fat in front of him with some interest, "Give me a piece of mutton tail fat. I always see you eating it so deliciously, it must taste really good."

He Liangwei smiled and looked down, but didn't stop him; he had learned this the hard way before.

Now I'm happy to see Zheng Hanbing's expression after eating the mutton tail fat.

Seeing this, Wei Yun helped him slice a very thin piece of mutton tail fat, and reminded him:
"You have to suck it out, don't chew it."

And he personally demonstrated how to do it.

Seeing Wei Yun eating so heartily, Zheng Hanbing also picked up a piece of mutton tail fat and sucked it down her throat.

But I couldn't inhale fast enough, and it got stuck in my throat.

He swallowed hard twice, and instantly that sticky feeling rushed up.

It felt like I'd drunk a huge mouthful of oil; it was a bit nauseating, but also strangely satisfying.

"This is so strange!" Zheng Hangbing's expression was complicated and hard to describe.

"Hahahaha." He Liangwei couldn't help but laugh when he saw his pained expression.

"Come on, eat meat! This stuffed pork belly is freshly made yesterday, it's absolutely delicious." Wei Yun used chopsticks to pick up two pieces from the boiling water.

After finishing his stuffed pork belly, Ho Leung Wai looked at the two men and said:

"I recently received news from headquarters that the King Kong zombie mother body has been discovered there, and it's said..."

Zheng Hanbing looked up and asked, "These King Kong zombies are so terrifying, but they haven't reached our side yet. Don't you think we should make some preparations?"

Ho Leung Wai replied sullenly:
"With the Wuyuan Mountain guarding the pass, the probability of a large-scale zombie horde coming is not high. Our Zhangye agricultural and pastoral base covers too much land and has too few people. Most of them are planting and breeding personnel, and there are few combat personnel, so there is limited capacity to do so."

However, let's still distribute the antidote to everyone. That way, if any Vajra zombies arrive, it won't spread further."