Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Running wildly.

The jackals and their men dared not look back, and ran in the direction they remembered.

However, visibility was extremely poor in the sea fog, and they could only rely on thermal imaging and night vision goggles to see the road ahead.

Even with night vision goggles, they still couldn't see some small things very clearly, so they were constantly blocked by obstacles on the ground while running.

"Ouch!" A commando tripped over a stone on the ground and fell to the ground.

Despite the pain, he didn't care about anything else and quickly got up to continue chasing after the people in front of him.

The enormous, unknown, terrifying creature was in pursuit, and he dared not provoke it.

Once caught, there is no chance of survival.

Two kilometers.

They were about two kilometers away from the Big Mac.

The judges aboard the land battleships, having received the message from the jackals, also rushed in their direction.

After the enormous creature emerged from the sea, its speed seemed to slow down.

The jackal glanced behind them out of the corner of his eye; the zombie creature was still about a hundred meters away.

"Keep pushing, everyone! We'll be there soon!"

Five minutes later, they could see the land battleship ahead.

Whoosh whoosh~
Several shells flew over their heads and landed on the unknown creature.

Boom!
The giant creature was hit by the cannonball, and sparks flew everywhere.

inside the car.

The judge stared at the enormous creature hundreds of meters away. After being hit by the cannonball, the zombie seemed to have gone even more berserk.

They continued heading this way.

"Old Qin, prepare the close-in weapon system, aim at that big guy and start firing!"

"Sun Erzhang, operate the anti-aircraft gun and fire!"

"Machine gun crew, fire as well!"

Since the jackals are still outside, if we hand over the attack authority to the AI ​​system, and it fails to distinguish between humans and zombies and starts shooting at them all, we're doomed.

Therefore, just to be on the safe side, the judge ordered the combat personnel remaining in the vehicle to operate it manually.

Three seconds later.

Old Qin and the others are ready.

Swish swish swish~
Tungsten steel armor-piercing projectiles, mixed with tracer rounds, sliced ​​through the dense sea fog and flew toward the unknown, enormous creature.

Da da da da—

The machine gun was extremely loud, and everyone inside the vehicle was wearing headsets.

In an instant, the unknown zombie creature was covered by shells and bullets.

Half a minute later.

The judge shouted:

"Stop!"

He stared at the image in the infrared thermal imaging; the zombie creature that had once stood over ten meters tall was now shattered into pieces on the ground.

Although we don't know what this zombie creature is, its enormous size must pose a great threat.

The hatch at the bottom of the vehicle opened, and the jackals climbed up.

After the jackal came up, it immediately drank half a bottle of water, and its whole face was covered in sweat.

He took the remaining half-bottle of water and walked to the second-floor control area.

"That zombie creature, it should have been taken down by now, right?"

"Hmm, judging from the screen, he should be dead." The judge thought for a moment and continued:

"We'll wait until Ant and the others come back, then we'll drive over and see what that zombie creature is."

"Okay." The jackal slumped into the chair, panting heavily.

Ten minutes later.

The ants and nuts from the other two groups have returned.

The judge then instructed Su Yuan and another mecha warrior to go ahead and check on the unknown zombie creature.

They followed behind in their land-based battleships.

Su Yuan piloted the mecha to the spot where the unknown zombie had been standing. After the previous bombardment, several deep craters had been blasted into the ground beneath the zombie's feet.

The pit was filled with the severed limbs of unknown zombie creatures.

The head was not found; it was probably blown to pieces during the bombing.

After examining it for a long time, Su Yuan still couldn't figure out what kind of zombie it was.

Wang Yin, a zombie research expert who accompanied the group, warned:

"Commander, such a large zombie animal should have a nucleus gland. Can we send someone down to look for it?"

"This type of parental gland contains a large amount of D element, making it a very valuable research material."

"Alright, what does it look like? Do you have a photo?" the judge asked.

“Yes.” Immediately, Wang Yin handed the judge a photo of the maternal gland.

Since the people from their zombie research department want it, the judge won't refuse.

They then had people get out of the car and search among the pile of severed limbs.

After searching for more than half an hour, they finally found a clump of jelly-like maternal gland.

Wang Yin carefully vacuum-packed the mother nucleus gland, then placed it in a separate box and refrigerated it in the cold storage room.

In addition, they cut off a limb from the unknown zombie creature, sealed it, and prepared to take it back to the headquarters for research.

inside the car.

The judge looked at the agricultural expert Yao Ji, "Expert Yao, do we still need to go to the seaside to continue searching for mutated plants?"

Yao Ji shook her head and said:
"Forget it, let's keep going. We can get off at another place along the way and look for it again."

The judge nodded and said:
"Yes, the battle just now made a huge commotion. We must leave here as soon as possible, or more zombies will come."

After saying that, he gave the order to continue heading towards Sanya.

At the same time.

He Feng and his companions traveled on the SB-1 train and arrived in the North.

They needed to travel to the Bohai Bay area in the eastern part of the North to find mutated plants, but traveling by land from headquarters would be too slow.

So they had the armored caravan and transport vehicles shipped to the North by train.

It was already midnight when we arrived in the North.

Old Lu, who was stationed in the northern border, came to greet them personally.

The Northern Railway Station is somewhat desolate compared to the Oil City, with relatively low foot traffic.

"Director Lü, hello." He Feng saw Lü Cheng as soon as he got off the train and quickly went up to greet him.

Lü Cheng smiled and nodded, saying:
"The minister has already contacted me. He asked me to fully cooperate with your work, but it's too late today. Why don't you set off tomorrow? You can get a good rest tonight."

“Okay.” He Feng didn’t refuse. Although the sea fog made it impossible to see clearly day or night, at least there was some light during the day, which was much better than being completely dark at night.

Subsequently, Lü Cheng had people help unload the armored motorhomes and transport vehicles that were being shipped on the train.

Lu Cheng led He Feng and the others to the northern border and arranged accommodation for them.

The nights in the North are quiet and cold.

Amidst the howling wind, He Feng stared blankly at the snowplows downstairs in his dormitory for a while before finally resting and going to sleep.

the other side.

Zuo Ruxue and Xiao Hu's group, who were in charge of searching for mutated plants in the eastern direction, arrived at Wuyi Mountain.

The Wuyi Mountains stretch endlessly, covered with lush vegetation, vines, and ferns.

They parked the transport vehicles and electric armored vehicles at the foot of the mountain, while Xiao Hu led a team into the canyon to search for mutated plants. The Wuyi Mountains are extremely vast, with complex terrain, intricate caves, precipitous peaks, and deep canyons.

Moreover, the water system in this area is extremely well-developed, with numerous underground rivers.

Therefore, the vegetation in this area is extremely rich and diverse.

This is also why they came to this place to look for plants containing Di-fixing protein; the more complex the environment, the more likely it is to produce the kind of mutated plant they are looking for.

rustling --

They took axes and cleaved a path through the dense forest.

The fog was thick in the mountains and forests, and water droplets fell from the branches and landed on them.

tick-tock-

Xiao Hu led nine commando members, an agricultural expert, and a geological expert up the mountain.

Wang Chunqi complained, "This road is really difficult to walk on. Are you sure we can get through this road?"

Although they were wearing super armor and the mist and water droplets couldn't affect them, the vegetation in this place was too dense and difficult to traverse.

Geologist Xiao Hou said in a deep voice over the communicator:
"According to the canyon we just saw on the screen, the only way to get to that canyon is through this road."

Xiao Hu turned his head and said:
"You can't even handle a distance of two or three hundred meters?"

Wang Chunqi pursed his lips and didn't say anything more.

They continued walking towards the canyon.

A dozen minutes later, they passed through a dense primeval forest and arrived at a canyon.

On both sides of the canyon are jagged, twisted cliffs covered with slippery, mutated moss and vines that shimmer with faint golden spots, resembling the rotting blood vessels of a giant beast.

Through the helmet visor, the world, a mixture of thermal imaging and night vision, was a blur. Only the outlines of teammates' armor a few meters ahead and the slippery rocky path beneath one's feet were barely visible.

Plant expert Fang Lei saw the mutated moss ahead and quickly went over to it.

"Hey you." Wang Chunqi quickly followed.

He and Dianhou were responsible for protecting Fang Lei's safety; wherever Fang Lei went, they went.

"Give me the spray from the backpack!" Fang Lei said, his voice trembling with excitement.

Wang Chunqi took out the Di Element test spray from his backpack, and Fang Lei took the spray and sprayed it towards the mutated moss that was shimmering with golden spots.

Not just the mutated moss, he took the sprayer and sprayed it on all the other plants around him.

"Light it up!" Fang Lei didn't stand on ceremony and asked Wang Chunqi and the others for help.

Wang Chunqi rolled his eyes and shone his flashlight on the plants that Fang Lei had sprayed.

Their helmets are equipped with low-light full-color night vision devices, which can achieve color imaging in extremely low light environments and can present colors that are close to reality.

Without exception, all the plants that Fang Lei sprayed were tinged with red.

The plants here are extremely green, a highly saturated green that makes one feel uneasy. And on these highly saturated green plants, there are layers of faint red, like fresh blood.

"No, let's keep looking ahead," Fang Lei said in a deep voice.

The group continued deeper into the canyon.

The rock walls on both sides of the canyon were covered with mutated moss, which they sprayed on from time to time.

However, I never saw any other colors besides red.

After walking several hundred meters, suddenly, an unusual sound penetrated the noise reduction system built into the helmet.

No longer absolute silence or the faint rustling of insects in the distance, but a dense, continuous rustling sound.

The sound came from above, enveloping the entire squad.

"Stop!" Xiao Hu's deep voice rang out through the internal channel, instantly freezing all movements.

The dozen or so people behind him froze instantly, raising their weapons warily as they scanned the churning, chaotic sea fog through their goggles.

Under low-light full-color night vision, water molecules in the air appear as tiny specks of snow on a television screen, making them difficult to see clearly.

The thick sea fog did not dissipate; instead, it reached an incredible saturation at some unseen critical point above the canyon.

Through the eyepiece, countless tiny water droplets, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, began to condense inside the churning, gray-black "jelly".

Under the pull of gravity, these water droplets actually began to fall!
This is not the violent downpour of artificial rainmaking bombs, but a bizarre "rain of mist" born from the dense fog itself.

The raindrops were extremely small and dense, icy cold, and they didn't fall from the sky, but rather seemed to precipitate and drip from every direction and every inch of the thick fog.

"Captain... this... this is fog and rain?" A young team member's astonished voice came through the channel.

Xiao Hu quickly used his communicator to contact Zuo Ruxue:

"Old Zuo, did you have Xiao Liu and the others fire the rain-inducing projectiles?"

Zuo Ruxue replied with some surprise:

No, why?

"It's raining here. It started raining as soon as we arrived."

"If no rain-inducing projectiles were fired, how could it rain?" Zuo Ruxue was also a little puzzled.

Just then, the voice of geologist Xiao Hou came through the communicator:
"The geographical environment here is extremely special. There is a narrow strip of sky between the two mountains, and the sea fog is difficult to get out. When the water molecules in the air condense to a certain extent, it will naturally rain."

"The fact that it is raining here indicates that the Di element in this place is extremely concentrated."

As they spoke, raindrops pelted down on them.

They struck the helmet and the armor, producing a continuous, fine, and dense "crackling" sound, like millions of cold insects gnawing at metal at the same time.

Xiao Hu's expression shifted slightly, his gaze fixed on what lay ahead.

The fog thinned considerably due to the rain, and visibility improved.

"Maintain the highest level of alert and advance slowly." Xiao Hu's voice rang out amidst the dense patter of raindrops, cold and firm, suppressing the chill and astonishment surging in the hearts of the team members.

The group continued forward, crushing the slippery moss beneath their feet.

Because of the rain, they couldn't spray the test spray directly onto the plants; instead, they had to shield them from the rain before conducting the spray experiment.

Then proceed for another several dozen meters.

They saw a giant, distorted fern clinging to a damp rock wall.

Their thick leaves, soaked in the misty rain, took on a sickly bluish-black hue, while a faint golden glimmer could be seen on the distinctive dark brown spots along the leaf edges.

In the damp environment, these specks of light resembled cold, damp will-o'-the-wisps floating in the darkness, refracting when illuminated.

A flash, a flicker, filled with an indescribable eeriness.

In contrast, Xiao Hu and the others were not afraid when they saw the strange, giant mutated ferns; instead, they were pleasantly surprised.

The more unusual the shape, the more likely it is to contain glutenin.

"Quick, that patch of ferns looks unusual. See if there's any Di-Solidified Protein!" Xiao Hu's voice was urgent, tinged with excitement.

soon.

They approached the giant mutated fern and built a shelter for it.

Pfft pfft~
After spraying the mist more than a dozen times, everyone's eyes were fixed on the leaves being sprayed.

Ten seconds, twenty seconds.

red.

The joy that had been building among the crowd instantly sank to the bottom.

Fang Lei, refusing to believe it, sprayed the other leaves as well, but they all turned red as well.

"Oh, no."

Fang Lei sighed, but after looking at the giant mutated fern and thinking for a moment, he put two leaves in a plastic bag. This mutated fern was different from any they had seen before.

Its shape is worthy of research.

Xiao Hu watched quietly as he bagged the leaves, a hint of regret in his eyes.

They have been searching for a long time, testing at least a thousand kinds of plants along the way, but have not found any mutant plants containing the Di-fixing protein.

When will we finally find it?
Or, are there really mutant plants containing Di-fixing protein?

Xiao Hu couldn't help but have some doubts.

(End of this chapter)