Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

In the blink of an eye.

Four days have passed.

The judge, leading a convoy of land battleships, was less than fifty kilometers from the headquarters.

Perhaps because the King Kong zombie hordes in the surrounding iron mines had been cleared out once, they clearly felt that the number of King Kong zombies had decreased significantly when they arrived near Ganzhou.

Over the course of four days, Wei Chuan, who had just boarded the bus, became much more familiar with Lao Qin and the others, and gained a deeper understanding of the big camphor tree.

Although he had never seen what the big camphor tree looked like, he already had a rough idea of ​​what the headquarters would look like in his mind.

The convoy of three vehicles encountered some zombies over the past few days, but managed to get through them safely thanks to their powerful firepower.

Click click click~
Old Qin stretched, and the bandage on his arm had been removed.

After a week of rest, his arm injury has improved significantly.

"Old Qin, I think you're almost fully recovered. Why don't you keep an eye on things for me?" Ant said with a smile as he saw Old Qin stretching.

Old Qin shook his head, "That won't do, I'm not fully recovered yet."

He glanced at the map on the screen; there were only three hours left before they reached the headquarters base in Dazhangshu.

"I didn't expect to be out for so long this time, more than half a month. Time flies. It's just a pity that I still haven't been able to find the mutated plant with the Di-solidified protein."

"Judge, did you question the other two groups? Did they find it?"

"No."

"Sigh," Chen Dingtian, sitting in the control chair, frowned and said, "Why are these mutant crops with solidified proteins so hard to find... Could it be that our approach to finding them is flawed?"

The other two groups went to the beach, while we went to Sanya and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau; we searched for areas with high sea fog concentrations.

The judge's eyes flickered, but he couldn't figure it out either.

Old Qin cracked his neck and said:

"Wake me up when we get there. I feel weak and need to take a nap."

Three hours passed in the blink of an eye.

The land battleships arrived outside the headquarters base, in the area between the fortified city and the base.

Wei Chuan leaned over a small window on the vehicle in the entertainment area, looking out through the bulletproof glass.

This area is very bright because numerous searchlights have been installed on the walls surrounding the city's fortresses and headquarters.

Outside, snowflakes were falling, and the ground was covered with zombie corpses, some of which had piled up into small mountains.

Scattered zombies were walking towards a tall city wall.

The city wall was so high that he couldn't even see the topmost battlements from inside the car.

He thought to himself, "Is this the headquarters of the Great Camphor Tree? It's truly magnificent!"
Suddenly, he felt a tap on his shoulder.

I was jolted awake and quickly turned my head to look.

Old Qin, with a smile in his eyes, asked him:
"What's wrong? Are you so nervous?"

"No, I was just a little too excited to see such a magnificent wall," Wei Chuan replied awkwardly.

Old Qin continued:

"You should not listen to what the ants say. Go to the Ministry of Agriculture. Weren't you a motor engineer for wind turbines before? If you are interested in electricity, you can go to the power sector. That would be more suitable for you."

"We're kind of destined to meet. Once we get to the city, I'll give you a recommendation."

"Ah?! Thank you, Brother Qin!" Wei Chuan said gratefully.

He had no idea that the favor Old Qin had done for him was something many residents in the base could only dream of.

He was unaware of the influence of Lao Qin and his group in the camphor tree.

He was incredibly lucky to get to know Lao Qin and his group. As first-level veterans of the Big Camphor Tree, even a simple greeting from Lao Qin and his group would benefit him immensely.

The land battleship sailed to the west gate, which is also the main entrance to the headquarters base of the Great Camphor Tree.

The firepower on the walls was also increased at this time, clearing out the zombies around the entrance.

boom--

A huge door suddenly opened.

The land battleships crushed the ice layer mixed with corpses on the ground, making a cracking sound.

Three vehicles entered the barbican.

The door behind them was then immediately closed.

After the gate closed, the judge had the car parked and got out with the other team members.

"Old Yu." Judge saw Yu Ming, the captain of the headquarters base's barbican guard, as soon as he got out of the car.

Upon seeing the judge, Yu Ming quickly and respectfully greeted him:
"Instructors, you're finally back."

As he spoke, he took out a pack of cigarettes that had been handed out from his pocket and handed it over.

The judge didn't refuse, took the cigarette, and smoked it.

As the inspectors walked toward the land battleship, he reminded them:

"Old Yu, tell your men to be careful and not to rummage through the things inside."

"Don't worry, it's a routine check. I've already reminded them," Yu Ming said with a smile.

Since the development of the zombie antidote and zombie vaccine, entry checks into the city have become much more lenient.

Aside from strictly checking more than a dozen items such as chemicals, firearms, ammunition, and drugs, other checks are relatively lenient.

With the availability of antidotes and vaccines, it is virtually impossible for the virus to spread back to the base due to survivors carrying the virus, as was the case before.

Even today, first-aid kits containing antidotes for zombies are still displayed in many places within the camphor tree base.

The three vehicles passed the inspection quickly.

The judge greeted Yu Ming and then returned to his land battleship.

Upon entering the Edge City, it was not much different from how they had left it.

Although it has been snowing continuously, snowplows are clearing snow from the base 24 hours a day, so there is not much snow on the roads.

Following the instructions, they drove into the military factory area of ​​the buffer city.

"Nuts, later you need to hand over the samples of the live zombies from the vehicle, as well as some of the mutated plants we brought back, to your colleagues in the zombie research department."

Nuts nodded and said:
"Ok."

The judge looked up and saw Wei Chuan's terrified face, then said to Old Qin:

"Old Qin, could you take him with you?"

Anyway, we've already brought him back. Although one more person won't make a difference, it's fate that brought us together. I hope this person can live a good life in the big camphor tree.

"Alright, Judge, are you going to the administration building to report?" Old Qin asked.

"Yes, I'll definitely report back when I get back." The judge nodded.

Then, together with Yao Ji, carrying the recorded information, they took a special car to the first outer city.

First outer city.

Administration building.

meeting room.

The group consisted of three exploration teams that had returned from other places, as well as high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Science and Technology, and several members of the management committee.

Li Yu personally chaired the meeting. After seeing that all relevant personnel, including the judge, were seated, he began:

"As everyone is aware of the current situation, none of the three teams that went out have found the Di-fixed protein."

"However, everyone, don't be discouraged. We need to summarize our experience from this search and prepare for the next one." "The three search teams, please share your experiences and discoveries from this search."

Inside the meeting room, Zuo Ruxue looked at Fang Lei beside her.

Fang Lei is the plant expert who went out with Zuo Ruxue this time.

Upon receiving a signal from Zuo Ruxue, Fang Lei immediately stood up, opened the curtain, and projected the report.

"Leaders, our team mainly searches two types of terrain. The first is the Wuyi Mountains with Danxia landform, and the second is the coastal plain, based on the coastal area of ​​Fujian Province."

"We discovered that the concentration of the element D in the valleys of the Danxia hilly landform is the highest, where multiple super mutant crops have been born. After slicing and decomposing the tissue, we found that the content of the element D in these crops is more than ten times that of ordinary mutant crops."

These mutated plants have now evolved fruit and can reproduce naturally.

However, their fruits contain large amounts of the element "Di," and consuming them carries the risk of mutating into a zombie.

“Our search along the coast revealed that the concentration of dI element along the coast is also extremely high, even higher than that in the valley areas, yet there are very few plants here.”

As you can see, palm trees and mangroves over 100 meters tall—these would have been impossible to grow to such heights in the past. These plants are all influenced by the Dyne element.

"However, we were unable to find the de-fixed protein in these places where the concentration was extremely high."

"So, I'm thinking, do we need to adjust our search direction and change our approach?"

"The mutant crops with D-fixed protein may grow in environments that are not only high in D-elements, but also low in D-elements?"

After saying that, he sat down.

After he finished speaking, Su Nong, the plant expert sitting next to Hefeng, looked thoughtful.

Li Yu narrowed his eyes and continued:

"The team that went north, come and give a report as well."

Su Nong quickly stood up and reported:

"Greetings, Commander."

"Our team mainly searches the Bohai Bay in the north and Baihua Mountain in the northwestern part of the north."

"Let's start with the Bohai Bay."

The temperature here is generally around minus 15 degrees Celsius, and there are far fewer plants growing here compared to the south.

The land is mainly saline-alkali soil, where plants such as tamarisk, reeds, and Spartina alterniflora grow.

These plants are extremely resilient; even cutting them with a dagger requires considerable effort, suggesting they are influenced by the element Di.

"Secondly, there is Baihua Mountain. We discovered a unique feature in the 1,000-meter-high mountainside area of ​​Baihua Mountain: compared to the mountaintop and foot, the mutant plants here contain a higher content of the element D."

"After consulting with geological experts, I learned that it was due to airflow subsidence and belt effect, but no solidified protein was found in this area."

"However, I would like to make a bold hypothesis: is it possible that the mutant crops of the D-fixed protein may appear at higher altitudes, since the areas we are currently searching are all at lower altitudes?"

After explaining his situation, he sat down.

Li Yu nodded and looked at the judge.

Before the judge could give the signal, Yao Ji, the expert, stood up.

She is fifty years old this year and looks a little haggard because she just came back.

But her voice was young and strong:
"I won't repeat what my two colleagues just said."

"Based on the current various terrains and landforms, including plains, plateaus, mountains, hills, and basins, our three teams have searched them all."

"This time, we passed through Sanya and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and we experienced several different types of terrain and conducted spray tests on each of them, but we did not find any mutant crops with the Di-fixed protein."

"However, according to the Natural Disaster Research Department, the sea fog will reach a height of four thousand meters. I'm thinking that the Di element is essentially a strongly ionized microparticle, not a gas, but an ultrafine dust."

The sea fog spread from the waters off Palau. Logically, the concentration of dole should be highest in coastal areas and lower further inland.

"But."

Yao Ji changed the subject and continued:

"For plants to mutate and evolve, they definitely need a certain amount of free radical space. In places where the concentration of D-elements is too high, D-fixed proteins may not appear because they do not need to absorb them."

"On the contrary, if it is in the critical area of ​​4,000 meters above sea level, the plants on the plateau are inherently more resilient and adaptable."

In this dry, windy, and high-altitude environment, plants naturally evolve to grow in order to trap the D-element dust that accumulates within them.

In addition, fine particles of the element in the upper atmosphere can settle and deposit in windy conditions.

Therefore, under these circumstances, plants on the plateau, influenced by the element D, may actually evolve D-fixed proteins.

"I think we can search in the high-altitude areas next time."

After hearing her bold hypothesis, everyone turned to look at her.

After a moment of silence, Yao Ji continued:
"I think we can search in these three directions of natural environment."

“1. Plateau basin.

2. Windward slopes and windy areas of high mountains.

3. Ancient lakebeds surrounding inland lakes on the plateau.

"Of the corresponding regions, the most important is the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau."

For example, the area around Chaka Salt Lake in Qinghai, the Gonghe Basin, and the western shore of Qinghai Lake.

The second is the Tianshan Mountains and the Altai Mountains intermontane basin in the new province.

High plateau above the Ili River Valley.

The third is the western highlands and the Inner Mongolia highlands.

Such as Gannan, and the low-lying plateaus of the Qilian Mountains.

offstage.

Zhang Qiwu was captivated by Yao Ji's bold hypothesis, his eyes gleaming and his mind racing.

His expression became excited after listening to all of Yao Ji's remarks.

I secretly said:

Indeed, practice is the only way to gain true knowledge!

To discover problems, you have to go out and explore; you can't discover and solve problems by just staying in the lab.

"I'm done speaking." After Yao Ji finished speaking, she sat down regardless of the expressions on the faces of everyone present.

Li Yu noticed the changes in the expressions of Zhang Qiwu and Anya.

It is known that the two of them must have gained some insights after hearing Yao Ji's words.

So he looked at the two of them and asked:

"Is there anything else the Ministry of Agriculture would like to say?"

Zhang Qiwu and Li Yu exchanged glances, and Zhang Qiwu immediately stood up and said:
“I think what Yao Ji said earlier makes a lot of sense. The next search should focus on the high mountain areas.”

“We could even travel to Tibet, to altitudes of over 4,000 meters, to see if the plants there have been affected by the mutation.”

Li Yu's eyes lit up. That's right!

According to the Natural Disaster Research Office, the sea fog can only reach a height of 4,000 meters. What about places above 4,000 meters?

There are plants at altitudes above 4,000 meters, and plants can be grown there too.

Even if they cannot find a mutant crop with the fixed protein, if the plants at altitudes above 4,000 meters do not mutate, they can still find a way to cultivate crops on a large scale in that area.

This could be one possible solution.

It's just that the high-altitude areas belong to the extreme agricultural zones in cold regions.

Water is a problem, temperature is a problem.
(End of this chapter)