Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

We crossed the foothills of the Qilian Mountains.

As the convoy traveled along the highway through the valley, what they saw was not the high-altitude Gobi desert landscape they had imagined, but rather a scenery reminiscent of the Jiangnan region beyond the Great Wall.

In the valley, a stream flows from high to low, its waters crystal clear and its banks lined with green plants.

The scenery is absolutely beautiful.

At the same time, they also used a D-element detector and found that the D-element content here was getting higher and higher.

Qinghai is a sparsely populated area, and the number of zombies here is relatively small after the apocalypse.

They occasionally encountered zombies on the road, but even when they did, they easily suppressed them thanks to the convoy's powerful firepower.

Five hours later, they arrived at Gangcha County on the north bank of Qinghai Lake along National Highway 315.

Gangcha County is located on a lakeside plain, which was formed by the impact of snowmelt.

"Captain, there seems to be someone ahead!" Wang Chunqi shouted suddenly to Xiao Hu inside the car.

anyone?

Xiao Hu's expression changed, and he quickly went to the front of the car to look ahead.

In front of us was a large field of barley, rapeseed, oats and other grains, and behind this large planting area was a wall built of rammed earth.

The wall was about two or three meters high, and there were people patrolling it with guns.

"Stop the car!" Seeing what appeared to be a force ahead, Xiao Hu immediately ordered the driver to stop.

"Old Zuo, what do you think?" Xiao Hu asked, looking at Zuo Ruxue sitting in the back seat.

Zuo Ruxue looked through her binoculars at the rammed earth wall in front of her, and also saw the armed guards on it. After thinking for a moment, she said:
“We’re here to find crops with D-fixed protein mutations. There’s no need to clash with them. Let’s take a detour and leave this area.”

She looked at the residential area in front of her, which seemed to cover a large area. Moreover, this place was far from the heart of the Central Plains, sparsely populated, and should be less affected by the zombie virus.

In addition, the altitude of this place is above 3500 meters, the air is thin and the temperature is low, which will reduce the mobility of zombies.

The Qilian Mountains have become a natural barrier, making it difficult for zombies to cross.

With few roads and a sparse road network, it is difficult for zombie hordes to form and spread.

This force must be quite powerful.

They only brought about fifty people, and although they carried heavy firepower equipment, they were still a small number.

It is not advisable to have a conflict with the other party.

“Okay.” Xiao Hu didn’t intend to have a conflict with them, so he told the driver to head north.

at the same time.

The guards on the rammed earth wall also spotted Zuo Ruxue and her group.

"Quickly, tell the farm manager that a group of strangers have appeared on our farm."

A dozen minutes later, Chen Shoujiang arrived at the rammed earth wall, but did not see Xiao Hu and the others' vehicle.

"Where are they?" Chen Shoujiang asked with a worried expression.

A young, strong man with a gun and a ruddy complexion from high altitude answered:
"They went north!"

"North?" Chen Shoujiang's brow furrowed slightly. "What are they going north for?"

Just then, a subordinate wrapped in a sheepskin coat hurriedly ran down from below.

"Director Chen, the brothers at the Datongshan Pass say that those silvery-white zombies are coming again!"

"What!" Chen Shoujiang asked urgently, "How many have come?"

“There are dozens!” The young man in the sheepskin coat said, his voice trembling slightly.

Upon hearing this number, the faces of those around them turned ashen, and their eyes revealed despair.

After the apocalypse, a zombie virus broke out in their area as well, killing many people.

However, under the leadership of Chen Shoujiang, the head of Qinghai Lake Farm, they gradually cleared away the surrounding zombies, built rammed earth walls, and lived a relatively peaceful life.

Although in previous years, some zombies would cross the Qilian Mountains from the east and enter the plateau region, their numbers were relatively small.

In addition, there were some agricultural machinery repair and manufacturing plants in the surrounding area before the apocalypse, and these plants also had skilled workers such as car repair, welding, lathe operation, and fitter.

Acquiring firearms is not difficult for them.

So, with their guns, they repelled the zombies that kept coming in.

They almost never leave this place.

Just a few months ago, a type of zombie they had never seen before suddenly appeared, and this zombie was much stronger than any they had encountered before.

The first time they encountered these zombies was four months ago at the Datongshan Iron Mine, dozens of kilometers northwest of their farm.

These silvery-white zombies were impervious to swords and bullets, and they killed all the miners sent to the Datongshan Iron Mine.

In recent months, silver-skinned zombies have been coming from time to time, causing great harm to them and resulting in more than 300 deaths and injuries.

But only a few silver-white zombies came here before, at most six.

Using sheer numbers and some firearms, they discovered that killing the zombies by targeting their eyes could completely eliminate them.

But to shoot down such a fast, silvery-white zombie, and to hit its eyes, is incredibly difficult.

So they practically sacrificed lives to barely hold on.

This time, dozens of them actually came!
How to prevent?
Chen Shoujiang swayed twice, but calmed down after a moment.

"Li Duojie, go to the sheep farm in Triangle City, find Gao Jingshan, and ask him to support us. If he doesn't come, tell him that we should all move to his side and lead the zombies towards them!"

The red-faced young man, Li Duojie, nodded and quickly descended the rammed earth wall.

"Tenzin, get all the men on the farm to the wall and kill these zombies with all their might."

"And the elderly, children, and women, they should all be hidden away."

"Yes."

After giving his instructions, Chen Shoujiang hurriedly ran towards the northwest wall.

This silver-white zombie was the strongest zombie they had ever encountered. The bullets in their guns couldn't kill it at all; only a very low probability, if they happened to hit the zombie's eye, could kill it.

Alternatively, they could use sheer numbers to overwhelm the zombies and then stab them in the eyes with sharp weapons.

At the same time.

Northern part of Qinghai Lake Farm.

More than a dozen vehicles bypassed Qinghai Lake Farm and arrived at the northern part of Qinghai Lake, heading west.

The lakeside plain is flat, and the farm can be seen even from three kilometers away.

Along the roadside, there grow many kinds of grasses such as dwarf wormwood and small wormwood.

Fang Lei glanced at the small weeds outside, suddenly shuddered, and quickly shouted to Xiao Hu:

"Captain Xiao, stop the car!"

Xiao Hu looked at him, puzzled, and asked:

"What's wrong? This place isn't suitable for staying here. We're still near someone else's territory."

Fang Lei pointed to the small wormwood growing by the roadside and said excitedly:

"Didn't you notice that these grasses are a bit different from the mutant plants we've seen before?"

"What's different? It's mutated too, hasn't it?" Xiao Hu glanced at the weeds outside the window; the edges of the weed leaves also had brownish-red spots.

"No!" Fang Lei shouted, pointing to the weeds outside.
"Didn't you notice that the spots on the edges of these weed leaves don't have that golden ring in the center?!"

"Hmm?" Upon closer inspection, Xiao Hu realized that these weeds really didn't have that golden halo.

The plants they found, whether near their headquarters or in the Wuyi Mountains or along the coast of Fujian Province, all had dark brown spots and a golden halo in the center.

"Old Zuo, should we stop the car?" Xiao Hu asked Zuo Ruxue beside him.

Zuo Ruxue stared intently in the direction of Qinghai Lake Farm, and said in a somewhat cold tone:

“Someone came out from that farm, and it seems like their target is this area.”

"?" Xiao Hu quickly picked up his binoculars and looked in that direction.

On the rammed earth wall in the northern part of Qinghai Lake Farm, where there used to be only a few guards, the number has now increased to over a hundred.

Moreover, as soon as the farm gate opened, more than a dozen vehicles drove out, followed by hundreds of people, most of whom were carrying homemade guns, such as smoothbore guns, single-shot gunpowder guns, and homemade shotguns.

"No, we didn't do anything to them, we were just passing by, what are we doing?"

Xiao Hu's face also turned extremely ugly. Watching the vehicles drive away, he picked up his walkie-talkie and contacted the convoy:

"Attention everyone, prepare for battle."

"Artillery ready. Target those vehicles outside Qinghai Lake Farm. Proceed on my orders."

He wasn't afraid of these people, he just found them troublesome.

After all, judging from the current situation, this Qinghai Lake Farm has a large population and also has guns.

However, these were all crudely made homemade guns, completely incomparable to the sophisticated weapons they possessed.

They did not bring any mechs or have helicopters follow them this time.

But they had thirty sets of Vajra armor, making them impervious to swords and spears.

There are also four armored mobile homes equipped with artillery, four armored personnel carriers, and four armored fighting vehicles.

The armored vehicle is equipped with an autocannon and two heavy machine guns.

It is no exaggeration to say that the firepower of their twelve vehicles completely overwhelmed the opposing lineup.

Even if the number of people on the other side is ten times theirs.

"and many more."

Zuo Ruxue watched as the vehicles coming out of Qinghai Lake Farm did not head in their direction.

Instead, it headed northwest and stopped about 200 meters from the farm.

The people following behind the vehicle were actually digging in the ground with shovels.

Immediately afterwards, all sorts of vehicles drove out of the farm, including excavators and pickup trucks.

Someone even brought out a pig, slaughtered it, and hung it on an open space in the center.

The people who came out then dug up soil and piled up slopes around the open space, with dozens of vehicles seemingly surrounding it.

"What are they doing?" Xiao Hu was completely confused and couldn't understand what these people were doing.

Zuo Ruxue felt a sense of familiarity as she watched these people's actions.

"Xiao Hu, do you think these people look like the ambush we set up years ago when we were killing zombies?"

"Hey!? You know what, you really do know, the way the Central Army uses blood to lure zombies, surrounding three but leaving one open, it really looks like it." As Xiao Hu spoke, he immediately had Chang Ze release the drone.

Whoosh— The two drones were released.

However, instead of approaching the Qinghai Lake Farm, they explored the surrounding area.

They weren't in a hurry anymore, knowing that the forces at Qinghai Lake Farm didn't seem to be targeting them, so they simply stopped.

But now we don't know what's going on, so Xiao Hu won't let Fang Lei and the others get out of the car.

Fang Lei was very angry.

It's just a matter of opening the door and spraying some medicine; the car has already stopped anyway.

Hearing Fang Lei keep talking about the situation at Qinghai Lake Farm, Xiao Hu became impatient and ordered one of his men, dressed in a suit of armor, to get out of the car and pull up a few weeds.

"See, it's still not working," Xiao Hu said to Fang Lei, noticing that the weeds were still red.

"and many more."

Fang Lei watched the weed leaves in his hand gradually change from red to dark blue.

Furthermore, some silvery deposits appeared on the brownish-black spots on the leaf edges.

Especially at the broken ends of weed roots and stems, a layer of microcrystals instantly condenses on the cut surface, like fine salt grains, and even reflects light under illumination.

Generally speaking, when a normal plant or a mutated plant is broken, it will ooze sap.

However, when this crop containing Di-curing protein is broken, what flows out are microcrystals, which is the visual appearance of Di-curing protein after coagulation.

"What...what!!"

Fang Lei pointed to the broken microcrystal and shouted excitedly:

"Look! This is D-Solid Protein. It only needs to be refined to form high-purity D-Solid Protein crystals!"

"As long as humans consume this type of D-fixed protein crystal over a long period of time, they can form high-level D-element tolerance enzymes in their bodies, which will then be able to decompose the high content of D-element in mutant crops."

Then you won't have to worry about turning into a zombie again!

Xiao Hu and Zuo Ruxue exchanged a glance, both of them filled with shock.

"Holy crap? You found it already?" Xiao Hu asked, looking at Fang Lei, whose hands were trembling with excitement.

"Are you sure?"

Fang Lei quickly handed the weed to Du Ruchen.

"Expert Du is from the zombie research department. They have professional testing equipment. Let him do the test and we'll know."

Du Ruchen quickly took it, opened the safe, and took out a black device and some bottles and jars inside.

I carefully scraped off a layer of crystals from the broken weeds, and then used a straw to suck up a drop of some green liquid that I didn't know what it was.

Drop the liquid onto the crystals and then observe them under a microscope.

half an hour.

He watched as the raging Di element molecules in the liquid gradually calmed down under the effect of crystallization.

He swallowed hard, his eyes shining.

"It is indeed effective; it must be the Di-curing protein!"

"Damn it!"

Xiao Hu excitedly cursed repeatedly, and shakily pulled a pack of cigarettes from his pocket.

Ignoring Zuo Ruxue's disapproving look, he ordered his own food.

"I've saved the big camphor tree again!"

Zuo Ruxue rolled her eyes, then said to the Imperial Concubine:

"Your Highness, contact headquarters immediately and inform them of our discovery."

"Yes, also tell them about the highland forces we discovered here."

"it is good."

Just as everyone was getting excited, Chang Ze, who was controlling the drone, suddenly said:

"Captains, something's up."

Xiao Hu stubbed out his cigarette with his bare hand and walked to Chang Ze's side with Zuo Ruxue.

Chang Ze said to the two of them:

"Six kilometers to the northwest, a group of zombies is running towards Qinghai Lake Farm, and there seems to be a car following behind them."

"Fly lower, you won't be able to see very well," Zuo Ruxue said.

Waaaaah—

The drone descended and flew above the group of zombies.

After descending to a lower altitude, Zuo Ruxue and the others immediately recognized the zombies.

"It's a King Kong zombie!?"

"How did this thing end up in the plateau? Did we encounter it on the way?"

"I've encountered two, but both times while traveling through the Qilian Mountains."

"Could that car belong to those people from Qinghai Lake Farm?"

Zuo Ruxue suddenly realized what was going on and showed an expression of understanding.

"I understand."

"The group of people who came out of Qinghai Lake Farm were not guarding against us, but rather to defend against those King Kong zombies."

Chang asked, somewhat puzzled:
"Then why not lure those Vajra zombies to another location?"

Zuo Ruxue shook her head and said:

"A few scattered King Kong zombies are easy to deal with; they can be lured away with blood or noise. But the sudden appearance of dozens of King Kong zombies can only mean one thing."

“There must be a zombie mother behind these Vajra zombies. The zombie mother is extremely powerful and can control the Vajra zombies to attack. That zombie mother should be within tens of kilometers of here. She must have discovered the large-scale survivor gathering area around Qinghai Lake through her tentacles.”

Therefore, the order was given to these Vajra zombies to attack this place.

Zuo Ruxue and Xiao Hu had at least dealt with the zombie mother at the New Century Iron Mine south of the camphor tree, and later followed Li Tie to clear out the Vajra zombie horde around the camphor tree, so they knew a thing or two.

This zombie mother is essentially similar to the insectoid swarm, but in addition to producing King Kong zombie eggs, she also has absolute command over the entire zombie horde.

"Then they're doomed!" Xiao Hu couldn't help but say.

He had seen the weapons the group had; they were mostly homemade guns. While they were sufficient to deal with ordinary zombies, they were extremely ineffective against these giant zombies.

Only by striking the zombie's eye by sheer luck, like a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse, can one kill it.

Zuo Ruxue's eyes flickered slightly as she glanced at the weeds outside the window.

I glanced again in the direction of Qinghai Lake Farm.

Finally, my gaze settled on the image of the King Kong zombie on the drone's display screen.

A thought popped into my head.

These Vajra zombies are likely a devastating blow to the forces at Qinghai Lake.

But for them, the bullets they were equipped with were all tungsten steel alloy bullets, and the people they brought were all elite combat personnel selected from thousands of candidates, wearing super armor and carrying advanced automatic rifles.

And they also have heavy weapons.

Eliminating these Vajra zombies from a distance is very simple.

If it's in sea fog, it's very difficult.

But now we are on a plateau at an altitude of several thousand meters. At such a high altitude, most of the sea fog cannot cross the high mountains and can only enter through the river valleys.

Moreover, the ultraviolet radiation is strong here, there are few clouds, and the water molecules in the sea fog are easily dried out.

It's windy and the air is dry.

There's almost no fog here, so the visibility is excellent.

And it was during the day, during the day, using the weapons in their hands to kill those Vajra zombies.

Very simple!
It can even kill without causing any harm!

Also.

They just discovered the De-fixed protein here, and headquarters will definitely send a large number of people over later.

Whether to cultivate crops containing Dystolen protein here, or to directly harvest the plants here to extract Dystolen protein crystals, are all things to be considered later.

But one thing is certain: they will deal with the survivor forces here.

Although we've only seen the Qinghai Lake Farm so far, there might be other forces involved.

Zuo Ruxue also wanted to conduct spray tests on the crops planted by these groups, and also wanted to learn about the situation around Qinghai Lake from these people, after all, they had been here for so many years.

and many more.

To achieve these goals, we need to cooperate with this Qinghai Lake farm.

If we want to cooperate, we need to establish contact with them, just like how they took a detour before to avoid misunderstandings.

If we help them get rid of these King Kong zombies that are threatening them, then there will be an opportunity for communication.

Over the years, the big camphor tree has evolved from its original goal of eliminating surrounding forces to its current people-oriented approach.

The concept of the big camphor tree is being innovated and changed, and the high-level vision is expanding.

Although the power of the giant camphor tree can now directly suppress these forces.

But there's no need. If we can cooperate, there's no need to kill. If we really don't want to cooperate, then we can show our arms later.

They are not as powerful as the Great Camphor Tree; they could simply swallow it up.

In short, based on various considerations, Zuo Ruxue felt that helping Qinghai Lake Farm deal with those King Kong zombies seemed like a good idea.

After figuring these things out,

She asked Xiao Hu:

"Xiao Hu, what do you think about us helping them take down those Vajra zombies?"

"Tsk, you want to curry favor, show off your power to intimidate them, and then extract some information from them?" Xiao Hu's eyes lit up.

"Yes!" Zuo Ruxue nodded. "Do you think we should help?"

Xiao Hu's lips curled up in a smile, a hint of pride in his expression.

"Let's do it then, let's show them the power of our great camphor tree!"

(End of this chapter)