The Walking Dead: Rebuild

Chapter 111 Pregnancy and the First Nuclear Explosion

Late September 2011.

Leon took the two sisters, Amy and Peggy, to the hospital to visit the two hundred brothers Darryl and Moore and other soldiers who were wounded and unconscious in the battle with the spider monster.

After more than two months of painstaking research and the sacrifice of a dozen stubborn prisoners, Dr. Melfa and others finally developed an antidote serum to crack the spider monster's super anesthetic a week ago.

This is a serum that is harmful to the human body. It will forcibly disrupt the metabolism of the human body and the secretion of various hormones in the body in a short period of time, forcing humans to break free from the state of suspended animation. The effect of the medicine is remarkable and the effect is extremely fast.

Its sequelae are that patients will be unable to control various functions of their bodies in a short period of time, causing various minor discomforts such as crooked mouth, squinting eyes, uncontrollable drool, nose, and tears, incontinence of urine and feces, and itching, numbness, and pain all over the body. , depending on the patient's physical fitness and genetics, it can take anywhere from five to six days to two or three days to fully recover.

This unbearable drug effect also caused the environment in the hospital to be very harsh and there was a serious shortage of medical staff.

Fortunately, most of these patients have relatives and family members. With their selfless help, more than 200 elite fighters from Darryl's team and Moore's team were able to survive their embarrassing week with dignity.

With the recovery of this group of elite soldiers who had been bedridden for nearly three months, the entire Umbrella Company was filled with joy.

Good things come in pairs. Not long ago, Colonel William and the new recruits he led really lived up to Lyon's expectations.

All the large groups of corpses in the entire urban area of ​​Columbus have been cleared away. Now, in the empty urban area, only those who are hiding in various buildings and lingering, or are trapped in certain corners unable to move. The zombies have not been cleaned up yet.

After evacuating the entire Jackson Airport, the main task of the Logistics Department seamlessly became evacuating all valuable items in Columbus.

However, it is also the third largest city in Georgia, which has become a long and arduous task.

Several large warehouses must also be rebuilt at the Fort Benning military base to store so much supplies.

However, compared with the original scale in Atlanta, the number of employees in the logistics department now exceeds 200, and the size of the entire umbrella company is close to the population of a small town in peacetime.

It is precisely because of the busy government affairs that Leon has not had time to go out for more than a month. Instead, with the help of Amy and some elites from the internal affairs team, he carried out a small-scale reform of the entire company.

Not only did the medical system, education system and business system become independent, but many talents were promoted from the assessment of the entire company's employees.

The most important thing is that Lyon referred to the methods of handling affairs in large organizations in the past, recruited some elites from all walks of life as exclusive consultants, and organized a think tank similar to a staff team to advise him.

No matter what happens in the future, he no longer needs to micromanage and do it himself.Instead, he serves as the final decision-maker to direct and handle various matters.

This team saves Lyon a lot of effort and is also paving the way for future major reforms.

In the hospital, under the leadership of Mrs. Morreati, Leon saw Moore and Daryl in a high-end ward.

Two of their brothers, an older one and a younger one, were playing Texas bridge with two other strong white men in hospital uniforms, with smiles on their faces.

I saw the big boss Leon bringing his two little wives to visit them.

The four tough men all came up to me with smiles on their faces and treated them politely. It was the ideal of all workers to be loved and respected by the boss.

Leon patted the four of them on the shoulders affectionately, took out high-end cigars, lit one for each of them personally, and then said with emotion:

"Moll, Daryl, Yisi, and Campbell, I'm so happy to see you all woke up safely."

"Perhaps you don't know that after everyone fainted, our combat power fell into a serious shortage. It was a difficult time and it was not easy for everyone."

"So, I have been looking forward to you waking up."

"Fortunately, God bless, you are all awake now and can finally share the pressure on my shoulders again."

Leon is very familiar with the win-win skills he used as an executive in his previous life to deceive the leeks under his hands.

"You are all my right-hand men and my true friends. Without your help, I find that I can't do anything."

Leon reached out and took the hands of Amy and Paige, and with a slightly shy expression on the two girls' faces, he said to the other four:

"Exactly, today I have good news to share with my friends."

He faced the moved and curious eyes of the four people, put on a slightly bright smile, and said:
"Amy and Paige are pregnant and I'm going to be a father."

"Bless me, I've been waiting for this day for a long time."

After hearing the good news, Old Moore laughed a few times, reached out and put his hand on Leon's shoulder, and said with emotion:

"Congratulations, boss, my God, a person as powerful as you will definitely have a lot of outstanding children."

"They're all going to grow into talented people."

"Perhaps, old Moir should also find a woman, and I will have a child of mine."

Even Nugget Daryl showed a rare shy smile, and he said to Leon in a sincere tone:
"Congratulations, boss, you deserve such a reward."

The two strong men who played cards with the Darryl brothers also congratulated each other again and again. They are all little bosses promoted by Lyon. Naturally, they also hope that their immediate superiors will be better. Then, people like themselves can live a good life as well. .

Leon thanked everyone for their blessings, chatted cordially with everyone for a while, and briefly described what happened in the company during this period.

While he was busy trying to win over the feelings of his soldiers, a dazzling light suddenly flashed from the window of the ward.

As far away as he could see, the dark clouds in the sky seemed to be defeated by some kind of impact, revealing a blue sky. Then, a small mushroom cloud gradually rose on the horizon, and an invisible wave rippled in the sky. diffusion.

Looking at the small mushroom cloud in the distance, Leon felt that his heartbeat had skipped a beat. Looking back at the shocked and frightened eyes of his wife and subordinates, he squeezed out a word through his teeth.

"Nuclear explosion!!"

Most modern people are very clear about what this small mushroom cloud represents. Fortunately, the place where the nuclear explosion occurred is very far away from Georgia. The survivors living here can’t even shake the earth. No real losses were experienced.After a day or two of small chaos, although things slowly calmed down, the fear about a certain thing was deeply suppressed in the deepest part of their hearts.

However, others can escape, but Leon, as a manager, cannot. He has many more things to consider than ordinary survivors.

In the circular conference hall of Fort Benning.

Leon sat at the head of the conference table, looking at the various senior researchers, military commanders, officials from the Logistics Department and Government Affairs Department below, as well as the team captains of each team, and asked:
"Professor Jacob, can you determine which nuclear power plant or where the nuclear bomb was triggered?"

Old Professor Jacob pushed his eyes, nodded to Peggy who was operating the computer at the side, and then said:

"Lyon, according to my observations, the explosion was caused by a nuclear power plant near Port St. Lucie in Florida, the St. Lucie Underwater Nuclear Power Plant."

"It is a water-cooled nuclear power plant that uses seawater cooling. The old nuclear power plant 30 years ago may have lost the maintenance of its staff, or it may be that there are no special mutant super zombies to absorb the energy of the reactor."

"After a year without routine maintenance, three days ago, it finally became overwhelmed and exploded on its own."

As Professor Jacob explained, Paige operated on the display screen, and a brand-new high-end projector projected a clear flat map of America onto a white wall in the conference room.

It not only marks the locations of all human settlements and all nuclear power plants, but also specifically marks the St. Lucie Underwater Nuclear Power Plant in Florida that Professor Jacob mentioned today.

Four circles of different colors spread out from the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant.

"According to my speculation, the high temperature generated by a nuclear explosion accident in this old underwater nuclear power plant will probably directly destroy all life forms and almost all buildings within 5 kilometers of the nuclear power plant."

"The second is the powerful shock wave that acts within more than ten kilometers. This shock wave is much stronger than the so-called Category 12 typhoon. It will destroy most of the trees, land, and ordinary buildings. Only life in special areas can survive. .”

"Finally, there will be a radiation layer covering a range of more than 100 kilometers. Although life within this range will not suffer direct physical damage, if they are exposed to this radiation environment for a long time, they will basically suffer short-term consequences in the future. Within a short period of time, they died of sudden diseases caused by various genetic mutations."

Professor Jacob cleared his throat and looked around. Seeing that everyone had heavy faces and eyes full of worry, he took a sip of hot coffee and continued:
"However, none of these problems will bother us for the time being."

"The Fort Benning military base where we are located is more than [-] kilometers away from the St. Lucie Underwater Nuclear Power Plant. The direct problems caused by the nuclear explosion will not affect our safety and life."

The old professor pushed up his glasses again.

"The only thing we need to worry about is that the St. Lucie underwater nuclear power plant is located on the coast, and only half of its radiation range is exposed to the Atlantic Ocean."

"Its radiation circle will definitely cause serious radiation pollution in coastal areas, causing the death of a large number of marine life, the seawater will be polluted and evaporated, and even a large radiation cloud and rain will form."

"We humans have never really faced such large-scale pollution. In a world where zombie viruses are rampant now, I can't guess what kind of changes will happen there."

After listening to Professor Jacob's long speech, everyone present seemed a little silent. Most of them were ordinary people who had no understanding of nuclear energy. They had only seen in movies, TV series and various comics and movies about the impact of nuclear bombs on human beings. The harm is due to the instinctive fear of the unknown. In fact, there is no big idea of ​​the real impact of this matter.

Leon observed the expressions of the silent people, and finally focused on the face of Dr. Melfa, who seemed to want to say something, and asked:
"Dr. Melfa, do you have anything to say?"

Dr. Melfa looked at Lyon with a serious expression, and then glanced at the dozen or so senior managers of the company around the round table. He seemed to be hesitating whether he should tell these people about the matter. He finally thought about it for more than ten seconds before exhaling. , said:
"Leon, do you still remember the mutant zombies, special zombies and the last super zombies in the Senas Nuclear Power Plant?"

Leon nodded solemnly. It was precisely because of the pink tentacle monster in the Senas Nuclear Power Plant that he experienced for the first time the thin line between life and death, which made him change his attitude towards surviving in the apocalypse. How can you forget this attitude towards life?

Dr. Melfa also nodded to Leon, and continued:

"According to Professor Jacobs and I's speculation, this nuclear explosion is also likely to undergo a large-scale mutation like the last one."

"And unlike the Senas Nuclear Power Plant, which has been reacting smoothly, this nuclear explosion directly released all the radiation from the reactor at once."

"Its area is larger and the effect is stronger. The huge sound and optical phenomena it produces will attract all the zombies in the entire state of Florida and even further away, forming a high-risk area with extremely dense zombie density."

"And the zombies that gather there will, like the zombies in a nuclear power plant, quickly absorb the nuclear radiation permeating the air and undergo substantial mutation and evolution."

"According to Professor Jacob and I's speculation, maybe it won't be long, within two to three years, there will be a large number of mutated zombies or special zombies in Florida."

"Once all the radiation there is absorbed by these zombies, when those zombies lose the radiation energy they can absorb, they will begin to spread rapidly throughout the entire American region."

"The whole world will become weirder and more dangerous by then."

Professor Melfa sighed and said in a somewhat frustrated tone:
"Due to the variability of zombie viruses and the particularity of absorbing radiation, our past research conclusions on it have been almost completely overturned. Although there have been some progress in other aspects, we want to develop a virus serum that is completely immune to zombie viruses. , and it will take a long, long time.”

This serious and authoritative female doctor looked at Leon with sincere and trusting eyes and said:

"Lyon, the changes that may occur in Florida are just our speculations. It may not happen, or it may be more serious, so you must always pay attention to the situation there, don't care about temporary gains and losses, and eliminate potential risks that may occur in the future as soon as possible. eradicate."

"No matter what, I believe that you will lead us to the final victory."

Leon was also very grateful for Dr. Melfa's trust. It was precisely because of the noble character of this top researcher that the Umbrella Company obtained its first safe and practical evacuation base, which led to the subsequent rapid development of this organization.

He nodded to Professor Melfa and said sincerely:

"Don't worry, I'll keep it in mind, Doctor."

After the lengthy speech of the two senior intellectuals ended, the conference room entered a brief silence.

Everyone didn't know what to say next, Leon thought about it, and finally threw out his own topic.

"The explosion at the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant has given us clear instructions. These nuclear power plants that have lost manual maintenance will inevitably become very serious hidden dangers if not dealt with."

He glanced at everyone with a stern look.

"We can't control other places for the time being, but for the three nuclear power plants in Georgia, we must solve them as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)