The most ruthless person in the apocalypse

Chapter 758 Weird Black Ball

"There's no wind at the beach. How strange."

Zheng Xinyu took off her gloves and felt the air. There was only the cold ambient temperature, but no cold wind.

As a southern girl, one of the reasons why she chose to study in Qincheng was because there was the sea. Of course, grades were also a factor...

While studying, she would always go to the beach with her roommates, and she would have different feelings every time she came.

Zheng Xinyu pulled at her collar out of habit, but it wasn't actually too cold. The temperature was indeed very low, about minus 30 degrees Celsius, but as there was no wind, the perceived temperature was only about minus ten degrees Celsius.

"The clouds didn't disperse, there was no wind, and the weak waves on the sea must be caused by the gravity and rotation of the moon. It's weird, really weird."

After saying this, Zhang Su walked towards the ice on the seashore. Anything abnormal made him feel uneasy.

The zombie crisis is on the horizon, and the harm of low temperatures is being gradually overcome. However, this world is not the way it should be, and it seems that a greater disaster is brewing...

In the past, the Qincheng beach would freeze over in winter, but it would not stop freezing. However, the situation is different now. There are no winds or waves, and the temperature is even lower. The ice has penetrated more than 40 meters into the sea. If the temperature continues to remain at this level, there is a tendency for it to continue to invade the ocean.

If the temperature drops another ten degrees, the entire bay will turn into an ice field. If you don't know, you might think a great man is riding a bicycle here...

Walking onto the ice, Zhang Su stomped his feet and felt a solid response on the soles of his feet, just like on land. This showed that the ice was very solid!
"Brother Su, aren't we going to look for the zombies?"

Wu Lue hugged his arms and shivered. The flashlight hanging on his chest flickered around. He was hungry, had no heat in his body, and was overcome by waves of cold.

"I have arranged for someone to deliver some small gifts to the zombies. It's no problem to delay them for a day or two. Don't I say you don't know the way? The zombies are in the south!"

Zhang Su learned the specific situation from the brothers who were sent out to interfere with the zombie horde. Even in the dark, ordinary people could see a fluorescent zombie walking among the huge zombie horde. As long as they were sure that there was a mutated zombie, there was no rush for the rest.

"Then we came to the beach in the dark, are we looking for that ball? But... we can't even see it!" Wu Lue stretched his neck to look towards the dark sea. The light from the flashlight seemed to be absorbed by a black hole, and he could see the end at a glance.

"Why are you, the deputy head of the engineering team, calling for the Yama Corps scouts? Go and prepare the drones!"

"Oh...right."

Wu Lue was starving and cold, and his brain was at a standstill. He only reacted after being reminded of this and ran towards the car.

"It's in that direction, with intermittent discharges, and there's no pattern at all. You can't see it now, but when it does discharge it's very clear and can illuminate a large area."

Huo Jingang pointed Zhang Su in the direction. He had lived in his camp for several months and looked at the black ball almost every day. He was very familiar with it and it was like a decoration in the camp.

Zhang Su raised his head and looked into the distance. The dark sea in the eyes of others could not be said to be blue. It looked a little different from the blue sky and white clouds. It showed the color of the sea on a cloudy day.

The mysterious black sphere floated on the sea, about three kilometers away from the shore.

Different from what he had heard before, with the help of super vision, Zhang Su could estimate the size of the black ball more accurately. It was about three meters in diameter. It would not be noticeable if it floated on the sea, but if it was towed back to Tianma Island and placed in the yard, it would take up a lot of space!

Judging from the fact that the mysterious black ball can float on the sea, its density cannot be too high. It can be pulled to the shore by a boat and transported away by any pickup truck.

The surface of the black ball is not completely smooth. There are lines that cut it into irregular shapes. From Zhang Su's understanding, he has no idea what those lines are for.

"Ok?"

While waiting for Wu Lue to take the drone, the mysterious black ball seemed to know that someone was coming to visit it, and it cooperated very well and moved, with a little halo appearing on the surface.

A ball of hazy light suddenly appeared on the black background wall!
"Here it comes, it's about to discharge."

Huo Jingang was already very familiar with the light-emitting process of the mysterious black ball and was not surprised by it.

Sure enough, before he finished speaking, Zhang Su saw some blue substance seeping out from the cracks on the surface of the mysterious black ball, followed by dense electric arcs jumping on the surface of the sphere!

He had seen lightning and used stun guns. There were also electric arcs when the gas stove was ignited, and he had seen high-voltage lines closed on TV... In short, Zhang Su had seen many forms of electricity, but none of them was similar to the electricity released by the mysterious black ball. The small electric arcs were so dense that they were almost connected into one, like an angry pufferfish waving countless kelp made of lightning, creating a grotesque visual impact.

The farthest distance the electric arc jumped was two or three meters. The light blue light flickered on the pitch-black sea, illuminating a large area around it. It was a very magical scene, which made Zhang Su and others marvel at it.

“How long does this phenomenon usually last?”

"It varies. The longest time is two to three minutes. The shortest time I know is more than ten seconds. Usually it's more than a minute."

Huo Jingang roughly recorded the pattern of the mysterious black ball, but in the end he found that there was no pattern, so he was too lazy to continue recording.

"Brother Su, could this thing be the battery of an alien spaceship? Haha, the alien spaceship uses new energy, interesting. Oh, it's destroyed!"

Wu Lue held up the drone and smiled heartlessly. Before he could finish his words, the arcs of electricity released by the mysterious black ball dimmed, and the entire sea surface fell into darkness again, as if the light just now had never appeared.

Zhang Su saw it very clearly. Unlike the prelude when releasing the electric arc, the end was gone without any trace left. Looking elsewhere, the dark area appeared before his eyes.

"Intermittent discharge, combined with the batteries in our camp, can we achieve electrical freedom?"

Wu Lue fantasized happily.

"It just looks like electricity, but who knows if it is actually electricity or not. We have to wait until research is done to get the result."

Zhang Su did not give a definitive conclusion. Their judgments were based on what was known, but this thing obviously came from the unknown. The specific function of the mysterious black ball was unknown, but it did look like an energy source. As long as it was related to energy, it was worth studying.

"Brother Su, this thing is not easy to bring back. Even if it floats, the drone probably can't tow it, at least not this one. How about I bring another transport type over next time?"

Wu Lue was a little dry. He usually used a reconnaissance drone when he went outside. It had a fast speed and clear camera function. The other one mainly focused on carrying capacity and was slightly inferior in other aspects.

"Drones are definitely a problem, but a ship can handle it!"

"About three kilometers over there, some motorboats and a few small yachts are frozen. As long as we can break the ice, the boats can start, but after such a long time, they should be running low on power."

Huo Jingang pointed to the southwest direction of the coastline and said that those were the facilities used by the scenic area to receive tourists. He had taken people to try them out before, and they all functioned perfectly.

"Let's take some close-up photos first. After we deal with the zombies, we can figure out how to get them back. Luezi, do you still remember the location?"

Going out to sea is not a big project in itself. Even if it is a round trip, it is only five or six kilometers away, which is not far from Fu Weijun's laboratory. However, breaking the ice requires a large number of manpower. It is better to go to the island where Fu Weijun's laboratory is located and pull back all the equipment.

"Don't worry, Brother Su, it doesn't matter if I don't remember. The drone camera has night vision function, haha!"

With a buzzing sound, the drone took off and slowly approached the mysterious black ball.

Zheng Xinyu held Zhang Su's arm, looked at the screen, then looked up at the flashing lights of the drone flying away, frowning slightly: "Will it be a problem if we just fly towards the ball like this?"

Zhang Su's heart skipped a beat. If someone else had said this, he would have pretended not to have heard it, but Zheng Xinyu was different. He tilted his head and asked, "What do you mean?"

"I just think... it's nothing, just random thoughts, hehe."

Zheng Xinyu gave a funny smile and squinted her eyes at the drone with flashing lights in the sky.

Wu Lue and Huo Jingang didn't listen to the conversation between Zheng Xinyu and Zhang Su at all. One was concentrating on controlling the drone, and the other was staring at the screen seriously.

Zhang Su frowned and said, "Luezi, be careful. Come back immediately if there is any disturbance. Don't take any risks."

"There's not even a trace of wind, so there shouldn't be any risk. And that ball doesn't look like an intelligent creature, so there shouldn't be any problem."

Wu Lue pushed the joystick while muttering to himself. He said there was no risk, but he was still very careful in his operation.

(End of this chapter)