Chapter 40 (I) The Dreadnought
Before any of them could react, the wet corpse grabbed the scientist by the throat, then jumped off the bulkhead of the ship, and looked around after landing on the ground, his eyes falling on the few people who were still taking samples.
There was a dead silence in the cabin, and just as the soldiers were about to turn around and take their guns, they saw that the other wet corpses on the wall had jumped down as if they had been unrestrained, and looked around with terrifying eyes, and several of them even walked directly to the soldiers and sniffed them from top to bottom with their noses.
The bodies of the living people in the cabin stiffened, and their identities with the wet corpses seemed to be reversed in an instant, they became zombies, and the wet corpses became living people.
The researcher now regretted a little, although he was grabbed by the neck by the wet corpse, but the other party didn't use much force, as if he was just looking around for something. Finally, a wet corpse discovered the cave dug by Huang Yan at the bottom of the cabin, and although it was filled with river water, he could still see the multicolored light floating in it, like an armβit was the light emitted by the bracelet.
As the light moved faster, the wet corpses began to bend their backs slightly, and then jumped into the tunnels one by one, following the rays at the speed of a fish.
After hundreds of wet corpses left the huge cabin, the flowers that had bloomed in the cabin withered and turned into powder along with the plant stalks, as if the wet corpses were the nutrients that kept them in shape.
The soldiers and scientists present had not yet come to their senses, and waited until one of them sat down on the ground. The others began to change their postures, and the soldiers began to call for support on the intercom, reporting to the command about the strange things that had happened before.
Just as the wet corpse left the cabin and followed the light to Huang Yan's location, a big-nosed school bus with steel plates appeared on the Franklin Bridge between Camden and Philadelphia.
Inside the bus sat men and women with frustrated expressions, clenched fists, and some holding hands with each other, all wearing helmets and white uniforms with a distinct "green cross" logo on the uniforms. There is also body armor on the outside. But there are no gas masks and chemical suits.
The military police at the Camden checkpoint on the Franklin Bridge looked at the carload of Asians, completely unaware of what was going on, and wondered why the group of unidentified people had to "voluntarily" enter the danger zone with the permission of the government and not wear any chemical protective equipment. It's all about suicide.
"Oh my God." A soldier looked at it with a rifle. "There is a yellow mist that has drifted past. The windows of that car were all open. β
The others were silent, staring at the yellow mist on the bridge that drifted towards the cars, and the yellow mist shuttled through the cars. Back and forth several times, eventually leaving there again, drifting towards their location.
"How could they be okay?" The soldiers looked at each other, "They're immune to that thing!" β
"That's right! They're immune to that thing! One SWAT exclaimed, "It's an experiment, we may already have a drug to fight it!" β
"No, maybe they're just drug addicts." A calm soldier was skeptical.
"If you're a drug addict, you don't have to go to such great lengths to send it to Philadelphia." Differing views were raised.
Everyone at the scene understood that this was an experiment, and maybe the government really found an antidote.
Just as the car was slowly driving on the bridge, pushing away the vehicles blocking the road one by one with the impact plate carried by the front of the car, several low-flying four-wing drones also accompanied it slowly, and cooperated with the cameras in the car to send the situation outside and inside the car back to the Pentagon's underground fortress security meeting in real time.
"It's fine." Martin, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looked at the big screen and turned to President Charlie. Bell said, "They're fine, they're completely immune." β
"There's not enough time." Charlie replied indifferently, although he also cried out in his heart when he saw that those people were safe and sound, "God willing, we are saved", but he could not show it, he had to be calm, and he could not rejoice in the effect shown for a short time.
Martin nodded slightly, he knew very well that no matter how long it took, nothing would happen to the Japanese Green Cross employees on this car, unless there was a fourth force to wipe them all out, but that couldn't happen.
"Mr. President, we are running out of time." Martin looked at another screen, "The monster is heading towards the riverbank, and there's something strange going on in the sailboat below the island, and you've heard the report earlier, so it's clear that the corpses that came alive are related to the giant monster, maybe to help it." β
"Are the railguns of the Navy and Army in place?" Charlie asked, looking up at Martin.
Martin nodded: "In place, according to the principle of precise positioning, we will first launch a Tomahawk cruise missile, and after hitting the target for coordinate confirmation, we will input the coordinates into the railgun system, so that we will ensure that we hit the target 100%." β
"I hope it works." Charlie didn't say it too absolutely, nor did he show great hope.
"It's going to work." Martin laughed.
"Why are you so sure?" Charlie suddenly squinted at Martin and asked.
Martin was stunned for a moment, worried that Charlie had noticed something, and immediately explained: "At least as far as I know, there is nothing on this earth that railguns can't destroy. β
Charlie nodded, looked at the picture of the big-nosed car, thought for a long time, and gave an order: "Let them enter the Philadelphia area, under the instructions of the drone, enter the area with the thickest yellow fog, and then stay there until tomorrow morning, and if they are okay by then, let them come back." β
"In terms of public opinion, I'm afraid it can't be justified, right?" Martin looked at Charlie, in fact, this is what he is looking forward to, he expects the public opinion to start condemning the US government, because it is part of the plan, and it will directly affect their overall plan in Asia next.
"Public opinion?" Charlie's eyelids were about to fall, because he himself couldn't remember how long he hadn't slept, "Is there still public opinion in the United States now?" Even the reporters ran out, and no one dared to send them to their deaths to record these things. If that medicine does work, we will go down in history as these Japanese workers and give them permanent U.S. citizenship and all kinds of conveniences, do you think they will still open their mouths and talk nonsense? No, as long as the matter is resolved and there are no casualties in the experiment, no matter what the direction of public opinion, people will ultimately support us, because people only have one life. β
"I also believe that the people will eventually understand us, believe in us, and support us." Martin nodded slowly, and then added, "I will keep them in a relatively safe area and wait for tomorrow morning, but I still recommend that the chemical defense forces set up a defensive line on the outside of their area in case of contingency." β
Charlie shook his head: "We can't lose any more soldiers, but we can let them rush to the designated area and stop, let our soldiers run past them, and tell them to defend nearby, and then retreat." β
"Deceive them?" Martin frowned.
Charlie hesitated: "If you have to say that it is a deception, there is no way to do it, it is like a psychological placebo, even if some of the Japanese employees are interviewed later, they will tell those damn reporters that although they volunteered to take the risk, the US government still sent troops to protect them." β
Martin stopped talking, just nodded silently, and then turned to arrange what Charlie had said.
Just as the U.S. government's experiment was proceeding step by step according to Shangdu's plan, Tang Shuxing and the others, who were near Huang Yan, heard a sound similar to the galloping of thousands of horses.
"Master Ji, climb up and take a look." Tang Shuxing pointed to a nearby building that was tilted at forty-five degrees.
Ji Kefeng nodded, threw down his backpack and other things, grabbed the telescope and climbed up towards the top of the slope of the building, before he could climb to the top, Gu Huaiyi and Tang Shuxing could already see clearly with their naked eyes those things running in the distance - one by one the running figures appeared in the thick yellow mist, those people kept changing their postures while running, avoiding obstacles in front of them, and their bodies were very flexible.
"What's that?" Tang Shuxing looked behind him, and then looked down at the pair of bracelets on Guda's hand.
"Switch." The man in the bracelet replied simply, "The switch that destroyed Huang Yan is also the only way to recover Chi Feng Yu." β
"It's a wet corpseβ" Ji Kefeng, who had already seen the appearance of the wet corpse clearly with a telescope, shouted above, completely forgetting that he was still wearing a walkie in his ear.
"Aren't those wet corpses used to suppress Huang Yan?" Tang Shu tortured the person in the bracelet.
"Of course, it is also used to destroy Huang Yan at a critical moment." The man in the bracelet said lightly, "They were our most loyal subordinates and the bravest and fearless warriors during their lifetimes. β
As soon as the words of the people in the bracelet fell, the first batch of wet corpses had already rushed to them, but this group of wet corpses turned a blind eye to Tang Shuxing and the others, even Gu Da, who had summoned them, ignored them, but each occupied a favorable terrain, maintained a different posture, and looked up at Huang Yan, who had crawled out of the body for a long time.
At this time, Guda walked around, constantly stepping on the ruins below with his feet, sometimes squatting down and touching with his hands, and finally pointed to a certain piece of ground for a long time, and collided the bracelets of his hands and wrists.
The bracelets that gently collided together first made a crisp sound, and then buzzed because of the resonance.
The sound caused most of the wet corpses to turn their heads, and then, under Guda's instructions, they used their hands to dig through the rubble below, digging out the dirt from the ground and digging deeper down until a hole was dug three meters in diameter and five meters deep, and then they helped each other climb out and stand aside, waiting for the next instruction from the man in the bracelet.
"Wait for my signalβ" Guda walked slowly towards Huang Yan, "If I turn around and run back, you'll jump straight into the pit, understand?" β
After saying this, Guda, who was walking slowly, changed from walking to trotting, and then from trotting to galloping, and the countless wet corpses behind him immediately followed his speed and swarmed towards Huang Yan. (To be continued......)