Among all the things, Chen Bin was most worried about Elbrand's sudden announcement of his withdrawal from the "Anti-GMO Cloning Treaty".

The Anti-GMO Cloning Treaty was a balance reached by many countries in a special political environment after nuclear war.

Wars, especially nuclear wars, have decimated the number of survivors of the zombie virus around the world, and many previous countries have been wiped off the map due to various problems. The remaining countries are either on the verge of decay and extinction, or they are beginning to reorganize and strive to re-emerge and establish a new world order.

Grells is one of the reorganized countries, as is the Elbrand Empire, so to speak, and the few existing powers are the lucky ones who have gone relatively smoothly on the road to reorganization.

Of course, everyone has the same purpose, but they are not going down the same path.

The post-war world is devastated and devastated, and all countries lack resources, especially population.

Population and science and technology are the foundation of military strength, and military strength is the guarantee of national security. Lacking population, most of the technology is in a stage of regression, in order to ensure their own security and lay the foundation for the future struggle for global hegemony, countries have set their sights on development in different directions.

While ensuring people's livelihood and infrastructure, the Grells government is vigorously developing power mecha and artificial intelligence; The Elbrand Empire was re-established as a commercial empire with a focus on genetic technology.

There are also some countries that are limited by their national strength, and when they see that they can't diversify their development, they are desperate to tilt all their resources in the direction of genes, and even take risks to clone zombies and some mutated creatures, in a vain attempt to modify their genes and make them a killing tool that can be used in war.

The extremist acts of these countries were originally carried out in secret, until the "Redstone Valley Massacre" was exposed, and they were brought into the public eye.

Redstone Valley, located north of Grells, is a valley on the border between Grells, the Elbrand Empire, and Tafleur, and is named for its unique landforms.

The valley is full of bright red stones, whether on the river beach or on the hills, looking from afar, it looks like a fire burning in the green mountains and green water.

The red color on the stone is not its own color, but a microorganism that attaches to the surface of the stone and makes it appear red.

This microorganism may be a moss, or an algae. Local villagers have tried to bring the red stones out of the valley, but as soon as they leave the valley, the color will change without exception.

The red color on the stone gradually fades, and finally turns black again, just like a normal stone.

In the winter of more than ten years ago, there were suddenly more jackdaws in the sky above Redstone Valley, and they seemed to appear out of thin air without any warning.

At this time, jackdaws live farther south, stockpiling fat for the winter in the north. They appeared early in Redstone Valley, so there's only one possibility—there are plenty of foods they love.

Jackdaws eat dead bodies, especially carrion, because their stomachs secrete strong gastric acid to kill microorganisms in carrion, and they also have a special botulinum toxin antibody in their blood, which binds to botulinum toxin in carrion and excretes it safely.

A Border Guard team north of Grells sensed the Jackdaw's vision, and the team traveled from Maolin Town to the vicinity of Redstone Valley.

Flocks of jackdaws howled and flew over the forest, their cries terrible and terrible? Person.

The figures of these jackdaws passing overhead brought the eyes of the captain Xue Jinhai to the valley farther away, and he held a telescope and carefully observed the situation in the valley.

There is a village in the valley that is inhabited by people who came here to escape the war, who made a living by fishing and hunting, and only occasionally went to the outside towns to exchange their harvest in the valley for some necessary necessities.

The wooden roofs of the village were pitch black with jackdaws, and these black birds flew everywhere, stopping wherever they could.

"Xue Tou, what's going on in the village over there?" A soldier rubbed his hands with cold air in his mouth, and leaned over to Xue Jinhai's side and asked.

There was a sudden slight sound on the branch overhead, and a handful of white snow slipped from the branch and fell on Xue Jinhai's felt hat. He put down the binoculars in his hand and patted the snow off the brim of his hat.

The white gas that erupted from Xue Jinhai's nose disappeared in an instant next to his cheeks full of scars and stubble, and his eyes looked in the direction of the village, his expression was a little solemn.

"Alert everyone, it's not right!"

Xue Jinhai held his gun and gave an order to Lin Zhiwei, a soldier who came to his side.

"Huh~" Lin Zhiwei blew a shrill long whistle, and in the nearby woods, more than a dozen figures soon gathered here.

These people all had guns in their hands, vigilantly following behind Xue Jinhai, and everyone slowly walked in the direction of the village.

The snow was trampled under the feet and made a "poof" sound, and none of the soldiers paid attention to the slightest coolness seeping into their shoes, they were all veterans who had experienced and survived the war, and they were very good at both combat literacy and safety awareness.

Lin Zhiwei's whistle is a warning, although everyone doesn't know what happened, but they all know one thing, that is, the place where they are going next is likely to be dangerous.

Stepping through the snow and the broken ice beside the river at the valley floor, the team continued to move closer to the village, and some nearby jackdaws spotted their arrival and soon howled and flapped their wings and flew back into the sky.

The wooden boats parked by the river were already frozen together with the riverbank, and the ropes of the boats were covered with crystal clear ice cubes.

The river was frozen, and there was still the sound of gurgling water below, and the soldiers crossed the river from the ice to the other side, and they were closer to the village.

"Why can't you see a single figure here?!"

"Jackdaws shouldn't be here at this time...... Moreover, there are too many of them! ”

……

"Xue Tou, look!"

As they approached the village, the soldiers were whispering to each other, and one of them suddenly hurried forward a few steps to pick up something by a fence on the shore.

It was a dead fish, very fat, but only half of it was left.

"Beard, it's a dead fish."

"Jackdaws can't bite this shape......"

The soldier who found the dead fish was named Hu Yinzhi, and he had a thick beard, and "beard" was also the nickname given to him.

Hu Yinzhi broke open the fish's belly and showed the notch on the fish's body to others.

"Go over there and search for it." Xue Jinhai checked the fish that Hu Yinzhi had picked up, and then pointed to a few wooden houses not far away.