Chapter 105: Research Institute
The suburbs of the magic capital.
A research institute.
Hu Junguo, dressed in a dark green military uniform, walked down the spotless walkway, full of curiosity.
The ground is white, the walls are white, the roof is also white, and the cold light used for lighting hits the white surface, and the diffuse light makes people feel a little dizzy in their eyes.
"So white, aren't you afraid of snow blindness?" Hu Junguo muttered in his heart, he didn't dare to say it, because the big man was on the side.
He was just a small minion, and this time, he followed General Ye to inspect the research progress of the institute on behalf of the military.
Although he didn't know what project was being studied in the institute, Hu Junguo more or less guessed that it must be related to zombies.
More than half a month has passed since the outbreak of zombies in dozens of cities in East Asia, and even though the official has done everything possible to erase all relevant news, there are still many well-informed people who have learned about it
Because after all, the things that are blocked are still done by people.
As long as they are human, they must have seven emotions and six desires, and they can't help but secretly tell their relatives and friends to let them prepare in advance.
Hu Junguo also learned about this from one of his relatives, some of whom had already left the metropolises of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou a week earlier, to retreat to remote towns they had never heard of.
Beijing's unattainable housing prices are finally showing signs of collapse, but the authorities have used strong financial and administrative tools to make the decline less dramatic.
Housing prices have finally fallen, leaving many civilians cheering.
These well-informed people sell off their properties that they once considered treasures and use the proceeds to buy precious metals such as gold.
No matter how the times change, whether it is a dynasty or a republic, paper money is always the easiest to turn into waste paper, but the value of gold is eternal.
Hu Junguo also wanted to do this, but unfortunately he couldn't get out of the barracks during this time.
After the zombie outbreak, all military units have entered a state of emergency, and what used to be able to do with one eye and one eye is now extremely difficult.
Because of this, a house in his name could not be sold in time.
The will of the state has led banks to introduce strict down payment ratios and loan policies, which is tantamount to making it clear that the poor should not buy it, and even if they sell it, they will not be able to buy much gold.
The price of gold has soared wildly, reminiscent of the tulip bubble hundreds of years ago.
And if you want to buy it, you can't get it without a way.
Now his family's door is no longer qualified.
Dispelling the messy thoughts in his heart, Hu Junguo silently took a deep breath.
Anyway, he is in the army, and his position does not need to go out to fight, it must be very safe, and these things do not need to be considered.
Sometimes having more money is not necessarily a good thing, and if you don't do it, it will attract the covetousness of the wicked.
Seon lost his horse, but he didn't know if it was a blessing.
At the end of the corridor is a heavy metal door with an electronic lock for iris recognition, and the staff who lead them stand in front of them and sweep their eyes, and the door will open automatically.
"General Ye, welcome, welcome." A spirited white-haired old man appeared behind the door, he was wearing a white coat, and his whole body was not covered tightly by chemical protective clothing as Hu Junguo imagined.
"Director Wu, hello." General Ye stepped forward to shake hands enthusiastically. "Why are you dressed so casually?"
"Haha, in your imagination, this must be a very dangerous place." Director Wu laughed. "I promise you with a human head, absolutely no problem, zombieization is similar to rabies, and it will mutate unless it is bitten."
General Ye smiled: "I don't dare to ask for your head, it's too precious." Back then, Qian Xuesen's head was worth five divisions, and you were the same old Wu. ”
"I don't dare to bear it, come, go this way." Director Wu smiled and showed everyone the way.
Soon, General Ye was standing in front of a glass window.
Inside the window, there was a zombie tied to a shelf with five flowers, this zombie was naked, and its body was constantly twisted.
A robotic arm is on the opposite side of the zombie, with a metal rod attached to it.
A few seconds later, the metal rod was inserted into the zombie's chest, and a string of dark blue electric snakes flashed on it, and a cloud of black smoke immediately came out of the zombie's body, and the head suddenly drooped.
"What kind of experiment is this?" General Ye asked.
"Test the zombie's ability to withstand high voltage." Director Wu looked at the window and said, and just as he was talking, the zombie's body began to twitch again.
"Three thousand volts is not enough." Director Wu shook his head. "It seems that the way to kill zombies with electric shocks is not working."
"Not even 3,000 volts?" General Ye was surprised: "Director Wu, are you sure there is any way to kill now?" ”
Director Wu smiled: "I knew that your military would ask this question, but there really has been no progress in this regard." ”
General Ye's face sank when he heard this.
He had long known that the zombie's resistance to ordinary guns was increasing day by day, and now ordinary rifles, unless they happened to hit the crystal on the zombie's forehead, would not be able to cause fatal injuries.
And zombies are different from ordinary people, zombies' muscles are more resilient, after ordinary people are hit by bullets in their hands and feet, their body tissues will be blown out by bullets A big hole, and they basically lose their mobility, but zombies will only leave a small hole on their bodies that is about the same size as the caliber of the bullet.
This has the ability to completely unhinder the movement of zombies.
Not only that, but the running speed of zombies, sprints are often getting longer, and if this trend continues, zombies will soon be able to catch up with the speed of ordinary women.
It's even harder to deal with.
Not all soldiers are sharpshooters, and gun-snatching headshots can only be myths.
Then if you want to kill zombies, you have to pay more ammunition, which requires the capacity of military production to be even higher.
However, the nuclear explosion has greatly affected domestic industrial production, and it is necessary to re-carry out the third-line construction, and the pressure to expand the military industry is extremely great.
If we want to expand production, it is necessary to implement comprehensive control over materials and return to the era of the planned economy in which materials were purchased and received with bills overnight.
"Fortunately, the country took the opportunity to carry out nuclear explosions on those cities, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable." General Ye shook his head and said.
"But the situation is still not optimistic." Director Wu said: "There have been reports of zombies near the nuclear bombing city, and there are even more terrifying, animals have also mutated, and there is a strong desire to attack humans. ”
"There have been hundreds of incidents of mutant wild boars attacking and injuring villagers in the villages around the cordon."
"Fortunately, people who have been bitten by mutant boars do not turn into zombies." General Ye smiled bitterly.
"Mutant boars are no better than zombies." Director Wu sighed and smiled. "But we're not out of the question. Please come here. ”