Chapter 432: Bad News and Good News!
Zhao Hongyun's matter is finally solved!
Li Ba and the others quickly took their leave. Give each other a chance to be alone.
As they were about to leave the institute, a crisp chirp was heard in midair. A flock of big birds flew in from the distant sky.
"It's Lao Kuai!"
Li Ba has excellent eyesight. At a glance, I saw Lao Kuai sitting on the back of the leading Qingyun Eagle. Nearby, there are birds of prey such as the Great Flower Eagle Owl. But it's very strange that under the claws of birds of prey such as Big Flower, there is an iron cage hanging, and there is a zombie locked in it.
"Huh! Isn't Lao Kuai on Wen Hao's side these days? How did you get back? ”
Yang Jian was surprised. Hua Wenhao's southern army penetrated deep into Hubei Province, encountering many mutated birds along the way. Therefore, a few days ago, he applied to send Lao Kuai to help disperse the birds.
Not long after the old man passed, the man came back with a zombie. This not only made Yang Jian feel strange, but Li Ba was also the same.
Lao Kuai seemed to have made a special trip to find Li Ba, and after seeing him, he immediately controlled the flock of birds to fall from mid-air.
Dahua came to Li Ba's side for the first time, shook her wings, and let out a cry of joy. Similarly, with the assistance of a large number of elixirs, this guy's evolutionary strength has also broken through to level five. Nowadays, it is much larger than before, and it can fly with an adult without any problems.
Li Ba is still very affectionate about the fighting chicken he has cultivated, with a smile on his face, he touched Dahua's head and said a few words of encouragement.
"Boss!"
Lao Kuai jumped down from the back of the Qingyun Eagle and walked quickly. Seeing that there was anxiety on his face, Li Ba estimated in his heart that he was afraid that something would happen.
"This is an urgent official document that Wen Hao asked me to submit!"
Lao Kuai took out a stack of materials. Handed it to Li Ba. After Li Ba took over and just glanced at it a few times. His face immediately became solemn.
The Southern Army was stationed in Hubei Province. The pioneer corps took the lead, and everything went smoothly. However. Just yesterday, a very unusual event occurred.
A special operations company under the Pioneer Corps was ordered to go to a small town to investigate. As a result, they were ambushed by corpses.
That's right, it's the corpses in ambush!
The corpses of this town will actually hide, send scattered zombies, and lead this special operations company into an ambush circle and start a siege. By the time the large army came to the rescue, the entire company of soldiers was killed and wounded. Only a dozen or so people survived.
According to the situation reported by Hua Wenhao, the number of corpses in this town is not large, only one or two thousand. Moreover, the evolutionary strength is not very strong. The most powerful are a few giant rock corpses and black bat corpses, and there are not many xenomorph zombies.
Also, there is no corpse king in the corpse group.
That's why it's weird. This group of corpses actually knows how to set up an ambush and can cooperate with each other to fight. When the large army of the Pioneer Corps attacked, the corpses did not fight desperately, but were led by a few high-level zombies. Flee in panic.
"According to Wen Hao's preliminary conclusion, this group of zombies is likely to have evolved intelligence!"
Lao Kuai said beside him. He had been on the battlefield at the time and had seen some weak zombies inside this group of corpses. He even used weapons. Of course, it's just some rudimentary cold weapons, but it's frightening enough. After discussion and discussion at the headquarters of Hua Wenhao's Southern Army. It is believed that this group of corpses has a good chance of evolving intelligence. Therefore, let him return to Xibu City immediately to report the situation. And also brought back a zombie.
This is no small matter!
No matter how strong the zombies are, if there is no wisdom. I only know that it is not difficult to deal with the brutal rush and kill. However, if the zombies evolve wisdom, know how to advance and retreat, and become weak and avoid the strong, it will be more than ten times more difficult to deal with!
Once the zombies evolve intelligence that is not inferior to that of humans, it will definitely be a disaster for the survivors of the post-apocalyptic world.
"Good son, take this guy with you...... Let's go and find Su Lao! ”
Li Ba didn't think much about it, and ordered Jin Jiao to bring an iron cage containing zombies. Subsequently, he went directly to Su Lao.
A large number of professional researchers were transferred from various settlements, and the institute was upgraded to a research institute, and the internal organization was divided into two departments: biological research and modern scientific research. In the biology department, Li Ba met Su Lao and explained the situation concisely. After hearing this, Su Lao was also shocked.
An iron cage containing zombies is placed in the research room. Su Lao walked over and began to surround the zombie, constantly looking around.
Judging from the physical characteristics, this zombie should have been a young woman before it was infected with the virus. Its clothes had long been tattered, and its naked body still emitted a disgusting stench, but the decay was no longer noticeable.
Its skin is dark gray in color. A pair of fish-belly white eyes, with pupils generated, slightly green. When Su Lao approached, this guy was very dishonest, showing his teeth and claws in the cage, roaring and roaring. But there was a faint fear on his face.
"Knowing to be afraid...... This guy already has the initial intelligence! ”
Su Lao said slowly. His face looked very solemn. He asked Li Ba and the others to wait outside for a while, and when this guy was dissected, all the answers would be clear.
According to Su Lao's instructions, Li Ba and the others left the research room and waited outside. While sitting on the bench, Li Ba touched his chin and fell into deep thought.
First of all, zombies have evolved intelligence, it's almost certain. How to deal with it next is a question he urgently needs to think about.
Zombies are not difficult to deal with, and the scary thing is that zombies with intelligence. Originally, a small number of high-level zombies at the corpse king level in the corpse group had wisdom, which did not have too serious an impact on the overall situation.
Now, even low-level zombies are born with wisdom, which is definitely a big trouble.
Suppose that in the future, zombies, like humans, will use various resources, including weapons, to strengthen themselves. This is an absolute disaster for the surviving humans.
The consequences were so serious that Li Ba couldn't imagine it.
It's only an hour. The door of the research room opened, and Su Lao walked out wearing a white coat and a mask.
"Xiao Li, you come in with me!"
At his beckoning, everyone entered the research room. At this moment, the female zombie just now was already on the operating table, and all important parts of her body were dissected.
"It's worse than I expected!"
Su Lao pulled Li Ba to the operating table and began to explain in detail the conclusions reached after the autopsy.
"This is the part of the brain that has been transformed from calcification, and the original withered capillaries and nerve tissue have been rejuvenated and returned to the original form of the human brain." At the same time, Su Lao pointed to the wall in front of the operating table, where there was a monitor that played the original picture of the zombie's brain tissue.
"Before, the zombies we dissected, there was no such change in the brain tissue." Su Lao's face was solemn, and he said: "With the abnormal brain tissue of these zombie calcifications, they will have intelligence, and in terms of brain capacity, their intelligence will reach a level similar to that of humans!" ”
This answer was expected by Li Ba for a long time. Therefore, I was not surprised after listening to it, but my face was full of solemnity.
"Also, look at its lower abdomen."
Looking along Su Lao's fingers, the abdominal cavity of this female zombie, the slimy internal organs are entangled, and it is very disgusting.
"Its digestive organs, its stomach, have become larger, and the gastric juices it secretes are extremely corrosive, and can even melt steel...... In other words, this guy is able to eat anything and sustain his own consumption. ”
After a pause, Su Lao took the tweezers and picked out three slimy things from the zombie's abdominal cavity, "The most important thing is this!" ”
Li Ba also has some understanding of the distribution of human organs. These three organs, which look like stomach pouches, are located at the bottom of the abdominal cavity of the female zombie and connect to the reproductive system. If he guessed correctly, it should be the ovaries that are unique to females.
However, how can there be three ovaries?
Su Lao looked at him, nodded and said, "This is the ovaries!" Judging from the body structure of this female zombie, it is its newly grown ovaries, and the fluid secreted inside contains estrogen. Although for the time being, its ovarian development is not yet perfect, but according to the law of biological evolution, if this female zombie does not die, within a year at most, it will have fertility, and it will still have three ovaries, all of which are fertile! ”
There are enough zombies, and now they have evolved fertility. This is another bad news for Li Ba.
"That's all I can judge at the moment, and if I want to be further confirmed, I still need a large number of zombie test subjects with preliminary intelligence!"
Su Lao said this, looked at Li Ba, and said in a deep voice: "Xiao Li, from the situation you reacted, this kind of zombie that has evolved wisdom is currently only found in local areas. You must seize the time and concentrate all manpower and material resources to carry out the clean-up operation...... Kill as much as you can, kill as much as you want! ”
"I know."
Li Ba nodded heavily. At this point, there is no need for Su Lao to remind him, he already had a belly case outside the laboratory before.
Seeing everyone's solemn expressions, the atmosphere was very tense. Su Lao smiled and said, "Xiao Li, tell you a good news!" ”
There is enough bad news, and there is a need for good news to ease the atmosphere on the scene.
Li Ba thought for a while, smiled and said, "It's best to deal with zombies, otherwise, nothing else is good news for me!" ”
"You kid, you're better than a ghost!"
Su Lao smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and then, Zhengse said: "Speaking of which, thanks to you, you persuaded each family to transfer personnel to form a research institute!" "The good news in this old man's mouth is that there has been a breakthrough in the poisonous gas of Artemisia annua.
In a small settlement in northern Huibei, several professionals were transferred, all of whom were experts in biopharmaceuticals. With their cooperation, Su Lao finally developed an enhanced version of Huanggao poisonous gas.
The original Artemisia annua poison gas has a unique medicinal effect that can destroy the central nervous system of zombies below the second level, and then kill them. Directly refining weapons, spreading through flesh and blood, can have an inhibiting effect on the action of second-level zombies. Today, the enhanced version of Artemisia annua poison gas can effectively kill zombies below level 4. At the same time, directly refining weapons can have lethality on fourth- or even fifth-level zombies.
Over time, zombies evolve. However, so far, the corpse group is mainly composed of second- and third-level zombies. The enhanced version of cucumber artemisia poison gas has been studied, which is definitely of great strategic significance in clearing the corpse group. (To be continued.) )
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