Chapter 114: Before Nightfall
Su Qian looked at the deep pit in front of him and could smell the rich smell of oil, it was a huge incision, and under the abyss of the black hole was a deeply buried oil pipeline. But I don't know what kind of person found it and dug it up.
"Although, I'd love to help you deal with another mutant zombie, but it seems that there is no way to do it right now." Su Qian swept the truncated oil pipeline and said lightly.
"Is it dangerous?" Second Lieutenant Card's face was slightly nervous, "I can get my soldiers to fully cooperate with you." ”
"No, if the saboteur of this oil pipeline is still here, he can't be a mutant zombie." Su Qian shook his head, "Zombies like to eat flesh and blood, not oil. ”
Second Lieutenant Card didn't seem happy with this explanation, "But two days ago, we sent a six-man team to explore, and almost all of them were wiped out, and according to their last message, they encountered mutant zombies here!" ”
"It's likely a coincidence." Su Qian scratched his head.
"Of course, if you really don't believe we can do an experiment." Su Qian waved his hand to the soldiers in the distance: "Bring Anthony's body here." ”
The dead Anthony was packed in a tightly sealed cloth bag to prevent the smell of blood from escaping.
"Open the bag and put the body at the mouth of the pipe, Mr. Ensign. We only have a minute, and if there's a mutated zombie around here, as you said, he won't be able to stand the blood, but if it doesn't show up after a minute, we'll have to evacuate, and I don't want to be surrounded by a horde of zombies here. ”
Second Lieutenant Card nodded, motioning for the two soldiers to untie Anthony's sacks, and once again they saw the bloody face of the pierced head. Su Qian, who was the leader, motioned for the others to retreat, and after waiting patiently for a minute, nothing unusual happened.
"Second Lieutenant Card, I think there's a good chance this thing is man-made." Su Qian glanced at him, "Maybe someone wants to get oil, and your soldiers just happened to encounter mutated zombies here." ”
Ensign Card thought about it, and finally decided not to insist, and at this time, there were already zombies attracted by the smell of blood and kept approaching, until he saw these low-level zombies appear, and Ensign Card's doubts were completely put down.
"Everybody get on board!"
At present, the most difficult thing is to be surrounded by the zombie tide, and after everyone entered the military and opened, a soldier walked up to Lieutenant Kader and asked.
"Second Lieutenant, what about Anthony's body?"
"Whatever, get in the car!"
"Yes, second lieutenant."
The military truck was gone, and on the desolate street, the zombies were slowly approaching Anthony's corpse, and suddenly, the ordinary zombies stopped, as if they sensed some danger, and let out a low roar.
From the gap in the pipe of the black hole, there was a sudden 'bang' sound, and a huge figure slowly drilled out of the gap, and the huge palm made a ding-dong collision sound as it moved.
There are many iron chains between the palms of those zombies, not only that, this zombie beast shaped like a hill is wrapped with thick iron chains all over its body, it is like a pet in captivity.
Under the pressure of the evolutionary superiors, the surrounding zombies all made a gesture of submission, and Anthony's corpse was thrown directly into the abyssal giant mouth, making a terrifying gurgling chewing sound.
With a low roar from the zombie bound by the chain, the rest of the zombies scattered away. And the chained zombie slowly sank into the darkness again.
Back at the supply point, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The nerves that need to be tense all the time outside can finally relax slightly.
Second Lieutenant Carder sent someone to take away the corpse of the giant zombie, Su Qian knew that this corpse tossed and turned, and it should still fall into the hands of Bruce in the end, which is also the reason why Su Qian brought the corpse back, if he could crack the secret of the evolved zombie body earlier, or be able to deal with them more confidently in the future.
In Su Qian's opinion, there will always be a war between humans and zombies, and now it seems that the balance of victory does not seem to be tilted in favor of humans.
"Hey, Mr. Su Qian, I'm the captain of Calf Commerce, it's nice to meet you, if I have time after returning to the base, I want to invite you to drink."
The other wanderers also hurriedly came up and stammered, this is very likely to be the future second lieutenant, why Anthony can dominate the base, it is not because of the army as a backer.
There were even a few wanderers who simply proposed to establish a long-term cooperation with Su Qian, hoping to form a team with Su Qian when they went out to find food in the future.
Anthony is dead, and the control of the Golden Road is equivalent to hanging in the air, and now the most promising is naturally Su Qian.
"Actually, it's better for you to discuss these things with Peter."
Su Qian directly threw the trouble to Peter. Although for Su Qian, the golden road is a good start. But in Su Qian's eyes at this moment, what he wants is far more than that.
Just as Su Qian was thinking about his next plan, a slender little hand dragged him to the side, and when he looked back, he saw An Jie's smart eyes.
"It seems that the extent of your evolution is somewhat beyond my expectations"
An Jie looked Su Qian up and down, her eyes full of inquiry.
"Although you have tried to cover it up, I have found that you have experienced a fierce battle, and your clothes are in tatters, but you do not have any wounds on your body."
This woman's eyes were really vicious, and she noticed these details at once.
"It's only been half an hour since you went through the battle, and your self-healing ability has become stronger again? Also, I've seen the body proportions of the zombie just now, and it should be an agile mutant. ”
An Jie lowered her head as if thinking about the details she had just observed, and then she turned her head to look at Su Qian, and an incredible enthusiasm burst out of her eyes: "The cause of death of zombies should be a direct impact on the brain, but with his agile speed, I'm afraid he can't even hit a bullet, have you evolved any new abilities?" ”
"Wait, let me take a breath and answer you slowly." Knowing that this woman would become fanatical when she encountered an academic problem, she was already very restrained when she didn't ask so bluntly in the military truck just now.
"Actually, I did awaken a new ability." Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Su Qian could only tell a lie.
Su Qian, who was standing beside An Jie, suddenly burst out with an extremely fast speed, and the whole person rushed out of a distance of nearly two meters at an incredible speed.
In the next second, Su Qian had already appeared two meters away, and the hero skill [Quick Draw Gun] was activated.
"That's my new ability, which allows me to increase my speed and cross a distance in a short period of time."
Su Qian said cautiously, thinking that this should explain why he was able to kill the agility mutant just now.
"Okay, tell me in detail what are the limitations of this ability, and whether your body will be uncomfortable when you use this ability."
Su Qian "......"
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Baffin Island, Baili Glacier, secret base.
Bruce was in the research room, holding a pale blue injection, tapping his fingers regularly on the tabletop, staring at the computer screen on the table. On the screen at this moment, there is a three-dimensional display of DNA fragments.
It is a useless gene for human beings, and the so-called useless gene means that this gene will remain in your body for the rest of your life, but it will not be expressed.
There are many scientists who believe that the emergence of this useless gene is due to human evolution. For example, in fact, in the human body, there have always been the same genes as fish, but now humans do not live underwater, so the genes that can express the gills of fish have become useless genes.
But in Bruce's view, this is not evolution, but a kind of introverted human genes out of self-preservation, which is exchanged for the extension of lifespan, just as most smart people will have a short life, while smart genes know how to protect themselves.
Bruce stared at the part of the gene on the screen, or that piece of nature's masterpiece, with a deep obsession on his face, who would have thought that the deepest mysteries of the human body were determined by the order of such a simple structure. Then his gaze fell on the pale blue injection potion in his hand, which was a brand new potion refined from Mr. Black's 'evolutionary' potion.
Bite...... A chime sounded outside the door, and the automatic door made of all carbon fiber slowly opened, and Colonel Kari in military uniform entered.
"Hi Carry, my boy, you arrived on time." Bruce stood up, and with a flick of his fingers, the display on the computer screen changed to a graph of other experimental data, "This injection is my modified miracle-1, you can take a look." ”
"I knew you wouldn't let me down, Professor." Colonel Carry politely bowed slightly to Bruce and took the light blue potion in his hand, "Professor, I can't wait to test the effects of this potion. ”
"No, my child, this M-1 pill needs to be improved, and it's not clear what kind of side effects it will have, and it's ...... At present, there is no way to replicate 'evolution' in the equipment of the institute, that is, for each serving used, the reserve of evolution potion will be reduced by one. Bruce's face was very serious, "In the blood sample brought by David last time, I have already gone through a second screening, and only three of them are barely qualified. ”
Colonel Kari frowned slightly when he heard him say this: "Professor, may I ask what is the success rate of this potion." ”
"Thirty-five percent." Bruce replied.
"Thirty-five percent, that's a lot higher than the seven percent we used back then." Colonel Kari paused, "The effect of that potion should be much stronger, too." ”
Bruce nodded slightly: "Mr. Hei's research in this area is indeed stronger than mine, my preliminary analysis shows that this evolutionary elixir can not only enhance the functions of human beings themselves, but also stimulate unknown areas of the brain and produce mutations in the form of energy...... This is also known as superpowers. ”
"Energy mutation, like the Blood Queen?" Colonel Cary listened to Bruce's words, and his eyes grew more and more interested.
"Yes, the Blood Queen's ability to control the air should be the unknown brain domain has been developed." Bruce looked at the M-1 in Colonel Carry's hand, as if he saw the people of the future break through the shackles of genes and be able to stir up the storm with their own abilities.
"Professor, I don't know how much time it will take to improve. Actually, I still recommend trying it out first. I remember when you yourself said that only experiments can prove the usability of a drug. Colonel Carey paused for a moment, "As for the test subjects, I'll send a request to the military in a few other places, or...... We can look for it from those civilians. ”
"There is no need to do these useless work, the essence of the evolution potion is to stimulate the body and stimulate the instincts, if even a specially trained person like a soldier cannot succeed, then it is even more impossible for civilians."
"You're more patient than I am, and you've spent twenty years of doing it." Colonel Carrey whispered, "But I believe you will succeed, and I have a very important piece of information to tell you about this time." ”
"What information."
"Professor, do you remember the last time you called my attention to the Asian named Su Qian?"
"What's wrong with him?"
"The base has just received a message that the Su potential supply point killed a mutant zombie, and now the corpse of the mutant zombie is being transported in the direction of the base."
"He killed a mutant zombie?" Bruce's eyes couldn't help but add a trace of anger: "Who allowed him to go out, didn't I say that I must protect his safety?" ”
"But you also told me not to interfere directly with his actions, Professor." Colonel Carry was a little helpless, "This operation is completely his own will, but there are soldiers to follow along the way, so there shouldn't be much of a threat." ”
"Actually, Professor, I've been wondering why, if you don't take him directly to the barracks, you can directly arrange a military position in logistics for him, so that his safety can be guaranteed." Colonel Cary suggested.
"He's smart and he's not ordinary. This is a deal I made with him, and I promised not to interfere with his behavior. After thinking about it, Bruce thought of the content of the deal with Su Qian, and it was almost time to trade.
"Actually......" Colonel Carry looked at Bruce's face and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I have something I want to ask you." ”
"What's the matter?" Bruce frowned
"This question has something to do with the news just now, because according to the news, this mutant zombie was killed by Su Qian alone, and before that, many of our soldiers had already died in the hands of this mutant zombie. According to the report of the accompanying ensign, he suspected that Su Qian might have experienced some kind of ...... Evolve. ”
Bruce raised his head and looked at Colonel Kari very seriously, as if trying to see something in his expression, and after a long time, he said slowly, "He has been injected with an evolution potion." ”
"Su Qian has been injected with an evolution potion?" Colonel Carrey shuddered with some excitement.
"Don't think too much about it, he's not Mr. Black's person, and the reason why he was injected with the Evolution Potion was just an accident. At that time, if he hadn't injected evolution, I'm afraid he and I would have died. Bruce sighed.
"I see." Colonel Kari nodded, and then showed a puzzled expression, "If it is injected evolution, it will not be difficult to defeat the mutant zombie, but why don't we take him to the research base." Is there 'stability' in him? ”
"Don't you think...... Are you asking too many questions? Bruce's fingers tapped lightly on the table.
"I'm sorry, Professor. I'm just a little worried, the situation out there is getting worse and worse, and there is a shortage of food and medicine...... Even a few days ago, there was a rupture of the pipeline. Colonel Cary habitually took a cigar out of his pocket and lit it, took a few puffs hard, and spat out a mouthful of sticky smoke, his young face huddled with sorrow, and even his forehead had a lot of wrinkles in the past few days, "The people above already know about the Blood Queen, and they are now very interested in both evolution and mutated zombies." And there is secret intelligence that there are people in the Canadian army who are secretly in contact with Mr. Black. Professor, we really need some good news right now. ”
Bruce's expression became a little solemn, and he didn't know what to do, and all that was left in the lab was the silent floating smoke.
"I see, you asked the three people David brought to prepare." After a long time, Bruce muttered, "I'll start doing some tests for them tomorrow." ”
"Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Professor." Colonel Kari took a hard puff of his cigarette, and a look of intoxication appeared on his face, "Actually, after so long of evolution, I enjoy it the most, I can completely ignore the negative factors and enjoy the joy that these poisonous products give me. ”
"These things are still going to hurt your future." Bruce waved his hand, "You go out first, I still have data to sort out." ”
"Yes, Mr. Professor. I'll send someone to bring you the corpses of the mutant zombies in a moment. ”
Colonel Carrie bowed slightly to Bruce before leaving.
The air was still filled with the smell of nicotine, and Bruce opened the drawer and pulled out a sandalwood box containing cigars that had been scavenged in the Toronto supermarket, and now there were only six left.
"There's not much left." Old Man Bruce said a little nonchalantly, he picked up his cigar and lit it, inhaling deeply, exhaling the thick smoke.
Seeing Colonel Carry's back as he left the institute from the monitor, Bruce pulled out a file bag from a folder in a drawer, which recorded the colonel's legendary story in beautiful font.
"Cary Bryant, the first beneficiary of Canada's Special Forces Super Genetic Unit Modification Program, also went from a soldier to a colonel because of the huge advantages of genetic modification, and has since become a die-hard Bruce ...... But due to the huge defects of the first genetically modified agents. ”
"It's always coming." Bruce looked at the file bag and whispered.
He picked up the cigarette he had lit, lit the file bag, and let it burn in the carbon fiber trash can, turning to black dust.
The beating fire seemed to ignite the war that was to come.
PS: I'm late in updating today, because this chapter has been written for a long time, and I'm sorting out the outline. I'm going to start the second volume right away.,Of course, it's helpless.,I'm going to start work tomorrow.,The update of these two days is a bit of a make-up for what I've done before.,I've looked back at it myself.,What I wrote in the last week is a little messy.,And there's no taste of the previous article.。 Here I apologize for not letting you see the best. Mainly because I've been quite helpless in the past two weeks, the editor hasn't recommended it to me, and now the number of hits is a bit miserable, almost 300,000 words, and I can't see the hope of putting it on the shelves, so I'm quite frustrated.
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