In the underground palace of the North American branch of Freemasonry.

"So, did the mission fail?"

The handsome blonde man looked down expressionlessly, kneeling down to his subordinates.

Cold sweat was streaming down the man's forehead, but he didn't dare to hide it.

"Yes, Your Highness the Son of God."

"We've lost 10 D-class agents and a low-level spy this time."

"The other party's high-level officials have all been infected with the zombie virus, but it seems that they have developed a serum that can temporarily suppress the virus."

The blonde man seemed to be a little interested, picked up the Umbrella Company's profile and looked at it, and after seeing a list of some fairly well-known researchers, he sighed.

"Lawrence, although you have been with me for more than twenty years, you must be punished for failing the mission."

"You go to the research department yourself to accept their biological modification, after the transformation is completed, if you are not dead, you will personally deal with the umbrella company."

"This ant-like organization is not worth my energy to deal with."

"If this mission continues to fail, you don't need to come back alive to see me."

——

On November 15th, winter has entered North America, but in the coastal state of Georgia, the temperature here always stays around ten degrees, which is not cold.

"Mr. Custer, this is the latest enhanced multi-purpose respirator designed by our engineering department, and I named it the Seal Respirator."

"It has two modes: overload and energy-saving, and the energy-saving mode uses a super strong multi-layer filter, which can isolate most of the germs and harmful gases transmitted by the air, and effectively protect the safety of the wearer."

"Once it enters overload mode, it will immediately cut off the connection with the air, and use the raw materials in the respirator to slowly produce oxygen, providing oxygen to the wearer for about 30 minutes."

Professor Thomas handed Leon a cool-looking mask-like mask made of silver and black metallic fabric.

Leon took it in his hand and looked at it, it was indeed very handsome, but he didn't know if its function was as easy as Professor Thomas said.

"Moreover, according to your requirements, the straps of this respirator are all locked, not so easy to unfasten, and the material is also a hard metal structure, if the wearer becomes a zombie, he will lose the ability to bite others."

Leon nodded in satisfaction, and gave a thumbs up to this, a professor who was more of a blacksmith than a researcher.

After the poison gas incident, considering the power of zombie gas and the difficulty of preventing it, he commissioned the engineering department to design this multi-functional respirator, and prepared to promote it to all survivors.

It's practical and inexpensive, and it also prevents the wearer from turning into a zombie and hurting others in the event of an accident.

It is believed that it will not be long before this respirator will be the standard equipment for survivors in Georgia.

Standard equipment, of course, is not only that, in Leon's vision, when the future survivors explore in the wild, there is a high chance that they will encounter zombies, mutated zombies and other melee physical damage monsters.

It is important to have a lightweight armor that can protect the vital parts.

This is also the next important task he entrusted to the Ministry of Engineering, to design a set of light armor for the soldiers of the Ministry of Security that can adapt to the current era.

As the two chatted about the design concept of the armor and the materials used, Avril walked in with two cups of coffee.

She first politely handed the coffee to the two of them, and then whispered in Leon's ear:

"Ms. Hathaway wants you to go to the hospital, her brother Captain Frank is awake and he wants to talk to you."

Leon nodded slightly, and then continued to chat with Professor Thomas for a few minutes before leaving.

When he rushed to the hospital, which had been named the Morearti Treatment Center, he happened to see Hathaway, who was pregnant and holding a small belly, carefully feeding his frail brother Frank broth, with a gentle face.

And when the two saw Leon come in, one of them immediately showed a happy smile on his face, but the other had no emotion on his face, as if he was looking at a stone.

Leon smiled kindly very naturally, walked to the bed, kissed Hathaway's cheek, and reached out to touch her slightly bulging lower abdomen, before he said to Frank kindly:

"Uncle, are you feeling okay?"

Hearing Leon's name, the blue tendons on the forehead of the iron wolf Frank bald, he forcibly did not answer Leon's words, but looked at his sister Hathaway, and said softly:

"Sister, you go out first, I have something to say to him."

Hathaway seemed to sense that something was wrong with the atmosphere between the two, and she touched her lower abdomen uneasily, looked at her brother and boyfriend, and opened her mouth to say something.

Leon gently took her hand and said softly:

"It's okay, Frank and I have known each other for a long time, we are friends who have fought together, and we just have something to talk about."

"Since you have time to come to the hospital, let's go to the obstetrics and gynecology department to check the status of the child, you are pregnant for the first time, and you can ask Mrs. Moreati for advice, she is a very experienced mother."

After coaxing the innocent Hathaway out in a few words, a low roar of weakness and anger sounded in his ears.

"Leon Castel, you bastard, you dare to cheat on my sister and still play with her feelings."

Leon feigned a stunned expression, sat back in Hathaway's seat, and explained:

"Uncle, why do you think so, Hathaway and I are truly in love, in a few months, your nephew and niece will be born, and I will make Hathaway happy."

Frank became even angrier, and if he hadn't been weak enough to get out of bed, he would have stood up and punched this scumbag hard.

"Bah, do you think I don't know your mind? You bastard. ”

"You just want to control me and blackmail me through my sister."

"I deliberately delayed not giving me treatment, just to wait for you to control my sister, so that I can't make a move on you."

Sure enough, Frank is a shrewd man, and a simple lie can't deceive him at all.

In this case, Leon also restrained the hypocritical expression on his face and said calmly:

"That's right, Frank, that's what I did."

"But don't worry, my feelings for Hathaway are genuine."

"She's a good girl, she's gentle, she's beautiful, and she's very capable, and I don't think any man can refuse such a woman."

Seeing that Frank was a little speechless by his own honesty, Leon said sincerely:

"Actually, you should understand me."

"At the beginning, the power I had in my hands was too weak, and your soldiers were quite strong, and if we left you alone, it would always be a threat to us."

"I'm not afraid to tell you, if it weren't for Hathaway's business, I would kill you directly, support someone else to replace you, and control this team of soldiers."

"Instead of wasting resources in vain, let you lie here for more than half a year."

"But now, since everyone is a family, I hope you can really help me."

"You should also know that in the last days, only if everyone is united can we live better."

Frank lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking, the expression on his face changed, and after a minute or two, he raised his head with an angry face, spat at Leon, and shouted:

"Fuck off, I'll be patient for Hathaway's sake, but someday, I'll kick you in the ass."

After a week of rest and recuperation, the security department of the umbrella company has added a special unit composed of more than 100 professional soldiers, who were originally elite soldiers affiliated with the Fort Benning military base, and they know how to operate the various equipment in the base better than laymen like Lyon.

In order to be able to control this group of people safely, Leon deliberately dispersed them into Colonel William's team, and Frank the Iron Wolf will be Colonel William's lieutenant to guard the fortress together.

Although his brother-in-law Frank did not treat Leon well, for the sake of his only sister Hathaway and the nephew who was about to be born, he could only hold all the pain in his heart and cooperate with Leon's order.

With the addition of this group of professional soldiers, the anti-aircraft guns, fighters, military radars, and all kinds of high-tech equipment that need to be operated by professionals at the Fort Benning military base will be barely put into service.

This is the real military power of this fortress, even in the face of the threat of missiles, bombers, fighters, they have the power to resist.

Leon even planned that when the group was completely settled and Frank became his uncle, he would begin to prepare for the establishment of a real military academy to train professional warriors with various skills for him.

Instead of being like the current Security Department troops, they are just scattered soldiers, who only know how to deal with stupid zombies, and they don't even have the experience and knowledge of modern large-scale warfare.

——

On December 1st, all work in the company was operating normally.

Professor Marlock finally confirmed that mutant octopus meat is a non-toxic and non-polluting high-end food, and after adding some medicines and ingredients, it was made into a red powdered food, named Octopus Muscle Powder.

As the name suggests, the role of this octopus muscle powder is to quickly turn those thin sissies into muscular hunks through regular consumption and high-intensity exercise.

And unlike those protein powders on the market, the muscles exercised with octopus muscle powder are not the kind of dead muscles that are not used, it is a precious health supplement that can really enhance the physique and strength of the eater, so that they can obtain a strong body.

For such research results, Leon is still very pleased, and being able to create a large number of muscular hunks can be regarded as waste utilization.

He plans to use this octopus muscle powder as a special reward for those brave warriors who have made heroic contributions in battle, and use it to enhance their strength.

And good things come in pairs, and after Professor Mallock unveiled her invention, a few days later, the scruffy man, Konstantin, returned.

Unfortunately, after going for more than a month, only three of the 12 people who followed him to inquire about intelligence came back.

With a look on his face, Constantine brought information about the Sharks to Leon with a sad and joyful face.

Contrary to what everyone might think, the Sharks are headquartered on a large desert island in the Florida Strait, a full 300 nautical miles from Florida, on the high seas between America and Brazil.

And the main members of the Sharks are not survivors from Florida, but a remnant navy and refugees from Brazil.

According to Konstantin's estimates, their number should be more than a thousand, and the most powerful weapon is a warship that is still functioning normally.

Hearing this information, Leon rejected Constantine's rescue plan without even thinking about it, and for the sake of some unfamiliar survivors, he ran thousands of kilometers away to deal with a group of foreign navies with warships, which is crazy enough to think about.

It is estimated that Konstantin also felt that this battle plan was outrageous, and after being rejected by Leon, he was also discouraged and did not dwell too much on it.

However, considering that there are still a large number of survivors in Florida, Leon thinks about it for a few minutes and makes another suggestion to the private investigator.

"In other words, Big Boss, you can provide us with equipment and resources to set up some rescue bases in Florida and help you recruit survivors in Florida."

Konstantin asked, smoking a cigarette and squinting his eyes.

Leon looked at him with a smile and said:

"Not only will we provide you with equipment and resources, but we will also provide you with a communication channel that you can call for help when you encounter difficulties and strong enemies."

Konstantin was a little silent when he heard this, to be honest, he was not a good person in peacetime, as a private detective, in order to make money, he was abducted and cheated, and he did nothing.

It was only because all his relatives and friends died in the disaster when the disaster occurred, and during that time, he worked together with many survivors to help each other, that he realized the preciousness of life.

Finally escaped to a safer place in Georgia Asia, and last month he died nine times and crossed thousands of kilometers to find out the intelligence of the Shark Gang.

Now let him stay in Florida for a long time, the kind of place full of mutant monsters, to say that it is not entangled, it must be a lie, no one is really not afraid of death.

Seeing that Konstantin's mind was in a stage of struggle, Leon said with sincerity:

"It's not that I don't want to save survivors in Florida, it's just that we're really short on manpower, and now we're sweeping the whole of Georgia to rescue local survivors, and we really can't spare manpower."

"Mr. Constantine, it doesn't matter if you don't want to go to Florida and set up a rescue base."

"When the matter on our side is done in a year's time, I will immediately send someone to do it."

Konstantin stared at the cigarette in his hand that was about to run out, but complained in his heart, waiting until a year later, who knew that there were still a few living people left in Florida.

He struggled for several minutes, but at last kindness prevailed over reason, and with a heroic face to death, he said:

"Mr. Custer, I can help recruit people to Florida."

"But I can't do it alone, you have to give me enough help."

Leon smiled professionally and kindly, and said generously:

"No problem."

"Food, equipment, resources are not a problem."

"It just so happens that the more than 800 refugees rescued from Florida are almost rehabilitated."

"You can recruit people from among them, and this time I will allow you to recruit 200."

"As long as they are willing to accompany you on an adventure, you can take them with you."

Of course, Konstantin, who has been in the mall for a long time, knows this routine of Leon, no matter whether he succeeds in the end or not, the big boss in front of him only loses some equipment and resources.

However, it is much better to have someone to support than no support, and with the support of Umbrella Company, the survivors who were rescued from Florida in the future finally have a place to live.

(End of chapter)