Chapter 165: An Old Man Who Knows Current Affairs
In the face of a downed enemy, the soldiers of the Death Corps will not show mercy.
The shotgun roared violently, and countless steel balls erupted.
The bloody monsters that were knocked to the ground were immediately besieged by the other soldiers, and their exposed brain tissues naturally became the main targets of the attacks.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
It's like a smashed watermelon.
A few minutes later, the monsters, which looked like skinned frogs, were all turned into headless corpses.
Ignoring the still twitching corpses on the ground, Colonel Frank couldn't help but frown as he looked at the deep, as if they were about to pierce the armor of the soldiers of the Death Corps.
Powerful strength, sharp claws, swift attacks, and extremely high concealment, as Dwight said, the monster here is likely to be a biochemical weapon developed by Freemasonry.
Although at present, the soldiers of the Death Corps have not been damaged, it is conceivable that if there is no numerical advantage, the soldiers of the individual Death Corps are really not necessarily the opponents of this kind of monster.
Suddenly, before Frank could give another order, only a few seconds after he was knocked to the ground, the headless corpses that were twitching on the ground stood up again, their claws dancing wildly, and began to attack the soldiers around them at an extremely rapid speed.
This time, without heads, the soldiers of the Death Corps could only fire at their bodies.
However, even if the fierce men of the Death Corps kept firing and beat these monsters into potholes and blood holes, they still couldn't kill them completely.
On the contrary, two soldiers, because the armor on their chests were not only weakened, but finally could no longer resist the claw attacks of these monsters, and they broke their chests and died very miserably.
The casualties of these two soldiers made the corners of Frank's eyes twitch, you must know that every soldier of the Death Corps is a talent who has undergone multiple selections and many years of training, and is the most elite soldier in the People's Federation except for the special combat team of the lone squad.
However, these monsters were facing elite soldiers who were seven or eight times more numerous than them, and a few minutes later, under the fierce attack of the fierce men of the Death Corps, their limbs and even their claws were all bombarded by shotguns and melee machetes.
Even though their torsos and bodies are still not dead and are still convulsing, they have basically lost the ability to fight.
Jesus and several other members of the Stinger Squad did not attack the dangerous monsters in close quarters, they were not sure that the special spider silk combat suits on their bodies could withstand such an attack, so they could only use assault rifles to assist the soldiers from afar.
It wasn't until these monsters had been dealt with that he said to Frank with trepidation:
"We now know why there are no corpses of these monsters outside, and we can't kill these monsters with the weapons of the poor ghosts of the Salvation Army."
Colonel Frank grimaced and ignored Jesus' words, instead directing the soldiers to heal their injuries and recuperate after the battle.
It was not funny, Jesus was not angry, he turned his head to look at Dwight who was following them, and saw that he was sweating profusely, and his face was full of panic and fear, obviously frightened by the monsters just now.
Indeed, if the target of those monsters just now was someone like Dwight who was not wearing armor, then he must have been torn to shreds by now.
Jesus was actually a very kind guy at heart, and he admired a man like Dwight who could work hard for his family.
"You go and wait outside, you are not needed here for the time being."
Dwight came back to his senses when he heard this, and was slightly stunned, and did not refuse, but said gratefully:
"Thank you, Mr. Jesus, then, I'll go up."
"For Shirley's sake, I can't die right now."
However, before he could make a move, a somewhat hoarse, somewhat obscene voice came out of the darkness.
"You'd better burn their corpses, this monster is called a licker."
"Their vitality is extremely strong, and as long as their physical presence does not fall below 50 percent, they can slowly recover."
Hearing this, Jesus and several other members of the team immediately took up their guns, pointed them at the place where the sound came from in the darkness, and shouted:
"Who is it? Get out of here, or we'll shoot." ”
was pointed at a gun, and the man in the dark didn't dare to pretend anymore, and hurriedly walked out of the darkness with a panicked expression, and smiled a little embarrassed.
When Dwight saw him, he immediately said to Jesus:
"Mr. Jesus, he's the old man we caught, and he says his name is Mason."
Jesus nodded when he heard this, but he didn't put down the muzzle of the gun in his hand, since the old man opposite was a Freemason, then it was likely that he was an enemy of the Human Federation, so he couldn't let his guard down, he had heard about the poison gas leak that happened at the harvest festival celebration in the past.
Frank also heard the old man's voice, and immediately walked over quickly with his weapon, and asked in a cold voice:
"Who are you, and why do you know the information about these monsters?"
The old man's courage did not seem to be very big, and he was frightened by Frank's cold tone, and did not dare to delay anything, so he hurriedly said:
"I'm the head of research at this institute. Dr. Parker. ”
"I was responsible for the development of these biological weapons."
"Are you from the People's Federation? I can tell you everything I know. ”
"I want to join you."
When Frank heard this, his face still did not change, and he still said coldly, and asked:
"Where did the Salvation Army people go? Are they all dead? ”
Dr. Mason shook his head a little embarrassed and said:
"After I took them inside the base, they sneaked away, and they were chased by other test subjects, so they must have almost died."
Seeing that the old man's attitude seemed to be very sincere, Frank's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he chose to believe his words for the time being, turned to the adjutant, and said:
"Since the Salvation Army men are almost dead, we don't need to rush in so much."
"Lift the bodies of those lickers to the top, and we'll retreat first."
The adjutants, of course, did not have any opinion on Frank's order, and immediately directed the soldiers, took the corpses on the ground, and began to retreat in an orderly manner.
Frank and Jesus looked at each other, then motioned for Dr. Mason to follow them back to the surface.
After returning to the surface, Frank left Jesus and Mason and the others to continue the conversation, and after sending Reiner, who was staring at the corpses, his eyes lit up, he quickly connected to Leon's communication.
After telling Leon all the information he had discovered, Frank asked in a snort:
"President, do you think we should go on the offensive?"
"Or wait until you get the information from that old man Mason before continuing to attack?"
Hearing Frank's questioning almost on the surface, Leon fully understood what his eldest brother meant, and knew that he was a veteran who felt sorry for his subordinates.
However, it is understandable.
The soldiers of each Death Corps are very precious, and at present, the entire Human Federation is less than five hundred, if you continue to attack the inside of the research institute, it is very likely that dozens of them will be sacrificed or even all of them will be destroyed, and at that time, the losses will be too huge.
However, Leon is very interested in the monster called the Licker in Frank's mouth, and I don't know if it's a coincidence or the convergence of the world line, this monster that was once very famous in the Resident Evil game series actually appeared here.
However, the kind of lickers in the game do not have the same strong vitality as Frank said, and they can only kill them by destroying more than 50% of the body tissues, which is not like a product of the earth.
However, since the results in the laboratory have not been taken away by the Salvation Army, there is really no need to be in such a hurry.
It is the best choice to wait for him to prepare his manpower, bring all kinds of weapons and equipment, and figure out the information inside, and then come here to deal with it.
After thinking about it for a few minutes, Leon gave the order.
"In that case, you should seal the door to the laboratory."
"Leave a communications and reconnaissance team to monitor the situation here at all times."
"We'll deal with this next time when we're ready."
After receiving his orders, Frank seemed to secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
Leon smiled secretly in his heart, although his brother-in-law looks like a cold-blooded and ruthless soldier, but in fact, he is a warm man with rich emotions, which can be seen from the fact that he cares about his sister and niece so much, and attaches so much importance to his family.
Thinking of this, Leon summoned his secretary Avril and asked:
"How's Mr. White's research?"
"Can fuel contaminated with mycoviruses be completely purified?"
When Avril heard this, she flipped through her notes, and then said softly:
"Boss, Mr. White can indeed purify that fuel."
"But at the moment, this approach is not worth promoting."
"Not only do you need a lot of chemicals to get rid of the microorganisms in the fuel, but you also need to waste a lot of electricity."
"According to the calculations of the think tank, the price of these fuels needs to increase fifty times to match its consumption."
Leon nodded with some toothache, if this was the case, the value of fuel was indeed greatly reduced, except for a few equipment that had to use fuel.
Moreover, most of the fuel equipment on the market must be replaced, otherwise the People's Union simply cannot afford to consume them.
Perhaps, this is also the reason why it is becoming more and more difficult to find traces of those large organizations! They also can't solve the problem of fuel, without which human transportation capacity is greatly reduced.
Leon was silent for a few seconds and said:
"Our aircraft, tanks and other important weapons need these fuels, and we must maintain a certain amount of fuel reserves in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of our troops."
"I'll ask Amy to allocate some of the power resources, and you also have to help Mr. White find more suitable research talents, and strive to reduce the consumption of purified fuel."
Avril nodded, jot down the president's orders one by one.
According to his own memory, Lyon knows very well that in the future era, in order to cope with various problems such as fuel and environmental protection, the electric power system is the future of mankind, and it is a clean and recyclable energy source.
"But we can't put all our hopes on fuel."
"What happened to the proposal I had given to the research department, the plan to build electric cars, power tools?"
Avril was already familiar with Leon's habit of thinking and leaping thoughts, and she flipped through her notebook again, turning to a dozen pages ahead.
While looking at the content above, he said:
"Boss, I have already learned from Director Thomas about this problem, and at present, the most important thing we need to solve is the capacity of the battery and the consumption of power conversion."
"With the current manufacturing capacity of our scientific research department, vehicles such as single-person electric motorcycles can still be manufactured, but the current battery capacity, the maximum mileage of this kind of small motorcycle is only within 100 kilometers."
"And if we want to build a big vehicle, we have to minimize the weight of the vehicle, we can't modify our defenses, and we can't carry a lot of cargo."
"As for the idea of changing the power system of a tank or an airplane to provide electricity, it is simply impractical, and the current batteries cannot provide such a powerful source of energy."
"The Ministry of Scientific Research believes that with our current industrial capacity, it is impossible to manufacture large-scale equipment suitable for the current environment."
Leon nodded, he used to be just an ordinary executive, and he didn't know anything about these professional knowledge, although he was also anxious, but he could only continue to wait.
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At the Mason Psychiatric Center, Frank has selected a brave team of elite scouts and arranged for them to set up an outpost and liaison system here.
The rest of the soldiers, under the command of the adjutant, entered the town next to the recuperation center, searched for various materials and tools, and prepared to completely seal off the gate of the research institute in the backyard.
Dr. Mason was very obedient to Jesus' questions, telling all the information he knew to the members of the Stinger Squad.
In the years that the old man had been holding out, the Freemasons had ignored them and had lost contact with them altogether.
He knew very well that he would not be able to survive the difficult apocalypse, and that he would have to rely on other forces to make a good living.
So, he set his sights on the human association organization that he had heard of in the mouths of other managers.
He knew very well that with his knowledge and ability, as well as his knowledge of Freemasonry, as long as he was a wise and ambitious leader of a great power, he would never refuse.
At the same time, he scolded Negan and the Salvation Army he managed before.
What a group of stupid, rude and ignorant bastards, in the face of a big scientist and senior researcher like him, they only think about him as a cannon fodder to lead the way, not only do they not give him the slightest preferential treatment, but they always beat and insult him, they are simply a bunch of garbage.
"In other words, the biological and chemical weapons in this research institute can be divided into five types."
"What they all have in common is that they have strong vitality, and their brains are no longer their Achilles' heel, right?"
Mason nodded with a hint of pride and said:
"Yes, it was the bacteria and viruses that are now circulating all over the world that inspired us."
"We have completely deprived these zombie monsters of their intelligence, and their control systems are distributed throughout all the tissues in their bodies, preserving only their fighting instincts."
"The brain is just an ordinary organ of theirs, and even if it is lost, it will have little effect on combat effectiveness."
"You can't really kill these things unless you destroy more than half of their body tissue and make their control systems completely useless."
At this point, Dr. Mason put an even more smug expression on his face, saying:
"And the ones you're encountering are just mass-produced semi-finished lickers."
"Our real full-body biological and chemical weapons will not only equip them with special combat armor, but also install combat chips on them to artificially control their combat methods."
"The combat power of the Completely Body Licker is at least ten times that of this half-finished product you have seen, and it is a truly perfect weapon."
(End of chapter)