Outside the temporary stronghold on the edge of the radiation zone, Claymanting was feeding her little friend Tom.

Because there was no fighting, the big guy only wore a sturdy leather suit, sat on the ground with a simple face, and munched on the food prepared for him by the workers.

A large number of plants resembling cacti, with a disgusting green slime attached to the surface, but with a very good smell, were pushed out by the workers, mixed with a number of roasted mutant moles.

Once they are delivered to Tom, they will be grabbed by this amazing giant, and then stuffed into their mouths with a happy face, the juice of their bite splashed everywhere, and from time to time they will let out a silly smile, and even feel quite decompressed after watching it for a long time.

This is a cactus that has mutated under the infection of a fungus virus, and it seems to have inherited the characteristics of the two that are extremely adaptable, and it is growing vigorously even in the radiation area that is about to become desertified.

However, after the mutation, the plant is already full of special toxins, and after ordinary humans or animals eat them, they will soon vomit and diarrhea, and finally die of dehydration.

With the exception of a very small number of mutated creatures that will feed on it, the vast majority of creatures will not attempt them.

However, Tom, the extremely resistant giant, liked the taste very much, and was not afraid of this level of toxin, during this mission, he was like an old cow gnawing grass, eating snacks, and always eating a few when he had time.

A few dozen meters away from Clementine, the two captains, Jesus and Michonne, were engaged in their daily deliberations.

"Where are you going to explore today?"

"Did you go to the hospital again?"

After breakfast, Jesus squatted on a stone with a cigarette in his mouth, and while admiring Michonne's heroic posture as he practiced his sword, he asked:

"The five soldiers of the Dead Corps were all badly burned and had to rest for a while."

"And the other soldiers also have mild burns, although it will not affect their combat effectiveness too much, but the doctor said that this degree of burns will reduce their resistance, and they are easily infected by other bacteria and viruses, and it is better to rest for a few days."

Hearing Jesus' question, Michonne slashed at the air dozens of times in a row before he put away his katana, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and did not answer this question head-on, but said with some embarrassment:

"This time, thanks to the desperate fighting of these warriors of the Death Corps, our lives were saved."

"To be honest, when I was overwhelmed by the Voice Followers, I thought we were dead."

"We owe them our lives."

Jesus nodded and said,

"Yes, we underestimated the enemy in the last battle."

"We've always relied on the defense of the armor, and we've always been too reckless in the face of these monsters, and we have to remind ourselves all the time in the future."

"In an unknown place like this, you should first send a reconnaissance drone to conduct reconnaissance before you can explore it."

Michonne turned her head to look at Clementine, who was not far away, and the little girl seemed to be feeling a little bored, sitting on a rock, holding a mobile phone, and listening to music leisurely.

Because she did not carry out combat missions, she wore jeans and a red and black leather jacket, and her handsome face and short hair looked very cute.

Michonne is well aware of the girl's weight in the organization, fortunately there was no big accident in the last battle, if Claymanting is killed, whether it is her friends Carol and Lee, or Leon Amy, who is close to the girl, and others, they will be sad because of this.

She thought about it for a few seconds and said:

"Let's rest for a few days, let everyone recuperate from their injuries, focus on safety, and if you force yourself to do it, it may cause casualties."

"Everyone in our army is the elite of the organization, and it is difficult to explain the loss of any of them to His Excellency the President."

Jesus also had no opinion, after all, when the president gave this task, there was no time limit, and it is true that there should not be a rush for success.

He took a sharp puff of his cigarette, then stood up from the stone and said:

"So be it, I'll take my team around here a few times later, and install a few surveillance cameras by the way."

"Your team, you decide."

Michonne nodded, there was an equal relationship between her and Jesus, there was no one who listened to whom's orders, and each battle plan was implemented after the two of them discussed it.

The talents who can be favored by His Excellency the President are not stupid, and after so many years, there has never been any major contradiction between the various captains of the Stinger Squad.

All are very good friends.

In the days of recuperation, the Jesus team has been roaming around the stronghold, taking Researcher Reiner with them to collect information on various plants and mutated creatures in the radiation zone.

As the most dangerous radiation area, human beings know too little about this place, and every little more understanding can make the survivors feel safer and more sure when facing this place.

The Michonne team chose to conduct simple combat training for the hundreds of soldiers and residents sent from the other three strongholds.

Because of the transportation conditions, many of the current United Nations strongholds in the entire Amalinoamericana have never actually been to the main base of the United States of America, nor have they participated in formal combat training.

Even many school-age children do not have the conditions to study in the schools of the Human Union base, which is not because Lyon and other administrators are stingy with resources.

The main reason is that the traffic conditions are not developed now. In addition to the fear of various dangers during the long journey, another reason is that most parents are also worried that their children will live alone in other places without an adult.

However, in order to cope with this situation, a group of basic education teachers are being trained in the schools in the base, and after they are trained, they will be assigned to various people's federation bases to form elementary schools, which can be regarded as an alternative kind of education to the countryside.

Although these teachers are not formal, they can also teach children the knowledge of elementary and junior high school, and when the children are in their teens, they can be sent to the general base and sent to military colleges and universities for college-level education.

On the third day of the soldiers' rest, Jesus was patrolling the vicinity of the makeshift stronghold as usual, while Reiner kept himself in a makeshift laboratory for research because he had obtained too many samples.

Perhaps because of the lack of a drag oil bottle, they were very lucky this time, and suddenly saw a small herd of wild mutant elk on the patrol route.

This kind of mutant elk, recorded in the database of the Human Federation, although they have undergone radiation mutation, most of the elk have grown two or even three heads, but it is unexpectedly a benign mutation.

Their fur has not only become a very high-quality leather raw material, with excellent warmth, but also the meat on their body has become very delicious, high in fat and calories, and is a very high-quality prey.

Unfortunately, these elk have also become very aggressive due to mutation, and their movement speed is not slow, so they are not suitable for large-scale breeding, otherwise, it will definitely become a very high-quality livestock race.

When he found the traces of these good things, Jesus immediately decided to hunt them down with his small team.

He's a good hunter at tracking down his prey, and even if everyone can't keep up with these mutant elk, as long as the big ones stop to rest or eat, they will definitely find an opportunity to hunt them.

Of course, he didn't forget to tell the news to Michonne and the others who stayed in the base, so as not to worry about the people in the base in vain because of the delay in hunting.

Michonne did not oppose Jesus' actions, food is relatively scarce now, even if several major strongholds help them, their meat is quite small, if they can harvest a batch of delicious mutant elk meat, it will definitely make everyone in the temporary stronghold angry, and the rich nutrition can also speed up the cultivation of the soldiers.

Unfortunately, things were not as easy as Jesus had imagined, and they followed the footprints of the mutant elk for more than three hours, all the way to a small oasis on the edge of the radiation zone.

This herd of more than a dozen elk, large and small, was seen grazing and grazing on the edge of a small lake.

Jesus and others immediately realized that the opportunity had come.

This small oasis is quite beautiful, with clear water and flourishing vegetation, and it is surprising that such a vibrant place is not eaten by other herbivores in such a desolate and barren environment.

And just as they were hiding behind a huge rock, trying to take advantage of the mutant elk to eat and shoot at them, Jesus, as the captain, suddenly noticed something strange and immediately stopped everyone's actions.

As far as the eye can see, in the sand pile about fifty meters away from the elk herd, a huge sandbag was quietly raised, and then rushed towards the location of the elk in a strange way.

The speed was very fast, almost in a few seconds or so, and in the time that the group of mutant elk had not yet reversed, a huge scorpion more than ten meters long and covered in a pitch-black carapace rushed out of the huge sandbag.

In addition to having a claw pliers that are larger than the bucket of a large excavator, this scorpion actually split into four slender tails as thick as a bucket and like a whip at the position of its tail.

The most frightening thing is that at the end of the scorpion's tail, there is a tail spine that seems to be shining with metallic light, and the tip of the tail spine seems to have purple deadly venom remaining.

It was too late, but it was fast, and when the giant scorpion rushed to the vicinity of the mutant elk herd, almost in the blink of an eye, its huge claw pincers grabbed the two largest mutant male elk, and the sharp barbs on the claw pincers pierced into the bodies of the two giant elk mercilessly.

And the four tails with tail spines behind it also broke through the air in an instant, piercing the bodies of seven or eight elk in a row at a speed that was difficult for ordinary people to observe.

The few remaining mutant elks also reacted to this dangerous situation, and their agile speed wanted to scatter and escape.

However, they clearly underestimated the power of the giant scorpion.

At the moment when they jumped high and wanted to escape, the huge scorpion turned violently as if it was a dragon swinging its tail, and its four whip-like tails slashed into pieces along with a few trees growing by the lake.

The flesh and blood were separated, and the dust and smoke were everywhere, but the mutant scorpion had already begun to enjoy this meal without paying attention.

Seeing this scene, Jesus and the others, who were hiding more than two hundred meters away, couldn't help but swallow their saliva, although they only saw it from a distance, they didn't personally experience the attack power of this huge mutant scorpion.

But from the fate of those pieces of flesh that were cut, the trees that were swept away, and the fate of the seven or eight mutant elks that were pierced through their bodies in an instant, it can be imagined that the flesh of ordinary people will definitely be more fragile in front of it than these mutant elk.

Jesus quickly retracted his head, hid himself behind the boulder, and then glanced at Jill, Chris, and the rest of the team.

None of the people who could join the Stinger team were stupid, and they didn't need words, and everyone immediately began to retreat slowly and lightly, and very carefully used the visual barrier between the boulder and the mutant scorpion to block the monster's view.

It wasn't until it took more than ten minutes and retreated almost a kilometer away that they breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Damn, I'll just say why isn't there any other creature around that oasis?"

"It turned out to be a trap."

Seeing that Chris, who was usually more honest, was also cursing as if he was afraid, Jill turned to Jesus and asked:

"Captain, this is less than ten kilometers from our temporary stronghold, and we must inform everyone to be vigilant."

"If you are suddenly attacked by this monster, with the troops and combat equipment in the temporary stronghold, you will definitely suffer huge losses."

However, after Miss Jill finished speaking, she was surprised to find that the captain's face not only did not show a panicked and worried expression because of the appearance of this monster, but the corners of his mouth were hooked, and he smiled, and seemed to be very happy.

She was a little puzzled, hummed in confusion, and asked:

"Captain, what's wrong with you?"

"Is this something to be happy about?"

In response to Jill's question, Jesus nodded happily and, under the bewildered gaze of the crowd, explained:

"You don't know what I know, that's why you're confused."

"Actually, a few days ago, Captain Michonne and I reported to the President about the Followers, and afterwards the President told us good news."

"We have developed a super new energy source, an epoch-making high-tech."

"Hehe, you've definitely seen similar products in some sci-fi movies."

Speaking of this, he glanced at the curious expressions of his subordinates, paused for a few seconds, and then said with a smile:

"That's the legendary, the miniature nuclear fusion battery."

"Micro fusion batteries?"

"Damn, which expert is so bullish."

"With this thing, will our planes, tanks, automobiles, warships be usable again?"

"Definitely, maybe in the future, even a flying aircraft carrier can be made."

Hearing this term, although they had never seen an entity, everyone including Jill became excited and expressed their imaginations.

The nuclear bomb is a great invention to which all human beings are very sensitive, and anything related to nuclear fusion is the most cutting-edge and advanced high technology.

Although I have never seen the entity of this battery, just hearing the name, everyone, including Jill, can clearly feel the gold content of this technology.

Jesus stretched out his hand to interrupt the discussion and continued:

"Although this technology has been developed, its production is still very limited due to the relationship between materials."

"As for what you said, it may be possible in the future, but it will not be a matter of time and a half."

As people who have received modern scientific education, everyone knows very well that even if there is an epoch-making invention, it will not be popularized in a short period of time, just like from the steam engine to electricity, from the typewriter to the computer, there will be no reformary changes in the world in a dozen or even decades.

What's more, the number of human beings is less than one thousandth of the past, and the vast majority of the industrial science and technology base has been destroyed, and even if there is an epoch-making invention, it will take countless time to establish a complete system.

Seeing that everyone's mood was a little sluggish, Jill diverted the topic and asked:

"So, Captain? Why was it so lucky to encounter this super mutant? ”

But as soon as her words came out, she immediately thought of the reason, raised her eyebrows and asked:

"Could it be that the materials needed to make miniature nuclear batteries are extracted from these super mutants?"

Jesus glanced appreciatively at Jill, the little girl had always been very good in the team, brave, thoughtful, and responsible, and he had already groomed this girl as the next captain.

"Yes, Jill, you guessed right."

"It's these super-mutants that are most lacking in the organization right now."

"So, no matter how powerful this mutant scorpion is, when we return to the base, we will report this information to His Excellency the President."

"Your Excellency will definitely send more and more professional teams to deal with this monster."

"We just have to wait for the execution of His Excellency's orders."

(End of chapter)