The Walking Dead: Rebuild

Chapter 120 Refugees
Because this matter will be exposed sooner or later, it is not something shameful.

Leon simply brought little Clementine and his two young wives to Professor Mallock's experimental center.

As soon as they entered the research center, Lyon and others saw the thin Professor Mallock sitting in the hall, eating strange-shaped food on the plate with a knife and fork with a pale face.

It was a huge piece of meat with suckers and eyeballs. Although the outer skin had been cooked to a slightly burnt dark brown, the inside of the meat could still be seen from the gap cut by the knife. It turned out to be a tender pink color.

Leon was immediately shocked. Professor Malok was actually eating the tentacles of the mutated octopus, which was a mutated creature full of zombie viruses.

Is he more powerful than Mr. Bei?
At this time, Professor Marlock also noticed that there were guests in his laboratory. He looked up and saw the big boss and the two proprietresses, and then looked at the extremely bad-looking food on his plate, and stood up in embarrassment. Come and say hello to Leon and others.

"Mr. Custer, it's not what you think."

The somewhat thin Professor Malok pushed up his black-rimmed glasses and said seriously:

"After our professional testing, the zombie virus cannot survive at high temperatures, and the flesh and blood of this octopus monster has extremely rich nutritional value, does not contain toxic substances harmful to the human body, and is also rich in vitamins and minerals."

“Although it tastes like tires and tastes unpleasant, its nutritional content is more than 30 times that of beef, and it is rich in protein. The effect of long-term consumption can quickly enhance the body’s physical fitness and make people feel amazing. Getting stronger quickly is much more powerful than those health products and nutritional supplements that are so popular."

As he spoke, the thin professor touched his chest where his ribs could be clearly felt, and said with determination:

"I have also discovered that in today's world, having a good body is very necessary. I will take it for a month and see the effect."

"If this meat is very effective, we can use it as a reward to those warriors who fight bravely."

After Professor Malok finished speaking, he picked up the eyeballs from the piece of meat with a fork, stuffed it into his mouth, and bit out a lot of green juice.

The three women, two big and one small, immediately showed expressions of disgust, frightened by the hideous and disgusting food on the dinner plate.

However, Leon thought about Professor Malloc's words seriously. If the facts were as he said, it would be another way to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the troops.

After thinking for a moment, he reached out and patted Professor Mallock on the shoulder, took off the knife and fork in his hand, and said in a slightly reproachful tone:

"Professor Mallock, it is too risky for you to do this. Your knowledge and experience are the most valuable assets of our umbrella company. We cannot take risks just because of these uncertain reasons."

"I will send three prisoners over tomorrow to try the effect on them first. Isn't there also the mutated spider corpse? Its body tissue, let's see if we can use it as waste."

With that said, Leon changed his tone.

"Of course, the lives of prisoners are also lives. Don't use their lives for experiments easily if you are not very sure."

I chatted with Professor Malloc again about this matter, and under the leadership of the professor, the few of them walked into the giant cell where Tom the Giant was held.

Speaking of which, this was also Leon's second time here. When he saw the giant Tom imprisoned in the cell again, he was a little surprised.

The ugly giant at the bottom of the cell is currently wearing a pair of gray overalls with white suspenders and a black linen gown. His fluffy hair has been shaved into a buzz cut. He is cleaning up obediently with a giant broom. Hygiene in the dungeon.

On the metal wall of the cell, a small metal door with a height of one person was opened, and several researchers were pushing a vat of hot soup and a large amount of Black Hawk bread into the cell.

The giant Tom, who was wearing overalls, just glanced at the staff and was immediately attracted by the food they were pushing. His eyes were fixed on the iron bucket and bread, and the cleaning movements on his hands became slower and slower. , thick green saliva flowed from the corners of his mouth unconsciously.

However, this big man, who was seven or eight meters tall, just stood and stared at the food. Although his mouth was drooling, he made no other movements.

Until the staff poured the hot soup from the iron bucket into an iron basin more than one meter wide, placed piles of bread next to the iron basin, and then knocked an iron bell hanging on the wall.

The big giant Tom put down the tools in his hands, sat down on a seat next to the iron bowl, carefully picked up the one-meter-wide iron bowl, ignored the boiling soup, and picked up a piece of bread to enjoy it. Started eating.

Leon looked at everything that happened in the cell with a look of amazement. He didn't expect that in just two months, Professor Malloch was able to tame this monster so obediently.

There is no trace of wildness or aggression in him anymore.

"How did you do it, Professor Mallock?"

Professor Malloch pushed his eyes a little proudly, and said in a modest and self-satisfied tone:
"This is the power of science. We have used a variety of combined treatments to achieve this effect, including hypnosis, psychology, brain science, biology, imitation, and some drugs aimed at the secretion of brain hormones."

"But the most important thing is that this employee named Tom is also a very kind person by nature, so he can achieve such an effect in such a short period of time."

Having said this, Professor Mallock carefully observed Clementine who was following Leon and others for a full minute or two, and then he was satisfied when the little girl looked a little scared and hid behind Amy. He nodded and said:
"Yes, yes, Mr. Custer." "This little girl fits the image of the most important person in Tom's heart. That person should be her daughter. This young lady is the same as Tom's in all aspects such as age, skin color and figure. The daughter is very similar, so it should be easy to gain his trust.”

Leon looked into Malok's eyes and said with a serious expression:

"This girl is called Clementine, and she is as important as my family."

"Professor Mallock, I decided to bring her here after thinking about it for a long time."

"You promised me that there would never be any danger in the process of taming Tom, that's why I trust you so much."

Professor Mallock put on a serious expression on his slightly pale face, and said assuring:

"Don't worry, Mr. Custer, we will not let this girl have direct contact with Tom until we are absolutely sure. There will definitely be no danger."

"Moreover, once we find out that Tom has any actions that may harm Miss Clementine, we will activate the instant destruction device in his body to end Tom's life."

Leon still had the most basic trust in the professor. He nodded and finally added:

"Remember, this Miss Clementine is my family, you have to think carefully before doing anything."

The whole afternoon after that, accompanied by Leon, Amy and Peggy, Clementine met the giant named Tom for the first time, and played some small games with him through voice, accompanied by the staff Attended a feeding event.

Although the little girl was still a little afraid of this giant at first, later, after seeing Tom's stupid and clumsy side, this fear gradually disappeared.

After the afternoon training, they agreed with Clementine on a time, and Amy and Paige took the little girl away. This taming work cannot be completed in a day or two. Clementine It took several months to develop enough trust and rapport with Tom.

In the evening, Amy took Clementine, Leon, and Paige to have dinner together.

But after dinner, the little assistant Amy gave Leon a rare scolding in front of other people, complaining that he had brought a child like little Clementine into such a dangerous thing, and had not done so beforehand. Such a decision was made without the consent of several of them.

Although Leon was a little embarrassed, he still expressed his reasons.

He believes that the world in the future is unpredictable and everyone may encounter dangers that are difficult to resist. Without the ability to protect themselves, there is no telling when they will lose their lives.

Although Tom is also in some dangers, overall he is still a power that can be controlled. With such power in his own hands, he might be able to save his life at some point.

However, little Amy still didn't agree with Leon's point of view, but after the man repeatedly promised that he would not put little Clementine in danger, she had to bury the matter in her heart.

After this incident, Amy seemed to be more concerned about little Clementine.

As the harvest celebration gets closer, the employees of the Umbrella Company seem to be becoming more and more energetic. Sometimes, you can hear their cheerful smiles in a few words, as if everyone is looking forward to this celebration. arrival.

However, at this time, news suddenly came from Darryl's unit, which had been responsible for cleaning up Georgia's strongholds on the east coast.

In the small town of Charleston on the east coast, they found a group of refugees from Florida, numbering about 200 people.

Daryl asks Leon what to do with these people.

After a brief consideration, he issued the order.

A few hours later, under Daryl's semi-forced and semi-invited escort, Leon met these refugees in an empty military camp at the Fort Benning base.

Most of them are young and middle-aged people, with sallow complexions, thin muscles, and fear. Their whole bodies are covered with various red skin patches. Some people even suffer from hair loss and coma. This is a physical reaction after being injured by a large amount of radiation.

Considering the explosion at the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant in Florida, it can be determined at one glance that these people are indeed refugees who escaped from there.

Looking at these refugees who were suffering from pain and hunger, and looking at their helpless, fearful and expectant eyes, Leon thought for a while, held back the questions in his heart, and did not ask them questions immediately.

Instead, some medical supplies and hospital beds were moved to this vacant military camp, and some seriously ill refugees were treated. Delicious food and daily necessities for accommodation were also prepared and delivered to these refugees. .

A team of soldiers were sent to guard every corner of the military camp to prevent these people from doing things that would endanger both parties. Leon himself took Daryl back to the office.

He planned to get some observable information from Daryl first, and wait until the next day when these refugees had regained their energy before asking them other questions.

(End of this chapter)