The Walking Dead: Rebuild

Chapter 180 Windfall
Outside the temporary base at the edge of the radiation zone, Clementine was feeding her little friend Tom.

Because there was no fighting, the big guy only wore a pair of sturdy leather clothes, sat on the ground with an honest face, and ate the food prepared for him by the workers.

A large number of plants that looked like cacti, with a layer of disgusting green mucus attached to the surface, but had a very pleasant smell were pushed out by the workers, and there were also many roasted mutated moles mixed in among them.

Once they are sent to Tom, they will be caught in the hands of this amazing giant, and then they will be stuffed into the mouth with a happy face, the bite juice splashes, and there will be silly smiles from time to time. You will feel quite relieved.

This is a cactus that mutated under the infection of mycobacterium virus. It seems to have inherited the characteristics of strong adaptability of the two. Even in the radiation area that is about to be deserted, it is still growing vigorously.

However, after mutation, this plant has been filled with special toxins. After ordinary humans or animals eat them, they will soon suffer from vomiting and diarrhea, and eventually die of dehydration.

Except for a few mutated creatures that will feed on it, the vast majority of creatures will not try them.

However, the giant Tom, who has a strong resistance, likes this taste very much and is not afraid of this level of toxins. During this mission, he gnawed grass and snacks like an old cow, always taking the time to eat Eat a few.

And just a few dozen meters away from Clementine, the two captains Jesus and Michonne were having daily discussions.

“Where are you going to explore today?”

"Are you going to the hospital last time?"

After breakfast, Jesus squatted on a stone with a cigarette in his mouth, facing the light of the sunrise, admiring Michonne's heroic posture while practicing her sword skills, and asked:
"The five soldiers of the Death Corps were all severely burned and must rest for a while."

"Other soldiers also have minor burns. Although it will not affect their combat effectiveness too much, doctors said that burns of this degree will reduce their resistance and make them susceptible to infection by other bacteria and viruses. It is best to rest for a few days. .”

After hearing Jesus' question, Michonne slashed at the air dozens of times before putting away the samurai sword and wiping the sweat from her forehead. Instead of answering the question directly, she said with some regret:

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

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

"We owe them our lives."

Jesus also nodded and said:
"Yes, we underestimated the enemy in the last battle."

"We have always relied on the defense of the armor. When facing these monsters, we are always too reckless. We must always remind ourselves in the future."

"For unknown places like this, reconnaissance drones should be sent out first to conduct reconnaissance before exploration can be carried out."

Michonne turned to look at Clementine not far away. The little girl seemed a little bored and was sitting on a rock, holding a mobile phone and listening to music leisurely.

Because she was not on a combat mission, she was wearing jeans and a red and black leather jacket. Her handsome face was paired with short hair, which made her look very cute.

Michonne is very aware of the importance of the girl in the organization. Fortunately, there was no big accident in the last battle. If Clementine had been sacrificed, whether it was her friends Carol and Lee, or those who were close to the girl, Leon, Amy and others will all be sad because of this.

She thought for a few seconds and said:
"Let's rest for a few days and let everyone recuperate. Safety is the first priority. If we act recklessly, we may cause casualties."

"Everyone in our army is an elite member of the organization. The loss of any one of them will not be easy to explain to the President."

Jesus didn't have any objections. After all, when the president assigned this task, he didn't set a time limit. Indeed, one shouldn't rush for quick success.

He finished the cigarette in a long puff, then stood up from the stone and said:

"That's it. Later I will take my team members to patrol the area a few times and install a few surveillance cameras."

"You decide your own team."

Michonne nodded. The relationship between her and Jesus was equal. There was no one who obeyed the orders of the other. Every battle plan was implemented after discussion between the two.

Talents who can be favored by His Excellency the President are not idiots. After so many years, there has never been any major conflict between the captains of the Sting Team.

All are very good friends.

During the few days of rest and recuperation, Team Jesus has been wandering around the stronghold, taking Researcher Reiner with them to collect information on various plants and mutant creatures in the radiation zone.

As the most dangerous radiation zone, humans know too little about it. Every additional understanding can make survivors feel safer and more confident when facing this place.

Michonne's team chose to conduct simple combat training in the stronghold with hundreds of soldiers and residents sent from the other three strongholds.

Because of the transportation conditions, many of the current Allied strongholds in the United States have never been to the general base of the People's Federation, nor have they participated in formal combat training.

Even many school-age children do not have the conditions to study in schools at the People's Federation base. This is not because managers such as Lyon are stingy with resources.

The main reason is that transportation conditions are not developed now.In addition to worrying about various dangers in the distant journey, another reason is that most parents are not worried about their children living alone in other places without the company of adults.

However, in order to cope with such a situation, the schools in the base are training a group of basic education teachers. After they are trained, they will be assigned to various People's Federation strongholds to set up primary schools, which can be regarded as an alternative education to the countryside.

Although these teachers are not formal, they can still teach children elementary and junior high school knowledge. When the children grow into teenagers, they can be sent to the main base and to military colleges for training. College-level education.

On the third day when the soldiers were resting, Jesus was patrolling near the temporary stronghold as usual, while Reiner had been shutting himself in the temporary laboratory for research because he had obtained too many samples.

Perhaps because they were missing a tow bottle, they were very lucky this time. On the patrol route, they suddenly saw a small group of wild mutant elk.

This kind of mutated elk is recorded in the database of the People's Federation. Although they have undergone radiation mutation and most of the elk have grown two or even three heads, it is unexpectedly a benign mutation.

Not only does their fur become a very high-quality leather material with excellent warmth retention, but their meat is also very delicious, high in fat and calories, making them a very high-quality prey.

It's a pity that these elk have become very aggressive due to mutation and their movement speed is not slow. They are not suitable for large-scale breeding. Otherwise, they will definitely become a very high-quality livestock race.

After discovering the traces of these goodies, Jesus immediately decided to lead a small group to hunt them.

He is an expert at tracking prey. Even if everyone's speed cannot keep up with these mutant elk, as long as these big guys stop to rest or eat, they will definitely find opportunities to hunt them.

Of course, he did not forget to tell the news to Michonne and others who stayed at the base, so as not to waste time due to hunting and make the people in the base worry in vain.

Michonne did not oppose Jesus' actions. Food is relatively scarce now. Even with the help of several major strongholds, they have quite little meat. If they can harvest a batch of delicious mutated elk meat, it will definitely boost the morale of everyone in the temporary stronghold. High and rich in nutrition, it can also speed up the soldiers' cultivation.

Unfortunately, things were not as easy as Jesus and the others imagined. They followed the footprints of this group of mutant elk for more than three hours until they reached a small oasis at the edge of the radiation zone.

I saw this herd of more than ten elk, large and small, grazing on the edge of a small lake.

Jesus and others immediately realized that their opportunity had come.

This small oasis is quite beautiful, with clear lake water and lush vegetation around it. In such a desolate and barren environment, it is surprising that such a vibrant place has not been completely eaten by other herbivores.

And just when they were hiding behind a huge rock, trying to sneak attack on the mutated elk while they were eating, Jesus, as the captain, suddenly noticed something strange and immediately stopped everyone's actions.Looking around, in the sand pile about 50 meters away from the elk herd, a huge sandbag quietly rose up, and then rushed towards the elk's location in a strange way.

The speed was very fast, almost within a few seconds, before the group of mutant elk could turn around, a huge scorpion that was more than ten meters long and wrapped in a pitch-black carapace rushed out from the huge sandbag.

In addition to having a pair of claws that are larger than the bucket of a large excavator, this scorpion actually has four slender tails as thick as a bucket and as thin as a whip at its tail.

The most frightening thing is that at the end of the scorpion's tail, there is a stinger that seems to shine with metallic light, and the tip of the stinger seems to still contain purple deadly venom.

It was too late, but it was too late. When the giant scorpion rushed near the mutant elk group, in almost a blink of an eye, its huge claws grabbed the two largest mutant bull elk. The claws had sharp barbs. He penetrated the bodies of these two huge elk without mercy.

And the four tails with tail spikes behind it broke through the air in an instant, and at a speed that was difficult for ordinary people to observe, they penetrated the bodies of seven or eight elk in a row like afterimages.

The remaining mutant elk also reacted to this dangerous situation and tried to escape with their agile speed.

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

At the moment when they jumped up high and wanted to escape, the huge scorpion swung its body like a dragon wagging its tail. The four whip-like tails, with afterimages, pulled the elk together with the Several trees beside the lake were cut into pieces together.

Flesh and flesh were separated, dust and smoke were everywhere, but the mutated scorpion began to enjoy the meal without paying any attention.

Seeing this scene, Jesus and others who were hiding more than 200 meters away couldn't help but swallow their saliva. Although they only saw it from a distance, they did not personally experience the attack power of this huge mutant scorpion.

But from the cut pieces of meat, the trees that were swept down, and the fate of the seven or eight mutant elk whose bodies were pierced in an instant, it can be imagined that the flesh of ordinary people will definitely be worse than those of these mutant elk in front of it. More vulnerable.

Jesus quickly retracted his head, hid himself behind the boulder, and then glanced at Jill, Chris and several other team members.

No one who could join the Sting Team was stupid, and no words were needed. Everyone immediately began to retreat slowly and gently, and very carefully used the visual barrier between the boulder and the mutated scorpion to block the sight of the monster.

It wasn't until they spent more than ten minutes and retreated almost a thousand meters away that they let out a long sigh of relief.

"Damn it, I just said, why aren't there any other creatures occupying the area near that oasis?"

"It turned out to be a trap."

Seeing the usually honest Chris cursing in fear, Jill, who looked a little pale, turned to Jesus and asked:

"Captain, this is less than ten kilometers away from our temporary stronghold. We must inform everyone to stay vigilant."

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

However, after Ms. Jill finished speaking, she was surprised to find that instead of showing panic and worry on the face of the captain because of the appearance of this monster, the corners of his mouth curled up with a smile on his face, which seemed to be very happy.

She was a little confused, 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 explained under the puzzled gaze of everyone:

"You don't know what I know, so you are confused."

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

"We have developed a super new type of energy, an epoch-making high technology."

"Haha, you must have seen similar products in some science fiction movies."

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

"That's the legendary micro-nuclear fusion battery."

"Micro fusion battery?"

"Damn it, which expert is so awesome?"

"With this thing, can our aircraft, tanks, cars and warships be used again?"

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

Hearing this term, even though they had never seen the entity, everyone including Jill became excited and expressed their thoughts one after another.

The nuclear bomb is a great invention that all humans are very sensitive to. Anything related to nuclear fusion is the most cutting-edge and advanced high technology.

Although I haven't seen the physical body 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 of the crowd, and continued to speak:
"Although this technology has been developed, its output is still very limited due to the limitation of materials."

"As for what you said, maybe it can be realized in the future, but it won't be a matter of time."

When Gill and others heard this, they also became quiet. As people who have received modern scientific education, everyone knows that even if there is an epoch-making invention, it will not be popularized in a short time, just like from steam engines to electricity, from From typewriters to computers, it would not take more than ten or even decades for the world to undergo revolutionary changes.

What's more, the number of human beings now living is less than one thousandth of what it used to be, and most of the industrial technology foundations have been destroyed. Even if there are epoch-making inventions, it will take a long time to establish a complete system. Counting.

Seeing that everyone's mood was a little low again, Jill changed the topic and asked:

"So, Captain? Why is it so lucky to encounter a super mutant this time?"

But as soon as she said these words, 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 at Jill with admiration. The little girl's performance had always been outstanding in the team. She was brave, fearless, good at thinking, and brave enough to take responsibility. He had already trained this girl as the next captain.

"Yes, Jill, you guessed it right."

"What is most lacking in the organization right now are these super mutants."

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

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

"We just wait to carry out the orders of His Excellency the President."

(End of this chapter)