The Walking Dead: Rebuild

Chapter 194 Search
In the open space outside the People's Federation base.

Ethan was suspended in mid-air by a chain, about 400 meters above the ground. The pilot had neither intention of killing him nor letting him go, leaving him fishing in the cold wind for nearly half an hour.

This made Ethan's little intelligence fall into a state of confusion. He didn't know what their commander Kevira planned to do next, and he didn't know whether he should break free now and carry out a desperate attack.

In a building a thousand meters away from him, President Lyon of the People's United Nations General Assembly was discussing his situation with a doctor.

"Professor Mannock and Colonel Daryl only traced them to the beach based on the traces. What is certain is that Rick and the others have been transported by sea. We cannot determine their location."

Leon's expression was a little gloomy. He didn't expect these guys to move so fast. Even if he sent troops to track them as quickly as possible, Clementine had already been transported away.

"Are you sure you can find information about Rick and the others from this guy's head?"

Professor Marlock pushed his glasses, and said with some embarrassment:
"Sorry, Your Excellency the President, if the other party is a pure human being, I'm probably [-]% sure."

"But according to what you said, we are not even sure what shape his body is in."

"I'm not sure how much information we can get from his mind. Maybe things will become easier. Maybe we won't get anything."

Leon sighed after hearing this. He actually knew how difficult this matter was. No one could be completely sure, so he continued:

"No matter what, let's try it first. If it doesn't work, we'll find another way."

When everyone was ready, and after Leon gave the order, the soldiers arranged outside also started taking action.

Eight specially-made sniper rifles, under the control of sharpshooters, aimed remotely at the target hung under the armed helicopter, and what they fired were not attack bullets, but special syringes filled with super anesthetic.

Ethan, who was hanging in the air, had not yet made up his mind whether to take action or not, when he suddenly felt a slight numbness in several places on his body, and several things like needles and syringes were stuck into his body, some unknown things. The liquid was injected into his body.

Originally, Ethan didn't care much. As bodies that have been highly modified by parasites, they are extremely resistant to various toxins, radiation, viruses, and the like. Most of the internal organs in the body are just decorations. .

Even highly toxic substances can be drunk into their stomachs like water, and they are not afraid of others injecting them into their bodies.

But soon, he realized something was wrong. The parts of his body that had been injected with unknown liquid quickly lost consciousness and fell into a state of paralysis. Even the surrounding parasites lost contact without warning.

Moreover, this kind of anesthesia spread very fast, before he could make any movements, he lost control of his entire body in just a few seconds, and then even his brain was quickly subjected to this extremely fast anesthesia Impact.

In the end, Ethan's idea of ​​a decisive battle had no chance to be implemented, and he lost all consciousness in infinite regret.

A few minutes later, in order to determine whether he was really anesthetized or not, special staff members shot him several times in a row at a non-lethal position, and after confirming that he did not respond even though he was bleeding from the shot, they carefully took him away. Put it down.

After completely controlling the monster, Ethan was sent to Professor Malloc's laboratory at an extremely fast speed, where he had already prepared for various experiments.

Time is running out and everyone is racing against time.

For this monster that has been transformed, Leon's order to Professor Malloc is that as long as the situation of Rick and others can be obtained, it doesn't matter even if it is dissected into scum.

Of course, Lyon did not put all his hopes on Ethan.

Today, at the port of Cape Collier, not only are nearly a hundred engineers from the Armed Mechanical Division operating drones to conduct blanket reconnaissance of the nearby sea areas, but even ships from the Port of Miami have been mobilized. Many, all distributed on the sea for search.

After all, for an organization that can take a boat to catch people near the port and send them away in batches, their location will definitely not be too far away.

Although this blanket search is time-consuming and labor-intensive, it is not a waste if it works.

………………

At the same time, in Count Declara's giant cruise ship, the seriously injured Rick and others had been moved to the dungeon on the cruise ship by the low-level servants wearing cloaks.

This is a dungeon with a very harsh environment. It is located on the bottom floor of a giant cruise ship. It is cold and damp. It is full of mosquitoes, rats and ants. It is full of mutilated corpses and excrement and vomit after death. There are also many prisoners who have been driven crazy and are imprisoned in this dungeon. There was a desperate murmur in the cage.

Rick and others were assigned to a separate iron cage.

After the battle last night, each of them had injuries of varying degrees, large and small.

Bruises and scratches were okay, but fractures and internal bleeding were very dangerous. Duck, a young man with a relatively weak constitution, fell directly into a deep coma. Joel, the oldest, also had a concussion and his thoughts became very unclear.

However, neither Dekra nor Ethan knew that among the six people, except Dak and Joel, the other four were infected with the zombie virus.

Because long-term injections of virus inhibitors containing Z elements have made a huge difference between their bodies and ordinary people, both in terms of physical strength and recovery, they are far beyond ordinary people.

The parasites on their bodies have the same origin. In places where the concentration of zombie viruses is high or nuclear radiation is severe, the bodies of Rick and others will heal and recover at an extremely fast speed. This giant cruise ship serves as Dekra's home base. , is precisely such a place.

Therefore, while Joel and Duck were still in coma, Sean, Rick, Glenn and Clementine had actually quietly woken up, and after more than ten hours of intensive self-healing , and most of their physical condition has recovered.

Clementine, who had recovered the best from her injuries, quietly opened her eyes. After observing carefully, she found that there were no guards in the dungeon. She sat up and whispered to Rick and others beside her:

"Uncle Rick, the guards have left, what should we do now?"

After hearing her voice, Rick also sat up holding his left arm. His left arm was the most seriously injured in the battle last night. Although it took a period of recovery, it was impossible to use it again in a short period of time. It comes to fight.

"Clementine, the first thing we need to determine is, where are we now?"

"Then find a way to get in touch with the base."

"Last night, Carl and the others should have escaped with the others. If there is no accident, Your Excellency the President should have known the news that we were arrested, and he must be trying to save us now."

"As long as we can get in touch with the base and let the President know that we are here, no matter what monsters are here, they will not be our opponents."

Sean, who was lying on the other side of Rick, also covered his bloody head and sat up. He endured the pain in his body and groped around his calf, and then found a military dagger in his trouser leg. , took it out and showed it to everyone, and said:

"Although our firearms are gone, I still have a dagger hidden."

"Damn, the monsters we encountered last night were more troublesome than zombies. They couldn't be killed even if they were shot in the head." "They seem to be the same kind of bug monsters we encountered in federal territory last time."

"You're not here to attack us for revenge, are you?"

After hearing this, Rick immediately shook his head and said:

"Impossible. Our vacation plans are all temporary. Even if there are not many people in the organization who know about it, Florida is so big, how could they know where we went."

"Must be a pure coincidence."

Clementine said with some guilt:
"Uncle Rick, it's my fault. I initiated the vacation plan and everyone was caught together."

Hearing the girl's guilty voice, Glenn also coughed and got up from the ground. He reached out and touched Clementine's head, and said weakly:
"It's none of your business, little girl. It's just a coincidence. If we hadn't had to go on vacation with you, maybe this wouldn't have happened at all."

After saying that, he turned to look at Sean, then leaned towards the iron cage and looked at the lock cylinder there, and then said with some surprise in his voice:

"Brothers, their lock is too old-fashioned. I know its structure and should be able to pry it open with a dagger."

Several other people immediately became energetic after hearing the news. If they could escape from this iron cage, no matter what, it would be better than staying in the cage and waiting to die.

However, Rick, who has a relatively calm personality, thought about it and said aloud:
"Don't worry, we have to recover for a while and wait until we get more information before we act."

He leaned closer and whispered to the others:
"We still have injured people, so we can't take too many risks."

"And have you seen that besides us, there are many other prisoners here. Maybe we can find some way from them to help us escape together."

………………

Night, People's Federation base.

Professor Mallock's experiment lasted for several hours, which made Leon, who had been waiting for news, increasingly anxious.

And after nearly ten hours of searching, there was no good news from the search team. You must know that the longer time passes, the more dangerous Clementine and others will be.

It's a pity that the satellite system is completely paralyzed now, and ordinary radar cannot search for ships in the sea. Apart from waiting, Lyon has no other way at all.

And just when he thought he was going to be so anxious that he couldn't sleep all night, good news came from Professor Mallock.

"Your Majesty the President, things are going much smoother than expected."

The bald professor's voice was full of excitement.

"There are a large number of parasites in this modified body, and the number is dozens of times that of the samples we brought back from the federation."

"Moreover, there is a higher-level parasite with higher authority in the head of this modified body. This is probably why he can control the puppets under his command."

After listening to Professor Manock's explanation, Leon actually didn't care about these messy things. He asked directly:

"Did you get the location of their lair?"

Unexpectedly, Professor Mallock said with some regret:
"Sorry, Your Majesty the President."

"After I separated the brain and body functions of this modified body, I successfully freed him from the control of the parasite."

"However, this modified body named Ethan doesn't know where his lair is."

"They used to use the induction between parasites to find their nest, rather than specific coordinates."

"And after I separated his brain from the parasite, he lost the ability to sense the location of his lair."

After hearing this, Leon said angrily:

"So, we got a clueless idiot?"

Professor Malok smiled awkwardly and quickly explained:
"Ethan is not ignorant. He told me that his master's name is Decela, a Spanish noble count."

"They have been cooperating with a mysterious organization since before the disaster began. The current parasite transformation technology was given to them by that organization."

"After the disaster started, they developed a lot of power in Spain because of their advance preparations. However, in the end, due to various reasons, the power was disintegrated."

"Today, apart from the Earl of Dekla's territory in Spain, there is only one remodeled giant cruise ship left as his home."

"This giant cruise ship is probably parked near a deserted island tens of nautical miles away from the port of Cape Collier."

"According to Ethan's information, the giant cruise ship is about 300 meters long and 30 meters high. There are probably more than 2000 parasite-modified humans living inside."

"However, inside the giant cruise ship, in addition to the forces of his master Count Dekra, there is also a force from that mysterious force inside."

"Their leader is Bishop Sadler. It is an organization similar to a religious structure. It is said to have mastered special parasite transformation technology and is very powerful."

Leon patiently listened to Professor Malloc's information, and exhaled lightly. No matter what, it is not a waste of effort to get this information.

And with this information, the search scope of the search team will be greatly reduced, and the targets of deserted islands and giant cruise ships are also quite conspicuous. It should be much easier to find them.

Thinking of this, Leon said politely to Professor Mallock:
"Sorry, professor, you should understand my anxiety."

"Rick and the others are of great significance to me and our organization, and we must rescue them."

"Please continue to work hard to obtain more useful information."

(End of this chapter)