The Walking Dead: Rebuild

Chapter 73 One after another
February 2th, Valentine’s Day in the old days.

Leon returned to the Umbrella Company's base again. The Woodbury camp was completely surrounded by tens of thousands of zombies around the town due to the huge explosion.

He placed dozens of survivors there, along with members of Glenn's team, in a prison stronghold in Tennessee.

The red-haired girl Kevila was also temporarily left there by him as the manager of the stronghold.

Without such a considerate and capable deputy, Leon suddenly felt that there was less fun around him.

At the base, after 10 days and hundreds of people moving, the five-story Kohl's Department Store Center building has been evacuated. The 1-square-meter giant warehouse on the first floor of the underground parking lot is almost filled with all kinds of goods. Such materials.

Amy has officially proposed to Lyon the construction plan of the ground warehouse.

With the gradual implementation of large greenhouses and small chicken farms, employees at the entire umbrella base are busy.

While Leon was still in his office dealing with the government affairs that had piled up during this period, Amy once again brought the policewoman Mitis, who had visited some time ago, to visit him.

After a brief exchange of greetings, the beautiful policewoman handed over a printed document and said:
"Mr. Custer, after discussions among our internal staff, we all hope to join your team, join the Umbrella Company, and become a member of your staff."

“Here are lists and resumes of all our personnel, as well as a list of all the supplies we currently have.”

"All survivors at Grady Memorial Hospital are waiting for your call. I hope you can choose a time for us all to come here for a formal interview and recruitment."

Leon smiled and nodded. He took the file from policewoman Mitis and flipped through it casually.

Currently, there are 31 survivors in Grady Memorial Hospital, a total of 12 Atlanta police officers and 19 survivors. Among these survivors are a doctor and a nurse.

The so-called supplies are just a little medicine, weapons and food.

The size of more than 30 people is really not a big deal for an umbrella company that currently has a total headcount of nearly 800 people.

Leon showed a commercial smile and said:

"Very well, Ms. Mittis, I see your sincerity."

"Let's set the time for tomorrow. You all come here, and I will arrange for the head of the human resources department, Ms. Andrea, to handle this matter and arrange a suitable job for you based on your past occupations and skills. "

After handling this small matter and watching policewoman Mitis leave, little Amy handed over another document and said softly:

"Boss, our grain planting base in Oak Village has begun official operation. After Glenn's team left, Mr. Hershel and his family have all moved to Oak Village."

"T-boy and his team are escorting 50 logistics department employees who are willing to engage in planting tasks. They have also arrived at Oak Village. They will stay there as staff of the Oak Village stronghold for a long time."

Amy paused, and then said:

"Mr. Herschel said that he would help these workers reclaim wasteland and prepare for spring plowing."

"I hope we can deliver the tools, materials and supplies needed for land reclamation and spring plowing to the Oak Village stronghold as soon as possible."

"If we miss this spring plowing time, it will seriously affect grain production in the second half of the year."

Leon took the document from Amy's hand and read it carefully. It detailed the various agricultural machinery, farm tools, fertilizers, grain seeds and hundreds of different material requirements needed by the Oak Village stronghold.

Fortunately, as former farmers, Mr. Herschel’s family supported a considerable part of the supplies on the list, allowing them to carry out preliminary work.

But it is simply impossible to support the development and utilization of thousands of acres of planting land with just the equipment their family owns.

Leon pinched his eyebrows in distress and said to Amy:

"Tell Mr. Hershel that I will meet all his demands, but I hope he will send Miss Maggie here. She should have a better idea of ​​where the supplies on the list are."

"I will organize a special search team and work with her to replenish all the supplies on the list."

"This work will definitely be completed before spring plowing."

In any case, spring plowing is a big event, it has a very high priority, and other things can be postponed.

Little Amy nodded and said she would arrange it right away.

Seeing that Leon was distressed, the caring little secretary brought hot coffee and dessert for the boss, and gently massaged and beat his back, served him a meal, and finally helped the boss clean up the internal anger in the small room.

When he returned to his office refreshed, he saw Professor Jacob holding a laptop and sitting on the sofa with a solemn expression, waiting for him.

Leon was a little curious that this senior professor who was very influential in nuclear energy actually came to him for something. It stands to reason that at the current level of Umbrella Company, it is basically difficult to come into contact with such high-end things.

He still has a good impression of the old professor. He heard from Peggy that when he was in the shelter of the Polytechnic University, the old professor had always been a positive group, constantly encouraging and protecting the young people around him, and finally even willing He is a respectable old man who sacrifices his life for young people and performs the most dangerous tasks himself.

He ordered little Amy, whose face was still slightly flushed, to bring hot coffee to the two of them.

"Do you have anything to ask me about? Professor Jacob."

The old professor had a solemn expression on his face, and without any unnecessary greetings, he said directly:
"Lyon, remember what you and I said about the nuclear power plant?"

Leon nodded. He had considered this matter before, but more than half a year had passed, and there was no response from all over the world, so he gradually forgot about it.

Professor Jacob pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said:
"In recent months, I have been studying issues related to nuclear power plants and read a lot of information."

"Currently, there are 445 nuclear power plants in the world, and we have 107 in America alone, accounting for about a quarter of the world's nuclear power plants."

"Now the whole world has fallen under the infection of the zombie virus, and all large facilities cannot operate normally."

"According to the design drawings of most nuclear power plants, without the maintenance of employees, they will have accidents and risk leaks or even explosions within six months to a year."

"And once all these nuclear power plants leak or explode, the damage and nuclear pollution they cause will wipe out all life on Earth in a short period of time."

The old man opened the laptop in his hand, pointed the screen at Leon, and said:
"I've mapped the locations of all the nuclear power plants in America."

"As the strongest force in mankind that I know at present, I hope you can send people to the nuclear power plant to take a look and see what is going on?"

Leon looked at the map on the screen with a solemn expression. He found that most of these nuclear power plants were built around the largest inland river in the United States, the Mississippi River. There were also quite a few major cities and coastal areas.

And the state of Georgia where their umbrella base is located actually has more than three nuclear power plants.

Looking at these marked places, and thinking of the strongest weapon of mankind, the power of nuclear bombs, Leon felt his throat a little itchy.He asked Professor Jacob with an ugly face:

"Professor, the current location of our umbrella base is also quite dangerous."

Professor Jacob sighed softly. He pointed to the three nuclear power plants near Atlanta, Georgia on the map and said:
"According to my speculation, if these three nuclear power plants leak or explode, the nuclear pollution they cause will directly affect the ecological environment in Georgia or around Atlanta."

"Humans can barely survive on the surface."

"So, if possible, we need to go to these three nuclear power plants as soon as possible to have a look and understand the conditions inside."

"If the nuclear power plant is still operating normally and you can escort me into the interior of the nuclear power plant, we should be able to find a way to shut down these facilities."

After listening to Professor Jacob's words, Leon only thought for a few seconds and immediately agreed:

"No problem, Professor."

"Without further delay, I will send someone to investigate at the nuclear power plant closest to us tonight."

"If I get the intelligence there, I will organize manpower as quickly as possible to escort you to shut down those nuclear power plants."

This matter is related to the safety of the entire umbrella base. If it is not dealt with as soon as possible, Lyon will definitely have trouble sleeping and eating.

Professor Jacob looked into Leon's eyes, nodded slightly with relief, and said with emotion:

"Leon, you are really a person who takes the overall situation into consideration. I have to go back and make preparations early. Once you are ready, I will go to those nuclear power plants with you."

Leon stood up and held Professor Jacob's hand, and said sincerely:

"Thank you for your hard work, Professor Jacobs."

After old Professor Jacob left, Leon immediately called Peggy and Daryl without any delay.

Let them immediately organize a group of people to go with him to the nearest nuclear power plant, the Senas Nuclear Power Plant in Roberta County, 80 kilometers away.

What made Leon feel more regretful was that he had left Kevira, the only one who could fly a helicopter, at the prison stronghold. Otherwise, they would have saved a lot of time by directly flying the helicopter over for reconnaissance.

Due to the urgent situation, everyone did not hesitate. Within just three hours, Lyon organized a team of 30 people and arrived in Roberta County, 80 kilometers away from the base.

This is a small European and American town similar to Kings County where Rick is located. The original resident population was around 2.The scenery is beautiful, the vegetation is lush, and the land is vast and sparsely populated.

There was no time to appreciate the scenery here, so Lyon took his team straight to the Senas Nuclear Power Plant 10 kilometers away from the town.

But before they got there, the footage captured by Peggy through the surveillance drone surprised Leon.

Through the camera of the high-altitude drone, Leon saw that this small nuclear power plant built on the edge of a small lake was surrounded by tens of thousands of zombies.

According to common sense, it is impossible for a place like a nuclear power plant, which has neither noise pollution nor living people, to attract so many zombies.

What factors caused all these stupid monsters to gather here?

Thinking that this was a nuclear power plant, Leon had a strange idea in his mind.

He looked at the Peggy siblings who were still operating the drone, took out the walkie-talkie, and said to Daryl:
"Daryl, you and the others are waiting here for my orders."

"Peggy and I will go scout the area first and then make a decision."

Daryl's voice hesitated for a few seconds before coming through.

"Please be safe, boss."

With the help of the reconnaissance drone, the three Lyons spent more than ten minutes arriving at a hidden highland about 1 kilometer away from the nuclear power plant.

From this distance, even with the naked eye, one can clearly see the tens of thousands of zombies surrounding and inside the nuclear power plant.

They were crowded together, forming a large dark cloud. Just this scene could scare away all the survivors, and no one dared to provoke them.

Leon came to Peggy's side. Through the camera and monitor, the girl was observing the situation of the zombies at close range through the reconnaissance drone.

Soon, through the pictures on the display screen, the three of them discovered the differences between these zombies.

Peggy opened her eyes wide, pointed at the computer screen, and exclaimed softly:

"Boss, these zombies seem different from what we have seen before."

"They don't have many traces of decay, as if they just turned into zombies."

Leon was also very surprised. He put his hand on Peggy's shoulder, motioning her not to be too surprised, and said:
"Let the drone get closer and fly to a few more interesting places to see if all zombies look like this."

The girl nodded, and her right and left prosthetic limbs worked together to quickly type codes on the keyboard.

Under her control, the reconnaissance drone lowered to a height of only a few dozen meters away from the zombies, and slowly passed over the zombies.

In the footage captured by the camera, Lyon and others were surprised to find that the zombies above the nuclear power plant were indeed different from those in other places.

At the outermost edge of this group of corpses, there are still many rotting zombies with broken hands and feet.

But the closer you get to the center of the nuclear power plant, the fresher the flesh and blood of the zombies in those places appear, as if they have just changed from living people to zombies.

And through the casual movements of these zombies, Leon could tell that the speed of these zombies was definitely much faster than the zombies in the outside world.

Whether it is the speed of movement, the speed of waving arms, or even the speed of their roars and bites, they are several times faster than ordinary zombies, almost reaching the level of normal humans.

Leon was secretly frightened when he saw it. If the power of the zombie virus had not weakened, with the strength and speed of these zombies, their combat effectiveness would probably be many times stronger than ordinary zombies.

If they can still run, then for ordinary survivors, without the help of firearms, even one-on-one, they will no longer be opponents of these zombies.

Leon frowned, the arm on Peggy's shoulder unconsciously tightened slightly, and said:
"Peggy, send out an assault-type armed drone to test the fighting power of these zombies."

(End of this chapter)