Chapter 1401: Chapter 823: Typhoon Arrives! (Part 2)

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In the past two days, through Zhong Chuchu’s explanation, many people from the Original Oil City have gained more understanding of the Big Camphor Tree Base.

They also received the latest exchange list, which contains much more than the one in Oil City.

But on this day, for some unknown reason, the Big Camphor Tree Base reduced the number of missions given to many Cooperative Personnel and Extra Staff outside.

They instructed those Cooperative Personnel who had not yet gone out to search, to temporarily stay put.

And to try to contact and bring back the Cooperative Personnel and Extra Staff who were still outside searching for supplies.

The air seemed to be filled with a sense of danger.

The Big Camphor Tree Base had done this before as well, but usually during heavy rains or natural disasters.

However, now, the weather was clear and without any sign of a storm.

June 29.

Clear.

Temperature, forty degrees.

The scorching weather made everyone outdoors feel unbearably hot.

Inside the duty room.

Li Yu used a military radio to understand the situation over at the Oil City.

He also instructed Old Bi and the others to reinforce the defenses and strengthen the Oil Well equipment.

This task had been assigned to Old Bi when Li Yu left the Oil City, and now hearing that Old Bi had completed these tasks, Li Yu could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Although Oil City is located in the Central Plains, where typhoons are weakened as they pass inland, by the time it reaches Oil City, it has already weakened considerably.

However, the Oil City is a plain area without mountains to block it, so it could still suffer significant damage.

When the typhoon enters the inland, its wind power weakens significantly, so the scene of zombies flying everywhere might not occur, but in the Central Plains area, the base number of zombies is extremely high, and the outbreak of a Zombie Tide is inevitable.

Hopefully, the trench they dug outside the Oil City’s wall can be useful and withstand the Zombie Tide’s attack.

Otherwise, if the Oil City falls, nearly a month of hard work would be wasted, and the oil problem would reemerge.

Suddenly, Li Tie came over.

He said to Li Yu, "Big brother, the Research Room is asking for you. They said they discovered something from the fast-moving zombie we brought back last time."

Li Yu was overjoyed upon hearing this.

So after giving Old Bi a few more instructions again from the far-off Oil City, he quickly ran towards the wall.

Research Room.

Bai Jie and the others were there, wearing masks and gloves. On a central operating table, that agile zombie had been dissected.

In several containers, the zombie’s head, arms, etc., were soaked in Formalin solution.

"What did you discover?" Li Yu hurriedly asked the crowd.

Bai Jie looked at Ma Di.

Ma Di took off his gloves and said, "After dissecting this zombie, and compared to previous zombies, we found that this zombie has a metallic active element inside."

"Active element? What do you mean?" Li Yu asked with a frown.

Ma Di adjusted his glasses and continued, "This is actually a kind of mutation. This element is radioactive. But don’t worry, this trace amount won’t affect our bodies."

"Do you mean because of nuclear radiation?"

Ma Di shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, but it’s possible. This zombie might have stayed in some open-pit mines.

Our previous research showed that rain can affect zombies, the trace elements in rainwater can also cause some mutation in zombies.

Just that for now, it seems that the conditions for this mutation are not so simple. If we have more of this type of zombie, we could conduct horizontal comparisons."

Li Yu nodded in agreement and said, "Alright, if I see more of this type of zombie later, I’ll bring them to you."

Ma Di looked somewhat serious and continued to Li Yu, "After this period of research, we actually found that these zombies have an extremely strong environmental adaptation ability and can adjust their internal body mechanism according to environmental changes.

For example, previously unable to withstand high temperatures, their skin turned white, and with the reduction in food, these zombies turned to feed on the dead of their kind. From this, it seems that zombies have such a strong adaptability.

If zombies undergo nuclear radiation, they might not die, but instead, it may cause some changes. According to my calculations, it might cause the zombies’ bodies to become radioactive, and contact with their skins could severely harm human bodies."

Hearing this, Li Yu frowned, knowing that Ma Di was right.

He chose the Big Camphor Tree Base in Gan City because there were no nuclear power stations nearby.

Even if the leaking nuclear power stations had some influence, it would be minimal here.

After listening to all of this, Li Yu’s mood was somewhat heavy.

Not just him, but the others around him felt the same way.

"Alright, I understand, then you all keep busy." Li Yu nodded and then left the Research Room.

After leaving the Research Room, Li Yu let out a long sigh.

What Ma Di said would indeed prove true in the future, though it hadn’t reached that point yet.

There was still plenty of time.

Though these zombies might change, in his memory, these zombies hadn’t developed consciousness, remaining as mere Walking Dead, generally able to be killed just by cutting off the head.