At the base's main entrance.
Uncle, Second Uncle, Li Zhengping, Da Pao, and others had already arrived.
"Xiao Yu, what's wrong? You just said you found a zombie," Uncle asked.
Li Yu nodded, then handed the binoculars in his hand to Uncle.
"Look at that zombie over there, between the two trees, the one frozen in ice and snow."
Uncle took the binoculars, looked carefully, and then handed them to Da Pao and the others beside him.
"There is indeed a zombie, but how did it suddenly appear there?" Uncle said with some confusion.
This question was actually what puzzled Li Yu as well.
After the blizzard, almost no zombies appeared, and now this zombie suddenly appeared, still in a frozen state.
This made Li Yu and the others very puzzled.
It was understandable for something to be frozen in the current weather.
After all, in such cold weather, especially in the past few days when the blizzard hit, it was normal for both humans and animals to be frozen.
But was it a coincidence that this zombie suddenly appeared outside their base?
But there was no such thing as a coincidence in the world.
Li Yu furrowed his brows and then said, "No matter what, I plan to bring that zombie back to see what's going on."
Uncle thought for a moment and did not object.
"Uncle, Zhengping, Bai Jie, the three of you stay on the wall and observe your surroundings at all times. If there's any situation, remember to report it immediately. Da Pao and I will go down and transport that zombie back to examine it."
"Okay, go ahead, be careful."
After Li Yu finished speaking, he walked down from the wall. To transport this zombie back, Li Yu went back to the garage and drove out a pickup truck.
The pickup truck warmed up for a while before returning to normal. Li Yu slowly parked the truck near the main entrance.
Da Pao and Li Hang got into the car. When Uncle saw them get in, he opened the gate.
Click, click, click~
Because of the cold weather, a layer of ice had formed on the gate, and as it opened, the ice broke apart, making an unpleasant sound.
Li Yu and the others drove out of the base. The vehicle's tires were largely stuck in the snow, making it difficult to drive through the snow.
Soon, Li Yu and the others arrived in front of the frozen zombie.
The three of them hadn't seen it clearly from the wall just now, but standing in front of this lump of ice, they could clearly see the zombie's appearance.
Through the transparent ice, Li Yu clearly saw the zombie's face and expression.
Its eyes were blood-red, and its clothes were somewhat tattered, but the zombie's body did not have that rotten feeling.
Aside from its blood-red eyes and the grotesque black lines on its face, just looking at the zombie's body, it still retained many human characteristics.
"This zombie probably hasn't been transformed for too long," Li Yu suddenly said.
"Yu Ge, do you mean this zombie was just bitten and turned into a zombie not long ago, and then it was frozen?" Da Pao said from the side.
Li Yu nodded: "Yes, look for yourself. Do zombies that have been transformed for a long time usually look like this?"
Da Pao and Li Hang looked carefully, and both nodded.
There was indeed a big difference; this zombie's human characteristics were very clearly preserved.
A question popped into everyone's mind: Was it transformed into a zombie, quickly frozen, and then transported here by someone?
Or did it walk here after being bitten?
Or were there other possibilities?
"Move it onto the car; let's go back first and talk about it," Li Yu said, seeing that the two were lost in thought.
"Okay."
"Mmm."
The three of them parked the pickup truck in front of the zombie, and using the height difference, pushed the zombie onto the truck bed.
This zombie was encased in ice, with a thick layer of ice condensed on the outside. If the three of them tried to move it, they wouldn't be able to.
"One, two, three!"
"One, two, three!"
Thud! Bang!
This lump of ice was immediately slammed onto the truck bed.
The ice was hard enough; even after falling like that, besides some scratches on the surface, there were no cracks inside the ice.
It seemed the current temperature was indeed low, freezing it solid.
"Let's go, back!" Li Yu flipped into the back of the truck, standing directly on the truck bed, telling Da Pao and the others to drive back to the base.
Coming over had been difficult, but returning now was much easier.
Three minutes later, Li Yu and the other two returned to Weng City.
In Weng City, Li Yu jumped down from the truck, and Bai Jie, who was on the wall, also came down.
They were all curious about this frozen zombie.
There were still some drag marks on the ice surface, but through the ice, the zombie inside looked lifelike, and they could even see some dust on the zombie's skin.
Bai Jie stepped forward, observing carefully, and couldn't help but ask in confusion, "This zombie looks like it just turned into a zombie."
"You noticed it too. We were curious when we first saw it. It just turned into a zombie and was frozen, and it happened to be standing under that big tree. It's strange to think about it," Li Yu replied.
A group of people gathered around the zombie in the back of the pickup truck to examine it, but after looking for a long time, they couldn't figure anything out.
"Let's just break open the ice and see what's going on with this zombie," Li Yu said, seeing the zombie covered in a thick layer of ice.
"Okay, I'll go get the drill," Da Pao said.
"Mmm."
Heating this ice with fire was certainly possible, but it would waste time and energy.
It was better to use a drill directly, drill a hole first, and then try to separate the ice on top.
"Zhengping, go get some firewood and start a fire here," Li Yu said.
Li Zhengping immediately ran off to prepare.
"Brother, why don't we get it off the truck first?" Li Yu stood beside the truck, watching the zombie on the truck. As time passed, the bottom part was starting to freeze to the truck's metal.
"Okay, let's move this zombie off the truck first." Li Yu also noticed this and called everyone to help move the zombie off the truck.
Everyone went forward together and pushed the zombie ice block onto the ground.
Clang!
The zombie hit the ground, but it didn't break at all.
It was really frozen solid.
"Here it comes, here it comes~" Li Zhengping pushed a small cart with some firewood on it.
Li Zhengping poured everything onto the ground, close to the frozen zombie.
Sizzle~
He lit a match, igniting the pine needles, which crackled.
There was still some pine oil on the pine needles, causing them to burn particularly fiercely. Li Zhengping quickly threw a few large pieces of rotten wood into the fire. These pieces of wood were collected by them a long time ago from outside.
There were still some ice shards on them, but under the burning flames, they quickly caught fire.
Crackling~
Under the burning firewood, the surface of the frozen zombie melted slightly. The speed was very slow, but it was indeed melting.
"Everyone, step back~" Da Pao brought an electric saw, waving his hand as he spoke.
"Da Pao, be careful, wear a mask," Li Yu reminded him.
