“Alright, don’t worry,” Da Pao said, putting on his mask and then a protective helmet.
Since they were outdoors, everyone was completely covered from head to toe.
Zzzzz~ Zzzzz~ Zzzzz~
A sound that made one's teeth ache rang out, and Da Pao quickly sawed open the ice block with an electric saw.
But he didn't saw it completely open; when he was about two or three centimeters from the zombie, Da Pao changed his angle and sawed it open from the side.
After sawing several cuts around the zombie, the ice block encasing the zombie visibly shrank.
Seeing that Da Pao had almost finished sawing, Li Yu quickly called for him to stop.
He wasn't sure about this zombie's situation; although in his memory, he hadn't seen any mutated zombies, he couldn't guarantee that mutated zombies didn't exist.
Upon hearing Li Yu's reminder, Da Pao put away his electric saw and then stood to the side.
Directly opposite him, his uncle and Li Hang stood on one side, each holding a large iron chain.
When Da Pao was sawing earlier, he deliberately avoided the head area, so overall, the zombie's head and chest had the most ice.
However, at the zombie's feet, because they were closest to the flames, they had already begun to show.
“Let’s tie its feet first,” Li Yu said.
He took a chain from his uncle, and then he and Li Hang each took one, tying them around the zombie's feet.
Next, everyone stood in place and waited.
The burning flames illuminated everyone's faces.
Everyone was a bit cold, but because they were all very curious about this zombie, they wanted to stay a bit longer, even if they had to stomp their feet from the cold.
Or perhaps they wanted to get closer to the flames to warm themselves up.
Time passed minute by minute, and the ice encasing the zombie also melted under the burning flames.
Crack, crack, crack~
Within a few minutes, the sound of ice cracking could be heard.
Following that, continuous sounds of ice breaking came.
This sound made everyone tremble, and they all turned their gaze towards the zombie.
Da Pao held a long spear, and Li Yu held a felling axe; everyone more or less held some kind of weapon.
Even though this zombie seemed to have no problems, everyone had to be careful and vigilant.
Caution is the parent of safety.
The ice shattered.
Immediately after, the zombie's mouth suddenly opened wide.
Roar~~~
A huge roar echoed throughout Weng City and then spread to more distant places.
At this moment, his second uncle, who was in the base, was soaking his feet in his room; he had developed two chilblains on his feet recently from often going out. Hearing the zombie's roar, he almost knocked over his foot basin.
He immediately took his feet out, put on his shoes and socks, donned his overcoat, and rushed frantically towards the main gate.
And on Li Yu's side, as soon as he heard the zombie's roar,
He immediately stepped forward, directly stuffing the felling axe into the zombie's mouth. Li Hang and the others behind him also followed.
Li Yu firmly held down the zombie's body, took out pliers, and pulled out the zombie's teeth one by one.
Up to this point, zombie infection was spread through biting.
This zombie convulsed all over and had immense strength.
After Li Yu pulled out the zombie's teeth, fearing it would scream again, he found a piece of wood from a nearby woodpile and forcibly shoved it into its mouth.
As if afraid it would spit it out, he simply pressed an iron cover onto its face.
Then he tied the zombie's hands.
By this point, the zombie could no longer make a sound, and both its hands and feet were bound by iron chains.
It could only stand in place, its mouth wide open, roaring silently.
“This zombie has so much strength!” Li Hang let out a sigh of relief; holding down this zombie was incredibly difficult.
Li Yu didn't answer him. While pulling out the zombie's teeth just now, he clearly saw that the zombie's skin still had fine hairs.
One must know that typical zombies, at the very beginning, undergo very brief changes.
From being bitten to becoming a zombie, it only takes a few minutes to a little over ten minutes.
And in the later stages, the zombie's skin surface becomes particularly smooth, with no fine hairs present.
Had this zombie just turned into a zombie? Or had the zombie mutated?
Bai Jie's expression was very serious. She carefully examined the zombie, then turned around and said, “I need a laboratory.”
Li Yu pondered for a moment and said, “Make a list of the things you need and give it to me. We’ve emptied out several hospitals before; see what you need.”
Bai Jie nodded.
Now that no one was clear on the situation, it was better to let Bai Jie and her team research it.
Even if it turned out in the end that this zombie had just transformed from a human, it didn't matter.
Letting Bai Jie and her team research zombies first, to understand them better, might bring some gains in the future.
However, if it truly was such a coincidence that this human turned into a zombie while coming over, within ten-plus minutes, it must have been bitten by another zombie to become like this.
Within ten-plus minutes, the weather was already this dreadful, and not a single zombie could be seen. Where were the other zombies hiding?
On another note, this zombie looked very unfamiliar; no one recognized it. How would this person have known the location of their base while alive? This was also a huge problem.
Everyone was thinking about this issue.
A sound of footsteps came from behind.
“So many people,” his second uncle's voice came from behind.
“Xiao Yu, I heard a zombie's roar just now, did you hear it?” his second uncle asked as he walked over.
Because everyone was surrounding the zombie, his second uncle hadn't seen it yet from his current vantage point.
Li Zhengping and Li Hang, who were directly opposite his second uncle's line of sight, each stepped to the side.
Before Li Yu could answer, his second uncle saw the bound zombie.
He looked at everyone with surprise and said, “Was that the zombie that just roared?”
Everyone nodded.
Li Yu then recounted how they had found this zombie, how they had gone out to transport it back, the surface characteristics of the zombie, and their subsequent plan to establish a laboratory, explaining everything to his second uncle.
After listening, his second uncle nodded and said, “This matter is indeed a bit strange, but establishing a laboratory is indeed necessary. After all, knowing yourself and your enemy, researching zombies more is also meaningful.”
“But where should the laboratory be built?” his second uncle asked.
Li Yu thought about the current buildings in the base. Inside the small perimeter wall were the residential area, a medical room, a library, and other places.
The area near the back gate was the former breeding area.
To the right was a planting area, now completely bare with nothing there.
Near the main gate were several factories, where some energy materials, miscellaneous items, and so on were stored.
There was a small building connected to the interrogation room next door.
The interrogation room was actually rarely used; before, there wasn't really an interrogation room, it was just an empty room they found.
“Let’s use the original interrogation room. Anyway, it’s not in the residential area, and it’s also safer,” Li Yu said.
His second uncle thought for a moment and said, “How about putting it inside Weng City? My suggestion is that under no circumstances should zombies be kept inside the base.”
