February 4th. Sunny.
Da Zhangshu Base.
Since entering February, the weather has been getting warmer and warmer, with temperatures reaching around minus 5 degrees Celsius at noon.
Guardroom.
Song Min and Da Pao were on duty, and they were now openly in a relationship.
Da Pao sat on a stool, watching the cameras. After looking around at all the cameras, he said, "Mina, I think we should go outside and check the outer wall. It's too stuffy in here."
Song Min heard Da Pao call her that, and with a cool demeanor, she said, "Call me Sister Min, hmph."
Da Pao heard this, walked over, and slapped Song Min's perky backside.
Slap!
A loud sound echoed in the room.
Song Min felt a burning pain, especially hearing such a loud sound, and said angrily, "What are you doing!?"
Da Pao hadn't expected the sound to be so loud, so he said a little awkwardly, "I didn't expect the sound to be so loud. It just means you have a good figure."
Song Min felt a rush of shyness in her heart, but on the surface, she was unyielding. Looking at the apologetic Da Pao, she said, "You, bend over, let me hit you once."
Da Pao heard this and felt a bit awkward. This wasn't good, was it?
Song Min took two steps forward, about to swing her hand.
Da Pao quickly dodged and ran towards the wall.
Song Min also chased after him, "Oh, you dare to run? Now it's not as simple as just hitting you once. I'm going to hit you ten times."
Da Pao, who had gone out ahead, stared straight in one direction. Song Min stepped forward, seized the opportunity, and was about to hit Da Pao.
Da Pao said, "Look over there, isn't that a zombie?"
Song Min turned her head, disbelievingly saying, "How is that possible? Although the temperature has risen now, we haven't seen zombies for a long time. How...
There really are zombies! Look, there are some over there too."
Before Song Min could finish speaking, Da Pao also saw seven or eight zombies appear about thirty meters away.
Song Min slowly lowered her raised hand. Zombies, which hadn't appeared for a long time, had now appeared!
Da Pao picked up the binoculars from his chest and said, "You go tell Yu Ge and the others. I'll stay here and observe the situation."
Song Min nodded, quickly returned to the guardroom, grabbed the walkie-talkie, and told Li Yu and the others about the situation.
A few minutes later, Li Yu, his second uncle, his maternal uncle, and others arrived on the wall, looking at the zombies gradually approaching them in the distance.
Zombies have always had an exceptionally developed sense of smell. If humans don't mask their scent, they can smell human presence from up to 2 kilometers away.
The gathering of zombies around them now made their hearts sink.
Actually, within the base, if it weren't for the cold weather, they would have felt like they were back before the apocalypse.
But seeing these zombies again now ruthlessly pulled them back to reality. Zombies were still around, and there were many of them.
They had known all along that zombies certainly hadn't disappeared for no reason; once the weather got warmer, these zombies would definitely return.
They just hadn't expected these zombies to come back so quickly.
Caught off guard.
Li Yu looked at the increasing number of zombies, but there wasn't yet a large-scale zombie horde forming, so he said:
"Keep a constant watch on these zombies.
Also, all other on-duty personnel, increase your vigilance. Report any further abnormal situations to me immediately."
Yang Tianlong, with a bandage on him at this time, stood on the wall looking at these zombies and suddenly said, "Have you noticed that the zombies seem to have changed a bit?"
Da Pao heard this, picked up his binoculars, and carefully observed, saying, "They certainly have gotten much whiter. But that's normal, isn't it? They haven't been in the sun for several months, so getting whiter is quite normal."
Yang Tianlong gave him a speechless look and said,
"I'm not talking about that. Don't you feel like they're more ferocious than before? Like, like they're extremely, extremely thirsty."
Da Pao said with a smile, "These zombies haven't seen humans for several months. It's like you haven't eaten for several months, or even seen food. When you finally see it, how can you not be excited?"
"Uh, it seems you have a point," Yang Tianlong scratched his head and said.
Li Yu stood on the wall, a hint of worry in his eyes. These zombies hadn't eaten for so long; they must be very hungry now. They would definitely become more frenzied.
There was even a possibility of a zombie horde breaking out.
Li Yu turned around, and just as he was about to go downstairs, he suddenly saw Bai Jie coming out of the room in Weng City.
He suddenly remembered that Bai Jie had told him before that she wanted to catch a few more zombies for her research.
Now that these zombies had appeared, wasn't it the perfect time?
Li Yu stood still and thought for a moment. Going out to catch zombies was too much trouble and carried a certain risk. It would be better if...
Li Yu suddenly remembered the high-strength modern crossbow he had purchased earlier, along with the alloy arrows.
Perhaps he could use the arrows, tie a rope to them, then tie up a zombie and drag it up.
This way, he wouldn't have to leave the base, reducing risk, and he could choose which zombie to catch.
Thinking of this, Li Yu told his second uncle and the others about his idea, and everyone thought it was a good idea.
So Li Hang went to get the crossbow.
They drilled a hole in the tail of the arrow and then threaded a super strong high-definition polyethylene rope through it.
Li Yu raised the crossbow, aimed at a zombie's chest, and it directly pierced through. Then he slowly pulled it up.
Before the zombie reached the wall, Da Pao on the wall pierced its head with a spear.
This was just a test.
Li Yu asked Bai Jie to come up and let her choose the zombies.
Bai Jie selected a few strong zombies. Li Yu shot each of these zombies in the leg, then pulled them up onto the wall.
These few zombies, upon seeing living people, were exceptionally ferocious, but under the siege of the crowd, their teeth were pulled out, and stable wire head cages were put on them.
Zombies that had lost their offensive capabilities were like kittens.
They were then escorted by Li Hang and Da Pao to the small research lab.
Bai Jie looked at the twenty-square-meter room, which was already a bit small, and now with three zombies placed inside, the space seemed even more cramped.
So she said to Li Yu, "This research lab seems a bit small now. See if it can be expanded a bit."
Li Yu entered the research lab and looked around. He nodded and said, "It is a bit small. How big do you want it to be?"
Bai Jie looked at the furnishings in the room and her heart stirred slightly as she said,
"I don't think it's very suitable for the research lab to always be inside this Weng City. Didn't we talk about expanding the area before? When the base is expanded, can a separate area be designated for it?
It doesn't need to be too big, one or two hundred square meters will be enough. It can be isolated from the inside of the base, just like with Weng City—within the wall, but not directly accessible from inside the base.
What do you think?"
Li Yu heard this and gave Bai Jie a deep look. Bai Jie's eyes did not flinch at all.
Li Yu thought for a moment and said, "That works. When the weather gets warmer and we expand, we'll take care of your research lab at the same time."
