At first, the soldiers were unaware of the existence of this monster.
As usual, they calmly aimed and shot in a safe area about 100 meters away from the zombie group, clearing out this group of disgusting enemies.
They never expected that one of the "Plague Bearers" whose body was covered with lumps but had not yet broken open to release the zombie virus would be hit by a bullet and die.
In this way, without knowing it, they accidentally touched a dangerous mechanism, triggering an unforeseen disaster.
When this "Plague Bearer" fell, the densely packed bulges on its body seemed unable to withstand the huge pressure and suddenly burst at the same time.
A strong dark green zombie virus gas instantly spread around, spreading to a radius of 150 meters at an alarming speed.
It all happened so quickly that the soldiers had no time to escape.
The thirty soldiers in charge of this street were instantly engulfed by the dark green fog.
In less than five seconds, these brave soldiers fell into extreme pain.
They fell to the ground, bleeding from all seven orifices, and scratched their skin desperately with their hands, trying to relieve the unbearable pain.
Then, their bodies gradually became stiff and their vital signs gradually disappeared.
Just five seconds later, they staggered to their feet, but they were no longer the warriors they once were. Instead, they had turned into a group of mad zombies.
This kind of thing only happened twice, but a total of 55 soldiers were killed. Both times it was too sudden and the soldiers were caught off guard.
When Chen Bufan received the news, he was also shocked that such zombies would appear. Fortunately, the fatal damage of the dark green virus was within the radius of the spray, and would be diluted as it was blown away by the air.
The virus seems to have been evolving all the time, but the process is relatively slow. Just like now, more than a year after the apocalypse, so many new species of zombies have suddenly appeared. No one knows what will appear in the future.
At that time, he gave an order, ordering the troops to temporarily stop clearing out zombies and bring the corpses of these newly emerged zombie species back to the laboratory in the fortress base for research.
The laboratory has always existed, and the scientific researchers inside were exchanged by Chen Bufan using points.
Several zombies were corpses. Apart from their appearance and some special structures, they had no other use for the time being. So Chen Bufan was free today and signed in for fun. As a result, he was given something that could be used now.
With the cooperation of armed helicopters, the safety of soldiers can be improved a little and the clearing speed will also be increased.
It’s time to sign in today. Chen Bufan, who has nothing to do, uses his watch to contact the laboratory at the fortress base to see if there is any progress.
Connecting...
Connected successfully...
The watch projection flashed, and the scene in the laboratory appeared in the video, with a face enlarged and looking at him.
"Hello, Chief, any instructions?"
"Is there any progress?" Chen Bufan asked expectantly.
"There's some progress. The commander dug out a meat core from the heart of an evolved zombie before, and we found crystal diamonds in the hearts of these new zombies last night."
A crystal diamond was held in Chen Bufan's hand for him to see. It indeed looked like a crystal clear diamond, but it was an irregular shape.
"It's incredible that something so beautiful and pure can grow out of a rotting corpse. The novel is telling the truth. Crystal core, what is its function?"
Chen Bufan looked as if he had not lied to me.
"The energy inside it is purer and more powerful than the meat core. We fed the smallest crystal diamond to an ordinary zombie, and after a few minutes, it mutated! Perhaps unable to withstand the powerful energy inside, the zombie's body eventually collapsed.
Our researchers discovered a unique variant of the zombie virus in the bodies of these zombies, which was not found in the bodies of ordinary zombies.
So, we captured a few ordinary zombies and forced them to eat each other. We successfully detected the same strain in the body of the zombie that won in the end. As long as zombies eat zombies, the zombie virus in their bodies will evolve.
If the virus content in the body continues to increase, then they are likely to evolve into a new type of zombie. In the future, there may be fewer and fewer ordinary zombies, and more and more evolved zombies.
We have uploaded the information of this virus to the intelligent database of the fortress base. The information of the sunglasses worn by the soldiers has been updated. Now we can detect the location of zombies carrying this virus in the corpse group.
As for the effect of this crystal diamond after being eaten by humans, we have not yet conducted relevant experiments. We lack experimental materials and cannot clearly define the direction and purpose of the experiment. We hope to get the support of the leader. "
The experimenter talked about the experimental results and looked at Chen Bufan expectantly. They only had a superficial understanding of it now and had not conducted in-depth research. However, without humans as samples, they could not measure any results at all.
"You've done a good job. With the detection function, soldiers will no longer be at a loss. Continue your research. I will have someone send you more materials."
After hanging up the video, Chen Bufan breathed a sigh of relief. The researchers had detected a mutated strain in the new type of zombies and updated the information. Soldiers wearing multifunctional glasses could clearly see the different zombies in the swarm, so there would be no more oolong incidents.
Use the watch to send a message to the ceasefire troops, asking them to continue the operation of clearing the zombies. If "plague bearers" appear in the zombie horde again, let the sniper kill them directly from a long distance.
The sound of gunfire, which had stopped for a day, began to roar again, and Chen Bufan's points began to grow rapidly.
Two days later, Chen Bufan received news from the soldiers lurking in the Luocheng base.
This soldier used the abundant supplies to build good relationships with the people in the base and became a member of the base's security management team. He patrolled the base every day and over time he was able to get some information.
There is a captain named Li Song in the base. He is the confidant of the city lord Luo Bin. About twenty days ago, when he went out of the city to look for supplies, he met a female survivor. Li Song regarded her as a treasure and brought her back to the base.
It is said that this woman is extremely charming and everyone who sees her praises her.
Not long after, Li Song's temperament changed drastically behind the scenes. He was no longer lenient towards his subordinates, always finding fault with them, beating or scolding them, and finally expelling them from the team. The expelled team members had no stable job and had to go out of the city to look for supplies, and finally never came back.
Chen Bufan found it quite interesting. It was worth their time lurking in the base for several days as they finally got some useful information.