#24 - Chapter 24 New Equipment

"Emergency announcement! Emergency announcement! All members of the guard team, please assemble at the training ground within 5 minutes."

The sudden broadcast in the underground base attracted everyone's attention.

In the second-floor training area, dozens of people were divided into two teams, standing exceptionally straight.

The first team's leader was Zhang Ge, Zhang Yuan Kui, whose team members were all Zhang Ge's comrades, totaling 24 people.

The second team's leader was Shen Wen Gang, who was also Luo Er's older brother. The team members were those who had joined the base successively during this period, both men and women, so the team didn't look very uniform. However, after daily military training, everyone looked energetic.

Zhang Yuan Kui also served as the captain of the guard team.

Everyone was uniformly dressed in desert camouflage, which had been purchased before the virus outbreak.

Dongfang Chen stood in front, with his hands behind his back, facing everyone.

"Attention, stand at ease."

"Report, Boss! The guard team should have 50 members, and 50 are present. Report complete."

Zhang Yuan Kui reported loudly.

"Okay, stand at ease!" Dongfang Chen replied.

"Yes!" Zhang Yuan Kui responded loudly.

"Comrades, after several months of development, our base has completely achieved self-sufficiency. Although the variety is still relatively small, it can fully meet our daily needs. So, starting from today, we can be considered to have officially embarked on the road to development."

"Now, I will first give everyone a basic explanation of the current situation of the base."

"First is food. Currently, we have built and put into production a total of 12 food production warehouses. Including 7 wheat production warehouses, 2 potato production warehouses, 2 cabbage production warehouses, and 1 pig breeding warehouse."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. What production warehouses? Where did the production warehouses come from? However, after such a long period of military training, no one made any violations.

Although they had indeed eaten fresh cabbage not long ago, everyone thought it was transported in from outside. They didn't expect it to be produced in the base.

"I have been telling everyone that in the near future, we can achieve self-sufficiency, but I guess everyone doesn't have a concept of it. Later, I will lead everyone to visit the production warehouses, but there are three rules: the production warehouses are a sterile environment and fully automated. So, everyone can only look outside and cannot enter."

"Although there are few varieties, please bear with it. We will continue to expand the varieties."

This was not just bearing with it. You should know that outside, in most emergency shelters, where can you still see fresh vegetables and pork? This was too fortunate!

Everyone present was excited and breathing heavily.

"Secondly, is equipment. Zhang Ge, bring a sample over."

Dongfang Chen said to Zhang Ge in front of him.

"Yes!" Zhang Ge responded, quickly ran to a few large boxes next to him, and casually took a piece of black clothing that looked like thermal underwear and ran back.

Dongfang Chen took the clothes, raised them up and showed them to everyone, saying:

"This kind of clothing is the first generation of combat uniforms we developed ourselves. I named it Guardian 1. Its main functions are two: warmth and protection. First, let's talk about warmth. It is different from our traditional sense of warmth. The traditional sense of warmth is actually cold protection, but the warmth I'm talking about is both cold protection and heat protection. That is to say, whether you are in the freezing cold or in a raging fire, this clothing can prevent you from being harmed."

Everyone's eyes were glued to the clothing. They had to get one, no matter what the conditions.

"Next, let's talk about protection. This is easier to understand, similar to a bulletproof vest, anti-cut, and anti-puncture. With the protection of this clothing, everyone can fight zombies with confidence and boldness."

Dongfang Chen smiled slightly.

Seeing everyone's excited expressions, Dongfang Chen continued:

"Don't worry, everyone. You can pick them up from Zhang Ge later. Each member of the guard team can receive a set."

"Of course, it's definitely not enough to have clothes without weapons. Next, I will show you the first generation laser gun we developed ourselves, also named Guardian 1."

Dongfang Chen took out a weapon from the rectangular box behind him. It looked like a rifle, but it was much fatter than a rifle.

"Guardian 1 laser gun, weighs 12.8 kilograms, and is 163.5 centimeters long. When the trigger is pulled, it can instantly emit a beam of high-energy laser light, causing instant burning damage to the target. The maximum temperature of the beam reaches 1200 degrees."

While Dongfang Chen was talking, he picked up the gun, turned off the safety, aimed, and pulled the trigger.

Immediately following a "Chirp" sound, a beam of blue laser light shot out from the muzzle. In an instant of flashing, a piece of pork that had been placed in advance in the distance had a large hole burned through it. The sizzling sound, along with a burnt smell, emanated from the meat.

Everyone's eyes widened.

Good heavens, a laser weapon. This was only seen in science fiction movies.

"However, this weapon also has great flaws. First: the temperature is not high, and the destructive power is limited. It can only eliminate Tier 1 zombies. Second: it cannot cause obvious damage to targets with high melting points, fast heat dissipation, and easy reflection, such as metal and glass. And remember, do not shoot at the mirror. Third: the gun's magazine is a special energy rod. Each magazine can perform up to 60 bursts or 10 seconds of continuous shooting."

"Report, Boss!" Ruan Xinghua stepped out of the line and shouted.

"Speak!" Dongfang Chen responded.

"Boss, I want to ask, what do you mean by Tier 1 zombies?"

"This will be explained later," Dongfang Chen replied.

"Yes! Boss, I have another question," Ruan Xinghua continued to ask.

"Ask away!" Dongfang Chen said with a smile.

"Boss, I want to know whether this gun is more powerful, or the combat uniform that was just shown is more powerful," Ruan Xinghua asked shamelessly.

"Hahaha!" Everyone couldn't hold back and laughed, bending over.

You are courting death in a fancy way! You are asking the boss whether the spear he took out is sharper or the shield is stronger. Are you afraid you won't die fast enough?

"Everyone, do 100 push-ups, start!"

Dongfang Chen shouted loudly and gave the order.

Everyone immediately stopped laughing, and started doing push-ups on the ground.

"And you!" Dongfang Chen looked at Ruan Xinghua and said.

"Ah, Boss, I can't do it!"

Ruan Xing pointed to his empty left sleeve.

"Do it with one hand!" Dongfang Chen glared at him and said.

"Yes!" Ruan Xinghua said helplessly.

100 push-ups were nothing to everyone. They did them every day.

"Discipline is the foundation of survival. Everyone must remember this. No matter what the situation is, what happens, if there is a problem, report first and then speak. Next time you make a similar mistake, the penalty will be doubled!"

Dongfang Chen said sternly.

"Yes!" Everyone said in unison.

"Good. I will answer the question mentioned by Brother Ruan just now. Our Guardian 1 combat uniform can withstand a high temperature of 1500 degrees without melting, and can provide complete heat insulation within a range of 1000 degrees. The peak temperature of the laser is around 1200 degrees, so the Type 1 laser gun cannot penetrate the combat uniform, but it may cause slight burns to the human body."

"Next, let's look at the third piece of equipment: the first-generation micro-implantable bone microphone."

As Dongfang Chen spoke, he took out a small box the size of a button from his pocket. It was only a bit bigger than a fingernail in his hand.

"Because it is too small, it is not convenient to display. I will mainly talk about its functions. This is a miniature communicator, similar to a walkie-talkie. This kind of bone microphone cannot be worn independently and requires auxiliary equipment to be implanted into the ear canal. If you want to remove it, there are two methods. One is to remove it non-destructively with auxiliary equipment. The other is to damage the ear canal, and there is a certain chance that it can be removed. The second method is not recommended. After the bone microphone is implanted and activated, it can communicate through satellites, and the signal strength is much stronger than the mobile phone signal we used to use. The volume of the bone microphone needs to be adjusted with auxiliary equipment after implantation and cannot be set directly."

"That's all for the equipment introduction. Next is today's focus, which is also the core secret of our base."

Dongfang Chen paused, glanced at everyone seriously, then looked at Zhang Ge and said:

"Zhang Ge, bring it out."

Zhang Yuan Kui nodded, walked behind Dongfang Chen, and opened a combination lock box. He took out a cylinder with metal on both ends and glass in the middle. From a distance, you could see that it was filled with transparent liquid.