Chapter 185 Secondary Mutation

As soon as these words came out, the four people in the house focused their attention on the soldier. ReadМ

"What did you say? Zombies? Have you observed the number of zombies?"

As one of the only people in charge here, Song Yichen asked the soldier calmly.

"Report! Our sentries have already detected the number of zombies in advance. According to the reconnaissance, this group of zombies has a total of 300 ordinary zombies and a dozen mutant zombies. They are heading towards our army from the right road. It is expected that they will arrive in five minutes. Arrive at the defensive position deployed by our army."

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"I understand. Order the troops to be ready for battle at any time. You can go down first."

"yes!"

The soldier saluted first, then turned and left the house, while Song Yichen said to Song Yi.

"Originally, we wanted to get to know each other better, but now this unexpected situation has occurred. It seems that we can only go here now. Let's continue to have a good gathering and chat after we return to the gathering place."

"That's all we can do. Then I'll go back and let the people in the convoy get back on the bus. After these zombies are eliminated, let's hit the road together."

"Let's go together. This is my first battle after being summoned. I shouldn't hide in a place like this. Let's go."

In this way, the four of them left the temporary command post and began to walk towards the road below where defensive positions had been arranged.

At the place where the convoy was parked, the soldiers in the four infantry fighting vehicles also took back their weapons and equipment. This made some soldiers who had objections to the clone soldiers here put aside their grudges.

After all, the guns in their hands and the infantry fighting vehicle next to them were all their confidence in the end of the world. When their weapons and equipment were taken away, they did not think about resisting, but they were afraid that the other party would be detrimental to Deputy Company Commander Song and Platoon Commander Zhang. , so I have endured it until now.

"It seems that these people are not bad. They know what it means to return things to their original owners."

"Yeah, when the gun was taken away just now, I almost couldn't hold back the resistance."

Just when the soldiers got their equipment back and were whispering, Song Yi and Zhang Fei came back.

Seeing Song Yi and Zhang Fei return safe and sound, the soldiers responsible for escorting the convoy breathed a sigh of relief and quickly surrounded them.

"Deputy company commander, platoon commander, are you okay?"

"I've made you worry. Don't worry, they didn't do anything to us. Moreover, they decided to join us and return to the New Light Gathering Place with us. If nothing else happens, they will be ours from now on."

"That's right, I testify to this statement."

When Song Yi said this, his expression was very serious, making it impossible to doubt his words. Zhang Fei had already nodded in agreement, and when the soldiers heard this, there were obvious doubts on their faces. expression, but as soldiers they have to accept this reality.

"Okay, everyone get back to the car first. In a few minutes, hundreds of zombies will attack this defensive position. We are also going to help. When everything is over, we will return to the Xinguang gathering place together."

Although the soldiers were still a little in disbelief, they still answered loudly.

"yes!"

Then all the soldiers returned to their vehicles, and the truck drivers did the same, each returning to the truck they were responsible for.

On the other side, the clone soldiers who had already prepared for defense also checked their weapons and ammunition and were ready to launch at any time. Song Yichen and Ji Qinglai also came to the defensive position and picked up the telescopes in their hands to look at In the direction that the distant sentry warned.

Then Song Yichen saw such a scene. Although hundreds of ordinary zombies and mutant zombies were heading here together, the mutant zombies among them attacked the ordinary zombies around them from time to time, and the mutant zombies attacked an ordinary zombie every time. When the time comes, it will use its sharp mutant arms to pierce the brains of ordinary zombies, and then suck out the brains of ordinary zombies.

And every time a zombie's brain is absorbed, the mutant zombie's mobility will be slightly improved for a period of time. For example, it can move faster, or its movement speed can be visibly accelerated by a certain distance. If I have to describe it, it feels like, It's like long-distance runners taking stimulants. Although their appearance doesn't seem to change much, the whole person is in a state of excitement, which can effectively improve endurance or speed.

The same goes for this mutated zombie. Absorbing the brains of ordinary zombies can allow them to gain endurance, speed and other enhancements in the short term, but the results are nothing more than two.

One is because it absorbs too many zombie viruses and achieves a qualitative change in quantity, causing the mutant zombies to mutate twice and become new mutant zombies. Of course, this mutation is good and bad, and with luck, it may become a more powerful mutation. Zombies, if you are unlucky, may mutate into weaker beings.

The second situation is relatively simple, that is, immediate sudden death, because the body's genes cannot bear this kind of destruction, causing the gene chain to collapse, causing the mutated zombie to completely die.

The probability of these two situations happening is also very small. For example, in the first case, if you want to absorb enough zombie viruses, one mutant zombie needs to devour at least a hundred ordinary zombies. Even if a mutant zombie succeeds in annexing it, There are so many ordinary zombies, this is just the first step.

After annexing enough zombie viruses, you have to be lucky enough to survive the second mutation. The probability of successfully surviving the second mutation is less than 1%, which means that among a hundred mutant zombies, only one will mutate. Only when the zombies successfully mutate for the second time will they become new mutant zombies.

The probability of secondary mutation is completely uncontrollable. As mentioned before, secondary mutation may turn into a more powerful mutant zombie, or it may turn into a weaker mutant zombie. It all depends on God's will.

Although Song Yichen saw this situation at this time, he didn't react much and just mocked.

"Ha! As expected, they are monsters without the ability to think, and they will not spare any human beings. It seems that this disaster will be over soon, don't you think so, Lao Ji?"

Ji Qinglai, who was using a telescope to observe the corpses in the distance next to Song Yichen, frowned and said with some vigilance.

"Don't underestimate them. I think this matter is not simple. It is necessary to report the situation here to the chief. I feel something is wrong."

Hearing Ji Qinglai's cautious words, Song Yichen also frowned and seriously observed the group of corpses approaching little by little in the distance again.

When Song Yichen carefully observed each mutant zombie, especially the mutant zombie that had just absorbed the brains of ordinary zombies, he finally discovered something was wrong.

That is, one of the mutated zombies, in addition to the original two arms, is slowly growing two extra arms under the original partition!