#312 - Chapter 312 Unknown Mutation
The next day.
Inside the chief's office, a figure was already sitting at the desk early in the morning.
It was Qin Jin.
He didn't return to his small home to sleep last night, but stayed directly in the office, only dozing for a few hours before waking up.
He rubbed his slightly dry eyes, wiped away the discomfort caused by staying up late, and picked up the walkie-talkie on the table again, asking:
"What's the situation now?"
Soon, a reply came from the walkie-talkie.
"President Qin, it's much better after dawn. The zombies outside are not attacking the walls like they did at night!"
Hearing this, Qin Jin nodded and ordered the security department and the combat department to continue to closely observe the situation of the zombies outside.
Yes, the zombies outside had been acting strangely since yesterday afternoon!
After nightfall, the number of zombies surrounding the area began to increase!
Usually, there would be only a few dozen or a hundred zombies at night, but last night, before 9 o'clock, the number outside had reached seven or eight hundred!
It was almost reaching the standard of a small-scale zombie horde!
They stood under the walls, constantly clawing at them with their blood-stained hands, as if they were attracted by the flesh and blood or something inside the base.
By nearly 11 o'clock, the number had completely reached over a thousand!
It should be noted that this was under the circumstance that the night watchmen were constantly hunting and killing zombies!
In other words, using cold weapons, the speed at which their arranged night defense personnel killed zombies could not keep up with the rate at which the zombies were replenishing!
Qin Jin naturally did not take it lightly after hearing this news. The zombies around Fenghe County had been acting strangely recently, and now even the walls were having problems, so it was natural to pay attention to it.
Then, throughout the night, news kept coming that zombies were constantly approaching.
It couldn't be considered a medium-sized zombie horde, at most three or four thousand, but this number was shocking enough!
Now, it wasn't a zombie fog day or a zombie siege caused by human movement, but a strange situation of a sudden increase in zombie density had inexplicably occurred.
Qin Jin observed until very late last night before taking the time to sleep and rest.
Of course, with his physique, sleeping for a few hours was enough.
Waking up in the morning, he roughly understood the situation. After dawn, most of the attacking zombies began to disperse, hiding in some secret places.
Only a few dozen or a hundred stubborn individuals remained, unwilling to leave.
"Capture a few zombies and bring them into the isolation area of the branch base! Have people analyze and examine the abnormal situation of these zombies!"
If he couldn't find the reason, then he would have to see if he could find clues from the zombies as to why they were gathering.
A faint sense of tension began to envelop Green Source Base.
The zombies under the walls were naturally all hunted down after dawn, and then cleaning work was done. These things were naturally easy for people in the apocalypse to handle.
The construction work of the branch base still did not stop.
The shuttle bus picking up residents to work only arrived a little later than usual, and finally arrived in the confused eyes of the people.
There was another reason that made Qin Jin feel even more uneasy.
That was that the density of the siege around these residential areas last night, according to the monitoring, was almost the same as usual!
So, last night, the zombies were basically targeting the main base of Green Source!
This was definitely a perplexing problem.
Was there something special about the base here?
Really couldn't figure it out.
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"The shuttle bus is finally here! I thought the branch base didn't need us to work today, scared me!"
Sitting on the shuttle bus to the branch base, Xiao Cong exaggeratedly told his companions.
They woke up early this morning as usual to wait for the bus to the branch base, but waited for a full half hour without seeing anyone.
Just as they were getting a little impatient and uneasy, the shuttle bus finally arrived almost an hour late.
"Who knows what's going on? Let's ask the people at the branch base later if we have a chance."
"Hey, yeah, I'm used to working at the branch base. If you suddenly don't let me go now, I'll have a sense of panic about losing my job!"
The people in Li Shenglin's team whispered among themselves.
In fact, not only them, but many people from the three residential areas who went to work at the branch base felt this way.
They were used to "enjoying" the "good benefits" of Green Source, and suddenly asked them to go back to face days of uncertainty and life and death?
The gap was too big.
"Sister Cai, you're going to work with us at the Green Source branch base today. We've already communicated with Team Leader Liu and Team Leader Wang. You can get the same benefits as us even if you work for one day~"
A Zhen said happily to Li Cai, who was sitting in the same row as her.
This time, Li Cai came here, and it was naturally impossible for her to stay bored in the residential area during the day. She had already greeted Team Leader Liu and the relevant person in charge, seeking a few days of permission to work with Brother Li and others.
It was considered a gesture of goodwill from the Green Source cadres to President Li of the Shanshi Coal Mine Shelter.
"Yeah~ It's good to be with everyone~"
Li Cai changed into a set of sportswear today, wearing a duckbill cap, and the whole person looked refreshed and energetic, responding to A Zhen with a smile.
Today is also a good day.
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Main Base.
An office building dedicated to researching biological viruses. This was a laboratory that Qin Jin had people clean up and build after finding Zhou Qihang last year.
He also learned a lot of relevant knowledge and practical experiments here with Zhou Qihang.
Later, he handed it over to Dr. Zhou Qihang to manage. Recently, he has been busy and rarely comes here to continue learning.
At this time.
In one of the rooms with a certain degree of isolation and airtightness.
A person wearing a full protective suit was carefully operating some machines that looked highly professional.
It was Zhou Qihang, who joined last year.
I don't know how long he has been busy here.
After a while.
Seemingly having just completed a task, he stopped what he was doing, went through a series of cleaning and changing clothes, and then walked to an office outside without isolation function.
Several doctors were already waiting here.
"It's really as strange as you said!"
"Miss Lin's blood is no longer that of a normal human!"
As soon as Zhou Qihang came out, he gave the waiting people an amazing answer.
Although they had also tested it in advance, it was still more convincing to hear it from another virologist.
"I just separated and tested Miss Lin's blood, and found several kinds of composite proteins that I have never seen before and RNA viruses that I have never seen before!"
Although Zhou Qihang's face was solemn, his tone had a different kind of excitement and a deeply hidden shock.
He talked with these doctors who came to exchange ideas for a long time before sending them away.
Then, only he was left in the office.
The idea of hiding this secret only flashed in his mind for less than two seconds before he rejected it.
Here, there is food, it is safe, and there is research to do.
Why offend the Green Source leader for a discovery that is not yet certain?
He immediately decided to tell Qin Jin about his findings!
That woman named Lin Runwei may have undergone an unknown mutation!
A subversive mutation!
(End of chapter)
