#729 - Chapter 729 Dawn - Rebirth In The Apocalypse: Start By Building The Strongest Base

"It's nothing, a little pain is bearable. Those who go out to search for supplies are doing more dangerous work than us. This little pain of mine is nothing," the old man said with a smile.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man didn't know what to say.

He was an admirer of this Elder Sun, before the peaceful times and still in this apocalyptic era.

The night of the mutation, they attended an academic forum together and were lucky enough to survive. Later, they encountered rescue personnel from the Dawn Base who entered here.

They had hoped that this apocalypse could be quickly extinguished by the national forces, but as time passed, they no longer had any hope.

The former official government of Hua Country had disappeared.

The entire land had become divided into separate regions.

Last year's unknown magnetic field change rendered all long-distance communications useless.

All humans were fighting against the ubiquitous zombies and the occasional natural disasters.

Moreover, a bout of acid rain destroyed most of the edible plants.

It was simply adding insult to injury.

Even so, their Dawn Base had managed to survive until a year into the apocalyptic era.

Unfortunately.

The middle-aged man knew that both he and Elder Sun had become pawns of the Dawn Base.

They couldn't afford to keep them here, or rather, the higher-ups of Dawn hoped to sell them for a good price, to trade them with another powerful force in Guangnan Province.

The old man seemed to see through the middle-aged man's thoughts and said with a smile on his withered face:

"Little Xiao, are you still thinking about that matter? It's okay."

"Our lives were saved by Dawn. As long as we can help them, help more people here, then our trip here will not have been in vain."

The old man put down the arrowhead in his hand and examined it carefully, as if recalling the past and lamenting the future.

"My greatest regret now is that my skills are useless, unable to bring a turning point for the world, and unable to see this world return to its former state!"

Elder Sun was a little excited, but quickly calmed down.

He wasn't the only one with such thoughts. Who wouldn't be filled with regrets after more than three hundred days and nights in the apocalypse?

Unfortunately, there was no regret medicine in the world.

"It's indeed a pity, Elder Sun. With your profound knowledge, if you had a good laboratory and corresponding facilities, you might be able to study the nature of the viruses in those zombies and find a way to solve the problem of all the walking corpses!"

The middle-aged man knew the old man's background and felt that the heavens were blind, about to bury the skills of this great talent.

If Elder Sun could be rescued by other forces with the ability to study viruses, that would be great.

That way, they might be able to find many answers about the zombie virus.

The middle-aged man was also a scholar and an expert in a certain branch of biology, but his status and knowledge were far behind Elder Sun, hence his humble demeanor.

If Zhou Qihang came to him, he might even have to call him 'Brother'.

Unfortunately, there were no conditions.

As biologists, they were extremely eager to study the undead zombies outside!

This was simply a biological miracle!

Why those corpses could walk, why they hated light, why there were mutated types, why they were weaker during the day than at night, and countless other fascinating questions were enticing them to find answers.

And there were also rumors that evolvers, a magical individual case, had appeared among humans.

Breaking the strange changes that had never occurred in the history of human evolution for thousands of years.

Hearing this made them, who were studying biology, unable to stop.

Unfortunately, the Dawn Base had nothing.

Or rather, most forces in the world couldn't afford a high-level laboratory that could study those problems.

Now everyone's attention was focused on safety and food.

Even they were about to be sold to exchange for food.

It was said that if the so-called Green Source didn't accept Dawn's request for help, they would look for other weaker forces to trade with.

At a lower and cheaper price.

Until they found a buyer for these people.

How sad.

How pathetic.

They, who were once praised to the heavens, had fallen to the point where no one cared about them.

"Elder Liang and the others are better off. Medical students are protected everywhere."

The middle-aged man sighed.

Indeed, in the apocalypse, the most useful talents were undoubtedly those who could grow food and those who knew medical skills.

These talents could directly create value.

People must eat, and they must see a doctor when they are sick or injured. This was a need that no one could escape.

But now, scholars of physics, information science, biology, and archeology had fallen to the point where they were unwanted.

Physics could also assist in developing weapons, armors, and building bases for use in the apocalypse.

Biology was originally more important and could study the zombie virus, but most forces didn't have the conditions. As the saying goes, food security comes first.

As for other information science and archeology, it was now too embarrassing to say that these scholars were talents.

No one cares.

Therefore, the Dawn Base finally used Elder Sun, a biologist with a certain value who could serve as a trump card, as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Green Source.

Fortunately, they won the bet.

"Let's continue working. While we can still serve Dawn, let's do more as a reward for saving us useless people before."

Elder Sun silently comforted the middle-aged man next to him, dispelling the unwillingness in his heart.

This was the way of the world, and one must learn to adapt quickly.

The people in this room were all a small group led by Elder Sun, designated by the higher-ups of the Dawn Base to do some manual labor here.

The talents that the other higher-ups valued more were arranged in other places, separated.

In order to avoid unnecessary troubles caused by the connection between those who were about to leave and those who needed to stay.

Time unknowingly came to the afternoon.

Hungry, they took a short break, preparing to take out their meager food to fill their suffering stomachs.

There was basically nothing good, just some tree roots and unknown plants dug back by the small group members outside, as well as some cockroaches, earthworms, and other insects.

Although the taste was not good and even a little disgusting, this was what most ordinary survivors could find to eat.

Even the rats in the sewers had become enviable good things.

Parasites?

As long as it was cooked thoroughly, it was still a pile of protein.

Just enough to not starve to death.

Even if they would die in the future, it wouldn't be now.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!!

Just as the people in the room were preparing to take out pots and pans to cook, they suddenly heard a strange sound!

It was the sound of a helicopter!!

This sound, which was very easy to distinguish in peaceful times or even in the current world, descended above them!

What happened!!??

Above the Dawn Base.