#97 - Chapter 97 Pearl City
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
A helicopter flew westward through the sky.
The person in the pilot's seat was none other than Sun Xiaolong from the Green Source Base!
In the back were three other base personnel, learning to fly and gathering path information.
"Brother Sun, our flight records show that there are still many survivors on the ground!"
One of the defense team members said to Sun Xiaolong.
"That's normal! There are still many survivors out there, they always find ways to survive, and our combat team often encounters them when we go out."
Sun Xiaolong turned his head from the pilot's seat and shouted to the team member.
The helicopter had entered the cruise phase, allowing them to relax a bit and do other things.
They didn't know that they had just flown over Li Ge and his group.
Having been out of the base for half an hour, they estimated that they would reach their reconnaissance destination in another half an hour.
The team members were also recording the places they passed in detail. They weren't flying in a straight line; they occasionally adjusted their direction, following the national highway and expressway from the Green Source Base to their destination, filming all the way.
After returning, someone would play back these materials one by one, collecting the information.
It could be used not only as a landmark reference but also for searching for supplies in the future.
Sun Xiaolong and the other team members would occasionally look at the ground, watching the once prosperous cities that had now become desolate ghost towns with no one to be seen.
Everywhere presented a scene of devastation.
After a month of the apocalypse, coupled with the previous acid rain, most of the building facades had turned black, it was unknown whether it was due to acid rain corrosion or smoke.
The atmosphere of human civilization had lost much of its presence at this time.
Time passed quickly.
Sun Xiaolong and his helicopter had entered the territory of Zhu City.
The team members also perked up, preparing to welcome the upcoming mission.
Sun Xiaolong looked at the helicopter's navigation and began to check the specific location of the destination.
Although the ground base stations were no longer maintained and had lost their positioning assistance, the satellites in the sky were still running, so the aircraft's navigation could still be used for the time being.
Once the satellites also failed, they could only use the aircraft's own inertial navigation system and visual positioning (compass positioning) and geometric positioning methods.
The destination was in a remote suburb of Zhu City, close to the coast.
A few minutes later.
Sun Xiaolong glanced at the navigation; they should already be within ten kilometers of the target location.
He lowered the helicopter's altitude a bit and began to visually inspect the surrounding environment.
Below were sparse buildings and trees growing everywhere. Although they had also suffered some corrosion, the overall appearance was not much different from ordinary towns.
He frowned.
He said to the people behind him:
"Everyone, take a look below, are there any places with a playground and strange buildings?"
The people behind him agreed and began to search below.
Two minutes later.
"Brother Sun! There! There is a place that looks like a stadium, and some houses that look like dormitories!"
One of the team members seemed to have discovered something, shouted in the helicopter, and pointed in a certain direction.
The others followed the direction and looked, and sure enough, there was a playground vaguely visible.
Sun Xiaolong took a closer look, pulled the control stick, and began to move slowly in that direction.
He didn't dare to fly directly over there, in case someone sent a gift, it would be a big joke.
He hovered the helicopter about 800 meters away and took out his binoculars to look over there.
In his eyes, the magnified scene of that place appeared.
The entire area was surrounded by wire fences, with several buildings that looked like dormitories, two four-story buildings that looked like office buildings, some buildings that looked like warehouses with unclear uses, one or two basketball courts outside, and some places with sports equipment. (I don't know anything)
He compared it with the scene of the troops he had been in before and had a general idea in his mind.
It should be there!
After carefully observing the condition of the buildings and the environment, he could see that some doors and windows of the dormitory buildings and office buildings were open!
The specific situation was not clear due to the distance.
Seeing this, he sighed slightly in his heart.
He stopped looking through the binoculars, pushed the control stick, and began to fly the helicopter around the area to survey it.
The closest he got was only 500 meters away.
Still, nothing happened.
Nearly five minutes later.
The entire area had been circled twice, and the information was almost collected. He finally began to approach the area.
400 meters.
200 meters.
100 meters.
Still, there was no reaction from the area.
Sun Xiaolong breathed a slight sigh of relief.
At this point, it was basically no different from being in the air above the area.
With a determined heart, he maneuvered the helicopter and finally flew over the area!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
The roar of the helicopter resounded throughout the area. He hovered the helicopter at a height of about 50 meters, which was just enough to see the entire military area.
And because the altitude was lowered, the wind could reach the ground, causing a burst of dust to rise.
At this moment!
Zombies wearing military uniforms began to run out of the buildings one after another!
Many!
As time went on, more and more zombies ran out of various buildings, all piled up directly below the helicopter!
They raised their hands and roared, as if there was something attracting them.
The people on the helicopter's scalps went numb. In less than a minute, there were an estimated thousand zombies piled up below!
The pile of corpses was getting higher and higher, and it was already over 10 meters!
And it was still increasing!
How many zombies are there in the surrounding buildings!?
No one could tell them the answer.
As time went on, there were still sporadic zombies running out.
They weren't idle either, and they were constantly collecting information here with recording equipment.
In fact, at this point, Sun Xiaolong and the others knew that the result had been confirmed. Since this place had been occupied by zombies, it must belong to no man's land!
The opportunity for their Green Source Base had come!
At this time, there may have been more than two thousand zombies at the bottom, and the corpse tower was more than 15 meters high!
They stepped on the bodies of their companions, reaching out to the helicopter with their claws, and before a second had passed, they were stepped on again by the companions who climbed up from behind, and the corpse tower continued to rise.
Sun Xiaolong and the others secretly swallowed their saliva. They suddenly understood why President Qin of the base had been so persistent in thickening and raising the walls of their base!
Those damned zombies were really too terrifying!
They even had this kind of operation!?
A few thousand zombies could pile up a corpse pile more than ten meters high. What if the base faced an attack from tens of thousands of zombies one day, wouldn't it be breached!?
The few people's backs were soaked with cold sweat when they thought of that scene.
They quickly recorded the scene below and let the boss and everyone in the base see it when they went back. These damn zombies can actually stack towers!
At this point, the mission could enter the second half.
Sun Xiaolong maneuvered the helicopter and began to slowly circle around here, not letting go of every building, even the cave, and confirming and recording all the details clearly.
Finally.
After spending nearly fifteen minutes here, the mission was finally completed.
The helicopter's fuel had reminded them that it was time to return.
Without hesitation, Sun Xiaolong followed President Qin's instructions and did not lure away the zombies here.
He pulled up the helicopter and flew towards the Green Source Base.
After losing their target, the light-averse zombies began to look for their respective shady places to hide.
(End of this chapter)
