Chapter 70

The combat log is a tiny backtracking chip, hidden behind the wires of the military defense building.

While they were waiting for news from Lou Tiannan in the building, Wen Xiaxia carefully discovered it.

The military backtracking chip has permission settings, and Zhu Liang's permissions are just enough to open it. After hearing the contents inside, everyone thought that Lou Tiannan must know these contents.

Lou Tiannan turned on the backtracking chip, and a familiar voice came from the chip. It was the voice of the team leader.

"Today is July 4th, the 427th year of the Star Region, a blazing sun day. We've received a mission from the Federation to the 621 Pharmacy Research Institute. The journey is going relatively smoothly so far, and we expect to reach East District 1 in two days."

"On July 5th, we were trapped by the Blood and Bone attack. A survivor rescued us. He has family at the Biopharmaceutical Research Institute. He's very capable, so we decided to take him with us into the institute."

"July 7th. We've arrived at East District 1. There are a lot of Level 3 zombies. Trying to break through and get into the research institute."

"On July 8th, we attempted to break out, but failed. We lost two comrades. We have requested rescue from the Federal Security Zone in East District 5. Once rescue arrives, we will enter the research institute."

After recording this, a few seconds later, a faint, familiar voice spoke. "Hello, hello, this is Team One's Deputy Captain Zhang Yuanqi. Recording July 10th, the Federation mission has failed."

Lou Tiannan was shocked, but Zhang Yuanqi was still talking.

"We didn't wait for the safe zone to rescue us. The Blood and Bone psychics attacked us. One of them blew himself up. The captain, eleven team members, and all the survivors were killed."

"I don't know if anyone will succeed in completing the mission. If you are lucky enough to find a recording chip, please leave East District 1 immediately. The Federation is no longer safe."

"The captain used his life to help me escape the explosion. I wanted to seek help from the nearest Aurora Church, but I accidentally discovered Aurora's conspiracy."

"People from Aurora and the Federation are involved, and they are not good people."

Zhang Yuanqi's narration was very chaotic, with one sentence here and another not connected to the next, but his next sentence shocked Lou Tiannan even more.

"The Federation has transported many zombies to Aurora Church, and Aurora is extracting the zombie virus. They are trying to awaken a zombie king, or perhaps they are feeding it." His tone was filled with suspicion and uncertainty.

Zombie King?!

"I used my special powers to peek inside a giant cocoon. Aurora was feeding the zombie virus into it. They were feeding this terrifying thing. I heard them say that if they could awaken the thing in the cocoon, they would be king in the apocalypse. Aurora is crazy. They want to rule over zombies and humans alike."

"They have already cultivated zombies with special abilities..."

Zhang Yuanqi's voice became hoarse and painful at this point, "I wanted to destroy the cocoon, but was discovered by a mutant zombie and infected with the zombie virus."

"I finally decided to come back here. My comrades are here, and this is where I made an oath." His voice became rough, and he gasped for breath and spoke with great effort, "Federal Army defense, huh, never retreat..." Zhang Yuanqi's hoarse voice was unclear, and one could almost hear the uncontrollable howling of zombies in his voice.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, and the combat log ended here.

Lou Tiannan could tell that it was the sound of bullets from an M1784 gun, the service pistol of Zhang Yuanqi, the deputy captain of the first team.

Although Zhou Yu and the others had heard it once, they still felt that the grief in their chests was hard to suppress when they heard it again.

Lou Tiannan saluted in the direction of East District 1, and the others also saluted silently.

"ah--"

The silent atmosphere was interrupted by Zhu Liang's cry of pain.

Everyone looked at Zhu Liang nervously.

His hands and feet were handcuffed by Zhou Yu with iron chains. His severed left hand had been bandaged, but because of his struggle, blood overflowed from the wound and dyed the gauze red. His body was stretched straight, veins bulged, and his wide-open eyes were full of pain.

"Xia Xia, what's going on with Brother Liang?" Lou Tiannan asked in a deep voice.

"The body temperature is normal, and there are no obvious abnormal reactions to the facial features and limbs. The vaccine is useful, but no... it's not enough..." Wen Xiaxia's eyes were filled with tears. She looked at Zhu Liang's reaction and was almost certain in her heart: "The second dose must contain the most important medicinal ingredient!"

She had taken medical life-saving courses in the military system and was also fortunate to attend courses taught by Dean Xiao Hehua. Dean Xiao Hehua often studied from old books on ancient planets, and she had heard of the concept of medicinal leads.

"If it's a very difficult condition, you can treat it in multiple steps, first using the right medicine for the condition, then using the right medicine to maximize its effectiveness."

"One dose is useful, but its effectiveness is not fully exerted." Wen Xia Xia said quickly.

"What about another injection?" asked Lou Tiannan.

Wen Xia Xia shook her head. She didn’t know, she wasn’t sure.

Zhu Liang's wrists and legs were shackled with iron chains, which had turned red. His face was twisted and distorted with pain, and the iron chains made clanging sounds as he struggled.

He clearly felt the changes in his body, his mind was losing consciousness, and there were devilish whispers ringing in his ears -

"Join us... and become the masters of the world..."

Something was controlling him, something saying, "We are already the same kind... You will gain eternal life..."

Same kind...Zhu Liang's eyes were dazed...

But the resounding words in his ears exploded in his mind.

Federal Defense! Never retreat!

He is a federal soldier, he will never become the same kind as zombies!

“Ahhh——” Two forces in Zhu Liang’s body were fighting each other, and he had a brief moment of clarity, “Tiannan——” he shouted hoarsely.

"Shoot me!" Zhu Liang's whole body was soaked, and the pain in his body was piercing. He could no longer suppress those things, and he didn't want to become one of those monsters.

Lou Tiannan didn't think much about it and injected another injection of medicine into Zhu Liang's body.

As the medicine was injected, Zhu Liang took a deep breath, fell heavily back onto the wooden board, and fell into a coma.

Everyone was worried about Zhu Liang.

Lou Tiannan looked at the lying Zhu Liang, his mind full of jumbled information. He tried his best to remain calm and extract the key points from it.

The second dose was taken away.

On the 17th floor, there are zombies wearing Aurora white robes.

Aurora is raising the Zombie King.

He felt like he had missed something, but he had no time to think about it.

…

All the key points point to Aurora.

"Let's go to Aurora Church!" Lou Tiannan said coldly.

They were already near the border between East District 1 and East District 5.

Aurora Church is located on the border of East Fifth District.

If only we were faster, Brother Liang might be saved.

The group followed Lou Tiannan's instructions and rushed to the location of Aurora Church in East District 5.

Twenty minutes later they could see the tower of Aurora Church.

Lou Tiannan carried Zhu Liang on his back, while Zhou Yu, Song Yan and others scattered around him to scout and protect him.

"There are people there." Lin Bai suddenly pointed to a house in a remote corner.

Everyone was on alert, looking cautiously at remote corners, their attention focused on the house.

Lin Bai stood in a blind spot and inserted the needle in her hand into Zhu Liang's arm muscles. The process took less than two seconds. When she retracted the needle, she raised her eyes and met a pair of weak, open eyes.

She calmly turned her eyes away to see the condition of the house.

The next second, Zhu Liang closed his eyelids weakly.

They saw a tuft of familiar green hair floating out of the window.

"It's Baichuan and the others." Song Yan had good eyesight and saw Baichuan and the people around him.

…

Two minutes later, Lou Tiannan and others met with Bai Chuan and the other two in the small house.

"Why are you here?"

"There are federal troops patrolling the East Fifth District. Elena's identity makes it inconvenient for her to get close. This is the only way to the East Fifth District safety zone. We are waiting for you!" Baichuan said.

Baichuan, Elena and Tang Mary all focused their eyes on Lin Bai. They looked at Lin Bai calmly, and after confirming that she was not injured, they finally felt relieved.

Elena's eyes swept over several people one by one, and when she saw Zhu Liang on Lou Tiannan's back, she asked in a serious tone, "What happened to Zhu Liang?"

Lou Tiannan said: "He was infected by the zombie virus." He put Zhu Liang down from behind, but saw that Zhu Liang frowned and groaned in pain.

"Why don't you give him a quick death?" Bai Chuan said subconsciously.

Lu Jia showed an angry expression.

"He doesn't look like a zombie mutation..." Elena observed carefully, "Did you vaccinate him?"

"Yeah." Lou Tiannan did not deny it.

Hearing Lou Tiannan say this, Bai Chuan and the others showed interest on their faces, "Is the vaccine really effective against the zombie virus?"

“It works, but the vaccine is missing a part.”

Elena heard something wrong and asked, "What's going on?"

"Director Xiao Hehua's vaccine comes in two doses, one and two, but there's only one dose in the box. Xia Xia said the medicine is in the second dose."

Elena was Xiao Hehua's student, so she certainly understood the meaning of the medicine. Her thoughts raced: "The second dose was taken away? Was it Aurora?"

"Not sure, but very likely." Lou Tiannan said.

Elena reached out to take Zhu Liang's temperature, checked his nails and the wound on his back, and even opened his pupils to observe carefully, "He looks like he has been cured..."

Lou Tiannan and Wen Xiaxia exchanged a glance. Wen Xiaxia quickly stepped forward to examine Zhu Liang and said happily, "His nails have recovered, and his pupils and teeth have also recovered!"

This was undoubtedly good news. Elena was happy but also a little confused: "Can it be cured with just one dose?"

"No, I got two injections." Lou Tiannan was not sure whether it was the combined effect of the two injections of medicine. Seeing that Zhu Liang was getting better, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Dadada——

There were orderly footsteps outside the house, and everyone inside fell silent at the same time.

They quietly walked to the window and saw that it was the federal army from the East Fifth District Security Zone on patrol.

After the patrol team passed by, Elena said to Lou Tiannan, "We discovered something. Bai Chuan saw Aurora believers transporting zombies into the Aurora side hall."

"They are still transporting zombies?!" Zhou Yu said in shock.

Elena keenly sensed Zhou Yu's tone, and seemed to know about this matter, frowning slightly: "You know..."

"We found Team One's combat log. Team One said Aurora was raising a zombie king."

It can be said that one stone can cause a thousand ripples.

"Raising a zombie king?"

The three were surprised.

Lou Tiannan took out the backtracking chip, and after they listened, their faces turned serious.

Tang Mali said disdainfully, "No wonder they're always doing all these weird things. It turns out there's something really fishy going on!"

"What are you going to do now?" Elena went to see Lou Tiannan.