Chapter 202 Hunting Operation
Amidst the tense wait and see, the second snowy season has finally arrived.
When everyone was thinking that "such cold weather will definitely stop the mysterious zombies", it appeared again.
On July 21, the second year after the apocalypse, with the world turning white, the first official base was attacked.
This base sent out a request for help from all bases. However, during the non-snowy season, not everyone would necessarily be willing to help, let alone during such a heavy snowy period.
Thus, this official base with a population of 200,000 people became a mess after three days of fighting alone.
Almost all the psychics below level four died, leaving most of the ordinary people staring blankly at the empty base.
So this time, the ones who felt fear changed from ordinary survivors to those with special abilities, and became the capable people and leaders of the major bases.
What surprised everyone was that this official base was not on its previous route, but was located towards the northwest.
The people at the edge base were also getting nervous. After all, this zombie was able to get there in such a short time, and there were several civilian bases in between. The edge base seemed to no longer be so fearless.
So after this attack, the Capital Base received countless requests and inquiries, asking when the Capital would take action? What measures would they take? If they couldn't come forward to eliminate it, please send someone to protect them.
So, human hearts are also very strange. When the previous zombie waves, marine mutant creature waves, and various waves besieged other bases, they did not have such a tough attitude. I don’t know if it’s because they think this zombie is easy to deal with, or they feel more panicked because it is erratic and cannot track its trajectory, or maybe they just give up the base and run this retreat because they can’t defeat it anymore?
There were more and more voices of doubt, and the capital received countless call requests every day. In desperation, they had to send a strong team to City E to hunt down and intercept the high-level zombie.
Shen Qing stood in front of the big screen in the capital's command center, personally supervising the hunting operation.
City E is the city where the base that was just attacked is located. The team will start from here and head all the way to the nearest official base in City W to actively look for the zombie.
"Boom boom boom."
The sound of the helicopter rotors gradually became smaller, and from the camera on the captain's goggles, it could be seen that they had landed in the center of E City.
"Walk."
The captain made two gestures, and two people at the door quickly opened the hatch of the armed helicopter. Except for the helicopter pilot, 24 people filed down.
They were fully armed, holding upgraded energy guns, and vigilantly observing their surroundings, searching for any clues related to the zombie.
This place is deserted. Two days ago, after the base was destroyed, most people fled. Only a few survivors still live outside the base and are unwilling to move.
Fortunately, it hasn't snowed in the past two days, and some traces of the attack are still preserved at the scene.
For example, some dark red bloodstains on the ground.
It turns out that the zombie still leaves blood when it kills people.
The captain squatted down to examine the dried dark red.
Strangely, there wasn't much blood, definitely not the amount of blood that would have resulted from a fatal injury. So, why were they injured? Judging from the previous video, the zombie didn't have any means of physical attack.
His actions were recorded by the camera and transmitted back to the command center truthfully.
Shen Qing was also frowning and thinking about this problem.
They walked slowly forward, with the minus 45-degree wind blowing against their bodies in gusts. Although they were wearing the best cold-proof gear, their bodies were still a little stiff after being outside for a long time.
"Wait. At two o'clock, go five meters forward and take a look."
Shen Qing suddenly called out to the captain who was looking around and moving slowly forward, and said this in the communicator.
The captain walked over as he was told, and when he got closer, he also found something shiny buried in the snow.
He gently brushed away the surface snow, and the thing was immediately revealed in the sunlight.
It turned out to be... a crystal in a human head!
That's right, human survivors, like zombies, will also have crystals in their brains that match their superpowers. They have known about this phenomenon for a long time, but fortunately, human crystals are useless for improving humans' own superpowers. Otherwise, one can imagine how high the crime rate would rise.
So, why do crystals appear in human skulls in human bases?
Did it fall out accidentally when the zombie was attacking?
But after Shen Qing thought about all the clues and looked at the bloodstains all over the ground, a guess came to his mind.
Perhaps, this zombie is hunting for the crystals in the brains of human survivors!
It first takes out their crystals, and then uses some method to dispose of the dead human bodies.
This also explains why it selectively hunts humans and does not let any zombies go.
Because there are basically no ordinary zombies now. In places where zombies gather, after such a long time, many zombies have evolved to the first level. And all first-level zombies, whether they have special abilities or not, have crystals in their brains!
Looking at the humans hunted by this high-level zombie, not to mention those with special abilities, among ordinary people, those who died were also young and strong, and were very likely to have awakened special abilities. Although there was no evidence, he guessed that these ordinary people also had crystals in their brains.
Shen Qing narrowed her peach blossom eyes, becoming more and more certain of this guess.
So, in other words, in the near future, the higher-level psychics are, the more dangerous they are, and the more psychics there are in a base, the more dangerous it is!
The capital base will one day become its target.
On the screen, the team continued to move forward.
When the captain was passing a meadow, he discovered another strange place.
The grass was covered with messy footprints, which showed that many people had walked back and forth at that time. However, what caught his attention was not the footprints, but a small piece of grass in the middle.
The grass on this land is yellow and dry, and it is very conspicuous among the green.
Why would there be such a small piece of dead grass in a field of thriving grass?
It's as if they are in a different season from other grasses.
Unable to figure out the reason, the team leader stood up and continued to lead the team out of the base.
However, until they walked out of the base gate, they did not find any useful clues.
"Walk."
The captain looked around and walked in one direction first.
Next, they will pass through City E, which is full of low-level zombies, and head towards City W.
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