A slightly tall figure walked with a bulky chest freezer tied securely to his back with ropes. Unless the person carrying it stumbled and fell, the chest freezer would not budge. What was even more surprising was that the person was walking at a steady pace despite the weight on his back.
Wei Xuan held Du Hang’s hand and occasionally turned his head to check if the chest freezer he was carrying was still secure. This was already the fourth chest freezer that Du Hang had brought back. The zombies’ formidable strength and adaptability made it as effortless as when they had hunted the monster bird together.
Wei Xuan even wondered if he could carry a couple more chest freezers at once. After all, the weight of these chest freezers was not too heavy. Wei Xuan could easily carry one himself, but it was not convenient to carry it while walking.
Once they arrived home, they placed the chest freezer in an empty room on the second floor. Wei Xuan then went to the balcony to check the battery connected to the solar panel.
“It’s almost fully charged. Let’s make two more trips to bring back the remaining two chest freezers, and we can start transferring the meat.”
Luckily, Wei Xuan had carefully scouted the area around the small community before. Otherwise, he would not dare to move such large items in broad daylight. Being discovered was not something to take lightly.
Du Hang obediently stood in the room, waiting for Wei Xuan’s next move, as if he had not been the one working as a laborer just now.
After confirming the situation inside the room, Wei Xuan turned around and held Du Hang’s hand again, leading him downstairs to the store outside.
Today, they had circled the stores near the community, but Wei Xuan did not choose the ice chest freezers with transparent sliding doors that were especially used for selling ice cream and drinks. Although they could see what was inside at a glance, the sealing effect was not great, and their energy-saving efficiency was naturally not as good as those with a sealed door.
Fortunately, there were many stores around, and some of the basement businesses, although not selling cold drinks, had a closed freezer that was used to store items for internal use. These types of freezers were more practical for Wei Xuan at the moment.
In addition, there were also two or three households in the same community with this type of freezer, so they could all be moved together.
These chest freezers had larger capacities, and they couldn’t use all of them this time. The remaining ones could be used as replacement equipment and stored temporarily. If they grew more vegetables and fruits or caught more game in the future, these freezers would come in handy!
With excitement, Wei Xuan and Du Hang carried the remaining two freezers back and brought the three freezers from other households to this room. Then, they took out all the meat that had been frozen in the refrigerators of all the rooms yesterday and, after disconnecting the power, concentrated them in this room, starting from the sixth floor and working their way down.
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Of course, he did not touch the refrigerator in his own room. The meat and other items stored there were for his daily use and did not need to be moved.
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However, in winter, the weather was so cold that they could stop the freezers and open the windows in a shaded room to let the power of nature turn it into natural cold storage. That way, they could save even more electricity.
“Mutated… birds? Are you sure you were attacked by mutated birds?!” The commander of Base 7 looked shocked as he gazed upon the soldiers who had just returned from their mission, covered in wounds. They looked like they had just fought against bears, tigers, and lions from before the apocalypse.
The team leader in charge of the harvesting mission stepped forward, his wounds covered in layers of gauze with a hint of red seeping through: “Reporting to the commander, it was indeed mutated birds! But these birds have grown to a massive size, with wingspans nearly seven to eight meters long!”
“Seven to eight meters?! Are you sure those are birds?!” The commander’s eyes widened in disbelief, his voice trembling.
“Yes, sir. This is footage captured by a team member during the mission.” The team leader stepped forward and pulled out a smartphone from his pocket.
In the post-apocalyptic world, phones and computers had become obsolete, and only those with connections could find a way to charge their devices using solar power or internal resources.
However, some people, like this soldier, still held onto their obsession with technology, even if it meant sacrificing their rations. This time, his phone addiction actually helped the team provide crucial evidence.
The video started playing, showing the enormous and astonishing flying birds. Although they were not as durable as zombies, their lightning-fast flight speed, razor-sharp claws, and beaks as sharp as weapons, as well as their quick reaction to danger, made the commander’s face twitch.
“…What is the main purpose of these birds? Are they targeting us, or…”
The team leader quickly replied, “Reporting to the commander, they were not targeting us at first. When we arrived at the farmland, they had already landed and were digging up the potatoes and grain we planted. They only started attacking us after we got too close.”
“….Food.” Watching the giant flying birds in the video, which looked like sparrows magnified countless times, the commander’s eyebrows twitched, and he murmured softly: “These things were once considered one of the Four Pests when the country was first established… Now that they’ve grown so large, their danger level might be similar to that of zombies for us now.”
The captain, who didn’t quite catch the commander’s words, looked at him blankly, waiting for his next question or order.
“You guys go back and rest for now, someone will come to ask for more details later. Just take a few days off to recover after submitting the report.”
“Yes, sir!” Several soldiers saluted and left the room.
The commander rubbed his face with some helplessness and let out a long sigh. “Misfortunes never come singly. Call Professor Li over.”
“Yes.” The police officer quickly left the room, and soon a young soldier hurried over.
“Did you find any results on the search for a healing ability user within the base that we discussed with Site 5 last time?”
Upon hearing the commander’s words, Professor Li’s expression turned sour.
“Sir, we have intensified the search within the base, but we still haven’t found anyone with this ability… We discussed this with the experts from the research institute, and this type of ability user is likely to be extremely rare. Finding one in Site 5 could have been a special case.”
The commander smiled helplessly: “Of course, I know this is likely to be a special case. However, this type of ability user is crucial for the base. There have been cases of ordinary people suddenly developing abilities within the base, right? You should focus on whether any of these new ability users have this unique ability.”
“Yes!”
“Is that the thing that flew over our heads a few days ago? Is it really a bird?”
Several people gathered around a computer in a room, frowning and discussing.
“It should be a bird, but judging from the distance and size in the footage, it can be confirmed that this is definitely a mutated bird!”
A man in a white coat rubbed his eyes and a spark of excitement flashed in his eyes. “Look here, it’s at least several hundred meters high from where we filmed it, but it still shows such a large size. Without a doubt, its volume is even larger than that of cows and horses we know! It’s definitely not an ordinary bird!”
The people in the room looked at each other, exchanged glances, and then one of them spoke up: “Could it be an eagle? Could it be dangerous to humans?”
“Judging from its size, it looks more like a kind of sparrow, but they were too far away from our base at that time, and our cameras were not specifically designed for high-altitude recording… These animals mutated into this appearance, and they might become aggressive toward humans like zombies… Ah! Mutated birds have appeared, will other mutated animals on land be far behind?!”
The excitement in his eyes could no longer be concealed behind his glasses. He spun around like a wind-up toy: “If we can get a sample and conduct in-depth research… What is the relationship between the change in the appearance of animals and humans becoming zombies or having abilities? Does taking crystal nuclei have any effect on them…”
Seeing the man entering a neurotic state again, the other people in the room gathered together to discuss.
“The cameras in the residential area need to be adjusted. From today on, we must increase aerial surveillance!”
“How many devices do we have left? Can we increase the monitoring range a bit more? In case there really are mutated animals…”
“The villa area is still too small compared to our manpower. Once there are large-scale zombies or mutated animals, our existing weapons can’t defend us for long…”
“It seems that we need to organize a team again to go to the other points and get some things back.”
“Yes, hopefully, the military hasn’t had a chance to go get those things yet…”
Thanks for the update
Hopefully no cameras in Wei Xian’s happy zombie land….
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Mad scientists = troubles
I trying to figure out in my mind how looks giant sparrow
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Thanks for the chapter!