coobybook Chapter 144 Chaos Begins 3
Chapter 144 Chaos Begins 3
It has been a month since the appearance of the infected body. The black fog that has been shrouding the world has finally dissipated, revealing the long-lost sunshine.
However, the outside world had already become lifeless at this time. Zagrous scanned with his spiritual sense and found that the streets of the city outside were full of tattered infected bodies wandering around aimlessly. Zagrous's "gardener" had already cleaned up several waves of infected bodies that broke in accidentally for him.
After a month of settling, these infected bodies have shown obvious evolution. They are no longer as slow as they were at the beginning. Once they find living things, they run as fast as humans.
However, this is only the first stage. Zagros discovered that the crystal cores in their brains had grown to the size of sesame seeds. This was obviously because the thick fog before had provided him with the initial power for evolution.
At present, these infected bodies have no intelligence, only some instincts. They rely entirely on hearing and vision to detect prey. Once found, they will chase it tirelessly.
The situation on the human side is not very good at the moment. Although most people obeyed the government's arrangements and hid at home, no one expected that the fog would last for a month. Most people have run out of ammunition and food at home, and these people have no choice but to go out to find food.
The government's army also needed some time to transition. After all, the infected bodies never discriminated against anyone, and many people in the army were infected. Fortunately, they were well prepared, and relying on the defense plans that had been learned in advance, they were able to barely control the situation.
However, these armies have to face not only the infected, but also humans. Some people with dark hearts are no longer bound by the law and naturally act erratically. Many riots in the city were caused by them. The army needs to check the resettlement sites while searching and rescuing the trapped people, and they are overwhelmed by these people.
Now the army is trying its best to maintain order. They first have to clear the pre-planned safe zone, which will be left for the survivors to live in. Then they have to continue collecting supplies and clear the infected bodies encountered along the way. At this stage, as long as the bullet hits the head, the infected body can be easily dealt with.
Zagros has also studied this. It's probably about changing the crystal core in the infected body's brain to prevent it from sending commands to the limbs through the brain. Once the brain is damaged, the connection between the soul and the body is severed, and the infected body will naturally die.
However, it is obvious that the speed at which the infected bodies spread exceeded the experts' estimates at the time. These infected bodies are not afraid of firearms and will be fine as long as they are not hit in the head.
The armies in various places cannot send too many people out for search and rescue. After all, the most important thing is to defend the existing bases. Therefore, even if some teams are sent out, they are mainly responsible for collecting supplies. They will naturally rescue those who can be rescued, but more often they will encounter large numbers of zombies. Once they encounter them, they will be unable to resist, because as long as a little bit of the infected body fluid enters the body, it will easily cause mutation.
The most important thing is that since the appearance of the infected body, the army has become somewhat unstable. Because of the disconnection of communications, many soldiers are worried about their own situation, which has led to a loss of morale. Some even want to withdraw from the guard, which has also made it difficult for the army to move forward in the doomsday.
Since the appearance of the black fog, the supply of all materials has been completely cut off, which is undoubtedly a huge blow to the safe zone. The government had already prepared a large amount of compressed food, but now it is a protracted war, and these materials are definitely not enough.
So in this situation, the safe zone must make a choice - whose food supply should be prioritized?
The answer is obvious. They must first ensure the supply of the army. Because only a strong army can resist the attack of the infected and protect the remaining humans. If there is not enough food to maintain the physical strength and combat effectiveness of the soldiers, the entire safe zone will face a catastrophe.
This is no longer an ordinary war-torn era, and every decision is related to life and death. Therefore, limited resources must be used in the most critical areas to ensure that the soldiers on the front line have enough food and maintain a good fighting state.
Therefore, as long as you enter the safe zone, you can only eat your fill. As for any kind of enjoyment, don't even think about it. Unless you were an upper-class person and received the news and prepared a shelter early, otherwise you can only obey the rules of the safe zone.
The safe zone will not restrict your personal freedom, but will only provide the simplest two meals. It is already the best they can do to ensure that you do not starve to death.
However, if you want to get better supplies from the safe zone, you have to go out and look for them yourself, or you have to complete the tasks assigned by the safe zone. Most of these are logistical work. In order to allow those soldiers who have gone through life and death to get a better rest, basic work such as washing clothes and growing vegetables must be completed by the survivors.
Now, the more you work, the more you get, and if you don't work, you get nothing. Governments in various places have tried their best to maintain the human magic circle, so they can only use severe punishments in troubled times.
However, even so, there are still countless people in the city who cannot get to the safe zone. After all, the safe zones are mostly located in the suburbs, which have long been built by the military. The army will scatter pre-printed maps when they go out to look for supplies every day. Because most of the power systems have long been damaged by the black fog, broadcasting is impossible, and a large amount of noise will also attract more infected bodies, so they can only use leaflets to convey information about the safe zones to survivors.
As for letting the army attack the infected? Don't dream. With the current population, even a small city like Jianghuai, which is a third- or fourth-tier city, has at least three or four million people. If distributed to each county, there are 200,000 or 300,000 people. Even with the influence of Zagros's power, at least half of the people will be infected. How can you let the army deal with it?
Zagrous had scanned the area with his spiritual sense before. Take the neighborhood where he used to live for example. There were several infected households in almost every building. Most of them were now trapped in their homes, but there were still many infected bodies scattered in various corners of the city through various channels. The street outside was full of infected bodies wandering around.
Therefore, if human beings in this world want to survive, they must rely on their own efforts and luck.
Of course, there is always a way out. When the black fog covered the world, although it brought disaster, it also brought an evolution to mankind. As time went by, Zagreus found that the humans in this world were getting stronger every day, and they were gradually adapting to this black fog environment mixed with spiritual energy.
After some ordinary people absorbed the black mist through breathing, skin contact, etc., their physical strength was greatly improved. Some ordinary people's physical strength was gradually getting stronger, and their endurance and strength were significantly improved. Some brave people also found their own changes, and they could easily find some food for themselves if they put some thought into it.
As for the remaining small group of people, Zagros felt that they were naturally luckier than others because they were born in harmony with certain laws of the world and possessed the talent and potential to become psychics. Therefore, when the spiritual energy first appeared, these seeds of superpowers had already been sent into the souls of these people by the world, waiting to grow rapidly when the spiritual energy appeared.
However, superpowers cannot be stimulated at will, and they require certain conditions to awaken. Usually, only when life and death are at stake, and life is threatened, will the soul trigger the body's protective mechanism and superpowers truly manifest.
Therefore, although these people have the talent to become superpowers, if they have not experienced a real crisis, they may never be able to stimulate the seeds in their bodies. After all, the world has wasted so much of its essence and what it needs are warriors, not cowards who only know how to hide behind others.
This is why many people with special abilities awaken only in unexpected events or extreme circumstances. This is also the first test that the world gives to people with special abilities.
After all, the earlier you awaken, the more black fog you will absorb in the mutated energy. These mutated black fog energies are important substances that determine the rapid growth of superpowers. As the world continues to purify the black fog, and those mutants are also scrambling to absorb the black fog, this most original energy will only become less and less.
If you miss the first wave of mutations, the later superpowers will always lag behind. The black fog in the world is getting less and less, and absorbing a certain amount of energy is not enough. At that time, you need to quickly get crystal cores from the infected body to improve your superpowers. In this era, people will always fall behind because of losing the initiative.
Zagros got a shell of Huang Jue. His luck was obviously good. He could feel that he had also obtained the supernatural seed of this world. However, because he was too powerful, the seed could not even penetrate his skin.