124: Chapter 124 Zong Zhengyue Experiment

Soon, a deep pit was dug, and he took out the Transmitter, placed it in the pit, and then refilled it.

After all the work was done, the Soldier did not leave, standing quietly in the fire circle, waiting. He had a protective suit on, so even if the Rats attacked, he was not afraid.

One minute, two minutes…

An hour quickly passed, and the Zombie Rats outside showed no reaction.

"What's going on? Is it not working?" The Soldier muttered to himself as he watched the fire gradually weaken.

If it didn't work, it would be troublesome. Who knew how many people would be bitten? This Settlement would probably be ruined.

Two hours later, the flames of the fire circle extinguished, and the Zombie Rats, as if fearless, extended into the ashes. Although the fire was out, the temperature of the ashes was still very high. As the Rats continuously attacked, the ashes were stirred up everywhere, and a strange, burnt smell with a rotting odor filled the air.

People huddled together, moving towards the center.

Seeing the Rats about to reach them, everyone closed their eyes in despair.

But after waiting for a long time, they felt no pain. They opened their eyes and saw that, centered on them, the Rats were slowly disappearing one by one.

The light was too dim; they couldn't see how these Rats were disappearing.

...

The night passed, and dawn arrived.

The Rats on the street had all disappeared.

The Soldier contacted a plane to pick him up via satellite phone, then hastily left.

The entire street was in a mess, filled with smoke.

Several teams of security personnel moved through the streets and alleys, conducting individual checks on survivors. If anyone was bitten, they were all to be taken to another newly arranged isolation Settlement.

For those who went there, only death awaited them.

Overnight, the death toll at Jiangning Resettlement Center exceeded 1/3, and 2/3 of the survivors were bitten. It was truly tragic.

But there was no other way; this was the apocalypse, this was reality. The deceased were gone, and the living still had to continue living.

Even if someone resisted, it was ultimately futile in the face of the overwhelming situation. The surviving people would not agree to an infected person living with them, as their safety would not be guaranteed.

As for sympathy? Sorry, I sympathize with you, but please leave!

...

The departing Soldier quickly returned to the Commander-in-Chiefs office.

"How is it?" Zongzheng Yue asked anxiously when he saw the returning Soldier.

"Reporting, Commander, it is indeed useful, but..." The Soldier didn't know how to describe it.

"But what?" Zongzheng Yue frowned.

"But it's not quite what we imagined," the Soldier was searching for appropriate words.

"How is it different?" Zongzheng Yue continued to ask.

"How should I put it, the effect is a bit slow," the Soldier replied.

"How slow?" Zongzheng Yue asked step by step. He knew that Soldiers generally had a low level of education, so he let him slowly organize his language.

"Logically, after the Transmitter is buried in the ground, it should take effect immediately, and the Zombie Rats should flee quickly. But in reality, it took almost two hours for the Rats to show any change," the Soldier replied.

"Oh? Is that so?" Zongzheng Yue imagined the scene and pondered for a long time, feeling that a slightly slower effect was acceptable. Perhaps there was some activation process, and it would be fine after activation.

"Anything else?" Zongzheng Yue asked.

"And that is..." The Soldier hesitated.

"What is it?" Zongzheng Yue frowned.

"It's just that the Rats didn't run away, but... they disappeared!" The Soldier forced himself to say it.

He said it, and even he didn't believe it, but the light was too dim at the time, and he might have missed some details.

"Disappeared?" Zongzheng Yue was puzzled.

"How did they disappear?" he continued to ask.

"They just disappeared out of thin air. Commander, the light was a bit dim at the time, but I did see them disappear. As for whether there were other reasons, I don't know," the Soldier said, feeling wronged.

Zongzheng Yue frowned tightly, completely baffled.

So he told the Soldier to rest, and then he called Yan Fangfang.

After Yan Fangfang heard Zongzheng Yue's description, she knew what was going on. Most likely, the nanobots in the Transmitter needed a production process, and then the produced nanobots decomposed the Rats, just like her tag. It was just that the decomposition process was too fast, and he thought they had disappeared.

However, since it was called an Ultrasonic Emitter, she still had to explain it away.

"Uncle Zong, maybe it was too late, and the Soldier saw it wrong? The Rats should have burrowed underground, right? How could they disappear out of thin air? That's not scientific! Besides, what does it matter if they disappeared or ran away? Isn't it enough that it works?" Yan Fangfang comforted him with made-up excuses.

"That's true!" Zongzheng Yue no longer dwelled on it.

As long as it could drive away those annoying Zombie Rats, that was enough. As for the principle behind the Drive away? He wasn't a scientist, why bother his brain with that?

Having confirmed that the Ultrasonic Emitter was indeed useful, Zongzheng Yue felt relieved. However, for the experiment, he wasted one, so he asked Yan Fangfang to restock again.

March 28, 2055.

Afternoon.

Kyoto, Council Building.

"Councilman Yan, please inform everyone about the Zombie Rats," the Speaker said.