Chapter 304: Zombie Modification Fluid

"The matter just now hasn't been finished, Mr. Xie. Later, what happened after Li Zhaohua injected himself with the modification fluid?"

Zhang Su didn't dwell on the Edge Squad's affairs anymore.

"After Li Zhaohua injected himself with five doses of modification fluid, things became uncontrollable!"

Xie Yanshan's face showed a painful expression: "He was in a manic state at the time. A single punch could deform a safe, and even bulletproof glass couldn't resist the impact of his body. His muscles and bones were greatly improved. We were terrified. In our anxiety, I saw a remote control fall from Li Zhaohua. I knew it was the remote control for the laboratory's self-destruct device..."

Xie Yanshan stopped here, and the painful memories in his mind began to stimulate him.

"So it was Mr. Xie who pressed the explosion button."

Zhang Su nodded thoughtfully, secretly thinking this person was quite brave and should have wanted to die with Li Zhaohua. However, the other party's answer was unexpected.

Xie Yanshan shook his head: "Mr. Zhang overestimates my courage. I knew something was wrong as soon as I saw the remote control fall to the ground. My heart was in my throat! The threat changed from Li Zhaohua to an explosion, because at that time there was a barrier between Li Zhaohua and us, so he wouldn't cause us any harm. But if he detonated the explosives in a manic state, everyone would be finished."

"We were all panicked at the time. One colleague stood up and volunteered to go into the room to pick up the remote control. Except for me, everyone else strongly encouraged him to go pick it up. It wasn't that I was so righteous... it was because I knew Little Zhao was determined to die at the time, and we wouldn't be able to escape if we were all burned together, so I didn't let him go..."

Xie Yanshan seemed very afraid that others would have beautiful misunderstandings, so he explained and then continued: "Unfortunately, the arm couldn't twist the thigh. Since they all agreed, I had no choice. So when Little Zhao walked into the room where Li Zhaohua was, I hurriedly hid in the storage room. I don't know what happened later. By the time there was movement again, it was a heaven-shaking explosion..."

Zhang Su took the insurance box, looked at it, and then handed it to Xie Yanshan.

Zhang Su thought secretly. According to Xie Yanshan, that made sense. When he was standing on the tank talking to Pan Guoliang, someone suddenly died. It should have been Little Zhao. He pressed the button before being killed. He estimated that the self-destruct explosion had a small delay, so it happened about twenty seconds later!

"Why did Li Zhaohua suddenly inject himself with modification fluid?"

"Hmm?"

Xie Yanshan took the object and looked at it, suddenly making an unexpected move.

Xie Yanshan squinted and reached out with both hands to feel forward.

As he spoke, he twisted his body and dug out an insurance box that looked like a glass thermos from a pile of ruins. Inside lay a test tube, the thickness of an ordinary adult's index finger and half the length of a chopstick. Inside the test tube was a bright red liquid, not like human blood, but a bit like diluted red ink.

Zhang Su asked the most critical question. If not for this incident, there would have been hope to recruit all the members of the Edge Squad; what a massive force that would have been!

"He craved power, craved to possess the power of 003 and 004." Xie Yanshan said in a deep voice: "Li Zhaohua personally participated in all the modified zombie experiments. He told me more than once that humans could also possess such abilities, and he wanted to be the first!"

Pang Dakun, who found it boring to listen to the few of them chatting, suddenly spoke up while digging through the ruins with his butt stuck out, calling Zhang Su: "Uncle, Uncle, come and see, what kind of treasure is this?"

Unexpectedly, Pang Dakun's movements were agile, as if he knew Xie Yanshan's actions in advance. He flew and pounced, hugging the glass insurance box in his arms, then squatted on the ground to unload the force, stood up, and cursed.

"Hey!"

Everyone was silent. Through Xie Yanshan's description, everyone could guess that the one who pressed the remote control was Little Zhao, whose goal was naturally to die with the half-human, half-zombie Li Zhaohua. But in the end, his wish didn't come true.

A little thief king, how could he let the treasure he got be damaged in someone else's hands? That was a slap in the face!

"Warning you, don't mess around!"

"Ah, hey!"

The crazy guy did indeed do it, it was just that it might have been different from his expectations.

"Hey!"

Qi Xiaoshuai and Lu Yubo were the first to sandwich Xie Yanshan in the middle, with a dagger and a grain sampler pressed against his neck and heart.

"You old thing, shameless. Dakun-ye found a treasure and brought it for you to see, and you actually dared to smash it. Are you crazy?"

Zhang Su didn't expect the other party to want to destroy the test tube without a word. It was a pity that the other party's actions were too decisive, and he even avoided him slightly. He really couldn't react in time.

"Here, Mr. Xie."

"Come, let me see..."

He saw him raise the insurance box high and smash it toward the ground, as if the thing in his hand carried an unforgivable sin that had to be crushed.

"Mr. Xie, what do you mean by this?"

Zhang Su was speechless. If it weren't for the subtitles showing that the other party had already surrendered to him, he would definitely have reason to suspect this guy had ulterior motives.

"Sigh." Xie Yanshan let out a heavy sigh: "After wandering on the edge of life and death, I realized many of my past mistakes. Things like zombie modification fluid are too evil and shouldn't exist in this world."

Pang Dakun was stunned when he heard Xie Yanshan's words. He didn't expect that what he found was zombie modification fluid, and he patted the dust off it even more like it was a treasure.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Zhang Su scolded sternly: "Is the horde that destroyed the Green Dragon Corps evil? Are the zombies that feed on human flesh evil? Are the alien races that invade human civilization evil?"

"Hmm?"

Xie Yanshan originally had a bitter, dead look, but when he heard Zhang Su's last question, he suddenly perked up and looked at him with highly nearsighted eyes: "Mr. Zhang, do you know the cause of the disaster? Can you tell me?"

"Damn it, I'm asking you a question, you answer me first! Is it evil to modify people who are destined not to live into zombies, or is it evil for zombies to feed on humans?"

"Zombies are evil, zombies are more evil." Xie Yanshan nodded repeatedly, his attitude changing drastically, agreeing with Zhang Su's point of view very cooperatively.

"Are you willing to study diligently in the future and provide help for your companions to resist zombies?" Zhang Su shouted face-to-face, as if worried the other party couldn't see his expression clearly.

"Willing, willing!"

Xie Yanshan nodded repeatedly. Even if he was sprayed with a face full of spit, he didn't dare to wipe it off. Feeling the anger of his savior made him terrified. Sure enough, kindness doesn't command troops, and goodness doesn't make an official. How could a leader be polite?

"Very good!"

Zhang Su's nose almost touched the other party's nose, and he gripped the other party's shoulders heavily with both hands: "So, was that thing just now zombie modification fluid?"

"Yes, that's right..."

Xie Yanshan felt the heat sprayed on his face, and his expression was very strange.

"Bozai, take Mr. Xie to the vehicle to rest, don't come over anymore!"

Zhang Su let go of Xie Yanshan's arm and gave Lu Yubo a wink.

"Alright, come, Mr. Xie, let's go." Lu Yubo raised the grain sampler and pointed to a direction that was easier to climb.

Xie Yanshan didn't resist and climbed out of the ruins with Lu Yubo's help.

After Xie Yanshan left, Pang Dakun, who was sitting on the side full of unhappiness, stood up, handed the glass insurance box to Zhang Su, and said: "That person is very bad!"

Zhang Su smiled and rubbed Pang Dakun's head: "He's not bad, he just received too much of a shock, and his mindset had a problem. He'll be fine. Uh... let more people come down, keep digging, and see if there's anything else worth taking!"

Since he could find one tube of zombie modification fluid, maybe there were other things. Zhang Su didn't intend to let go of any possibility.

Continuing to rummage within the safe range, they lived up to expectations and found two more modification fluids. Unfortunately, one was broken and leaking liquid, so they couldn't take it because they didn't know the specific situation and didn't even dare to touch it casually.

There were no other gains.

After searching the command post ruins, everyone began to move weapons from the weapons warehouse. Zhang Su didn't participate in these heavy and tiring tasks. He took a few people to find the other tank.

"Old Pan, you have to teach me how to drive a tank. We have to drive these two tanks back!"

Zhang Su jumped into the tank driver's compartment, observing that everything was in good condition, feeling very happy. However, one sentence from Pan Guoliang made him wilt.

"Sorry, Brother Zhang, you can at most drive the one I was hiding in before, because the engine of this tank is already 'oh-oh'."

Pan Guoliang made a clown smile.

"'Oh-oh'? What does that mean..."

Zhang Su didn't quite understand Pan Guoliang's joke.

"The engine was removed. Don't know what they took it for."

"No wonder the driver's seat is so new, damn..." Zhang Su patted the tank armor helplessly. He loved this thing too much. Regardless of whether it was a petrified zombie, a flaming zombie, or a venomous zombie, he would crush them all!

"Uh... it's fine if we can't drive it, let's move the shells."

Zhang Su was just about to climb into the gunner's compartment when Pan Guoliang stopped him again, shaking his head: "Don't bother, the stored shells are all fired..."

"Damn it! I didn't see you fire many shots the night before last, how come they're gone?"

Zhang Su didn't feel well. He thought to himself, could it really only be placed in the camp as a mascot?

"We fired, we fired more than twenty rounds! It's just that the hit rate was a bit poor..."

Pan Guoliang shrugged.

"I just want to know if there are any tank shells in the camp now?" Zhang Su's mood wasn't very good. Tank shells weren't easy to make.

Pan Guoliang held up two fingers and said: "There are two in the tank I was hiding in. You can look for them in the weapons warehouse, but it's probably not enough..."

Zhang Su shook his head and walked toward the weapons warehouse where everyone was busy. In fact, he could understand. In peacetime, the barracks wouldn't be equipped with too much firepower, especially heavy firepower like tank shells.

As expected, they found some firearms, bullets, and grenades, and even some rocket launchers and grenade launchers, but didn't find a trace of tank shells. Zheng Xin and Zhang Ya followed everyone to move things while doing statistics, and finally reported the general situation to Zhang Su.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 305 =====