Chapter 305: Challenge Completed!

After listening to the material report, Zhang Su found that they were all conventional weapons. Puzzled, he asked: "I clearly saw drones that night, where did the drones go?"

That thing had an unexpected effect when dealing with zombies. If used well, it could completely wipe out the horde without a single soldier being lost. It was a high-tech piece of equipment that Zhang Su was very greedy for, which could raise the camp's defense capability to a quite high level.

"There weren't many drones, all of them were put into battle, but we should still be able to find some. I remember they were recovered after spraying pheromones at the time. They should be in the equipment box. Zombies aren't interested in that thing, and the operators didn't have time to pack them up..."

Pan Guoliang pointed to the direction of the west wall, where the battle was the most tragic.

"Go, you guys come with me to find them."

Zhang Su personally took a few people and ran toward the west wall.

"Bloody and flying" could no longer describe the tragedy of the scene. Because the horde had caught fire, many corpses became abnormally gruesome after being burned, once again challenging everyone's endurance.

For the well-trained crowd, their adaptability was not bad. They soon focused their attention on finding the drones. It wasn't difficult; they found a black box half a person's height from a corner, similar to a rifle transfer box. Because it was in the corner, it wasn't affected and was well-preserved, just a bit dirty.

"Brother Su, can we open it and see?"

"So that's how it is."

"Lüzi, you said a lot, but you didn't mention the two indicators I most want to know... do you know the remote control distance and flight time?"

"How did you see that? There's no name."

"As for flight time..." Wu Lue found parameters related to the battery and said: "Calculated according to this battery capacity, the theoretical flight time can reach three hours, but the actual situation definitely can't do that. At least cut it in half. Hmm... if it's just flying without filming anything, an hour and a half shouldn't be a problem."

While speaking, Wu Lue took the drone out of the box, unfolding the wings as gently as if caring for skin. The drone, like an alien spider, appeared in his hand.

"Of course you can. If you know how to use it, I'll let you operate it in the future."

*Snap, snap. * Wu Lue opened the box buckle and carefully lifted the lid. When he saw the items displayed inside, his eyes lit up.

Zhang Su didn't expect to use drones for combat. The biggest role was reconnaissance and attracting zombies, so these two parameters were the most critical.

"Ten kilometers?"

"Ten kilometers is enough. Then what about flight time?"

"Haha, Brother Su, this is absolutely good stuff. You know that brand in our country that keeps claiming it doesn't produce military drones, right? This is their cutting-edge product, and it's not the ordinary version, it's completely an upgraded version of the civilian one..."

"Heh heh." Wu Lue smiled mysteriously and said: "It would be bad if the name was written on it, but the models of these accessories can't be faked. Although some parts have been deliberately strengthened, they have the same accessories on several cutting-edge products. Even if it wasn't produced independently by them, it was jointly developed with some department!"

Zhang Su frowned, mobilizing the map modeling stored in his mind. If it was a straight-line distance of ten kilometers, it would be enough to lead the horde to the United Village quarry or the sea river ditch next to Xidaying Village.

The theoretical state is like putting a car on a gantry frame and measuring fuel consumption with the tires spinning in the air; it only has a little reference significance.

Wu Lue studied the drone in his hand like he had found a treasure.

Zhao Dezhu was surprised. Wu Lue rarely spoke so eloquently, and he believed it a few points.

Zhang Su also wanted to see. He had thought about buying a drone to play with before, but after asking around, many places in Qincheng had flight restrictions, and he instantly lost interest.

"The civilian version can carry three kilograms, the military version at least doubles it. Hard indicators like ascent speed, flight time, and wind resistance will definitely have corresponding improvements. Haha, it's equipped with a loudspeaker, holy crap, and a 30x zoom lens, and thermal imaging? This is too awesome."

Wu Lue touched the black box with eyes full of light, not minding the dried mucus and blood stains on it at all. He had no resistance to two things: all kinds of electronic products, and teachers of various styles.

"Hmm... the remote control distance depends on the environment. The difference is very large. Without considering special interference sources, if there are buildings blocking it, I estimate it's at most one kilometer, maybe even less... Regardless of whether it's military or civilian, it's very difficult to make a breakthrough in this aspect. After all, the physical limit is there. But if you stand on the edge of Lishan and release it, ten kilometers is no pressure!"

Zhao Dezhu was surprised. There was no brand name on the drone.

Zhang Su didn't even bother to calculate it by the hour. He waved his hand and said: "According to the speed at which zombies run now, flying for this long is enough. With this thing, five thousand, no, ten thousand scale hordes will not pose any threat to us."

To completely wipe out ten thousand zombies, even if Lishan had terrain advantages and sophisticated weapons and equipment, it would still be a fierce battle. If they were slightly careless, they would lose their lives. But now, only one person needed to operate the drone to lead the ten thousand scale horde away. The power of technology...

"Eh, Brother Su, what do you think the Green Dragon Corps was thinking? With this kind of equipment, why did they still fight the horde to the death?"

Wu Lue asked very puzzledly, gently stroking the drone's exquisite blades, unable to put it down.

Zhang Su looked around. The tragic scene made him sigh, and he said deeply: "They had a big family and a big business and weren't willing to leave, plus they were probably overconfident. When the horde was five kilometers away, they should have known. Eh, Old Pan, why didn't you guys lead away a portion of the zombies at the time?"

He turned his head to look at Pan Guoliang. Thinking back, he couldn't understand this matter. According to the Green Dragon Corps' situation, even if they had to fight hard, it wouldn't have hindered them from diverting the horde to reduce the pressure. But according to the situation they observed, no traces of the horde were found in other places.

Judging from the scale of the horde attacking the barracks, if they had dispatched ten to fifteen vehicles to guide them in turns, plus some people operating drones, it was even possible that the horde would have changed course before they even walked to the barracks. It would have been a true victory without a fight.

Pan Guoliang spread his hands with a grimace: "I'm not qualified to participate in tactical discussions, but there must be a reason for making such a stupid decision. I think it has to do with factional infighting, that little bit of friction between the Commander and the Deputy Commander."

"Damn. Playing power struggles until the whole camp is gone?"

Zhang Su was stunned after listening. He had learned from the several squad captains of the grain collection team before that there were factional struggles within the Green Dragon Corps, but in his view, regardless of how they fought internally, they should be united when facing foreign enemies...

If it was really as Pan Guoliang said, then the destruction of the Green Dragon Corps wasn't unjust at all. At the same time, this matter also sounded an alarm for Zhang Su. Internal unity was very important. Fortunately, he had super hearing, and wanting to form cliques under his nose was as difficult as reaching the sky!

"Don't worry about those. Uh, everyone look around and see if there are any more drone boxes. Even if they're broken, bring them all!"

Zhang Su didn't care about the Green Dragon Corps' mess anymore. Anyway, it had become history. He only needed to draw some lessons from it. Now, in the northern part of Qincheng, Lishan had become the largest force.

"Come on, let me study this iron lump properly!"

Zhang Su took people toward the tank where Pan Guoliang was hiding. Without a word, he opened the driver's hatch and drilled in. As a commander, he might not have the chance to drive a tank during battle, but he still wanted to experience it.

*Thud. * Jumping into the narrow driver's compartment, Zhang Su hadn't had time to look left and right when subtitles appeared in his mind.

【Conquer 60% of the Green Dragon Corps members within one month, Difficulty: A, Completed】

【Reward: Spare Energy Slot * 2】

"???"

Zhang Su was already accustomed to the elusive subtitles, but this reward made him slightly unclear about its specific function.

"What is an energy slot?"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Su saw three progress bars appear in his mind next to 【Insight Tag 10/20】. They should be the so-called energy slots. The first energy slot was blue, and the blue progress bar was at the forty-something percent position. The remaining two were in a gray state, and there were three words on them: Not Enabled.

"Oh! Does energy mean my physical strength? Or state? Vitality? But how come it's only forty-five percent? I don't feel that tired..."

Zhang Su scratched his head. A lot of things happened on this trip today: leading zombies, killing zombies, wiping out Lei Youliang's team, and then experiencing explosions and modified zombies. But to say he was very tired, he didn't feel it obviously. Even if he stayed up for another night, he could hold on.

"Forget it, just treat it as physical state. Three tubes of physical strength, does that mean my endurance is off the charts now?"

In the pitch-black tank driver's compartment, a strange smile appeared on Zhang Su's face.

"Can I activate the spare energy when my own energy isn't exhausted?"

Zhang Su's heart moved, and he immediately saw the words "Not Enabled" on the second energy slot disappear. At the same time, it moved to the energy slot representing himself. The original position left a phantom. The overlapping energy slots flashed with light, and it went directly from forty-five percent to full, flashing with a bright blue light, giving people a feeling of fullness.

"Hmm?"

Zhang Su's eyes lit up. He could clearly feel his brain clear up instantly, and at the same time, his muscles were full of vitality, his whole body was full of strength, his breathing was smooth, and his heartbeat was strong.

He hadn't felt this comfortable for a long, long time, so long that he couldn't remember when the last time was!

It was the feeling of fully training the day before, having sore muscles all over, going into a sauna, then getting a massage, and finally waking up naturally the next day.

In short, two words: Thorough!

"Is this really just as simple as filling up the energy? Is there a certain strengthening effect? No... perhaps this is the real perfect state of me. It seems that my energy hasn't been full when I wake up every day!"

Zhang Su sighed with emotion, feeling that his full-energy state was simply like being reborn.

The intuitive feeling was indeed obvious, and there were some benefits he hadn't experienced for the time being. For example, as long as the energy was kept above eighty percent, immunity would be greatly improved, and he could resist ordinary viruses and basically wouldn't get sick.

Except for the invasion of zombie robots...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 306 =====