Chapter 344: There are people!

"Luezi, how long can the drone fly on a charge?"

Zhang Su felt the drone's powerful propulsion and asked with some concern. Just like an internal combustion engine, the more violent the power it bursts out, the more astonishing the fuel consumption rate. For example, a Bugatti, on a single tank of fuel at a limit speed of 420 kilometers per hour, can only be driven for about nine minutes...

Wu Lue answered while carefully controlling the drone to descend slowly, "Normally, flying for an hour is no problem. But now that the temperature is so low, hmm... it should be able to last thirty or forty minutes on a full charge, I guess... if it were to transport cargo, that wouldn't work!"

A total of two drones were found from the Green Dragon Legion. One was a transport drone, which could carry twenty or thirty kilograms, while the one Wu Lue was controlling was a reconnaissance type, which could carry at most no more than four kilograms.

Zhang Su nodded with relief when he heard it could fly for half an hour, and also focused his attention on the screen, beginning to observe the situation inside the fertilizer plant earnestly.

The terrain was open, without obstacles or interference. Wu Lue had no difficulty controlling the drone. The speed might not be fast, but it could wander around the fertilizer plant very calmly.

First was the production area. One could tell at a glance that an explosion had occurred. The factory buildings had collapsed, the cooling towers and chimneys had fallen to the ground, and various chemical substances had spilled. After the previous rain, it was in a mess. Reaction areas, crushing areas, drying areas, etc., could not be distinguished at all, leaving only a ruin.

"What a pity for so many raw materials."

"Yeah, sigh, don't talk about how advanced modern manufacturing is. Once it leaves human control, problems arise in minutes!"

"If this fertilizer plant could operate, it would be much easier for us to farm in the future..."

The group looked at the messy factory buildings and felt very emotional. Pesticides and fertilizers were important factors for high yields in modern agriculture. Without these things, once all the improved seeds were used up, the things grown in the future would only be increasingly disappointing.

"Don't think so far ahead, let's take care of this winter first!"

Zhang Su was a combination of an optimist and a pessimist. He remained optimistic when facing difficulties himself, but if he considered problems from the collective perspective, he was definitely pessimistic, because he believed in one sentence: pessimists are always right, optimists always move forward!

"Nothing else to see, let's go, let's go."

"Don't move!"

Just as Wu Lue intended to control the drone to fly away from the production area, Zhang Su stopped him, then pointed to the screen and said, "That corner, yes, turn right, go down, zoom in!"

Following Zhang Su's command, a zombie appeared on the screen!

The unlucky zombie was stuck under a pile of steel frames. Hearing the sound of the drone, it stubbornly raised its eyeballs. The only part it could move was a palm, which kept scratching toward the sky. It could be seen that it had never received a supplement of blood food and was already skinny as a rail, but due to the supplement of solar energy, it was still alive. As for how long it could last before it completely died, there was no data on that for the time being.

"Hmm... can't tell if it's a venom zombie."

Wang Xin stroked his chin and said with a frown.

The rest of the group also shook their heads one after another.

Zhang Su squinted and looked. Because it was the image transmitted back by the camera, he couldn't break through the limit of the image, and the clothes on the zombie were quite complete, making it impossible to judge. So he said, "Get closer, see if it has any desire to attack, but don't get too close. It would be terrible if it sprayed a mouthful of old phlegm and broke the drone!"

Wu Lue nodded and carefully controlled the drone to approach the zombie bit by bit. The awesome camera could actually display distance within ten meters. When it approached to three meters, he didn't dare to continue approaching.

Zhang Su looked at it earnestly and curled his lip, "Let's go, ordinary stuff."

"Damn... this zombie should be a native of the fertilizer plant, why didn't it mutate?"

Lu Yubo also felt very frustrated. He had reached the point of worshiping the explosion of venom stock solution.

Zhang Su shrugged and said, "Who knows? Damn, if only we could mass-produce this kind of mutated zombie, it would be equivalent to us having an endless supply of venom stock solution!"

"Ha, if that were really the case, who would we be afraid of in the future? We would directly have the entire Qingcheng, no, the entire Hebei Province under Tianmayu's management!" Lu Yubo laughed quite happily.

Chen Hanzhou's eyes lit up when he heard Zhang Su's words, and he said, "Brother Su, I think your idea has potential. Go back and study it with Dr. Fu, give it a try!"

During this period, Chen Hanzhou often chatted with Fu Weijun, mainly because Fu Weijun dragged him to chat, wanting to know more about what happened after being bitten by a zombie. In the conversation, Chen Hanzhou was also infected by Fu Weijun's fanaticism, and now his curiosity and desire for exploration were stronger than before.

"I feel the opportunity for mutation is not that simple, otherwise why didn't that zombie stuck in the factory mutate just now... However, whether there are dates or not, hit three poles. I'll chat with Dr. Fu when I go back. Hey, Luezi, be careful, fly slower!"

While chatting, Zhang Su saw the image on the screen flash and felt nervous, deeply afraid that something would go wrong with the drone.

"The signal transmission is very sensitive, Brother Su, don't worry."

Wu Lue was a bit sleazy at ordinary times, but when he picked up electronic equipment, as long as he wasn't learning from a teacher, he was like a different person, very confident and earnest.

The drone hovered steadily in the fertilizer plant, high and low. When the speed dropped to a certain level, the lens was very stable, and the situation in the factory could be seen very clearly.

The group standing in front of the screen couldn't help but feel the power of high technology. Even before the disaster broke out, they had never come into contact with such products. Even Wu Lue, who was most interested in electronic products, could only play with entry-level products due to his tight budget, which was eight streets away from this military-grade drone.

However, no matter how clear the camera was, not finding what they wanted was still frustrating. More than ten minutes passed, and the dilapidated factory had been circled once. If it were looking for a bunch of keys, it might be missed, but a human-sized zombie could be easily discovered. There were only three zombies in total, all ordinary stuff.

"Damn, why is this venom zombie so rare, like a golden legend..."

Wu Lue controlled the joystick in frustration.

"Haha, if it really were a golden legend, it would be normal for it to be rare..."

Wang Xin was amused by Wu Lue's words.

"Golden legend... forget it, maybe the venom zombie Dr. Fu dissected was a unique piece, come back."

Zhang Su smacked his lips, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, took off his gloves, and prepared to get in the car to continue searching nearby. However, just as he took a final glance at the screen, his brow furrowed.

"Luezi, don't move!"

"You scared me!"

Wu Lue was startled and bounced, and even the image trembled.

"People, Brother Su, there are people!"

This time, without Zhang Su's reminder, Lu Yubo had already discovered the abnormality from the screen!

When the drone rose to a certain height, the camera aimed at the wasteland on the other side of the factory. Beside a cluster of weeds, a crouching figure appeared!

Because the disaster occurred when it was just autumn and not cold, the clothes on the zombies were very thin. After these days passed, some were already in tatters, and the more miserable ones only had cloth strips hanging on their bodies. But the figure hiding beside the weed pile was clearly wearing a lot, and one could tell at a glance that it was a person, not a zombie!

"Not good, Brother Su, this guy has discovered the drone!"

"Luezi, can you stop talking nonsense? If he didn't discover the drone, could he hide there and watch? You should say he discovered that we discovered him!"

Zhang Su was speechless and corrected Wu Lue's mistake. He clearly saw the person beside the grass stand up slowly, watching the drone with a very tense movement. The estimated distance was about a hundred meters away. By logic, he shouldn't see the camera pointing at him, but he had already started to be on guard, which showed that his wariness was very heavy.

"Brother Su, what do we do?"

Wu Lue didn't know what to do for a moment. Just staring at each other like this was very awkward.

"Zoom in."

"Okay!"

Wu Lue followed Zhang Su's request and zoomed in the camera focus. Soon, a clearer figure appeared on the screen.

"What is this guy wearing... it's a mess!"

Zhang Su said faintly, "This person should be a lone wolf, that's why he's in rags. Look at the four bags on him, he shouldn't have a fixed camp. Hmm? Haha, still testing the drone."

While the group was studying the mysterious person, the mysterious person walked left and right between the ridges, seemingly wanting to observe whether the drone's camera would follow and turn.

"Luezi, tease him, see what his reaction is!"

"Alright."

Wu Lue gently pushed the joystick and continued to fly to a further place. In a wide place, even five kilometers could be remotely controlled. Currently, it was only four or five hundred meters, with no pressure at all.

Hum.

The drone's wings rotated, stirring the airflow and flying against the wind, approaching the mysterious person at a very fast speed, and then slammed on the brakes and hovered in the air, with a very cool movement.

The mysterious person was startled by the drone rushing toward him, but his reaction speed was very fast. He immediately hid behind a tree four or five meters away, seemingly knowing that the drone could carry weapons, fearing being attacked by the other party!

"This guy has very good skills!"

Zhang Su could see the other party's movements through the camera. The series of actions were not sloppy at all. He looked bloated but his figure was very agile. There was only one possibility for this: he had practiced, and it was very systematic training.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 345 =====