Apocalypse: The Stronghold System

Chapter 045: Zombie Kingdom?

Sunlight began to be seen in the eastern horizon, illuminating part of the earth's surface. Morning dew soaks the leaves and makes the soil feel cooler in the morning, it will be complete if there is a birdsong to add a pleasant atmosphere, but what power, what power, it was extremely difficult to find a normal beast in this era.

Fan Chen opened his eyes, unzipped the sleeping bag and sat down. He stretched his body while yawning, still feeling sleepy.

[Blue Printing Headquarters Level 05] [Supervisory Tower ×5, Main Hall Expansion, Tracker Tower Upgrade, Home ×7, Guard Tower ×2, Farm ×1,Bank ×1, Laser Tower ×1]

[Price: 50,000©]

[75,000 Wood, 95,000 Stone, 120,000 Iron, 2,500 Copper, 10,000 Gold, 2,000 Titanium, Power Plant]

[Time: 168 Hours]

Fan Chen scratched his head upon seeing the price to pay to raise the Refuge to Level 05. Just to speed up the upgrade process alone already spent 16,800©, not to mention the Titanium needed, at least requires it to spend ¥265,486,720 to buy 2,000 (Kilograms) Titanium

Then there is a condition that must be met, namely power generation, this is possible for the energy required by the Laser Tower. It would definitely consume a large amount of energy, and it would naturally only be covered by the Controlled Heavy Nuclear Fusion.

Fan Chen wore Smart Glasses and connected them with the Command Center. "Katerina, are you there?"

“Captain, Katerina is here. Is there any need with me?”

Fan Chen stood up, tidying up the sleeping bag. "Report about the Graphene Battery, is it finished?"

“Because already have factory and production line, material, professional labor and technological maturity, Graphene Battery has been successfully produced. But there is still a problem, we cannot mass produce because of electricity constraints. Currently still using solar power.”

Fan Chen nodded his head while listening to the report. "What about the eligibility test? What about when the battery is used in low temperature and hot areas? How long does it take to charge? Is the battery safe?"

“Tes already done. When used in areas with sub-zero temperatures, battery performance decreased by as much as five percent, and in hot temperatures, it dropped by two percent. Charging takes half an hour to charge three million mAh. Then Xu Chen had already tested the safety, we pierced the Graphene Battery with two iron needles, the battery did not burn or explode for at least two hours, but when we connected with the load, the battery slightly let out smoke.”

Fan Chen nodded again, this data alone had already killed many battery manufacturers around the world. Then for the use of Signal Transmitter Drones, he felt Graphene Battery could last months or years to continue flying. But back again, whether the motor on the drone can survive without obstacles?

"How long is the battery life?"

“Xu Chen estimates Graphene Battery can last between three thousand to six thousand years as long as it is in accordance with the usage.”

Fan Chen was silent. He knew the technology he got was incredible, but did not expect it to last that long. According to information in this era, the longest battery can only last for 500 years or 200,000 times the charger.

After receiving the report, Fan Chen turned off the communication. He called half of the group to eat together in the morning, and after the first shift finished eating, the second shift ate first before going southeast.

Fan Chen sat on the front right seat as usual with Fu Shen driving. He still feels pain even though all the wounds have healed, especially in the shoulder that feels uncomfortable.

Song Meiya ate potato chips. He saw the discomfort Fan Chen was experiencing. "Did it it itch? Just hold it, don't scratch it, or get it wet again."

Fan Chen held him down. Originally she wanted to wear the Healing Liquid again to remove this scar and completely heal, but Katerina said letting it go first until it returned to Mingyue Defense for further examination.

Fan Chen looked at Song Meiya who was happily eating potato chips.

"It's so delicious, I haven't eaten it in a long time. Suppose there's a cola, maybe even more remarkable." Song Meiya said in a slightly loud voice.

Fan Chen sighed and leaned back. He had already changed the features of the system, he wanted to change it again, but many features could not be included; such as the unlimited Coin© for example.

Until finally only 200 meters from the point to be addressed, Fu Shen stopped the car and said, "Captain, we're almost there. What lies ahead has changed, last night just ruins, now like a small village."

Fan Chen opened his eyes, wearing Smart Glasses. "Compare the picture captured now with the picture last night."

Fu Shen waved his hand, revealing a screen floating in the air that could only be seen by those wearing Smart Glasses.

Fan Chen looked at it, he found the image on the left extremely dark, but there were red streaks hidden within the ruins, those red lines forming an incomplete structure of the human body. The right image is the ruins that have been cleared, and in the middle of the ruins there is a building made of stacked debris.

This building does not attract attention, what attracts attention is zombies that stand quietly around the building. They stood there looking empty, but anyone could understand that inside the building there were higher zombies that might be able to control the zombies outside.

Fan Chen felt an uncomfortable feeling. "We're back, much better, and we're not going to attract these zombies."

Fu Shen nodded, he rewinded the car to over 500 meters before finally turning away.

Song Meiya saw the same scene, but she did not see it through the Smart Glasses, but rather the computer screen that was beside her. "What's in there?"

Fan Chen shook his head and said, "Don't know, but from the looks of it, it is likely that there are high-leveled zombies capable of controlling other zombies. It's like a Mutant Beast, there are beasts capable of gathering troops, giving orders and so on."

Academy Song nodded his head. "Yes, this type of Mutant Beast is extremely difficult to kill. If a zombie can be like this, it might be more dangerous than an animal. After all, the zombies were originally human beings who had reason, in contrast to beasts. How intelligent the Mutant Beasts are, they are still animals."

Song Meiya frowned, then her body trembled. "What should we do?"

Fan Chen was speechless as he tapped his finger on the armrest. "We retreated to safety, then released the bomb by sending out a drone. This is just deterrence, and we can only hope that the zombie leader can be killed with a bomb."

"If it can't be killed, then it can only rely on laser or plasma weapons. But the energy needed is huge, there's also a vacuum bomb, but human technology is still not capable of creating a vacuum bomb."

The vacuum bomb, by throwing it into a certain place, when the bomb is active, there will be an incredible suction power, it will suck anything around it within a certain radius, no matter what it is.

It works like a black hole in space, but still it should not remain active, just a few seconds after the bomb is active, the vacuum bomb will again stop. If it is always active, there will only be destruction.

"Vacuum bomb?" Academy Song frowned. He had heard of this where Physicists in the military ranks wanted to make the same bombs, but until now there had not even been any progress.

Fan Chen nodded, but did not say anything more. Although it is not sold in stores, but with rapid technological advances plus there are related personnel who can do quick research, it should be able to realize a vacuum bomb.

Fan Chen gave the order, "Use four drones to be tied with cloth, place all sticky or remote grenades in a cloth basket. After flying into the wreckage, drop all the bombs."

"""Do it!"""

Soon, the soldier sitting in the back started to work, as did the soldiers in Cougar HE No. 02 and 03.

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