Doomsday Rebirth: Chasing Clouds and Electricity

"Have you heard that the research institute plans to test a new protective device on the [-]-kilometer moat to the east of the inner city!"

"How could I not have heard of it! It has been spread in the past two days. Our family, who was originally out of the city with his teammates to do a mission, heard the news and rushed back!"

"You know about donating things, right? What is your family going to do? Donate or not?"

"Speaking of this gives me a headache, the family is arguing about it!"

"How to say?"

"It's not my father-in-law! You also know that my uncle is a gold-type supernatural power user. He was injured before, so he left a gold-type crystal nucleus and kept it with my father-in-law. Now the country is calling on us to donate money." The crystal nucleus of the capable person is for the protection of the city, my husband is in favor of it, but my father-in-law just doesn’t want it.”

"This crystal nucleus is useless, and it is dangerous for people with supernatural powers to use it. You can't even exchange materials and zombie crystal nucleus. Why keep it?"

"Who says it's not? But my father-in-law said it's a thought to keep it, just like my uncle is still alive. If he said that, we can't help it."

"This crystal core is used to protect the inner city of Huadu. To put it bluntly, the living people are still more important than the dead, right?"

"Now we can only look at the situation. Who doesn't have one or two crystal cores of supernatural beings these days? Most of them are relics left by relatives and friends. If I were my father-in-law, I would be reluctant."

"That's right, we actually have one at home."

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Since the official notice was posted, broadcasts have also been broadcast one after another, calling on the survivors in Huadu and even the entire Huaguo to donate the crystal cores of supernatural beings in their hands to supply the energy of the new protective device.

Someone originally proposed to donate with a fee, so as to increase everyone's enthusiasm, but after high-level discussions, they finally insisted on the principle of voluntary, free donation. I am afraid that after the payment, there will be vicious criminals who want to seek benefits. Violent hands.

It's just that the donation didn't go well at the beginning, because most of the crystal nuclei of supernatural beings kept in ordinary families often have more commemorative significance than practical significance. Survivors are mostly unwilling to take it out immediately.

What's more, everyone has never seen this new type of protector. Although they are full of curiosity about it, they are inevitably not very confident.After all, when the fifth-level zombies were besieging the city, the outer city walls with weapons were hard to resist, not to mention the evolutionary zombies, even the fourth-level zombies with supernatural powers.

The inner city of the Huadu survivor gathering place is completely protected by the officers and soldiers of the army and the supernatural team with their flesh and blood. Even with new weapons, there are still many soldiers and supernatural beings who died. fear.

This is the zombie siege brought by the fifth-level zombies that can lead [-] zombies. If the sixth-level zombies are as calculated by the research institute, one can launch a million zombie sieges, and the survivors in Huadu and other places will have to sacrifice again. How many people can keep the rest of the survivors alive?

On the morning of the day when the government publicly tested the new protective device, the weather was exceptionally clear, and the whole of China was deserted.

The survivors came with anticipation, and everyone was looking forward to it.As soon as I arrived at the experiment site, I saw that some wires and nets had been set up on the long wall. From a distance, it seemed that a protective net had been added to the city wall.

Seeing this scene, everyone was inevitably a little disappointed. The zombies that cannot be stopped by the thick city walls, can they be resisted by a circle of barbed wire?

Some people immediately speculated that this is probably a high-voltage power grid, otherwise why do they need a large number of crystal nuclei to supply energy.But even if it is really a power grid, how much effect can it play?After all, high-level zombies also have supernatural powers. Destroying these high-voltage power grids from a distance is easier than destroying city walls.

It is rare to encounter such a grand event in the city. When everyone met and waited for the official demonstration of the new protective device, they began to chat with each other, and unconsciously talked about donating crystal cores of supernatural beings.

Someone raised a question, "There are so many zombie crystal nuclei, why use superhuman crystal nuclei?"

"If this new type of protector is really a high-voltage power grid, the energy used to protect the entire inner city can be imagined," a well-informed survivor next to him explained to him, "The ability to upgrade, and new weapons , need to use a lot of zombie crystal nuclei, how can they all be consumed here?"

"Aren't there still crystal nuclei of mutated animals? I heard that mutated animal crystal nuclei also contain great energy!" The man glanced at the mutated animals quietly accompanying the owner in the crowd, and asked in a low voice, "Even if domesticated The ones in the wild can’t move, but the ones in the wild can always move.”

The hearing of the supernatural person is good. Even if this person deliberately whispered, he was heard by the supernatural persons around him. Those who regarded the mutant animals as their partners immediately cast angry eyes on him. If it weren't for the regulations in the city If you can't attack your compatriots, you have already stepped forward and beat him up.

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, the person who explained hurriedly continued, "Don't forget, there are zombie animals in nature! If there were no mutant animals to fight against them, do you think that humans only need to deal with zombies? Hunt and kill mutants. Animals gaining crystal nuclei is tantamount to killing chickens and taking eggs, and when the time comes, zombie animals will also join the siege team, even if there are ten protective devices, what's the use?"

People around who also had doubts in their hearts heard his explanation, and suddenly realized that - from this point of view, they can only turn their attention to the crystal nucleus left by the supernatural person.

"Luohong is not a ruthless thing, it turns into spring mud to protect flowers." Someone immediately sighed, "These sacrificed supernatural beings can still protect us after they leave, it is really..."

"So although this donation is free, as long as the donor is willing, the name of the victim can be left on the monument in the martyr's cemetery. It can also be regarded as a memory for the hero."

"And this thing?! Why didn't you notify me before?"

"When I heard about the donation, I would directly inform the family members, and the announcement would be made after all the monuments were built."

Zhixia and the others were also waiting in the crowd. Hearing everyone's discussion, Weiwei subconsciously told Zhixia, "In addition to building confidence for the survivors, today's public experiment may also have the meaning of promoting donation activities."

"That's right," Zhixia nodded, "If everyone feels that this new type of protective device is really worth looking forward to, and that they can leave their names on the national monument for the deceased relatives and friends, they may get some relief."

He then asked the system, "Weiwei, can you tell if this protector is a high-voltage power grid?"

Weiwei checked it a long time ago, and got an answer that surprised it, "It can be said to be yes, or it can be said to be no."

Zhixia looked at Weiwei suspiciously, and was waiting for it to answer when she felt a commotion outside, so she quickly came out of her consciousness.

Seeing that he was silent, Wu Weizhou knew that Zhixia was talking to the system. Seeing him come back to his senses at this moment, Wu Weizhou reminded him, "Someone from the research institute came and said that it has been successfully debugged. Immediately turn on the protective device and ask the residents to move away from the city wall for a certain distance. , don’t get close, let alone touch.”

Everyone thought that the new protector was the high-voltage power grid, so naturally they didn't dare to get close to it. They just watched from a distance, and then they heard the sound of a warning alarm. Soon, the supernatural beings felt a weak energy emanating from the city wall.

Seeing that there was no special movement on the wire net on the wall, everyone expressed their disappointment beyond words.At this moment, a convoy came from the side, and some soldiers came down to transport the iron cages from the pickup truck one by one, and there were several giant zombies restrained inside!

Before everyone panicked, there was already a radio broadcast to appease the surrounding crowd.Those who survived in the last days have never seen zombies. Seeing that there are so many soldiers protecting them, and there are many high-level supernatural beings among the crowd, it is expected that there is no danger.Everyone quickly quieted down, waiting for their next move.

Right in front of everyone's eyes, the wood-type supernatural user in the military department rolled up the third-level zombie with vines and threw it on the city wall. The zombie didn't even have time to make a sound, it immediately turned black, and then turned into a meter At the end, the strange thing is that there is no zombie crystal nucleus left!

"This new type of protector is not only a high-voltage power grid, but also another kind of energy converter!" Weiwei explained to Zhixia subconsciously, "First use the supernatural person's crystal core to supply energy, open and maintain the high-voltage power grid, once a zombie touches Touching the wall, while being charged, the energy of the zombie crystal nucleus will be absorbed by the wall and used as a protector.”

"So it's not that there are no zombie crystal nuclei, but that they have been absorbed by the protector!" Zhixia couldn't help becoming excited when he heard Weiwei's explanation, "That is to say, this protector only needs to activate the energy source. Once it comes to wartime, as long as there is If the zombies want to go inside the wall, they will automatically become energy supplements for the protector."

"And I guess this energy converter can even absorb powers directly!"

"Direct absorption of abilities?"

"That's right, that is to say, when a zombie uses its ability nearby, it will also be absorbed by the protective device, and the zombie's ability will become invalid, so even if no one defends it, it will be difficult for the evolved zombie to get it."

"But when this protector is activated, it can be powered by the crystal nucleus of the supernatural being. If the supernatural person activates the supernatural power around the wall, won't the energy be absorbed by the shield?"

"This should be some kind of one-way absorption mode, or the direct energy supply and absorption energy supply of the protector are two independent systems. The former can use the energy of the crystal nucleus of the supernatural being, while the latter can only absorb the zombie's supernatural power In principle, this is feasible, but I never thought that Huadu’s research institute could actually make a physical body.”

Afterwards, the official announcement explained the principle of the protective wall in simple language, and at the same time announced that the main structure of the Heroes Monument had been completed.

The survivors who had seen the new protective wall with their own eyes immediately gained confidence, and more and more families donated crystal nuclei of supernatural beings in their hands.Although the protective wall can be "self-sufficient" in time of war, it still requires a lot of energy to open it.

At the same time, some anonymous donors appeared one after another.