However, Feng Jun was not in a hurry to immediately send people to explore the ruins. Compared to the five major forces in Huaicheng District, his own foundation was still too weak. It was much more stable to manage his own base camp well.
Although Longmen Town's military strength had increased to around eight thousand soldiers, it was still too few compared to the several forces in Huai City.
Fortunately, the problem of insufficient equipment had been resolved. The production lines that the Blackwater Merchant Guild and Zhu Hong Business Association had promised to provide had been delivered.
Although production capacity could not be expanded due to raw material issues, they could finally produce power armor and various equipment.
"Are the people from the Zhu Hong Business Association and the Blackwater Merchant Guild doing well here? Have they caused us any trouble?" Feng Jun asked.
"They're fine, their people are all quite honest.
The Blackwater Merchant Guild only symbolically dispatched a few soldiers to station in the designated area, which is more symbolic than practical.
The Zhu Hong Business Association might value us more, as they dispatched a light armored unit to station here.
However, their soldiers are quite disciplined and generally do not leave our designated station," Song Peng said.
After listening to Song Peng's report, Feng Jun felt a little relieved.
Hei Qin and Zhu Wenyao were still quite disciplined, at least they didn't let their subordinates cause trouble here.
Since that was the case, he also had to fulfill the terms of the transaction.
Song Zhan said, "Oh, by the way, Boss, Yan Xin has come to see you several times.
He said he had an important research discovery to report to you."
Upon hearing about an important research discovery, Feng Jun immediately became energetic.
He remembered that he had given Yan Xin quite a few things before, and he wondered what major discovery he had made.
Subsequently, Feng Jun, led by Song Peng, arrived at Yan Xin's research institute.
Compared to the simple workshop before, the current research institute was much grander.
Because of the need to study zombies, the institute was built outside Longmen Town and a team of soldiers was specifically arranged to guard it.
When Feng Jun arrived, he happened to see a team of soldiers transporting zombies into the institute.
As soon as they met, Yan Xin eagerly showed Feng Jun his research results.
Inside a room, there was a dense row of zombies standing.
These zombies were all caught by Song Zhan's men from the wilderness to be used as experimental subjects for Yan Xin.
Among them, there were even two Mutant zombies with cracked heads and scythe-like arms growing from their backs.
These zombies had their hands cut off and their feet bound, standing firmly in place like wooden stakes.
However, many glowing mushrooms had grown on their bodies, and these zombies, like those seen in the basement, just stood there blankly like puppets.
"Is this your major discovery?" Feng Jun asked, pointing at the group of zombies in front of him.
Yan Xin nodded: "This is just one part of the research.
To study the effect of mycelia on zombies, I implanted the mushroom samples you brought back into the zombies' bodies and placed the zombies in a room simulating a subway environment.
Once the mycelia found a suitable environment, they began to grow within the zombies' bodies.
The infected zombies showed signs of sluggishness, slow movement, and gradually becoming dazed.
It's clear that the mycelia have some kind of effect on zombies."
"Afterwards, we immediately used the cultured mycelia to experiment on zombies.
Limited by experimental conditions, we adopted the simplest method: purifying the mycelia and then injecting the purified liquid into the bodies of zombies and Mutants.
We then discovered that the purified mycelia extract can effectively suppress zombie activity, and can even directly paralyze zombies.
Theoretically, if the injected dose is sufficient, it can even directly kill high-level Mutant zombies or even Mutants.
We temporarily call the purified mycelia extract 'Anti-corpse liquid'."
Feng Jun was very pleased after hearing this.
If what Yan Xin said was true, then dealing with zombies would be much easier in the future.
Feng Jun asked, "Can the Anti-corpse liquid be made into a weapon for use?"
Yan Xin nodded and said, "Of course, and achieving such good research results is inseparable from you, Boss."
Yan Xin led Feng Jun to a laboratory, and through the sealed glass door, Feng Jun could see three zombies confined inside.
Besides two ordinary zombies, there was also a furious Mutant zombie, completely blood-red.
Yan Xin pressed the button outside the door, and immediately a large amount of light blue mist sprayed from the ceiling of the room, quickly filling the entire room.
"Just wait five minutes," Yan Xin said.
Then Feng Jun patiently stared at the zombies in the laboratory.
At first, the three zombies inside showed no reaction; the furious zombie even kept jumping, trying to attack the mist spraying device on the ceiling.
But after five minutes, the two ordinary zombies began to rot first, and the area of decay gradually expanded.
The rotten flesh tissue on the zombies began to uncontrollably fall off their bodies, first the outer skin, then the inner rotten flesh, internal organs, and brain.
The entire body of the zombie gradually melted into a puddle of mud and fell to the ground.
And that Mutant furious zombie only lasted ten minutes longer.
After ten minutes, varying degrees of ulceration and decay also appeared on its body.
However, because the flesh and blood of the Mutant had begun to re-evolve and had some activity, the complete rotting time of the furious zombie was twice as long as that of an ordinary zombie.
But in the end, it also turned into a puddle of rotten flesh in the room, just like the two ordinary zombies.
Yan Xin pointed at the laboratory and said proudly, "We have conducted hundreds of experiments.
By making Anti-corpse liquid into a spray at a 60% concentration, it can effectively kill zombies and Mutants with energy values below 200.
If the concentration is increased, it will accelerate the time it takes to kill zombies and Mutants, but it will cause unnecessary waste.
Moreover, to ensure the concentration and stability of the spray in outdoor environments, a wind-resistant stabilizer needs to be added to the spray, so a 60% concentration mist is the most suitable."
Yan Xin looked at the puddle of mud in the laboratory.
The zombies were clearly dead beyond dead, with only skeletons scattered on the ground proving their former existence.
Two experimenters in protective suits had already entered the laboratory to begin cleanup.
Feng Jun also saw them retrieve two helium crystals from the mud that the zombies had melted into.
Feng Jun said, "You mean we can make the Anti-corpse liquid into smoke bombs, which can effectively kill zombies.
What about Mutants?"
"Mutants can be said to be outside the scope of ordinary zombies.
They have completely grown new flesh and blood, and even their genes have completely changed.
Some Mutants' skin can even resist laser weapon attacks.
Mist alone cannot cause effective damage to Mutants.
Therefore, we must directly inject the Anti-corpse liquid into the Mutant's body to cause damage to them," Yan Xin said.
Then he led Feng Jun to another laboratory.
In the center of this laboratory, there was a sealed glass jar containing a constantly pulsating piece of flesh.
Through the glass door, Feng Jun immediately recognized the flesh in the glass jar; it was a fragment of the Sawtooth Mutant, the first Mutant he had killed.
Feng Jun remembered this Mutant vividly; it could recover from injuries by consuming flesh and blood, possessing an almost immortal ability.
Even after being killed by his vibrator miniature nuclear hand grenade, its flesh and blood remained active, even devouring an arm of a soldier who was recovering the flesh.
Feng Jun even suspected that as long as it was given enough flesh and blood, these fragments could regenerate into a new Sawtooth Mutant.
Yan Xin said, "Boss, you recognized it.
This is the Mutant you killed back then.
Its flesh and blood are very special and are very helpful for our experiments.
But I'll talk about that later; please watch the experiment first."
Yan Xin nodded to the two assistants on the side, and then one of the assistants began to operate the control panel outside the laboratory.
The ceiling of the laboratory opened, and a mechanical arm placed a zombie's head next to the Sawtooth's flesh and blood.
This zombie's head was not completely dead, its eyes were still constantly moving.
Then the mechanical arm opened the glass jar containing the Sawtooth's flesh and blood.
As soon as it was opened, the flesh and blood fragments inside squirmed out.
The released flesh and blood fragments immediately sensed the zombie's head nearby and quickly squirmed to its side, rapidly absorbing the flesh and blood from the head.
In just a few seconds, the zombie's head was completely absorbed, leaving only a shriveled skeleton.
And the flesh and blood fragment, which was originally only the size of a finger, grew several times in volume after absorbing the flesh and blood from the head, directly growing to the size of a fist, and also grew an eye and a mouth.
Its movement speed also increased significantly, and it began to restlessly dart around the laboratory.
"Now release a 60% concentration spray," Yan Xin said.
The mist immediately filled the entire laboratory, but the flesh and blood within were not affected in the slightest.
Even after ten minutes, it was still restlessly darting around.
"These flesh and blood fragments have a vitality far superior to ordinary zombies, so we directly use 100% purity liquid bullets."
Under Yan Xin's command, the assistant operated the mechanical arm to directly fire syringe ammunition at the flesh and blood fragments.
Although the flesh and blood fragments tried to dodge, they were still pierced by several syringes.
The light blue liquid was immediately injected into the flesh and blood fragments, and the effect was immediately apparent.
The flesh and blood fragments, which had been lively, immediately withered and began to convulse.
After a few minutes, they lost all activity and began to collapse, gradually turning into a puddle of pus.
Yan Xin said, "Although we don't have the ability to capture high-level Mutants, experimenting with high-level Mutant flesh and blood should have the same effect.
Directly injecting 100% concentrated Anti-corpse liquid into a Mutant's body should be able to kill it quickly.
Although we don't have a complete experimental subject, we can directly create live ammunition for experiments, and I believe the effect will be very good."