"Ah Jun, after this mission is over, I really need to bring you to the clubhouse to have some fun. After all, I need to reward myself."
An army-green armored truck stopped before the Medical Department's autopsy building. Uncle Dan was joking with Gu Jun.
As the sun set, the armored truck was bustling with activity. The workers moved the five stainless steel cadaver troughs into the truck. They contained the cadavers of the patients who had passed away from Nightmare Illness in the past few days. They were intact and highly decayed. They had not undergone a lobotomy or been soaked in formalin.
Contributing to the medical field was not just about providing autopsy services but also helping to lure the zombies away.
The morning before yesterday, after Gu Jun read through the information on Tong Ye's case, he had a discussion with Yao Sinian and Tong Ye. They had come up with the idea of luring the zombies away.
Any breakthrough would be great, but Yao Sinian still gave it some thought.
This was because Tong Ye's opinion was, "The zombies might be highly intelligent creatures. They can sense danger and information. They will not be lured into a trap easily. If they think there is no chance, they will not come out. "
Gu Jun felt the same way. They were not facing a slow, fragile monster but an existence that was even stronger than a human being.
Faced with the epidemic that was spreading among the Eastern State's citizens and Phecda, Yao Sinian did not have much choice. He could only agree to the mission.
This time, they would select members from the Demon Hunters and the Problematic Team to form a joint unit.
They were Xue Ba, Lou Xiaoning, Uncle Dan, Gu Jun, and Wu Shiyu.
Even Tong Ye thought this number was too much, but if it was too little, they would not be able to guarantee their own safety.
Currently, the five members of the unit were all good fighters, but Xue Ba and Lou Xiaoning were the main firepower. Uncle Dan was responsible for medical and anatomical work. Since they had to take care of Gu Jun's mental state, Wu Shiyu had to tag along as support.
"Captain Gu, look at this." At this time, Lou Xiaoning, who was in the carriage, shouted. Her S value was not high, but according to Tong Ye, she was now someone who had seen the world, so she was much more useful than the others.
The long sides of the carriage were filled with all kinds of firearms and ammunition. There were even some cold weapons.
Lou Xiaoning patted a black Type-89 12.7mm heavy machine gun, her remaining left eye showing a hint of excitement, "450-600 rounds per minute, effective range of 1500 meters, let's see what kind of ghoul can withstand it."
"Nanwu Gatling Bodhisattva." Next to the armored vehicle, Wu Shiyu put his palms together and muttered to Gu Jun, "In this mission, I'll be standing next to Bodhisattva."
Gu Jun could not help but smile. This time, there was no limit on the capacity of the banyan tree hole. The team had brought all the weapons they could carry. Not only were there heavy machine guns, but there were also rifles, pistols, sniper rifles, shotguns, grenades, mortars, mini missiles, explosives … they had everything.
But his main concern was the mental attack. After all, the ghouls were not made of normal flesh.
He did have some personal equipment. The Carlop scalpel and the dissecting scissors would help to stabilize his mental state.
Hopefully, the anti-psychotics and anesthetics in the medical cabinet would not be needed.
"Ah Jun, do you need anything else?" Xue Ba walked over to ask. Even the thick bulletproof vest could not hide the bulging muscles on his body.
"Nothing," Gu Jun said. "We'll never be fully prepared, will we?" Uncle Dan and Wu Shiyu were silent.
Night was about to fall, but this was what they wanted. The time that Gu Jun saw in the zombie illusion at the graveyard was night. Creatures born in the dark would always be more active at night.
"Ah Jun, be careful." Yao Sinian, who came to send them off, wanted to say something, but that was all he could say. "We'll take care of the patients."
"Okay." Gu Jun nodded. Professor Qin, Brother Qiang, and Primary Surgeon Zhu had all survived the surgery. Due to the timely operation, the damage to their nervous system was not serious, and the rate of brain atrophy was not that fast. However, the side effects of destroying the white matter were becoming more apparent.
Professor Qin had turned from a hale and hearty old man into someone who had gone senile. He could barely recognize Gu Jun, and even if he did, he would only say something.
Even someone as talkative as Brother Qiang had become strangely quiet. Primary Surgeon Zhu had symptoms of panic disorder. His muscles were tense, and he could not speak properly. He would occasionally scream and scream. He was no longer suitable for any surgery …
This made Gu Jun's heart ache. He did not wish to see any of his friends and seniors or innocent people that he did not know suffer such a fate.
At that moment, Gu Jun saw Cai Zixuan, Wang Ruoxiang, and the rest appear at the entrance of the Autopsy Building. They waved at him. They had been arranged by the higher-ups to send him off. Even though they had no idea what his mission was, they knew it was going to be a dangerous one, so they kept a straight face.
"That's Cai Zixuan, that's Wang Ruoxiang." Wu Shiyu had been busy for the past few days, so this was the first time he had seen them. "They're as good as they taste."
"Let's go." Gu Jun waved at his friends and walked into the armored vehicle. "When we're back, I'll ask Zixuan to cook some soup for us."
With everyone watching, the five members of the joint team got into the vehicle. The doors slammed shut, and Xue Ba drove the vehicle out of the base.
The armored vehicle headed toward the southern part of Eastern State. It was the mountain range between Nan Tang Village and the Necro-skins. Phecda had already evacuated all the Phecda members from that area. The mountain range stretched for more than ten kilometers, and the terrain was quite complicated. The previous search had not yielded any results, so the location was purely based on Gu Jun's intuition.
However, Gu Jun did have a feeling that was coming from the illusory threads, guiding him in the right direction.
Under the dark night sky, the mountains rose and fell, casting layers of shadows.
There were countless old trees in the forest. The dead leaves of late autumn were falling everywhere, and the thick branches were twisted into strange shapes. In the dark crevices, there were some unknown creatures making rustling sounds, twisting and twisting with the darkness of this unfrequented nature reserve.
The armored vehicle drove into the depths of the mountain on the bumpy mountain road. Even the steep dirt roads gradually disappeared, but Gu Jun felt like they had not reached their destination yet.
Suddenly, the night fog rose, shrouding the already dark surroundings. This caused both Xue Ba and Lou Xiaoning to frown deeply.
Even though they had headlights, night vision, and helmet-mounted night vision goggles, they still felt like they had fallen into an indescribable loneliness. They could not see through the unimaginable secret.
The armored vehicle drove into the forest. It took another difficult turn on the winding road before it was blocked by the mountain walls and towering ancient trees.
"This should be it …" Gu Jun could not be sure. He could not tell whether the feeling was just his imagination or not.
When the vehicle stopped, they realized that they were in a relatively flat forest, and there was a dark cave with a small crack at the bottom of the mountain wall.
"If there are zombies here," Xue Ba asked Gu Jun, "the most suspicious place is that cave?"
"I have no idea, but it won't work if we just go in like this," Gu Jun said darkly. "We should stick to our original plan."
They did not maintain communication with the command central because they purposely did not send out those signals. Animals could hear frequencies that humans could not. Since brain waves could be sensed, then the communication signals should be able to as well. If they left them on, the zombies might not show themselves.
Immediately, the five members got out of the vehicle. Gu Jun, Xue Ba, and Uncle Dan worked together to remove the storage tanks from the vehicle. Lou Xiaoning and Wu Shiyu paid attention to their surroundings.
The five storage tanks were placed in front of the cave and the covers of the tanks were opened. Instantly, the forest was filled with the stench of decomposition.
After three days in the thermostatic chamber that simulated the temperature of summer, the five bodies had swollen to the size of a giant.
The cave on the other side was still pitch-black and silent, and the fog was getting thicker and thicker. Visibility was less than two meters. Due to the tragedy that had befallen the Phoenix Unit, the five members were chained to each other's waists. They stood five meters away from the storage tanks and stood back to back around the heavy machine gun that was set up on the ground. The rifles in their hands were aimed around them.
"Ah Jun, should we return to the vehicle for now?" Uncle Dan did not feel good about this. This was a feeling that he had honed from his time at the frontline.
"Then this trip will be a waste of time." Gu Jun agreed with Tong Ye. If the zombies did not think there was a chance, they would not have shown up …
The fog blocked out the night. The stench of dead bodies lingered in the air. As the group breathed, their hearts and lungs felt more and more uncomfortable, and their nerves tightened.
'What are we missing? ' Gu Jun kept thinking. 'A spell? A ritual? But they do not understand that phrase? Let's just give it a try … 'Even though he did not know what it meant and was not sure if this was the correct pronunciation, he started to recite it at the cave. "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn …"
Wu Shiyu frowned. 'There's a reaction …'
The trio felt the air thicken. The night fog became colder, and the shadows moved.
A sense of madness surged through Gu Jun's mind. The messy lines on the paper in his memory suddenly became so clear. They appeared to be the frequency of sound waves. His subconscious and conscious mind understood something. He focused and recited again, "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!"
The others heard the difference. This time, Gu Jun's voice was harder to read, but it was smooth, rhythmic, and resonant!
The fog appeared to have been pierced through, and darkness rushed in. The cave was still silent.
But there was a distinct chill in the air. Just as they turned their attention to the surrounding forest and the cave, suddenly, the five giant corpses in the five storage tanks before them stood up shakily.
Their swollen heads looked like they were about to spill dirty water. "Ah." Wu Shiyu gasped. This did not appear to be what they had expected.
"Ah." Wu Siyu gasped. This situation did not seem to be what everyone had imagined.
"What the f * ck …" Gu Jun grumbled. The expressions of Xue Ba, Lou Xiaoning, and Uncle Dan shifted.
At the same time, indescribable shadows appeared in the surrounding fog. They did not exist in the night vision goggles, but they surrounded them.
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