In less than half an hour, the transport aircraft slowly landed on the tarmac of a military camp.
Luo Yuan jumped off the transport aircraft with his team members and looked towards the direction of Hot Springs City. They were less than five to six kilometers away from Hot Springs City. Under the dim light of dawn, they could only see a dark mass in the distance. Luo Yuan and the rest of them did not have to wait for long before an officer wearing the rank of Major General rushed towards them. He shook their hands and introduced himself, "I am the deputy chief of staff of the Southeast Military Region, Xu Shaoze. Welcome, Major General Lin, Major General Luo, and all of you from the Firearms Bureau. The chief has been waiting for you at the staff department."
"Cut the crap, please lead the way!" Lin Feiyan said calmly.
Luo Yuan was already prepared to be a passerby since it was his first time there. He only nodded at him without saying a word.
The officer did not seem to mind and said, "Please follow me."
It was no doubt a temporary camp in the wilderness. There were neatly arranged tents everywhere. Other than a few wooden sentry posts, there were no other man-made structures. Luo Yuan and the rest of them passed through an artillery formation and walked for a few minutes before they followed the officer into a huge tent that was more than 100 square meters.
There were more than 10 people in the tent. A middle-aged man with the rank of Lieutenant General stood up and greeted them when he saw Luo Yuan and the rest of them. "I am Chen Jianfeng. Welcome, my brothers and colleagues. Thank you for your hard work."
"It's my job. The information you have given me is too simple. I need more detailed information." Lin Feiyan said without hesitation.
"Let me introduce you. These are Researcher Zhang and his assistant from the Second Biology Research Institute in Hope City. They have been studying the fog since yesterday and have come up with some conclusions. You can all take a look."
"I am just an ordinary researcher, so I won't introduce myself. We say that it is a fog, but that is actually wrong. It is a fog-like gel. Neither the sun nor the wind can disperse it. I have been observing it for the past two days and found that it is still expanding … I have taken the risk to collect some samples. You can all take a look."
Researcher Zhang took out a petri dish and Luo Yuan took a look at it. It was a ball of light green liquid. He stirred it with a glass rod and it looked like glue. It was very viscous and said, "Only 60% of it is water. The rest of it is a macromolecule that has yet to be discovered. During the experiment, I found out that it can absorb electromagnetic waves. If it could be synthesized, it would be a perfect invisible coating in many fields …"
Luo Yuan frowned and reminded him, "Researcher Zhang, although I don't want to interrupt you, we don't have much time. Please get to the point!"
Zhang Keyi suddenly understood and smiled apologetically. "I forgot in the middle of a conversation. Then I'll continue. As I mentioned earlier, the mist can absorb electromagnetic waves, so you won't be able to communicate with each other in there. In addition, the mist is very dense, and the naked eye can't see more than half a meter. Your vision will be greatly affected.
However, this is not the most troublesome part. There is another component in the mist. If you inhale a small amount of it, it will cause hallucinations. However, if you inhale more than one gram of it, you will fall asleep. Unfortunately, this component makes up 10% of the mist. This means that you will fall asleep after inhaling a few breaths. However, it varies from person to person. Those with a stronger physique can resist it for a longer time. "
Everyone looked upset. Luo Yuan frowned as well. He was not sure if he could resist the hallucinations with his current physique.
Seeing that the atmosphere had changed, Lieutenant General Chen quickly said, "Don't worry, we have saved many people outside the mist. This thing is not poisonous. Even if you inhale too much, you will only sleep for a few more days. Bring a portable breathing apparatus and it will be completely shielded. Your mission is very simple. All you need to do is to find the source of the mist and set up the pulse generator. We will handle the rest."
"Lieutenant General Chen, please don't try to hide it. I need to know everything. If it was really that simple, you wouldn't have requested for us to come here, right?" Lin Feiyan looked at him coldly and said rudely.
Luo Yuan looked at Lin Feiyan, who had a baby face. He thought to himself, "To be able to become the captain of the Firearms Bureau and to be able to control this group of people, you really can't judge a book by its cover."
Lieutenant General Chen's face froze when he was questioned so rudely. However, he was able to rise to the position at a "young age". Other than the frequent changes in the military during the apocalypse, he also had some shrewdness. He tried to suppress his anger and squeezed out a smile: "Alright, since yesterday, we have sent out a total of three companies, including a tank company, in batches. However, they have yet to return, and we have yet to receive any response."
"None of them came back?" Luo Yuan thought for a while and asked.
"There was one. He was a member of the special forces. However, he was already crazy when he came back. We couldn't hold him down and he died not long after," Lieutenant General Chen said.
The special forces must be the evolved troops of the military. Luo Yuan thought for a while and said, "Can you help us find the people who had contact with him? We need to know more about him."
…
Luo Yuan and the others found a few soldiers who had contact with the crazy man, as well as the doctors and nurses who had treated him. The results were chilling.
When the other party returned, he was already delirious. His hands and feet were dancing, and his emotions were abnormally excited. Sometimes he would shout, and sometimes he would talk nonsense. Unfortunately, his words were unclear, and no one knew what he was talking about.
Later, he was pressed down and given a large dose of tranquilizer. He calmed down a little. In the middle of the night, the nurse who was on duty found that he had suddenly woken up. However, his eyes were staring at the ceiling and he did not look like a normal person. He seemed to have lost his sense of the outside world. When the nurse called the doctor, he had a strange smile on his face. It was the first time he had said something clear, "I'm going to heaven."
Then, he suddenly died!
The whole thing was strange. An invisible opponent was chilling. Seeing that everyone was uneasy, Luo Yuan was silent for a while and said, "It's useless to have a lot of people on this mission. It will only increase the number of casualties. All of you stay here, I'll go."
If they could not block the strange attack, it would be useless to have a lot of people on this mission. Instead, it would be a burden. It would be difficult to save him. Since he had to go anyway, he might as well go alone.
Everyone was moved by Luo Yuan's words. Even Lin Feiyan was surprised. She looked at Luo Yuan warmly and smiled, "It's useless to have a lot of people on this mission. However, you can't go alone. I'll go with you. The rest of you don't have to go."
Lin Feiyan made the final decision and the matter was settled.
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"This is a pulse generator. There's a layer of superglue on it. When the timer is set, tear off the sticker and throw it immediately when you see the target. This superglue is very sticky. Don't touch it with your hands. There's a special place for you to hold it. Don't make a mistake, or you'll have to tear your skin off. " Deputy Chief of Staff Xu Shaoze, who was there to greet them, explained how to operate the device.
As for Lieutenant General Chen, who was not happy about it, he had already left halfway. However, both Lin Feiyan and Luo Yuan did not care. The two departments did not belong to each other, so it was not a big deal to offend them. Moreover, Luo Yuan was disgusted by the fact that they had concealed such important information that could possibly cause heavy casualties just for the sake of their reputation.
However, he was not as carefree as Lin Feiyan. He did not care who he offended. In comparison, as long as he did not cross the line, Luo Yuan was more mellow.
Xu Shaoze continued, "When the time comes, the pulse generator will emit a high-energy pulse wave. It will break through the shield of the fog and accurately locate the target. However, you have to be careful. After the pulse generator is emitted, you have to be at least 200 meters away from the target. The further, the better, to avoid being hit by the railgun."
He glanced at a few black fortress-like metal objects in the distance and asked curiously, "Are these the railguns?"
"Major General Luo, you have good eyesight. This is the latest nuclear-powered railgun tank. It's a national weapon!" Xu Shaoze complimented him. He looked at the metal behemoth and said proudly, "Because it's the latest improved model, its power is even higher than the railgun. The maximum power of a five-kilogram bullet can reach nine times the speed of sound. Even a level eight mutated beast would be seriously injured if it was hit. Unfortunately, this kind of creature is born with a premonition for danger. It's also very fast, so it's very difficult to hit it."
Luo Yuan looked at the huge shadow cast by the huge object that was almost nine meters tall and more than 20 meters wide. He was in awe. This kind of superweapon could only exist in science fiction before the apocalypse, but now it was right in front of him. Under the pressure of life and death, humans seemed to have unleashed their terrifying potential!
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