"Headquarters, this is the maritime experimental platform, we have an important discovery!"
"Understood, connect to the General Command Center immediately!"
Late at night, a radio communication woke up Wang Yun, the head of intelligence in the Anti-Biochemical General Command Center, who was sleeping.
Disturbing his sleep was indeed hateful, but Wang Yun did not show any annoyance. After washing his face, he put on his clothes and went to the intelligence room.
"Minister, there's news from the maritime experimental platform, they've made progress!"
The operator's tone was also very excited. They all knew what the maritime experimental platform was doing.
Wang Yun naturally couldn't show such excitement. He quickly picked up the communicator and asked, "This is Wang Yun, report your results immediately!"
"Minister Wang! We succeeded!!! A cure for zombie infection, we really succeeded!!!"
"Really?!" Hearing the definite news, Wang Yun couldn't sit still and quickly asked, "Have the experiments been completed? You know what I mean!"
"That's right! Clinical trials have been done! The current cure is effective against mutants below the second-order variant, the Night Demon, including the spore clouds that fill the air around them!"
Although the zombie cure wasn't immune to all mutant infections, high-order mutants were extremely rare, and the most common mutants on this planet were fungal mutants!
"Good! Excellent!! How did you do it!"
"Minister Wang, the complete report has been sent to the Academy of Sciences, you can check it yourself! The data left by the Everlasting Cult provided us with great inspiration!"
"Can it be mass-produced?" This was the most critical question. A zombie cure that couldn't be mass-produced was useless.
"Completely possible, we already have the main materials, and the auxiliary materials are easy to find! It's only bitter herbs and poria cocos. With laboratory cultivation methods, full-scale rescue can begin in about a month and a half!"
"Great!!! I'll report this immediately and throw a celebration for you!!"
This matter was too important, and throwing a celebratory banquet for all of them wouldn't be too much!
However, the researchers at the maritime experimental platform didn't have the time for that.
They directly replied, "Minister Wang, we still need to help another experimental platform with its experiments. The matter of zombie fertilizer is also very important. If all goes well, the rescue time can be advanced!"
"Alright, then I won't disturb you. Please pay attention to your rest. The country and the people will not forget you!"
"Yes!!!"
After hanging up the communication, Wang Yun stood there for a minute, tears streaming down his face. He wiped his tears haphazardly, waved his hand, and said loudly,
"Comrades! Let's go! We're going to deliver this good news to them!"
...
A month and a half later.
Shuzhou Tianfu Safe Zone.
It was only mid-March, the peak of spring plowing. A large number of agricultural personnel and teachers and students from the safe zone were busy in the fields outside.
Lin Yuan was also in the fields. He was filling in for Wu Tian. After the Spring Festival, Wu Tian focused on taking care of his child at home, and Lin Yuan filled in for his classes at school when he had time.
Fortunately, Lin Yuan could manage his time, as he hadn't returned to the Biu Special Squad.
With three classes a week, if he just worked at the factory, with Lin Yuan's physical fitness, he would finish his tasks with more than half a day to spare.
At this moment, his phone rang. The safe zone's local area network was well-established, and regional communication was no longer a problem.
"Minister Ying? Yes, yes, this is Lin Yuan."
"..."
"What?!! Okay, I'll be right there!"
After speaking, Lin Yuan pushed the seedlings next to him to Wu Mengyao, "Mengyao, you plant these for me first! I have something to do at the Intelligence Department."
Without waiting for Wu Mengyao's agreement, he immediately scrambled onto the ridge and ran towards the city.
Leaving Wu Mengyao staring foolishly at a large basket of seedlings.
"Brother Lin Yuan!!! (*≧m≦*)!"
Hearing Wu Mengyao's roar from behind, Lin Yuan could only smile helplessly and continued to run towards the city.
This was because Ying Tianlong had just called him to inform him that a full-scale rescue would be carried out in three days, and the Biu Special Squad would take priority in cooperating with the combat group to battle over 9 million zombies in the Tianfu metropolitan area!
This offensive would employ a lure and annihilate tactic.
Due to the massive number of zombies in Tianfu and the evolution of command zombies, their intelligence had increased. Therefore, a group of at least 300 people would be required to successfully lure the zombie horde.
The Biu Special Squad's mission was to annihilate high-order mutants and command zombies within the Tianfu urban area while the zombie horde was mobilized, and to mark survivor safe houses and carry out other actions.
The appearance of the cure had enabled high-end combatants like Lin Yuan and Jiang Ziqi to roam freely within urban areas with extremely high spore cloud concentrations.
The Tianfu Safe Zone would not let go of any high-end combatants, even if Lin Yuan had retired.
"If there's a war, I will answer the call!" This was Lin Yuan's reply to Ying Tianlong.
Given the ample time, Lin Yuan first went home to explain the situation to Wu Tian, and then to check on Wang Xiaoxin and Andrea. Those two girls were also quite capable fighters.
Andrea and Wang Xiaoxin lived in the last building of the community. When Lin Yuan arrived, they were still playing games.
"What's up, Little Lin? In such a hurry?"
Wang Xiaoxin, wearing dinosaur pajamas, asked without looking up, holding a game controller.
Lin Yuan: "..."
Good heavens, how did you know I was in a hurry without even looking!
"Haven't you guys received the news? We're launching a full-scale rescue!" Lin Yuan was also a bit confused. Ying Tianlong couldn't possibly not know that they were fierce fighters.
"No, did you receive it?" Andrea was also confused. They had been living like pigs for the past few months, eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, eating and playing, playing and sleeping. They were living the life many people dreamed of.
Now that a full-scale rescue was underway, they still hadn't received any news.
"This... I'll make a call."
This time, the call wasn't to Ying Tianlong, but to the current head of the Intelligence Department.
"..."
"...Ah? Because they were afraid the treatment would be wasted on them?" After asking, Lin Yuan looked at Andrea with surprise.
"Andrea, did you guys ever say that fighting would make the treatment ineffective?"
Andrea: "????"
"No, at most it would just delay the treatment progress for a while. As long as you don't turn into an immortal state, it's fine."
"Immortal state" was when Andrea transformed into the ultimate tentacle monster in the final battle.
"Let me say it," Wang Xiaoxin took Lin Yuan's phone and said directly, "Minister, don't worry, we have the ability and confidence to complete the mission and ensure that the treatment progress will not be delayed. After all, we have Comrade Lin Yuan to protect us, and you can trust his abilities!"
As expected, after this sentence, the voice on the other side became a few decibels louder, audible even without the speakerphone.
"...Good, good, good, Comrade Wang Xiaoxin, you and Comrade Andrea must pay attention to your safety. In this operation, you will be under the command of Comrade Lin Yuan. I will explain the operation plan in detail at the Intelligence Department later!"
"Understood!!" Wang Xiaoxin raised her "dinosaur claws" and saluted.
Then she handed the phone back to Lin Yuan, "Alright, let's go. You wait for us to change clothes."
"Huh, is that it?" Lin Yuan was still a bit dazed.
"...Okay, I'll wait for you."