You were supposed to hoard supplies, why the heck did you hoard zombies!

The base soon sent back a response.

These people were indeed part of a newly formed Hunter Squad by the company.

What surprised Zhou Hongbing even more was that their targets were actually the Type-T zombies and Mutant Beasts?

Everyone at the company was well aware of what had happened at the hydroelectric power station.

Xu Lin's combat team had suffered heavy casualties, and the first thing they did upon returning was to consult with him about whether they could improve their weapons and equipment, possibly creating some explosives or more powerful weapons.

Such as artillery, for instance.

If not that, then tanks would do as well.

But where could one simply produce such things with just a few lathes?

It was precisely for this reason that Zhang Ye had helped him set up this machinery factory and opened a car repair shop next door.

These two factories were actually serving one purpose.

Research and development of equipment.

"Electrify?"

"Electrifying the carriage?"

"Captain Lin, have you gone mad?"

The manager of the car repair shop could hardly restrain himself upon hearing Lin Mo's request.

"Do you not know what that car is made of?"

"By the time we capture the zombies, the people inside will have been electrocuted first."

He said, shaking his head again, unable to help himself.

Ah, what is the boss thinking, sticking with Brother Tiger and not using this blockhead?

Zhou Hongbing sat across from Du Chao, his brows furrowing slightly as he looked at the rudimentary design on the table—a truck with its carriage modified into a cage.

He did know about zombies temporarily fainting when encountering electricity.

Could it be that the Type-T zombies also shared this trait?

Apart from the three of them, there were hardly any other people in the office.

The survivors who had come with Lin Mo were busy selecting their own weapons and equipment, and hadn't come over to the car repair shop at all.

Du Chao had been thinking about how to make this youngster back off.

After all, he was already the manager, while his Brother Tiger was still toiling on the front lines, every day leading the transport team to haul building materials to the safe zone.

Why should a newcomer get to be the squad leader straightaway?

"Manager Du, you might have misunderstood me," said Lin Mo.

"There are no people inside the car."

"No people?"

As soon as Du Chao heard this, the scorn in his eyes grew thicker.

"So what, now I have to come up with a self-driving vehicle?"

"You think the factory has that technology?"

Before Lin Mo could reply, Zhou Hongbing already started chuckling and intervening, "Old Du, don't be so hasty, let Captain Lin finish his words."

He then looked towards the calm-faced Lin Mo.

"Captain Lin is a smart man, he wouldn't overlook these issues."

"We'll know if it works if we just try it, won't we?"

Lin Mo cracked a smile, "Exactly."

"We'll know once we try."

Large and small trucks were a common sight throughout the industrial zone.

In less than half an hour, Liu Bing and Gao Feng had driven back a ten-ton truck from outside.

The exposed upper part of the carriage was quickly covered by a shell, welded on by the mechanics of the car repair shop.

Finger-thick steel bars crisscrossed to form a huge iron cage.

The transformer was positioned on top of the cage.

To prevent accidents, the doors and steering wheel were specially wrapped with a thick layer of leather.

By the time the modification of the truck was completed, it had taken just under half a day, and the outside time had just reached the early evening.

The experiment began soon after.

As the car just left the factory, Liu Bing, sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't help but ask, "Captain, couldn't we just find a place outside the factory for this?"

"Why do we have to go to that abandoned factory area?"

Lin Mo remained silent.

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He just silently watched ahead.

The number of zombies in this area had been significantly reduced over the past month.

But the reason he chose to go to the abandoned factory district wasn't because of this, it was because of an even more dangerous idea.

Because there might be mutated zombies or Mutant Beasts there.

Ever since he took on Zhang Ye's mission, he had been pondering one thing, which was how the mutated zombies were created.

Or rather, under what conditions would mutated zombies emerge?

According to Xu Lin's description, the Type-T Variant at the hydroelectric power station was trapped in the machine room, where it had eaten almost all of the zombies there.

That even included a Mutant Beast that had mutated from a feral cat.

Two variants appearing in the same machine room?

There had to be a problem.

And the Type-T Variant they encountered yesterday had also run out from some sort of enclosed space.

It was just that the situation was too urgent at the time to take a closer look.

But by putting together all the information, a common pattern had emerged.

Both were found in enclosed spaces.

But this clearly wasn't the real reason, because zombies trapped in rooms were almost everywhere, to the extent that he just needed to get out of the car, randomly kick open the door of a house, and he'd see one or two trapped zombies.

So what was the answer to the problem?

Lin Mo remembered clearly what Xu Lin had said: "Aside from that Type-T Variant and the feline Mutant Beast, there was nothing else in the hydroelectric power station's machine room."

"The rest of the zombies had been completely devoured by the two of them."

That was the answer.

Food.

Being in enclosed spaces was merely a contributing factor, cannibalism was the real cause of the emergence of mutated zombies.

The same reasoning probably applied to that mutated feral cat as well.

The key was in the bodies.

Or rather, the virus.

Up until today, no one knew where the virus came from. All they knew was its name, the SRBD virus.

The bodies of zombies were undoubtedly filled with this virus.

What would happen if these bodies were consumed?

If it were humans, the outcome didn't require much thought. Driven by hunger, there were always some lunatics willing to try, and in the end, they all became those aimlessly wandering zombies.

But zombies were different.

Their bodies were already full of the virus.

Consuming one another would just cause the viruses in both bodies to converge in one zombie, and this could very well be the real reason for the emergence of the mutated zombies.

The high concentration of the virus might lead to further mutations in the infected.

It was the same with Mutant Beasts.

And the reason Lin Mo chose this abandoned factory district was precisely to verify this hypothesis.

The truck was moving quickly.

After more than forty minutes, they arrived at the abandoned factory district located northwest of the industrial area.

This place used to be a state-owned factory complex, but in recent years they had all shut down due to various reasons, and the abandoned factory buildings had become a haven for vagrants and hooligans.
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The main road outside the factory was full of potholes, with overgrown weeds on both sides.

The truck slowly stopped by the roadside.

Right beside it was the gate.

Through the bars on the gate, one could clearly see the randomly piled garbage and rusted equipment inside.

A few dusty figures were wandering among them.

Deeper inside, there was silence.

As if it were a graveyard.

Liu Bing's eyes darted around nervously.

Without realizing it, his forehead was already covered with a layer of fine sweat.

This area was no longer within the safety zone, and no one knew if a large horde of zombies would appear in the vicinity.

And judging by Lin Mo's demeanor, it seemed he was going to take him inside?

For the deputy team leader!

Just do it!

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