All of a sudden, Zhang Xiaoqiang felt like he had become a cripple. He could only watch from the beginning to the end. Even the little loli, Ma Fei, was stronger than him. Although Yang Ke-er had hugged him and refused to let him go, the fundamental reason was that his ability was no longer enough to deal with this kind of intense battle. To put it bluntly, even the giant water snake was stronger than him. If it wasn't for the fact that the giant water snake's intelligence was too low, he wouldn't have had the chance to ride on its head and act like a tyrant. In addition, Zhuo Mingyue and Ma Fei had both grown to unimaginable heights, especially the little loli. It was hard to tell if she didn't wear her biological armor, but once she put on her biological armor again, her battle prowess would more than double.
In this battle, the Huaxia Renaissance had also suffered heavy losses. Standing in the middle of the gradually melting ice, Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at the four destroyed forts and smiled bitterly. Most of these forts had been built using the resources that had been hoarded in Shanghai and had yet to be withdrawn. Each of them had cost a huge amount of resources and time. They had originally been the heavy-duty gatekeepers of the Yangtze River's estuary, but they had not been able to withstand a single blow from the corvette and the giant water snake at the peak of the Level Four.
Corpses were dug out from the rubble. Damaged heavy machine guns and weapons were piled up into a small mountain. Smoke filled the air and floated around the island. Smelling the choking smell of smoke, Zhang Xiaoqiang couldn't even bring himself to smoke to relieve his depression. Half of the people were counting the losses and rescuing the injured, while the other half were using all sorts of utensils to bleed the monsters.
Aside from buckets of fresh blood, a large amount of Heavenly Holy Essence was also extracted. The monsters had an unimaginable vitality. With its last breath, it was still twitching and struggling for its life. Its huge flat tail was still sweeping across the ground. Every time it swept, it would create a strong wind and send the pebbles on the ground the size of a human's head flying like sand and stones.
Yang Ke-er brought Ma Fei along as they walked back and forth beside the monster. This was the first time she had seen such an ugly monster, so she was obviously very curious about it. As for the dark silver water snake, she completely ignored it. When she was unconscious, the water snake was not like this. Now that the water snake had changed its appearance, it was not as intimate as before. The feet of the two girls were covered in mud that was softened by the monster's blood. The thick smell of blood caused Yang Ke-er to frown. Yang Ke-er, who loved cleanliness, endured the disgust in her heart and finally stood in the middle of the monster's six broken claws. It was unknown what he said to Ma Fei, but Ma Fei immediately waved her serrated knife and cut a hole in the monster's heart.
When the serrated knife cut out the meat the size of a house door, black blood gushed out like a high-pressure water faucet, forming a pool of blood dozens of meters away. Seeing the blood, many evolvers carrying pots and empty oil barrels shouted and rushed forward to collect the blood. The blood seemed to be the monster's heart blood. It continued for five to six minutes, filling up thirty to fifty empty oil barrels before it slowly stopped …
Covered in blood, Yang Ke-er and Ma Fei were bathing in the bathroom that was specially built for them. Meow also joined them. Waves of bell-like laughter echoed in the bathroom, dispersing the suppressed anger outside. Li Zhi carefully stood behind Zhang Xiaoqiang and reported in a low voice, "A hundred and twenty-seven soldiers died, forty-nine evolvers died, and three hundred and fifty people were injured. Among them, ninety-eight were severely injured, thirty-one were disabled, and the loss of fifty heavy equipment, countless light equipment, resources …"
Zhang Xiaoqiang listened to the loss report expressionlessly. Even though he had a lot of assets, he still felt the pain in his heart. Not to mention the guns and cannons that had been lost, just the number of people that had been lost was almost the equivalent of a reinforced battalion. Hubei's military strength had never exceeded eighty thousand people, and most of them were stationed at various places. The loss of five hundred people had reduced the defensive strength of the island by one-fifth. Even if they were to redeploy some of the reservists from the rear, they would not have the experience to fight on the island. In other words, the island had not only lost a reinforced battalion, but a veteran battalion that was equivalent to two battalions.
"Can the injured soldiers survive?"
Zhang Xiaoqiang was silent for a long time before he finally opened his mouth. This time, Li Zhi was silent, and after a while, he said, "Of the ninety-eight heavily injured soldiers, less than half might survive … Our medical level is not as good as before, and most of the drugs have expired. It will take a lot of time for the pharmaceutical factory to recover, and also … we can't find that many surgeons …"
Medical treatment was the weakness of Huaxia Renaissance. After all, Huaxia Renaissance did not have a complete inheritance like the other forces. It was almost built from the ruins. Even if they had accepted some survivors and some units from Beijing, there was not much improvement. The doctors from Hubei Research Institute were good at surgery, but the entire Hubei Renaissance Army had fought in too many places. Even if they were sent to the rear, they might not be able to make it. The soldiers here needed emergency treatment, and so did the soldiers in other places. Thinking about this, Zhang Xiaoqiang clenched his fists and suddenly asked, "Didn't Wen Wen form a hunter team?
He has a young lady under him who is a rare healing evolver. Go and ask her if she can rush over as soon as possible … As for the injured soldiers, use the Lifesaving Pill and Hemostasis Powder first. "
Medical evolvers were not valued. After all, to the people at the end of the world, most of them were fighting against zombies. If they were injured, they only needed the Evolutionary Substance. Normal injuries would naturally have a set of special treatment procedures.
"It's too late. I know the evolver called Dong Yunqi. Her ability is not very effective on the heavily injured. She tried it when Miss Ke Er was heavily injured, but these heavily injured soldiers' injuries were more serious than Miss Ke Er's, unless …"
"Unless?"
Zhang Xiaoqiang raised his eyebrows. Li Zhi hesitated for a long time as if he was in a difficult position. Zhang Xiaoqiang did not rush him, and after a while, Li Zhi still said his idea, "Unless they are infected with the virus and then injected with the Evolutionary Substance. Only then can they be saved …"
Li Zhi finally said the method he knew. In the Huaxia Renaissance, with the Lifesaving Pill and Hemostasis Powder, most injuries could be saved, but there were many injuries that even the top hospitals in the past might not have a solution for. Otherwise, Old Yu would not have been unknown in a small town. The virus and the Evolutionary Substance were a method that the military had obtained by chance on the battlefield. After encountering high-level zombies, many soldiers would not just be scratched and bitten, but also suffer from broken bones and disemboweled bodies. Many people would receive fatal injuries. Because of the virus, they would be suspended for the first time and would not die immediately. They would slowly transform into zombies. At this time, if the Evolutionary Substance was injected, as long as the failure rate was above 30%, most people could survive. The virus brought them danger, but it also treated their injuries.
This method was very dangerous and only circulated in the military. It was also the first time that Zhang Xiaoqiang had heard of it. After listening to Li Zhi's idea, Zhang Xiaoqiang was also in a dilemma. After a long time, he said to Li Zhi, "Let's do it this way. As long as you try your best, it will be fine. Record the treatment process and send it to the doctor. Also, let him speed up the process of making the special medicine …"
The special medicine was the three sets of medicine that Zhang Xiaoqiang had brought back from Australia. After giving one set to Yang Ke-er and the mercenaries, Zhang Xiaoqiang only kept one set. Although he could not use it, it might be useful for the people around him. If this medicine was not the most precious thing in the new era, it might have been distributed to every company. For this reason, Zhang Xiaoqiang had repeatedly urged the doctor to produce results. He did not care about the cost of capturing sea beasts and sending them to Wuhan for the doctor to experiment. Unfortunately, there had been no results until now.
Li Zhi turned and left. Looking at the hundreds of corpses lined up in the open space around the tarmac, Zhang Xiaoqiang was a little sad. He looked down at the metal box in his hand. Inside the box was the good thing that Yang Ke-er had mentioned. Seeing this so-called good thing, Zhang Xiaoqiang wanted to lift it up and smash it more than once.
He did not expect that in addition to the six crystal nuclei in the monster's body, there was a round and smooth meteorite fragment. There were twelve golden beads floating around this fragment, like golden pearls. These thumb-sized beads slowly rotated less than five centimeters away from the meteorite. It was very magical. Zhang Xiaoqiang flicked his fingertips, and a bead flew ten meters away. Then it turned into a golden streamer and flew back to the middle of the box, still rotating around the meteorite.
Zhang Xiaoqiang asked Meow to fly a few kilometers away with one of the beads before releasing it. After the bead fell, it would return to the vicinity of the meteorite. If it was too far away, it could also guide the direction of the meteorite. It could be considered a different kind of meteorite detector. Of course, the value of this thing was reflected in the meteorite fragments. Zhang Xiaoqiang had long known that meteorites were of great use to plants, and he also wanted to collect as many meteorites as possible to catalyze the giant tree that could bear the pagoda. Therefore, what Yang Ke-er said was not wrong. This was indeed a good thing, but if it was at the cost of destroying one-third of the defense system and hundreds of casualties, Zhang Xiaoqiang would rather not have this benefit.
At this moment, Zhuo Mingyue floated to Zhang Xiaoqiang's side with a fragrant wind. Her tender white palm was presented to Zhang Xiaoqiang. It was a fist-sized black and gray colloid. This colloid was the ugliest thing Zhang Xiaoqiang had ever seen. Looking at its fog-like appearance, Zhang Xiaoqiang lost interest. He shook his head and said, "I have quite a few level five colloids, and with this, I have about four types. However, I've always had a question. Colloids can give me new abilities, but they can't improve the quality of them. For example, my dynamic vision. The advanced ability of dynamic vision is 3D dynamic vision. At first, I only had super long range vision, and then it was upgraded to dynamic vision. In the end, it took three years for it to upgrade to 3D dynamic vision. Because I have other abilities, this upgrade is rather slow. Now, I'm neither here nor there. I have to take care of self-healing, vision, control of external objects, and fire, so I don't have the energy to continue upgrading any of them. I don't know what will happen if I eat a level five colloid. If I add on a black smoke to protect my body, it seems like it would be better to maintain my original state and continue upgrading them …"
This was Zhang Xiaoqiang's doubt and his predicament. Having fought with the Divine Lords, he knew how powerful those Divine Lords who had upgraded their abilities to the pinnacle were. If it wasn't for his rich battle experience, he might not have been able to escape unscathed. Those Divine Lords all had a single ability and didn't have many complicated and varied methods. However, even if it was a single ability, once it was upgraded to the extreme, it would possess absolute power that could suppress everything. This made Zhang Xiaoqiang very disappointed.