Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1502 - 626: Methods to Control Mutated Plants_2

Usually, those unmanned vehicles, which are the mutated plants, would follow the programs set by the Awakeners. In case of any accidents, the overseers could take over at any time. Meanwhile, the Awakeners are constantly optimizing their algorithms, maintaining the overseers, and trying to prevent bugs...

"This is how we control the mutated plants..."

After a brief introduction by Han Youlin, he sighed.

"Although it might sound good, there are significant flaws in this method. The biggest drawback is the limited range,"

"The control over the mutated plants is confined only to the area of the Red Leaf Base. It’s not that we don’t want to expand the range; we use a specific type of mutated plant to transmit brainwave signals. However, this type of plant can only be found underground at the Red Maple Base and cannot be found outside. Moreover, it cannot be transplanted; it dies once transplanted. Thus, currently, this control ability can only be used within the Red Maple Base..."

"Another downside is that it’s very draining on people! Having one person control hundreds of mutated plants, even though it is done according to a preset program, is too much for most people to handle, and stronger ability users are needed. But even so, working like this for a long time can cause serious aftereffects for the ability users, ranging from mental exhaustion and weakness to turning into an imbecile or even brain death! This is also why our military occasionally has a few less personnel—they went to rotate..."

"Of course, all this is voluntary, and we give them substantial rewards. Should there be any accidents, we would take care of their families. The base won’t let them down. But currently, there’s no way to resolve the issue with the aftereffects, so we stipulate that each person can only work continuously for 3 days, then they must rest for a week to recover..."

"Originally, we wanted to control a large number of mutated plants to form an army to clear out monsters and zombies. However, we didn’t expect to only be able to operate in this small area, and also could not control strong mutated plants unless the awakeners personally control the mutated plants of the same level. But their numbers are limited and there are many restrictions, so they cannot be deployed on a large scale..."

"We are still continuously improving, but so far there have been no breakthroughs..."

Han Youlin appeared somewhat helpless. They had invested a lot of resources in this area, but the results were not as good as they had hoped. Now they are somewhat stuck between continuing the research or cutting losses in time; he was also unsure. After all, the sunk costs were too high...

"Ah, this..."

After listening to Han Youlin’s explanations, Wang Tao didn’t even know how to comment.

To say they were ineffectual, the biotechnology they had developed seemed indeed quite formidable. But to say they were effective, it has too many restrictions; aside from slightly improving the quality of life within the base, it wasn’t much use. Now in the apocalypse, strength is the most important...

"Actually, this method of controlling mutated plants is not impossible to disclose, but if disclosed, others may not necessarily be able to replicate it, and even if someone manages to replicate it successfully by luck, they would be stuck in the Red Leaf Base as well..."

"Moreover, the most important thing is, our military still holds significant influence in the hearts of the base’s civilians. If they knew that these mutated plants were controlled by humans, it might cause unnecessary troubles. The base needs stability..."

Han Youlin wasn’t hiding anything, even revealing his own thoughts.

"However, now, if we could purchase some Crystal-powered Weapons and Powered Armor from Changhe Base to enhance our combat capabilities, that might alleviate some of the dilemma..."

At the end of his remark, Han Youlin looked at Wang Tao, his eyes faintly glowing. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

Before Wang Tao’s arrival, he had been quite troubled about this matter, but after discussing with his confidants today, he was no longer so troubled.

This biotechnology must continue to be researched! But they could not fall behind in enhancing their strength either. As long as they could buy equipment from Changhe Base, their military’s overall combat effectiveness would improve significantly, enabling them to hunt more mutated plants for research.

Maybe one day, he could indeed develop a method to control countless mutated plants, and then lead this army of mutated plants to reclaim the lands lost to humanity!

"No problem, I will make sure to keep the promise. In a while, someone will ride the mutant wild geese, bringing supplies to your Red Maple Base; those will be our people from Changhe Base, just be on the lookout."

Wang Tao said with a smile.

"You have other mutated animals? Great, great!"

Han Youlin was overjoyed.

Traveling long distances by land is still very dangerous, even for a Fifth Order Awakener, one cannot be sure of safely reaching Changhe Base from Hongfeng Base, not to mention transporting a large amount of supplies.

However, flying is different, even though there are flying zombies and monsters, as long as one is always vigilant and avoids being ambushed, it is generally possible to escape. Therefore, it’s much safer.

With air routes, Hongfeng Base and Changhe Base can now engage in trade exchanges.

Hongfeng Base is severely lacking in Crystal-powered Weapons, Powered Armor, and various Potions.

"Oh right, since this place is a laboratory, is there any experimental data on the zombie virus left behind?"

Wang Tao suddenly said.

The laboratory here was not on the map provided by Qu Shilin. That suggests this laboratory might not be very large, or at least not very famous. But considering they’re studying biotechnology, the people here are quite capable. What if they did have some data on the zombie virus? It’s just a question after all – having it would be great, and it wouldn’t hurt if they don’t.

"Zombie virus data? It seems we have it... but I’m not very clear, I’ll call someone, and you can ask them."

Han Youlin frowned, seemingly uncertain.

"Okay."

A moment later, Han Youlin brought over four middle-aged individuals, two men and two women. They were originally part of this laboratory; initially, there were over thirty people, but only these four were lucky enough to survive.

All four of them were Level 3 ability users, probably like Qu Shilin, ascended with someone’s help, so they seemed to lack combat capabilities. However, being researchers, that was normal.

"Do you have any research materials related to the zombie virus? Specifically, from the initial outbreak days of the zombie virus."

Wang Tao directly asked.

"Initial zombie virus materials? We do have them, and even preserved in paper form, but I’m not sure if it’s what you need..."

Someone carefully began speaking.

They had just learned from Han Youlin that the stout man in front of them was a Sixth Rank Awakened! Although Han Youlin mentioned that this big fellow was good-natured, they had encountered Awakeners with bad tempers before, so they were still somewhat nervous.

"Okay, bring them here for me to see."

Wang Tao couldn’t understand these materials, but Qu Shilin taught him a simple method to roughly determine if the materials could be of any use to Qu Shilin.

A minute later, the four of them came over each carrying a thick stack of materials.

"So much?"

Wang Tao was somewhat surprised.

"Cough cough, I didn’t know what you needed, so I brought all the backup materials we had..."

Wang Tao felt overwhelmed, but he still flipped through them, and indeed, he found some materials that somewhat matched what Qu Shilin described.

"Okay, I’ll take all these materials! As a thank you, let me help you out a bit..."