"..." Zayn and Angie had nothing to say. They could only watch the sea of fire burn the fire ants.
Despite the insect's name, fire ants cannot tolerate fire and soon die from the acute poison of the pesticide and the heat of the fire. Meanwhile, the third squad quickly slaughtered the long-legged zombies with their high-tech assault rifles.
"Did you see it? Those assault rifles result from modifications made by the weapons department's lab. They may look like ordinary assault rifles but have super high penetrative power.
Some zombies have skin that is so hard and slippery, but that can be overcome with this particular bullet." Professor Tyler showed a remarkable 13 mm bullet to Zayn.
"O-oh~" Zayn was amazed. Humans had a chance to fight back against zombies and ultra-dangerous beasts.
"Well, but that's none of our business. An unfortunate soldier has fallen there. He was injured by a zombie bite in the shoulder. Let's test the effectiveness of your anti-zombification serum here." Professor Tyler urged Zayn to move with him.
He then ordered the two closest soldiers to drag the fallen soldier to the back row as soon as possible before the poor fellow turned into a zombie.
"Urgh... Please kill me before I turn into a zombie..." The wounded soldier groaned in pain. He felt gnawed from within, and his consciousness would soon disappear, replaced by a mindless flesh-hungry undead.
"Fret not, brave soldier. You will make a huge contribution to medicine. Let's see what your serum can do. Give it to me and tell me how we should use it." Professor Tyler put on medical gloves and asked Zayn for the anti-zombifying serum.
"You've been infected with more than fifteen percent of the zombie virus. Hopefully, you can survive. Please pray and fight against the virus in your body, soldier. Swallow this life-saving serum." Zayn opened the vial and shoved the liquid into the wounded soldier's mouth.
Professor Tyler was a little taken aback. Zayn named it a serum, but the liquid was treated like an elixir. Even so, he wanted to see the effect it would have on the patient now. "Swallow it. Don't leave any drop left."
*Gulp* *Gulp*
The wounded soldier had no other choice but to swallow the liquid. He seemed to be able to see hope, even though he was only betting on his life.
"Urgh!" The wounded soldier felt his blood circulation increase. His body heated up, and he was sweating profusely as his heart rate increased.
His immune system received a considerable boost to eradicate the destructive and aggressive zombie virus.
*Splurt* *Splurt*
Zayn used his spiritual power to massage out the blood contaminated by the zombie virus. He had to do that because the patient crossed the limits of the anti-zombifying serum's effectiveness, hoping it could save lives like Rico's case.
The soldier's shoulder darkened, and Zayn poured the sterile water into the open wound to clean it from blood.
"!?" Professor Tyler and the surrounding soldiers were wide-eyed in shock to see the soldier bitten by a zombie gradually turning pale. Still, the zombification was no longer in sight.
"Hiss!" The wounded soldier hissed in pain. He felt numb, but his body felt unbelievably weak.
"Hold it. Your body may fall into a state of suffering. You will feel pain and lack of blood. My serum can only help you get to this point. There is still a little zombie virus in your body, but it falls in a dormant state. You will remain a fully conscious human for the time being until we find a more advanced anti-zombification serum formula." Zayn took off his rubber gloves and threw them aside.
"Bandage him and we'll get him back to base. We can save him." Zayn stood up and got back into the car.
"..." The two masked soldiers near Zayn had nothing to say, but they exploded in excitement. So, they can still be saved even though they have been injured by zombies.
They only needed to avoid fatal injuries by more than fifteen percent! The two soldiers soon bandaged the injured soldier's shoulder.
"Wow, what an incredibly effective formula. It's able to eradicate the zombie virus at a limit of fifteen percent, is it? Apart from the anti-zombification properties, there are also side effects, huh... However, why are you massaging that fellow?"
Professor Tyler slightly turned his gaze to Zayn.
"There is a price to be paid to expel the zombie virus from the body. We will be doing more research on it soon. Are you on board with me and can see a bright future?" Zayn held out his hand for a handshake.
"A young genius wants to work with an old genius? Haha, I like your young spirit. You were hired as an executive scientist, Zayn! Let's make an anti-zombification serum formula to break the twenty-five percent limit! We can eradicate the zombies from our homeland soon! Heehee, ahaha!" Professor Tayler burst out laughing and accepted Zayn's handshake.
"???" Zayn was confused why his offer was answered with such maniacal laughter. Still, he soon followed the professor's laughter because he thought it was an eccentric greeting from this old professor. "Hahaha!"
"???" The surrounding soldiers were astonished by the strange laughter of the two scientists. However, they just pretended not to see those two because they were used to seeing great scientists sometimes act like crazy people.
"..." Angie facepalmed. She must keep her human away from any weird humans like this old man soon, or she might regret it.
The long-legged zombies and large fire ants were soon exterminated by the third squad's advanced weapons and fire-throwing weapons belonging to the tenth squad. The ground was devoured in the sea of fire, but everyone just left the fire territory and went straight back to the base.
"Hmm?" Zayn could no longer see Rico and co around the lab building. Perhaps, they returned to base to join the fifteenth squad?
Zayn just shrugged his shoulders and entered the lab building. He was greeted by a small welcome party as a new executive scientist.
Despite everything, he received a privilege and an exclusive lab room. His first goal was achieved.
"Welcome to the team of executive scientists, Zayn. Despite the great merits, privileges in the base, and the exclusive lab, you are entitled to make a wish to support your new job. What might interest you?" Prime Minister Hendrix rubbed his hands with enthusiasm.
Once again, their base got a talent that would boost human survival power to eradicate the ever-mutating zombies.
"Hmm, I don't know what I want yet. I've had enough of my exclusive lab and the gifts you've given me. However, I'll tell you later when I find one, prime minister. Anyway, I've given the anti-zombification serum formula to Professor Tyler. We would mass produce it to help humanity's plight from the zombies' invasion!" Zayn clenched his fist up like a righteous one.
"Keep it up. We will anticipate your other findings. Anti-zombifying serum will be mass-produced as soon as we collect all the materials needed. Are you familiar with the procedure in this lab?" Hendrix laughed dryly.
"Yes, I got it, thanks for the explanation from Professor Tyler." Zayn nodded confidently.
"Then that's good. I have some business to attend to. Therefore, I shall take my leave." Hendrix raised his hand and left Zayn's exclusive lab with the third squad's captain following behind him.
*Clack*
The steel door closed, and Zayn finally had private time in his lab. It was an exclusive laboratory room where many unknown, sophisticated objects and mysterious materials were located, ready to be used as experiments.
In addition to the laboratory, there are bedrooms, living rooms, bathrooms, and other life support facilities. In addition to food matters, this room is superb.
"..." Angie pulled Zayn's backpack from behind.
"Are you hungry? We have a lot of merit now. Would you like some cheese, or something else? There are some deliciously flavored foods in the base's districts, right? We can buy those things with this merit system." Zayn put his backpack on the table. He could guess what Angie wanted.
Unfortunately, Angie only answered by shaking her head. She just wanted her cheese, for now, nothing else.