Wasteland Survivalist: A Scientific Guide to Post-Apocalyptic Survival

"Our escort and detachment had already left port before the battle, and we can confirm that there were no infected people. It is one of the very few armed forces that the highest level can completely trust."

"Do you understand now? The supplies search team was prepared for the possibility that none of them would return before they set off. As long as they can bring the necessary supplies to the designated location, they will have completed their mission."

Li Zheng's tone was full of determination.

"How far can your assault vehicle go?" Gu Lang thought for a while and then patted the vehicle's steel plate.

"800 kilometers, more than enough for a round trip. Let's not talk about that now, you should learn how to fire a gun first."

Wang Bin put down the map and began to teach Gu Lang how to properly use a rifle and grenades.

The Lynx assault vehicle bumped along across the open field, the numbers on the odometer jumping incessantly.

Two hours later, it got light.

Finally, after traversing countless ruins and wilderness, Li Zheng reduced his speed.

By taking unconventional routes, the three successfully traversed 120 kilometers to reach the vicinity of their destination.

"We're almost there. That area ahead should be Taizhou's Dragon Kingdom Medical City."

The scene before my eyes began to change; it was no longer a pure pastoral or rural area, but rather the outline of a modern industrial park was emerging.

After getting off the bus, Wang Bin took out the mission white paper and map and began to explain the work to Gu Lang.

"The place we're going to is located in the core area of ​​the medical city. There are two places in total. One is here, Cerrofi Biopharmaceutical, which, according to the information, used to be a company that mainly produced influenza vaccines. The other one is right next door, Raycus Biotech, which used to mainly develop herpes virus and respiratory syncytial virus vaccines."

"It's quite close by. What exactly do we need to do when we get there?"

"Here is a list of urgently needed supplies and equipment. Find and collect them. If you can't take the large instruments with you, mark their locations first."

Gu Lang picked up the densely packed form and began to read it.

"RNA polymerase, RNA modifying enzyme, nucleotide, chromatography column, AKTA protein purification unit... What does all this mean? I recognize each word individually, but I can't understand it at all when they're put together."

"Alright, you take care of reconnaissance and moving. Leave the finding to me. We'll have to rely on Li Zheng for the combat."

Wang Bin glanced at Gu Lang and put the list away.

"After you find the item, how will you contact the Peace State?"

"The large communication terminal was damaged in the crash, and the communications soldier was killed on the spot. The individual radio equipment was also not powerful enough. In order to ensure absolute safety, the fleet had been staying in the open sea area. The distance was too far, and we could only make contact with the ship at the coast."

Li Zheng took off the water-soaked thermal life jacket he was wearing earlier and took out his training uniform from the car to change into.

"In other words, we are now truly isolated, without any support, and no one even knows whether we will succeed or not. I suggest we just abandon this mission."

Gu Lang concluded sternly, increasingly feeling that this operation was unreliable.

"The number of infected people is getting bigger and bigger, but the survivors can't gather together. There's not much time left for vaccine development. There's no time to think about anything else. We can only do our best and leave the rest to fate."

Is it possible to develop a vaccine?

"Once we can complete the virus's gene sequencing and produce an mRNA vaccine, we can start large-scale production very soon."

Wang Bin also put on a bulletproof vest and slung his rifle over his shoulder with a determined look in his eyes.

"One last question, what's the current situation at the medical city? Did you know before we left?"

"We are the second group to arrive here. The previous elite advance team successfully entered that area, but communication was completely cut off shortly afterward, and there has been no news since."

"It sounds like they've all gone berserk?" Gu Lang sensed an extremely dangerous aura.

"Yes, the higher-ups also suspect that something serious has happened there. That's why they sent our team to investigate and try to obtain the key instruments and materials necessary for vaccine development."

"So the helicopter got shot down by a missile on the way?"

Li Zheng nodded, his face clouded with gloom.

"We didn't expect to encounter a man-portable air defense system (MANPADS). The location was too close, and the incident happened suddenly. The decoy flares were unable to create distance."

Hearing this, Gu Lang felt a mix of emotions.

The saying goes, "A teammate who turns evil becomes ten times stronger, while a villain who is redeemed becomes seven times weaker."

An army infected with berserk syndrome, and they're the elite ones, damn it.

His strength is probably on a completely different level from those he encountered before.

With just the three of us, we'd probably be eliminated as soon as we went in.

Gu Lang got out of the car and looked around, realizing that the visibility was too poor.

So he immediately took the drone out of his bag, found an open space, and launched it.

He pretended to help with reconnaissance, but in reality, he had already begun looking for an evacuation point, preparing to grab his gun and run away.

The tactical vest is now packed with three magazines, and together with the bullets in the gun, there are a total of 120 rounds.

Regarding thrown weapons, they also obtained several hand grenades and stun grenades.

With these, you don't need the air gun, homemade gun, or other things in your backpack.

As long as he can safely return to the yacht, he can continue south as planned.

The drone flew toward the vast, silent building complex, transmitting high-definition images back in real time.

Neat roads, well-planned green belts, and factories and R&D buildings bearing the names of various biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Gu Lang carefully maneuvered the drone to lower its altitude and began to patrol the airspace above the core area of ​​the medical city.

There wasn't a single person in the pharmaceutical factory; the only thing visible were some trucks parked in the storage area, loaded with various metal cans.

"It's too peaceful here..." Wang Bin frowned.

"Yes," Li Zheng stared at the screen, "there's no sign of any battle. What exactly happened to that garrison unit?"

Before he could finish speaking, the glass door of an office building was suddenly smashed open, and more than a dozen soldiers in camouflage uniforms rushed out.

Without hesitation, he immediately raised his automatic rifle and opened fire on the drone in the air!

"Bang! Bang bang bang!" Gunshots rang out from afar.

Gu Lang reacted quickly, flicking the speed switch on the remote control with his thumb to switch to sports mode.

The switch was turned on to the maximum, rapidly increasing the drone's altitude and quickly disappearing into the hazy sky, thus moving it out of the effective firing range of the soldiers below.

After the drone returned to base, Gu Lang picked it up and inspected it. Seeing that it was undamaged, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He had watched many videos of the Goose Dock battlefield before, and what impressed him most was the helplessness of ground infantry in the face of drones.

Rifle sights are not suitable for shooting at aerial targets, let alone high-speed drones.

Shooting a quadcopter drone with a regular rifle bullet from 100 meters away is as difficult as trying to catch a fly with chopsticks.

In actual combat, to achieve individual anti-drone capabilities, it is generally necessary to equip soldiers with specialized anti-drone shotguns.