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"Boss, the soldiers responsible for patrolling the Yangtze River have discovered something strange during their battles with mutant ants and mutant cockroaches," Yan Fangfang said to Dongfang Chen after returning to the office.

"Oh? What strange thing?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"According to the soldiers, the corpses of mutant insects that fell into the Yangtze River are being attacked by a large number of fish. It is said that these fish are extremely aggressive and exist in vast numbers," Yan Fangfang said.

Half a minute of silence.

"Alright, go to Jingmen City," Dongfang Chen said.

......

2 hours later.

North bank of Changjing Bridge, Jingmen City.

"Boss, it's here," Yan Fangfang said through her digital eye.

"Drop the bait," Dongfang Chen said.

"Okay!"

"Unit One, drop the bait!" Yan Fangfang took out the walkie-talkie and ordered.

As the order was issued, a helicopter lowered its altitude and dropped a giant Odontomachus ant, suspended by chains, into the river.

"Glug~"

With the sound of splashing water, the ant fell into the river, creating a large splash.

Soon, the ant floated to the surface. Since the ant was dead, it floated quietly on the surface for the first dozen seconds without any movement.

However, soon the water surface began to splash, and countless small fish filled with sharp teeth began to emerge, frantically gnawing at it.

Dongfang Chen observed these fish up close through his digital eye.

These fish were not zombie fish, but mutant fish.

This also meant that the ocean might already be ruled by mutant fish.

This kind of species, more terrifying and aggressive than piranhas, either doesn't exist, or becomes the overlord of a body of water once it does. There is no middle ground on this point.

"I understand the situation. Thank you for your hard work," Dongfang Chen said.

"It's no trouble," Yan Fangfang said.

"That's all then." Dongfang Chen finished speaking and disconnected the call.

He paced back and forth, thinking for a while.

"Xiaolin, do we have a way to develop fishing boats in the base?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"Commander, are you planning to catch those mutant fish?" Xiaolin asked.

"That's right!" Dongfang Chen said.

"The base can develop fishing boats, but I don't recommend you do so," Xiaolin replied.

"Why?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"There may be large fish in the water, and the safety factor of fishing boats is low," Xiaolin replied.

"Then what do you suggest?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"You can use anti-gravity engines to develop fishing airships," Xiaolin replied.

"That's a good idea. Then why not go a step further and merge the rat feed production line with the fishing airship development project? Design a capture aircraft that can simultaneously hunt and capture terrestrial mutant insects and aquatic mutant fish, and complete the production of rat feed directly on the aircraft," Dongfang Chen thought of a brilliant idea.

After all, rats are not raised as livestock, but only for the purpose of obtaining crystal cores. Therefore, anything that can provide energy can be used as food. Whether it is clean or has side effects is not within his consideration.

In that case, why not make reasonable use of those mutant insects and mutant fish? They are all high in protein and have high nutritional value. If they are broken down and produced into feed, the rat's food problem will be solved.

In this way, the insects and mutant fish are also eliminated, and more crystal cores can be obtained, which is simply a win-win situation.

Of course, he wouldn't go out and hunt these insects and fish himself after building the aircraft. Leaving aside daily wear and tear, how much money can he make selling feed?

His plan was to sell the aircraft directly.

Military regions and resettlement camps could all be his customers.

The aircraft would be designed for purely fool-proof operation and fully automatic feed production. In this way, there would be almost no technical threshold, and anyone could fly it.

Then, the technology of raising rats would be made public.

Perfect.

Aren't people short of crystal cores? With the aircraft, they can produce their own feed, and with feed, they can raise rats. With enough feed, they can raise more rats. With rats, they have crystal cores.

In the end, wouldn't these crystal cores obediently return to Dongfang Chen's own pocket?

With such a closed loop, more people would join the army of producing crystal cores, and the development of the Huatong Chamber of Commerce and the Mercenary Guild could be further accelerated, and the completion of the task would be just around the corner.

......

Northeast Military Region, Jilin Province, Yuanjiang City, Baishan Resettlement Camp.

August 5, 2055 AD, night.

"Mayor E, something bad has happened. A large number of zombies have appeared in the southeast direction," a security guard reported.

"Southeast direction?" Mayor E asked with some surprise.

"Yes," the security guard replied.

"Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?" Mayor E still couldn't believe it.

The Baishan Resettlement Camp is located east of Yuanjiang City, and east of Yuanjiang City is the Yalu River.

Therefore, it is possible for zombies to appear in the west and north, but it is impossible for them to appear in the southeast.