The Walking Dead TWD

Chapter 160 Milton Playing with Zombies

Milton did not attend the banquet. He was currently staying in the prison gymnasium, which was the indoor activity area for prisoners before the disaster.

Zhou Nan promised Milton to continue studying zombies, and Zhou Nan was a person who attached great importance to science, so Zhou Nan gave the gymnasium to Milton to use as a research site.

There was a radio in front of Milton, and the weak voice of Dr. Candice from the CDC came from it, as if guiding Milton's work.

The fact is true. It was Zhou Nan who allowed these scientists to communicate and learn from each other, and perhaps some unexpected sparks would be created.

"Milton, when we were studying zombie brains, we accidentally discovered that zombie rotting flesh can produce methane under certain conditions."

"Organic matter in an anaerobic environment, under suitable conditions of temperature, humidity, and pH, produces combustible methane through microbial fermentation."

"During the biogas fermentation process, organic matter is broken down by decomposing bacteria into simple organic matter and carbon dioxide, and then methanogens oxidize or reduce these simple organic matter and carbon dioxide into methane."

"So if carrion is placed in an anaerobic environment and the right conditions are met, it can serve as a source of organic matter and produce biogas through the action of microorganisms."

"We have a requirement raised by Zhou Nan. We cannot open the door to capture zombies for experiments. This is very important. If used well, they can be used as a new source of energy."

"So we can only entrust you, Milton."

Milton also said excitedly: "Don't worry, Dr. Candice, I have a lot of zombies here, I will do an experiment to verify it!"

When Candice heard about the large number of zombies here, she said with envy, "That's great! I'll have to ask Zhou Nan sometime when he'll pick us up and take us out of this lab. It's so boring here."

"See you later, Dr. Milton," Candice said, and the radio was hung up.

Milton also put the radio on the table, then turned and came to the operating table. At this moment, there was a zombie lying on it. Because its hands and feet were fixed, the zombie could only struggle and roar, but could not do anything destructive.

"I'm sorry. Although I don't know who you were in your life or what you experienced, I just want to say thank you now."

Milton thanked the zombie and then inserted the sharp steel pipe on its head into the zombie's swollen abdomen.

"scoff~"

A large amount of gas continued to gush out through the pipe, emitting a disgusting stench. However, when Milton smelled this smell, his whole body was shaking with excitement.

“That’s the taste, it’s wonderful!”

Milton raised his lighter and tried to ignite the gas gushing out from the bottom of the steel pipe. Karina, who was watching from the side, also watched this scene with interest. This was something new that she had never encountered before.

Zhou Nan was holding the microphone at the moment, surrounded by a large group of people.

"I'm not one to give passionate speeches, I just state the facts."

Zhou Nan was talking about some of his team's experiences.

These words are mainly said to new members. It is very necessary for them to understand their team and know what the team has experienced. This can greatly enhance these newcomers' sense of identification with the team.

"When the disaster day arrived, our team was only four people. Later, we went to Harrison Memorial Hospital and met new companions. There we faced the Nighthawks for the first time!"

"We only had a few of us back then, but we fought off an enemy force dozens of times our size!"

"Later, we went to the CDC and were ambushed by the Nighthawks. Fortunately, we survived, and at the CDC we also found a large number of scientists who were willing to follow us."

“Then we went to Bellwood Quarry, the nursing home, Grady Memorial Hospital, and now to Woodbury. In two months, we’ve changed dramatically.”

Everyone nodded in agreement. If it was really as Zhou Nan said, then it would indeed not be easy.

"From the initial scale of a few people, it has grown to more than 500 people today."

"We have no shortage of manpower, water, electricity, and safe shelters. We have medical care and food, and we have sufficient weapons and equipment. The surrounding threats have also been dealt with."

"But we can't afford to slack off. We are also facing threats and challenges, from small things like developing agriculture and animal husbandry to solving our hunger problem."

"We can conduct scientific research to develop a zombie vaccine as soon as possible to end this damn apocalypse..."

Just as everyone was applauding and their hearts were full of longing for the future, they suddenly heard an explosion coming from the direction of the gymnasium.

Zhou Nan's expression changed and he quickly ran towards the gymnasium. The others were confused and didn't understand what was going on, so they followed Zhou Nan's footsteps to try to find out what was going on.

When Zhou Nan pushed open the door of the gymnasium, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. He saw fragments of the gas tank scattered all over the ground, the surroundings were in a mess, and Karina was lying on the ground, her life or death uncertain.

Milton was lying in a pool of blood, looking extremely miserable.

"Fuck, what the hell happened here?" Zhou Nan cursed and quickly ran forward to observe the injuries of the two.

Karina was fine, she was just unconscious and had no external injuries, but Milton was different, his body was covered with cuts.

At this moment, Milton explained weakly, "Just now, I discovered that the gas in the zombies' abdominal cavities is extremely flammable, and the conversion efficiency is also very high, so I used two more zombies and collected the methane in their gas tanks."

"Perhaps when the gas was released from the gas tank, the volume fraction of methane in the air was between 5% and 15%, forming a combustible mixture."

"It just so happens that winter is somewhat dry, and objects become charged due to friction. As the charge accumulates, the electric field strength reaches a discharge level. It only takes the sparks generated by these ionizations to come into contact with flammable materials to ignite them."

"Coincidentally, this place is full of these flammable materials, and the gas tank exploded due to backfire..."

Zhou Nan tried to help Milton up, but his legs were in a strange twisted shape, obviously broken.

"Damn, just shut up and be quiet!" Zhou Nan carefully put Milton back on the ground, then took out the radio to call Marcus.

Milton turned a deaf ear to Zhou Nan's words, and instead said to Zhou Nan with a fanatical look: "Zhou Nan, you don't understand what this means at all!"

Zhou Nan turned around and glared at Milton: "I don't understand anything. I only know that if you don't get treatment, you will die soon!"

Milton smiled. "Just before the explosion, I conducted a gas composition analysis. It contained methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, water vapor, etc."

"If it is used as automobile fuel, the gas needs to be purified and refined. If the methane content after purification is as high as 95%, the quality can be comparable to natural gas and can be used directly as automobile fuel!"

"But Karina just told me that maybe she could make an internal combustion engine or a compression ignition engine, and use this zombie methane either by combining it with diesel or using it directly as fuel!"

"Any idea what this means?"

"As long as you have zombies, you can make cars run. And right now, the last thing we have is zombies. They're practically everywhere on the streets!"

"Just pump the gas out of it and the car will run!"