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Perhaps because of the change of wind direction, Ming Xia felt that the temperature coming from the direction of the factory building behind him was getting higher and higher.The protective clothing was thick and heavy, and he soon broke out in sweat.The others were obviously not feeling well either. When Nan Jiang retreated from the front to the back, his face was covered in sweat.

Except for two of the team members guarding the gap, the rest surrounded them.Ming Xia was squeezed away, stretched her neck to look in, and saw Nan Jiang turned on the handheld computer, and was pointing to a bunch of bright lines on the screen to make arrangements.

Ming Xia had a good memory, and recognized that it was the map he had seen on Lao Du's computer screen not long ago. A bright light spot the size of a dragon's eye appeared in the center of the map, while the previously densely packed bright spots became much sparser. Hovering around the spot, gradually merged together, and then began to move along the periphery of the spot towards the lower right corner of the screen.

Ming Xia guessed that the spot of light in the center of the screen was a trap set by Lao Du and the others. Although it is not yet known how many Luo Luo were killed by this fire, judging from the bright spots on the screen, the number of Luo Luo who escaped was less than three points before. one.In addition to these, there were some fast-moving light green spots on the screen. Ming Xia suspected that those were the rescuers who followed Lao Du's command.

There was a buzzing sound from outside the crack, a bit like a pigeon whistle flying across the sky, but not as light as a pigeon whistle, but more like a howling wind, with a murderous feeling.Ming Xia discerned the sound used to disturb Luo Luo, which was fine and dense, like a huge net stretched in midair.

The rescue team guarding the exit of the crack fired brazenly. Amidst the dense gunfire, Luo Luo screamed, and splashed blood drops fell from the air together with the bird carcass.

Ming Xia squatted down covering his ears, at such a close distance, he was almost deafened.

Time seemed to be stretched infinitely, and when the gunfire finally stopped, the exit of the crack was almost filled with bird corpses, and the surrounding stone walls were already dyed a blinding red by Luo Luo's blood.

Ming Xia drilled out of the crack in embarrassment, and found that the exit of the crack that was shaken open was located on a slope extending downward.At the end of the slope is a lake, and the lake is covered with dense reeds.At this moment, dense bird carcasses covered the open space from the crack to the lake, and the large reeds were also stained mottled red by Luo Luo's blood.

Ming Xia felt unreal in his heart.This is a tragic scene that he has never seen before, and he has never dreamed of it.

Nan Jiang walked past him, reached out and patted his shoulder, "Are you scared?"

Ming Xia shook her head, but felt a little ashamed in her heart that she was indeed frightened.This night and day experience seemed to take him out of the life he knew and into a strange and dangerous world he had never understood.

Ming Xia followed Nanjiang downhill in a daze.There were Luo Luo's dead bodies everywhere, and occasionally the soles of his feet would slip when he stepped on bird feathers.Nan Jiang was afraid that he would fall down the slope, so he simply grabbed his arm and led him away. Concerned about his injuries, Nan Jiang didn't walk fast.

An anti-riot vehicle was parked at the bottom of the slope. Mr. Hu and Commander Du squatted and smoked. Mr. Hu still had a few feathers on his shoulders, making him look a little unkempt.Seeing them coming, he waved to Ming Xia and said, "When I get back, I'll prescribe some medicine for you, take a good bath, and you'll be fine in a few days."

Ming Xia squatted down like them, and asked Mr. Hu with lingering fear, "All the monsters are gone?"

"Where did the monster come from?" Hu Lao laughed, "There are rumors of mice biting children in the countryside, and there are reports in India that tigers hurt people. Are they all monsters?"

Ming Xia scratched her cheek in embarrassment, "This is different."

As soon as he closed his eyes now, he could see Luo Luo grabbing his shoulder, swallowing his meat with his mouth in his mouth... This feeling was much scarier than seeing a tiger.For Ming Xia, he felt that being bitten to death by a ferocious beast would be nothing. The scariest thing was watching himself being eaten bite by bite.

Ming Xia wiped off a cold sweat, and asked worriedly, "Is it really all gone?"

Commander Du next to him was amused, and he coughed with a puff of cigarette in his mouth, "There are rescuers in the old city who are doing further cleaning. This kind of bird likes to move in groups. From their nature, even if If there are fish that slip through the net, the number will not be too many, and this kind of large-scale panic will no longer be caused. Don't worry."

Ming Xia is not very relieved.He still has the sign of "There is food" on his body. What if there are fish that slipped through the net that they didn't find and come to harvest the crops?

Mr. Hu comforted him and said, "Stay here in the old city for the past few days, and don't run around. There are rescue teams patrolling here, and nothing will happen."

Ming Xia glanced at Nan Jiang who was squatting beside him, and felt a little relieved.From the time he took him out of the car to running into the warehouse, and then into the cellar, and groping all the way out, the process didn't take long. He wasn't sure how high Nanjiang's force value was, but this man was Has the ability to be convincing.

Probably because of the uniform he was wearing?

Ming Xia's gaze stayed on his blood-stained protective clothing for a moment, and he nodded secretly.Is this a national public official? If you don't believe him, who else can you trust?

Suddenly, Nan Jiang asked Mr. Hu, "The mark left by Luo Luo is also helpful for our field search. Do you want to invite Ming Xia to accompany tomorrow's field search?"

Ming Xia was taken aback, went to the mountains?Just him?Do you want to deliver food to Luo Luo? !

Seeing Ming Xia's expression, several people laughed.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid," Mr. Hu comforted him, "Roro Luo will leave traces on the route he passed. Besides, we now have so many samples, and we don't have to trouble Comrade Xiao Ming in the next search. You just need to stop running around. Just in case."

Ming Xia breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to look at Nan Jiang, only to see a suppressed smile on his face.

Ming Xia, "..."

"I'm sorry," Nan Jiang laughed, shaking his shoulders, "I was just kidding."

Ming Xia felt a sense of disbelief that such a serious person would be joking.

As they spoke, many people in protective suits gathered Luo Luo's body and carried it away in a special-looking bag.Mr. Hu said that this was done to prevent Luo Luo from carrying any special virus, so these corpses should be destroyed uniformly.

Nan Jiang quickly left to join his teammates.Commander Du finished his cigarette and went back to supervise the next mopping up activities.Mr. Hu directed his assistants to collect various samples.

Ming Xia felt that among these people he was the only one who had nothing to do, but thinking that he was a wounded soldier who was sick and sent to work, the feeling of regret in his heart flew away again.He leaned against the wheels of the anti-riot car, squinting his eyes and blowing the scorched breeze, his whole body was filled with a strange soreness, as if he had suddenly removed the heavy weight from his back after running 5000 meters with a load on his back. The burden, the whole person is going to fly lightly.

Mr. Hu came over and touched his head, and stuffed two anti-inflammatory drugs into his mouth.The pills are small, but bitter as hell.Ming Xia poured himself half a bottle of water, but he still couldn't feel his tongue, and his whole face wrinkled into a ball of bitterness.

On the slope in the distance, Nan Jiang accidentally saw this scene and couldn't help laughing.He thought it was nice to be young, no matter if he was injured or frightened, he seemed to be alive and kicking again in the blink of an eye.

Nan Jiang looked at his blood-stained protective gloves, and suddenly wondered, why can't he remember what he was like when he was in his twenties?

By the time we returned to the workshop, the sun had already set.The power supply equipment damaged by Luo Luo near the factory building has been repaired and the power supply has been restored.The street lights were on, several large trucks were parked outside the door, the doors were wide open, and many people were moving things back and forth.Ming Xia took a closer look, the people who moved things were all ordinary residents brought out by the rescue team during the day, Ming Xia didn't see Tu Qing, and didn't know where this person went for a while.

Because Ming Xia's wound needs to be changed, Mr. Hu simply brought him back to his office.At night, it was also the camp bed where I squeezed together with Mr. Hu—Mr. Hu was worried about letting the wounded man sleep on the ground, and worried that he would have a fever in the middle of the night, so he simply made do with it all night.

Ming Xia didn't sleep well at night. In his dream, a group of Luo Luo birds were chasing him all the time. He ran forward desperately, and was woken up a few times by fright, but when he fell asleep again, he would still return to being surrounded by Luo Luo. In the dream of chasing him, he ran all night with fear, fearing that if he was caught up, there would be a piece of flesh on his body that would lose him.

Fortunately, the young man's body is indeed amazingly resilient. Ming Xia didn't have a fever. When he got up the next day to change his dressing, Mr. Hu was very pleased to tell him that the wound would heal in a few days, and then he would be back again. I'm alive and kicking.

The rescue team provided everyone with a breakfast of steamed stuffed buns and soy milk. At about ten o'clock, they informed everyone that they could leave the factory.

When they walked out the gate of the factory, many people felt a dreamlike trance like Ming Xia.

The old town is still the same old town, but many places look different again.The smell of disinfectant is wafting all over the street, and the bird carcasses that once covered the street are gone.It's just that there are still some strange traces left in some places, which are dark in color and have been stained into the cracks of the blue bricks one by one, and they can't be cleaned no matter how they are washed.

The collapsed gallery shed was also erected again, and some broken pillars were replaced with brand new concrete piles, which looked out of place with the surrounding antique background.It is also like a piece of special notice boards, clearly reminding all passers-by of what happened here.

The door of "Tu Zai Pet Shop" was open, and Tu Qing had already come back first, and was busy feeding the cats and dogs in the cage.After a day and a night of hunger and being frightened, the little ones didn't seem very energetic.

The store is still the same as when I left that day, it is messy everywhere, but the porch in front of the door has been erected again, standing at the door and looking at the direction of the square, Ming Xia will have the illusion as if nothing happened.Of course, there are also some things that use their own existence to pierce this illusion. The sycamore trees in the square and the eaves in the distance are still stained with patches of gray and white.These places are not easy to clean up, and I don't know how long it will take to restore them to their original appearance.

Ming Xia tugged at the rolling gate outside the gate, raised his voice and asked Tu Qing, "When will you get someone to fix it?" After going through this thrilling day and night, he wasn't sure if he could still move without the rolling gate. Sleep peacefully.

"I've already called," Tu Qing replied in a loud voice in the kitchen, "The people in the maintenance station said that there is too much work, and they won't be here until four o'clock in the afternoon at the earliest."

Ming Xia asked him worriedly, "Will you not come?"

"Probably not. Everyone was terrified, and they didn't dare to delay." Tu Qing came out of the kitchen with a shallow stainless steel basin. He put the shallow basin on the ground, opened the cage and took out a few kittens.

Ming Xia shrugged his nose, "What's the smell?"

"Goat milk powder." Tu Qing caressed the kitten cubs with a distressed face, "It's specially for the cubs. Oh, poor thing, they've been hungry all day, do you think they've lost weight?"

Ming Xia watched the kittens huddling together to drink milk by the basin, and he felt a little bit in his heart, and had an unbelievable thought, "I said, what you gave us to drink yesterday...couldn't be this?!"

"Don't be so hypocritical," Tu Qing expressed dissatisfaction with his reaction, "My cat's resistance is definitely not as good as yours, they can drink it, why can't you drink it... oh, oh, talk well, talk well... How can you say that you just do it...Ming Xiaoliu, are you still being reasonable..."