The Scavengers

11pm on October 3

At 2:[-] p.m., Conference Hall [-] on the second floor of the base center building.

Four members of the scavenging team came, namely Xiao, Xue, Qian and Wang.

Wang Cheng and Qian Yunkai rushed over after receiving the message, and joined them at the door.

Cheng Zai and the two children stayed in the base car to support them, but did not get down.

Wu Xiaoyuan's situation is special, Xue Lihong thought he needed to fight, so she didn't leave him behind, but took him with her on missions, and Lin Xiaofei couldn't forget Wu Xiaoyuan with her.Classmate Xiao Fei is also working hard to develop his role in the battle under the guidance of Xue Lihong.

Xiao Mo was originally worried that Xue Lihong would be impatient teaching the two children, but after seeing that he was strict, he didn't appear to be impatient, so he was relieved.However, Xue Lihong thought it was an additional job, and forcibly added benefits to herself.As for who is paying the fringe benefits, it goes without saying.

Getting out of the base car, Xue Lihong threw a pack of mad dog ears to Wang Cheng, asking him to take it to the mission hall to hand in the mission.

At this time, Xiao and Xue already knew about Bao Yiyong's visit to the base from Wang Cheng, and this so-called official mission was released shortly after Bao Yiyong's arrival. Needless to say, this mission is likely to be similar to this related to people.

But after discussing with the team members, Xiao Mo still came.

First, General Qiu knew that they killed Bao Yuezhi, but since he didn't object to their participation in this mission, it was obvious that this mission had nothing to do with Bao Yiyong's personal behavior.

Second, they are also curious about what kind of mission requires so many people to be sent out, and all of them are required to be supernatural beings.

Third, it is purely for the military soldiers of the base.Lei Bing said that the base will dispatch [-] soldiers to participate in this mission.Outside of exercises, dispatching [-] soldiers is not a small number in peacetime, let alone in today's tight supply of troops?

A blackboard was erected on the first floor, on which was written the location and time of tonight's mission briefing meeting.

When entering the No. 2 conference room, there were already many people sitting in it, and the members of the scavenging team did not attract too many people's attention when they entered.Xiao Mo's weak appearance made some mercenaries near the door mutter a few words.

Xiao Mo was also very helpless. The task of retrieving the mutant wild dogs was not completed until almost six o'clock in the evening. This time the task rewarded him to still choose 5% genetic evolution in terms of strength. This time the evolution process was relatively slow, and the body suffered more. many.

The system said that after choosing this reward, Xiao Mo must do a lot of strength training to fully develop the body cells, that is, to truly adapt the body to the changes in the cells, so that the next genetic evolution is possible, because each genetic evolution is almost impossible. It is a rebirth of body cells, and the body is not strong enough to accept such a rebirth.

In other words, Xiao Mo will no longer be able to carry out the same kind of genetic evolution in the short term.

Xiao Mo fell into a coma for more than an hour after choosing the reward, and came in fainted when he entered the base, and didn't wake up until he was approaching the central building. Xue Lihong originally wanted him to rest in the car, but he wanted to listen to the briefing, the base There is no danger in the middle, so I followed.

Now Xiao Mo only feels sore all over his body, especially his bones, as if soaked in vinegar, all kinds of unbearable sensations of soreness, pain, numbness, and itching are intertwined, making you want to dig out the bones one by one Take it out and then cut it open and put it in the sun to dry it well.

Xue Lihong has been holding him halfway, this person originally wanted to hug him directly, but he refused.

Oh, by the way, Xiao Mo also got the reward of the three-in-a-row mission, which is the universal tailoring machine.

As soon as he got it, he took it out and gave it to Xue Lihong.

It didn't take Xue Lihong much time to figure out how to use this thing.

This tailoring machine is actually a small robot, in human form, but with many hands.After you wake it up with the initial password, follow its prompts to set it up, and you can use it after setting it up.Xiao Mo named it Little Tailor.

Its language system has been changed to Earth Chinese, and Xue Lihong has no difficulty in communicating with it.

At Xue Lihong's request, the little tailor called out the projection to let the team members choose the leather armor style to be made.

The team members who were in the car at that time were very curious about the little tailor, and gathered around to have a look, chattering for a long time without deciding what kind of inner armor they wanted.

Later, Xue Lihong took out the king worm skin and handed it to the little tailor, asking him to make a set according to Xiao Mo's body size.

The little tailor only took one look at Xiao Mo and read all his body measurements, and now he is staying in the base car to cut the king worm skin.The two children watched it around, and they couldn't bear to leave for a minute.

The team members didn't even ask where the little tailor came from.With this base car, no matter what surreal things the captain and deputy team come up with, they all take it for granted.

Even including Cheng Zai, seeing Xue Lihong tossing some small machinery all day long, thought that this little tailor robot was also one of his works.

"Just sit here." Xue Lihong chose the last row of seats on the left near the door.

Everyone else has no objection.

"It seems that a lot of people I don't know are here today." Wang Cheng glanced across the conference hall.

Now the conference hall is clearly divided into two parts, with strangers either sitting or standing on the right.The group on the left are some familiar faces in the base.

"Could it be the manpower brought from the capital over there?" Qian Yunkai guessed.

"So this is not only a mission briefing meeting, but also a welcome meeting?" Wang Cheng saw that two rows of long tables had been specially vacated on both sides of the conference room wall, on which there were already tableware for the buffet, and there were two large buckets beside the table. Inside is boiled filtered water, and the only empty space on the table is the food bowl.

Some people from the military also came, and when Lei Bing saw them, Xiao Mo slowly shook his head at him.

Lei Bing understood and didn't come over.

Many leaders of the mercenary team surrounded Lei Bing and asked him for information.

Lei Bing was giggling, he said what he could say, don't even try to ask him a word that he can't say.

At eight o'clock, all the mercenary teams with names and surnames in the base sent representatives over, and no one was late for this kind of occasion.Mercenaries always pay attention to time, being late on this occasion will only make people doubt your mercenary ethics.

The door of the conference room was closed and everyone was seated.

Base representatives, Bao Yiyong and others also came out of the conference lounge at the other end.

After the representative of the base and the second person in charge of the base, the former mayor of Zhongshan City, Wang Qi, welcomed Bao Yiyong and other visitors from the capital as usual, the head of the mercenary office, Director Zhang De, then briefly explained the explanation purpose of meeting.

After that, there will be Bao Yiyong's special session.

But Bao Yiyong didn't know whether he was relying on his status or he was too lazy to talk nonsense. It was not him who spoke, but a major in military uniform.

The major first gave a military salute to everyone present, only introduced his name as Yu Yu, and then began to explain the mission: "I will waive the previous politeness, I believe you don't want to hear it."

The mercenaries let out a good-natured laugh.

Yu Yu continued neatly: "Everyone is seeing the changes in the world at present, and the reasons are unknown. However, the results of hard research by scientists from all over the world all point to the fact that these extreme changes cannot be caused by nature.

Who is the driving force behind the great changes on the earth?What purpose does the other party have?We know next to nothing right now.But fortunately, with the efforts of all scientists in the world, we have not gained nothing. "

Yu Yu turned on the computer, turned sideways, and projected onto the whiteboard hung up behind him.

"This is the latest satellite image of the earth, please take a look."

Yu Yu adjusted the position of the satellite map, and suddenly some colored light spots appeared on the map.

The distribution of these colored light spots is extremely irregular, some places are densely crowded together, and some places have only one or two light spots separated by a long distance.

Discussions rang out in the meeting hall, and the elite mercenaries who followed from the capital knew only the superficial details of this mission, and it was the first time they had seen such a satellite image and colored light spots.

Yu Yu gradually zoomed in on the screen, and those who are familiar with the map would immediately see that he zoomed in on the Huaxia map.

As the map zoomed in, only Zhongshan City and its vicinity remained on the final screen.

Suddenly, several colored light spots appeared in the ruins of the inner city of Zhongshan City.

Xiao Mo counted, there were four light spots in total, divided into four colors: gold, green, purple, and white.

Xiao Mo asked Xue Lihong in a low voice: "Do you know what this is?"

Xue Lihong slowly shook her head, her eyes fixed on the projected map without blinking.

Someone is already asking loudly what those colored light spots are and whether they are related to this mission.

Yu Yu nodded and replied seriously: "Yes, these light spots are our mission goals this time. As for what they are, according to the latest information we have so far, it is also the result of joint research and speculation by relevant scientists all over the world. These colored points of light are likely related to changes in the entire world."

Xue Lihong frowned.

"Hey—?!" How many people in the hall let out surprise sounds.

At this time, Bao Yiyong signaled to Major Yu Yu, Yu Yu got out of the way, Bao Yiyong walked to the middle, patted the horn, and came up and said: "According to the satellite images, these colored light spots are increasing. , monsters and viruses appearing on the earth are also increasing. For this reason, we can at least deduce that there is an absolute connection between the light spots and the changes on the earth. The Academy of Sciences needs these colored light spots for research. But so far, no organization or individual has been able to capture These points of light."

Bao Yiyong raised his finger, "You heard it right, it is captured. According to the analysis of these colored light spots by researchers from the Academy of Sciences and the Disease Center, it is inferred that they are most likely to be living things, and most of you present will not see them. Lived them and heard them."

Everyone looked at Bao Yiyong.

Bao Yiyong announced the answer: "You should all know the colored fog that makes it impossible for human beings to survive, right? These light spots are the source of those colorful fogs, and the reason why those dense fogs come and go suddenly, when and where they appear Not necessarily, because these points of light can move."

"Then... what are these light spots? Let's capture these light spots, but if they are just a cloud of mist, how do we capture them? Put them in a glass box?" A mercenary asked loudly.

Someone else asked: "I see these light spots are also near the capital, why not capture them in the capital, and come to our Zhongshan base specifically?"

As soon as this question came out, half of the people at the scene immediately echoed.

Then, more questions popped up.

"Have you already captured this kind of light point, but failed?"

"What is the weakness of these light spots? What is the strength?"

Even more humane: "This is an official task, but you have so many mercenaries to help you, don't you want to use us as cannon fodder?"

Bao Yiyong looked at the meeting place with dark eyes, but Mayor Wang Qi and Director Zhang De of the Zhongshan base were all watching the meeting, and none of them showed any intention of coming out to maintain order.

"Quiet!" A bodyguard behind Bao Yiyong suddenly shouted.

Everyone present felt their ears hurt a bit, especially ordinary people without supernatural powers, they all covered their ears unbearably.Many tableware on the long tables on both sides were also broken.

Is it amazing to have supernatural powers?To put it bluntly, the mercenaries present all came here for the benefit, who would like to see people's faces?

I don't know who made the attack, but the bodyguard suddenly flew backwards and hit the whiteboard behind him heavily.

Bao Yiyong's face became ugly.

Director Zhang immediately yelled loudly, and stood up to smooth things over: "What's the matter? The task description is not over yet, why are you making gestures? Let's put the gestures in the back, Minister Bao, Major Yu, you see Shall I answer your questions again?"

Yu Yu coughed, walked up to Bao Yiyong and wanted to say something to him, but Bao Yiyong raised his hand to stop him.

Bao Yiyong turned to everyone in the conference room and turned on the microphone: "Let me answer your questions. First, the capital has tried to capture those light spots, but they seem to be intelligent. After two unsuccessful captures, they moved Now the latest satellite images can’t see where they have gone. When I came to Zhongshan City, one is that the light spots here are relatively concentrated, and the other is that Zhongshan City was one of the starting points of the disaster, and the light spots that appeared were also The first batch."

The venue was quite quiet, and everyone was still very curious about the light spots. Whether they participated in the mission or not, they all wanted to know more about it.

"Second, the external form of those light spots is just light spots, which have no entity. They can penetrate into the ground, walls and any objects. But we found in the previous two missions that according to the color of the light spots, they can enter The items are also different. Someone later thought that they might be able to make cages for them based on the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint. Of course, this is just a guess, and whether it can come true depends on the results of this mission."

"How dangerous are they?"

Bao Yiyong moved his gaze to the mercenary who asked the question, "As long as you don't let them penetrate into your body, it's fine. If they penetrate, it will have the same result as staying in the colored fog for a long time, but it will happen faster."

"How fast?"

Bao Yiyong suddenly laughed, as if he was waiting for this question, and said with a smile: "It was a magical process. We were lucky enough to record a section, please watch it."

Yu Yu silently clicked on the computer and opened a video.

The projection board was replaced, and the bodyguard just stepped back, and a new bodyguard stood behind Bao Yiyong.

Xiao Mo suddenly felt his heart beat a little faster.

The image jumps out.

The chasing and dodging of the person and the light spot in the previous section is ignored, and the focus is on the spot after the light penetrates into the human body.

It was a thin-looking warrior, and when the light spot entered his body, he let out a loud cry.

In just a few seconds, the soldier's body suddenly swelled, his muscles bulged high, and his meridians and blood vessels protruded from the surface of his body. The soldier's expression was extremely painful, and he was screaming.

From time to time in the video, chaotic shouts of "what's wrong with him?"

In the end, all the sounds disappeared, leaving only the scream of the soldier.

A stopwatch appears at the very bottom of the video - presumably added later.

This inflated state lasted for about six seconds. The soldier's muscles trembled for a while, and then all of them retracted suddenly. The soldier's body suddenly returned to its previous thinness.

The changes didn't stop here, the soldier's body continued to lose weight, and the little fat on his body seemed to be squeezed out of his body in an instant, and butter and blood flowed out from his feet.

Shrinking and shrinking again, it is as if a person is put into some kind of vacuum package, and the gas inside is being pumped out.

The soldier's expression was distorted, and his throat was cracked.

This state of continuous shrinkage lasted for eight seconds. It stands to reason that the warrior is in such pain that his body changes must be terrible. When you see him, you feel that he can jump three feet away.

Bao Yiyong suddenly interjected at this moment: "This warrior is also a supernatural power user, and his supernatural power is speed."

When Bao Yiyong finished speaking, the soldier seemed to be at the extreme, his expression was extremely distorted, and then his body exploded, and the light spot that had entered his body before burst out from his body directly Submerged into the ground.

At the end of the recording, there was an eerie silence in the conference room.

With a smile in his eyes, Bao Yiyong looked around the audience, "After watching this video, I think everyone probably understands that this light spot is harmful to the human body, but it may also be beneficial to the human body, but it may be that the intake is too large. There are so many reasons that the body cannot accept so many transformations or optimize energy. So although this mission is dangerous, it is not without opportunities. Maybe you are the lucky one, maybe you can absorb those light spots."

The mercenaries who can come here are not weak, at least few of them let others see what they are thinking.

But Bao Yiyong was very sure that at least half of the people present were moved.Who doesn't think of themselves as the most special one?

"Well, I can put this aside for the time being. Are any of you wondering why a director of the disease center, me, would personally participate in this hunting mission? I might as well tell you the truth." Having said that, Bao Yiyong paused.

Xiao Mo and everyone present knew that the meat scene was coming, and the most important part was coming.Bao Yi bravely opened his mouth to ask for a hundred elite supernatural beings, and was so confident that these hundred people would follow him, obviously he was sure of being able to hook these people.

And what he said below is!

"Hey, the reason why I personally participated is that in the last two missions, all the flesh and blood of the victims who were drilled into the body by the light spots and exploded in the last two missions were obtained after separate researches in various research institutes. Among them, my disease center It was discovered that this remnant flesh and blood transformed or optimized by the light spots can be immune to all known viruses on the earth, including the most feared virus of the living dead!"

"Oh oh oh!" The audience was in an uproar.

Bao Yiyong's eyes seemed to be shining, and he continued to say with confidence: "If you can help the disease center capture these light spots, even if there is only one, as long as we can develop a broad-spectrum vaccine against multiple viruses based on the light spots, I can ask you Promise in advance, except for the conversion energy of the alloy particles paid to you in advance, in addition, as long as the participants can get a free broad-spectrum vaccine!"

The briefing reached its climax here, after which Yu Yu came forward to answer various questions raised by the mercenaries present.

Qian Yunkai and Wang Cheng were very moved. Even if they didn't believe in Bao Yiyong, but Bao Yiyong made such a promise in such a public place, unless all the mercenaries in the Zhongshan base were dead and Qiu Feng didn't care, then if If Bao Yiyong really came up with that broad-spectrum vaccine, he must give one to each of the mercenaries who participated in the mission.

There are too many dangers in this world, especially all kinds of viruses are almost impossible to guard against. With such a broad-spectrum vaccine, the benefits needless to say, if there is one, who would not want to get it?

Qian and Wang leaned over to look at Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong.

Xiao Mo leaned back on the chair, and asked Xue Lihong in a low voice, "What do you say?"

Xue Lihong put her arms around his shoulders, "The prospect is too good, but the reality is cruel."

Xiao Mole.

"But you have promised Lei Bing that we are destined to make a trip." Xue Lihong seemed to have thought of something, and was a little absent-minded.

Xiao Mo looked at Qian and Wang, "I mean to go, but I'm the only one going, you don't have to follow. I'll go there, Lei Bing will definitely arrange me to the back for treatment, so that my Safety can also be guaranteed. As for the vaccine, as long as the disease center can research it, we can always find a way to get it. What do you think?"

Qian Yunkai said: "Although I don't know Bao Yiyong well, according to my father and Director Cai's impression of this man, he absolutely cannot tolerate anyone following him to make soy sauce. So as long as those who sign up for this task, they must It is impossible to just sway around the periphery, and it is very likely to become the main force to lure and contain those light spots, that is, cannon fodder."

Wang Cheng also thought so, "But if we don't go, we can't justify it. After all, our strength is not low in the Zhongshan base mercenary ranking. Opportunities, like vaccines, or even blips."

Xiao Mo hesitated, "Are you really going? The vaccine is still uncertain, for this little hope..."

Xue Lihong turned her mind back, hearing this, she looked at the three of them like idiots, but he couldn't bear to look at the three of them.

Xiao Mo was the first to surrender, "Boss, if you have any ideas, please tell me!"

Xue Lihong pinched his earlobe as if no one was around, "As I said just now, the prospect is very bright, but the reality is cruel."

"How cruel is that? Light spots are difficult to capture, and dense fog is dangerous?"

"stupid."

Qian Yunkai seemed to think of something, and let out a soft "ah".

Xue Lihong said slowly: "Finally, not all of our team are people with brains and muscles."

Xiao Mo and Wang Cheng turned their eyes to Qian Yunkai asking for advice.

Qian Yunkai cleared his throat, looked around, moved closer to the three of them, and then said: "Before Bao Yiyong said that such light spots are not easy to catch, they can pass through everything, right?"

"Yes." Both of them nodded together.

"Let's not talk about whether the cage of mutual generation and mutual restraint can work. Have you noticed that Bao Yiyong requires that all those who participate in this mission must be all supernatural beings? And the more powerful the better?"

Xiao Mo and Wang Cheng also understood the meaning at this time, and they looked at each other.

Qian Yunkai looked at Xuelihong, and said the possibility he had just thought of: "The person who was blasted into the body by the light spot in the previous video is also a supernatural person. You think, there must have been many soldiers participating in this task at that time. It is impossible for these soldiers to be all supernatural beings. If it is not just the case we saw that was drilled into the body by the light spots, then it should not only be the supernatural beings but also ordinary people who were penetrated by the light spots. But what did Bao Yiyong just do? said?"

Wang Cheng reacted, his face darkened, and he cursed: "That Bao Wangba! He didn't intend to catch the light spot at all, no, it doesn't matter if he can't catch the light spot, he called so many supernatural mercenaries just to Get more flesh and blood transformed by light spots!"

Xue Lihong touched the back of Xiao Mo's head, teasing him very gently: "Did you hear that? The boss is not afraid, I'm here."

Xiao Mo couldn't laugh or cry.

Wang Cheng chuckled, and Qian Yunkai hooked the corners of his lips.

"Since that's the case, you can't go. This time the task is settled like this. I will go alone." Xiao Mo rarely made a decision by himself.

"No." Xue Lihong categorically vetoed, "All members of the scavenging team will participate in this mission."