The Scavengers

After 11 o'clock on November 4

At the same moment, on the bank of the big river.

The hooded man frowned and looked at the monster distribution map, "You said that the breath of the corpse-eating dragon worm king worm is completely gone?"

"Guck."

"Who did it? Could it be that someone bought the map? Impossible, the other party said that this monster map is unique before the big storm comes."

"Guji Guji."

"Huh?" The hooded man looked up at the sky, the sky was incredibly blue, and he was standing by the river, but there was not even a little wind.

"It's really not right. But go back now? But I have only gained a little, and I have only used this monster map twice, and I failed this time. I am a little unwilling. Guji, you don't feel it at all. Is it the breath of the king worm?"

"Guck!"

"Maybe the other party also has a space storage device. Well, let's go to the nearest human base to rob some alloy particles in the last safe period of time. This thing is quite popular in the market as a multi-purpose energy source. At least we have to Earn out the energy consumption for the round trip."

The inner city of Zhongshan City.

Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong got out of the car, and Cheng Zai made the base car invisible as instructed, transformed into an electric car and entered the congested street smoothly.When encountering a place where the wheels really cannot pass, the base vehicle will change into spider legs and crawl over.

Xiao Mo's mood was still a little unstable.

Xue Lihong held his hand, "I'm sorry."

Xiao Mo raised his head in surprise.

Xue Lihong didn't look at him, her eyes casually surveyed the surrounding environment.

There was a hint of a smile in Xiao Mo's eyes, and the last bit of uneasiness dissipated, and he asked, "Where are you going?"

"When we were looking for mutated wild dogs yesterday, did you find any mutated wild dogs that entered within the third ring road, except for the group in the supermarket, none of them had a fixed site, and a few of them joined together and wandered around. The group in the supermarket More than a dozen of them joined together. I thought it was the habit of dogs before, but now that I think about it, there is no head dog among them."

"Huh?" Xiao Mo didn't understand.

Xue Lihong's thinking became more and more clear, "There is no head dog, but mutated wild dogs of equal strength gather together to live together. This seems normal but is extremely abnormal. There are no scars on their bodies that bit each other, which shows that there is a relationship between them. There was no battle for the position of the head dog either. So the question is, what or what power can force a group of mutated wild dogs that are no different from mad dogs to hug each other?"

"You mean those colored dots?"

Xue Lihong shook her head, her eyes brightened, "The mutated wild dogs within the second ring are more powerful, but they still roam together in groups. There are many places within the second ring that are suitable for them to nest, why don't they occupy them? The same goes for those wild cats, mice, and insects. We can see them everywhere, but we haven't found any particularly powerful ones. This... is not normal."

Xiao Mo felt that he understood what Xue Lihong meant.

Xue Lihong looked at him, "If that spot of light can optimize the human body, then do you think it can also optimize other creatures? And because there are spots of light and dense fog within the third ring, it is obviously so dangerous. Why do those cats and dogs Insects, ants and even birds are still reluctant to leave? Don’t they die?”

Xiao Mo's eyes narrowed, and he paused every word: "Because they also want to become stronger."

"So how did those non-humans with low IQs overcome their fear of death?"

"Because... there are already examples of successful evolution among them." Xiao Mo was startled when he said this, and he suddenly turned around and looked behind him.

The alleyway behind was filled with discarded vehicles and sundries, and there was a strange stench under the scorching sun.The heat distorts the air, making the straight alleyway seem a bit tortuous.

Xue Lihong's muscles covered by clothes tensed, and it happened again, and it was Xiao Mo who noticed it again, but he didn't notice anything.

"I just felt..." Xiao Mo pointed to the alleyway.

"Shh." Xue Lihong pressed his finger, "No matter what you find, don't be hostile to it, at least so far the other party doesn't seem to want to hurt you."

Xiao Mo put a question mark on his face.

Xue Lihong's brain turned quickly, "The mercenaries who entered within the third ring before were often wiped out if they had an accident, which led to no one daring to come to the inner city. But when we came in yesterday, we found that it was not that dangerous at all. So what is the difference between us and those mercenaries?"

Xiao Mo doubted for a long time, and finally raised his finger to point to his nose, "You're not saying that the difference is me, are you?"

Xue Lihong's eyes were deep, "Unless there is no other evidence, we can't rule out this possibility."

Then the young man's voice became relaxed, "Boss, before you leave the inner city, don't leave me too far. This time I may rely on your protection."

"Okay." Xiao Mo smiled, a little happy and a little at a loss.The mysterious creature, who was happy here, didn't seem to intend to hurt him, if he was really the reason why they didn't have an accident yesterday.Being at a loss is because he doesn't understand why he can receive such preferential treatment, and he is even more worried that Xue Lihong's guess is wrong.

"But yesterday I didn't feel that I was being watched, but today..."

"You have a gun, it's very powerful. One day you meet someone you know, and he passes by your house or sits on the steps of your house. You may just glance at it casually. But if that person suddenly takes the More than 3000 people came to your door together, what would you do?"

Xiao Mo suddenly said, "I will look outside through the cat's eyes from time to time, and even open the door to ask what happened. If I don't find out, I will definitely feel uneasy."

"That's it. That's why you feel being watched by multiple pairs of eyes today. They are just watching now. Once some powerful creatures hiding here feel threatened, or our behavior makes them displeased, they will I'm going out to chase people out."

Xue Lihong finally cleared his mind. This time, he looked at the inner city from casual to extremely vigilant, "Those mysterious and powerful creatures are entrenched here and will not leave. They definitely don't want the inner city to be reoccupied by humans. They will definitely do something. It's just a matter of time. Boss, if we want to stay when they kick us out, we have to establish a relationship with them first."

Xiao Mo asked: "You...do you want me to do something?"

Xue Lihong clenched his hand, "Are you afraid? I plan to use you as bait to see if I can lure out those mysterious and powerful creatures."

Xiao Mo sighed, and scratched the bridge of the young man's tall nose unexpectedly, "Don't think of me as vulnerable, I just don't like you treating me like that in public, but I believe in you, this will never change. "

"Don't say forever, boss." Xue Lihong's voice was a little dangerous.

"Let's go, let's go to Tongtian Street where my house is located. Let's revisit the old place. We never came back after the earthquake. This time is just a good time to visit."

Xiao Mo said so, but subconsciously stopped, and turned his head to look in the direction of another forbidden area in Zhongshan City, where the real disaster started, and where his former small home was.

Now, at the end of Ninggu Avenue in the sixth district of the south of the city, centering on the original park, including the Shannan Jiayuan across the road, there is no human trace within a radius of ten kilometers. It is said that the place has completely become a world of birds, beasts, insects and plants. .

If the inner city is just like a wild ruins park, then the sixth district in the south of the city is no different from a virgin forest.

And all the missions released by Zhongshan base so far seem to have avoided that place intentionally or unintentionally.

After that, Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong walked to Tongtian Street in the central city with their two feet, but they couldn't go any further when they reached the intersection.

All the communities in Tongtian Street are old buildings over [-] years old. When the first earthquake hit, their bones and tendons were broken. When the second big earthquake hit, almost all the buildings in this community were destroyed.

Looking at the vines, weeds and low shrubs growing on the ruins of the building, Xiao Mo suddenly felt that his field of vision was extremely wide.

In the past, there were buildings everywhere here, and there was a high-rise community that was well-known as a sunless community below the twelfth floor. Because it was located in the city center, he remembered that there were densely packed houses everywhere, the green was almost invisible, and the streets were very narrow. Roads and street parks can be seen everywhere outside the Fourth Ring Road.

"Let's go." Xiao Mo turned around first.

Xue Lihong suggested: "It's not interesting for us to wander around like this. Why don't we go to the central business district to have a look. I remember that many commercial plazas there were newly built later, and the number of floors is not high. Maybe they can survive the earthquake."

"Okay, I've never bought luxury goods before, and giving them as gifts doesn't count. Maybe this time we can enjoy the feeling of a local tyrant." Xiao Mo smiled.

The two talked and laughed in a low voice, but they still maintained their positions of fighting and supporting each other while walking, their waists were slightly bent, the center of landing was also on the sole of the foot, and their dominant hand was always pressed on the weapon.

Xue Lihong heard the man whisper to him: "It's more obvious here, it's not surveillance, I can clearly feel who is watching me."

"position?"

"Behind."

Behind them is the ruins of Tongtian Street. They looked carefully just now and did not see any living things.

etc!No living things?This is the weirdest part!

Xue Lihong held back and didn't look back, he was recalling the scene of the ruins of Tongtian Street that he saw just now, at this moment, it was like flipping through photos in his mind, turning out the scenes he saw before and looking back carefully one by one.

That's right, no living things, not even bugs, except plants.

plant? !

Xue Lihong clenched her fists.Why didn't he think of it!When it comes to the biological characteristics that can withstand mutation the most, and will not easily leave the same place even if it is mutated, what else is more suitable than plants?

Xue Lihong felt her feet numb.There are plants everywhere around them, trees on the roadside, weeds and vines under their feet, and various flowers blooming in dilapidated flower beds. Almost every time they step down, no matter how careful they are, they will more or less step on some weeds.Think about it scary, what is the difference between this and them just walking in someone's mouth?

These plants didn't move, maybe they are lazy, maybe they are full, maybe they are curious about the reason of so many humans, maybe...

Xue Lihong looked at Xiao Mo, perhaps because of the person beside him.But why did those or that plants treat Xiao Mo specially?

at this time!

"Hula la!" A group of birds flew into the sky together as if they were frightened by something.

Xue Lihong and Xiao Mo looked up at the sky together, what they could hear in their ears were the chaotic chirping of birds, some birds were very loud and shrill.

What happened?

Xue Lihong quickly lowered his head, and at the same time he noticed that a large number of insects, ants and mice were escaping from somewhere, or running towards something?

"Huh?" Xiao Mo seemed to hear a doubtful sound from the system in his head.

"Boss, stop..."

"Oh!"

Before Xue Lihong finished speaking, Xiao Mo suddenly let out a scream, and his body was rolled up by something high and thrown out at this moment.

Xue Lihong didn't care to see what was attacking Xiao Mo, her first reaction was to push her legs on the ground and forcefully bounce her body to catch Xiao Mo.

Did not receive it!

When Xiao Mo was about to fall to the ground, a thick vine sprang up from the ground, wrapped him up and threw him high again.

Do it!Xue Lihong let out a low growl, she had no choice but to step on the vines and use her strength to chase after her.

The vines on the ground were like a relay, throwing Xiao Mojuan, and it was sent all the way out of the city center.

When Xue Lihong finally caught Xiao Mo, their communicator issued a piercing siren at the same time.

This means that light spots or dense fog appear!

Xiao Mo took advantage of his strength to stand up, still in shock, pressed the alarm on the communicator, and opened his mouth and said, "Shall we go there?"

Xue Lihong was looking at the sky. When the red dot on the communicator issued by Bao Yiyong and the others was pressed, colored light bullets would shoot into the sky at the same time, and the coordinates of the location would be displayed on the small screen of the communicator.

"How are you?" Xue Lihong lowered her head and asked him.

Xiao Mo shook his head, "It's okay, I can feel that those vines don't seem to want to hurt me, so I didn't do anything."

Xue Lihong felt the same way, so he just chased and ran without attacking the vines.

"Have you planted this kind of...bamboo vines before?" Xue Lihong focused most of his attention on the seemingly inconspicuous vines on the side of the road. If he read correctly, this should be a kind of vine called agate vine, commonly known as bamboo vine This kind of vine is also known as the king of vines.

But when did this woody plant spread its vines to such a length like a herbaceous plant?Still crawling everywhere?

"Ah? No, I've only planted cacti. Other plants will die as they grow." Xiao Mo was also at a loss.

Xue Lihong could only temporarily put this question aside, and said, "It doesn't seem to want you to go over."

Judging from the position of the colored light bombs in the sky, the place where the dense fog appeared was the place where they were thrown away just now.

"Then what should we do? The official asked us to rush to the periphery of the dense fog to make an encirclement circle when we received an alert."

Cheng Zai's contact also came, asking them what to do, should they rush over immediately.

Xiao Mo asked him to wait a moment.

Xue Lihong thought for a second, "Try talking to that vine, saying that we will only stand on the periphery and watch, and will not mess with it."

Xiao Mo had a strange expression, but he really tried.

He repeated Xue Lihong's request very sincerely to the vines on the ground in the most gentle tone.

vine:……

Xue Lihong: "..."

Xiao Mo asked again, but Brother Tengman didn't respond.

Xiao Mo spread his hands to Xue Lihong, saying that there was no telepathy established between him and brother Teng Man.

"Let Cheng Zai come over, we'll go directly by car." Xue Lihong really didn't want to give up this good opportunity, he still wanted to give it a try.If that spot of light is really what he speculated, he wants it no matter what!

The base car was not far away from them, and it didn't take long to arrive.

The two got in the car and rushed to the place where the dense fog appeared. Miraculously, the vines did not stop them this time.Originally, Xiao Mo was worried that the vines would throw their entire car out.

Xue Lihong guessed, "Maybe what you said to it has worked."

Xiao Mo said honestly: "I don't think so. It feels like I know you, and I am obliged to warn you once, but if you are not obedient, then I don't care whether you live or die."

No matter what brother vine was thinking, the members of the scavenging team finally drove to the periphery of the place where the thick fog appeared.

At this time, anyone with eyes could see that the central business district of the inner city was completely shrouded in an unusually brilliant purple thick fog.

Lei Bing and Yu Yu have already started asking everyone to sign up, checking the number of people arriving at the post, and repeatedly warning no one to enter the dense fog rashly.

Xiao Mo and the others came early, chose a place where no one was parked, and the five people who signed up got out of the car.

After a while, the number of people around began to increase. The first to arrive were [-] soldiers, and then the mercenaries arrived one after another.

No one expected that the dense fog would appear so early, and many teams hadn't even reached the designated search place.

Bao Yiyong's voice came from the communicator: "This is purple dense fog. If the dense fog is indeed related to light spots, then the light spots in it should also be purple. According to our research, purple light spots don't like metals. and flames and other hot things. Now, all those with metal abilities, fire control, and lightning control abilities are asked to wear isolation suits, follow our instructions, and enter the dense fog to find light spots. Others, please stand on the periphery and feel free to Pay attention to the direction the light point leaves."

"He's lying." The system and Xue Lihong said almost simultaneously.

Xiao Mo didn't bother to ask how the two heard it. He just contacted Lei Bing immediately, told him that Bao Yiyong was probably lying, and told him to be careful——Lei Bing is a fire-type supernatural being.

Bao Yiyong also specifically stated that healers must also wear isolation suits and enter the dense fog, saying that they are ready for rescue at any time.

"Don't go in yet! Give me some time." The system made such a cautious and even nervous voice for the first time.

Xiao Mo was stunned for a moment, ignoring Bao Yiyong's urging to gather the healers.He didn't have time to pay attention to it. Not long after the system finished speaking, he suddenly had a severe headache and knelt down on the ground with his head in his arms.

Wang Cheng and the others were startled.The nearby mercenaries and soldiers also looked over.

Xue Lihong immediately squatted down and asked him what was wrong.

Xiao Mo's face was pale, his forehead was covered with sweat, he waved his hands with difficulty, and said in a low voice, "It's Your Majesty, I'm fine."

"Damn it! I'm going to get it out sooner or later!" Xue Lihong was impatient, but she couldn't see it on his face. He rubbed Xiao Mo's short hair and decided: "I'll go over and have a look, don't move here, don't care Whoever urges you, ignore them."

Xue Lihong took out an air composition analyzer that Xiao Mo was familiar with, and silently leaned towards the edge of the dense fog.

Bao Yiyong urged Xiao Mo again, and even Lei Bing came to ask Xiao Mo if he could get in.

Qian Yunkai took the communicator and said that their captain seemed to be affected by the thick fog and poisonous gas, and he could not move for the time being.

Someone probably passed on Xiao Mo's status to the other side, but the other side finally didn't come to urge him.

But Xiao Mo knew that he must have aroused Bao Yiyong's interest, because he was the only one who was affected by the dense fog, and that person would definitely wonder why.But Xiao Mo couldn't explain that his headache was caused by the system, so he could only acquiesce to this fact.

Just as Xue Lihong came into contact with the thick fog, the system said again: "Tell that bastard not to dream, that thing is not something you can deal with at all."

The sound of the system was still the same as before, but Xiao Mo could hear the difference, he felt that the system seemed very excited.

What the system said below also verified his thoughts. It actually said: "Should I call the highest intelligence at this time? What have I discovered? No, do those developers know what they have created? No! They must have do not know anything!"

Xiao Mo only felt that he could finally catch his breath. He sat directly on the ground and asked in his mind: "You are talking about light spots? What is that thing? It is much more powerful than the corpse-eating dragon worm king worm?"

"The corpse-eating dragon worm king worm is nothing more than a worm." The system's cold voice was filled with disdain, "The colored light spots... I can only tell you that if my analysis is correct, if I The content of the database is correct, it should also be a kind of life form, and so far there is no data showing that anyone has successfully captured them."

"Then why did they appear on the earth?" Xiao Mo didn't realize the seriousness at this time, he waved his hands to the team members to express that he was fine, but he needed to rest for a while.

Wang Cheng surrounded him in a triangle shape, not letting anyone approach him.

Xiao Mo was very moved.

The system seems to be calming its agitation, if it has emotions at all.

"I don't know. The reasons and elements for the production of this life form are still a mystery. Maybe the developers consciously imitate the environment in which this life form may be produced, but whether it can really be produced is just an unknown. I think this is also the case in my database. There is a fundamental reason for this information about lifeforms."

The cold mechanical audio of the system seemed to be sighing: "Maybe the earth is really a very special planet, only for these light spots, there will be more adventurers who are willing to spend a lot of money to come to earth in the future. Recycler Xiao Mo, if you If you don’t want to die, if you want to protect your family and other human beings, you must become stronger and stronger as soon as possible.” These shouldn’t be what the system said, but it did.

"Developer? Adventurer?" Xiao Mo pressed his forehead.

"I am using words that you are used to and can understand to replace some specific objects."

"Okay, let's put this question aside first, you can always tell me why the adventurers and developers you said like these light spots so much? What benefits are these light spots for them? How can we use them? We humans can use it?"

The system is silent.

Xiao Mo begged it: "Your Majesty!"

"First of all, I am not sure whether my analysis is correct, because I have never seen it before, and there are very few introductions about this kind of life in my database." The system was silent for nearly five seconds before continuing: "This special kind of life Life forms can barely be called elemental life in the language of the earth. Xiao Mo, I must send this information back, this is one of the messages that must be sent back, and I cannot violate it."

"What happens when this information is sent back?"

"If you look at the current state of the earth as a big game, then as long as this information is sent back, the game mode will immediately change from easy to hell mode."