The Scavengers

November 11th Progression 4

Things were exactly as he expected, Qiu Feng didn't make any detours, and directly proposed to them: "I implore your mercenary team to enter the inner city of Zhongshan City to save people. Once it is consumed, I am willing to pay ten times!"

This is the reward as much as they want to open their mouths.

"It's indeed a big deal, but we need our team to live to enjoy it." Xue Lihong is always the one who is the most calm and plays bad face to the outside world.

In the communication vehicle, apart from Xue Lihong and Xiao Mo, there was Lei Bing's deputy Wu Jin, nicknamed Datou, and a communication soldier.

Qiu Feng's voice was silent on the opposite side, and after a while he said with a little tiredness: "I know that my request is too much. But since all of you can escape, it should not be just luck. People who enter the dense fog, people with supernatural abilities It can last for half a day, no longer than six hours. We still have a certain time for rescue, as long as you can bring out the people inside, one counts as one. It would be best if you can find Lei Bing and Bao Yiyong, but it is not compulsory. "

Xue Lihong poured cold water on her again, "It is said that it can last for six hours, but it is said that those who have been in the dense fog are not in good health after they come out, and their abilities are not stable. I heard that some people's abilities disappeared immediately? "

Qiu Feng stopped talking, but Wu Jin held back what he wanted to say.

Xue Lihong's voice became colder and colder: "As for what General Qiu said, it's not all due to luck that our team can escape, I admit it, but you said it yourself, it's not all due to luck, but luck also plays a part. Quite a lot. Then if we go in again, no one knows whether we can come out within six hours. Even if we can come out, the strength of our team will be greatly affected. Endure, if even the power is gone, what will the member and his family do? Will the base support them for a lifetime? In addition, apart from the danger of the fog itself, the situation in the dense fog is complicated this time. I heard that there are still monsters. Our team went in to save people, what if we got stuck in it? Who will rescue us then?"

The words are harsh, but these are the facts.

Qiu Feng not only asked the scavenging team to help save people, he also issued the same task at the base, asking other mercenary teams to find a way to enter the inner city to save people.And the question Xue Lihong is asking now will also be the question those mercenaries will ask the base.

"I said thank you, and I don't think you care too much, so let's just talk about dry goods." Although Qiu Feng was tired, his voice was steady.

"Please speak." Xiao Mo finally spoke.

Qiu Feng said clearly: "First, if anyone who enters the inner city to save lives is an individual, Zhongshan Base will exempt him from all personal taxes in the future. If it is a mercenary team, according to the size of the mercenary team, 20 If a mercenary team with fewer than 20 people rescues more than 20%, if a mercenary team with more than [-] people sends out more than five rescuers, all taxes on the base will be exempted.

Second, for every person rescued, another thousand alloy particles will be rewarded.It can be accumulated without capping.

Thirdly, no matter whether people are rescued or not, for those who have searched and rescued people in the dense fog for more than an hour, if their powers disappear or they are severely disabled after they come out, or they are confirmed by doctors to be unable to live independently, our Zhongshan Base will take care of them. Pension, providing the most basic living security for this person every month, and providing rent-free housing.If this person was the main labor force in the family, the base will give priority to arranging jobs for the family members within their ability to ensure their most basic living conditions. "

It has to be said that each of the three reward conditions Qiu Feng put forward is extremely touching.

The so-called personal tax and mercenary team tax mean that every time you go out to do a mission, no matter how much you gain, you have to pay a certain amount after you come back.

For example, the scavenging team received a task of killing mad dogs, and they could get a reward of a thousand alloy particles.But according to the base rules, they have to deduct another 20% from the mission rewards as base tax.

If you go out to collect materials, depending on the type of materials, you will be charged 20%-50% of the materials—in order to target people with space abilities, it is said that the whole world is now working together to research space scanning machines.And once it is discovered that an individual or mercenary team is hiding the real amount of supplies, they will be severely punished if they find out, and in the worst case, all supplies will be confiscated and they will be driven out of the base.

For this reason, it can be said that only the first one is enough to impress many mercenaries in the base.Not to mention that there is also a second with practical rewards and a third with personal protection.

Xiao Mo could feel the sincerity of Qiu Feng and the base, so he was about to agree immediately.In fact, even if Qiu Feng didn't give such generous conditions, and only focused on the relationship between Lei Bing and them, he couldn't just stand by like this.

But Xue Lihong squeezed his hand secretly, and said in front of him: "In addition to these three conditions, if we can rescue either Lei Bing or Bao Yiyong, the base will also give our captain Xiao Mo Base No. 11 One and a half acres of land on Taibao Mountain, plus the original one and a half acres of land, the use period of these three acres of land has also been changed from 30 years to [-] years."

Xiao Mo felt that General Qiu was unlikely to agree, but he thought that Qiu Feng was much more straightforward than he thought, and he said directly: "Except for Lei Bing and Bao Yiyong, if you can save more than a hundred people, I will give you more for every hundred people." The right to use one mu of land for a hundred years! If you can save more than a thousand people, the right to use NO.11 Taibao Mountain will all belong to you!"

Xue Li red-eyed without blinking, "Rescued more than a thousand people, Jia Leibing or Bao Yiyong, in exchange for the unlimited private ownership of No. 11 Taibao Mountain."

Qiu Feng hesitated without hesitation, and even sent the Buddha to the West Tunnel, saying: "Yes. If it returns to normal in the future, and some people do not recognize the private property right certificate issued by the base now, as long as I am still in the seat, I will help you get the property right. .”

Xiao Mo also felt that Xue Lihong was a bit arrogant, but both Xue Lihong and Qiu Feng knew that after a catastrophe, land and real estate are the least valuable things, as long as you dare to occupy them, you can take them no matter how big they are.If it weren't for the Eleventh Taibao Mountain being located in the base, Xue Lihong wouldn't even mention such a condition.

The Eleventh Taibao Mountain is close to the city wall. If it is not for the military stationed there, the place is quite large, and it is not considered the most popular residential area in the base.

Xue Lihong wanted to bring down the entire Eleventh Taibao Mountain, which also meant that the scavengers would have to undertake the defense of this mountain in the future.If he wanted the garrison to help defend it, it was no different than the base owning part of the mountain.

If the scavengers want to use this mountain to do something that is not good for the base, the soldiers on the city wall are not dead.

As for the original garrison and military families of the Eleventh Taibao Mountain, they will be transferred to two nearby mountains. This is not a difficult task for the base.

All in all, Qiu Feng paid for this mountain, and there was no big loss to him or the base.

The condition was decided on this, Xiao Mo said goodbye to Qiu Feng and left without delay.

The longer Lei Bing and the others stayed in the fog, the more dangers they would encounter.When dense fog appeared, it usually took a day at the shortest to disperse, and they had to go back immediately to discuss ways to save people.

Wu Jin chased him out, "Captain Xiao..."

Xiao Mo turned back and smiled understandingly: "I know what you want to say. The communication with General Qiu just now was just for the sake of the whole team and the families of the team members. I hope you understand. Captain Lei is my friend, but I am also the captain of the scavengers team .”

"I understand." Wu Jin's expression was a little awkward. He actually felt a little uncomfortable with the bargaining between Xiao Mo and their boss just now to save people, but thinking about it differently, if it was him, he could only save friends and family. Do you ignore your partners and family members when you save people who are not related?

After all, there are only a few main players in the scavenging team?How will their families live if they get caught in a thick fog or something goes wrong with their powers in the future?And if they can save more than a thousand people, why can't they get a mountain?That mountain is just a small hill with an area of ​​only fifteen and a half acres.

"Captain Xiao, please rescue our Team Lei, please!" Wu Jin sincerely wanted to follow up and save people, but now this camp needs him to preside over the rotation, and to be responsible for receiving the mercenary team who came to rescue people in the future, and even more so. He had a lot to do with survivors who might be rescued and escaped.

"I'll try my best." Xiao Mo didn't pat his chest.

Back in the base car, Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong refused the others' request to follow into the dense fog.

Xue Lihong originally wanted to go in alone, but Xiao Mo disagreed, he said: "You forgot what my ability is? If you have an accident or encounter a seriously injured person, at least I can help you...heal. "

Xue Lihong's heart skipped a beat, he had actually thought before that Xiao Mo's self-healing ability might just be the best ability to deal with the dense fog, others would stay in it until they couldn't bear it and explode, what about Xiao Mo?Can he last longer?even……

And these need to be verified by facts.In this way, Xiao Mo had to go in with him.

Thinking of this, Xue Lihong no longer forbids Xiao Mo from following her.

Surprisingly, the system did not stop Xiao Mo's seemingly death-seeking move.

"This time, Xiaohong and I will go. There are few people, not easy to disperse and more flexible. We dare not say anything else, but it shouldn't be a big problem to escape." Xiao Mo got the affirmation from Xue Lihong's gaze, and his heart was full. Certainly.

Xue Lihong also said: "Without a base car, it's too dangerous for you to go in together. But the dense fog affects electronic equipment, and the base car can only be used as a temporary shelter when you go in. You can't move, but it will become a burden."

Qian Yunkai worried, "You two, are you sure you can find your way out in the dense fog? The dense fog can affect electronic equipment, which means it also affects the magnetic field, and [-]% of people's memory and sense of direction will make mistakes in it."

Xue Lihong said very positively: "I have a solution." As long as there are bugs that can crawl out, he can come out.And his body... might be able to stay in the dense fog for a longer period of time.

Because the communicator cannot be used in the dense fog, Xiao Mo explained some things to Qian Yunkai and the others in detail in advance, including everything that would happen if they were in danger and died.

Qian Yunkai and Wang Cheng didn't have much to say, but they both assured Xiao Mo that if there was any problem, they would definitely take care of Xiao's family.

Xiao Mo is not very worried about his family's situation. The right to use the residential land in Eleven Taibao Mountain is registered in his name, not the name of the mercenary team. If something happens to him, his family can also inherit his property , as long as the rest of the team and Qiu Feng can take care of him a little bit, his family will not be afraid of not being able to survive.Besides, there is no one in his Xiao family who is just waiting to die, and they can live well on their own.

Old Wu was afraid that the two of them would be hungry, so before they set off, he prepared a bunch of food for them, all of which were energy snacks.

Xue Lihong added at the end: If neither he nor Xiao Mo came back alive, then the position of captain of the team will be handed over to Qian Yunkai, and the base car will be jointly inherited by Cheng Zai, Lin Xiaofei and Wu Xiaoyuan.These three people respectively controlled an important code of the base vehicle, and they were indispensable.

March 11, at 4:11 sharp.

From the time when the dense fog appeared to when Xiao Mo decided to step into the dense fog again, exactly one full hour passed.

At this time, it was rare to see people escaping from the dense fog, and the number of escaped people only increased from the original 100 to just over 200, and there were still 3000 people trapped in the dense fog.

Many people who escaped tremblingly said that they heard someone shouting a monster, but none of those who escaped were lucky enough to encounter a monster.

"What will you do if your ability disappears?" Xue Lihong stood on the edge of the thick fog and turned to ask the people around her.

Xiao Mo thought for a while, then asked him with a smile: "If my ability disappears, will you leave me?"

Xue Lihong also thought about it seriously, and asked him back: "If I return to my childish state again, will you betray me because of dissatisfaction with desire and because I can no longer protect you?"

Xiao Mo stretched out his right hand.

Xue Lihong looked down and put her left hand on it.

Xiao Mo held his hand tightly and said, "Let's go."

Xue Lihong smiled, his dark eyes became very bright, he shook them back, and took a step ahead, "Well, let's go."

No matter how we change in the future, we will walk hand in hand.

Xiao Mo and the others entered the dense fog not only to save people, they also wanted to find the light spot.

Xue Lihong wants to try to capture the light spots, Xiao Mo wants to communicate with the light spots, let them leave the earth or hide - if they can communicate.

The system only gave them 72 hours, but His Majesty also said that besides it, there are so many recovery and breeder systems outside, and it cannot guarantee that other systems will not find the light spot before it and send the news back .

"What kind of ancient capture method are you talking about?" Xiao Mo couldn't help asking.

"We'll talk about it when we see the light spots." Anyway, Xue Lihong didn't want to let the system know now.

The system suddenly said: "If he really has a way to capture elemental life, just give me one, no, half of it is fine, I can promise you, as long as you reach level ten, I will try to take you away from the earth."

The system quickly added another sentence: "You can only bring one at most."

Xiao Mo's heart trembled violently, he didn't ask it what an intelligence needs elemental life for, but only asked: "Can you take people away from the earth?"

The system was silent for a long time this time, "I can't tell you the details, I can only say that I may have a solution, and it must be after obtaining at least half of the elemental life."

"You can only bring one? Anyway?" Xiao Mo asked again.

"Yes."

Xiao Mo did not tell Xue Lihong about his conversation with the system this time.Since the two can't go together, and it's impossible for him to leave his family to suffer on Earth, it's better not to say this news, he doesn't want his little red to have any suspicion of him.

Before entering, Wu Jin handed Xiao Mo a bundle of ropes and a tricycle, which contained more safety ropes, paint buckets and some drinking water.

Xiao Mo and the others will take these ropes and reflective paint and try to walk as straight as possible to reach the temporary center in Xiaoqingshan Gymnasium in the inner city.It's not the safest way, but it's the best they can think of so far.

And as long as the people trapped in the dense fog are not fooled, they have two best choices, one is to escape, and the other is to gather as much as possible in the Xiaoqingshan Gymnasium.

Of course, at this time, the direction was already lost in the dense fog, and there might not be many people who could actually find the Xiaoqingshan Gymnasium, but at least it was better than wandering around blindly in the dense fog to find someone.

Xiao Mo pushed the tricycle, and put the rope while walking.

The rope has reflective paint on it so you can see it just by getting a little closer.

Xue Lihong carried a bucket of reflective paint and a brush to paint arrows and simple instructions on the ground and walls.

It can be called a dense fog, which means that the scene in the fog has basically reached the point where it can't be seen clearly at a distance of one meter.

Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong did not dare to separate, they were always within two steps of each other.Xiao Mo also put on a miner's hat with a headlight, on the one hand for lighting, and on the other hand to remind the survivors in the dense fog.

"Do you feel any changes in your body?" Xue Lihong asked him.

Xiao Mo realized it carefully, "Not yet, maybe we haven't been here for a while. How about you?"

Xue Lihong also shook her head. He carefully observed the plants and small non-human life on the side of the road, his eyes sparkled like a beast in the night.

Xiao Mo shouted as he walked: "Is anyone there? If you hear the sound, please come closer, we are rescuers! If you can't move, please try to make noise—"

After hearing him shout twice, Xue Lihong refused to let him shout, "Keep your strength, don't call out monsters."

Xiao Mo was also worried about the monsters, but there was no thick fog in the places they passed so far, and there were no other life-punching holes.

"I hope those mice and bugs don't chew through our rope. By the way, do you still have a sense of direction?" Xiao Mo didn't lower his voice.

Xue Lihong replied as a matter of course: "Of course, even if there is no more, I can still recognize the landmarks. We still have the detailed satellite map printed out. Even if we compare the landmarks and maps at the same time, we can still find Xiaoqingshan Gymnasium."

"Listening to your words, I always feel that there are no difficulties in the world." Xiao Mo sighed, "The people who came in didn't have a map in their hands, but how many people escaped?"

"So it is very important to observe and keep track of the road at ordinary times."

Xiao Mo said to him, "Do you think everyone has the same camera-like memory as you?"

Xue Lihong bumped him lightly.

Xiao Mo laughed.

Even though it was such a dangerous place, the two of them showed a three-pointed sense of dating.

"It's too slow to walk like this. I'll ride the bike. You sit behind and put the rope, and stop at the corner." Xue Lihong pulled the handlebar.

Xiao Mo made sure that Xue Lihong could see the way ahead, and then sat in the back.

This is a very weird scene.

In the ruins of the city full of dense fog, a super good-looking young man stepped forward on a tricycle, and behind the tricycle sat a handsome man in his early thirties, who was still pulling A rope with no end in sight.

At every turn, or more than 100 meters, they will stop, look for a cylindrical object or a relatively strong object, wrap the rope around it, leave reflective arrows and simple words on the ground and walls, and continue Forward.

What the busy two didn't see was that a vine slithered across the ground and walls like a snake, following them all the way, as if they were curious about what they were doing.

Occasionally, the vines would playfully wrap around the rope, or rub off a little bit of the freshly painted reflective paint.

"It's strange, we've gone deep, how come we haven't met anyone?" Xiao Mo looked at his mechanical watch, if the watch showed no problem, they had been in for half an hour.

"Yeah, there's no sound at all." Xue Lihong had already noticed this, but he acted calmly.

"How long do you estimate it will take us to arrive at the Xiaoqingshan Gymnasium?"

Xue Lihong, who had memorized the map by heart, replied: "If you don't make a detour, at the current speed, there are still about 10 minutes left."

"That's coming soon, I hope we can find more survivors there." I don't know if it was because of what the system said, Xiao Mo felt uneasy since then, but he suppressed it.

Xue Lihong turned her head abruptly, and the tricycle stopped abruptly.

Xiao Mo quickly raised his gun and pointed it backward.

But the two found nothing.

"What did you find?" Xiao Mo asked the young man in a low voice.

Xue Lihong glanced around, "Do you feel that someone is following us?"

Xiao Mo smiled wryly, "As soon as I came in, I felt someone was watching us, but I didn't feel that the other party was malicious, so I didn't say anything because I was afraid you would be distracted."

Hearing this, Xue Lihong's eyes fell on the plants on the street, especially vines.

After watching for a while, they didn't find anything unusual, and the two stepped on the three wheels again.When they reached a place where the tricycle couldn't pass, the two of them got out of the car and carried the tricycle there. Now that Xiao Mo is strong, it doesn't take much trouble to lift the tricycle.

Under the leadership of Xue Lihong, a live map and special vision person, they walked all the way to Xiaoqingshan Gymnasium without leaving marks.

The surrounding area is still very quiet, there is no sound of people, no birds and insects, and even a cat or dog is missing.

The gymnasium is just the customary name of the locals. It has been expanded a long time ago, and it should be called the sports center. There are many indoor and outdoor gymnasiums and arenas.

The entire sports center occupies a large area. Lei Bing and the others set up the temporary command center in the indoor basketball hall in the first building on the left hand side of the gate. In order to facilitate people to find it, they also put a sign at the gate of the sports center.

This comprehensive sports center is located in the city center and is naturally one of the important places of refuge.

When the two came in, they saw many traces left by the survivors who escaped from the earthquake and ran here.

When she was about to reach the indoor basketball court, Xue Lihong stopped the tricycle again.

The building in front was not huge, but squatting in the dense fog, it looked like some kind of malicious monster, and the black gate was like its big mouth.

Xiao Mo also sensed something was wrong, "Even if no one escapes, but this is a temporary command center, it is impossible for Lei Bing not to keep people here. Where are people? In the gymnasium?"

Xue Lihong made a quiet gesture. He could feel that there was something in the basketball court in front of him that attracted him, but at the same time it also posed a great threat to him.

"You wait for me here, I'll go in and have a look first." Xue Lihong got off the tricycle.

"No!" Xiao Mo grabbed him, his uneasiness rose to the extreme at this moment, "I'll go in with you."

Xue Lihong hesitated slightly.

Just when Xue Lihong was considering whether to bring Xiao Mo into the basketball court together, the vines that had been following them seemed to have judged their purpose, and suddenly sprang out like an electric shot, wrapping up Xiao Mo's body. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the thick fog.

Xue Lihong's reaction was no longer unpleasant, but the thick fog still obstructed his vision a little bit.And this time the vines didn't throw Xiao Mo away, they just took him away!What's worse is that the speed of the vines this time is far faster than that of the previous vines.

"Click." A miner's hat with a headlight fell to the ground, and the light bulb shattered when it touched the ground.

"Ahhh-!"

Xue Lihong paused, Xiao Mo disappeared, but human screams came from the gymnasium behind him.