The Scavengers

half an hour before the countdown

People entered the arena one after another, no one caused trouble, and there were no emergencies.

No matter how the guests are related to each other, even if they are bloody enemies, when they walk into the gate of the banquet hall together, they are at most just a few words of sarcasm, and they have not developed into full martial arts.

It's really itchy, seeing teams of powerful supernatural warriors and rows of machine guns inside and outside the banquet hall, I can only suppress their eagerness to move.

It is true that supernatural beings are in power now, but when the government system still exists and occupies most of the force and supplies, everything has not yet reached the point of no return, especially since this is the capital of the country and the center of the political system.

Xiao Mo and his party entered the banquet hall at five past six.

There is no roll-caller, but there is a sign-in place. As long as the visitor announces his name, the waiter will find out your name and verify it, and then issue a small sign according to the order of the visitor. There are numbers on the sign, and it is said that you can draw a lottery.

Xiao Mo looked at the 113 written on the hard card and smiled.

To be honest, after hearing the reminder from Luosang and Lei Bing, Xiao Mo thought that a few provocateurs would jump out at the entrance of the banquet hall, but who would have thought that they would enter the banquet hall in such a safe and sound manner without any disturbance.

This is a super large banquet hall that can hold state banquets, and it can easily accommodate 5000 people.

A buffet was adopted in the hall, and the rich and delicious drinks and meals were all set out. Many people who came to the banquet tonight came for the buffet, and rushed to the food area as soon as they entered.

No one laughed at these people. After the earthquake, the whole of China was like a broken spider web, plus all kinds of viruses, monsters, strange beasts, man-eating plants and insects that emerged from all over China after the earthquake, plus some After having the ability, people with ulterior motives will make trouble inside, and the productivity and wealth of the entire China have regressed to the war-torn period, or even worse.Under such circumstances, it has become difficult for many ordinary people to eat enough, let alone be able to eat as rich food and drinks as today.

Old Yang and his car followed Xiao Mo and the others, and the two parties naturally stood together in the banquet hall.

Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong were not too eye-catching at first, but they were first accompanied by Senior Colonel Lausanne in military uniform, and then the most respected Elder Yang of the Academy of Sciences smiled at them, naturally more people paid attention to them .

Some people who have obtained inside information and Xiao Mo's information have naturally recognized that this is the healer most desired by the current government.

"Did you see that person over there? Xiao Mo, it is said that he is currently the highest level healer, he can even treat dense fog invasion syndrome." A young man like a son-in-law reminded the people around him to pay attention.

"Oh? How about Ah Ning next to Minister Bao?" The man immediately looked at Xiao Mo.

Brother Young Master had a half-smile, "I heard that Minister Bao used all his powers in order to save Xiao Mo's life. Who do you think is more powerful?"

"Oddly! Everything is possible!" The man was speechless.

At the same time, of course, these two were not the only ones talking about Xiao Mo, and the conversations of other people were much deeper than these two.

For example, Liu Fanghua, the leader of the Flying Eagles who ranked first among the four major mercenary teams, had a fake face and said with envy and envy: "Ah, if he can come to our team, don't say anything else, just let him specialize." With one outpatient clinic, our mercenary team can earn a lot of money."

Zhang Qian, his good friend and his deputy, smiled, "That's right, if that Team Xiao is willing to come to us, we will never have to worry about switching abilities in the future. However, if we have this heart, others will not." Is it? Look, if this person's ability is not blown out, the excitement will still be behind."

Liu Fanghua was puzzled, "I see that Xiao Mo and Mr. Yang seem to have a good relationship. I heard that the person who picked him up today is also the senior colonel of the garrison, Luosang. Luosang is a well-known confidant of our president. Does he count as joining the president? that side?"

Zhang Qian's eyes were full of wisdom, and he analyzed logically: "If I were Xiao Mo, I would never decide which side to join so quickly, unless the Zhongshan base has sold him to the president, but we haven't heard any relevant news yet. , This proves that he hasn't made a decision yet. Do you think that, given Xiao Mo's special and precious ability, if he really joined the president's side, the president's side will remain silent?"

Liu Fanghua thought for a while, then shook his head, "No, if I were Zhou Fang, after confirming that Xiao Mo would join my side, I would definitely publicize the news. We all know that in today's environment, when an organization gets a senior How extraordinary is the significance of a super healer."

Zhang Qian suddenly stared, "Wait, Tianlong and his gang seem to be planning to be the first to eat crabs."

Liu Fanghua squinted at his right corner, there was a group of people standing there, all of them had a flying dragon embroidered on the back of their clothes.

Liu Fanghua pursed his lips, "A bunch of idiots!" I don't know if that tone was despising the logo of the Tianlong Mercenary Team, or mocking their behavior of setting up an outpost.

18:18 pm.

A certain person was impatient to listen to those scientific researchers tricking his boss into doing more experiments for free, pulled his boss's arm, and said with a dead face: "I'm hungry, I want to eat beef, a lot of beef!"

Xiao Mo was also very tempted by the pile of delicacies not far away, and it happened to be dinner time, but when he came in, he was with Mr. Yang and the others, and those scientific researchers still remained excited about the experiments in the afternoon. One by one, I kept talking to him about the concept of future experiments, and how to help him further evolve and develop abilities.These people were so focused and crazy when it came to work that he was too embarrassed to shake them off.

In the end, it was old man Yang who was mature and mature. Seeing that the vice-team Xue's patience had reached its limit, he hurriedly waved, "It's getting late, everyone go get food to fill their stomachs, and the president, congressmen and others will speak on stage later, what do you want?" If you want to eat and drink again, you have to wait."

The researchers suddenly realized that they all laughed embarrassedly and dispersed in twos and threes. Xue Lihong also successfully dragged his boss to the buffet counter.

But when Xue Lihong was holding the plates and was about to pick and choose, the Tianlong player with a dragon embroidered on the back of his clothes came over.

The man faced Xiao Mo, and said politely with a hint of arrogance: "You are the healer Xiao Mo, right? Our boss has admired your name for a long time, and would like to invite you over to have a chat."

Xiao Mo had just picked up the clip, but he had to put it down when he heard that everyone was queuing up, so he couldn't hold on to the clip, and had to walk a few steps aside to avoid blocking other eaters.

"Who are you?" Xiao Mo signaled Xue Lihong to pick up her own food and leave him alone.

Xue Lihong took the plate and began to pick up his favorite food leisurely.

Team Tianlong, "We are the Tianlong Mercenary Squad, one of the four major mercenary teams in Beijing. Have you heard of it?" Even though he asked, he had an expression of certainty that you must have heard of it.

Xiao Mo nodded slowly, "I have heard that you are very famous. But I am hungry now, and I don't want to chat with others for the time being. If your boss has something to do, why not wait until we are both free, what do you think?"

Many people were watching them, openly or secretly, which made Xiao Mo very uncomfortable.

There was a little disdain in the eyes of the Tianlong team members, but he thought he was hiding it well, "You are a healer, one of the most precious abilities, as long as you join our Tianlong team, do you want to eat anything in the future? Besides, here is only It's just a buffet, if Mr. Xiao is really hungry, our boss has already set up a banquet at the largest restaurant in the capital just to invite you alone. As long as you agree, we can escort you to leave now."

Xue Lihong came over with two piles of plates, and put them in Xiao Mo's hands, "Here, I'll get some more fruits. I saw watermelon, and it looks pretty good. But hurry up." , Those people take one plate after another.”

After finishing speaking, Xue Lihong really ran away.

Xiao Mo looked down at the beef of various flavors piled up on the two big plates, speechless.How much his Xiaohong loves beef!

The Tianlong team saw all the actions of Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong just now, and the disdain in their eyes almost became substantive.He was surprised, I heard that these two people came from Zhongshan base, Zhongshan is one of the twelve largest bases in the country, and this Xiao Mo is a precious healer, why is he so greedy for food?

The Tianlong team member suddenly thought of a possibility: Could it be that the healer in front of him is a parallel importer?And the Zhongshan Base knew this secret so easily put such a precious healer in the capital.Well, that must be the case!

The Tianlong team looked at Xiao Mo again and felt that the halo on the opponent's body had disappeared, but asking Xiao Mo to go to the past was a task given to him by their boss, and he had to complete it, so he could only "persuade" him again: "The banquet prepared by our boss is better than that." These are much more high-end, if you like beef and watermelon, we can send a bunch of them to you tonight!"

Xiao Mo has a good temper, but he was annoyed by this person's "persuading" over and over again. He raised his plate in both hands, "We already have food, thank you for the invitation, can you let me go?"

The Tianlong team member almost said something like "Don't give me shame", but he finally held back.But what he said next became very impolite: "I said Mr. Xiao, you can count on Joe, who is our Tianlong boss, you'd better know who you are before you refuse, our boss is willing to be a corporal, that's because For the sake of your extraordinary ability. But don’t forget, you are a healer, no matter how precious your ability is, if no one protects you, you are nothing. And the entire capital can keep you and let you live a life that was completely imagined before. less than..."

"Crack!" A water cup was slapped on the Tianlong player's face and split open.

The water in the water glass wet the Tianlong player's face.

Xue Lihong loosened her hand, and the cracked cup fell to the ground, "Yo, I hit it."

Xiao Mo, who watched the whole process from the sidelines: ... Is there such a way as you directly slap the water glass on someone's face?And you actually took two plates full of watermelons, aren't you afraid of being scolded?

Xue Lihong seemed to know what his boss was thinking, she picked up a triangular watermelon slice from the two plates placed on her left hand and arm, and stuffed it into Xiao Mo's mouth.

Xiao Mo: ... Well, it's quite sweet.

The Tianlong team members changed their colors on the spot, and the eyes of all the people who were paying attention to this side were also brightened. How many people shouted in their hearts: "Fight!"beat!Fight up!

At this time, the Tianlong team is here.

The confidant of Tianlong Boss seemed very puzzled and asked Tianlong Captain Ji Yucai in a low voice: "Boss, why did you let that boy Wang Dong go to be a lobbyist? If he goes, I'm afraid that good things will also turn into bad things."

Ji Yucai, who is over forty years old and full of the allure of a mature man, smiled, "On certain special occasions, this kind of person will have miraculous effects."

The confidant thought for a moment, his face deliberately showed a look of sudden realization, and he repeatedly expressed his admiration for Ji Yucai.

Ji Yucai was very comfortable with this flattery.

There were also people asking the same question in other networks, and many of them couldn't understand why Family Planning and Education sent such a person to invite Xiao Mo.

There are many stupid people in the world, but there is no shortage of smart people. What Ji Yucai's confidants can think of, others can naturally think of.

Zhang Qian smiled lightly and said to Liu Fanghua: "Ji Yucai is really cunning, I wonder why he would be the first person to eat crabs, because he wanted to know the bottom line of Xiao Mo and the people around him .”

Liu Fanghua also understood, "Challenge the platform?"

Zhang Qian nodded.

Liu Fanghua sneered: "This link is not included in the banquet schedule I got."

Zhang Qian, "It should be added temporarily."

Liu Fanghua: "Who? Accountancy? President? Bao Yiyong? Or our so-called four major mercenary teams?"

"Don't forget your father." Zhang Qian smiled, "In short, the proposer is among these few people. But I guess it's not just one person's opinion to arrange this challenge stage, maybe everyone wants to see the healer The strength of the protector."

Liu Fanghua snorted and didn't speak again.

Let's talk about Xiao Mo's side.

Most people thought that the dragon team members were going to turn their backs and fight that day, but he actually held back, which surprised many people.

Wang Dong's face was scratched by the broken glass, but he didn't even wipe it off, he only pointed to Xue Lihong's nose, and said in a dark voice, "Very good, you have the guts! See you on the challenge stage later!"

"Crack! Kick!"

There were two crisp sounds in a row. First, the finger that Wang Dong stretched out was broken, and then Wang Dong's arm was also broken into four pieces.

And everyone didn't react. Even Wang Dong himself didn't know what happened until he was reminded by severe pain three seconds after his finger and arm were broken.

"you this……"

"Pfft!" Wang Dong's mouth had already been punched to pieces before he could utter harsh words and swear words.When Wang Dong opened his mouth to howl, the teeth in his mouth crackled and almost fell out.

"Amazing!" Liu Fanghua could not wait to applaud, "Zhang Qian, did you see that? There was only a crisp sound when he broke that idiot's arm in front of him, but the idiot's arm was broken into four pieces, which shows that his movements are too fast. Beyond the speed of sound!"

Zhang Qian's face also became cautious, but his eyes were somewhat clear, "Sure enough, how can a great healer not have a powerful protector around him? It seems that many people are going to kick the granite rock tonight."

Liu Fanghua also said: "I just don't know if that cool brother has any supernatural powers. Kung fu is not enough these days."

"You'll know after watching." Liu Qian no longer looked at Xiao Mo, but stared at Xue Lihong instead.

Here, Xue Lihong turned her head to his boss, "The dog in the way will take care of it, let's go, let's go to the table over there."

Xiao Mo turned around silently.

But the two didn't take a few steps and were stopped again.

This time, four people from the Tianlong team came, but they didn't do anything. They went to check on Wang Dong's injury, and one of the remaining two said to Xiao Mo politely: "Mr. Xiao, I'm really sorry. You are laughing at the ignorance of your subordinates."

Then the person's tone changed, "But as the saying goes, you have to look at the owner's face when beating a dog. We didn't ask what happened just now, we only looked at the result. And the result is that this gentleman injured our people, so wait a minute We will send one person to challenge this gentleman fairly, regardless of casualties. If the challenge results in our Tianlong losing, then this matter will stop here, and our Tianlong will also offer a thousand energy as a compensation. But if it is your Mr. Xiao lost, and the team will invite Mr. Xiao to stay permanently in the future, Mr. Xiao, do you think this is okay?"

Xiao Mo felt the impatient message coming from around him, fearing that Xiaohong from his family would blow up this person on the spot, nodded and said: "Okay, let's make it so."

Since you want to see our strength so much, come on.I couldn't guarantee it before, but now, we can confidently say: As long as I'm here, our Xiaohong will be invincible and undead!

Xue Lihong squinted at him: Don't you think the bet of a thousand energy is too little?

Xiao Mo looked back at him: 1000 yuan is not a lot, converted into the purchasing power of money in the past, that is [-] million yuan!

Team Tianlong was satisfied with the result and left, and Wang Dong was also helped back.

18:25 pm.

Just as Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong sat down, Luosang and Lei Bing came over.

Lei Bing's expression was not very good, Luosang frowned before saying anything.

"Both of you, I just got some news." Luosang sat down and said, "We're going to add a part to the banquet, the challenge stage. As the name suggests, it is for people to challenge, and it is also the only legal challenge stage in the capital. It was originally set up in the Constellation Gymnasium. , but when necessary, the challenge table can be held at any place as long as the president and three congressmen or more co-sign. This time, the challenge table was added to the banquet, apparently for the purpose of examining the force value of the new participants and for the convenience Various official and unofficial organizations recruit talents, but in reality..."

"It's to get our bottom line. It's better to bet with us like the Tianlong team. If our side loses, I have to serve the winning organization." Xiao Mo put down his chopsticks and said calmly.

Luosang exhaled, "That's right."

Xue Lihong rubbed Xiao Mo's short hair, "Is this Sichuan-flavored beef too spicy? I'll get you something else." Saying that, she got up.

Xiao Mo hurriedly raised his head and ordered: "Add more vegetables, fruits and vegetables, don't just add meat!"

Xuelihong waved her hand without looking back, to show that she heard it.

Lausanne: Am I worrying about my relationship for nothing?The young couple don't care at all!

Lei Bing suddenly smiled, his expression relaxed, he even stretched himself, stood up and said, "I'm going to get some food too, I always feel that tonight will be very busy."

Xiao Mo thanked him silently.In name, Lei Bing was only responsible for escorting them to the capital, and he didn't have to follow them at all, but Lei Bing still followed.

18:30 pm.

President Zhou Fang took the stage to speak, representing the entire capital to welcome all the new superpowers who joined the capital.And use a humorous tone to indicate that various government departments are recruiting people, and welcome people of insight to contribute, and the treatment is favorable.

Everyone in the banquet hall laughed, and everyone was very supportive. This is an informal occasion, so there is no need to be too polite.There are also people like Liu Fanghua who are very familiar with the president and can call him an uncle. The treatment of the Flying Eagle Mercenary Team is not bad, and they are freer than the government.

Hearing this, Zhou Fang nodded to Liu Fanghua, and laughed and scolded a middle-aged soldier sitting at the first table with the epaulettes of a lieutenant general: "I said, old Liu, your son is poaching our corners in front of us, you don't care Tube?"

Old Liu, Liu Lan, commander of the Beijing Military Region, said seriously, "I'll whip him with a belt when I get back."

Liu Fanghua made a strange cry.

All the guests roared with laughter, and many others took the lead in applauding, completely heating up the atmosphere.

Xiao Mo also looked at the stage with a smile in his eyes, Xue Lihong seemed to be particularly interested in food tonight, he had already brought many plates back and forth, and he ate almost every plate, with almost no leftovers.

Both Luosang and Lei Bing stared at Xue Lihong's mouth and stomach with weird expressions, as if they wanted to cut his stomach open to have a look.

Xiao Mo was also a little worried, and asked him in a low voice: "Why do you eat so much?"

Xue Lihong kept chopping her chopsticks, "Did I tell you, in fact, I haven't eaten enough since I followed you."

Uncle Xiao felt guilty!He is really not a good boss or a good lover, and he actually made his Xiaohong work hungry all the time.

Seeing his guilty appearance, Xue Lihong couldn't help pinching his face, "Don't worry, I won't be full, but I won't starve to death either. Usually, the food is enough for my energy consumption, not to mention you give me food." Replenish."

When Xiao Mo thought of Xue Lihong's "bastard" status, his heart throbbed inexplicably.

Probably because Boss Xiao's distressed gaze was too straightforward, Xue Lihong rubbed his glib mouth on his face, regardless of whether there were other people at the same table.

Lei Bing and Lausanne are two bachelors: Show off your love and share it quickly!I'll let you show off, I'll just wait for when you share!

At this moment, someone on the stage suddenly mentioned Xiao Mo's name.

Xiao Mo and the others looked up at the podium together.

I saw that President Zhou Fang had finished his speech at some point, and the next member of the accounting department came up. This member of the accounting department was very old. He looked like he was only about sixty, but in fact he was already over seventy.

Councilor Ji met Xiao Mo's eyes, and said with a compassionate face: "I heard from Minister Bao that Mr. Xiao is probably the most powerful healer at present. It just so happens that we have several people here who are dedicated to the country and the people." The soldiers who are seriously injured and have not yet woken up, I wonder if Mr. Xiao can help them now?"

People who knew or didn't know Xiao Mo all followed Ji Ke's gaze to find Xiao Mo.

For a while, Xiao Mo became the audience's attention.

Sitting in front of the three tables in the first row were Zhou Fang, Yang Lao, Bao Yiyong and others with different expressions.Mr. Yang wanted to get up and say something, but was stopped by his son Yang Feifan, who motioned to Mr. Yang to look the other way.

Before Xiao Mo could speak, a lot of men, women and children suddenly stood up on the other side, and these people flocked to Xiao Mo's side together, and the few who were walking in front came over and knelt down towards Xiao Mo.

"Mr. Xiao, please save my husband!" The middle-aged woman kowtowed.

"Uncle, please save my father, please." The little girl knelt down as she sobbed.

The elderly, children, women, family members of the injured one after another knelt down beside him.

The banquet hall was silent, and this turn of events obviously shocked most people.

Xiao Mo's face changed, turning livid.Very well, he thought they would confront Xiao Hong first, but he didn't expect these people to target him first.

Lei Bing took a deep breath, he wanted to curse.It's too fucking wicked to make this move!

Xue Lihong... was still eating, she just pushed a cup of fresh milk with sugar in front of Xiao Mo, "Drink, be good."

Xiao Mo lowered his head, picked up the cup and took a sip obediently, put it down, laughed, and stood up.