The Scavengers

11 month 11-14 days

When Xue Lihong ate her stomach and came out, she heard Xiao Mo arguing with a cold and hard voice of a young man... Or should I say arguing?

Xiao Mo said: Since everyone is an intelligent creature, why can those aliens treat them as NPCs in the game and kill them casually?Don't those aliens have empathy?And aren't those aliens afraid of death?

The system snorted coldly, and asked him back: If there is a game with 100% authenticity, even if there is a danger of death, as long as you go in and play, as long as you can survive, you will get certain benefits, and this benefit can be directly reflected on yourself in the real world , do you want to play?If you don't play, will others play?

Seeing that Xiao Mo was speechless, the system stabbed again: "There will never be a shortage of people in this world who seek excitement and take risks for a little progress. What's more, the earth playground offers so many benefits that all players will think that they are It is the protagonist, no one thinks that they will die when they enter the earth playground, on the contrary, they all think that they will be the ones who can leave with benefits after paying a little travel expenses and game time fees."

Xuelihong interface: "Players who will venture to Earth to seek benefits and excitement, you expect them to have sympathy? Maybe, but I think that since the developers dared to let these players come, they must have made various preparations, such as letting them Sign a non-disclosure contract to ensure that they will keep their mouths shut when they see anything illegal on Earth. Of course, if an alien player really takes a fancy to a certain Earthling, he must be able to bring it back as a pet or something , it’s just that a chip will be added to the brain. Your Majesty, don’t you think so?”

System, "Hmph."

"But just like a rich foreign prince would take a fancy to a foreign civilian girl, this kind of thing can't be said to exist, but there are probably only one or two cases among hundreds of millions of people, not to mention that the two are even of different races, God knows What do those alien players look like, maybe we earthlings in their eyes are the same as we see a group of intelligent cockroaches. No matter how intelligent the cockroaches are, how many humans would want to fall in love with them?" Xue Lihong from Xue He dug up the corpse of the alien player, cut it open, and took out a small emerald green praying mantis who didn't know if it was overdone and fell asleep.

Xiao Mo had nothing to say, and raised his hand in surrender under the attack of the two, "Are you full? Then shall we set off immediately?"

Xue Lihong expressed that she was not in a hurry, and asked if the modification of the system bracelet had been completed, how big the space was, and whether the super monster, the corpse of the alien player, and the two spaceships could be taken away together.

"You don't need to say, I have expanded the space of the bracelet to the maximum." The system hummed.This is also the reason why it needs 24 hours to transform the bracelet. Since it needs to be transformed, it must be transformed to the best. Today's bracelet is not just a space bracelet.

"How big is the biggest?" Xue Lihong asked.

"It's enough to hold all the things you said." The system also added an extra sentence: "If you want more space in the future, you can find other objects of the same type of space, and I can combine them."

Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong understood: the bracelet space where His Majesty the System will be stationed in the future will be a space that can grow, but it needs to devour other spaces to grow.

Since the space was large enough, Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong simply packed all the things that could be packed nearby.

"How do we go back? Do you want to get two pairs of skis? Can you ski?" Xiao Mo couldn't bear to let Xue Lihong fly with him in the snow, and suggested.

"What can't I do? I'll take you to fly into the urban area first, and then see if there are suitable tools, and focus on collecting food." Xue Lihong didn't try to be brave and said that she would fly all the way back to Zhongshan base with Xiao Mo.

"Okay." Xiao Mo held onto Xiaohong, and finally couldn't help asking: "How...how do you feel? Why can you..."

Xue Lihong seemed to have expected that Xiao Mo would not be able to resist asking him these two questions, but before he could speak, His Majesty the System suddenly interrupted: "He should be very good. Based on the genes I collected from him just now According to the latest conclusion from the analysis, although he is still a big bastard, his genes have stabilized."

Xue Lihong lowered her head, only then did she notice that she was holding Xiao Mo's left wrist, and His Majesty's bracelet was on this wrist, but it was invisible, so even he didn't pay much attention.

The system tutted, "It takes an unknown number of years of natural evolution for a species to achieve genetic stability. This big bastard is really lucky."

Xue Lihong didn't bother to pay attention to the sour tone of the system, just looked at Xiao Mo and said in a low voice: "How much blood did you put on me?"

"Ah, I didn't..."

"I mean your blood!"

Suddenly, Xiao Mo lowered his head and smiled, "I don't know, I didn't know what I was doing at the time."

Xue Lihong didn't say thank you, she just hugged her tightly and let go.

"Is what His Majesty said true?" Xiao Mo was still a little worried, he needed Xiao Hong to tell him that it was all right.When he just woke up, he was confused by Xiaohong. Later, Xiaohong was hungry, so he didn't have time to ask in detail.

Xue Lihong embraced him and nodded: "Well, as it said. I feel good, never had a good feeling. Before, I could only find ways to stabilize my genes. Even if I wanted to train myself, I didn't dare to go too far. I don't dare to eat indiscriminately, because I am afraid that my genes will collapse. But now, I can finally start my own cultivation path."

Xue Lihong said the last four words in a joking tone, but her attitude was extremely serious.

"So you can still become stronger?" Xiao Mo's eyes widened.

The tall young man raised his hand to wipe off the snowflakes that fell on his eyebrows, and smiled slightly, "Of course." His road to becoming stronger has just begun.

Xiao Mo was fascinated by the young man's smile, and he didn't even know he was kissed by the other party.Later, I was confused by the kiss, and I thought it would be a pity that I would never see Xiaohong's doll version again.

Really never see it again?Well, now the question is a mystery.

"That's right! You still haven't told me why you were able to come back from the dead?" Xiao Mo pushed the young man away with all his strength, almost being swayed by this guy.

The young man looked at him dissatisfied.

Xiao Mo pressed him again, he had to get a clear answer, otherwise the same thing happened again, and he couldn't guarantee whether he would collapse.But every time he asked, Xue Lihong would bite him.

Xiao Mo: "...Hello!"

Xue Lihong lowered her face, and the villain first complained and accused him: "You didn't take me to heart at all, you forgot everything I told you."

A flash of inspiration flashed in Xiao Mo's mind, and he finally remembered the main point: "Ah, you almost died once."

Damn it, why did he forget that Xiaohong once told him that he was hacked by the adopter and buried in the soil during a certain adoption period?At the beginning, he saw the wounds when Xiaohong took a bath in the doll state, but later he repaired Xiaohong more times, and those wounds gradually disappeared.

"It wasn't almost, and it wasn't once." Xue Lihong couldn't tell what it was like, "Many Zerg can live for a while even if their heads are beheaded, and some are cut into several sections, and they can grow back on their own after a while Some of them can be put into a vacuum, boiled in hot water, frozen in a freezer, and they can still survive. I used to be very weak, and many times I relied on Zerg genes to survive. But before When something like this happened, I would be weak for a long time even if I survived. This time it was the complete opposite."

The young man whispered into his boss's ear: "This is the first time I have cocoons. Your blood contains too much energy, and you have repaired me time and time again, prompting my genes to change at an accelerated rate, even mutated, until Fully stabilized. My cocooning process is the process of selecting my main genes, which is equivalent to physical rebirth."

"You said you chose your main genes?"

"Shh? Don't let that guy hear you."

His Majesty the System: "I have heard it."

Xue Lihong hugged Xiao Mo and curled her lips: "After it can talk, it becomes even more annoying."

The system was angry, "You think I want to talk to you!"

Xiao Mo had a headache, he felt that he was like a husband in a relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and it was not good to help anyone.Alas, after His Majesty entered the bracelet, he could no longer have direct ideological communication with him. It is said that it was because the induction wire was not buried in his brain - it sounds very dangerous, no wonder His Majesty said that he would be required to leave before life, but not now.

Knowing that Xiaohong still has such a talent, Xiao Mo's nervousness disappeared, and he no longer has to worry about Xiaohong being hacked to death... Bah bah!

Even if Xiaohong has such an ability, it doesn't mean that he really has the power of immortality, it's just that his vitality will be more tenacious than ordinary people.

Afterwards, Xue Lihong wrapped Xiao Mo in front of her chest with a big duvet - she didn't use a sleeping bag for fear of emergencies, she called out the giant wings formed by eight tentacles, and flew to the Zhongshan base.

Xiao Mo noticed that Xue Lihong not only had a pair of wings, but also a pair of small wings under his ribs, which seemed to be used to balance his body?And there are two long tentacles dragging behind the giant wings, maybe this is used to accelerate and change direction?Maybe it was used to attack?

Xiao Mo felt that his little red was getting more and more mysterious.

In the snowstorm, neither of them could speak well, so they could only fly with their heads buried.

Maybe it was not long after the big storm, maybe it was because of the fireball falling from the sky, in short, the flying birds that were often seen on weekdays seemed to disappear in one go, and there was not a single one.

The whole world was silent, except for the sound of the wind, there was only the sound of Xiaohong's flapping wings and their breathing.

On the way, they landed many times to rest and search for food. Xiao Mo also wanted to see if he could see a living person.

But there is a tragic scene of the end of the world everywhere, not to mention people, even animals can't see it very much.

Because there are too many collapsed buildings in the city, and the blizzard covers them, they have no way to find the items. If they have time, they can still explore slowly, but what they lack now is time.

At first, Xiao Mo said that he wanted to find skis to lighten Xiaohong’s burden, but Xue Lihong probably managed to fly smoothly, and also mastered the tricks of flying in the wind and snow. The flying time became longer and longer every day, and Xiao Mo gradually became more and more comfortable. There is no longer a need to find and craft snowboards and the like.

On the evening of November 11th, a whole week has passed since the big storm broke out on the night of the 14th.

The earth's electrical system has not yet been restored, and the heavy snow has not stopped.

Xiao Mo looked at the snowflakes in the sky, and even had an illusion that maybe the weather on the earth would be like this in the future.

Xue Lihong put him on the ground, shook the falling snow on his body, and put away his giant wings, "We will rest here tonight. According to the signs on the road, if there is no emergency, we can go back tomorrow afternoon." Go to Zhongshan base. Boss, take out that aircraft, and I'll go around."

"Okay." This is their habit along the way. Even if Xiaohong has already observed in the sky, every time he lands and rests, he will always go to the vicinity to check again to eliminate hidden dangers as much as possible.

And he will use this time to take out the Keno aircraft—this is already their temporary hotel, build a fire, and prepare water.

Xue Lihong left, Xiao Mo took out the aircraft and put it on the snow, but as soon as he put it down, he noticed that the aircraft was sinking too fast, and the bottom seemed to be empty?

Xiao Mo didn't dare to delay, hurriedly put away the aircraft, intending to change to another place, but just as he put away the aircraft, his eyes were attracted by something below.

"...I hope that there will be love everywhere between heaven and earth, I hope that flowers of peace will bloom in the world, I hope that there will be no pain and no sorrow..."

Xue Lihong stopped, and Xiao Mo was standing in the snow and softly humming the seven lotus flowers.

He had also heard this song before, and he didn't have much emotion at the time, but when he heard Xiao Mo singing softly at this time, he suddenly felt that this song was very, very sad.

Xue Lihong walked to Xiao Mo's side, and saw a funnel-shaped snow pit.

This trace was probably caused by Xiao Mo taking out the flying machine and putting it on the snow, but now the flying machine is gone, but there are more than a dozen corpses under the snow pit.

The corpses were hugged together in a circle, with children in the middle and old people in the outermost, like several families.

These people may have hid in the basement when the big storm came, or they may have gathered together to fight the extreme low temperature.

No matter how they used to be, these people are all dead. Looking at their frozen bodies, it seems that they were all frozen to death in ignorance.

"I'm back, is it safe around here?"

"Ah."

Xiao Mo seemed extremely tired, leaning gently on the tall young man's shoulder, quietly watching the snowflakes fall from the sky.

Xue Lihong hugged him.

It was very cold, but both of them seemed to have improved their ability to resist the cold a lot.

"You are sad."

"Ah."

"There is always a way out."

"I can't think of a way."

"Living is one day. If it is not possible, we will snatch the spaceship and take our people away from the earth."

Xiao Mo smiled and stood up straight, "It's easy for you to say."

Xue Lihong patted him, as if to convey courage to him, "Of course it's easy, we have already solved the biggest difficulty of leaving the earth, look."

Xiao Mo put away his sadness, "You mean..."

"Fix that spaceship, and we will have the tools to leave the earth. If this spaceship cannot fly long distances, then we will snatch the ones that can fly long distances. Since these alien visitors can come to the earth, there must be long-distance spaceships to go back. and roadmap."

Xiao Mo's lips turned blue, his eyes were as bright as stars, "But now it seems that all electrical energy is unusable, including the energy used by spaceships."

Xue Lihong held his cold hand, and said very firmly: "This is only temporary. You forget that only when those light spots come out will there be thick fog, and when the thick fog clears, everything will return to normal."

Xiao Mo raised his head to look at the sky, excitedly said: "You mean the lightning cloud will disappear?"

"It may not disappear completely, but according to the characteristics of dense fog that come and go, if the light spots really make their homes in the sky, then the lightning cloud is likely to disappear from time to time. Perhaps after a long time, this will become the most beautiful place on earth. One of the common celestial phenomena." Xue Lihong analyzed.

"Then the sun will come out? Humans won't perish? That's great! No! What about the alien developers in outer space?" Seeing Xiaohong's puzzled eyes, Xiao Mo explained the system's conjectures completely. up.

Xue Lihong pondered slightly, "There are two points to look at. The first point is that the developers still want to develop the earth, and they are reluctant to give up this playground. The second point is that the developers focus on the light spots, and take capturing the light spots as the first point. First priority."

"How to say?" Xiao Mo asked anxiously.

"Don't punish yourself, take out the aircraft, let's go in and say, it's freezing outside."

Xiao Mo laughed, and hurriedly took out the Keno aircraft.

Xue Lihong pulled him into the main cabin of the aircraft, lit the stove inside, and the aircraft quickly warmed up.

The two of them nestled barefoot on the sofa with a thick quilt, feeling the warmth from the stove, and did not speak for a while.

"Don't do that next time, you make me feel like you want to jump off and die with them." There was a bit of blame in Xue Lihong's voice.

"Nonsense! I just..." Xiao Mo scratched his nose embarrassingly, "Anyone who sees such a scene will feel touched, okay? I'm worried about my family and the team members, I'm afraid they..."

Xiao Mo slapped himself to prevent himself from thinking badly.

Xue Lihong grabbed his hand and looked at him with disapproving eyes.

Xiao Mo was embarrassed, "Are you hungry? I'll make something warm. You can continue with what you just said." He was worried about the future of all human beings just now, and it's ridiculous to think about it now when he calms down.

Seeing that Xiao Mo was no longer affected by those corpses, Xue Lihong relaxed her body and leaned on the sofa and said, "Let's talk about the second point first. The developer focuses on the light spots and mainly captures them. Then even if the lightning cloud disappears, Those developers are not going to come to Earth easily, because they will worry that some of their actions will cause the point of light to escape or disappear. It is possible, right?"

Xiao Mo was stunned, when he heard the cold and hard voice of a young man coming from the bracelet: "Yes. No one knows the formation and living environment of elemental life, and what kind of environment they like. If the developer really focuses on the light point , they will not easily make changes to the Earth's environment, which includes all living things on Earth. They will try to maintain the status quo until they find a way to capture and use the light spots."

Xue Lihong, "So if it's the second point, we can at least win a certain amount of time. And this certain amount of time is the time for the earth to breathe and develop. To say whether it can compete with the developers of the Helushe galaxy, at least it must have the ability to escape from the earth."

Xiao Mo's brows became pimples, "It is said that the earth's technology has developed to a bottleneck, and it is very difficult to break through. Even if not, if you look at the current earth, it may take many years to restore the original technological level, let alone ..."

Xue Lihong interrupted him: "So it's up to you, boss."

"what?!"

Xue Lihong said to him very seriously: "Whether the earth's science and technology can develop at a super speed in the future, and whether the earth people can rush out of the universe and escape, it depends on you, boss."

Xiao Mo was so frightened that he dropped the can he had just taken out to the ground.