The Scavengers

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"I'll eat cockroaches for you!" Xiao Mo didn't know that what he said casually at this time would become a reality not long after.

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Xiao Mo went back upstairs, took a shower first, and then turned on his laptop and reposted the recycling posts to the homepages of the forums of various colleges and universities in this city, and left new purchases on several popular websites. and information on selling second-hand goods.After finishing all this work, he felt that he was calm enough to accept any results. He finally opened the Shenlong search page, and entered the words "virus" and "automatic healing" in the input window.

As soon as you press the Enter key, nearly 200 million messages come out.

Xiao Mo found the content that he seemed to think fit the situation, and flipped through them one by one, without paying attention, nearly an hour passed, until the phone on the desk rang, which woke him up.

"Sister-in-law, what do you want me for?" Xiao Mo rubbed his forehead, stood up with his mobile phone in hand.He had read a lot of messages just now, but none of them were what he wanted.That's right, even if someone has the ability to automatically heal, who would be so stupid as to put their affairs on the Internet and tell the world?Aren't you afraid of being dragged by relevant departments to do experiments?

Xiao Mo felt that he needed to do something to divert his mind. While holding his mobile phone, he went into the bathroom to bring out the dirty clothes he had changed in the past two days.

"I'm not going to have dinner today. Mmm, I know, I will take care of my body." Xiao Mo was talking to his sister-in-law as he walked towards the balcony.

"Huh? Why are you buying so many things? Even if everyone is rushing to buy them, you can't buy so many. What if they are put away?" Xiao Mo dumbfoundedly stuffed the dirty clothes into the washing machine, poured in an appropriate amount of washing powder and soft agent.

What Deng Anjie said on the other side, Xiao Mo smiled helplessly, "Sister-in-law, that kid is only five years old, can you believe what he said? Don't listen to him and the third child talking nonsense, this world will definitely not be chaotic, and it can't be chaotic." Didn't the country also introduce many policies to appease the people?"

"I bought everything." Deng Anjie changed the tone and mentioned the most troublesome thing for her in recent days.

"You said the mouse gnawed a few gaps in the iron pan? Are you sure it was the mouse that gnawed it, and you didn't drop it when you and your brother were arguing?" Xiao Mo closed the washing machine cover, flipped the switch, and joked.

But Deng Anjie sounded a little anxious, saying that she saw the mouse lying on the edge of the iron pan and eating the iron pan, and did not hide when it came, and only scared it away by hitting it with a broom.

Xiao Mo's smile faded away, the diet of cats and dogs changed, did even mice start to be interested in metal?

What does this recipe change represent?What will happen in the future?

Xiao Mo had a faint feeling that a catastrophe was imminent, but he couldn't tell Deng Anjie his doubts and worries, he didn't want her to worry any more.Therefore, he said in a very relaxed tone: "Sister-in-law, is the mouse electronic jammer I got for you last time useless?"

"I don't know. In the past two days, I always felt that I could hear the sound of mice gnawing on the door, the closet, and even in the walls, but your brother didn't believe me and said that I was nervous." Deng Anjie said angrily.

"My brother..." Xiao Mo shook his head, "He fell asleep and wouldn't wake up. How about this, I'll go over in the afternoon to see if the electronic jammer is broken, and bring two more... Huh? Power outage?" Xiao Mo pressed the switch two or three times, but the electronic screen of the washing machine still did not respond.

"No way, why is the power cut off again?" Xiao Mo reluctantly closed the washing machine cover.

"Yeah, there have been frequent power outages in the past two days, and I don't know where they are repairing. Often, the power is still there just now, and then suddenly cut off after two hours. The weather is so hot, many dishes in the refrigerator are broken, and the air conditioner in the store is not good. It's not working, and the guests don't want to stay for dinner." Deng Anjie also complained.

"Probably the aftermath of the coma incident last time."

"Maybe. By the way, do you watch TV? I heard the quarantine is no longer locked down?"

"Ah, I saw it." Xiao Mo turned his head and looked up at the community square not far away, where the medical vehicles were gradually evacuating, and most of the temporary tents had been dismantled.

"It's fine if you don't quarantine." Deng Anjie sighed, "Two days ago, I heard people say that the purchase of gasoline and salt will be restricted, and today I heard from the old Xu of the residents' association that we will conduct a national medical examination. Go to the big vegetable market in the morning to buy vegetables. There are so many people that it is crowded. I can't squeeze it, and the supermarket is so crowded that I dare not go. You said it's going to be a mess every day, when will it last?"

"It's okay, everyone is just panicking for a while, it will be fine after a while."

"Then do you think our family should go to the wholesale market to buy more firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea and the like? And stock up on gasoline by the way?"

"Sister-in-law, haven't you already bought a lot?" He thought she wanted to switch to a wholesale business when he heard the figures reported by his sister-in-law at the beginning.Even if the eldest brother and sister-in-law open a restaurant, those hoarded things are enough for them to use after two years, if nothing breaks.

"I'm afraid it's not enough. Second child, I don't know what to do. Now that Leduo School has resumed classes, it stands to reason that there must be nothing wrong with going to school, right? But I don't know why, I just panic, I always feel that something is going to happen .Hey, I don't even want Le Duo to go to school."

"If you are worried, please ask Duoduo for leave. Anyway, the school will have summer vacation in a few days."

"I'll think about it. By the way," Deng Anjie hesitated for a while before asking, "No one is looking for you, right?"

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I was not the only one who was awake at the time." Xiao Mo comforted, and the two then chatted about some family matters, most of which revolved around acquaintances and life changes in the past few days.

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Mo spent an hour cleaning up the house, cut half a watermelon that was not too cold and carried it, and then went downstairs to work in the store.

After some physical labor, he felt that his brain could finally turn normally, and he thought a lot about it.

Things haven't happened yet, so why should he be worrying?

Instead of worrying and doubting like this, he might as well make some preparations in advance like his sister-in-law, such as preparing some common tools, some weapons for self-defense, and some necessary parts. Give it a little makeover.

Yes, just do it.

Xiao Mo fumbled for his trouser pocket, he left that strange copper ingot on the desk purposely.He felt that if he continued to carry the copper ingot, he might not be able to resist stuffing it into his mouth and chewing it.

When he reached the stairway on the first floor, the man paused. He seemed to hear the chirping of a mouse?And it sounded like it was coming from the wall?

Shaking his head, Xiao Mo thought to himself: He must be influenced by his sister-in-law.Not to mention that their community pays special attention to hygiene. I have never seen rats or anything. Just say that there are rats. It is impossible to run around in the stairway so arrogantly in broad daylight, let alone burrow into the wall.

On the way to the back door of the shop, he met Ding Qiao who was on patrol.

Ding Qiao smiled and raised his hand to greet him.

Xiao Mo originally wanted to ask him something, but seeing a colleague beside him, he stopped walking towards him.It was Ding Qiao who came over with his colleagues instead.

"Brother Xiao, go to the store?"

"Yeah, I bought a batch of new and used electrical appliances yesterday, and I plan to sort them out today to see if there are any usable and repairable ones."

"Brother Xiao, if you have a TV that you can watch, can you leave one for me under 300 yuan?"

"What? You need a TV?" Xiao Mo glanced at the colleague next to Ding Qiao. He was a new face and had never seen it before.

"It's not me, it's my colleague who wants to put one in his room."

The fair-skinned young guy smiled shyly at Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo nodded to him, "Okay, you or your colleagues can just come to the store to get it. There is a 32-inch LCD TV, and I replaced it with an old domestic screen. You can take it for 200 yuan."

"Brother Xiao, is this price..."

"Don't babble, it's just a broken TV, and the old screen is ready-made, so I just dismantle it and replace it, and pay a labor fee."

"Then...thank you Brother Xiao." The fair-skinned boy looked shy, but his actual personality seemed to be very outgoing.After the three chatted for a while, he started calling Xiao Mo "Brother Xiao" just like Ding Qiao, and patted his chest and said that he could ask him for help with any physical work.

"Ding Qiao, do you know why our community has been experiencing blackouts these days?" Xiao Mo asked about serious matters.

Ding Qiao probably asked the same question to many residents, and replied with a helpless expression: "The power supply bureau said that the wires and pipes buried in the ground were gnawed off by mice. They said they didn't know what happened during this period, those people Rats are quite rampant, gnawing on the underground lines desperately, and as soon as one side is repaired, the other side is broken."

Another mouse?Xiao Mo frowned.

"Don't worry, the power supply bureau said that they have gone to the rodent control experts to try to solve this problem by the first ten days of next month."

"Next month..." Xiao Mo frowned even tighter, "It's getting hotter and hotter, and we can't live without an air conditioner at home. Doesn't our community have self-powered electricity? power switch?"

"It's not that we don't want to switch, it's that our generator is broken." The fair-skinned young man hurriedly said.

"However, it has been reported for repair." Ding Qiao added, "But the generator company said that there are more customers for warranty, and their technicians are too busy, and they will not come until next Wednesday at the earliest."

"I'll go take a look later."

"Ah? Ah! That's right, why did I forget about you, Brother Xiao! Aren't you just playing with electrical appliances, Brother Xiao?" Ding Qiao's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed happily: "Great, what are you doing, Brother Xiao?" Time to come?"

"If you have time, I'll be there later."

When Ding Qiao heard that Xiao Mo would repair the generator, he was so excited that he immediately called his superiors.The weather is very hot, and they also hope that the air conditioner in the duty room can be turned on immediately.

After making an appointment with Ding Qiao's superior to repair the generator, Xiao Mo walked into the shop carrying a stale watermelon.

I searched upstairs and downstairs, but I couldn't find the child who should be staying in the store.

Xiao Mo turned around and went to the basement.

Sure enough, the child was nesting in the basement.

Xiao Mo walked to the shelf, casually grabbed the wrench on the shelf and knocked on the shelf.

"Hey, what are you doing? Eat watermelon."

Xue Lihong ignored him and concentrated on dismantling a laptop in her hand.

"What do you need? The motherboard is burned, and the memory sticks and hard drives inside have been taken away by the seller in advance, and there are not many useful ones left."

"That's what you think." Xue Lihong didn't raise her head.

Xiao Mo pulled a wooden box and sat down, picked up a spoon, scooped out a spoonful of watermelon flesh and brought it to the child's mouth, "Ah."

The child opens his mouth.

Xiao Mo fed the watermelon pulp into his mouth.

"No ice, I want ice." Xue Lihong muttered dissatisfied.

"Children, don't eat too much cold food, it's bad for your health. Come on, ah."

Feed one, eat the other, and the small half of the small watermelon was soon hollowed out.

"My sister-in-law bought you twenty cans of baby milk powder, let me go and get them today."

"Can I not eat?" Xue Lihong resisted inwardly.

"cannot!"

"Have you recovered?" The child no longer struggled with the issue of milk powder, and asked with a mop of his mouth.Twenty cans of powdered milk, and he had plenty of ways to make them disappear without a trace.

"I just figured it out. Life is like that. When it's time to resist, you still have to resist. It's best to prepare for the possibility of resisting that before it happens."

The child seemed to understand what "that" represented, and nodded with a sense of agreement, "I also think that instead of being forced to enjoy that, it's better to be prepared to resist and deal with it."

Xiao Mo patted his head, not surprised that the child understood what he said, cleaned up the trash, went to the store and twisted a towel down to wipe the child's face, halfway through wiping, he suddenly moved his body to the basement wall, his ears narrowed listen.

"Did you hear anything in the walls?"

Xue Lihong tested the dismantled electronic components one by one, and when she heard Xiao Mo's question, she replied casually: "The mouse is gnawing on the wall."

"Strange." Xiao Mo put his ear against the wall, and tapped the wall with his fingers, the rustling sound in the wall not only did not stop, but became more noisy.

"Rats are one of the most vigilant animals." Xue Lihong raised her head and said seriously.

"What do you mean?"

"Usually, animals are quicker than humans to sense the onset of catastrophe."

"I understand this, but why are they gnawing on walls and wires?"

"I can only judge that it should be related to metal, but the specific situation and data have not yet been grasped." Xue Lihong frowned, "This time is a bit different from the past. The disaster is not only global, but also... I always It doesn’t feel like a natural disaster.”

"Could it be that the previous virus and the coma incident of all human beings were man-made?" Xiao Mo didn't believe it. "Who has such a great ability to do such a huge thing? If he has the ability to subvert the world, then why would he want to do it?" do these things?"

"I'm collecting data for analysis." Xue Lihong didn't express his guess and inference, he hoped to have more evidence to support his inference.

"Do you think the higher ups are aware of changes in the animal diet?"

"They must know something." Xue Lihong said, "I plan to go to Zhongshan University."

"Go for what?"

"There is one of the most powerful supercomputers in Zhongshan City. My portable computer has some problems, and some data calculations take a long time. Before my portable computer is repaired, I want to get the secrets that countries around the world are hiding , that supercomputer is currently the fastest way to obtain information in Zhongshan City. Otherwise, we would have to get a bunch of computers to connect in series, but that would be troublesome and time-consuming.”

"Do you think you can use that supercomputer if you want?"

"I have my own way. I plan to go in the afternoon."

"I will go with you."

"Even if I go, I can pretend to be a lost child even if someone finds out. If you go, you will only add to my confusion."

"No! It's so chaotic outside now, you can't run around alone as a child." Xiao Mo didn't want to risk being caught by the police to go to Zhongshan University at all, but he was even more worried about the child running alone to commit crimes.

"I'm going to repair the generator in the community later, you go with me, don't just stay in the basement, we'll go to Zhongshan University together after the generator is repaired."

"Okay, for the sake of you being my temporary owner. What do we have for lunch?" Xue Lihong stood up with great dignity, and stuffed the scattered tools and accessories into her small backpack.

Xiao Mo doubted the capacity of the child's small backpack for the first time, but out of respect for the child's right to privacy, he did not look through the child's backpack.

"Hungry again?" The man put his palm on the back of the child's head and gently pushed him out of the basement.

"Yeah, I've been hungry faster these days, never before." The child seemed very happy with this situation, and didn't mind Xiao Mo touching his head.

"This means that you are going to grow up. Half a child eats a poor old man, and you haven't reached the time when you can really eat it."

"It would be great if that's the case." Xue Lihong sighed softly with a slightly complicated expression.

"Don't be in such a hurry to grow up. Although you look handsome and handsome when you grow up, your father and I are enjoying the process of raising you. Why do you want to grow up so quickly?"

"Do you think you are playing a nurturing game?" The child snorted, with a kind of extreme longing in his eyes, and waved heavily: "You don't understand at all."

Xiao Mo squeezed him, "I don't understand what? You are a little brat, what's the use of raising you? You can warm my bed, give me...cough!"

Xiao Mo immediately stopped the topic beyond the limit, and he forgot that the child in front of him was only about five years old, so it was really not suitable for him to have such an adult-style joke.

"Do you want me to warm your bed?" The child asked slowly, with slanted eyebrows.

"Hey, the weather is nice today. The power outage at home is too hot. Let's go to the park for a picnic later, shall we?"

"It's not impossible..."

"Stop! I'm teasing you, I'll cut my computer time in half!"

"You think I'm teasing you?"

Xiao Mo was about to kneel down to this child, and squatted down to beg him, "I was wrong, I shouldn't be an adult but make such a colorful joke with a child like you, and I will never do it again. I swear!"

"Actually, I don't mind." There was a little smile in the child's eyes.

"I mind!"

"Hey, it's too bad that I have no memory of that night. You don't know how much I miss..."

"Son, Dad was wrong, really wrong." Xiao Mo sincerely repented.

"Let's do it again next time?" The child seemed to suggest quite seriously.

What again?Will you rub me against me again?Are you a dog?Dad Xiao, who was distressed that the child was too precocious, wept in his heart.

"Hello?" The child poked him.

Xiao Mo grabbed his hand, stood up, put on the majesty of an adult, and said sternly: "Children are not allowed to say such things! Let me hear it later, be careful that I will spank your ass."

"..." Xue Lihong frowned suddenly, staring at the ground and looking forward a little bit.

"You really don't have to rush to grow up." Seeing that the child didn't speak, Xiao Mo thought he had frightened the child, so he immediately calmed down and said, "You don't have to be afraid that I won't raise you because you can eat too much. Don't worry, although your father and I I don’t have much savings, but it’s no problem to support you.”

Xiao Mo patted the child's back soothingly. He thought that the child's desire to grow up quickly was due to a precocious mentality of an orphan, for example, in order to relieve the burden on the caregiver as soon as possible.

"After two days when you are completely stable, I will take you to go through the adoption procedures. I have checked that at my age and income, I can adopt you even if I am not married. From now on, your kid will call me daddy. Do you want to now? Get used to it?"

"Is that why you want to be my father? If... Old Xiao, look ahead."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Xiao Mo looked in the direction of the child's finger, and when he looked up, he saw a large area of ​​densely packed cockroaches crouching on the side wall of his building.

Such a large and dense swarm of cockroaches made Xiao Mo immediately have goosebumps all over his body.

Xiao Mo subconsciously dragged the child behind him.

"Yeah—" Other residents in the community also noticed this situation. Some people screamed in fright on the spot, and some ran away.

The security guard heard the cry and ran over here quickly.

Taking advantage of Xiao Mo's inattention, Xue Lihong picked up a cockroach on the ground and looked at it over and over.

Xiao Mo didn't notice what the child was doing behind him, and when he saw Ding Qiao appear, he immediately shouted to him: "Don't hit them with something right away, lest they fly everywhere. Get a large insect zapper, it's best to ask The exterminators are here."

Without Xiao Mo's warning, Ding Qiao and other security guards saw the dense swarm of cockroaches, none of them dared to rush forward, instead they all took a few steps back.

"Hurry up and broadcast, let all the residents in the community close the windows and doors, and try to block up all the gaps." Xiao Mo and Ding Qiao have become familiar with each other to the point where they don't need to be polite anymore. After reminding him, they quickly turned around and let the child go upstairs.

As a result, when I turned around, I saw the child playing with the cockroach.

Xiao Mo's face was covered with black lines, and he immediately scolded: "Throw it away! Go home immediately! Wash your hands with disinfectant when you get home!"

Xue Lihong refused, and took a few steps closer to observe those cockroaches carefully.

Xiao Mo hurriedly pulled the disobedient child back, "Don't go there, there are too many, be careful they jump on you. And quickly throw away the cockroach in your hand, that thing has a lot of germs on it."

"Oh." The child squeezed the cockroaches to death with two pink little fingers, and threw the dead cockroaches with white pulp on the ground casually, pulled Xiao Mo's clothes, pointed at the cockroaches and said: " Do you think they are drilling into the wall?"

"Don't wipe me with your dirty hands!" This kid actually crushed the cockroach to death with his bare hands? !Xiao Mo once again deeply felt the heavy responsibility and difficulty of educating this child in the future.

"Next time I will step on it with my feet." Xue Lihong said comfortingly after wiping her dirty hands on the man's body.

Xiao Mo: "..."

"What the hell is going on here? Where are there so many cockroaches?" Ding Qiao touched the goosebumps on his face and stammered.He is not afraid of cockroaches and mice, but it is another matter to have such a large number.

"Do you have insecticide?" Xiao Mo comforted himself that children were such jerks when they were young, and turned around to ask Ding Qiao.

"Yes, but there are not many reserves."

"Can your company transfer more?"

"I'll contact the higher-ups right away." Ding Qiao has been promoted by their company to be the head of the security of the entire community because he has been sticking to his post in the past.

"Brother Ding, look over there!" The fair-skinned young man pointed to another building and shouted palely.

"And that building too." Another older security guard also looked at the other building and shouted.

Xiao Mo pulled the child back.

As far as they could see, the side walls of three buildings were already covered with dense cockroaches.

"Ahh! Cockroaches! My God! Where are there so many cockroaches?" Residents walking on the road jumped up.

Team after team of cockroaches crawled across the road.

"Oops! The cockroach is flying! Run!"

I don't know who yelled, but as soon as the voice fell, a large number of cockroaches flew into the air, and rushed towards the steel light poles, buildings, and even people.

Xiao Mo picked up the child and ran away.

He didn't dare to go home, and it was too late to rush up the stairs, so he immediately rushed to the garage with the child in his arms.

Xiao Mo didn't know whether he was right or wrong, but when he ran to the garage, he was dumbfounded.

Residents and security guards were running out of the garage, yelling frantically as they ran: "Rats! There are rats everywhere!"

"The mouse is eating the car! The mouse is eating the car!"

Xiao Mo stood at the entrance of the garage, dodging the residents running over, and saw rats running everywhere in the dimly lit underground garage, and the cars in the front of the garage were covered with black rats. group.

The squeaks of mice, the piercing and scraping sounds of metal being eaten, the panicked shouts of humans, and a large number of rats, all these situations were whipping Xiao Mo's nerves that he thought were fairly tough.

"Get out of here!" Seeing the man stunned, Xue Lihong immediately pushed him.

Xiao Mo woke up, picked up the child, turned around and ran out.

It was obvious that this neighborhood couldn't stay anymore, and no one knew how long they would be trapped when they rushed home at this time.Instead of waiting to die behind closed doors at home, it is better to run out to see the situation.Of course, if he was at home at this time, he would definitely not run out.

But is it safe outside the community?

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There was more chaos outside the neighborhood.

At this moment, it seemed that the whole world was occupied by cockroaches and rats, and human screams and curses were everywhere on the road.

The vehicle was out of control, and people didn't know what to do. Those at home wanted to run outside, and those outside wanted to run home.

Xiao Mo hugged the child tightly and walked along the base of the wall. The out-of-control crowd was more terrifying than the rat swarm everywhere - how many people fell down while running and pushing, and how many people were caught on the road because they got out of order. Hit by a passing vehicle that didn't have time to brake?

"Mom! Mom! Rats! I'm scared! Ahhhhhhhh——" The child's scream pierced the eardrums.

"What's going on here? God, is the world crazy?"

"The end is here! The earth is going to explode! Animals are crazy! Humans are going to die! Hahaha!" Not everyone's nerves are very tough, and the successive changes during this period have brought some people to the brink of collapse.

"Everyone, don't panic! Please calm down! These rats and cockroaches are not scary! Please don't run around! Now, please gather all the people outside to the residential square of Xinxinjiayuan. Don't run, don't push... ..." The radio screamed anxiously from nowhere, but obviously not many people heard it, at least at this moment, few people had the calmness to listen to the voice from the residents' radio.

Two 10 minutes later, the situation is getting worse.

People who didn't know why were panicked, and a large number of people ran out of their homes dragging their children and children, calling their fathers and mothers.

Home is not safe anymore?

Xiao Mo held the child in one hand, and kept waving it with the other, hitting the mice, cockroaches, cats and dogs that were flying towards him, and pushing away the crowd who were pushing, crowding, running, and bumping like headless flies.

The siren sounded, and one police car after another roared past.

However, a large number of police cars did not stay nearby, but went straight to the city.

Could it be that the city...

Looking at the dense swarm of cockroaches on the surrounding buildings, Xiao Mo's hair stood on end.

He never knew that there were so many, so many cockroaches hiding around their house!

Where were they hidden before?

And mice...

The rats who used to be afraid of people are now scurrying in groups between the road and the buildings as if they had taken a stimulant.Cars and some steel products have become their favorite places to gather.

Cats and dogs are concentrating on the park, as if there is something in particular that appeals to them.

Fortunately, no matter whether it is cockroaches, mice or cats and dogs, there is no harm to people for the time being. Although some bold mice, cats and dogs will jump on people, they will be fine as long as they wave away.

"Is your watch made of steel?" Xue Lihong asked him suddenly.

"Yes." Xiao Mo hugged the child and carefully avoided the rats on the ground.

"Throw it away!"

Xiao Mo hesitated for a moment, then immediately took off the mechanical watch that he had worn for more than five years and threw it far away.After watching for a while, he also found that most of the unlucky ghosts who were thrown were wearing gold and silver jewelry or had more metal products on their bodies.

Sure enough, after he threw out the pure steel watch, the rats circling around him immediately lost interest in him. Instead, a black group of rats quickly gathered where his watch dropped.

"Old Xiao, don't go to the residential square, go to the isolation zone on the road!" Xue Lihong looked around and quickly made a judgment.

Xiao Mo didn't listen to him, he saw the police on the square, and these uniformed people became a sign of safety.

Xue Lihong pulled his hair and ears, Xiao Mo was so busy avoiding the crowd that he didn't have time to pay attention to the child.

Five minutes later, Xiao Mo finally rushed to the residential square with the child in his arms. Although there were also rats and cockroaches here, it was much better than the neighborhood with dense buildings.

Those doctors who have not yet left have already begun to save themselves under whose organization.They sprayed some disinfectant-smelling liquid on the rats lying on the car and eating metal. The rats seemed to hate the smell of the liquid, and they were washed away after a while, but they gathered again after a while.

Xue Lihong was helpless, the man obviously didn't trust him very much.But there is no way, who would trust the judgment of a five-year-old child in a crisis?Even if he usually acts smart.

Take your time, trust takes time to develop.

The police appeared on the square to maintain law and order. Many people wanted to ask them about the situation. The police didn't have the time or ability to answer. How would they explain things they didn't know?

"The fire engine is coming, everyone, don't be afraid! Please don't crowd! Be careful not to bump into or step on people! Watch out for your children, don't stay still! Go in, go in!" A policeman shouted with a loudspeaker.

"Don't go inside, we'll just stand outside." The child tugged at his hair.

"I know, don't make trouble!" Xiao Mo didn't want to go deep into the square, but the crowd pushed him, forcing him to walk to the center of the square little by little.

When we reached the center of the square, although the people who had already gathered were still flustered, their expressions had calmed down a lot.Probably because seeing so many people gave him a sense of security?

Even Xiao Mo was slightly relieved.

Although the periphery is highly mobile, the safety index is not too high for him with children.After weighing the interests, it seems that the center of the square is better?

Some people were probably tired from running, and as soon as they felt safe, they immediately sat on the ground.

When one sat down, there were two. Gradually, a large group of people sat down in the center of the square.

Xiao Mo thought for a while but still didn't dare to sit down, he always felt that the danger hadn't left yet.

The quality of the police in this jurisdiction is good, and they respond quickly to emergencies. At this time, volunteers have been organized to rescue the various communities, and a group of young men have been organized to stop at the outermost periphery of the square to clean up the rat population.

These young men had no hand tools, so they could only use brooms, branches, shovels and other strange things as weapons to deal with the mice, cats and dogs that occasionally came over.

The siren of the fire engine came, and everyone's spirits were lifted.

Two fire trucks stopped in the square, and the firefighters jumped out of the car to pick up the water.

People cheered at the sight of the firefighters, but the cheers were cut short when they saw the large number of rats crawling on the fire truck.

The firefighters connected the water source and immediately aimed the high-pressure water cannon at the fire truck.

The rats in the car were washed away, and some rats were washed under people's feet.But most of the people not only did not dare to step on it, they screamed and jumped away. Most of these people were young men and women.At this time, the performance of the old people is impressive. Not only are they not afraid, but they will catch up and beat the mice when they see them.

Xiao Mo consciously squeezed towards the fire truck with the child in his arms, hoping to hear more news.

But the fire truck was on the outermost edge, and he and the child were in the center, so they couldn't squeeze through for a while.

More and more people gathered in the square, but Xiao Mo frowned more and more.

For some reason, the group of rats that were originally only interested in metal substances began to gather here in large numbers, and even the cats and dogs that ran to the park also changed directions and gradually came here.

A looming seductive fragrance was forced into the nose through the strong smell of sweat.

what does it smell likeXiao Mo swallowed a mouthful of saliva, subconsciously turned his face and looked around.

Just a familiar figure came into view, is that Lao Yin?

Just as Xiao Mo wanted to shout, Lao Yin's slightly bald head had already disappeared into the dense crowd.Then he saw a familiar face again, this person... Isn't this the young man who asked him in a strange voice if the end of the world was coming after everyone suddenly fell into a coma last time?

The heart throbbed inexplicably.

"We can't stay here anymore, we have to leave here." Xiao Mo said this to the child before he opened his mouth to think.

Xue Lihong was looking at the situation around her, when she heard what Xiao Mo said, she turned to look at him.At this glance, he found that all the hairs on the man's face stood on end.

Half curious, half playful, Xue Lihong stretched out her fingers to touch those transparent fine hairs.

Xiao Mo's face was itchy from being touched by the child, he raised his hand to wipe the sweat dripping from his forehead, grabbed the child's mischievous little hand by the way, obeyed his intuition, hugged the child and squeezed out of the crowd.

But it was easy to come in and difficult to get out. The weather was hot and the situation was critical. All the people gathered here were like dynamite.

It became very difficult for Xiao Mo to go out.

"I told you not to come here." The child patted the back of Xiao Mo's head, and said seriously: "From now on, listen to me."

"Hey..." The adult who was slapped on the back of the head by the child was very upset.

"Five o'clock direction, go to the park." The child commanded while sitting on a high place to see far, hooking Xiao Mo's neck.

"garden?"

"Quick!" The gap that the child finally saw was about to be filled.

Xiao Mo held back his anger, this is not the best time to teach children how to respect their elders, the bad feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger, when he heard the child pointing out a clear direction, he immediately turned his head and squeezed in the direction directed by the child.

"Squeeze why? Didn't you see so many people!" The man who was pushed turned his head and cursed.

"Sorry sorry, please let me go."

"How? You let me see it? Really, it's a hot day, and you still let people live! I'm sweating all over!"

"I'm sorry, it's a little urgent."

"Who is not in a hurry? There is still soup stewing on the gas stove in my house! Aren't I standing here too?" Another person who was pushed also chimed in.

"Okay, stop arguing, let's all calm down in the hot weather." A middle-aged woman holding her wallet tightly urged.

"Dad, I feel bad."