The Scavengers

!I remembered one thing. "

The child turned his head and glared at him with murderous eyes.

Xiao Mo hurriedly explained, "I really just remembered something very important, just wait a moment, I'll be right over."

Xiao Mo quickly ran to the desk, bravely picked up the tabby cat and put it aside, then...swept the desk.

No? !

He clearly remembered putting that irregular object like red copper on the desk before going out that morning.

But where is it now?

Xiao Mo couldn't figure it out, bent down and searched all over the place, not even the trash can.

The more he couldn't find it, the more he missed that special taste and that unusual sense of satisfaction.

"What are you looking for?" Xue Lihong suppressed her anger and walked over slowly.

"A piece of copper, strange, I put it on the table, why can't I find it?"

"What copper block?"

"I just found it in the park..." Xiao Mo straightened up and looked at the tabby cat he had put on the chair, "Uh...impossible?"

"What is impossible?"

"I remember that tabby cat is very small, but it looks like it has just grown up." Looking at the tabby cat, Xiao Mo couldn't believe his reasoning at all, it was too whimsical.But four days ago, he also felt that it was just a legend that human beings have supernatural powers.

"If you're not in a hurry to find it, can you help me first?" Xue Lihong almost paused.

Xiao Mo withdrew his runaway thoughts, turned to look at the child, "Okay, I'll help you."

An hour later, Xiao Mo was lying on the bed covered in sweat, and the child sat cross-legged beside him with an expression of anger and extreme disappointment.

"Again!"

"I can not make it……"

"One last time." Xue Lihong said in a soft voice, half begging.

"It's really bad, I think I'm going to be tired and paralyzed, and I'm very hungry, very hungry! Can I eat something first?"

"How can you be hungry without success?"

"It's not always possible to sell the goods when I haul them out." Xiao Mo's voice became cold.

"Why?" Xue Lihong's eyes were red, "Didn't you succeed last time? You even took a photo, you didn't lie to me, right? You swear you didn't lie to me!"

Xue Lihong couldn't restrain her emotions for a while, she threw herself on the man's throat and yelled frantically.

Xiao Mo was taken aback by him, "How do I know why I didn't succeed? Cough! Calm down! Let go! Do you want to strangle me?" How could a dead child suddenly have such great strength?

Xue Lihong's arms were trembling, no, his whole body was trembling, as if he was forcibly restraining something.

"Xiaohong? Son? Be obedient, let go of your hand, you're pinching too tightly, I'm going to be out of breath." Xiao Mo saw what was wrong with the child, slightly exaggerated the facts, and persuaded in a gentle voice.

Xue Lihong let go of her hand slowly, and sat down on Xiao Mo's stomach.

"Yeah!" Xiao Mo was so crushed by him that he almost couldn't catch his breath.

"Let's try again in two days, shall we? Maybe we still lack some conditions, and today I want to try to repair at least two cars. You also said that it is not safe to continue to stay in the city, so I must at least save some energy." ,dont you agree?"

Xue Lihong stared at the man without blinking.

Xiao Mo's heart was terrified when he saw it.I thought this child would not have brain or psychological problems, right?

About a minute later, Xue Lihong said: "Okay, let's pack up as soon as possible and enter the city as soon as possible. I will let you replenish your energy, and then we will try our best to imitate the scene of the day and replicate all the conditions of the day as much as possible."

"Row."

Two hours later, Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong set off again after eating, drinking and packing their luggage.At this time, Xue Lihong had perfectly restrained her emotions and aura, and returned to an appearance without any sense of existence.

Before leaving, the big tabby cat hadn't woken up yet, and was sleeping very soundly in the swivel chair.

Xiao Mo suddenly envied it a little.

"Dahua, please take care of the house. I hope that next time I come back, there will be no cockroaches or mice in the house. If you behave well, I will remember to buy cat food for you." Xiao Mo looked at his home for the last time, and To bring anti-theft doors.

Xue Lihong suddenly leaned against the doorknob, "Wait a minute, I forgot something, just wait for me." After speaking, she ran into the door and closed it behind her back.

Xiao Mo stared at the tightly closed door, and choked back the word "good" that was about to come to his mouth.This kid!You said you forgot to take something, just go in and get it, why close the door?Almost hit your old man on the nose, you know?

Fifteen minutes later, Xue Lihong opened the door again and walked out, but he opened the door very narrowly, and quickly took it with him as soon as he came out.

Xiao Mo, who only acted as a child playing tantrum, took out the key and locked the door three times without a word.

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Two suitcases, one big and one small, were all placed on the pedals, and a big mountaineering bag was carried on his chest. Xiao Mo straddled his feet and drove carefully on this overloaded electric bike with the child on his back. on the road.

When crossing the intersection, under Xue Lihong's questioning, Xiao Mo told him about eating red copper.

Xue Lihong signaled Xiao Mo to stop, he wanted to go to the park very much before, now that Xiao Mo said that, he wanted to go even more.

"Don't worry about it." Xiao Mo turned back with difficulty, and stopped him, "You didn't see that there were people from the army there."

I didn't pay attention when I came here just now, but now when I came out, I found groups of heavily armed soldiers in the park, and familiar tents appeared in the residential square of Xinxinjiayuan.

"Let's go!" Xiao Mo, who had a ghost in his heart, didn't dare to stay nearby, turned the handle and rushed forward.

On the way, they found an abandoned light truck with the key still inserted. The front cover and shell of the truck were badly bitten, but the engine was still intact, and the most important thing was that the fuel tank was fine.

Seeing no one around, Xiao Mo turned around and jumped into the cab, holding the steering wheel with both hands.

The child followed in.

A clear three-dimensional structure diagram of the damaged light truck naturally appeared in the man's mind, and at the same time a complete one appeared next to it.

Xiao Mo's heart moved, if he only repaired important parts such as the engine and battery, and did not move outside, I wonder if it can be done?

Do it when you think of it.

First of all, he deliberately did not look at the exterior part of the structure diagram, but only stared at the interior, and then strongly hoped to restore the interior of the light truck.

Slowly, he saw that the damaged three-dimensional structure diagram began to change, and the interior became more and more complete until it was the same as the intact diagram next to it.As for the exterior... it has been partially repaired, but not much.

"Wow!" Xiao Mo suddenly let go of the steering wheel and vomited out of the car.

"Old Xiao?" Xue Lihong quickly grabbed him to prevent him from falling out of the car.

Xiao Mo couldn't utter a single word, he just felt dizzy, as if he had turned nine hundred circles on the spot, both his head and stomach were so painful that he would die.

A profuse sweat broke out of him, soaking the back of his shirt in no time.

"This car is much bigger than the valve of the water pump. You must have done something beyond your current ability to react so strongly. Come on, lie down and rest for a while." Xue Lihong put down the chair, trying to make Xiao Mo Lie down more comfortably.

After a while, Xiao Mo leaned against his stomach and said in a trembling voice, "Yes, is there anything to eat?"

"Yes, you wait."

"Quick..." Dizzy, wanting to vomit at the same time but also starving to death, this kind of contradictory and weird feeling made Xiao Mo feel that he might as well be dead.

Xue Lihong took out a pack of biscuits from her backpack.

Xiao Mo opened his mouth, eagerly waiting for the feeding.

Xue Lihong was about to tear open the bag of biscuits when she suddenly paused and stuffed the biscuits back into the bag.

Xiao Mo was out of breath, and cursed hoarsely: "You...you unfilial son!" I was reluctant to give a bag of biscuits to my father, but your father and I bought them!So you still want to grow up?Wait!I will let you be my son forever!

Xue Lihong raised her eyes, and took out a small stone from her bag.

The stone is red and looks like a piece of red copper.

Xiao Mo's eyes widened, and a large amount of saliva was involuntarily secreted. If he didn't know how to swallow, the saliva would have flowed out of his mouth by now.

"Give it to me! Dad's good son, give it to me quickly!" Xiao Mo knew that it was not the one he lost when he saw the shape and size of the stone, but the taste...was exactly the same as the one he had once had!

Xue Lihong slowly brought the stone to Xiao Mo's mouth, and then took it back.

Xiao Mo opened his mouth and bit the air, his eyes were red with anger.

"Go back and help me recover."

"it is good……"

Xue Lihong started the engine, turned her head and looked at Xiao Mo with a sneer, "You can repair a light truck, I don't believe you can't restore me to an adult body, even if it's only temporarily. Promise me, you will definitely do your best .”

"Okay!" Xiao Mo gritted his teeth.

"If it can't be done..." The child gave him a deep look.

Xiao Mo cursed in his heart, this dead child is so angry at him at such a young age, what will happen when he grows up?Won't you ride on top of him by then?And what's the good of getting big so fast?Not too thin, he looks sick and consumptive.I don't know, I thought how he, a father, abused his son.

At this time, the dizzy Xiao Mo completely forgot that if the child grows up and the two are standing together, just judging from their age, no one will ever think of the fact that the relationship between them will be father and son.

One is eager to grow up, and the other is eager to agree to help. Although the purpose is the same for the time being, both of them have forgotten a very important factor when Xiao Mo used the restoration skill.

When Xue Lihong put the stone to Xiao Mo's mouth, Xiao Mo almost couldn't wait to open his mouth and swallowed the stone... Fortunately, he still had some reason to hold him back, and he didn't impulsively look at it and it was very hard. After swallowing the stone, he just slowly sucked and licked it like a fist-sized irregular candy.

Xue Lihong thought the man's bulging mouth was funny at first, but then he didn't know what to think of, seeing Xiao Mo's mouth and the fascinated expression, his face turned red slowly.

Xiao Mo only cared about enjoying the delicious food, and didn't care about the child's expression. When he finally sat up, the stone in his mouth had become the size of a normal toffee.

Seeing that the child didn't beg for it, Xiao Mo was also happy to continue to feel the deliciousness and unusual satisfaction with the stone in his mouth.

There was no major incident along the way, the two carried the electric car and luggage onto the light truck, and returned to Tongtian Street smoothly.

Xiao Mo's family was still tidying up, Xiao Mo parked the light truck in front of a large rat repellent in the community, and immediately went to repair his elder brother's van after getting off the car.

The child grabbed him, "Are you in good spirits now?"

"Yes, it's wonderful." Xiao Mo said cheerfully.With a full stomach and no dizziness, everything he sees is pleasing to the eye now, and even the child who almost pissed him off just now looks three points cuter than before.

Xiao Mo squeezed his little cheek, and deliberately lowered his head to kiss him on the cheek.

Xue Lihong swayed, as if she wanted to avoid it, but...he finally accepted this warm and loving cheek kiss.

"Have you forgotten what you promised me in the car just now?" The child tried hard to sullen his face.

"You want it now?"

"I don't want to wait any longer."

"Okay." Xiao Mo was helpless, he couldn't figure out why children were so obsessed with growing up, wouldn't it be good to be a child?Why not enjoy the fun of growing up slowly instead of growing up overnight?

Of course, what the child said earlier may be true, he may really suffer from a developmental delay, causing him to be a handsome guy who is admired by most girls, but he has to maintain a child image all the time.

If this is the case, his mood is not incomprehensible.

If so, give him a hand.

When the two arrived at the restaurant, the Xiao family was having lunch.

Xue Lihong walked up to Xiao Leduo, and said she wanted to borrow his room for an afternoon, but Xiao Leduo took his job and said that he could use it freely, and then complained that he had to go to school at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Deng Anjie taught her son that she must go to school, and then explained to Xiao Mo: "In the afternoon, someone from their school taught them how to choose the correct route to escape when encountering various disasters. Send them the road map, and then they will bring it back to their parents."

Xiao Mo thought this would be a quick way to transmit information. Now that various communication towers and communication channels have been destroyed, mobile phones, telephones, and the Internet are temporarily unavailable. schools and some public facilities.

Deng Anjie heard that the two had already had lunch, so she ignored them and waved them upstairs to rest.

Once upstairs, according to Xiao Mo's memories, Xue Lihong began to try to replicate all the scenes and conditions of that night.

"I should have passed out after being drenched in the black rain, didn't I?"

"should be."

"Take me to the bathroom."

"Why are you going to the bathroom?" Xiao Mo was surprised, but he took him there anyway.

The child put down the erected bathtub, took out a large bottle of black water from his backpack and poured it into the bathtub.

"what is this?"

The child didn't answer.

"This can't be...?" Before Xiao Mo finished speaking, the child took out another bottle, "You actually collected so many."

After pouring three bottles in a row, the child felt that it was almost done, and immediately took off his clothes and lay down in it, soaking his whole body in the black water.

"How long?" Xue Lihong asked.

"That's a long time... From the time it rained to when you passed out, at least...three hours have passed?"

"It's about the same as I calculated. You can leave and come back in three hours. Remember, don't waste your ability during this time!" The child warned ferociously.

Xiao Mo walked out of the bathroom without a word.

three hours later.

Xiao Mo walked into the bathroom and saw that the child had tidied up and was pouring bath water into the bottle.

"Is this water still usable?"

"I won't know until after testing."

Repacking the black water that had been reduced by half the bottle, the child turned his head, "What happened next? I remember you told me that I passed out at the time, and you carried me to take a bath?"

"Yes."

"Okay, let's wash it again."

"Is this going to happen the same way?"

"Of course. Science is rigorous!"

"All right……"

Xiao Mo helped the child take a bath—to make a complaint here, he didn't understand why the child kept staring at him during the bath, his eyes were red.Also, his skin didn't wrinkle even after soaking in black water for three hours. Maybe the black water really had some kind of miraculous effect that no one could have imagined?

"Take me to Le Duo's room, why are you in a daze?" the child was surprised.

Xiao Mo had no choice but to pick up the child and imitate the procedure of that night.

In order to prevent someone from breaking in halfway, the two locked the door behind them.

The child lies on the bed and closes his eyes.

Xiao Mo said: "Not long after I hugged you to the bed, you started to twitch, and your skin also cracked."

The child waited for a while, but his body did not respond at all.

The two waited patiently for half an hour.

"Maybe the effect of black rain is only once." Xue Lihong opened her eyes, slightly annoyed.

"What should I do?"

"Come on, just follow the steps from last time."

Xiao Mo hugged the naked child, and the image of the young man he saw that night emerged in his mind.

Is this what kids really look like when they grow up?

Isn't my ability to repair?So why not restore your child's body to its best condition?

Following his thoughts, another picture naturally appeared to replace the original image of a thin young man like a skeleton.

The youth shown in this three-dimensional image is obviously more flesh and blood, more like a healthy living person.

Yes, that's how it should be!

A handsome guy should have suitable muscles, a healthy complexion, and his hair should not be so dry... But for men, it's better to have stiffer and shorter hair.

On the [-]D map, the young man's originally slightly soft hair has changed a little.

Other places... Xiao Mo looked down.

The young man's chest has become very thick, and his arms look much stronger than his. On his lower abdomen, there are eight-pack abs that all men desire very much. even that thing...

Xiao Mo is now sure that this kid is 100% of mixed race, and authentic orientals rarely have such exaggerated things.

Xiao Mo felt uncomfortable when he thought that he would hold such a young man in his arms later - still naked.

Suddenly, the image of the young man shook, and then, like a reflection in the water hit by a stone, it shattered into thousands of pieces.

Xiao Mo frowned, again!It was the same in the morning.

He tried his best to concentrate, but the image of the youth gathered together again and again, and broke up again and again.

And the more anxious he was, the less able the image of the youth was to take shape, but the image of the child gradually overwhelmed the youth. Later, Xiao Mo found that he couldn't remember what the child should look like when he grows up.

Half an hour later, Xiao Mo estimated his remaining physical strength and put down the child.

Xue Lihong suddenly opened her eyes and sat up, then shouted in a low voice in disappointment: "It didn't work again? Why?!"

"Sorry, I don't know either..."

"Again!"

"No, I still have to save my strength to repair the van, so I'll stop here for today." Xiao Mo refused firmly.

"One more time, one last time, I swear!"

"I've tried so many times, if it doesn't work, it won't work." Xiao Mo couldn't help feeling distressed when he saw the child's desperate expression, and immediately changed his words to comfort him: "Maybe the human body is different from a dead thing, maybe we need to try a few more times. time, or wait for my ability to improve?"

Xue Lihong didn't know if she heard the man's comfort, she murmured: "Black rain, bathing, twitching, hugging, you using your abilities... What else? What else have we neglected?"

"I think it should be almost the same as last time." Seeing the child's bewilderment again, Xiao Mo immediately stretched out his hand to pat him, "Don't worry, maybe we can succeed next time, anyway, I'm by your side, what do you think?" Try as many times as you want."

"I remembered!" The child suddenly yelled, and rushed forward and tore Xiao Mo's clothes, "You said you took a bath that night, so you should have no clothes on when you hugged me that night. Take off, take off all your clothes, let's hug each other and try again!"

"Little Red!"

Suddenly, a heart-piercing cry came from downstairs, "Duoduo—"

Xiao Mo suddenly pushed Xue Lihong away and jumped off the bed, "It's sister-in-law!"

at the same time.

"Second brother—where are you?" Xiao Da, the third child, rushed upstairs and screamed, "Hurry up and save Duoduo! The building of Duoduo's school has collapsed—"

Xiao Mo became anxious, opened the door and rushed out.

"Bang!" Suddenly!Without any warning, the man fell straight in front of Xiao Da.

"Second brother?!"

Xue Lihong twitched between her brows, and quickly jumped off the bed and rushed towards Xiao Mo regardless of her bare butt.

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part one (end)