The Scavengers

After 6pm on June 19

As soon as Xiao Mo dropped his motorcycle, he ran towards his elder brother's shop, sweat and rain mixed together, at this moment he didn't even care whether the child's legs could keep up with his speed.

Xiao Mo didn't look back, so he didn't see the little figure of the child moving through the obstacles with extraordinary dexterity, like a nimble little leopard, closely following behind him.

The hotel door was closed tightly, Xiao Mo pushed open the glass door and rushed in, the child who was following behind was almost hit in the face by the rebounded glass door.

The cold air of the air conditioner is oncoming.The full house of guests all fell down on the dining table.A strange smell of burning something filled the entire store.

At the cash register, his sister-in-law Deng Anjie was lying on the cash register, and her personnel were unknown.

"Sister-in-law!" Knowing that Deng Anjie couldn't hear her, Xiao Mo couldn't help shouting.

Carefully supporting Deng Anjie, he probed her breath with trembling hands, feeling the breath of a living person, the man wept with joy.

Raising his arm and wiping his face casually, Xiao Mo put Deng Anjie on the armchair, temporarily ignored the waiter who fell on the ground, and ran to the kitchen first.

It was the most dangerous place right now, and he had to turn off the gas before something worse happened.

As soon as they entered the kitchen, the burnt smell was even more pungent, and there was still a lot of smoke that hadn't dissipated, and the ground was in a mess.

His elder brother and the side dish worker passed out, and all kinds of side dishes fell on the floor.

Holding his nose, Xiao Mo carefully stepped over his elder brother and the kitchen workers, and immediately turned off the main gas valve.

Further inside, Second Chef Zhang Qian collapsed in front of the stove.

Xiao Mo didn't have time to check on his elder brother, so he gasped in shock at Zhang Qian's miserable appearance.

The kitchen has two stoves, one large and one small.

The eight burners of the small stove are used for soup, casserole, hot dry pot dishes, etc.

The large stove has three burners side by side for cooking. Now there are two burners in the big stove, one is for a frying pan, the other is for an oil pan, and the other burner is used for cooking the base soup for cooking.

Not to mention the small stove. Although the fire is small, several pots have been burnt through, and black smoke is everywhere. Even a large range hood and exhaust fan cannot exhaust all the smoke.

The oversized stock pot on the big stove was almost dry; a frying pan was scorched, and the bottom might have been burnt through; these were nothing, but the bad thing was that the second chef, Zhang Qian, knocked over the oil pan when he fell down. The whole pan of hot oil poured over him.

Fortunately, both large and small stoves have self-control protection functions. In addition to automatically shutting off the gas when the fire goes out, the stove will also automatically extinguish the fire and shut off the gas when the stove is empty for more than 1 minute. This has not caused a major disaster.

Half of Zhang Qian's face and the exposed skin had a lot of blisters, and some parts seemed to be rotten.The right shoulder and right chest, which were the most serious, were caught by the oil pan and covered by the chef's clothes, so it was not clear how serious the injury was.

It's over!Xiao Mo didn't dare to confirm the other party's life and death at all.

Perhaps out of self-deception, he even thought at this moment: Zhang Qian is going to get married on the National Day, but how can he get married when he is scalded like this?Even if the burns on his body healed after three and a half months, what about the scars left behind?Especially his face... Can his girlfriend accept it?

Fanning the smoke with his hands, Xiao Mo subconsciously took out his cell phone and wanted to call an ambulance. Fortunately, his cell phone was waterproof.As soon as I pressed two buttons, I realized—where should I call an ambulance at this time?

A small figure passed Xiao Mo, walked up to Zhang Qian and knelt down, grabbed his veins and felt for a while.

"Fortunately, he was burned after being unconscious and did not cause stress shock. He is still alive, but he can't last long in this environment."

Indeed, the environment in the kitchen is terrible, stuffy, hot, smoky, and very humid, let alone hygienic.

Xiao Mo wiped his face and tried to calm himself down. A child of four or five years old didn't make such a fuss like him. He couldn't be worse than a child as an adult, right?

After opening all the windows and doors to let the smoke out, and confirming that the eldest brother and the kitchen workers were just unconscious and not injured, Xiao Mo turned and ran to the store. He remembered that Deng Anjie put a medicine box at the cashier, and there should be some medical treatment in it. Medicines for burns.

He is worried about his family, he hasn't found his father and younger brother yet, but Zhang Qian's situation obviously can't wait.

Zhang Qian is no different than other passers-by, not only has he helped his elder brother's restaurant for more than six years, but also has a good relationship with him. Normally, Brother Xiao is older than Brother Xiao, and at this time he can't just ignore him due to emotion and reason.

The floor of the kitchen was slippery, Xiao Mo ran back slipperily carrying the medicine box, and was about to fetch cold water when the child shook his head and stopped him.

"It's useless. This person's burn area is too large, and it's in a vital position. Look at his burnt skin. It's a deep burn. Just pouring cold water on it and applying scald medicine won't have much effect."

The child had already removed the oil pan that was stuck on Zhang Qian's right chest, but he didn't move Zhang Qian's clothes, and he couldn't move either.

There are too many strange things about the child, Xiao Mo was very disturbed, and he didn't bother to guess how he could understand the knowledge that only professional medical personnel can grasp at such a young age.

"Even if we send him to the hospital now, will there still be a doctor in the hospital?" Xiao Mo said irritably, "We can't just watch him die. To put it bluntly, if he didn't knock over the oil pan when he was unconscious, I don’t know how many people are going to die in the store now. Get out of the way, I’ll try my best to deal with it, maybe everyone will wake up later, and everything will return to normal, then we’ll send him to the hospital, maybe it’s possible to save him Give him his life back."

The child didn't refute, he was used to seeing life and death, and he was not very touched by the loss of a life, but Xiao Mo obviously couldn't do this at the moment, if he didn't let this person work hard, he would definitely have a bad conscience for the rest of his life.

Xiao Mo saw the child squatting on the side, although he understood that he was different from ordinary children, but he still didn't want him to see these too cruel scenes, the current appearance of Zhang Qian, even he couldn't stand it, let alone a child ?

"Could you please do me a favor? My brother and the others rented a suite on the third floor. Please help me go up to see if my father, my brother and my nephew are there, and if there is any danger. This is my house. Family photo, this is the key to the third floor. After a while you go out through the back door of the kitchen and turn left and you will see the stairs, go up to 301." Xiao Mo took out his phone and opened the photo for the child to see, then took out the key and gave it to the child. he.

The child nodded, didn't say much, took the phone and keys and walked to the back door.

Seeing the child leave, Xiao Mo immediately began to treat Zhang Qian with some simple burns.

But he is not a medical staff after all, and Zhang Qian's condition is too serious, at first he didn't know what to do.

In the end, he was completely in the mood of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and he was determined to give Zhang Qian a simple treatment according to the scald treatment knowledge he had learned.

Cover exposed skin with cold water and ice, and apply a scald medicine.The place covered by the clothes did not dare to untie it directly. After pouring cold water, I found the white vinegar used for cooking in the store, and poured bottle after bottle on the wound.

Just like this, he was afraid that it would be unsafe, so he carefully cut off a part of the clothes soaked in white vinegar with scissors to see if the skin and flesh were not uncovered together, and then he dared to continue to cut all the clothes.

The situation is pretty bad.

Zhang Qian's right chest and the upper part of his right shoulder were almost cooked, and an indescribable strange smell came to his nostrils.

Xiao Mo didn't know how to apply the ointment, he was afraid that if the ointment touched it, it would stick a piece of flesh.

The ups and downs of Zhang Qian's chest can hardly be seen.

To survive!Must survive!

Not only to survive, but also to leave no scars on the face.A good young man can't just be ruined like this, and he doesn't want his elder brother's family to bear a heavy psychological burden for the rest of their lives.

While applying medicine to Zhang Qian, Xiao Mo prayed in his heart.

The medicine was not enough, so he tried to apply more on Zhang Qian's face, neck and chest.For other places that can't be taken care of, I can only use cold towels for the time being.

Hope these treatments, these burn medicines will work.Even if it cannot be cured, please keep it until everyone wakes up and the hospital can resume normal operation.

Xiao Mo prayed.

He didn't dare to think about what would happen if everyone couldn't wake up again, he could only firmly believe that everyone would wake up again.

Zhang Qian, you have to work hard!

The child came back and handed the key back to him, "Your father, your brother, and your nephew are all upstairs. Your father was watching TV, and your brother and your nephew were playing on the computer. They were all unconscious, but they were not in danger."

Xiao Mo threw away the empty scald medicine tube, he did everything he could, and he was powerless to do the rest, but he didn't know if it was his illusion, he felt that after the medicine was applied, Zhang Qian's condition looked like better?

Xiao Mo stood up, suddenly felt dizzy, staggered on his feet, and hurriedly supported the stove, so as not to fall down.

The child reached out to support him and asked worriedly, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, maybe I got up too fast."

"Gululu." At the same time Xiao Mo answered, a series of cries came from his stomach.

hungry again?

Xiao Mo looked down at his stomach suspiciously.

Yes, that's right, not only did he feel hungry now, he even felt extremely weak as if he had been hungry for three days and three nights.

Damn virus!

Xiao Mo cursed in his heart.

Fortunately, he is now in the hotel.

Xiao Mo didn't touch the ingredients in the kitchen, most of them were semi-finished products, he gently pushed the child away and rushed to the front of the store.

He couldn't stand it for just a short while.

The cells all over his body are clamoring for him to supplement food.

Anyway, the dishes ordered by the outside guests are still a waste. Who knows when they will wake up. Instead of wasting them afterwards, it is better to let him use them to pad their stomachs first.

"Ding, scavenger Xiao Mo has completed 25% of his gene mutation analysis, and scavenger Xiao Mo can now choose the system reward for completing the first-level task No. 02. There are three options for reward content, and you can choose one of them."

Xiao Mo heard the voice in his head, and stopped the hand that was grabbing the dish.

"Option [-], how to absorb and utilize the first-level energy crystal; option [-], open up one cubic meter of spiritual space; option [-], how to use the first-level ability and precautions."

Xiao Mo wanted to choose all three.

Although he knew it was impossible, he still asked, "Can only choose one?"

The system says there is no room for negotiation.

"Okay, I'll choose...wait a minute, let me think about it again." Xiao Mo wanted to find someone to discuss with, but besides Xue Lihong, there seemed to be no one else for this candidate.

Although it was just a child, Xiao Mo had no intention of looking down on him at all.That kid is so weird!

When Xiao Mo resisted his hunger and turned back to look for the child, Xue Lihong had already turned back to the kitchen, squatting down to carefully examine the scalded Zhang Qian.

Although it was covered by the scald medicine, Xue Lihong could still see that Zhang Qian's injury was obviously much better than before the treatment, especially his scalded face, except for some obvious red marks, no one could see it. It never occurred to him that he had been severely burned before.