The Scavengers

Xiao Mo rested his forehead on the window, silently looking at the near-collapsing city outside the window, if the tragic scene he saw the night before yesterday was the announcement of the end of the world, then now it is the real end of the world.

Unless they have ulterior motives, unless they are inhuman lunatics, no one really wants to see the end of the world come, no one!

Xue Lihong didn't seem to be affected much by the earthquake. If the road surface wasn't cracked too much, he might not even slow down.

"Now we have two options. First, go to Qian Wang's last target to gather. If they haven't finished collecting, we will help them recover together. Second, first detour to your house to visit your family."

Xue Lihong's voice was the same as usual, and Xiao Mo's sanity immediately came back.

"I want to detour to my house first."

"But!" Xue Lihong emphasized her voice.

"but what?"

"Qiu Feng probably sent someone to watch you at the door of your house. And if I were Qiu Feng, I would definitely control your family first. It is entirely possible to act in an extraordinary time."

Xiao Mo's brain started to work again, "I still want to go home and take a look, otherwise I don't feel at ease. We can split up. We can go to the car street ahead to find a car with gas, and you go to the meeting point to help Qian Wang and the other two. I'll go to the city to make sure my family is safe, and meet at the agreed place at eleven o'clock, what do you think?"

Xue Lihong seemed to have expected him to say this, "It is indeed more efficient to act separately, especially in this kind of race against time. But!"

Xiao Mo looked at him helplessly, come again?

The corners of Xue Lihong's mouth twitched slightly, "If you go to your house alone, and I go to the meeting point, there is a [-]% chance that you will never return. But if I go to your house alone to make sure your family is safe, have you seen it with your own eyes?" It will definitely be uneasy when it comes to the situation. So... we can only act together."

Xiao Mo gritted his teeth, but he had to admit that what this kid said was true.

However, he still had a little bit of luck, "The earthquake was so strong just now, maybe no one will take care of us at all."

Xue Lihong said lightly: "A good soldier will never ignore the orders of his superiors, even in the face of death."

Xiao Mo was defeated, "Okay, you're right, I need you, now... shall we drive to the city?"

While driving the car towards the city, Xue Lihong said, "Actually, if your family is really under the control of the military, it would be a great thing at this time."

Xiao Mo thought about it, and immediately turned the corner.

That's right, if the military had monitored or taken away his family members, then his family members would probably have escaped the harm of this strong earthquake.

Second, even if his family falls into Qiu Feng's hands, according to Qiu Feng's tone, he just wants to get more information from them, and it stands to reason that he will never hurt his family.

Thirdly, he felt that Qiu Feng was not the kind of person who would do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.He firmly believes that even in the most critical time, as long as the soldiers of Huaxia have not lost their morale, they will not take the initiative to harm innocent people.

Xue Lihong braked suddenly at the crossroads, turned to look at Xiao Mo, "Before going to the city to confirm the safety of your family, I hope you promise me one thing first."

"You said, what's the matter?"

"I want you to promise me that no matter how miserable and needy you see people on the road or in front of your house, you will never reach out except your family!"

"……I try my best."

"It's not as much as possible, it's necessary! We don't have time to meddle in other people's business right now. Once this catastrophe happens, we will see many lives that need to be saved along the way, but can you save everyone? Can we afford to delay? How long are you sure that the only energy crystal can last you? What if it is exposed? What if someone comes to catch us? Remember, get rid of the gold-eating bugs, and you will save your life. More lives, and your own."

Xiao Mo nodded heavily. He has sympathy and is willing to help others, but he will not be confused at this time.And he never wanted to drag Xue Lihong down because of himself!

"Very good. As a compliment, I can tell you good news. I know where Qiu Xin lives. From the map, that kid doesn't live in the military area. Even if he does, as long as I know the exact location, I want to It wouldn't be hard to get him out of it."

Xiao Mo straightened his back and looked at Xue Lihong in surprise.

"Please call me the Emperor of Technology, and your looking at me so affectionately will make me mistakenly think that you want to...kiss me?" Xue Lihong gave him a deep look, and restarted the car.

Xiao Mo's face was full of black lines, "...I swear I never thought of kissing a man in my life!"

"Oh, so you want me to kiss you?"

"...Are you telling a bad joke to help me adjust my mood? Thank you so much! I am much better now!"

Xue Lihong replied slowly: "No thanks. If you need it, you can come to me anytime. I really don't care much about the sex of my mating partner."

Xiao Mo was completely defeated!Immediately turned violently and pulled the backpack from the back seat of the car, killed all the gold-eating female insects filled with two glass bottles and recycled-he didn't want to add more uncertain risks to himself, so he vented his fire by the way!

The system issued a notification sound: "The target successfully recovered nineteen, please recover the remaining five before twelve o'clock at noon today."

"Hold on, we're going to compete with Qiu Feng and the others." Xue Lihong seemed to be smiling.

"Rushing for time? Why? Ah! Are you trying to...?" With a jolt, Xiao Mo grabbed the handrail, "You want to grab Qiu Feng's son before he can?"

"Just like you think of your family immediately after a disaster, Qiu Feng will definitely take his relatives to the safest place immediately. Maybe Qiu Xin will go to his father by himself. If we want to catch Qiu Xin, we must be quick!"

The rest of the journey can be described as terrifying.

Xiao Mo thought that his body was already very strong, but under such a bumpy and high speed, as well as sudden stops or turns anytime and anywhere, he felt dizzy and his stomach was churning, as if he would throw up at any time.

At this time, no matter how miserable the scene outside was, he couldn't see the bottom of his eyes anymore. In order not to be thrown out of the car and spit out, he had tried his best!

Xue Lihong thought that someone who was not hard-hearted would close his eyes on the road, neither looking nor listening.

Who would have thought that the man opened his eyes and looked all the way!He seemed to underestimate this man again.

The situation in the city was worse than they could have imagined.

Fortunately, the place where Qiu Xin lives belongs to the experimental site of emerging high-tech residential quarters. The road facilities are relatively reasonable, and he doesn't enter the second ring circle. It is at the junction of the third and fourth ring roads.

There are quite a lot of neighborhoods on this section of the road. The neighborhood where Qiu Xin lives is unremarkable on the outside. The buildings inside are generally not high, and there is no shape design. Most of them are boxy and look particularly solid.The only thing that this community deserves to be praised compared to other communities is that it has a back mountain and a large natural lake, and the distance between buildings is relatively large.

"There are relatively few ground cracks in this community, and the house is hardly affected. The security system is also in place. The residents inside seem calmer than those outside. Some people even stayed at home."

"What?" Xiao Mo got off the car and didn't hear clearly.

Xue Lihong didn't explain anymore, but just observed the community more carefully.

Xiao Mo asked him: "Is it okay for you to go in alone?"

"Ah."

Xiao Mo patted the young man on the shoulder and walked out of the community. He had to get some food and water.

Ten minutes later, without alerting the security guards at all, Xue Lihong jumped out from the fence of the community with a person on her shoulders, opened the rear compartment, and stuffed the person in.

Surrounded by panicked crowds, few people noticed the two of them. Even if they did, Xue Lihong's behavior was not felt by anyone when there were people carrying, dragging, and hugging the wounded everywhere. has a problem.

"Successful?" Xiao Mo rushed back with a lot of food and water. There was a nearby supermarket where people had already started looting things. He managed to get in and out.

"He was about to go out, and a guard came to pick him up." Xue Lihong sat in the driver's seat.

"No one was killed?"

"No need."

The vehicle quickly left the spot.

The extremely bumpy journey made Xiao Mo feel a little sympathetic to someone who was stuffed in the rear compartment, but he did not deny that this made him feel a little bit of revenge.

Within the area of ​​the second ring road, it is almost difficult for vehicles to pass smoothly. There are collapsed houses and buildings everywhere, and all kinds of unimaginable things appear on the road.

Helpless, the two had no choice but to get out of the car and start walking 10 minutes away from their home.

Many people are shouting for help, many people are begging for help.

Twice, Xiao Mo had almost reached the side of the person in need, but turned around and ran away.

This scene is a torment for any well-meaning person!Especially when the person is clearly capable but unable to help others!

Xiao Mo sped up his running speed, he wanted to find his family and get rid of the gold-eating mother bug as soon as possible, so that he could go back and help more people.

Many wounded and those in need of help uttered vicious curses when they saw Xiao Mo's two healthy and uninjured men walking past them but refused to stop to help them.

"Don't listen to that! Get in the car!" Xue Lihong got a battery car on the side of the road, and the two rode on the battery car, and the speed was much faster.

Tongtian Street is like ruins!

The old residential quarters that were already old could not withstand such a strong earthquake. Huge cracks appeared in the better buildings, and the weaker buildings collapsed directly!

And the building where the Xiao's restaurant is located has collapsed in half!

Xiao Mo yelled, and before the battery car came to a complete stop, he rolled down from the car and quickly ran to the entrance of the Comfort Hotel.

Xue Lihong grabbed him, and at the entrance of the hotel, two young men who acted like soldiers were helping the people in the ruins.

"Wait a while, wait for them to go away." Xue Lihong grabbed Xiao Mo tightly.

Xiao Mo panted heavily, and stared at the door of his house with both hands clenched.

The two youths didn't go far away, they seemed to be trying to help someone, and that person's condition was so critical that neither of the two youths could leave.

Another person ran out of the restaurant, shouting something to the two young men.

One of the two youths followed up to help.

Xiao Mo turned to look at Xue Lihong, "I want to go there! Maybe my family is inside, maybe something happened to them..."

Xue Lihong didn't stop him this time.

Xiao Mo rushed to the door of the restaurant.

The glass of the hotel has been completely broken, and the inside is a mess, and there is no living person in sight.

A young man outside the shop who was still intact saw him, immediately changed his color, and stood up directly from the ground.

Xiao Mo looked back at him, and by the way saw a young man lying on the ground. The young man's head had a big mouth open, and the ground was covered with black and red blood. Right next to the young man's head was a flower pot that was broken into slag. Plants have been trampled beyond recognition.

Without waiting for the young man to call out to his companions or make other threatening actions, Xiao Mo quickly said: "I can help you save him, but I hope you can pretend that you didn't see me."

"Are you a doctor?" asked the young man who didn't know the details of the target, but only knew how to complete the task.

Xiao Mo answered irrelevantly, "His time is running out."

Even if Xiao Mo wasn't a doctor, he could tell that the young man on the ground was dying, his brain hole was quite big and deep, and white brains could be vaguely seen inside.

Perhaps only a young man in his early twenties bit his lip, looked at his unknown companion on the ground, and squeezed his fist again and again...

No one noticed how Xue Lihong appeared behind the young man. When Xiao Mo noticed him and raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise, the young man immediately became alert through Xiao Mo's expression, but he was still a step behind.