The Scavengers

September 9 at 25pm

The bridge across the river was blown up, and they had to take a detour or walk through the water if they wanted to cross the river.

This big river is a tributary of the Yangtze River, passing through several cities. City H happened to be blocked by it. The river flow here is not very wide. Of the three river-crossing bridges built by City H, this is the shortest.

The six mercenaries walked up to the two broken corpses, seeming to pay them a silent tribute. After a while, they untied all the usable things from the two corpses, and the corpses were placed side by side.

"Papa pata", the raindrops kept falling, and one after another circular water halos were splashed on the surface of the big river.

Xue Lihong looked at Xiao Mo.

There is a map provided by the system in Xiao Mo's mind, and when a road fails, it will automatically show other roads that can lead to the destination.

Xiao Mo zoomed in on the nearby map in his mind.

After the six mercenaries mourned their companions, their faces were a little anxious. They just met angels here and killed them. Other angels flew over to check.

The man in military uniform raised his wrist to look at his watch. At 13:50, they had already spent too much time outside the city!

Someone really wanted to ask Xiao Mo what the two of them were doing standing by the river.

The man in military uniform regretted that he didn't say what he wanted to say clearly in the car. They planned to take a detour and find another way to enter the city.It stands to reason that they should part ways now, but after seeing the skills of those two people, especially the tall and thin one, the man in military uniform changed his mind.

Xue Lihong touched Xiao Mo's shoulder.

Xiao Mo knew what he was worried about, but didn't angels hate rainy days?Or they can't find food in the city, so they would rather come out to hunt in rainy days?While thinking wildly, he kept checking the routes provided by the system map, trying to find the most convenient and safe one... There it is!Maybe try this route.

Xiao Mo took another two steps forward, took out the binoculars from his backpack and looked to the right across the river, as if he was looking for something.

There!Xiao Mo pointed to the other side of the river, and mouthed Xue Lihong.

Xue Lihong looked along his fingers, and vaguely saw a row of several thick drainage pipes.

The six mercenaries didn't know what the two were doing, and gestured to them to let them go with them.

Xue Lihong shook her head, and stretched out her finger to the other side of the river.

The person in charge of reconnaissance suddenly slapped their leader hard, and pointed in the direction of City H.

In the sky there, a pair of huge snow-white wings are flapping and flying towards this side.

"Shua, Shua, Shua!" Everyone thought they heard the sound of the pair of giant wings piercing the air.

quick!come with us!Xiao Mo turned his head and made a mouth shape, and immediately lowered his body and ran towards the river steps lightly and quickly.

Xue Lihong followed without hesitation.

The six members of the mercenary team were taken aback, and five of them looked at the man in camouflage uniform.

The man in military uniform looked at the angel who was getting closer, then looked around, gritted his teeth, and waved his hand to signal everyone to follow the two in front.

One after another, they slowly sank into the water.

When Xiao Mo came here, he checked the relevant data of City H. According to the information he checked, the watershed of this big river here is not very deep, the deepest point is less than ten meters, the narrowest part of the river is only more than 160 meters, and the water flow is very gentle , as long as anyone who can swim can swim to the other side without panic and care.

But at this time, they were all quietly sticking to the side of the river without moving, only showing the upper half of their faces.

"Shua! Shua!" The sound of flapping wings passed over the river.

All eight faces were submerged in the water.

A vague reflection appeared on the surface of the river, and soon disappeared.

Eight faces slowly appeared one after another.

Seeing that the angel was going away and someone wanted to move, Xiao Mo wanted to swim into the water, Xue Lihong grabbed Xiao Mo and told him to wait.

Seeing them like this, the others returned to their original positions and waited quietly.

Soon, "Wow!" A sad scream came from a distance, and the sound of wings fluttered again from the sky.

The eight people all submerged in the water again.

The angel hovered in the sky nearby, as if trying to find the culprit who killed his companion.

"Shua Shua." The sound of flapping wings finally disappeared.

"Pfft!" Xiao Mo couldn't hold his breath, he took a deep breath when he came up, almost choked and coughed, Xue Lihong covered his mouth.

Others emerged from the water one after another.

all right?I will take you on a tour.Xue Lihong pulled Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo gently pushed him away, indicating that he was fine, and then raised his middle finger, indicating that he should go to the middle drainpipe.

Xue Lihong twitched her lips, and broke through the waves first to swim to the opposite bank. Xiao Mo followed closely behind, and the six people behind followed. Fortunately, none of the eight could swim.

The outlet of the drain on the opposite side was welded with an iron fence, Xue Lihong didn't know how to do it, and she pulled the fence down three times.

Gently putting the fence aside, Xue Lihong took out a flashlight from her backpack, and took a picture of the sewer channel, and it was dark inside.

Xiao Mo swims over.

Xue Lihong turned her head sideways to indicate that it was safe inside, and then got into the drainage pipe in the middle with a short body.

Xiao Mo wiped the rainwater and added river water, adjusted his backpack, and followed into the room.

The other six people followed up after a short pause when they saw this passage.

Xue Lihong put on a headlamp in front and turned it on, and when Xiao Mo came in, she led him inside.

Xiao Mo was amused, pushed him away, walked to the front to lead the way, and took out the miner's lamp to put it on himself.

"Hey, two, wait!"

Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong turned their heads.

The six people stopped, and one of them turned on the flashlight, took out a map from the waterproof backpack, and opened it. They seemed to be studying the direction.

"Where are you going?" The man in military uniform walked up to the two of them and asked in a low voice.

Before Xiao Mo could answer, one of the six mercenaries saw that he was not far from the exit, so he deliberately squeezed two more steps in, and said anxiously in a very low voice, "Shall we go further in? The angel said I might report back to the city, if I bring more angels over later..."

"They won't find this place, as long as our voice doesn't spread." Xue Lihong calmly replied: "Tell me, why stop us?"

"We would like to ask you to do me a favor. You are going to the city too. You might as well cooperate. It is said that angels hate rainy days. We are entering the city now. As long as we are careful, we should be able to avoid them." The man in the camouflage uniform also took out a The flashlight was turned on, and the water droplets on his face were wiped.

"Sorry, we are in a hurry to find someone..." Xiao Mo wanted to refuse.

The man in military uniform raised his hand, "Don't rush to say no, you go to the city to find someone, and so do we. The task we received was to find and escort five people to the designated place before the time limit. Originally, we had eight people, and we agreed on one person. Protect one, and the other three, with two leading and one adjourned, but now there are only six of us."

Xiao Mo and the two didn't really come to this city to find relatives, so of course they didn't want to take on this halfway task.

The man in military uniform did not give up, "Where is the person you are looking for? Our mission target is the Qianrui Building in the city center."

Xiao Mo spread his hands and expressed regret, "Sorry, our relatives live outside the East City, we need to cross the entire city..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the man in military uniform interrupted him excitedly: "You guys are going outside Dongcheng too? Where? Near the Food Bureau of City H? We are going to escort the target there."

Food Bureau?Xue Lihong's expression remained unchanged, but Xiao Mo, who was wearing coarse overalls, raised his eyebrows slightly.The final destination of these people is actually the same as their destination!

"What? Is there any problem with the food bureau?" The man in military uniform who had been secretly watching the expressions of the two asked immediately.

"I don't know if there is any problem, but the person we are looking for is at the Food Bureau." Xiao Mo replied after hesitating.

"Oh? Really? That's such a coincidence!" The man in military uniform was a little skeptical of this coincidence, but he thought that the other party would not be able to seek anything from them, so he could only think it was really a coincidence.

Besides, the terrain of City H is special. If you come from the west, you have to cross the river. If you want to take a detour, there is no place for you to make a detour. I don't know how many dangers I encountered on the way.

Do you want to take on this task?Xiao Mo asked his partner with his eyes.

Xue Lihong asked the man in military uniform: "You said your employer has set a time limit for you?"

"Yes." The man in military uniform attached great importance to Xue Lihong, and explained: "The employer requires that the person must be taken out of the city before 17 o'clock this evening, and taken to a designated safe place, which is the grain bureau outside the east city."

"Why is there a time limit? And it's so short?"

The man in military uniform lowered his eyes and replied, "I don't know, it's requested by the employer."

Xue Lihong noticed that the mercenary who opened the map stiffened slightly.

Xiao Mo happened to have doubts, and took the opportunity to ask: "How is the situation in City H? Are there many angels? Did the army come to clean it once? Will they come to clean it again? How many survivors are there in the city?"

This time the man in military uniform answered quickly, "The military just cleared it at 10 o'clock this morning, so it's safer to go in now. I heard that the army eliminated many angels and second- and third-level mutant rats. I don't know if there is a second Second cleanup. As for the survivors, as far as I know, there are still some in the city who haven't had time to escape."

Xue Lihong glanced at the expressions of the other mercenaries, grabbed Xiao Mo's arm and was about to pull him away.

The man in military uniform didn't understand why he suddenly turned his face, and immediately called him in a low voice: "What's the matter? Don't consider cooperation? Since you are also going to the city, we can definitely..."

Xue Lihong turned her head: "You'd better tell the truth, maybe we will meet again later."

"What's the truth?" The man in military uniform wanted to pretend to be stupid.

Xiao Mo also saw the problem, turned around and said, "Why does your employer limit three hours? Don't say you don't know the reason, just like we are asking you now, it is impossible for you not to ask your employer clearly."

The man in military uniform smiled wryly, and looked at each other with his companions.

"Okay," the man in military uniform raised his hand, "I didn't answer just now because I didn't want to scare you."

Speaking of this, the man in military uniform paused, "At 17 o'clock this evening, the military will drop bombs on City H and blow up the entire city."

Xiao Mo blurted out: "But there are still survivors in the city."

Another mercenary added: "It has already been notified, it was exactly 7 o'clock this morning. Because the telephone, Internet, TV and other means of communication in H City have been cut off, only the radio, considering that there are very few people who own radios, In order to ensure that the survivors in the city can get the news, the city government and the military sent drones to throw leaflets into the city at 7 o'clock this morning and sounded a horn to inform the survivors in the city. For this reason, the drones were completely destroyed, and the angels would attack the planes .”

The man in the uniform continued: "After that, the military sent fighter jets to clean up the city for the last time at 10:[-], just to give the survivors who hadn't escaped this morning another chance. I think you should be clear, because there are people all over the country. The problem is that there are not many fighter jets that can be dispatched to City H, and the pilots died one by one, and it was not easy to have the cleanup in the morning, and the military even sent a ground response at that time."

"But there are still people who haven't escaped." Xiao Mo's sentence was not a question but an affirmative sentence.

However, he knows that this is the best effort the government can do. After all, there is more than one city H that is in trouble. All the city government can transfer is the local garrison. There are not many soldiers. The previous rescues and evacuation of city H The citizens have probably already sacrificed a lot, not to mention that these manpower must be kept to protect the safe base, so it cannot be easily consumed.

So even if the rich and powerful want to rescue the people in the city at this time, they can only find mercenaries for help.

The man in military uniform nodded heavily, "The task we have received now is to take the target out of the city before the bomb is dropped at 17 o'clock in the evening, and bring it to the Grain Bureau on the outskirts of Dongcheng. It is said that there is a deep underground air-raid shelter there."

Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong looked at each other, this was probably what Qiu Feng wanted to tell them, but when they set off, this matter might not have been decided yet, but now it has become a conclusion.

Xiao Mo did not intend to accept this task.

They didn't know about these mercenaries. Judging from the important news that the other party wanted to conceal just now, the other party obviously wanted to use them as cannon fodder or bait, and the risk of cooperating with these people was quite high.

If it wasn't for their mission's time limit, he would choose to leave City H with Xue Lihong immediately, and try to detour to the mission location after the explosion.But now, in order to catch up with time, and it is unrealistic to take a detour, they can only choose to walk through City H, but even if they all have to take the same road, there is no need to go with these people and help them with tasks.

Xue Lihong raised his wrist to look at the time, he was not optimistic about the task of the man in military uniform, "It will be less than three hours until 17 o'clock, go to the city to find someone, and then bring him out safely, don't you think this time is too late?" Short? Don’t forget, angels are sensitive to sound, so they can only choose to walk into the city.”

"It's not short. We know where the people are, and we have a map of the city. As long as we move fast enough, three hours is enough to go back and forth." The man in military uniform seemed very confident.

"The task is considered to be completed when people are sent to the food bureau? What if the target quantity is compromised?"

The man in military uniform promised, "If one is counted as one, it is best to keep five. As long as they are sent to the gate of the Food Bureau, the task will be completed."

"So the Dongcheng Grain Bureau has now become a safe base in H City?"

"It is said that there is an air-raid shelter there. When the bomb destroys City H, it is the safest place."

Xue Lihong raised her hand to the man in military uniform, "One minute."

Boys in military uniform, "Please."

Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong walked aside, their eyes met.

Xiao Mo shook his head.

Xue Lihong leaned close to his ear, "The Food Bureau has become a safe base. We have to go in and look for mission targets. We can either pretend to be refugees, or help the man in military uniform complete the escort mission. The latter is obviously more convenient for us."

Xiao Mo responded with two words: "Dangerous."

"There are still two days left for the task, and we still have plenty of time. But if we refuse to help now, these guys will not trouble us if they survive. It's just escorting five people along the way, and we can earn another reward. Boss , the last time you promised to make me beef dumplings so that I can eat all I can eat, this promise has not been fulfilled."

Xiao Mo laughed and lowered his voice, "I'm afraid that these people will be uneasy and kind, such as using us as bait or something."

"The pros outweigh the cons."

Xiao Mo thought for a while and nodded.

Xue Lihong turned around.

The cold and rigid voice of the system suddenly sounded in Xiao Mo's mind: "It is not recommended to accept another task, please concentrate on the task of the scavenger Xiao Mo."

Xiao Mo replied in his mind: "I believe in Xiaohong's judgment."

system:"……"

Xiao Mo: "What are you doing?"

System: "I'm looking for a mission to recover that bastard next to you."

The corner of Xiao Mo's mouth twitched, it was definitely not his illusion that His Majesty the System and His Majesty Xiaohong looked at each other and hated each other.

"If you recycle that bastard garbage named Xuelihong..." The system paused for a second, "I can exchange it for ten secondary energy crystals for you."

Heh, such a high exchange amount, I have never seen this stingy system brother be so generous.

Xue Lihong turned her head and asked him with her eyes: What's wrong?

"Nothing." Xiao Mo smiled and followed.

But Xue Lihong seemed to understand something, her eyes were gloomy.

When Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong were talking, the man in military uniform was also talking in a low voice.

"Boss, why do you have to fight for these two people? Time is running out, we have to hurry up."

"I know. But we are short of manpower. There are five targets, and we only have six people. We can't protect them at all, but adding the two of them is different. When necessary..."

The mercenaries understand.

Xue Lihong touched her ears, and walked over with Xiao Mo expressionlessly.

Xiao Mo looked at the man in military uniform, "Where is Qianrui Building? I want to know the exact location."

"Zhang Jian, the map." Excited, the man in military uniform slapped his hands and signaled his partner to bring the map.

He still had something to say to his companions.The situation was critical just now, if they hadn't met these two people, they would have lost most of their manpower before entering the city.It's true that they want to monopolize this lucrative mission, but no matter how lucrative the reward is, they have to live to enjoy it.

The man in military uniform can survive the chaos until now and get into a good situation. Naturally, he is not just a greedy person with narrow vision.

When the man named Zhang Jian heard the order, he immediately came over with the paper map, squatted down again, and spread the map on his knees.

The others got out of the way and let Xiao Mo and the two go forward to look at the map.

The map is very detailed, even the main underground passage exits are marked.

"First of all, our rescue target is here." The man in military uniform pointed to the location marked with a highlighter on the map, which was right in the center of the city.

"Qianrui Building, tenth floor, an outdoor club. There are five people in total, all of whom are young people. They should be able to move freely. There are mutant rats in the sewer, so we can't walk down there for too long. You can go here and go out from this exit. Then go straight along the avenue to Qianrui Building."

The exit that the man in military uniform said was not far from the one Xiao Mo planned to go up, and he was unwilling to walk in the dark underground passage full of mutant rats.

Besides, the underground passage in the inner city of H City was not rebuilt when the ground was rebuilt, and it was still the old narrow sewer system. Crawling in the muddy water.

"When the target is rescued, we will escort these five people across the entire city to get here!" The man in military uniform pointed to the place where they drew a circle - Dongcheng Grain Bureau.

Xue Lihong asked very simply: "Remuneration?"

The man in military uniform first stretched out one finger, and then it became five, "If you participate, after sending the person to the designated place, a living mission target is [-] standard carbon-based alloy particles. If five people can arrive safely, You can get five hundred coins."

The companions of the man in military uniform looked at the man in uniform in surprise. This point was divided into one-third, but there were only two people on the other side. Could it be a little too much?

Although these two people helped them, one of them was abnormally thin like a patient recovering from a serious illness.The other person looked like he could fight, but he didn't have much murderous intent.Are such two helpers really worth a third of their pay?Wasn't it luck that they killed an angel neatly just now?

Xue Lihong didn't believe that their reward for such a dangerous task was only carbon-based alloys, but the price of one hundred carbon-based alloys per person was not low, and they just nodded, "deal."

The man in military uniform smiled and stretched out his hand, "Light Mercenary Team, Zhang Di."

Xue Lihong didn't reach out her hand, but said calmly: "Xue Lihong, he is my boss."

Zhang Di was surprised. It turned out that the two were not partners or brothers, but an employment relationship.

Xiao Mo suppressed a smile and stretched out his hand, "Xiao Mo, you can call me Old Xiao."

Zhang Di smiled and shook hands with him, "Boss Xiao." Then he gave them two walkie-talkies and told them the team channel.