The Scavengers

January 9 at 25pm

Old Wu, 34, was two years older than Xiao Mo, but looked much older than Xiao Mo, with a rather haggard look.

He held a child in his arms, the child was not very old, maybe five or six years old, that was Old Wu's child Wu Xiaoyuan, Xiao Mo had seen him before, this child had come to the store to play many times.

There are many people behind Lao Wu, one is his wife, and Xiao Mo also recognizes it.The others didn't know each other, but judging by their looks, they seemed to know each other.

Old Wu saw that Xiao Mo's eyes were red with joy, he trembled his lips and wanted to say something, but no one dared to speak at this time, and there was no time for them to talk about the old days.

Xiao Mo made a gesture to him, follow!If you have anything to say, wait until it's safe.

Old Wu also knew this truth, and waved desperately to his family, telling them to run with him quickly, this was their last chance!

There was no need for Old Wu to say hello, these people saw so many people, their faces were so excited that everyone ran fast, for fear of being left behind.

Old Wu Gang ran a few steps, suddenly handed over the child to his wife, turned around and ran back.

Xiao Mo saw it, hurry up!

What is this old Wu doing?

Seeing Xiao Mo slow down, Xue Lihong turned around to see what was wrong with him.

The two girls who were protected by them stared at them anxiously, Xue Lihong didn't care about them, she gestured for them to wait where they were, and went back to find Xiao Mo.

Old Wu ran back to the building he came out of just now, and an old woman came out from inside.

Old Wu mouthed to Xiao Mo apologetically: My mother.

Xiao Mo is helpless, my mother, you can't be left alone, can you?

The old lady probably didn't want to drag her son down, so she wanted to stay in the building and wait to die, but her son turned around.

The old lady shed tears.

Old Wu's wife, Yuan Yuan, asked her son to climb up on her back. She coldly glanced at the group of people who ran out of the building at the same time as her family but now they didn't look back. She bit her lip. There was an old lady inside. The eldest son of Lao Wu, the eldest brother of Lao Wu's family!

Xue Lihong patted Xiao Mo and glared at him: What are you doing?quick!Don't dawdle!

Xiao Mo replied with an apologetic smile, and hastened to speed up.

16:10 pm.

They have crossed the entire city and are about to reach the eastern edge of the city. Now they can see half of the ancient city wall left over from the past and now a scenic spot.

Their destination is just outside that city wall, but they have to run another five kilometers!

Most people can run ten kilometers in an hour, but half of them have run for nearly two hours. Although there is a short break in the middle, many of them are too tired to even lift their feet.

Old Wu was panting badly. When he couldn't run, he took something out of his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed and swallowed it. After a while, he regained his strength and carried his mother on his back to continue running.

The same was true for his wife, who would secretly take something out of her small bag and stuff it into her mouth every time she was too tired to bear it.That thing seems to be able to replenish physical strength, and it works quickly.

Xiao Mo wanted to take care of his acquaintances, and looked back from time to time to see if the family of four had fallen behind, but luckily they all kept up, which made him amazed at the physical strength of the couple, they were all behind their backs!

Xiao Mo originally wanted to help carry the child or the old lady back, but seeing that they could support them, he didn't talk too much. He already had a mission target to protect, and it would be inconvenient to carry another person on his back. To be able to relax, of course he would rather relax .

I don't know if it's because there are too many people in their team, and more people have been attracted to join along the way, and the elderly and children are no longer the only ones in Wu Wufan's family.

The children who ran out were without exception tied cloth strips or stuffed cloth balls around their mouths.

Xiao Mo saw a young woman holding a baby!

The baby was tied to his chest by his mother with a sling, and a pacifier was stuffed in his mouth. There were cloth strips on both sides of the pacifier, which were tied on his head to prevent him from spitting out the pacifier.

Seeing this baby, many people hurried past their mother and child, and some even showed looks of near despair.

The young mother ran quite fast, and the look of despair on her face became stronger, but she did not give up. No matter how much others disliked her and how much they did not want her to approach, she still followed everyone behind her back with her child on her back.

"Squeak!" A mouse ran past Xiao Mo's feet.

Xiao Mo was so frightened that he almost jumped up, and reflexively slashed at the mouse with an axe.

The girl saw it too, covered her mouth and opened her eyes to the extreme.

"Squeak!" The mouse screamed, and was cut in two by Xiao Mo.

The girl didn't even have time to be amazed by Xiao Mo's reaction speed and accuracy, she panted heavily, and turned her head to look around in panic.

Xiao Mo came back to his senses and saw that the mouse was just an ordinary squirrel, and immediately exhaled lightly, and pushed the girl, signaling her not to stay.

At this moment, a large group of people suddenly rushed out from the corridor of an antique three-story hotel by the roadside. Those people desperately waved their hands at the man in military uniform and the others, with ecstatic expressions on their faces.

They were all a group of people who took the opportunity to run out after the fighter jets cleaned up a group of angels in the morning, but they finally managed to get here, but because there were too many people, the angels were attracted, and they had no choice but to temporarily run into this hotel to wait for the opportunity.

They were still arguing just now, should they fight together, otherwise when the bomb hits at 17:[-], everyone will die.

But there are also many people who disagree, because a few angels seem to know that there are many prey in this hotel, and they have been wandering around and refused to leave.This is why they were forced to stay until now.

And now, the opportunity has come.

But these people in the restaurant found that none of the running people stopped, and very few people even looked up at them.

Those who were smart and quick to react immediately turned around and ran downstairs, trying to keep up with the brigade.People have a fluke mentality. Although they understand that there are more people, it is easier to attract angels, but they can't help but think that with so many people, angels may not necessarily catch themselves.

The people on the first and second floors were the happiest. They were the least safe before, but now they can run out of the hotel first, but those with high status and power are all blocked on the third floor.

The people on the third floor who were a little slow to react and only realized when they saw others running also hurried downstairs, but these people didn't arrange or direct them, and they scrambled for a staircase at the same time, jostling and jostling, almost fighting each other.

A well-dressed man about 50 years old was blocked by a crowd of people at the stairway.He ran to another staircase, which was just as bad.

The man turned his head and saw that the two men in military uniform at the front had run away without a trace, and those following behind could only see their tails. Immediately, he became anxious. He rushed to the other end of the corridor, leaned out, and waved desperately to the group of people.

No one looked at him more, and they didn't seem to see him.

The man was about to go crazy. He turned his head to look at the two staircases, which were still blocked.Looking back, the tail of the team was almost invisible, and even the people who just ran out of the hotel had already run away.

In fact, he didn't need to be in such a hurry. With so many people in front attracting angels, he might have a better chance of escaping if he followed behind.

But when people are in a panic, they usually have [-]% of their judgment, but now they only have [-]%. man.

The man's face changed from despair to madness.

Why don't you wait for me?Why block the stairs?Why didn't the first person to go down remind me in advance?

I can't survive, and none of you can escape!

The man leaned forward and opened his mouth, waved his hands, and shouted with all his strength: "Wait! Wait for me! Don't go! I know where the second granary is, and I know the password to enter the warehouse—!"

"Shh!"

"Shhhhh!"

The man's cry was too shrill, and the place was relatively empty, Xiao Mo had already run far away and heard the man's cry.

dodge!

Xiao Mo yelled in his heart.

Immediately, he and Xue Lihong each pulled a girl and rushed to the surrounding hiding places, and at the same time took offensive and defensive postures back to back.

At the same time as the sound was heard, the crowd exploded like a frying pan dripping with water.

But it's still slow!

Xiao Mo raised his head and saw a transparent angel with huge wings appearing in the sky, the angel could still see the silhouette through the rain curtain, the snow-white wings fluttered in the air, again and again, obviously acting so cruelly, but so holy and beautiful .

Angels don't sound very nice, but what they call out is even scarier!

"Squeak—" the piercing cry pierced through the entire city.

"Squeak!" A large number of mice jumped out from everywhere.

These mice are different from the mice that Xiao Mo hacked to death just now. Not only are their bodies fatter, their hind legs are thicker, their four claws are longer and sharper than ordinary mice, their fangs protrude from their mouths, and their eyes are purple-red!

These are first-class mutant mice!

"Ahhhhhhhh!" Someone screamed after being bitten by a mutated rat.

Xiao Mo waved to Old Wu's family to let them follow him.

Wu Wufan and his wife followed Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong back to back, put their mother and son behind them, and moved closer to Xiao Mo while wielding weapons to resist those mutant mice.But they were not experienced fighters after all, no matter how hard they tried, the mutant rats still found the opportunity to bite their relatives behind them.

The child's mouth was blocked and he couldn't make a sound, so he could only whine. The old lady had already screamed and tried to kill the mice with both hands, but she fell from her son.

Yuan Yuan was in tears, she was also afraid of those scary rats that mutated and enlarged, but for her son, she fought hard!

Xiao Mo took out the nail gun from his backpack and threw it to Wu Wufan.

Old Wu was not far away from him, and he followed each other.

Old Wu, who has a nail gun, wields a kitchen knife in one hand and shoots the nail gun with the other. Although the accuracy is not good, he can barely protect himself.

At this time, everyone could no longer cover their mouths. Many people kept screaming because they couldn't resist the mice or because they were afraid.

"Squeak!" The angel kept screaming in the sky.

Xue Lihong kept pulling the trigger and firing the nail gun. While attacking the angel, he whispered to Xiao Mo behind him: "The angel is organizing the attack above, we can't stay here! Move with me!"

"Okay!" Xiao Mo temporarily put Old Wu's family aside, while wielding an axe, he distractedly called out to the two girls, "Follow us closely, don't scream!"

Among the two girls, the one with the hammer was screaming, and the other opened a semi-automatic crossbow. The girl with the crossbow looked calm and her aim was good. Even the screaming girl, regardless of the sound of others screaming Big, but the action of beating the mutant rats with a hammer is not slow at all, and try to keep those mutant rats from approaching him and the bow-wielding girl next to him.

Xiao Mo has nothing to ask for from the performance of these two girls, and being able to protect himself without causing trouble has already helped them a lot.

Xue Lihong grabbed a plastic ball from her pocket, grabbed the girl with the hammer next to him with movements so fast that people couldn't see clearly, strangled her neck, and forced the plastic ball into her mouth.

The girl shed tears, but she didn't try to get out the plastic ball, but continued to beat the mutant mice hard.

The other girl glanced at Xue Lihong, and then turned her attention to the mutated rat that was rushing towards her. She didn't have many arrows left.

"Quiet!" Ni Wei, who was following Zhang Di, kept yelling. He wanted everyone to be quiet, but he didn't notice that his cry was also a kind of noise that attracted angels.

The army of mutant rats rushed over, and the elderly and children were the first to be unlucky. The children kept crying out in fear, and even the gags couldn't stop their crying—what parents would be willing to block their children's mouths hard? Mouth, what if you suffocate people?

"Find something to block your mouth! The more you scream, the more you can't get rid of them!" Zhang Di was also anxious. Seeing that the situation was out of control, he raised his wrist to check the time and immediately nodded to his companion.

His companion understood what he meant, grabbed Ni Wei who he was in charge of protecting, drove away the mutant mice, and dragged them away.

Zhang Di stopped yelling to remind him. The angels had noticed him and were directing the mutant rat to attack him. Run away with others.

Thanks to the cleaning this morning, the second- and third-level mutant mice were probably severely injured, and they haven't seen a second-level or higher mutant mouse until now.

Zhang Di waved to the other two youths who were still fighting, and signaled them to ignore them as long as the mutated rats didn't pounce on them, and just run with his team members.

A member of the Lantern Mercenary Team wanted to keep up with them, but just as he turned around, the angel who swooped down grabbed his arm and lifted him into the sky.

The gunshot rang out, the angel let go of his claws, and the team member fell from a high altitude and died on the spot.

When Zhang Di saw it, he roared in grief.

More people were killed by the mutated rats and angels, and almost none of these corpses remained intact. Wherever the mutated rats went, these corpses and some injured people who couldn't run would quickly turn into bones.

Xue Lihong kicked the two mutated rats flying towards him, and made a move towards Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo saw that he pulled the girl he was protecting and rushed towards the underground passage not far away!Before that, Zhang Jian rushed into there with another mission target, Ni Wei.

He cleared the way in front, the two girls ran in the middle, Xue Lihong broke behind.

The woman holding the baby with several mutated rats also flew towards them. The woman was bitten so bloody that she was able to cover her baby's pacifier with one hand and hold the baby tightly with the other. She didn't care about the mutant rats that bit her and chased her, and just ran away. Only when those mutant rats rushed to bite her child, would she wave those mutant rats away.

Xiao Mo admired this woman and couldn't help but take care of her more.

The woman fell, Xiao Mo pulled her up, and chopped a fat mutant mouse in half with an axe.

Xue Lihong saw this in her eyes, and gave Xiao Mo a slap in the face: Nosy people die early, you know?

Wu Wufan's family also ran into the underground passage, the old lady was covered in blood, everyone else disliked her, and only Wu Wufan was willing to run with her on his back.

Now Xue Lihong only hoped that these people would not hold them back.

Xiao Mo felt sorry for Xue Lihong in his heart, but...you can't pretend you didn't see it after seeing it, right?If it is one's relatives or oneself who are in trouble outside and are unable to resist, who doesn't want to have a helping hand to help themselves, even if it is only a small help!

16:25 pm.

Xiao Mo and others rushed into the underground passage.

The underground passage is not long, and the farthest exit from the street is only about [-] meters away. It replaces the original overpass and connects to the subway at the same time.

There were quite a few mutant rats rushing into the underground passage, but without the command of the angel, they were no longer so fearless, and their attacks were no longer organized.

A ray of light broke through the darkness, Xue Lihong took out the miner's hat from the backpack at some point and put it on, and turned on the wolf-eye lamp on it, he was not for himself, but for others, as there is light, it will bring happiness to others. hope.

"Whoa, whoa..." The passage echoed with the violent panting of several people.

Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong were still killing those mutant mice.

They didn't stay where they were, but ran in the original direction while killing.They saw Zhang Jian and the young man Ni Wei.

Many people followed and ran into the underground passage, and even more people were pounced on by the mutant rat, and then they couldn't get up again.

Xue Lihong wanted to get rid of them.

There are too many people, and the angels have already stared at them. If they gather together again, they will easily be rounded up again.

But the light source he lit is a problem. Human beings have phototaxis, and they will run together when they see the light. Fortunately, they come in early, and there are not many people who can follow them closely.

Xiao Mo was also aware of the situation. He looked at the exit of the street not far ahead, and then turned his head to look at the dark and deep subway entrance.

He has a map provided by the system in his mind, even if he is walking underground in complete darkness, he is not afraid of getting lost.but!There are more mutated rats in the subway, although without the command of angels, their combat effectiveness will be compromised, but it is also a matter of breaking through the rat swarm... not only requires courage.

The mutated mice like the dark, hate strong light, and don't like to come out during the daytime. It is still daytime, and they can avoid these mutated mice as much as possible by walking on it, as long as they don't alarm the angels.

what to do?Should I go to the street or get off the subway?

"Scavenger, I suggest you again..."

Xiao Mo roared in his heart, wishing he could drag the system out of his body and smash it to pieces with a hammer, if he could find it.

The system insisted on finishing its opinion with its rigid and rigid voice: "This mission should be abandoned. You shouldn't have listened to that bastard in the first place, or you should have given up when he was about to give up. He dared to accept this temporary mission." Because he dares to give up at any time, but you don't have his cold-blooded decision, so I don't recommend you to pick up other tasks on the way to complete the task, over."

Xiao Mo shook his head vigorously, completely losing the strength to reply.

Xue Lihong made the choice for him, and he went straight to the exit of the street.

Zhang Jian was also hesitating whether to get off the subway, but when he saw Xue Lihong, he stomped his feet and pulled the young man to change direction.

Fight!Hope the angel didn't notice that exit.Xiao Mo gritted his teeth, grabbed the girl he was protecting and ran towards the exit of the street.

At the exit, Xue Lihong turned off the headlight, put it into the backpack, and stood on the stairs to refill the nail gun with "bullets".

No one crossed Xuelihong.

Xue Lihong looked at Xiao Mo, Xiao Mo understood, touched his other side, stepped on the stairs lightly, one step after another, slowly walking up against the wall.

Holding the nail gun in hand, Xue Lihong pointed to the sky, followed closely beside him, first looked at the top of the side of the wall where Xiao Mo was attached, and then quickly turned to other directions.

Everyone else stayed where they were, including the two girls and Zhang Jian.

Xiao Mo had already reached the top of the stairs. He hid under the wall, inhaling and exhaling lightly.

Xue Lihong asked him with eyes.

Xiao Mo looked up at the sky, but did not see the angel.He looked directly in front of the stairs again, but he didn't see it, but just when he was about to shake his head, he suddenly raised his hand, and his head shrank back.

Xiao Mo stretched out his finger to the direction of the underground passage, indicating that there was an angel on it.

Xue Lihong made a pressing gesture behind her.

Let's all get down together and keep our mouths shut.

There are also mutant rats attacking them, they can only drive them away silently.

A mutated mouse jumped onto the shoulder of the girl Xiao Mo was protecting, but the girl failed to knock it away, and the mutated mouse actually wanted to burrow into the girl's chest.

"Hmm...!" The girl's scream was blocked by the plastic ball in her mouth.The bow-wielding girl next to her swung the crossbow and smashed the mutant mouse into the air.

Xiao Mo pressed against the wall tightly, waited for a while, then slowly poked his head out, and then retracted quickly.

The angel is still there!

Time passed by every minute and every second, and everyone could only wait, waiting for the angel to leave voluntarily.Xue Lihong used a nail gun to kill those mutant mice from time to time.

Fortunately, the angel is the most sensitive to human voices, but it is normal to other voices, and even the screams of the mutant rat before it dies cannot disturb it.

There was a lot of sweat on the young man and the two girls, and they were extremely anxious. The young man was still wearing a watch and kept checking the time on it.

The girl holding the hammer gradually showed despair. She staggered her steps and seemed to want to rush out several times.

At 16:30, the rain that had stopped began to fall again.

There were a lot of beads of sweat on Xiao Mo's head, and in half an hour, the east city wall was just ahead!The shelter is only five kilometers away from here!

According to Zhang Di, the army will set up bunkers in the food bureau compound to receive the remaining survivors who rushed out and deal with the mutant rats and angels.

As long as they run another 5000 meters!

The girl hadn't moved yet, but Ni Wei, who kept looking at his watch, seemed unable to wait any longer. He didn't wait for Xue Lihong to give instructions, and rushed up regardless.

When Xiao Mo saw it, his eyes widened!

Xue Lihong sensed something was wrong and wanted to catch the young man!

This idiot!

Xue Lihong grabbed Ni Wei, but the girl with the hammer who wanted to run before impulsively passed them and ran out of the passage.

Xiao Mo had no choice but to take the risk of throwing an ax to drive away the angel.

"Squeak!" The voices of other angels came from afar.

In the rain, the angel standing above the passage seems to be turning his head.

The girl's figure rushed to the top of the stairs.

"Shua!" The angel staying above the passage flew up and flew towards the direction where the crowd was running.

Xiao Mo's feet went limp, and he almost threw himself on the ground.

Xue Lihong threw away the struggling Ni Wei, and stretched out his hand to grab Xiao Mo's arm. His nail gun had already aimed at the angel before Xiao Mo, but he was not sure that he would die with one blow. A very annoying feature is that no matter how you kill it, it will scream before dying.

Seeing that the girl was fine outside, Ni Wei gave Xue Lihong a look and ran up, followed by Zhang Jian and the girl with the bow.

The girl with the hammer took out the plastic ball and mouthed to Xiao Mo and the two of them: "Hurry up!"quick!That's too late!

Xue Lihong didn't have time to get angry with these three children, so he made a sprinting motion towards Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo understood, pointed at the city wall ahead, and ran away.