The Scavengers

After 9:25 on September 17

Xiao Mo breathed a sigh of relief, it would be best for the other party to accept the threat and open the door.

"The door is open! The door is really open! Everyone rush in!"

Those closest to the steel door saw the door open and rushed inside before it was fully open.

Xiao Mo was squeezed uncomfortably, he was leaning against the side of the door, he couldn't move because of the squeeze, the door was blocked.

The light inside the open door was very dim, and I don't know if it was to save electricity, or because the electric light was damaged by the shock.

"Bang! Bang!" Xue Lihong pulled out the pistol that Zhang Di had stuck in his waist, raised his hand to the sky and fired two shots.

The crowd fell silent and their footsteps stopped.

Zhang Di was startled, from when the pistol was taken to when Xue Lihong fired the gun, he didn't realize it.

Xue Lihong said coldly: "No crowding, line up to enter. I will kill anyone who crowds."

Zhang Di wanted to ask him to return the gun, but his team members were already calling him from the opposite side of the door.

Zhang Di stomped his feet and crossed the gate first.

Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong once again stood by the gate, one left and one right. They had no time to help these people line up, so they could only try to keep them from being crowded together.

The little soldiers also helped at the end of the team.

Wu Wufan asked his wife, children, and mother to line up, and he stood with the little soldiers to help maintain order.

His wife hugged the child tightly and bit her lip. Although she didn't want to, she didn't stop him.His old mother turned her head and beckoned him to come over quickly. His eldest son's family was already in front, but Old Wu ignored it.If it wasn't for the two of Xiao Mo before, their family is still in the first door, and now Xiao Mo obviously needs support, he can't be cheeky and pretend he didn't see it.

There is the threat of force. Although the situation is still relatively bad, it is better than you squeezing me, I squeezing you, and no one can squeeze through in the end.

There were also people on the other side of the door maintaining order, helping those who squeezed in to leave the door quickly.

In less than 5 minutes, nearly 100 people in this room all entered the third door.

The third steel gate was closed again, and no one knew when it would be opened next time.

After Xiao Mo took a last look, he wondered if there were any living people outside the electronic door.

But it was useless to think about anything at this time, Xiao Mo took a deep breath, turned his head and walked forward.

Ahead, the first thing you see is a downward passage about 50 meters long.

People in the passage are forced to line up.

The guards in front held guns and only let one person go at a time.

Xiao Mo looked at Xue Lihong.

Xue Lihong said in a low voice: "They are checking people infected with the angel virus."

Old Wu turned his head in shock. They were all bitten and scratched by mutant rats more or less. There were only a handful of people who didn't have any wounds on their bodies. "Can you check it out?"

Xiao Mo nodded. When they left Zhongshan City, the "Zhongshan Base Virus and Ability Comprehensive Research Office" led by Qian Yunkai's father, Director Qian, and Cai Jinhua, the former head of the Zhongshan City Disease Center, had already studied to distinguish whether the injured were Infected with the angel virus method, the accuracy is 97%, although they have no way to treat the virus.

"You said the target of this mission, is the rabies vaccine alienation virus the original source of the angel virus?" Xiao Mo asked Xue Lihong in a low voice.

"From the analysis of symptoms, it is very possible."

"Then if we bring this mother virus source back to Xiaoqian and his father, can they develop a vaccine?"

"Then what about your mission?"

"Isn't there another chance?" Anyway, after completing several missions, Xiao Mo was not as nervous as before, and even began to learn how to choose.

System: "I heard it."

Xiao Mo: "So?"

System: "Just to tell you, I heard it."

Xiao Mo decided not to bother with it anymore.

Xue Lihong said in the same tone as the system: "Boss, if you want to die, you can, but you must first ensure that I can maintain my adult body forever. Also, what if the next task cannot be completed?"

"I believe in your ability as the best employee of the year." Xiao Mo jokingly expressed his biggest embarrassment now - he didn't want to rely on and trouble someone so much, but in fact it was Xue Lihong who was always supporting him.

Xue Lihong looked at him speechlessly for three seconds, "Maybe I should try to absorb you."

"What?" Xiao Mo didn't hear clearly.Because there were crying and howling from the front from time to time, and some people fled back suddenly.

But it was quickly controlled by the soldiers who had prepared.

The electronic horn sounded: "Cheng Zai, have you come in? If you hear it, come to the front!"

The little soldier who was in the last row with Xiao Mo Xuelihong subconsciously stiffened when he heard this voice.

Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong turned their heads together, "Oh, big shot!"

The little soldier smiled shyly, "Where is that?"

The soldiers who happened to be looking for someone squeezed to the back, and their eyes lit up when they saw the little soldier.

The little soldier and Xiao Mo hurriedly left a sentence: "I'll find you later." They were carried away by the soldiers who came looking for someone.

Curious, Xiao Mo tilted his head to Xue Lihong and said, "Guess what mission that little soldier has?"

Xue Lihong shook her head, "He is a technical soldier." Technical soldiers rarely go out on missions alone.

"how do you know?"

"The epaulets, the epaulets of technical soldiers are different from those of ordinary soldiers." Xue Lihong wondered whether the third door could finally be opened partly because of this little soldier.

The number of people decreased one by one, and Lao Wu's mother suddenly let out a mournful wail. Her little grandson, the only son of the eldest son's family, was infected with the angel virus.

But Lao Wu's family of three and Lao Wu's mother were lucky not to be infected with the virus.

The child was about to be taken to another road, so frightened that he cried loudly and called for his mother.

The soldier turned his head and waited for the child's parents to come forward to comfort the child and send him some distance.

"Why is this happening? Why is it my son!" A more stern cry of the woman sounded.

The people who heard it just lowered their heads, no one laughed at her, but no one comforted her, even her husband just crouched on the ground holding his head in pain.

The woman jumped on her husband and beat her husband, scolding him for being useless, scolding him why he didn't die, and let him die instead of her son.

The man held his head and said nothing, letting his wife vent.

Old Wu led his wife and son around them and walked out of the passage without saying a word to the couple.

Mother Wu, who was out of breath from crying, was also dragged out by Old Wu.

The road was blocked, Xue Lihong happened to be upset, and said with a dead face: "You can also go to accompany your son, just go to the left."

The soldiers in front and the rest of the people in the passage all looked at him, and finally looked at the crying woman together.

The woman froze, and the man raised his head.

Xiao Mo hurriedly pulled his sleeve secretly: brother, don't be so cruel.

Xue Lihong turned her head and said to him solemnly: "If you are infected, I will accompany you." Then after you die, you will absorb your body's genes.

Xiao Mo was so moved.

Others: Oh, it turns out that the two are in that kind of relationship!

The woman gritted her teeth and was about to say something when the man who stood up covered her mouth and dragged her staggeringly in the direction of Old Wu's family.

Finally, it was Xiao Mo's turn.

Testers in white coats asked them to open their mouths and swabbed a cotton swab in their mouths.

Insert a cotton swab into the test tube containing the test solution and shake it.

The test tube did not change color, Xiao Mo and the two passed the test smoothly.

The soldiers guarding them also gave them a very friendly blessing: "May you be with us forever and ever."

Xue Lihong nodded, "Thank you."

Xiao Mo, "..." Why does this conversation sound so strange?And why are the expressions of these people so full of understanding and blessing?

Once out of the passage, the eyes suddenly opened up.

This is a hall about the size of four football fields. The hall is supported by more than a dozen thick stone pillars cast in reinforced concrete.

The brightness in the hall is also much better than in the passage.

Xiao Mo saw the soldiers and the volunteers, but he didn't see the refugees other than them. Maybe the survivors who came in before are still inside?

Zhang Di's light mercenary team led the five youths to meet certain people. They lost one person again, and one team member was found to be infected with the angel virus.

Volunteers are reaching out to survivors who are not infected, asking them questions and taking routine notes.

The infected people were all gathered in one place, as if they were about to be pushed somewhere.

Those infected with the angel virus almost looked desperate, because what awaited them was either death or transformation into an angel.

These people are very unwilling.

"Could it be a mistake? Is this test 100% correct? What if I'm not? Are you trying to kill us?"

"Let me go! I want to go out, let me die outside! Let me go!"

"Dad! Where are you going? Dad! Don't leave me!"

Not everyone is as "calm and rational" as old brother Wu. Uninfected people who are emotionally unable to bear the separation of life and death will resolutely choose to be with their relatives or lovers.

Just as no one ridicules those uninfected who give up their relatives and lovers, no one cheers and praises these willing sacrifices.

When things don't happen to him, no one knows what he will choose.

Xiao Mo could guess the whereabouts of these infected people—they would not be killed immediately, but would be guarded first, and researchers would observe their disease progression behind the glass and study the virus on them at the same time.

Generally, the incubation period of angel virus is about six to twelve hours. Patients will be isolated separately. Those who do not have early symptoms after twelve hours will be arranged in another room for observation for a period of time. If they still have no symptoms after a week Show up and let the person go.At least that's what the Zhongshan Base did.

The uninfected survivors who took notes were told one after another which direction to go.

Only then did Xiao Mo see that there were three passages leading to different directions at the end of this large space.

The survivors all made their way to the middle aisle.There are soldiers coming and going in the left passage, like a barracks.The right side is very dark visually, but people can be seen shaking, and there are many soldiers guarding the passage.

But his mission target is on the right side of the road.

Zhang Di and others talked to the few people who came out, and those people also led them into the middle passage.Zhang Di looked back before leaving, as if looking for someone.

Xiao Mo saw it and asked Xue Lihong, "Do you want to go there? Maybe we can use their momentum to reduce the obstacles in finding the mission target." The passage on the right doesn't look like a place that can be entered casually.

With a flick of Xuelihong's finger, a small ball of paper flew out, "For the time being, don't contact Zhang Di and the others. I'll tell you the details later."

Xiao Mo saw the ball of paper, but he trusted Xue Lihong [-]%, and avoided Zhang Di's looking for someone without even asking.

Zhang Di felt something hit him on the neck. At first he thought he was bitten by some insect, so he stretched out his hand and felt that the touch was wrong, but he didn't spread his palm in front of other people, but muttered something about mosquitoes. sharp.

When no one was around, Zhang Di opened a small ball of paper the size of a fingernail in his hand, and saw that there was only one line written on it: Be careful of Ni Wei, X.

In the hall, Xue Lihong pulled Xiao Mo over and asked him in a low voice: "Which direction is the target? If we need to leave here to go outside, we must get two sets of protective clothing."

"Looking at the direction, it should be here." Xiao Mo was also looking at the map in his mind. There were still two days before the mission time limit, which seemed to be plenty, but no one knew what would happen in these two days, and It is not yet known whether there is a way to reach their mission objectives.

"Your Majesty, please give me the latest mission path, which must be feasible."

The system responded quickly, and the map changed.

Xiao Mo took a closer look, according to the route given to him by the system, they need to advance to the right passage, and then... their target location is still below?But thankfully, there is a way to their target location, and they don't need to go out to the surface to find their way.

Xue Lihong watched all directions and listened to all directions, and suddenly pulled Xiao Mo's hand and asked him to follow her, "Someone is looking for you."

"Ah! They're not mad at me for threatening them to destroy the gate, are they?" Yes, Xiao Mo was only threatening, because he didn't want to reveal the secret of Xue Lihong's backpack until the last moment.That backpack looked so big, he couldn't let Xue Lihong pull out a big toolbox that was bigger than it in front of everyone.

"Their cameras were broken and they didn't see us."

The evidence is that the two were standing not far from the inquirer, but the inquirer did not notice them.The person who asked the question happened to be Old Wu, and Old Wu held back and didn't look back.

Xiao Mo poked Xue Lihong, "Are you saying they were threatened by me, or did the analysis happen just then?"

"What do you think?" Xuelihong's eyes were still scanning the surroundings.

Xiao Mo shrugged, he couldn't judge either.

The two stood behind a pillar and discussed in a low voice what to do next. When Xue Lihong heard that she was going to take the right passage, she raised her head and glanced over there.

The guards at the entrance to the right are all carrying submachine guns, and there are no less than eight people at the entrance.

"Hey! Two big brothers, why are you hiding here? Let me find it easily. Aren't you going to sign in?" The little soldier came over with a stick as a crutch.

Xiao Mo turned his head and saw the little soldier burst into a smile immediately. He had a good impression of the little soldier, "I heard that someone is looking for me? I'm afraid of being retaliated."

The little soldier chuckled, and looked back, "Then you guys come with me. I asked someone just now, and they were divided into two factions. Just when the faction about to open the door was about to gain the upper hand, I just heard you say You can open the door, and then...opening the door is a foregone conclusion. The ones who are bothering you are probably those who don’t want to open the door, but they don’t dare to do anything to you. At most, they will give you small shoes when arranging your accommodation.

Besides, I just heard that you also rescued Ni Wei?The relatives of those young masters and young ladies do not have a high status here, but the higher ups will give them some face, especially the bow-wielding girl Gong Yangling, whose father has provided a lot of supplies for the base. "

The little soldier walked forward leaning on a cane while talking.

Compared with other people, the two obviously believed in this kind-hearted little soldier, and followed the little soldier to a workbench.

The person who asked who would destroy the door lock had already recognized Xiao Mo through the mouths of other survivors, but when he saw the little soldier leading them, he didn't come back. go.

The sign-in form is very simple, with the family as the unit, as long as the name, age, marriage, education and specialty are left.

The volunteers asked the two to show their identity documents, and Xiao Mo directly said that they had lost them during the escape.

The volunteers didn't ask for it either. They asked the survivors to show their identity documents, just to record it more accurately.

The two left two false names, Xue Mo and Xue Li, Xiao Mo filled in his real age, and filled in the field of specialty as home appliance repair.He peeked at what Xue Lihong filled in. Xue Lihong filled in 22 in the column of age, and wrote four words of mechanical manufacturing in the column of specialty.

The little soldier looked at the content they filled in, shrugged and said: "I don't think I should worry about your food in the future. There are many survivors, but there will always be a shortage of technical workers. Come with me, and I will take you to the area where you want to live. "

The two received meal tickets for three days, and followed the little soldier into the survivor's settlement in the middle.

The passage is narrow at the front and wide at the back, and there are doors on both sides, all of which are tightly closed. The passage is long, and there is a relatively deep and wide space in front of it.

Xue Lihong happened to have something to ask the little soldier, so she walked and chatted with him, and with a few simple words, she roughly understood the distribution of forces in this underground space.

"What's the difference between the three passages?" Xiao Mo asked casually after Xue Lihong finished asking.

"The middle is for civilian use, and the survivors live here. The left is for military use. At present, the soldiers and some high-level people who control here live there. The soldiers live in the same place as you, but the high-level ones are better." The little soldier squeezed his head sideways. Eyes, "There are classes everywhere."

Xiao Mo replied casually: "Yes, probably only the primitive society, the period when human beings first started was the real classless society."

Xue Lihong, "Wrong, there are patriarchs and priests."

Xiao Mo and the little soldier hahaha together.

The little soldier teased Xue Lihong: "This brother is not only good at fighting, but also good at history."

Xiao Mo was in a relaxed mood, and was also in the mood to joke: "This is our company's employee of the year."

"What company are you?"

"Collect the tattered ones."

The little soldier stared wide-eyed, "Really? Do you make money by collecting junk?"

Xiao Mo nodded seriously, "It's okay."

Xue Lihong,...you are enough! "Hey, kid, tell me what's going on in the right passage."

"You're not much older than me, brother! There's no one on the right, where the warehouse is." The little soldier blinked again, "You understand."

What did Xiao Mo see in the eyes of the little soldier, "If someone has nothing to do, go there?"

"If you have nothing to do, don't go there casually. If you die, there is no place to report. Food is everything now." The little soldier warned.

Xiao Mo had a headache, it seemed that his task was still a bit troublesome, "By the way, we haven't passed each other's names yet, your name is Cheng Zai?"

The little soldier stopped, stretched out his hand, and said with a serious face, "Hi, I am Cheng Zai, the prime minister's Zai, nicknamed killer."

"Haha, Xiao Mo. Caotou Xiao, the end of the last days." Xiao Mo and the little soldier shook hands.

"Uh, the name your family gave you is really prescient." The little soldier seemed to have expected that the two did not leave their real names on the record.

"I'm also wondering if the registrant who filled in my name on the household registration book at the beginning had the ability to predict. He actually read the end of it, but the confused old man in my family took it back without even reading it, and later he didn't bother to change it. Yes. This is my brother Xue Lihong."

Xue Lihong raised her chin to Cheng Zai.

Cheng Zai dragged his tone on purpose, "Brother...well, I know your real relationship, they told me all about it."

What is the real relationship?who are they?What did I tell you again?Xiao Mo had a question mark on his face.

Cheng Zai continued hehehe, "I understand, really, this is the time, who cares if it's a man or a woman."

Straight Xiao Mo: ...why I can't understand more and more, young people nowadays have strange brain circuits.

Xue Lihong looked at the two calmly.

Forget it, we have to understand the children.Xiao Mo put his hand on the little soldier's shoulder, and asked him in a low voice: "I wanted to ask you before, why were you the only one outside at that time?"

Cheng Zai also seemed to expect that someone would ask him, "I'm not really so selfless that I could sacrifice my life, and I stayed outside at the last moment because I...was waiting for someone, but she didn't show up .”

"Girlfriend?"

"my mother."

"Feel sorry."

"You don't have to say sorry." Cheng Zai shook his hand, and led the two of them to move on, "She couldn't have died so easily, I suspect that she got the news and ran away long ago, but she still made others think that she stayed behind City H. It’s just that I didn’t find her on the list of survivors, and I didn’t find her. I came out and waited for her just to make sure that she wasn’t among the last batch of people.”

Xue Lihong interjected: "How many people are there in this air-raid shelter?"

Cheng Zai quickly gave the answer: "About 2000 civilians."

Xiao Mo lost his voice: "There are only more than 2000 people? Is there only so many people who escaped from City H?"

Cheng Zai quickly shook his head, "No. Although this place is deep underground and away from the center of the explosion, it is not safe. All those who escaped from the city yesterday were sent to the safety bases in several big cities around City H. , but those who escaped from City H on the last day simply don’t have any extra manpower or vehicles to escort them away. The higher-ups tell them the truth and let them choose. Those who are willing to leave can leave by themselves, and those who don’t want to and can’t leave stay here .”

Xue Lihong asked again: "How many soldiers are there?"

Cheng Zai apologized, "I can't say that."

"This used to be an important military site, right? I remember that there was an aerospace material research base in City H, and its apparent address seems to be near here." Xue Lihong stared at Cheng Zai with dark eyes.

Cheng Zai raised one hand in surrender, "Brother, stop asking, I really can't tell."

Xiao Mo patted him, "No force."

Xue Lihong did not continue to ask.

Cheng Zai told them some other things they needed to know, and finally stopped in front of a wooden door near the middle of the passage, pushed it open, and said sideways: "Your temporary residence has arrived."

Xiao Mo stretched his head to look in, and saw a narrow room similar to a prison cell. In the room, there was a steel canopy bed with bunk bunks against the wall. There was a toilet and a small washstand opposite the bed.Miraculously, there were actually two sets of clean bedding on the bed.

"Thank you." Xiao Mo really didn't expect to be able to live in a single room, so he was very grateful to Cheng Zai.

Cheng Zai shook his hand, "If it wasn't for you, I might have died outside. Remember to put away the key on the door and close the door at night. The front room is safer than the Datong shop inside, but it is not Absolutely, all personal property is managed by yourself. From 6:7 am to 12:1 am, from 18:19 am to [-]:[-] pm, and from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm, don’t forget to bring your meal ticket and go to the front hall to pick up the food. If you miss the time, you will not be allowed to pick up the food. In addition, if you lose your meal ticket, you won’t make up for it, so keep it for yourself. If you want to take a shower..."

It happened that Xiao Mo was exchanging some information with Xue Lihong's eyes, Xue Lihong shook her head invisibly.

Cheng Zai looked at the two of them with a strange look, and finally said to Xiao Mo: "Now the bathrooms are closed to save water, so you can only work harder to clean indoors. Let me find you...cough , I’ll ask someone later to see if I can get some for you.”

Xiao Mo came back to his senses, "Looking for it?"

Xue Lihong agreed, "Okay, find more if you can find them." Whether it is lubricating oil or condoms, there are many uses, and there is no harm in collecting more.

Cheng Zai felt that Xiao Mo was old because he had a thin skin, so he pretended at this time, forget it, uncles are good at face, he can understand.

Xiao Mo felt that he could no longer have a normal conversation with Cheng Zai, so he had to find a safer question: "How do you get the food after three days?"

"Children under the age of 12, elderly people over 65 and people who have lost the ability to work can continue to receive meal tickets, but others must use labor in exchange for meal tickets. Depending on age and gender, the type of work is different. Don't worry about the two of you , there is a shortage of technicians here, I will arrange for you, and wait for my news first."

After Cheng Zai finished speaking, he was about to leave, but just as the good leg moved away, his body suddenly went limp, and he almost sat on the ground.

Xiao Mo happened to be right next to him, and quickly reached out to support him, "Have you healed your injured leg?"

Cheng Zai supported the door frame, scratched his scalp, and said with a nonchalant expression: "It doesn't matter if it's cured or not. I'm infected with the angel virus, and there are still about six hours left."

That's why you came to us in such a hurry?Just to give us a better place to live before we die?Xiao Mo felt very uncomfortable.