The Scavengers

9 月 27 日 -28 日

"The task of the recycler has not been completed, and the punishment mechanism is activated."

"what--!"

The system's prompt and Chang'e's scream sounded at the same time.

Xiao Mo didn't even have time to see what changed in Chang'e, the inhumane system His Majesty gave him a three-level punishment just one second after 23:[-]!

When Xiao Mo fell down, it wasn't that he didn't feel pain, but that he was in so much pain that he couldn't make a sound.

Xue Lihong, who had already been prepared, made a copy and hugged her boss.

Cheng Zai was crying and calling his mother loudly. Because Ma Xiang and the two soldiers were standing far away, although their eyes were attracted by the change of Chang'e in the glass wall, they also saw Xiao Mo fall down at the same time.

Ma Xiang walked over quickly and asked anxiously, "What's wrong with Mr. Xiao?"

"He tried to help Ms. Chang'e just now, but it was obviously beyond his ability, and he was backlashed by his ability." Xue Lihong made nonsense very seriously.

Ma Xiang wanted to ask Xiao Mo what other abilities he had besides self-healing, but seeing Xue Lihong's expression, he couldn't ask.Yes, he already knew from the mouths of the surviving mercenaries that Xiao Mo survived after being shot in the head.After knowing this, he even began to suspect that the reason why Cheng Zai became the lucky 3% probably had something to do with Xiao Mo.

"Mom! Hold on! Mom, look at me!" Cheng Zai yelled anxiously, slapping the glass repeatedly.

Chang'e inside fell on the ground and her body convulsed violently. Her body was undergoing changes. First of all, her wings, which were originally covered with white feathers like huge angel wings, were losing their feathers, and large pieces fell down.

Then her wing muscles began to rot, as did her body.

Cheng Zai was about to collapse, so he turned around to look for Xiao Mo, "Brother Xiao! Help my mother! Please...Brother Xiao?"

Xue Lihong hugged Xiao Mo horizontally, and told Ma Xiang: "Keep an eye on the inside." Then she walked to the workbench not far away, raised her legs and swept all the things on it to the ground, and put her feet on the corner of the workbench Spreading out the quilt, Xiao Mo was gently put down.

Ma Xiang coughed, gave Cheng Zai an apologetic look, and together with the two soldiers loaded the rifle and pointed it at the glass wall.

Cheng Zai was in such a panic, why did something happen to Brother Xiao?Brother Xiao is down, who else can save his mother?

"Brother Xue, what's wrong with Brother Xiao? Is he okay?" Cheng Zai wiped his tears and wanted to come over to help.

Xue Lihong shook her head and refused, indicating that he could just stay where he was and observe his mother.As for himself, he focused on dual purposes, while observing Xiao Mo, while not letting go of Chang'e's changes.

Seeing and watching, Xue Lihong suddenly whispered: "His efforts were not in vain, they worked, didn't they?"

I don't know who said this to, but I understand it naturally.

"Chang'e's mutation process is slowing down, getting slower and slower. I think [-]% of her will not be able to complete this evolution to perfection. Poor woman, I'm afraid she will have to bear such a terrifying look in the future."

Xue Lihong's prediction was correct again. Although Chang'e inside the glass wall was still twitching and howling, her changes had obviously slowed down or even stopped. The feathers on her wings hadn't fallen off, and her rotten muscles hadn't grown back. The skin on her body was rotten piece by piece, but there was still some good skin left.

Cheng Zai looked at his mother's miserable appearance, his body and voice were trembling like they were about to shatter, "Mom? Mother?"

Chang'e didn't respond to him.

Ma Xiang couldn't help asking Xue Lihong: "This...is the angel virus mutating again? Does Ms. Chang'e still have reason and self?"

Xue Lihong said slowly: "You can wait a bit."

Cheng Zai and Ma Xiang focused all their attention on Chang'e inside the glass wall.

But soon their attention was divided more than half to Xiao Mo on the other side.

Xiao Mo finally couldn't bear it and let out an ugly scream of pain.

Xue Lihong just watched Xiao Mo writhe in pain, and only used her arms to press down on his head and shoulders to prevent him from being hurt again in the chaos.At this time, no one could see what the young man was thinking, but the young man's gaze was extremely dangerous.

"I will find you." Xue Lihong firmly held down Xiao Mo who was desperately trying to overthrow him first, and said.

system:……

"Although you helped Xiao Mo to a certain extent, you are even worse than those viruses."

The system is unable to refute, and Xiao Mo is still struggling in pain.

"Let's not talk about how weird your method of training recyclers is. The way you choose hosts is obviously problematic. I think you know it well. If you really want to upgrade quickly and better complete the tasks you assigned, you'd better The host should be a murderer with a weak sense of morality, or at least a relatively rational and calm special professional. Only these people will not hesitate to wave Butcher knife."

The system didn't deny it, nor could it deny it.

"Ordinary people have not received special training, and they cannot accept killing a humanoid task target who is still human and rational. Of course, under special circumstances, human nature collapses. Usually, it only needs to kill one or two, and then it will become It is much easier. It is not impossible for ordinary people to use it, but it takes time to cultivate, and more importantly, it needs guidance and education.

But you give me the feeling that you don't care about the fate of the host, you don't give guidance specifically, and you don't pay attention to the changes in the mood of the other party. You can abandon these recyclers at any time, replace them at any time, and can The attitude of starting all over again.In your eyes, those recyclers who were killed by you are probably not as good as ants, right?Because there are many humans?Do you have too many choices?Or... I guessed right,"

Xue Lihong's tone suddenly became gloomy: "Your maker and caster are watching the show through you?"

The system has no body and no emotion, but at this moment, it feels an inexplicable chill.

Xue Lihong slowly bent down, put her mouth against the man's ear, and said in a low voice, "Are you still satisfied with our performance?"

The system...if it has legs, it must run as far as it can go.This garbage is a hundred times more terrifying than it deduces!

Xiao Mo's body twitched violently, screamed and grabbed Xue Lihong's arm, opened his eyes and shouted hoarsely: "Kill me!"

Cheng Zai and Ma Xiang turned their heads to look this way.

Xiao Mo felt that he couldn't bear it anymore, his soul was being torn apart!He can't help but give in!

help me……

Xiao Mo opened his mouth, but his mouth only spit out a howl of extreme pain.

The first time the punishment and the virus broke out at the same time, he was involved in the hell of pain before he had any mental preparations, but he didn't know anything at that time.

This time he clearly knew that he was being punished, but this not only did not alleviate his pain, but made it even more difficult for him to bear the torture added by the system.

Why?What did i do wrong?

Why can't the mission be done in another way, maybe recycling is not the only way to solve the threat.Why not give him a chance to try?

I don't want any system, and I don't want to be a hero, why do you force me so much!

The more painful it is, the stronger the man's resistance will be.

Seeing Xiao Mo like this, Xue Lihong felt as if a small blunt knife was sharpening his heart little by little.

Did Cheng Zai know that Xiao Mo had paid so much for him just because of his previous kindness?

Chang E knew that she could escape, what price did others pay for her?

Ma Xiang and the others knew why they would take such a big risk to fight two against one hundred?Even want to attack Chang'e, who is the source of infection of the virus?

They clearly saw his boss' pain, but they didn't know anything!

Although Qiu Feng promised to give a reward, how did he understand that this is not as simple as an ordinary task assigned by a base?

Those survivors in the base would not know that someone helped them to lift the catastrophe.

The poor recyclers died one after another, but how many of them know how great they have done for the world?

Those recyclers who have died or are on the death journey, including his boss, may not be able to prevent the disaster from coming, but they at least slowed down the pace of the disaster, or because of their efforts, the laws and regulations of this world Order can still be barely maintained.

It can't go on like this anymore. Although it is necessary to keep a low profile, the rules of the game must be changed. He doesn't like being led by the nose by a system. If someone hides behind the system to watch a show, he has to let the other party know why watching the live broadcast is so cool. Just because it is likely to produce unexpected changes for the audience.

Xue Lihong let go of suppressing Xiao Mo, first took out a bundle of ropes from the backpack, tied him firmly to the workbench, and stuffed a towel into his mouth to prevent him from biting his own tongue in pain.

After taking care of his boss, the young man took out a notebook, opened it and began to operate.

When Cheng Zai and Ma Xiang saw Xiao Mo being tied up, their eyelids twitched a little.It's a pity that they need to keep an eye on Chang'e, and they can't come to visit the miserable brother Xiao Mo for the time being.

At the same time, starting from the display screen in the mission hall of the capital base, a program spread like a virus to mission centers around the world.

Zhongshan Base.

"General Qiu! That No. 7 is issuing missions again!" As soon as someone saw the specific phrase appearing on the screen, he immediately contacted the top leader of the base as quickly as possible.

Qiu Feng quickly switched the computer screen to the mercenary mission software. There is a local network in the base, and there are special military cables to connect with other large bases. Finally, everyone returned to before liberation without a single click.

At present, there are mission halls dedicated to releasing and handing over missions in all bases and large cities.

And this software specially used to release and hand over missions is commonly known as mercenary software. No one knows who wrote this software, only that the other party seems to be a rather mysterious organization with only one code name "No. 7".

I first discovered this software on the Internet. I don’t know who was the first to use this software and used it in the base. Later, because of its convenience, quickness and simplicity, the software spread throughout the world in just one or two months. .

In addition to being the developer of this software, this mysterious organization No. 7 occasionally releases some weird collection tasks. There are not many of these tasks, but they have very strict requirements on time and place of delivery.

There are two reasons why Qiu Feng made people focus on this organization.First, the missions released by the other party were too weird and demanding. At first, no one took their missions, but the scavenging team, which he regarded as his favorite, would follow up as soon as they saw the missions released by this code name.Second, the other party sometimes publishes some detailed information about various monsters on the Internet, and its correctness is very high after verification.

When Qiu Feng knew that Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong's mission of catching and collecting gold-eating insects came from this organization, he immediately became very interested in this organization, but the organization is too mysterious. Although he made people stare at the mission hall, he has not yet People can find out who issued the task—except for the relevant staff of the base, anyone who wants to issue the task must pass the clerk in the task hall.

Because the network has not been completely disconnected at present, the organization that issued the mission is likely to be squatting in other bases. Although Qiu Feng would like to cooperate with other bases to arrest people, but this will inevitably lead to enmity with this mysterious organization. Provoking misunderstanding and revenge, this is not in line with his original intention. Thinking of these, Qiu Feng can only endure the desire to find the other party for the time being.

Now that this organization has issued a mission again, Qiu Feng must take a look at it first.

But this time the content of the news released by the organization is slightly different from before.

Mission 0301 failed!

The mission is now reissued: capture Chang'e, the carrier of the Angel virus pathogen.

Capture requirements: live, no resistance.

Capture location: The underground air defense base of the Dongcheng Grain Bureau of H City.

Delivery time: before 10 o'clock midnight on October 3.

Delivery location: No. 25 resettlement room for survivors in the front building of the underground air defense base of Dongcheng Grain Bureau, H City.

Task reward: three standard secondary energy crystals, or 3000 standard carbon-based alloy particles.

Task warning: Those who accept this task will be hunted down and attacked by the breeder. At the same time, once they are attacked and injured by the angel virus pathogen carrier, there is a 100% possibility of being infected with the angel virus.

Remark 1: There is currently no solution to the angel virus.

Remark 2: The breeder's identity is unknown.

As soon as Qiu Feng finished reading the task content, Lei Bing's call came after him, "Boss, I heard you said that Xiao Mo and the others went to H City to get the pathogen of the angel virus? But what happened to the task released on the 7th now? Lao Xiao and the others failed? Can you contact them? The others don’t care, Lao Xiao has to fish it out anyway! Or should I go there?”

Qiu Feng tapped lightly on the table with his fingers, "I was about to contact there, when you called. Lei Bing, do you see anything?"

"Huh?" Lei Bing laughed, "You mean the two new terms mentioned by the other party, energy crystal and breeder?"

"Yes. The other party knows a lot of information that we don't. It would be great if we could get in touch with them."

"Maybe the reason they don't show up is because of the breeder? Boss, what do you think of the breeder?"

Qiu Feng was silent. He couldn't think about these three words carefully.

But Lei Bing was very courageous and had few scruples. He said it directly: "There are so many new viruses and various monsters on our earth now, do you think they were specially bred by some lunatics?"

"Pfft!" The gagged towel was bitten (destroyed), and the man forced it out with his tongue.

"Ahhh!" Xiao Mo's body twitched violently, and after a series of screams that broke his throat, his body suddenly stiffened and became motionless.

Xue Lihong raised her head abruptly, and put the laptop into her backpack casually. The task has been announced. I believe that the two concepts of breeder and energy crystal will spread quickly.

The first step to changing the rules of the game: Instead of waiting, take the initiative.Step [-]: Make the water more muddy.The third step: from the exploited to the benefit-sharer.

As for how frightened Chang E and Cheng Zai would be after this mission was released, that was none of his business.If someone really came to capture Chang'e for the generous mission reward, he promised not to block him.Oh, he swears to God, he didn't hate getting revenge on his boss because he was fined so badly and the vested interests didn't know anything.

"Old Xiao?" Xue Lihong gently pressed the pulse on the side of the man's neck with her fingers.

The rapid pulse beat came from under the fingertips. Just as Xue Lihong was about to move her fingers, the man who had fallen into a coma suddenly opened his eyes with a "snap", and his distorted facial features burst into indescribable pain a second later. Very weird smile.

"Brother, do you want to have a shot?" The extremely hoarse voice was obviously unpleasant, but it made people feel that ambiguous temptation.

Xue Lihong... Think about it seriously.For a male like him who has lived for a long time and still maintains the state of a child, in other words, a male who is psychologically mature but has not vented himself for thousands of years, it is impossible for you to expect him to have integrity!

but!

"Who are you?" Xue Lihong almost immediately noticed the difference between the two.

His 32-year-old boss, who was still shy, couldn't say such a thing, use such a tone and such an expression even if he became sick with pain.

The man gasped and did not answer.

Xue Lihong leaned down, "You got pierced? I'll hit you on the head now, can I put my boss back on?"

I don't know how long it took, the punishment of tearing and crushing the muscles and bones of the whole body finally ended, Xiao Mo, who was covered in sweat all over his face, opened his eyes, and saw his partner staring at him with strange eyes at a glance .

"Hmm... what's the matter?" Xiao Mo's throat was dry and hoarse, he swallowed, and tasted the bloody smell in his throat, he probably really broke his throat.

"Xiao Mo?" the young man said slowly while putting away the rope.

"Huh?" Xiao Mo put his elbows on the ground and tried to struggle to sit up, but the punishment was too exhausting, so he couldn't sit up.

"This kind of punishment is not all bad. It can improve your tolerance to pain, strengthen your body cells, and exercise your mental strength to a certain extent."

Xiao Mo was speechless, "...I have to thank His Majesty the System if I dare to show my affection?"

The young man touched his sweaty face, full of regret.

Xiao Mo was puzzled.

Xue Lihong sighed, and said to the man lying on the workbench who couldn't get up: "If your situation is very bad, it is very important to keep your spirits high. Many times people don't die in difficult situations, but die on their own. psychological torture."

Xiao Mo stretched out his limbs and said tiredly: "Are you telling me not to despair?"

"Yes, because I am here, you have to believe that I can solve your problems." The young man was very confident.

Xiao Mo twitched the corner of his mouth, "You can't even solve your own problems."

"But I found you. And you also met me. This is the luck between you and me."

Xiao Mo slowly closed his eyes, and lifted his fingers feebly, "I understand what you mean, I will persevere, let me sleep for a while now, I... am a little tired."

After a while, the man's slight snoring sounded.He didn't even bother to pay attention to Chang'e in the glass wall not far away.

Cheng Zai and Ma Xiang left, they still have a lot of work to do, even Cheng Zai, who is worried about his mother, can't be willful.

Chang'e's condition has stabilized, the glass room is sealed, she can't come out, and others can't go in.

Xue Lihong folded her arms and looked at her boss. Things seemed to be getting more and more interesting. Although it was a bit troublesome, it was also a little more challenging. As expected, it was good to be alive.

Xiao Mo's situation is not unusual for him, he has seen several similar cases before.

But how far will Xiao Mo's "illness" develop in the future?Does he know it himself?

Xiao Mo was unlucky to see a man with the same face as him again in his dream.

The other party saw his expression quite contemptuous, and he had no good intentions.

"Do you want to cure Chang'e completely? Give me the control of the body, not too much, just one night."

"What are you going to do? I won't let you fool around!"

"Don't you want to save that woman? If it wasn't for my ability, she would have already turned into another even more terrifying monster!"

"Your ability?"

"What? Do you think you are the son of God, and can possess two completely opposite abilities?" The man's smile was full of sarcasm.

Xiao Mo was silent.

"Hurry up and decide! That woman's body can't last long. If the mutated virus with catalysts can't be perfectly blended, it will wreak havoc on the host's body, and the woman's body after death will also become a new pathogen." .”

"How many days? How long can Ms. Chang last?"

"Not more than five days."

"Are you regretting it now? After paying such a high price and being punished by the system, this woman still can't survive." The man smiled viciously, "Hey, if you want to save yourself from doing nothing for nothing, then agree to my exchange." Conditions. Such conditions are easy for you, aren't they?"

Xiao Mo clenched his fists.