The Scavengers

9 Month 29 Day - 10 Month 1 Day

Xiao Mo didn't make a decision right away, because he had a strange premonition that as long as he agreed to hand over control of his body, he... might just die.

Dying, disappearing completely, as if it never existed.

He didn't know why he had such an idea, but just like a human being would be afraid when standing on the edge of a cliff, he now has a sense of fear that he is about to be pushed off a high cliff.

Xiao Mo hesitated for two days, he wanted to go to Xue Lihong immediately, but he was afraid that the person in his mind would hear and see everything.

During the period, General Qiu Feng contacted this place again, knowing that Xiao Mo was well, so he was relieved.

Ma Xiang saw that Qiu Feng, the general, cared so much about Xiao Xue and Xiao Xue. He himself admired the two's abilities, and even more cherished them as his own.

And Cheng Zai learned from General Qiu Feng that his mother was publicly offered a reward, so he was angry and anxious.Only then did he know what Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong gave up when they gave up killing his mother. It was three thousand standard alloy particles!If converted into past coins, it is equivalent to 300 million, but now 300 million want to exchange for [-] alloy particles, which is impossible to exchange in a dream!

Regardless of Cheng Zai's gratitude and apology to Xiao Xue and the two, Chang'e's physical condition is just as the person said, and it is getting worse and worse.

On the third morning, Chang E began to refuse to see her son. Her hair fell out, and her scalp and face were rotting and festering.

Chang E calmly begged Xue Lihong to give her a knife.

Xue Lihong let her commit suicide.

But Chang'e poked the claws with thick cuticles on her chest or temple several times, but gave up again.

"I'm not reconciled! I'm not reconciled!" Chang'e yelled frantically in the glass room.

Xiao Mo was not reconciled either.

The system hasn't spoken to him since punishing him that day.He thought that his relationship with His Majesty the System had probably dropped below freezing point.

He hates the system and wants to have a good relationship with it.He didn't know what the system thought of him, and it wouldn't be very pleasant and friendly if he thought about it.

After three days of rapid rectification, the underground base has regained its previous tranquility, no, it should be said to be much better than before.The indescribable weirdness that had shrouded the entire base before seemed to have dissipated a lot, the most obvious being the mental outlook of the soldiers, each of them seemed to be happy, and their steps were easier than before.

The military opened up their large underground three-story building and moved all the more than 2000 survivors into it.

The survivors were all overjoyed when they saw that the living environment had improved by more than one level. Although most of the sleeping places were meeting rooms and training rooms, they were much better than the previous caves.What's more, there are more toilets here, even bathrooms, and the lighting is better than before. With the comparison before and after, the survivors are already very satisfied with such conditions.

The military took the opportunity to vigorously lobby the survivors, threatening and inducing all those who could work to join the tunnel digging army.

Naturally, the rooms of Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong, the two great heroes, were also changed, and they were changed to more comfortable guest rooms on the first basement floor of the back building.

This room originally belonged to Wang Jinian. After Wang Jinian died, this room became vacant.

Xiao Mo and Chang E silently looked at each other through the glass wall.

"Is there no hope?" Chang'e's hoarse voice came from the communication hole.

Xiao Mo grabbed the corner of his clothes unnaturally, "I'm trying to find a way, please give me some more time."

Chang'e made a sound that sounded like crying and laughing, "I can't bear it anymore."

"I... know, one day, no, half a day, give me another half day!" Xiao Mo couldn't stay any longer, turned around and ran out of the laboratory at a faster pace.

Five minutes later, the temporary nest of Xiao and Xue.

"Do you think you might be schizophrenic? Another personality has emerged in your brain?" Xue Lihong put down the layout plan of the back building, and repeated to Boss Xiao who came to him for help.

Xiao Mo nodded in pain, he didn't want to admit that he was a psychopath, but the facts told him that maybe he was really mentally ill.

Xue Lihong leaned back on the sofa, with her long legs resting on the coffee table, the corners of her mouth pulled down, as if she was smiling, but she held back, "Well, it's serious."

This is one of the best rooms in the base. The decoration and furnishings are similar to those of a third-level hotel, and it basically has everything that should be there.

"Xiao Hong!" Xiao Mo nestled on the other sofa with a bitter face, "Stop making fun of me, I'm telling you very seriously. Maybe he can hear what I'm telling you now."

"Have you not masturbated for a long time?" The young man asked suddenly, then nodded, "Yes, there is a system that monitors you every day, you are thin-skinned, you would rather endure it."

Xiao Mo was stunned.

Xue Lihong said casually: "Boss, I suggest that you should relax properly. If you are embarrassed, I can help you."

"Xiaohong!" Xiao Mo was really anxious.

"You don't have to shout so hard, I can hear you." The young man barely sat upright, "First of all, split personality and schizophrenia are two different things. Schizophrenia refers to psychological or even neuropathy. The patient's behavior and thoughts will gradually be affected by the illness and change. It is impossible to control oneself. And split personality is a mental disorder, the patient has normal intelligence and clear consciousness, and the symptoms of the disease are the discovery of another or several non-self-awareness. But..."

The young man smiled strangely, "Medically, schizophrenia has not been fully proven, but it is just influenced by film and television novels, which makes everyone think that this special case must exist."

Xiao Mo was startled, and his voice instantly became low and depressed, "Do you think I'm lying to you?"

The youth shook his head.

Xiao Mo felt a little better.

"I think you've lied to yourself."

"……What's the meaning?"

"Have you ever heard of autosuggestion?"

"Ah."

"Self-suggestion is also a kind of hypnosis, and schizophrenia and hypnotism are two concepts that have not been fully proven but are generally recognized. And there is also a wonderful connection between the two. If it can be confirmed Hypnosis really exists and is effective, so in theory, people can close their personality through hypnosis to generate a second consciousness, which is also called consciousness indoctrination.”

Xiao Mo seemed to understand, "You mean that I made self-suggestion to myself, closed or forgotten my true personality, and then formed the current me through deliberate indoctrination in the later stage?"

Xue Lihong snapped her fingers, "I have a good understanding, that's what it means."

Xiao Mo's face turned pale, "If this is true, then I'm not me, the one who claims to control the body overnight is the real master of this body?"

"It's also possible that you are the original owner, and the other one is a fantasy created by you under too much pressure and wanting to evade certain responsibilities."

Xiao Mo felt that he was in more pain. He came to ask for help, but found out that he was the one who occupied the magpie's nest - he was almost sure now.Then shouldn't he hesitate any longer and give back the control of his body decisively?This will not only save Chang'e, but he won't have to be so embarrassed when he encounters other tasks in the future.

But... He was so unwilling.

Xiao Mo covered his face. He really wasn't a kind person. If he was a kind person, he should immediately return his body to the original owner at this time, and get a happy situation where everyone sacrificed himself to make everyone happy.

"What do you think?" The young man's expression was flat, as if he was making a routine, "Planning to return the body to the other one?"

Xiao Mo didn't know how to answer.

"Dear boss, you have two choices now, stay or give up." The young man's words were simple, but his meaning was extremely cruel.

Xiao Mo raised his face, his voice trembling, "You let me make my own choice?"

"Yes, this is your own business. The reason why a mental disorder is called a disorder is because the patient needs to go through that hurdle by himself. What others can do is influence, and the final decision is still your own."

Xiao Mo's heart was cold, he looked at the young man opposite as if he was meeting him for the first time, he didn't want to ask such a question, but he still asked: "If I choose to give up, do you agree?"

Instead of answering the question, the young man turned it around: "If everyone else wanted you to give up who you are now, would you give up?"

……meeting.Xiao Mo didn't speak, but he had already given the answer in his heart.

In the case of an unexpected existence and feeling very tired, self-exile is almost inevitable.

"If he is so powerful and excellent, why was I created?" Xiao Mo didn't know that he expressed the doubts or complaints in his heart.

At this time, he really looked like a mental patient, talking to himself while nervously scratching the skin of his index finger with his thumbnail.

His finger was bleeding quickly, but he didn't seem to notice it.

Xue Lihong folded her long legs, sat up slightly, and stared at the man opposite her almost without blinking.

"What do you think is the reason?" Xue Lihong took out an injection from her backpack, got up, walked over, walked behind the man, opened his collar, found a blood vessel, and stuck it in with one needle.

The man's body froze, and his eyes became confused after a while. As his eyelids drooped, his body began to relax slowly.

Xue Lihong put away the needle tube, moved her big hand up along his collarbone little by little, and pressed lightly on the back of his head with one hand.

Xiao Mo's body became softer, and a slight groan came out of his mouth.It was so comfortable, the fingers of the young man behind him seemed to have magical powers, and as he pressed, bursts of numbness emerged from his body.

"What's your biggest regret?"

"The thing I regret the most..." the man repeated like a babbling child, and then he showed a sloppy smile, "There are a lot."

"What?"

"I almost killed Xiao Wen."

Xue Lihong's heart skipped a beat, he didn't expect it to be so explosive at the beginning.

"Oh? Why?" Fingers shuttled through the hair, looking for suitable acupuncture points.

Xiao Mo was so comfortable that he wanted to sleep, and he replied in a whisper: "Because he stole my first love away, and he made her pregnant before marriage, forcing her to marry him."

force?Not necessarily?At most, it is marriage with a son.But Xue Lihong wisely did not argue with the man.

"Why did you almost kill him? What did you do to Xiao Wen?"

Xiao Mo fell into deep thought, his expression seemed to be recalling, "That day when he got off work late, I heard him and Sister An Jie arguing in the alley. I heard a little bit before I realized that Sister An Jie was pregnant. They seemed to be discussing about getting married. But Sister An Jie left crying in the end."

"and then?"

"Then... I thought he didn't want to marry An Jie. I was mad at the time. I didn't know whether I was jealous or angry. Anyway, when I rushed out and calmed down, my brother's big idiot had already fallen to the ground. , I slapped him on the back of the head with the bricks used to build flower beds at the entrance of the house." Xiao Mo didn't seem to feel much guilt when he said this description, and he even laughed a little.

Xue Lihong was sensitive to this change in him, and the other party's name for Deng Anjie was also changing.

"Fortunately, that idiot was fatal. I sent him to the hospital. The doctor said that he just had a concussion. If he rested for a few days and had no sequelae, he would be fine. But that idiot didn't know that I shot him with a brick, and thought he was being robbed gone."

Xue Lihong, "You never told him the truth?"

"Why did you tell him? Let him know that his brother almost killed him for a woman? Then what will our brother do?"

Xiao Mo's voice was ferocious, but Xue Lihong heard deep regret from it.I think this person regretted it after slapping his brother with a brick, so he sent him to the hospital so quickly. At that time, he probably didn't think about evading responsibility, but his brother didn't realize that his brother was wronging him. With his hands in the dark, he just pushed the boat to cover up the matter.

"Did you think it would be better if you weren't so impulsive?"

Unexpectedly by the young man, Xiao Mo replied with a smile: "No, I regret that I didn't take another shot at that time, and I didn't just shoot him to death."

Xue Lihong's movements didn't stop at all, she was still massaging the man's head with the original frequency.

"In this way, Deng Anjie is likely to belong to me. I can use the excuse that the child in her belly is my brother's posthumous child, marry her, or force her to give birth to that child. Deng Anjie... as long as she treats my brother and My family feels guilty, and she will definitely agree, even if she is notorious."

"But your brother didn't die, and the two of them got married smoothly, so you went abroad?"

"Yes, life is impermanent." The man closed his eyes and sighed.

"You have encountered a lot of things after you went abroad, right? With your excellence, you definitely don't want to just go to a restaurant to serve dishes, or go to a small factory to do odd jobs, and you don't want others to look down on you. You hope to be able to make achievements abroad. A career, so that your family can be proud of you, so that Deng Anjie can regret it, right?"

"All men would have such thoughts."

"You're right, any man with backbone will fight hard. So what did you do abroad? Did you encounter something there that made you regret it and long to change the result?"

"……Um."

"what's up?"

The man's eyelids trembled, and his expression suddenly became a little struggling, "...a lot of people died. Third Brother, Long Dao, Terry...and Selina...I didn't expect them to be so revengeful, I..."

"Bang bang! Brother Xiao, brother Xue, are you there? I need you urgently! Please open the door."

Xiao Mo's expression froze, and his body suddenly began to tremble violently.

Xue Lihong pressed his shoulder, grabbed a needle from the backpack again, and quickly plunged into his neck.

The liquid flowed into the body, Xiao Mo watched the muscles relax slowly, and this time he passed out directly.

Xue Lihong cursed in a low voice, put away the needle, put it away, and Xiao Mo went to the door to open it.

"What's the matter?" The door opened, and anyone could see how ugly the young man's face was at this moment.

But Cheng Zai outside didn't care about his expression at all, and hurriedly said, "Where's Brother Xiao? Is he there?"

"What's the matter first? Your mother is dying?"

Xue Lihong's words were ugly, but Cheng Zai didn't mind at all, and just begged in a low voice: "No, it's not my mother. Brother Xue, I'm sorry, I really can't help it, Major General Zhang Hua, he's dying soon! The doctors said he couldn't make it through today. Brother Xue, I know this request is too much, but Major General Zhang Hua is really a good person, he can withdraw first, but for the sake of the remaining common people and soldiers, he voluntarily stayed until the end. The injury is also for saving people. Brother Xue, please let Brother Xiao save him!"

Cheng Zai's appearance almost made Xue Lihong kneel down.

This kid is very smart, he actually knew that if Xiao Mo wanted to save someone, he had to pass him first.But even if he had eyesight, he couldn't let this kid achieve his goal so easily.

Xue Lihong grabbed Cheng Zai by the collar, pulled him into the room, pointed at Xiao Mo who was lying unconscious on the sofa, and said coldly: "You know that Xiao Mo goes to treat your mother every day, right? Looking at him like this, do you think he can save people again?"

Cheng Zai opened his mouth wide, his eyes turned red, and he was instantly overwhelmed by guilt and guilt.

Xue Lihong didn't have the consciousness of bullying a good boy at all, she left him, went to the sofa and hugged Xiao Mo to the bed, "Wait, if he wakes up in the afternoon, he will take the initiative to save him without your pleading." people."

Cheng Zai was very disturbed, "Brother Xue, is there anything I can do to help? Does Brother Xiao need nutritious food? Do you need glucose and nutrient solution? I can..."

"You want to help?" Xue Lihong turned her head.

"Yes! Tell me, as long as I can help..."

"There is indeed a small matter that needs your help, and you can definitely help." Xue Lihong grabbed the layout plan of the back building that he had thrown aside, and spread it out in front of Cheng Zai.

The author has something to say: many friends guessed right, Xiao Mo went to ask Xue Lihong for help, but probably he and that he didn’t expect that part of the secret they had hidden for a long time was dug up by Xue Lihong~