The Scavengers

December 10th...

Gong Yangling stood at the very edge of the light source and stopped moving forward. She looked very embarrassed, and her clothes were dirty.

Xiao Mo wanted to see more clearly, but was grabbed by Xue Lihong.

Xiao Mo had no choice but to stand where he was and asked in surprise, "Why did you come here?"

Gong Yangling raised his hands and smiled wryly, "I live here."

"How do you live here? What happened?"

"Something happened. I heard someone coming down. I thought it was...he came to me and wanted to silence me." Gong Yangling's voice was full of pain and anger, as well as a little fear.

There was a slight rustling sound.

Ram Ling moved a step to the left as if to cover up something.

Xue Lihong stared behind Gong Yangling, a strange look flashed in her eyes.

Xiao Mo didn't notice, the voice was too low, and his full attention was attracted by the ram spirit.

"He? Who is he? Why do you want to silence you? What secret does he want to keep?" Xiao Mo asked a series of questions.He never expected to meet this girl in the sewer who was supposed to be quite powerful in the base. He thought that Gong Yangling lived well in the base with the supplies her father had provided.

Gong Yangling didn't answer immediately, but asked instead: "May I know why you came down?"

"Repair the communication line." Xue Lihong replied.

"So that's how it is." Gong Yangling seemed to be relieved, and then said: "Can you pretend you didn't see me? I didn't want to come out when I heard Mr. Xiao's voice just now, but your companion's eyes are too sharp .”

"You plan to stay here forever? Can you tell me what happened? Maybe I can help." Xiao Mo saw that Xue Lihong was no longer blocking him, and tried to take a step forward.He didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but he knew Gong Yangling anyway, and he had a good impression of this girl. If he could help out, it would be worth getting acquainted with a few people.

"Please don't come here again!" Gong Yangling immediately took two steps back when he saw the two walking towards her.

Xiao Mo was puzzled, stopped in his tracks and said, "Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you, I just want to know what happened, are you...are you sick? I'm worried that others will misunderstand that you have the virus, so I came here gone?"

"No, it's also... In short, don't come here." Gong Yangling seemed to be quite entangled.

"It's just a body mutation, there's nothing to hide." Xue Lihong's indifferent voice sounded.

"You!" Gong Yangling covered his face with one hand, and took another step back.

It might be that Xue Lihong's tone was too indifferent and indifferent, Gong Yangling didn't turn around and run away in fright, but stood there hesitating.

"Physical mutation?" Xiao Mo smiled, trying to make Gongyangling relax, "You have obtained a supernatural power? This is a good thing. Why are you hiding? Is it because you can't change back to the original? If you are thirsty for talents, if your abilities are useful to the base, he will protect you. Don’t worry, Major General Zhang Hua is a very good person, and he respects and cherishes people with abilities. He also has them in the army, but the number is very small. Guaranteed I won't send you guys to study or something."

"Things are not that simple, my mutation..."

Xue Lihong let out a murderous look.

"Squeak!" A huge mutated mouse suddenly sprang out from the darkness, and Xue Lihong raised his hand.

"Don't!" Gongyangling opened his arm and blocked the mutated mouse.

"Squeak!" It's a pity that Xue Lihong's speed was too fast, and the giant rat had already been injured.

The injured mutant rat maniac became violent, and once he changed his timid and fearful nature, he was about to rush towards Xue Lihong.

Xue Lihong raised her hand again, and this time Gong Yangling hugged the mutant mouse directly.

"Squeak!" The mutated mouse seemed to be shouting, and it seemed to be complaining.

The ram spirit kept stroking its back, as if trying to comfort it.

And this huge mutant mouse was actually comforted by her.

Xiao Mo stared at the scene in front of him, dumbfounded.

At this point, the biggest secret of Gongyangling has been exposed, she simply broke the jar and said: "You have all seen that I am mutated, maybe I was bitten by a mutated rat last time, and there is something strange left in my body, When I realize something is wrong, I..."

Gong Yangling picked up the injured mutant mouse and turned around, "Come with me, I just want to tell you something."

Xiao Mo rubbed his eyes hard, what did he see?There was actually a long tail growing from the back of the ram spirit's buttocks.

Not only that, the change of Gong Yangling was not only that, after catching up with her, under the light, the changes on her body could be seen at a glance.The place Xiao Mo thought was dirty before was not dirty, but gray-black hair spots!

A girl who was originally very beautiful had patches of hair spots on her face, even if she had a few freckles, she wanted to hide her face, but Gong Yangling not only had growths on her face, but also her exposed body parts.

Ever seen a mangy dog ​​shedding hair?The current situation of Gongyangling is no better than that.It's just that other people have hair removal, but she has long hair.

Xiao Mo didn't know how to comfort this girl. Any girl who saw such a change in her body would never be as calm as Gong Yangling. Maybe she has already been in pain?Crazy?

However, Xue Lihong looked at Gong Yangling as if this change was so ordinary, she didn't even give a single extra look.

It is probably because of their "normal" attitude that Gong Yangling can get along with these two people normally.

After walking about 15 meters, a small step appeared on the right side of the channel, and above the step was a circular fence gate.

This is the entrance of the ventilation and wiring pipes, and the ram spirit also lives here.

A big hole was bitten in the fence, and I wonder who did it.

Gong Yangling walked up the steps, reached out and pulled the latch on the gate of the fence.

This kind of pipeline is generally not locked in order to facilitate technicians to come and repair it.

Xue Lihong and Xiao Mo followed her and walked in together.

There are lines in the pipeline, which are very narrow and difficult to walk.

"There is a ventilation shaft and pipeline branch in front. It is relatively wide there. I live there now." Gong Yangling explained as he led the way.

Soon, they followed Gong Yangling to the ventilation shaft. This is a relatively large space with a height of five or six meters and an area of ​​about [-] to [-] square meters. Several circular pipe entrances can be seen above, and there are also below.

Here is also a masonry structure. Although it is damp, it is not impossible for people to live.

At the bottom of the ventilation shaft, Gong Yangling dug out a cave specially for sleeping. She laid the wall bricks that were dismantled violently on the ground, and put a bedding on it.

There are also some bricks placed at the entrance of the cave, candles and food packaging bags are placed on some of the bricks.

Gong Yangling put the injured mutant mouse on his bed, came out and lit a few candles, motioning for the two to sit down and talk.

Xiao Mo looked around and felt that Gong Yangling seemed to have lived here for a while.

"Do you have any wound medicine?" Gong Yangling asked pleadingly.

Xiao Mo sighed, "You want to save that mutant mouse?"

Gong Yangling nodded, "Although I am mutated, I would not be able to live without it. Not all of those mutated rats would attack me."

Xiao Mo wanted to step forward to help, but Xue Lihong grabbed him again.

"Be clear, why did you come here? How did you get mixed up with this mutant mouse? And you brought us here specially, and what do you want to say to us?" Xue Lihong asked rudely.

Helpless, Gong Yangling looked back at the mutated mouse, knowing that if he wanted to heal its wounds, he had to confess quickly, and the content of the confession had to satisfy Xue Lihong.

"Xiao Hong!" Xiao Mo saw Gong Yangling's discomfort, and compared his heart to his heart. If Xiao Hong was injured, he must not be in the mood to explain in detail, "I will help your little friend stop the bleeding first, and I... will order some treatment."

Gong Yangling's eyes lit up, "Is it okay? Thank you! Thank you so much!"

Xiao Mo entered the cave, and Gong Yangling stepped forward to hold down the mutated mouse to comfort it.

Xiao Mo looked at the black mutant mouse that was almost one meter long, and was a little shocked, "Is this a third-level mutant mouse?"

"I don't know what level it is, but it's true that it's powerful. I met many mutant mice that sneaked in, and they were all afraid of it."

Xiao Mo looked at the big rat carefully, and determined that it was not at the level of a rat king, but his limbs were very strong, and his eyes were very flexible. He would kill such mutant rats before, but he didn't expect that there would be a day to repair them.

Xiao Mo first used a knife to dig out the long iron nails at the base of the mutated mouse's thigh, and helped the mutated mouse to the end. He then asked Xue Lihong for alcohol to sterilize the mutated mouse's wounds, and finally helped it repair the wound.As for whether the bacteria on the iron nail belt would cause tetanus or other infections to the mutant mice after the repair, he couldn't do anything about it.

In the process of treating the wound of the mutated mouse, the mutated mouse struggled vigorously because of the pain at first, and squeaked non-stop, but later it seemed to understand something. Although its legs were still shaking, it no longer exerted much force. struggle.

Gong Yangling was sweating while hugging the mutated mouse. She saw the mutated mouse's wounds healed and even disappeared. At that moment, she looked at Xiao Mo with extremely complicated eyes.

"Your ability really makes people envy and hate." Gong Yangling said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Xiao Mo looked at the girl's face, and didn't know how to reply, the same ability, the difference between the two is so big, there would be a psychological gap between the two.I wonder if his ability can help this girl?At least it's good to be able to control the body changes.

"However, I am ugly now, and my ability to survive is much stronger than before. Not only my sense of smell and hearing are many times better than before, but my hands can also pop out sharp claws. This sleeping place is dug out by myself. In the future Even if I meet mutant mice again, I don't have to be afraid." Gong Yangling has a good personality, a good attitude, and a strong ability to enlighten himself, so he quickly cheered up.

Xiao Mo replied with a smile: "Yeah, your ability should be very powerful if you use it well, at least I will only be eaten up when I encounter a group of mutant rats."

Gong Yangling thinks so too. Although the healing ability is good, if no one protects it, she is a scum. Compared with the auxiliary ability to help people, she still prefers the power that can attack.

The little friend recovered, and Gong Yangling no longer had to worry about the future, plus the two people's previous life-saving grace, there is nothing to hide now.

"What I want to tell you is three things, all three things are related, and they can also answer the questions raised by this... gentleman."

"He is Xuelihong." Xiao Mo introduced to Gong Yangling, "You already know my surname, you can call me Xiao Mo."

The mutated mouse screamed when it saw Xue Lihong, mice are very vengeful animals.

Gong Yangling quickly comforted him, Xue Lihong's eyes were not kind.

"You can talk." Xue Lihong sat down beside Xiao Mo, and rubbed Xiao Mo's arms, the temperature here is a bit low.

Xiao Mo didn't realize his intimacy, and took out some food from his backpack to share.

Gong Yangling expressed his gratitude, and after receiving it, he gave half of it to the mutant mouse, "The first thing is, are you wondering why the five of us were stranded in City H?"

"Ah."

"There were more than five of us at the beginning, plus friends and those who stayed in the club, we originally had a total of nineteen." Gong Yangling's voice began to tremble, as if what she was going to say later had exceeded her tolerance .

"At that time, the situation in City H was not as bad as it was later. Just before we were about to leave, Ni Wei suddenly suggested that everyone play a game together. He said that the order of the leavers was determined according to the ranking of the game's winners and losers, that is, the last Whoever loses first will be the last to leave the building."

"You agreed?"

Ram Ling nodded.

Xiao Mo found it incredible, "At that time, you didn't want to escape, but you still wanted to play games?"

Gong Yangling smiled wryly, "We are all a group of young people who like to pursue a certain degree of excitement. In addition, the situation at that time had not deteriorated, so it was very easy to escape. Although Ni Wei's proposal was opposed by some people, more than half Everyone found it very interesting and exciting, and Ni Wei also took out the armored car he just bought from abroad as the No.1 prize. At that time, although everyone knew that the angel would chase the vehicle, they felt that the armored car was strong. The speed must be able to withstand the angel's claws, so those who refused to participate in the game at first agreed to participate in the end."

"What happened in the game? What kind of game is this?" Xiao Mo already had a bad feeling, he remembered very clearly that only five people from Ni Wei ran down from the building at that time, what about the other [-] people?

Gong Yangling covered his face with one hand, and after a while he said in a low voice: "The game is called murder. It turned out to be just a detective game, but in our club, in order to increase the playability, we played hide-and-seek, hide-and-seek, Intimidation, hunting, torture and other game elements have also been added. Of course, the so-called intimidation and torture are based on the premise of not harming people, and our game rules are very strict. But that day..."

I don't know who made the first move that day, and someone died.

Someone wants to find the murderer.

Someone wants to end the game.

But those who wanted to terminate the game found that all the club's doors to the downstairs were blocked, and all the elevators were out of service. They were trapped in the club's floor.

Everyone went to find the key, but found that the place where the key was placed was empty.To make matters worse, we lost all contact with the outside world. We had a satellite phone, but that phone was gone.

After that, panic, fear, anger, and despair swept over the remaining players.

When the second dead man was found, everyone was terrified, everyone looked like a murderer.

"Some people had quarrels with each other, some people got angry because of the quarrel, and some people wanted to protect themselves. At that time, some people might have been stimulated too much and their spirits were already out of order. In short, when Feng Lan and Yang Kang and I When Wei and the others wanted to forcibly gather people to end the game, they found that everyone refused to come out, and then... the purpose of the game also changed, the way out was blocked, and we ran out of food and clean water, no one knew How long do you want to stay in the club, and then..."

Gong Yangling's face was pale, and only at this time did she dare to reveal this secret. No matter what, she became one of the sinners even for survival.

"By the 24th, there were only five of us left in the club, but luckily we found a satellite phone and got in touch with our family members. Our family members told us to leave quickly, and if we couldn't leave, we would go to Dongcheng Grain But at that time, the way out was still closed, and we didn’t find the key until the next morning. Later, Ni Wei’s cousin contacted Ni Wei and said that our family hired mercenaries to rescue us, and let us wait. Go with the mercenaries. The situation outside was already very bad, we didn’t dare to go out casually, so we had to wait for the mercenaries to bring us.”

I had a big fuck!After hearing this secret, Xiao Mo cursed several obscene words in his heart.

He thought this kind of story could only be seen in movies.Is this the time of troubled times, and the darkness in people's hearts has been released?

Gong Yangling didn't say that he killed people, nor did he say that he didn't kill people.After she finished talking about this, she calmed down and said, "I told you this, not to let you know how crazy human nature will be at a certain point, but to tell you..."

"That Ni Wei has a problem." Xue Lihong said.

Gongyang Ling nodded heavily, "Yes! Not to mention that this murder game was proposed by Ni Wei, he also knew where the keys and satellite phones were stored at that time, and the most important thing is that he is the owner of the club. It must be him. And we have not found anyone else in the early stage, even if he is on the broadcast, he will not come out. Later he told us that he saw someone murder with his own eyes, so he was afraid so he did not dare to come out, but... Yang Kangwei and Feng Lan said They saw Ni Wei standing in front of a dead man laughing, but they were very scared and didn't go out, and Ni Wei disappeared in a blink of an eye.

I later asked the other three people if anyone acted with Ni Wei. Feng Lan and Yang Kangwei both said no.Plus, the discovery process for the satellite phone and keys is quirky. "

Xiao Mo couldn't help interrupting Gong Yangling's speculation, and asked, "Why did Ni Wei do this? What's the benefit of him killing so many people? Just for the game? Just to win No.1?"

Gong Yangling shook her head blankly, she couldn't figure it out either.Because if one is not done well, Ni Wei will probably die in City H like everyone else, under the bomb.

"What if this is a mission?" Xue Lihong whispered to Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo looked at Xue Lihong suddenly.Indeed, if this is a task, then everything has an explanation.But isn't the breeder used to release viruses and monsters?What's the point of killing?

Xue Lihong seemed to be doing it on purpose, insisting on whispering in his ear: "There is another possibility, if Ni Wei is really what we guessed, then could it be that he killed so many people because he suspected that there was...? "

Gong Yangling pricked up her ears to listen, but unfortunately she still didn't hear the last few words.

Xue Lihong didn't say those words, Xiao Mo knew it anyway.

Xiao Mo hesitated, "This is just our guess."

"It's just a guess right now." Xue Lihong turned to Gong Yangling and said, "What's the second thing?"

Gong Yangling observed the two of them carefully, and saw that they didn't seem to mind that she might have killed someone. At the moment, she couldn't tell whether it was disappointment or rejoicing, and continued to explain: "The second matter is still related to a few of us. , Yang Kangwei and Feng Lan's deaths, you should all know. But you certainly don't know, their deaths are also related to Ni Wei!"

Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong: They didn't know before, but now they guessed it.