The Scavengers

10 月 19 日 -21 日

In the 1 minute when Xiao Mo allowed himself to be a little weak.

A black thread hangs from the back of the observation platform where the researcher is lying. The black thread seems to have its own will, and it seems to be controlled by someone. The thread trembles and then splits into two.

The two black lines were accurately attached to the shelves on the back of the observation platform, and quickly extended to the left and right sides.

The three platforms are side by side, which is also convenient for him to do things.

Xiao Mo just made a decision and took a step forward.

"Ah--!" Kang Lu suddenly let out a scream, and opened her eyes suddenly.

A black wire was inserted into her ear.

She pulled out the black thread with her backhand and pulled it hard.

The secretive researcher probably didn't think that he didn't kill Kang Lu, and he didn't have time to learn to let go of the hairs that protruded from his body, so he screamed in pain.

"You bastard! Go to hell!" Kang Lu found the murderer, without hesitation, concentrated all the power of petrification on his right hand, and smashed the researcher's head with all his strength.

The researcher also sat up. He manipulated the black thread to attack Kang Lu again.

But Kang Lu was the last counterattack before she died. She didn't care about the black line piercing her eyes, and she just threw her right fist at the researcher wholeheartedly.

puff!The researcher's black thread was inserted into Kang Lu's eyes, and Kang Lu's fist also smashed the researcher's head to pieces!

All this is a long story, but it only took three or four seconds from Kang Lu getting up to the researcher's head being smashed.

"No!" When Xiao Mo realized something was wrong, he wanted to rush out to stop it.

But Xue Lihong, who was beside him, was even faster, pulling him into his arms, and using the fastest speed to get away from the three platforms.

"Save Lin Xiaofei!"

"It's too late! Look at his ears!"

Following the researcher's death, Xiao Mo saw a black thread pulled out from Lin Xiaofei's ear and hung on the edge of the table, with a few drops of blood coming out from the top of the black thread.

Linghu rushed out when he saw the accident, but it was too late.

No one would blame Xue Lihong for saving Xiao Mo in the first place instead of stopping the researcher and Kang Lu. Who would not first respond to protect themselves and their own people when encountering danger?And no one knows what those two people will be crazy enough to do.

Until now, no one knows why Kang Lu and the researcher will attack each other.

The soldiers who had been instructed by their superiors saw that the two undead virus carriers had a tendency to attack, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Puff puff!" There was a burst of shooting.

This time it's alright, maybe there is still a slight chance of saving the person, and now there is no possibility of saving it at all. Xiao Mo's repair ability can only repair the body, but he can't capture the soul back and stuff it into the body again.

Xue Lihong put her arms around her boss, looking at the bloody dead man on the stage who had been beaten to death by the charge, there was nothing unusual in her expression.

No one noticed that when he was talking to Xiao Mo before, he stood so precisely that he was not far from the heads of the researcher and Kang Lu.Xiao Mo thought the young man's voice was very low, but was it really so low that only he could hear it?

Why should his boss bear a heavy sense of guilt?

Why should his boss make a choice?

Xiao Mo should not bear this pressure, let alone carry this burden for the rest of his life.Whoever's wife feels distressed, if it was someone else who saved someone today, he would feel guilty to death, although Xiao Mo only admits that it is his boss and not his wife, but the boss's wife is no different.

He could almost predict that when the matter was over, Xiao Mo, who saved people, would definitely be the one to be blamed.Why?Because he didn't save everyone.

At this time, no matter how Xiao Mo chooses, in the end others will say: he can save so-and-so, but he chose another person and gave up others.

Xue Lihong had seen the offspring of someone who used this as a reason to take revenge before, and the one who made the choice was a real holy father. After his descendants came to him, he committed suicide just like that.

Xue Lihong has seen even more shameless ones. The rescued people felt that they had great expectations and felt too much pressure on themselves, and even said to the person who saved them in the first place: "Why did you save me in the first place? It would be better to let me die." Forget it!" Such hurtful words.

Xue Lihong didn't want his boss to encounter similar things, and such things were not unusual or rare, on the contrary, they happened quite frequently.

But he had no way to explain it to Xiao Mo, and he knew that even if he said it, Xiao Mo would not listen to him.It's like parents who have experienced a lot. They will warn their children in various ways based on their own experience and judgment, and want them to avoid detours. But how many children really listen to it?

Since it is useless to say that it is useless to give your own baby, as a good employee who cares about your boss, of course you can only start directly at the root of the trouble.

If the people who heard him couldn't think of anything else, then they would naturally have nothing to lose.

People who have listened but acted, is there still a need to save such people?

And the behavior of those two people was hardly beyond his expectations.It's just that the researcher acted immediately, and Kang Lu hesitated for a moment. Only Lin Xiaofei was truly defenseless and harmless, so Kang Lu still had the ability to fight back, but Lin Xiaofei could only lie down and wait to die.

Xiao Mo saw that the researcher and Kang Lu were already dead, so he could only look hopefully and guiltily at Lin Xiaofei beside him.

At this moment, Lin Xiaofei's body suddenly twitched slightly.

Xiao Mo's eyes widened, and he kept yelling: "Stop! Don't shoot again! Stop!"

The man yelled, while trying to break free from the young man's arm, he rushed to Lin Xiaofei.

The gunfire stopped immediately.

The soldiers shot at close range with high accuracy, and all the bullets were concentrated on the researcher and Kang Lu, and none of the bullets hit anywhere else.

Lin Xiaofei is not completely dead, he still has a trace of vitality!

Xiao Mo was overjoyed, hugged his head, and quickly began to repair his body.

Xue Lihong raised her eyebrows, this little guy was lucky, he survived with a hole drilled in his brain.

Linghu walked up to Xue Lihong, "What's going on?"

"As you can see."

Linghu looked at the two corpses again. In fact, he had guessed the reason why the two fought each other, but why so suddenly?And if they all died together in despair, wouldn't it be more appropriate to kill Xiao Mo who saved people?

Xue Lihong asked the soldiers to leave the room, so as not to get the bearer's blood.

After the soldiers exited, they checked each other to make sure that none of them had blood stains.

A soldier used a walkie-talkie to report what happened here to his superiors.

When Xiao Mo devoted himself to repairing Lin Xiaofei, Major General Zhang Hua rushed there with two guards.Lieutenant Colonel Ma Xiang was also coming, but was forced to stay by Major General Zhang Hua in the name of just in case.

Major General Zhang Hua stood at the door and did not come in. The soldiers all dragged him and refused to let him in.

Xue Lihong walked over slowly, and said calmly: "It's okay, it doesn't matter if you don't touch the blood of the dead, this virus is not airborne yet."

Major General Zhang Hua smiled, he didn't care too much, otherwise he wouldn't have come here specially, "What happened?"

Xue Lihong, "One of the virus carriers feels hopeless, probably thinking that he will have a hard time and not let others have a good time, or he wants to kill the other two secretly, so that Xiao Mo can concentrate on saving him alone, but it's a pity he His hands and feet were not clean, and he was discovered by another carrier, and both of them died in the end. The other one probably had a special ability, so he didn’t die completely, and Xiao Mo is currently trying his best to save him.”

Major General Zhang Hua was inexplicably relieved when he saw that the rescued child was a child.Then he nodded to Linghu who came over, "I've heard about you. You used to be an elite of Unit 152, but you were forced to retire because you were implicated by the Bao family and his son. What, do you want to join our base? I can find a way to help you." I can find a way to bring you back to the military and your family."

Linghu didn't refuse straight away, "Thank you. My employment contract with Bao Yiyong still has half a year left." But he won't return to Bao Yiyong's side for half a year, and he has already paid off all his debts.

"It's only half a year, I can still afford to wait." Major General Zhang Hua already regarded Linghu as a dish in his own basket, turned to look at his watch, and reminded Xue Lihong: "It's already ten o'clock."

Xue Lihong looked at Xiao Mo who had obviously forgotten the time, and said, "Leave this to me, and I will take care of it. You leave, don't leave anyone behind. I will take over that task, and when the task is completed, I think the mysterious The 07 organization will definitely come to test the results of the mission, but with so many people around, even if they have extraordinary means, they will probably find it a bit troublesome."

Major General Zhang Hua understood, and after confirming again and again that he and Xiao Mo could stay, he immediately waved and led the others away.

Linghu wanted to stay and help, but Xue Lihong looked at him with dead eyes.

Linghu: "..." Turned around and left with Major General Zhang Hua.Strange, why does he feel that this ruthless man rejects him a bit?

Xue Lihong waited until Linghu was out of sight, then gave a slight cold snort.After getting along with Xiao Mo for four months, it was enough for him to discover that his nosy boss was an invisible uniform control, and Xiao Mo had a very good impression of Linghu when he helped him out of the hospital elevator that day. I still remember it until now!

At 10:30, Cheng Zai, who was staring at the mercenary task list, jumped up and shouted: "Cancelled! The task of the living dead virus has been completed! Oh yes!"

At the same time, Major General Zhang Hua also happily ordered Ma Xiang: "Quick! Contact the capital, contact General Qiu, contact other bases, contact as many people as you can, and tell them that the virus of the living dead has disappeared from our base! I think Who the hell dares to destroy us remotely!"

Xue Lihong contacted Cheng Zai at this time and asked him to tell others that he had sealed off the observation room and was doing final cleaning. In order to avoid virus leakage, all of them were required not to approach the underground for 24 hours. Negative fifth floor.

The clock on the wall has reached 10:45, and there is still an hour and a quarter to the real mission time limit.

Xiao Mo carried Lin Xiaofei off the observation platform and put him on the ground. He sat cross-legged on the side of the child's abdomen, placed the energy crystal between his eyebrows with one hand, and stuck another second-level energy crystal under Lin Xiaofei's navel with the other hand.

The child's eyelids trembled, his expression painful.

"Hey, relax, don't resist me, I know it hurts, but we don't have much time, we have to make a final sprint, don't worry, I will let you survive! Definitely!"

But as soon as Xiao Mo's energy poured into the child's energy nest, Lin Xiaofei struggled desperately, shouting: "It hurts! It hurts! Mom! Mom save me!"

Xiao Mo's face turned from pale to iron gray.

Xue Lihong's eyes were cold, why didn't that researcher stop working harder?In fact, keeping this child is the most troublesome thing. They are not as self-controllable as adults, nor are they as strong in their desire to survive. If there is really one person among the three to keep, he would rather be Kang Lu.

pity!

Good luck kid.

Seeing Xiao Mo's appearance of going all out to help the child reach the second level, Xue Lihong couldn't bear it any longer, walked over and squatted down beside the child's head, leaned over and coldly pressed against the child's ear and said, "Hold it! Idiot! Do what your uncle Xiao said. If not, I will kill your father and your mother! Then sell you to a foreign country as a child laborer!"

Lin Xiaofei burst into tears.

Well, that trick doesn't seem to work for this kid.

Xue Lihong's brows were frowned into knots, and it had already developed to this point. At this moment, it was impossible for him to drag Xiao Mo away. He didn't want to create unnecessary barriers between him and his boss because of a brat.

Children are indeed the most troublesome creatures in the world, bar none!

"Your uncle Xiao is about to be dragged to death. Open your eyes and look at your uncle Xiao. He is very, very tired. If you can't do what he asks, then he will die, and you are the murderer who killed him."

The child struggled in pain and opened his eyes, and he saw that Uncle Xiao who was so gentle to him.

sky!What happened to Uncle Xiao?Why does he look so bad!Is he dying?Did he drag Uncle Xiao down, did he kill Uncle Xiao?

No!Mom said that he is a little man, he shouldn't be afraid of pain, and he shouldn't drag Uncle Xiao down.He has to work hard!

"Shu Shu, don't kill my parents, and don't sell me, I will be obedient." The child begged sobbingly.

Xue Lihong poked his forehead with a finger, "Then be good to me! Now, close your eyes, feel your energy nest, and listen carefully to what your Uncle Xiao is telling you."

The child suppressed the pain and closed his eyes. This time he concentrated more.

And Xiao Mo, who was trying to help the child hit the energy nest, suddenly felt that the child's energy no longer repelled him, but timidly cuddled with his energy, and rushed forward with him.

The process of hitting the energy nest again and again is very painful, and ordinary children will never bear it.

But Xiao Mo didn't want to give up, this was the last person he could save, at least two out of ten people would survive!

Thank heaven, Lin Xiaofei's ability is the wood-type ability of the main vitality.

Because of this, he was still able to survive after being attacked by the researcher, and because of this, with the help of Xiao Mo, he stood up again and again, and insisted on grabbing the little chance of survival.

11:51 pm.

The last bit of mist disappeared, and a small dark pond appeared in the child's energy nest.

The moment the small pond was formed, Xiao Mo fell backwards.

Xue Lihong, who had been prepared for a long time, caught his body, "There are still 9 minutes, you must recover all the remaining virus carriers!"

Xiao Mo managed to tear open his eyelids, his complexion was extremely pale, his lips turned slightly blue, "Help...me up...get up."

Xue Lihong almost hugged him and stood up, first leading him to the researcher and Kang Lu who were already utterly dead.

Xiao Mo touched the bodies of the two with his hands, and issued an order in his mind: take back.

The two corpses disappeared, leaving not a single drop of their blood spattered.

"There are six more virus carriers." The system reminded.

The recovery target of this task does not specify a specific person, nor does it specify the quantity. It only requires that all be recovered, so it does not matter whether it is life or death in the process, as long as the last one is left according to the rules and let Xiao Mo solve it himself.If Xiao Mo had the ability to remove all viruses from ten targets, this task would be considered complete, because all recovery also included zero targets and zero recovery.

Xiao Mo walked into the big room, thinking he would see six dead people, but found that they were all still alive.

At this moment, Xiao Mo wanted to slap himself twice, he was so ashamed!He actually hoped that Xue Lihong had already killed these six people, so he could just recover the corpses.

How could he think like that!

This is his task!It is his sin!Why should it be passed on to Xiaohong?Just because he knows Xiaohong treats him well?

"I can kill them and let you recycle them. Do you need it?" Xue Lihong asked softly in his ear as if she knew what he was thinking.

Xiao Mo struggled but shook his head vigorously, he even pushed Xue Lihong away, and staggered to the side of the bed.

The system does not accept living bodies, so he must kill the remaining mission targets with his own hands.

Xue Lihong could indeed kill five people and seriously injure one in advance, and let Xiao Mo take it back, but he didn't do that, and just stood at the door and watched him.

System: "The mission time limit is 5 minutes."

Xiao Mo pulled out Xue Lihong's self-defense dagger from his waist, and covered the eyes of a comatose person with one hand - even if the other person kept his eyes closed, the dagger was aimed at his temple.

"Hey."

The dagger was quickly inserted into the unconscious man's brain almost without hindrance.

one, two, three...

Before the last minute of the time limit, all living dead virus carriers were successfully recovered.

Xiao Mo stood in the middle of the room blankly holding the dagger.

The dagger was very clean, as clean as if it had never been used.

"Uncle Xiao?" A childish voice sounded at the door.

Xue Lihong turned sideways.

The child deliberately avoided Xue Lihong, ran in patter, and hugged Xiao Mo's waist.

Xiao Mo was in a trance, and lowered his head very slowly.

The child looked up at him, his face was full of fear, but his eyes were full of dependence, "Uncle Xiao, what's wrong with you?"

Xiao Mo's eyes moved, he raised his hand that was not holding the dagger, slowly, slowly placed it on top of the child's head, and rubbed it gently.

"Uncle Xiao...wow!" The child burst into tears, "I'm so scared! I'm so scared! This uncle is going to sell me! He's going to kill my parents! Uncle Xiao beat him! Beat him! Wow ah--!"

Xue Lihong had black lines all over her face.Damn!Even sued!

The child's black case was unsuccessful, Xiao Mo fainted from his howling, and even missed the system rewards.

His physical and mental strength were exhausted, and he slept for two days and two nights before waking up.

Not long after waking up, Cheng Zai, who was the first to get the news, came to visit him first, and the first sentence he opened his mouth was: "Zombies have appeared!"

Xiao Mo's drowsy brain was instantly sobered by the fright, and he sat up immediately, "What did you say? There are zombies in the base?"

"It's not our base." Cheng Zai dragged the sofa chair to the side of the bed and sat down, "It's not China, it's other countries."

Cheng Zai said the names of several countries and cities.

Xiao Mo had heard of some, but not of others.

"It is said that they all appeared at the same time, that is, after noon on the 19th. It is a pity that those countries do not have a mysterious organization like 07 that can know and release tasks in advance. When those countries realize what is wrong, the virus has already passed. It erupted wildly locally."

"Has the infection already spread?" Xiao Mo took the mineral water Jai Jie handed him, which was placed beside his bed, and drank half of the bottle.

Strangely, he didn't feel too thirsty when he woke up this time, his throat didn't feel sticky when he spoke, and even the coating of his tongue didn't have the thick sticky feeling when he woke up in the morning.

"Thank you for the mission released by the 07 organization. Although he only released one mission. But now the whole world knows that as soon as a new type of virus or monster appears, other regions will also appear. It's just a difference. So those countries As soon as I found that there were living dead people in my own land, I isolated all the accident sites when I reacted, and asked for help from all over the world. Now two small towns have been completely blown up, and two cities are relatively large. It is said that the survivors who are not infected are still being evacuated."

"There will be fish that slip through the net." What Xiao Mo said was not an interrogative sentence.

"That's for sure. But what to do, even if the nuclear explosion is not sure, there is really no fish that slipped through the net. Everyone can only be more vigilant and prohibit the population of those countries from running out worldwide. Let those countries be willing The price of self-blockade is that other countries provide them with various supplies free of charge to ensure that the people in those countries will not go crazy because of lack of food." Cheng Zai added: "Now half of the scientists in the world are studying monsters and abilities, half I am studying the living dead virus and want to find a vaccine against this virus as soon as possible."

Cheng Zai then told Xiao Mo some things that happened in the base in the past two days, nothing major, the most important of which was that Gong Yangling showed up with her mutated rat black tooth and joined the military.

And the other mutant mice that came in were either killed by Linghu, or they took refuge in Black Fang.

"By the way, where is Xiaohong?" Xiao Mo pretended to mention it casually.When he opened his eyes before, he saw the young man, but then he fell asleep in the whisper of the other party.

Cheng Zai said "Oh", "He went to the kitchen to make food for you, you woke up after two days of coma, and you still couldn't eat a lot of food, that's why he informed me that you were awake, and asked me to eat it before he came back." looking at you."

"This way..." Xiao Mo touched his lips, and his face suddenly turned red.During the two days of his coma, he was not completely unconscious. He could feel that someone was always by his side. During this period, he dreamed several times that he drank water and went to the toilet. Now he wants to come...

"Attention Scavenger Xiao Mo, please choose the system reward for completing the third-level task No. 02. There are three options for reward content, you can choose one of them." The system's cold voice sounded in his head.

"Project 5, genetic optimization of [-]%, you can choose the direction of optimization. Project [-], spiritual space development, the size is three cubic meters. Project [-], an elite guardian beast egg."

Xiao Mo subconsciously clenched the hand that grabbed the mineral water bottle.It's not surprising that there are rewards, but why are there guardian eggs?Is this thing shared by recyclers and breeders?