The Scavengers

Chapter 103: 108|Ongoing on October 29th 2

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Xue Lihong: "...Eight, nine, ten! Charge!"

Lei Bing's voice sounded in the convoy at the same time: "Charge!"

Seeing that the military convoy was rushing towards them without slowing down at all, no matter how loud the old man in the middle was shouting, it was of no avail. Everyone hurriedly ran towards the living roads on both sides of the road.

The old man grabbed a few people and wanted to persist. The first car passed over their heads. I don't know if the following cars have such a function, but did they really dare to hit them

"Lao Hou! Let go! These people won't stop! Let go!"

Seeing the approaching military vehicles, Lao Hou's legs began to shake. Pulled by an old man next to him, he rolled and crawled into a ditch on the side of the road.

The convoy rushed over, and the superpowers in the front car used their methods to clear the obstacles blocking the road to both sides of the road.

There were two rows of broken glass specially inserted in plastic foam on the road, but Lei Bing exploded the two rows of broken glass from a distance.

Xue Lihong ordered: "You go first, don't stop! Until you cross the river."

Lei Bing was puzzled: "What's going on? Is there something wrong here?" If it were just some road tyrants and robbers, then the young man who didn't care about anything except his boss would definitely leave this kind of troublesome matter to them to solve, and it was flattering. It's called "pressing the formation."

"There are gold-eating insects here. Some of them are lying in ambush on both sides of the road, and some are heading here. If they don't leave, no one will be able to escape."

As soon as the sound fell, hundreds of gold-eating insects suddenly rushed out from both sides of the road.

"Holy shit! Why didn't you tell me earlier!" Lei Bing saw it and shouted anxiously: "The gold-eating insects are here! Brothers, hurry up!"

I told you, you will ask me if I can change the route, and I say no, but the end result is still the same. In this case, why do I talk so much nonsense? Also a waste of time. An idiot is an idiot, not as cute as my boss. Xue Lihong pressed the contact button expressionlessly.

The driver of the last military vehicle made a strange scream and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, driving the vehicle so fast that it almost started flying.

Six military vehicles passed under the belly of the base vehicle at high speed. No one dared to be slow for half a second. The pilots and the superpowers were all highly concentrated. The superpowers had good eyesight and constantly told everyone how far ahead there was and what was there. , the superpowers watched, listened, and took turns to remove obstacles on the road as assigned in advance. Among them, the earth superpowers were the busiest and most tiring.

Soldiers who have been on missions with Lei Bing have all seen how ruthless gold-eating insects are. They really see buildings collapse and cars destroyed. Guns and shells are their snacks, and tanks, aircraft and aircraft carriers are theirs. Favorite. Coupled with their outer shells, which get harder and harder the more you eat them, you can eat them almost anywhere in the world! Everyone who sees it is afraid!

"Xue! Why did you bring us to this road? Are you crazy?" Lei Bing yelled through the communicator.

Xue Lihong was too lazy to pay attention to him. He was still staring at the surveillance screen. The gold-eating insects were chasing them.

Xiao Mo coughed and elaborated on what Xiaohong told him: "The diversion is already the lesser of two evils. According to the satellite display, the steel cable bridge across the river in Y City that you came over before has broken."

"How could it be? Holy shit, it's a gold-eating insect?"

"right."

"Wait a minute! Doesn't the gold-eating insect's territory not cover City Y?"

Xiao Mo sighed: "Xiaohong said it should be related to people." He asked the system in his mind at the same time why the gold-eating insect left the restricted area.

System, "Although monsters and viruses have different areas of activity, if they are brought out by the most advanced intelligent creatures on earth, that is, humans, it is not considered a violation of the rules."

Xiao Mo understood, and Xiao Hong also guessed the same.

Lei Bing scolded angrily: "It's probably some crazy scientist again, or someone who wants to profit from gold-eating insects. These bastards are harming others and not benefiting themselves! If they want to study, they can study it where they are, and bring them out to be reckoned with. What!"

"Maybe someone wants to bring out the living dead virus for research." Xiao Mo joked.

As a result, both sides stopped talking. Xiao Mo was horrified. Although it was a joke, it was really possible considering the bad nature of human beings.

Thinking of this, he quickly asked the system: "If viruses and monsters are brought out by humans on their own initiative, will there be no regional restrictions?"

The system answered very definitely: "Yes, so you must remember to recycle all kinds of garbage at any time. When encountering monsters and viruses that leave the restricted area, either destroy them as quickly as possible, or wait for them to spread. Although there are also Natural enemies exist, but they have little effect.”

Xiao Mo can only pray now that no one will be stupid and take the initiative to take various viruses and monsters out of the restricted area.

Lei Bing gasped, "Why are you parked there? Don't tell me your car is not afraid of gold-eating insects."

Xiao Mo was also surprised by this and turned to look at Xue Lihong.

"There is something here that can block the gold-eating insects from sensing metal." Xue Lihong used an affirmative sentence.

Xiao Mo leaned forward and looked at the surveillance screen, "What did you find?"

Xue Lihong pointed at one of the pictures and clicked to enlarge it, "Look at this person."

Xiao Mo stared at it, "He... has a gun! No, there are gold-eating insects here, how can he still keep his hand/gun?"

"This is not the only one with guns." Xue Lihong zoomed in on the screen, "These people are ambushing on both sides of the road. They probably want to let the gold-eating insects come out to eat the vehicles and the weapons of the people in them, which will consume a certain amount of our combat power. Later, they plan to come out and clean up the mess. The gold-eating bugs eat metal, and they rob other food and supplies, maybe including women and children. These people have formed a symbiotic relationship with the gold-eating bugs."

Xiao Mo did not turn off the communicator. Lei Bing heard everything there. While scolding those road bandits, he said righteously: "These road bandits are harmful to people if they are left here, not to mention they are dealing with gold-eating insects." These harmful pests are united. For the sake of the people and the peace of the world, as soldiers, we must eliminate them! Captain Xiao, do you have any plans?"

Xiao Mo smiled, knowing that Lei Bing also wanted something that could block the gold-eating insects from sensing metal.

Xue Lihong's face was dark. What he hated most was going out on missions with Lei Bing and the others, but Lei Bing liked working with their team the most.

"Team Lei, wait a moment, you cross the river first. Gold-eating insects are afraid of water. According to satellite display, there are no gold-eating insects on the other side of the river yet."

"Okay. Be careful!" Lei Bing knew that Xiao Mo wanted to discuss with Xue Lihong.

It was difficult for Xue Lihong to speak, but whenever Xiao Mo opened his mouth, he rarely refused. Although they now knew that there was a treasure here, he was not the first to discover it. He, Lei Bing, was still unable to do the immoral thing of abandoning his friends and leading people to secretly search for the treasure.

And when other ordinary soldiers cannot use weapons such as swords and guns, but the road bandits have them, and they don’t know the specific number of the opponents, what can they do with a few superpowers? Come back with someone else? Then we need to find out the situation clearly, right

So no matter what, they need to cooperate with the scavenger team.

Xiao Mo pressed off the contact, gently pushed the young man's shoulder, and reminded him: "You know how much damage the gold-eating insects can do. If there is such a material, all countries will go crazy for it. We have few people and it is possible to monopolize it. No matter how powerful you are, you can't compete with the entire country or even the entire world. But if we discover this material first, find out how to extract and use it, and then choose how to divide it, it will be better for our team and General Qiu Feng. , which is good for the entire country.”

Xue Lihong turned her head, opened her mouth and bit the hand on her shoulder. He didn't intend to keep it all to himself, otherwise he wouldn't have told the secret in front of Lei Bing.

"Brother Xiao, Brother Xue, someone ran out from both sides of the road, and they are running this way." Cheng Zai controlled the surveillance screen, and he had more pictures there.

"Let's first try to see if this car can be sensed by gold-eating insects." Xue Lihong pressed the invisibility button.

The road bandits who ran out said, "Huh? Where's the spider car? Why did it suddenly disappear?"

"That car will be invisible! Oh my god! Are we encountering high technology? It must be a secret weapon developed by the military! Boss, we have to get it no matter what!"

"Yes, yes, if we can paint that thing on the body of this car, we won't be afraid of anywhere. Why do we have to continue to stay in this ghost place!"

"We can't give up here. Don't forget, here is the biggest treasure to prevent gold-eating insects!"

"Anyway, let's get this car first, and we can't let the gold-eating insects eat the car!"

"Yeah!"

"But..." A wiser person said: "We can't even see the car, how are we going to get it?"

The leader of the road bandits waved his hand, "Walking on both sides, avoid and follow the gold-eating insects! Those people must have weapons on their hands, so be careful!"

The more than a hundred gold-eating insects chasing after them were getting closer and closer to the base vehicle.

Xue Lihong also deliberately changed the parking position of the car. Looking at the direction, they are coming directly towards the base vehicle.

"It seems that even if the material of this car is invisible, it cannot prevent gold-eating insects." After Xue Lihong confirmed this, she no longer just took a defensive stance.

"Attention everyone in the team! Open the nearest operation panel in front of you."

"Oh!" Xiao Mo, Lin Xiaofei and Wu Xiaoyuan all opened the operation panel closest to them. Even Yuan Yuan opened an operation panel with Lin Xiaofei's help.

"Did you see the division of areas above? Captain Area 1, Lin Xiaofei Area 2, Wu Xiaoyuan Area 3, Yuan Yuan Area 4, and the rest belongs to me. Try to kill the red dots that enter the range. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" the two boys replied loudly.

Yuan Yuan was in a hurry. After all, she had played games before and was not unfamiliar with this kind of interface. Moreover, her area 4 was the smallest and most extended. It seemed that it was for her to practice.

Xiao Mo frowned. He knew that Xue Lihong wanted to train the team members so that they could fight and defend at any time, but if they only attacked the red dots, it would also include the road bandits, and let two such young children kill people...

Xue Lihong seemed to know what he was thinking, and said casually: "The gold-eating insects move faster than the road bandits. As long as those road bandits are not stupid, they will not come over now. They will let the gold-eating insects take the lead."

Xiao Mo felt a little relieved.

Xue Lihong, "If you don't want those two kids to kill, then you have to kill more. If the enemy is allowed to get close, this car will not be 100% able to block all enemies, and we can't be in the car all the time." .”

"I understand." Xiao Mo, who remembered the memory of the past, is not so hard to accept killing now. This is probably the same as some girls who are forced to sell their bodies. There is always a feeling of "Since I have done it once, what can I do?" What’s the difference between the second time and the third time?" The self-defeating thought.

Isn’t that how many soldiers came here? Since those soldiers can force themselves to kill in order to protect their country and people, why can't he kill robbers and bandits in order to protect his teammates, family and everything he wants to protect

When doing tasks, the humans who turned into monsters were at least forced to do so, but these road bandits actively wanted to harm people.

There was a slight change in Xiao Mo's eyes. He did not look outside the car, but focused on all the red dots in the No. 1 area assigned to him.

Gold-eating insects will turn into red dots in the area as soon as they enter the attack range. Let’s not talk about the areas assigned to others for now. Area 1 assigned to Xiao Mo is an irregular rectangle with different shooting ranges. However, the operation panel is very smart. As long as the red dots of each attack button reach their range, they will automatically light up.

Xue Lihong raised the voice: "Get ready! Follow my orders before attacking, I need the test results. The first wave of monsters is locked, click the hand/gun!"

Four people press the hand/gun button at the same time. The operation interface seems to be controlled by Mr. Xue Lihong. Only the attack button he mentioned lights up, which saves those unfamiliar with the interface the trouble of looking for the attack button.

The few gold-eating bugs running at the front were beaten away, but not all died. Some of them turned over and could continue to crawl this way.

When Wu Xiaoyuan saw this, he punched the screen hand/gun button with his left hand: Kill, kill, kill!

"Second wave lock, shotgun launch!"

This time, all the gold-eating insects that entered the range were attacked, but the results were even less satisfactory than the first wave.

Xiao Yuan was so impatient that he almost wanted to jump out of the car and catch bugs.

Lin Xiaofei was very calm and grabbed the child's waving paw to prevent him from poking the screen.

"The third wave is locked, No. 3!"

The principle of this type of electric shock is similar to that of commonly used electric shocks on the market. There is a line connected to the injection line, which continuously outputs high voltage. Depending on the length of the electric shock, the degree of damage will be different.

Unfortunately, the gold-eating insect conducts electricity very well. If it were not in a closed environment, it would directly conduct electricity to the ground beneath its feet. The last time Xiao Mo recovered the female gold-eating worm, he put the female worm into a glass bottle, put it in water, and then used high-voltage electricity to shock the female worm in the bottle, destroying the internal organs and reproductive system of the female worm, so that the recovery could be successful.

But these worms seem to be more resistant to electricity.

"The fourth wave is locked, water cannon first, then the power grid!" Xue Lihong controlled the base vehicle to retreat continuously, increasing the distance from the gold-eating insects.

The effect this time is a little better. The internal organs and brain of the gold-eating insect are not completely metal. This is a very strange life. But after the current passed, they just shook in the water, stiffened for a moment, and then slowly recovered.

In fact, Xue Lihong had done these experiments in previous missions to eliminate gold-eating insects, but the team members were scattered at that time, and the data was not as accurate as the on-board intelligence statistics.

After obtaining the detailed data, Xue Lihong no longer delayed and immediately used the most effective attack method against gold-eating insects that had been confirmed before: "Fifth wave locking, chemical corrosion!"

Metal is difficult to break down but easy to corrode.

In other words, if you want to deal with gold-eating bugs, just splash them with hydrochloric acid and aqua regia.

The base vehicle shoots these chemicals in the form of shotguns, trying to hit a gold-eating insect with each chemical warhead. This can also ensure that environmental pollution and accidental injuries are avoided to the greatest extent.

This time the gold-eating insects were in a miserable state, as long as they were hit by chemical warheads, everything was corroded miserably.

"Ouch! Finally killed!" The children screamed excitedly and high-fived each other.

Yuan Yuan wiped her sweat. Fortunately, she had the automatic target locking function, otherwise she wouldn't be able to kill any of them.

Xiao Mo looked at Xue Lihong helplessly. He knew what Xue Lihong was thinking.

Xue Lihong secretly thought it was a pity. Why did he keep testing? It was because he couldn't bear to part with the shells of gold-eating insects. If you collect more of them, they can be used as materials.

I hope to find more effective ways to deal with gold-eating insects in the future. The use of chemicals is still too wasteful and not environmentally friendly.

They had previously tried to capture some gold-eating insects and raise them in a glass tank to see if they could starve them to death. As a result, these gold-eating insects began to devour each other without food. Until the end, the last one left started to force himself to chew on the glass tank.

According to the Snow Red Test, glass ranks first among the materials that gold-eating bugs hate. It seems that glass fiber will cause certain damage to their teeth and internal organs. For this reason, they are not even willing to bite the glass. But if they don't chew the glass or eat it, the glass won't do any harm to them.

It was temporarily impossible to raise gold-eating insects for research. Since then, Xue Lihong has stopped catching gold-eating insects, but he has never given up on finding a more effective and less wasteful way to kill gold-eating insects.

So can the thing here that can block the gold-eating insects' perception of metal also kill the gold-eating insects

"Attention all team members, the little bug is dead. Now we have to start catching the big bug. Follow my instructions. As long as they rush into the shooting range, use the electric gun to deal with them."

"Ouch!" The members of the scavenging team were all waiting for the road bandits to rush over, especially Wu Xiaoyuan's eyes widened, and he scratched with his little claws.

Yuan Yuan was worried to death when she saw her son like that. Being aggressive is a good thing, but is it a bit too aggressive to want to kill both humans and monsters

The road bandits who were following the gold-eating bugs looking for the base vehicle were startled at first when they saw bullets suddenly attacking the gold-eating bugs, and they all backed away desperately.

But when they discovered that the gold-eating insects did not suffer much damage from several consecutive attacks, they became bolder and even had the time to chat.

"Boss, should we shout to them? If we don't want the car to be destroyed and people to be killed, let them hand over the car." Someone suggested loudly.

The bandit leader disagreed, "They have weapons."

"Yes, when they can't hold on any longer, it won't be too late for us to shout."

"But if gold-eating insects eat that car..."

"They won't eat it so fast. Once they get into the car, it won't be too late for us to yell."

The leader of the road bandits felt a little bad. The invisible car had too many attack methods. Could they really not deal with the gold-eating insects? If they couldn't be dealt with, they should have run away just like those military vehicles.

"Go and bring those baits." The bandit leader whispered to the two people around him.

The two people understood and quickly turned around and ran to call someone.

Not long after the two people ran away, the gold-eating insects in front suffered a devastating blow. Not one of the more than a hundred insects could escape, and they were all killed by corrosion.

Xue Lihong looked at the surveillance screen and asked Cheng Zai: "Are there any gold-eating insects nearby?"

Cheng Zai's eyes quickly passed between the pictures, and the on-board intelligence also reminded him. He finally answered: "There are still some, but not here, in... a nearby factory. Is this a steelmaking plant?"

“How far is the steel mill from us?”

"It's not too far, just over six kilometers."

Xiao Mo guessed, "Could these people be the employees and family members of the steelmaking plant?"

Generally, in a large steelmaking plant, because of the large number of workers, the dormitory area is like a functional small town.

"It's very possible. According to the previous information, this place is right on the edge of the angels and mutant rats, and it is one of the safe zones. When the H City base stabilizes, they will definitely find a way to regain it. A steelmaking plant can allow them to do a lot thing."

"But now there are gold-eating insects here."

"Yes, but judging from the number of daughter worms, there were not many gold-eating mother worms here at the beginning, maybe only one. Strange, does anyone already know the difference between mother worms and daughter worms?" Xue Lihong remembered that she did not post relevant information There is no news, but there are many mercenaries tasked with catching and eliminating gold-eating insects. Maybe someone has researched something.

However, Xiao Mo's mind moved and he thought of another possibility: "Is it possible that there were gold-eating mother insects here originally, and the recyclers missed one or two."

Xue Lihong reacted immediately, "Do you think the recycler at the H City base failed to complete the task of recovering the gold-eating mother worm?"

"This is very close to the H City base." Xiao Mo didn't know that none of Xu Nuo's previous missions had failed.

The system suddenly interjected: "There used to be a recycler in this area. He is definitely dead, and the recycling training system has also...disappeared."

Xiao Mo was stunned and asked in his mind: "How could the recycling system disappear? You mean!?"

System: "Congratulations, we found another breeder."

Xiao Mo asked with a little hope: "Could it be the one from before?"

System: "Analyzing it from a regional and time perspective, no."

Xiao Mo quickly told his friends the news.

Xue Lihong frowned slightly, but soon let go and lowered her voice and said: "Let your Majesty search for the other party's whereabouts so that he can remind you at any time. In another breeder, His Majesty has successfully eliminated another recycler. Under the circumstances, I think it will not refuse this. This shows that the breeder or his breeder is extremely aggressive."

The two of them talked without avoiding Cheng Zai.

Cheng Zai heard a little bit, but he didn't listen specifically. After Xue Lihong lowered her voice, he didn't hear anything. He didn't ask, just looked at the surveillance screen and reminded him dutifully: "Attention! Those road bandits are driving away those women and children... these bastards!"

Cheng Zai saw the purpose of the road bandits and became furious.

Xiao Mo also saw the actions of the road bandits from the car window. When he saw the women holding their children walking at the front, the old man in the middle, and the road bandits at the back, his face darkened.

"These people deserve to die!" This was the first time he said such murderous words.

Xue Lihong replied in a very CEO-like manner: "Then let them die, leaving one or two alive is enough."