At 8 p.m., Conference Hall No. 2 on the second floor of the base center building.
Four members of the scavenging team came, namely Xiao, Xue, Qian, and Wang.
Wang Cheng and Qian Yunkai came after receiving the message and met them at the door.
Cheng Zai and the two children stayed in the car at the base to provide support and did not get out.
Wu Xiaoyuan was in a special situation. Xue Lihong thought he needed to fight, so she didn't leave him behind, but took him with him on the mission. Lin Xiaofei naturally couldn't forget Wu Xiaoyuan. Classmate Xiaofei is now also working hard to develop his role in combat under the guidance of Xue Lihong.
Xiao Mo was originally worried that Xue Lihong would be impatient when teaching the two children, but later he felt relieved when he saw that he was stern but not impatient. However, Xue Lihong thought this was additional work and forcibly added benefits to herself. As for who pays the fringe benefits, it goes without saying.
Coming out of the base vehicle, Xue Lihong threw a pack of mad dog ears to Wang Cheng and asked him to take it to the mission hall to hand in the mission.
At this time, Xiao and Xue already knew about Bao Yiyong's coming to the base from Wang Cheng, and not long after Bao Yiyong arrived, this so-called official mission was announced. So needless to say, this mission is 8/9 times out of ten. This person is related.
But after Xiao Mo negotiated with the team members, he still came.
First, General Qiu knew to some extent that they killed Bao Yuezhi, but since he did not object to their participation in this mission, it is obvious that this mission has nothing to do with Bao Yiyong's personal behavior.
Secondly, they are also curious about what kind of mission requires so many people to be dispatched and all of them require superpowers.
Third, it is purely for the base military soldiers. Lei Bing said that the base will dispatch 3,000 soldiers to participate in this mission. Except for exercises, dispatching three thousand soldiers is not a small number in peacetime, let alone today when the supply of troops is tight
A blackboard was erected on the first floor, indicating the location and time of tonight's mission briefing meeting.
When entering Conference Room 2, there were already many people sitting inside. The members of the scavenging team did not attract too many people's attention when they entered. Only Xiao Mo's weak look made some mercenaries near the door murmur.
Xiao Mo was also helpless. The task of recovering the mutated wild dogs was not completed until almost six o'clock in the evening. As a reward for this task, he still chose to genetically evolve 5% in terms of strength. This time the evolution process was slower and the physical pain was greater. many.
The system said that after choosing this reward, Xiao Mo must carry out a lot of strength training to fully develop the body's cells, that is, to truly adapt to the changes in the body and cells, before the next genetic evolution is possible, because every genetic evolution is almost impossible. It is a rebirth of body cells, and the body is not strong enough to accept such a rebirth.
In other words, Xiao Mo will no longer be able to carry out the same kind of genetic evolution in the short term.
Xiao Mo fell asleep for more than an hour after choosing the reward. He always fainted when he entered the base. He didn't wake up until he was almost at the central building. Xue Lihong originally wanted him to rest in the car, but he wanted to listen to the briefing. The base There was no danger in Chuuya, so he followed.
Now Xiao Mo only feels sore all over his body, especially his bones, as if he were soaked in vinegar. The soreness, pain, numbness, and itching are all unbearable feelings intertwined together, making you want to pick out the bones one by one. Then cut it open and let it dry in the sun.
Xue Lihong had been half-hugging him. The man originally wanted to pick him up directly, but he refused.
Oh, by the way, Xiao Mo also got the reward for winning three consecutive missions, which is the universal tailoring machine.
As soon as he got it, he took it out and gave it to Xue Lihong.
Xue Lihong didn't take much time to figure out how to use this thing.
This sewing machine is actually a small robot, human-shaped, but with many hands. After you wake it up with the initial password, follow its prompts to set it up, and you can use it after setting it up. Xiao Mo named it Little Tailor.
Its language system has been changed to Earth Chinese, and Xue Lihong has no difficulty communicating with it.
At Xue Lihong's request, the little tailor summoned a projection to let the team members choose the style of leather armor to be made.
The team members who were in the car at that time were all very curious about the little tailor. They gathered around to look at it and talked about it for a long time without deciding what kind of inner armor they wanted.
Later, Xue Lihong took out the king insect skin and gave it to the little tailor, who asked him to make a suit according to Xiao Mo's body measurements.
The little tailor only glanced at Xiao Mo and read all his body measurements. He was currently cutting the king insect skin in the base car. I have been watching it since I was a child and couldn't bear to leave for even a minute.
No one in the team asked where the little tailor came from. With this base vehicle, no matter what surreal things the captain and deputy team come up with, they will take it for granted.
Even Cheng Zai, seeing Xue Lihong tinkering with small machines all day long, thought that this little tailor robot was one of his works.
"Just sit here." Xue Lihong chose the last row of seats on the left near the door.
No one else had any objections.
"It seems like there are a lot of unknown people here today." Wang Cheng glanced across the conference hall.
Now the conference hall is clearly divided into two large parts, and the people sitting or standing on the right are strangers. The group on the left are some familiar faces in the base.
"Could it be the manpower brought from the capital over there?" Qian Yunkai guessed.
"So this is not only a mission briefing meeting, but also a welcome meeting?" Wang Cheng saw that two rows of long tables had been specially vacated on both sides of the conference room wall. Tableware for the buffet had been placed on them. There were two large buckets beside the table. There was boiled filtered water inside, and the only empty space on the table was a food bowl.
Some people from the military also came. When Lei Bing saw them, Xiao Mo slowly shook his head at him.
Lei Bing understood, but didn't come.
Many mercenary team leaders surrounded Lei Bing and asked him for information.
Lei Bing was laughing and joking, saying whatever he could. Don't even think of asking him a word he couldn't say.
At eight o'clock sharp, all the named mercenary teams in the base sent representatives over. On this occasion, no one was late. Mercenaries are very particular about time. Being late for such an occasion will only make people question your mercenary integrity.
The conference room door is closed and everyone is seated.
The base representative, Bao Yiyong and others also came out of the conference lounge at the other end.
After the base representative, who is also the apparent second person in charge of the base, Wang Qi, the former mayor of Zhongshan City, welcomed Bao Yiyong and other visitors from the capital as usual, Director Zhang De, the head of the mercenary station, then briefly explained the explanation. The purpose of the meeting.
After that is Bao Yiyong’s special performance.
But Bao Yiyong either relied on his identity or was too lazy to talk nonsense. It was not him who spoke, but a major in military uniform.
The major first gave a military salute to everyone present, introduced his name as Yu Yu, and then began to explain the mission: "I will waive the previous politeness. I believe you don't want to hear this."
The mercenaries laughed kindly.
Yu Yuli continued: "Currently, the changes in the world are visible to everyone, and the reasons are unknown. However, the results of diligent research by scientists from various countries all point to one fact, that is, these extreme changes cannot be caused by nature.
Who is behind the great changes on earth? What's the other party's purpose? We know next to nothing now. But fortunately, by gathering the efforts of all scientists in the world, we have gained nothing. "
Yu Yu turned on his computer, turned sideways, and projected onto the whiteboard that had been hung up behind him.
"This is the latest satellite image of the Earth, please take a look."
Yu Yu adjusted the position of the satellite map, and some colored light spots suddenly appeared on the map.
These colored light spots are distributed extremely irregularly. In some places they are densely packed together, and in other places there are only one or two light spots far away.
Discussions rang out in the conference hall, and the elite mercenaries who followed from the capital only knew the basics of this mission. This was the first time they had seen satellite images and colorful light spots like this.
Yu Yu gradually zoomed in on the screen, and those familiar with maps would recognize at a glance that he was zooming in on a map of China.
As the map zooms in, only Zhongshan City and its surroundings remain on the screen.
Suddenly, several colored light spots appeared in the ruins of the inner city of Zhongshan City.
Xiao Mo counted and found that there were four light spots in total, divided into four colors: gold, green, purple and white.
Xiao Mo asked Xue Lihong in a low voice: "Do you know what this is?"
Xue Lihong shook her head slowly, staring at the projected map without blinking.
Some people are already asking loudly what those colored light spots are and whether they are related to this mission.
Yu Yu nodded and replied seriously: "Yes, these light spots are the target of our mission this time. As for what they are, according to the latest information we have obtained so far, it is also the result of joint research and speculation by relevant scientists around the world. We suspect These colored points of light are likely related to changes in the entire world."
Xue Lihong frowned.
"Hey-?!" Several people in the hall made surprised sounds.
At this time, Bao Yiyong signaled to Major Yu Yu, and Yu Yu got out of the way. Bao Yiyong walked to the middle, patted the speaker, and came up and said: "According to the satellite images, these colored light spots are increasing. As they increase, , the number of monsters and viruses appearing on the earth is also increasing. For this reason, we can at least infer that there is an absolute connection between the light spots and changes in the earth. The Academy of Sciences needs these colored light spots for research. But so far, no organization or individual has been able to capture These points of light.”
Bao Yiyong raised his finger, "You heard it right, it's capture. According to the analysis of scientific researchers such as the Academy of Sciences and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, these colored light spots are most likely to be living creatures, and most of you here have not seen them. Lived them and heard them.”
Everyone looked at Bao Yiyong.
Bao Yiyong announced the answer: "You should all know those colorful dense fogs that make it impossible for humans to survive, right? These light spots are the source of those colorful dense fogs, and the reason why those dense fogs suddenly come and go suddenly depends on the time and place they appear. It’s not necessarily because these light spots can move.”
"Then... what are these light spots? Let's capture these light spots, but if they are just a mist, how to capture them? Put them in a glass box?" A mercenary asked loudly.
Someone else asked: "I see these light spots are also found near the capital. Why not capture them in the capital and come specifically to our Zhongshan base?"
As soon as this question came out, half of the people in the room immediately echoed.
Then more questions popped up.
"Have you ever tried to capture this kind of light, but failed?"
"What are the weaknesses of these light spots? What's so great about them?"
Even more humanely said: "This is an official mission, but you are asking so many mercenaries to help. You don't want to use us as cannon fodder, do you?"
Bao Yiyong looked at the venue with evil eyes, but Mayor Wang Qi and Director Zhang De of the Zhongshan base were all watching, and no one had the intention to come out to maintain order.
"Quiet!" A bodyguard behind Bao Yiyong suddenly shouted.
Everyone present felt their ears hurt, especially the ordinary people without powers. They all couldn't bear it and covered their ears. Many of the tableware on the long tables on both sides were also broken.
Is it amazing to have superpowers? To put it bluntly, the mercenaries present are all here for the benefits. Who wants to look at people's faces
I don't know who made the attack, but the bodyguard suddenly flew back and hit the whiteboard behind him heavily.
Bao Yiyong's face turned ugly.
Director Zhang immediately yelled loudly and stood up to smooth things over: "What's going on? The mission statement hasn't ended yet, why are everyone starting to make gestures? Let's put the gestures later, Minister Bao, Major Yu, look Do you want to answer everyone’s questions again?”
Yu Yu coughed, walked to Bao Yiyong and wanted to say something to him, but Bao Yiyong raised his hand to stop him.
Bao Yiyong faced everyone in the conference room again and turned on the microphone: "Let me answer your questions. First, the Beijing side has tried to capture those light spots, but they seemed to be intelligent. After two unsuccessful captures, they moved The latest satellite images cannot tell where they moved. Coming to Zhongshan City, one is that the light spots here are relatively concentrated, and the other is that Zhongshan City was one of the starting points of the disaster, and the lights that appeared It’s also the first batch to order.”
The venue was quite quiet. Everyone was still very curious about the light spot. Regardless of whether they were participating in the mission or not, they all wanted to know more about it.
"Second, the external form of those light points is just light points, without entities. They can penetrate into the ground, walls and any objects. But we found in the first two missions that depending on the color of the light points, they can enter The items are also different. Someone later thought that maybe we could build cages for them based on the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint. Of course, this is just a guess. Whether it can come true depends on the outcome of this mission."
"How dangerous are they?"
Bao Yiyong looked at the mercenary who asked the question, "As long as you don't let them penetrate your body, you'll be fine. If they penetrate, the result will be the same as staying in the thick colored fog for a long time, but it will happen faster."
"How fast?"
Bao Yiyong suddenly smiled, as if he was waiting for this question, and said with a smile: "That was a magical process. We were fortunate enough to record a part, please watch it."
Yu Yu silently clicked on the computer and opened a video.
The projection board was replaced with another one, and the bodyguard just retreated, and a new bodyguard was replaced and stood behind Bao Yiyong.
Xiao Mo suddenly felt his heart beat a little faster.
The image pops up.
In the previous paragraph, the chasing and dodging between the person and the light point is ignored. The focus is on the light point entering the human body.
It was a relatively thin-looking warrior. When the light point entered his body, he let out a loud cry.
Within a few seconds, the soldier's body suddenly swelled, his muscles bulged, and his meridians and blood vessels protruded from the surface of his body. The soldier's expression was extremely painful, and he was screaming.
From time to time, chaotic shouts of "What's wrong with him?", "Save him", and "Someone can think of a solution" can be heard in the video.
Finally, all the sounds disappeared, leaving only the scream of the soldier.
A stopwatch appears at the very bottom of the video—presumably a later addition.
This state of expansion lasted for about six seconds. The soldier's muscles trembled and suddenly retracted. The soldier's body suddenly returned to its previous thinness.
The changes did not stop here. The soldier's body continued to lose weight. All the little fat on his body seemed to be squeezed out of the body in an instant. Butter and blood flowed out from his feet.
Shrinking and shrinking, it's like a person has been put into some kind of vacuum packaging, and the gas inside is being extracted.
The soldier's expression was distorted and he screamed until his throat was broken.
This state of continuous shrinking lasted for eight seconds. It stands to reason that if the soldier is in so much pain, his body changes must be very terrifying. However, anyone who looks at the soldier at this time will feel that his body proportions are almost perfect, and he even has a kind of... When you see him, you have a premonition that he can jump three feet away.
Bao Yiyong suddenly interjected at this time: "This warrior is also a superpower, and his superpower is speed."
When Bao Yiyong finished saying this, the soldier seemed to have reached the extreme, his expression was extremely distorted, and then his body exploded, and the light point that had entered his body before burst out directly from his body. Submerged into the ground.
At this point in the video, there was a strange silence in the conference room.
Bao Yiyong looked around the audience with a smile in his eyes, "After watching this video, I think you all probably know in your mind that this light spot is harmful to the human body, but it may also be beneficial to the human body, but it may be too much. For many reasons, the body cannot accept so much transformation or optimization energy. So although this mission is dangerous, it is not without opportunities. Maybe you are the lucky one, maybe you can absorb those light spots."
None of the mercenaries who can come here are weak, at least few of them let others see what they are thinking.
But Bao Yiyong was very sure that at least half of the people present were moved. Who doesn’t think they are the most special one
"Well, you can put this aside for the time being. Are any of you curious about why I, the director of a disease center, personally participated in this hunting mission? I might as well tell you the truth." At this point, Bao Yiyong paused.
Xiao Mo and everyone present knew that the meat show was coming, and the most important part was here. Bao Yi bravely asked for a hundred elite superpowers, and was so confident that these hundreds of people would follow him. It was obvious that he was sure of being able to hook these people.
And that’s what he said next!
"Ahem, the reason why I personally participated is because in the last two missions, all the flesh and blood of the victims who were penetrated by light points and then exploded were obtained after separate studies in various research institutes. Among them, my disease center It was discovered that this kind of residual flesh and blood that had been modified or optimized by light points was actually immune to all known viruses on the earth, including the living dead virus that everyone fears the most!"
"Oh oh oh!" The whole audience was in an uproar.
Bao Yiyong's eyes seemed to be shining, and he continued confidently: "If you can help the disease center capture these light points, even if there is only one, as long as we can develop a broad-spectrum vaccine against multiple viruses based on the light points, I can tell you As promised in advance, in addition to the alloy particle conversion energy paid to you in advance, all participants can receive a broad-spectrum vaccine for free!"
The briefing session began here, and then Yu Yu came forward to answer various questions raised by the mercenaries present.
Qian Yunkai and Wang Cheng were both moved. Even if they didn't believe Bao Yiyong, if Bao Yiyong made such a promise in such a public place, unless all the mercenaries in the Zhongshan base were dead and Qiu Feng didn't care, then if If Bao Yiyong really comes up with a broad-spectrum vaccine, he must give one to each of the mercenaries participating in the mission.
There are too many dangers in this world, especially various viruses that are almost impossible to prevent. With such a broad-spectrum vaccine, the benefits are needless to say. If there is one, who wouldn’t want to get it
Qian and Wang leaned forward to look at Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong.
Xiao Mo slumped on the chair and asked Xue Lihong in a low voice, "What did you say?"
Xue Lihong put her arm around his shoulders, "The prospect is too good, but the reality is cruel."
Xiao Mo Le.
"But you have promised Lei Bing, we are destined to make a trip." Xue Lihong seemed to have thought of something and was a little absent-minded.
Xiao Mo looked at Qian and Wang, "I mean I want to go, but I'm going alone, and you don't have to follow me. If I go there, Lei Bing will definitely arrange for me to be treated in the rear, so that my Safety can also be guaranteed. As for the vaccine, as long as the disease center can research it, we can always find a way to get it. What do you think?"
Qian Yunkai said: "Although I don't know Bao Yiyong, according to my father and the center's director Cai's impression of this person, he will never tolerate anyone following him to make soy sauce. So as long as those who sign up for this mission will definitely It is impossible to just hang around on the periphery, it is very likely to become the main force used to lure and contain those light spots, that is, cannon fodder."
Wang Cheng also thinks so, "But it doesn't make sense if we don't go. After all, our strength is not low in the mercenary rankings of Zhongshan Base. It would be strange not to go. And as Bao Yiyong said, there are dangers, but there are also dangers. Opportunities, like vaccines, or even blips.”
Xiao Mo hesitated, "Do you really want to go? The vaccine is still uncertain. For this little hope..."
Xue Lihong turned back to her thoughts. After hearing this, she looked at the three of them as if they were idiots. All three of them were unbearable to him.
Xiao Mo was the first to surrender, "Boss, if you have any suggestions, please tell me!"
Xue Lihong pinched his earlobe as if no one else was watching, "I just said, the prospect is beautiful, but the reality is cruel."
"What's so cruel about that? It's hard to catch light spots and dangerous in dense fog?"
"stupid."
Qian Yunkai seemed to have thought of something and softly said "ah".
Xue Lihong said slowly: "After all, our team is not full of people with brains but muscles."
Xiao Mo and Wang Cheng looked at Qian Yunkai for advice.
Qian Yunkai cleared his throat, looked around, moved closer to the three of them, and then said: "Bao Yiyong said before that these light spots are difficult to capture. They can pass through anything, right?"
"Yes." They both nodded.
"Not to mention whether the mutually reinforcing cage will work. Have you noticed that Bao Yiyong requires that all those participating in the mission must be superpowers? And the more powerful the better?"
Xiao Mo and Wang Cheng also understood the meaning at this time, and they looked at each other.
Qian Yunkai looked at Xue Lihong and said the possibility that he had just thought of: "The person whose body was exploded by light points in the previous video was also a person with superpowers. Think about it, there must have been many soldiers participating in this mission at that time. These soldiers can't all be superpowers. If the ones who were drilled into their bodies by light points were not just the one we just saw, then there should be not only superpowers but also ordinary people who were drilled into their bodies by light points. But what happened to Bao Yiyong just now? Said?"
Wang Cheng reacted, his face darkened, and he cursed: "That bastard Bao! He didn't intend to capture the light spot at all. No, it doesn't matter if he can't catch the light spot. He called so many mercenaries with special powers just to Get more flesh and blood transformed by light spots!"
Xue Lihong touched the back of Xiao Mo's head and teased him gently: "Did you hear that? The boss is not afraid, I am here."
Xiao Mo was dumbfounded.
Wang Cheng chuckled, and Qian Yunkai curled his lips.
"In this case, you can't go even more. This mission is decided. I will go alone." Xiao Mo rarely made his own decision.
"No." Xue Lihong objected, "All members of the scavenging team will participate in this mission."