Things turned out as he expected. Qiu Feng didn't make many twists and turns, and told them straightforwardly: "I implore your mercenary team to enter the inner city of Zhongshan City to rescue people. I am willing to pay ten times as much as you need!"
This is a reward as much as they want.
"It's indeed a big deal, but we have to live to enjoy it as a team." Xue Lihong is always the calmest one and the one who puts on a bad face.
In addition to Xue Lihong and Xiao Mo, there were also Lei Bing deputy Wu Jin, nicknamed Datou, and a communications soldier in the communication vehicle.
Qiu Feng's voice fell silent on the opposite side. After a while, he said slightly tiredly: "I know my request is excessive. But since all of you can escape, it must be more than just luck. Those who entered the thick fog are those with supernatural powers. It can last for half a day, no more than six hours at most. We still have a certain amount of time for rescue, as long as you can bring out the people inside, one by one, it would be best if you can find Lei Bing and Bao Yiyong, but we don't force it. "
Xue Lihong poured cold water on her again, "It is said that it can last for six hours, but people who have been in the thick fog are said to be in poor health after coming out, and their powers are also unstable. I heard that some people's powers have disappeared directly? "
Qiu Feng stopped talking, and Wu Jin wanted to say something but held back.
Xue Lihong's voice became colder and colder: "As for what General Qiu said, our team's escape was not all due to luck. I agree, but you said it yourself, it was not all due to luck, but luck also played a part. Quite a bit. Then if we go in again, no one knows whether we can come out within six hours. Even if we can come out, the strength of our team will be greatly affected. If our body just becomes worse and our abilities are unstable, we can still Bear with it, if even the superpowers are gone, what will the member and his family do? Will the base support them for a lifetime? In addition, in addition to the danger of the fog itself, the situation in the thick fog this time is complicated. I heard that there are still monsters. . Our team goes in to rescue people, what if we get stuck in there? Who will rescue us then?"
It's hard to hear, but these are the facts.
Qiu Feng not only asked the scavenger team to help rescue people, he also issued the same mission at the base, asking other mercenary teams to find ways to enter the inner city to rescue people. The questions Xue Lihong is asking now will also be the questions those mercenaries will ask about the base.
"I said thank you, and I don't think you appreciate it, so let's just talk about the practical stuff." Although Qiu Feng was tired, his voice was steady.
"Please tell me." Xiao Mo finally spoke.
Qiu Feng said clearly: "First, if anyone who enters the inner city to save people this time is an individual, Zhongshan Base will exempt him from all personal taxes in the future. If it is a mercenary team, depending on the size of the mercenary team, second If a mercenary team of less than ten people provides more than 20% of the rescuers, and if a mercenary team of more than 20 people provides more than five rescuers, the mercenary team will be exempted from all taxes at the base.
Second, for every person rescued, another thousand alloy particles will be rewarded. Can be accumulated and not capped.
Third, regardless of whether people are rescued or not, if anyone who searches and rescues people in the thick fog for more than an hour and emerges with powers disappearing or is severely disabled or is confirmed by a doctor to be unable to live independently, our Zhongshan base will be responsible for this person. Elderly care provides the person with the most basic living security every month and provides a rent-free house. If this person was the main labor force in the family, the base will give priority to arranging jobs for his family members to ensure their most basic living conditions. "
It has to be said that each of the three reward conditions laid out by Qiu Feng is extremely touching.
The so-called personal tax and mercenary team tax mean that every time you go out to do a mission, no matter how much you gain, you have to pay a certain amount when you come back.
For example, if the scavenging team receives a mission to kill a mad dog, they can receive a reward of thousands of alloy particles. But according to the base rules, they must deduct another 20% from the mission rewards as base tax.
If you go out to collect materials, 20%-50% of the materials will be charged depending on the type of materials. In order to target those with space powers, it is said that the whole world is now working together to research space scanning machines. Once an individual or mercenary team is found to be hiding the true amount of supplies, they will be severely fined. In the most serious case, all supplies may be confiscated and kicked out of the base.
For this reason, it can be said that the first point alone is enough to impress many mercenaries in the base. Not to mention there’s a second with real rewards and a third with personal protection.
Xiao Mo could feel the sincerity of Qiu Feng and the base, so he agreed immediately. In fact, even if Qiu Feng didn't offer such a generous offer and was only interested in Lei Bing's relationship with them, he couldn't just sit back and watch.
But Xue Lihong secretly squeezed his hand and said before him: "In addition to these three conditions, if we can rescue either Lei Bing or Bao Yiyong, the base must also give our captain Xiao Mo Base No. 11 With the one and a half acres of land on Taibao Mountain, plus the original one and a half acres, the use period of these three acres of land has also been changed from thirty years to one hundred years."
Xiao Mo felt that General Qiu was unlikely to agree, but Qiu Feng was much more straightforward than he thought. He actually said directly: "Except Lei Bing and Bao Yiyong, if you can rescue more than a hundred people, I will give you more for every hundred people." The right to use one acre of land for a hundred years! If you can rescue more than a thousand people, the right to use Taibao Mountain No. 11 will be all yours!"
Xue Lihong didn't blink, "Rescue more than a thousand people, either Jialei Bing or Bao Yiyong, in exchange for unlimited private ownership of Taibao Mountain No. 11."
Qiu Feng did not hesitate, and even sent Buddha to the west tunnel and said: "Okay. If things return to normal in the future, and some people don't recognize the private property rights certificates issued by the base, as long as I am still in my seat, I will help you get the property rights." .”
Xiao Mo also felt that Xue Lihong was a bit too open-minded, but both Xue Lihong and Qiu Feng knew that after a catastrophe, land and real estate are the least valuable things. As long as you dare to occupy them, you can occupy them no matter how big they are. If the Eleven Taibao Mountains were not located inside the base, Xuelihong would not even mention such a condition.
The 11th Taibao Mountain is close to the city wall. If it were not for the military garrison, the place would be quite large and it would not be considered the most popular residential area in the base.
Xue Lihong wants to bring down the entire Eleven Taibao Mountain, which means that the scavenging team must be responsible for the defense of this mountainous area in the future. If he wanted garrison troops to help with the defense, that would be no different than the base having partial use of the mountain.
If the scavenger team wants to use this mountain to do something detrimental to the base, the soldiers on the city wall are not dead.
As for the original garrison troops and military family members in Taibao Mountain, they will be moved to two nearby mountains. This is not a difficult problem for the base.
All in all, Qiu Feng's sacrifice of this mountain did not cause any big losses to him or the base.
The conditions were decided. Xiao Mo didn't waste any more time and immediately said goodbye to Qiu Feng and left.
The longer Lei Bing and the others stay in the fog, the more danger they will encounter. When dense fog appears, it usually takes at least a day to dissipate. They must go back immediately to discuss ways to save people.
Wu Jin chased him out, "Captain Xiao..."
Xiao Mo turned around and smiled understandingly: "I know what you want to say. The interactions with General Qiu just now were just for the sake of the entire team and the team members' families. I hope you understand. Captain Lei is my friend, but I am also the captain of the scavenging team. .”
"I understand." Wu Jin looked a little embarrassed. He actually felt a little uncomfortable with Xiao Mo and their boss bargaining with their boss just now to save people. But thinking about it from his perspective, if it were him, he could just save his friends and people. Do you care about your friends and family when you save irrelevant people
After all, how many people are there in the main force of the scavenging team? If they get caught in a thick fog or have problems with their powers in the future, how will their families survive? And if they can rescue more than a thousand people, why can't they get a mountain? The mountain is just a small hill covering an area of only fifteen and a half acres.
"Captain Xiao, please rescue our Lei Squadron, please!" Wu Jin sincerely wants to follow and rescue people, but now this camp needs him to preside over the movement, and he must also be responsible for receiving the mercenary team that comes to rescue people later. He has a lot on his plate to deal with potential rescued and escaped survivors.
"I'll try my best." Xiao Mo didn't pat his chest.
Back at the base vehicle, Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong rejected the others' request to follow into the thick fog.
Xue Lihong originally wanted to go in alone, but Xiao Mo disagreed. He said, "Have you forgotten what my ability is? If something happens to you or you encounter a seriously injured person, at least I can help you with... treatment."
Xue Lihong's heart moved. He had actually thought before that Xiao Mo's self-healing ability might be the best ability to deal with thick fog. Others would stay in it until they couldn't bear it and explode. What about Xiao Mo? Can he last longer? even…
And these need to be verified by facts. In this case, Xiao Mo would have to go in with him.
Thinking of this, Xue Lihong no longer prohibited Xiao Mo from following her.
Surprisingly, the system did not stop Xiao Mo from seeking death.
"This time, Xiaohong and I will go. There are few people, it is not easy to disperse and it is more maneuverable. We dare not say anything else, but there shouldn't be much problem in escaping." Xiao Mo got confirmation from Xue Lihong's eyes and felt confident. Certainly.
Xue Lihong also said: "Without a base vehicle, it would be too dangerous for you to go in together. But the thick fog affects electronic equipment, so the base vehicle can only be used as a temporary shelter. It cannot move and becomes a burden."
Qian Yunkai was worried, "Both of you, are you sure you can find your way out in the thick fog? That thick fog can affect electronic equipment, which means it also affects the magnetic field, and 90% of people's memory and sense of direction will go wrong in it."
Xue Lihong said very confidently: "I have a way." As long as there are bugs that can crawl out, he can come out. And his body... might be able to stay in the thick fog for longer.
Because the communicator cannot be used in the thick fog, Xiao Mo explained some things to Qian Yunkai and others in detail in advance, including what would happen if they died if they were in danger.
Qian Yunkai and Wang Cheng didn't say much, but they both assured Xiao Mo that they would take care of the Xiao family if there were any problems.
Xiao Mo is not very worried about his family's situation. The right to use the residential land in Eleven Taibao Mountain is registered in his name, not the name of the mercenary team. If something happens to him, his family can inherit his property. , as long as the rest of the team and Qiu Feng can take care of him a little, his family will not be afraid of not being able to survive. Besides, there are no people in the Xiao family who are just waiting to die. They can live well by themselves.
Lao Wu was afraid that the two of them would be hungry, so before they set off, he prepared a bunch of food for them, all of which were energy snacks.
Xue Lihong added at the end: If neither he nor Xiao Mo comes back alive, then the captaincy of the team will be handed over to Qian Yunkai, and the base vehicle will be inherited by Cheng Zai, Lin Xiaofei and Wu Xiaoyuan. These three people each controlled an important password for the base vehicle, and none of them could be missing.
November 4th, 11 o'clock sharp.
Exactly one hour passed from the time the thick fog appeared until Xiao Mo and the two decided to step into the thick fog again.
At this time, it was rare to see anyone escaping from the thick fog, and the number of people who escaped had only increased from more than a hundred to just over two hundred, and there were still three thousand people trapped in the thick fog.
Many of the people who escaped said with fear that they heard someone calling a monster, but no one who could escape was lucky enough to encounter a monster.
"What would you do if your powers disappeared?" Xue Lihong stood on the edge of the thick fog and turned to ask the people around her.
Xiao Mo thought for a moment and asked him with a smile: "If my powers disappear, will you leave me?"
Xue Lihong also thought about it seriously and asked him: "If I return to my childhood state again, will you betray me because you are dissatisfied with your desires and because I can no longer protect you?"
Xiao Mo stretched out his right hand.
Xue Lihong looked down and put her left hand up.
Xiao Mo held his hand tightly and said, "Let's go."
Xue Lihong smiled, and her deep eyes became very bright. He held it back and took a step ahead, "Well, let's go."
No matter how we change in the future, we will go hand in hand.
Xiao Mo and the others entered the thick fog not only to save people, but also to find the light.
Xue Lihong wants to try to capture the light spots, and Xiao Mo wants to communicate with the light spots and make them leave the earth or hide - if they can communicate.
The system only bought them 72 hours, but His Majesty also said that besides it, there are so many recovery and breeder systems out there, and it cannot guarantee that other systems will not discover the light spot before it does and send the message back. .
"What kind of ancient capture method are you talking about?" Xiao Mo couldn't help but ask.
"Wait until we see the light spot." Anyway, Xue Lihong didn't want to let the system know now.
The system suddenly said: "If he really has a way to capture elemental life, just give me one, no, half will do, and I can promise you that as long as you reach level ten, I will try to take you away from the earth."
The system quickly added: "You can only bring one at most."
Xiao Mo's heart was pounding. He didn't ask what use an intelligence could use for elemental life. He only asked: "Can you take people away from the earth?"
The system was silent for a long time this time, "I can't tell you the details. I can only say that I may have a way, and it must be after getting at least half a grain of elemental life."
"I can only bring one? No matter what?" Xiao Mo asked again.
"yes."
Xiao Mo did not tell Xue Lihong about his conversation with the system this time. Since the two of them couldn't leave together, and he couldn't leave his family to suffer on earth, it was better not to tell the news. He didn't want his Xiao Hong to have any suspicion of him.
Before coming in, Wu Jin handed Xiao Mo a bundle of rope and a tricycle. There were more safety ropes, paint buckets and some drinking water in the tricycle.
Xiao Mo and the others will take these ropes and reflective paint and try to walk as straight as possible to the temporary center at Xiaoqingshan Gymnasium in the inner city. This isn't the safest method, but it's the best they can think of at the moment.
As long as the people trapped in the thick fog are not stupid, they have two best choices, one is to escape, and the other is to gather as much as possible at Xiaoqingshan Gymnasium.
Of course, it was impossible to tell the direction in the thick fog at this time, so there might not be many people who could actually find the Xiaoqingshan Gym, but at least it would be better than wandering around looking for people in the thick fog.
Xiao Mo pushed the tricycle and put the rope on as he walked.
There is reflective paint on the rope, which can be seen as long as you get a little closer.
Xue Lihong carried a bucket of reflective paint and a brush to paint arrows and simple instructions on the floor and walls.
It can be called a thick fog, which means that the scene inside the fog has basically reached the point where it is difficult to see clearly from a distance of one meter.
Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong didn't dare to separate, and they were always no more than two steps apart. Xiao Mo also put on a miner's hat with a headlamp, both for lighting and to alert survivors in the thick fog.
"Do you feel any changes in your body?" Xue Lihong asked him.
Xiao Mo thought about it carefully, "Not yet, maybe we haven't come in for a short time. What about you?"
Xue Lihong also shook his head. He carefully observed the plants and small non-human creatures on the roadside, his eyes shining brightly, like wild beasts walking at night.
Xiao Mo shouted as he walked: "Is there anyone there? If you hear the sound, please come as close as possible. We are rescuers! If you can't move, please make as much noise as possible -"
Xue Lihong heard him yell twice and stopped letting him yell, "Keep your strength up and don't call out monsters."
Xiao Mo is also worried about monsters, but except for the dense fog, there are no other noticeable life forms in the place they pass.
"I hope those rats and bugs won't chew through our rope. By the way, do you still have a sense of direction?" Xiao Mo did not lower his voice.
Xue Lihong answered matter-of-factly: "Of course it is. Even if it is gone, I will still recognize the landmarks. We also have printed detailed satellite maps. Even if we compare the landmarks and the map, we can still find Xiaoqingshan Stadium."
"Listening to you, I always feel like everything is easy in the world." Xiao Mo sighed, "Whoever came in didn't have a map in their hands, but how many people escaped did you think?"
“So it’s important to observe and remember the route from time to time.”
Xiao Mo said to him, "Do you think everyone has the same memory as a camera like you?"
Xue Lihong bumped into him gently.
Xiao Mo smiled.
It was obviously such a dangerous place, but the two of them felt like they were on a date with a three-point intimacy.
"It's too slow to walk like this. I'll ride the bike. You sit behind and put the rope. Stop at the corner." Xue Lihong pulled the handlebar.
After Xiao Mo made sure that Xue Lihong could see the way forward clearly, he sat in the back.
This is a very weird scene.
In the ruins of the city filled with dense fog, a very good-looking young man was riding a tricycle, and behind the tricycle sat a handsome man in his early thirties. The man was holding a hand. A rope with no end in sight.
Every time they reach a corner or exceed a hundred meters, they will stop, look for a cylindrical object or a relatively solid object, wrap the rope around it, leave reflective arrows and simple words on the ground and walls, and then move on.
What the busy two people didn't see was a vine gliding on the ground and walls like a snake, following them all the way, as if they were curious about what they were doing.
Occasionally, the vines would playfully get entangled in the rope, or rub off a little bit of the newly painted reflective paint.
"It's strange, we have gone deep enough, how come we haven't met anyone yet?" Xiao Mo looked at his mechanical watch. If the watch showed there was no problem, it would have been half an hour since they entered.
"Yeah, there's not even a sound." Xue Lihong had already noticed this, but he didn't act impatient.
"How long do you think it will take us to get to Xiaoqingshan Stadium?"
Xue Lihong, who had memorized the map by heart, replied: "If we don't make a detour, we still have about twenty minutes at the current speed."
"That's coming soon. I hope we can find more survivors there." Xiao Mo didn't know if it was because of what the system said, but Xiao Mo felt uneasy in his heart from then on, but he suppressed it.
Xue Lihong turned around quickly, and the tricycle stopped abruptly.
Xiao Mo quickly raised his gun and pointed it backward.
But the two of them found nothing.
"What did you find?" Xiao Mo asked the young man in a low voice.
Xue Lihong glanced around, "Did you feel that someone was following us?"
Xiao Mo smiled bitterly, "As soon as I came in, I felt like someone was looking at us, but I didn't feel that the other person was malicious, so I didn't say anything because I was afraid that you would be distracted."
Hearing this, Xue Lihong's eyes fell on the plants on the street, especially the vines.
After watching for a while and finding nothing unusual, the two stepped forward on the tricycle again. When they reached a place where the tricycle could not pass, the two of them got off the car and carried the tricycle over. Now that Xiao Mo was strong, it was not difficult to lift the tricycle.
Under the leadership of Xue Lihong, a walking map and a person with special vision, they soon arrived at Xiaoqingshan Gymnasium, leaving marks along the way.
The surroundings were still very quiet, with no human sounds, no chirping of birds or insects, and not a single cat or dog in sight.
Gymnasium is just a customary name for locals. This place has been expanded a long time ago. It should be called a sports center. There are many indoor and outdoor gymnasiums and competition fields.
The entire sports center occupies a large area. Lei Bing and the others set up the temporary command center in the indoor basketball stadium, which is the first building on the left after entering the gate. In order to make it easier for people to find it, they also put signboards at the gate of the sports center.
This comprehensive sports center is located in the city center and is naturally one of the important refuge places.
When the two came in, they saw many traces left by the survivors who had come here to avoid the earthquake.
When they were about to arrive at the indoor basketball stadium, Xue Lihong stopped the tricycle again.
The building in front is not huge, but it looks like some kind of malicious monster squatting in the thick fog, and the dark door is like its big mouth.
Xiao Mo also realized that something was wrong, "Even if no one escapes, this is a temporary command center, and it is impossible for Lei Bing not to keep people here. Where are the people? In the gymnasium?"
Xue Lihong made a quiet gesture. He could feel that something in the basketball gym ahead seemed to be attracting him, but at the same time it was also extremely intimidating to him.
"Wait for me here, I'll go in and take a look first." Xue Lihong got off the tricycle.
"No!" Xiao Mo grabbed him, and his uneasiness reached the extreme at this moment, "I'll go in with you."
Xue Lihong hesitated slightly.
Just when Xue Lihong was considering whether to take Xiao Mo into the basketball gym, the vines that had been following them seemed to have judged their purpose. They suddenly shot out like an electric shot and rolled up Xiao Mo's body. Disappeared in the thick fog in the blink of an eye.
Xue Lihong's reaction was not unpleasant, but the thick fog still somewhat hindered his vision. And this time, the vines did not throw Xiao Mo away, but just swept him away! What's worse is that the speed of the vines this time is much faster than the vines that swept Xiao Mo before.
"Bah." A miner's hat with a headlamp fell to the ground, and the light bulb shattered when it touched the ground.
"Ah!"
Xue Lihong paused, Xiao Mo disappeared, but human screams came from the gym behind him.