The Scavengers

Chapter 131: 136|The night of November 6th

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In the distant star field, information about elemental life finally arrived.

This news immediately caused shock to the upper management of the development company.

"Immediately stop other players and tourists from going to the Earth Playground! Find the elemental life first!"

"No, I think this news should be made public. This is our best chance to make the Earth's playground public and obtain permission from above! Just say that we have discovered elemental life, and then we will make a series of preparations for the Earth. This can Let’s legalize our development behavior, and we won’t be afraid even if someone comes to investigate in the future.”

"Are you crazy? Leaking information about elemental life just for the sake of legalization? Do you know the meaning of elemental life?"

"Everyone, please stop arguing. Now even if we want to stop those players from passing by, it's impossible. Don't forget, after the big storm, the Earth Playground will be officially opened. We have already sent relevant information to the players. Now the first I'm afraid a batch of players are already waiting outside the Earth's atmosphere, waiting for the big storm to end so they can go to the Earth for adventure and treasure hunting as soon as possible."

"No! Information about elemental life must not be disclosed. If you don't know what elemental life is, you can look it up yourself now. You know, I don't think I need to say more, everyone knows what this mysterious life means to us. Now, My suggestion is: before the players enter the earth, we rush into the earth first, find the elemental life forms and hide them as much as possible, and then slowly study their secrets or find ways to capture them. During this period, we can discover the elements The life area is set to the highest difficulty so that players cannot detect it and cannot obtain elemental life.”

After a while.

"agree."

"agree!"

All senior management of the development company voted in favor of the proposal.

Soon, the fastest spaceship of the fourth-level interstellar civilization was launched, carrying the most loyal family members and a high-ranking person sent by the development company to fly to the Milky Way Earth.

Outside the earth's atmosphere, at this time, there are hundreds of small spacecraft parked outside the satellite detection range - in fact, even the earth's satellite technology cannot detect them.

If you look down at the Earth from the satellite at this time, you will see that the entire Earth is wrapped in thick clouds.

These clouds appear an ominous dark red color due to the refraction of light from the sun and the earth.

Under some clouds, huge spiral nests are taking shape.

Is this a man-made weather change, whose purpose is just to make the earth's environment more suitable for games and suitable for the breeding of certain special species, and at the same time force the indigenous people on the earth to rapidly evolve or degenerate again

Development companies don’t care how many indigenous lives on earth can survive. Just like some developers on earth don’t care too much about the local ecological balance when developing tourism or tourist attractions. They will also reorganize the local area first, such as Dangerous poisonous snakes, insects, ants, rats, beasts, etc. must be eliminated or expelled first. Naturally, most of the humans living in the scenic area will also have to be relocated. After that, they will build mountains and rocks, dig ponds and rivers, build houses, and erect Game facilities, and some special animals and birds.

It's just that human developers are still humans after all. They develop any place with the purpose that some humans can benefit. But developers from aliens don't think highly of humans. To them, humans and There is no difference between the most numerous rodents and insects on the earth. They can do whatever they want, everything just needs to be according to their development plan.

The first batch of alien players are eager to try it, and the followers are also rushing here through the development company's special wormhole. People from the development company are even ordered to come. It is almost possible to guess what life on earth will encounter by then.

But for all this, life on earth and even humans who think they are the masters are completely unaware of it.

Earth, Zhongshan Base.

Cheng Zai put down the satellite phone and informed the others in the car: "We have to speed up. The base said there will be bad weather later, and we must rush back to the base within ten minutes!"

Everyone who was checking the harvest in the living room raised their heads, and many people turned to look out the window.

Wang Cheng pressed himself against the window, "The wind is strong, it looks a bit bad. Fortunately, we are not far from the base. Can we get back in ten minutes?"

"Leave it to me!" Cheng Zai changed to the driver's seat and changed the automatic land posture to automatic flight.

Qian Yunkai seemed to be aware of it and pulled out the thermometer to check the temperature outside the car: "The temperature outside is dropping rapidly! Cheng Zai, speed up!"

Cheng Zai: "Yes! Everyone, sit still!"

Two wings protrude from both sides of the base vehicle's body, the front of the vehicle is deformed, and all four wheels are hidden under the body.

"Whoosh!" The air flow spurted out, and the base vehicle flew high into the sky.

Beijing.

The wind is getting stronger and stronger.

Pedestrians on the road began to feel difficulty walking.

Paper, fallen leaves, plastic bags and other light objects were blown all over the sky.

In the trading market, a young and beautiful girl wearing a short skirt, who looked like a college student, hurried into a nearby building surrounded by a group of bodyguards.

The girl was very excited. She had just humiliated her former senior sister and former enemy to the point of running away. Of course, this was not the end. She wanted that woman to be ruined and eventually become the lowest prostitute. Who asked that woman to rob her? She was the host of the year-end party. When I asked her about it, she looked surprised and said that she just accepted the notice from the student union.

Pack! Just pretend, aren't you a goddess? If those bitch men who used to surround you know that you, the goddess, have turned into a real bitch, who else will treat you as a goddess!

The wind was strong, but the girl was so happy that she wanted to hum a song.

"Bang!" A plastic bag was blown by the wind and hit the girl's face.

The girl was frightened and quickly reached out to grab it, but the oncoming wind blew the plastic bag tightly and covered her face. But when she reached out to grab the plastic bag, her short skirt was lifted up by the wind.

The girl wanted to scream. She pressed her skirt with one hand and grabbed the plastic bag with the other.

Fortunately, the bodyguards nearby noticed her situation, quickly surrounded her, and helped her pull off the plastic bag.

"Woo!" The girl gasped in fright, and opened her mouth to curse hysterically, not even caring about her hair that was blown by the wind like a madman.

The bodyguard advised her, "Miss, the wind is too strong, we have to go to a safe place quickly."

"Pah!" The girl slapped the speaking bodyguard in the face, and scolded: "How did you protect me! Have your eyes been eaten by dogs! If something happens to me, who of you will be responsible! I am a born The energy conversion body, with me, my dad and you can have a steady stream of energy!"

"Miss, please be careful what you say." The beaten bodyguard held back his humiliation and asked the girl not to reveal her secrets again.

The girl raised her head proudly, "Let's go, it depends on the damn weather you choose!"

The bodyguard held back his anger, thinking that it was not because you heard the girl setting up a stall and ran out to trouble her, otherwise you should be enjoying the delicious food with your father in the banquet hall at this time.

The wind turned into a squally wind.

The roadside signboards were blown to the point of collapse.

The girl straightened her hair, frowned and pouted, and stepped up.

"Bang!" A sign finally fell and hit the girl's head.

The girl froze on the spot for a few seconds before falling down with a bang.

The bodyguard was stunned, and then the bodyguard who comforted the girl immediately rushed to check the girl's life and death, and at the same time shouted: "Hurry up and inform Councilor Ji!"

This is the only granddaughter of Senator Ji Ke, and due to the special nature of her powers, not only Ji Ke regards her as an eyeball, but also Bao Yiyong and others also regard her as a treasure.

And because the chaos caused by the strong wind has just begun, this girl is not the first person to die under the strong wind, nor is she the last.

The Exchange Street was in chaos. Many people rolled up packages on the ground and ran to the nearest building.

But the tail wind is fine, but every step taken by those with the wind behind is extremely difficult.

Soon, the people downwind also started screaming. They were no longer running fast, but couldn't stop!

Many people hugged the solid objects around them, trying not to be blown away by the strong wind.

Branches, plastics, and small stones rolled on the ground, and then flew away as if defying gravity. Soon, all these small items turned into sharp weapons that could hurt or even kill people.

Screams and cries began to spread throughout the streets of the capital.

The abandoned vehicles on the road actually began to move, leaving their spots little by little.

In the distance, river water, sea water, and seemingly light but actually heavy water droplets began to break away from the water and were swept towards the thick clouds.

At this time, in the banquet hall.

Xiao Mo lowered his head and seemed to be treating the injuries seriously, but in fact he was talking to the system.

However, there seems to be a problem with the system update at this time. It made all kinds of weird sounds, and kept repeating: "Should we abandon the original mission and protect the host recycler, or erase him and replace him with someone else. Protection or erasure?" "

Xiao Mo's heart palpitated, and he subconsciously speeded up the repair of those injuries.

On the stage, despite Xue Lihong's threat, Councilor Na Ji still tried to look calm and fearless. When Xue Lihong asked him to pay for the treatment, he didn't want to pay it, so he deliberately said: "Is the treatment good? We still need to confirm with the patient.”

Xue Lihong sneered and loosened the nail gun, indicating her agreement.

Councilor Ji changed his expression and asked the two patients cordially, "What do you think?"

The two people were able to stand up. They moved their bodies a little. The boy's father hesitated and replied: "I'm fine, but I feel... my powers seem to be unusable."

"ah!"

"pity!"

Many people cried out in disappointment, especially those with super powers. This is really how great the hope is, and how great the disappointment is.

But Xiao Mo's expression didn't even change. At this time, the third and fourth people also woke up, and he was repairing the fifth person.

Bao Yiyong was shocked. This man's treatment speed actually increased instead of decreasing!

Another superpower user hesitated for a while and said, "I feel like my superpower has not recovered."

Councilor Ji Ke couldn't say whether he was disappointed or not. He sighed: "What a pity." Then he said to Xue Lihong: "I thought the treatment Mr. Xiao mentioned was to allow them to fully recover."

Xue Li's face turned red: "Can other healers fully recover the energy nest collapsed person?"

Ji Ke held back.

Others thought: Yes, it is a good thing to be alive, and it seems that the two of them are healthy except for the use of supernatural powers.

Xue Lihong pointed the nail gun at Ding Jike again, "You're not willing to pay for the treatment, are you?"

Ji Ke pretended to be surprised, "How is that possible? I just think that such a high treatment fee should include the recovery of superpowers."

There was ridicule in Xue Li's red eyes, she didn't speak, she just looked at him silently.

Several former subordinates of the Ji Ke who were repaired by Xiao Mo also looked at the stage silently, with a sarcastic smile on the face of the young father. Since there was a problem with his energy nest, he was sent home, and he was paid twenty energy compensation. However, his son asked a healer to try to rehabilitate him, but it was not enough to spend all 20 energy. After that, the family was in trouble, but the higher-ups ignored the family until tonight.

He also heard what his son said about asking Xiao Mo to treat them, and he couldn't help but tremble with anger. Ji Ke and others were using them and their families as cannon fodder! This is thanks to Mr. Xiao's generosity and kindness. If it were him and he was forced like this, he would not care about these injuries!

The situation of the other eleven people was similar to his, and among them there were even subordinates who were not from the Accounting Department, but they were brought here to make up the numbers just to embarrass the new big healer.

For twelve people like this, how could Ji Ke be willing to pay high medical bills for them, not to mention that they didn't have super powers yet

Everyone in the audience also looked at Ji Ke speechlessly, everyone knew Ji Ke's plan.

Ji Ke also knows that everyone knows, but isn't that how things are in the world? Even if everyone knows what is really going on, as long as they put on a skin and make everyone look reasonable, that's fine.

Xue Lihong didn't want to waste any more time on him, so she said directly: "Does that mean you don't plan to pay the 20,000 yuan?"

Ji Ke laughed, "If you think about the premise that I have to pay so much medical expenses, it naturally requires Mr. Xiao to completely cure our heroes, including their superpowers."

There were sneers from the audience, but Ji Ke pretended not to hear anything.

At this moment, Xiao Mo suddenly said without raising his head: "Xiaohong, I have nothing to say to this scoundrel. We can't let go of the 20,000 yuan. From now on, these twelve people belong to me."

Xiao Mo didn't even ask the injured patients themselves or their families for their opinions, but what was interesting was that when those people heard it, no one refuted it, and some even showed obvious joy.

Xue Lihong looked at the audience and nodded, "Okay."

"puff!"

"Ah!" Ji Ke suddenly screamed.

Xue Li's red nail gun moved, and a nail was driven into the back of Ji Ke's hand that was pressed against the podium.

Ji Ke had never suffered such a crime before. He screamed as if something had happened to him. Tonight, he was really ugly!

"You actually dare to shoot! You actually!"

"puff!"

"Ah!" Ji Ke's hands were all nailed to the podium.

Ji Ke's bodyguards were about to attack Xue Lihong.

Xue Lihong's figure flashed and disappeared from the spot, but his voice came out at the same time: "If I injure Councilor Ji, I can still ask my boss to help him recover. But if you move around, I will kill him directly. "

Ji Ke's bodyguards and the soldiers responsible for guarding were in a dilemma.

Zhou Fang's staff officer Feng Yang and the commander of the Beijing Military Region Liu Lan simultaneously ordered the guarding soldiers not to take action.

Liu Lan said calmly: "They are already undergoing treatment. It's really outrageous that they still haven't paid for the treatment."

Ji Ke was angry, "Liu Lan! Don't stand and talk without hurting your back! If you can take it out..."

"Poof!" It turned out to be another nail, this time the nail went directly into the left side of Ji Ke's face.

Ji Ke covered his face and screamed in pain. He wanted someone to kill Xue Lihong, but he couldn't even open his mouth!

Many people in the audience were frightened by Xue Lihong. This guy actually committed a murder in front of so many people. With his unscrupulous ferocity, many people wanted to give him a thumbs up.

Ji Ke's eyes were full of hatred. He was a high-ranking senator. If the catastrophe had not come, he was the most likely person to become the next president, but someone dared to do this to him! Still in front of so many people!

Ji Ke wanted to kill Xue Lihong, but Xue Lihong was already in a state of immortality just because his boss was the great healer Xiao Mo, not to mention his own powerful abilities!

It can be said that as long as Xue Lihong did not kill him on the spot, no one in the office, including the president, would call for Xue Lihong to be arrested.

Ji Ke endured the pain. Is he stupid? Is he incompetent? No, it's just this special environment that has created lawless superpowers, making these high-ranking officials look like ants in the eyes of superpowers. They can ignore them even if they have the ability. Law, they have the ability to ignore authority. So what if he has the power and the people to do it? He can't release missiles to kill this person for his own selfishness! If he really does this, his political opponents who have been waiting to unseat him will only take the opportunity to pounce on him and tear him alive.

Ji Ke has never been so eager for supernatural powers. Bao Yiyong is right. Even if they are in a high position, they are not stable. If they want to make those with superpowers fear them and be controlled by them, and if they want to restore their former glory and status, they must have powers better than those of them. Even more powerful abilities! Even if they themselves cannot become superpowers in the end, they must be able to cultivate superpower warriors who can be controlled by them and are extremely powerful!

He must be patient at this time. But it doesn't matter, he has endured it before, and he can endure it now. As long as he can endure this moment, he has plenty of ways to deal with this bullshit superpower! As for Xiao Mo... when Bao Yiyong digs out his secret, he will cut off his flesh with his own hands and eat it!

"Bang!"

"Wow!"

President Zhou Fang stood up at the same time. As soon as he answered the call from the Secretary-General, he received another emergency warning from the Meteorological Bureau - the weather has changed dramatically, and an unknown number of super typhoons exceeding Category 12 have been formed in the sky and are about to wreak havoc across the entire country. World temperatures are dropping sharply, and the subsequent severe weather is unknown! Humanity has reached a critical moment of life and death!

Lei Bing heard the buzzing sound coming from the satellite phone and had to put away the phone, his brows slowly turning into knots.

Something heavy hit the window, breaking the glass.

People sitting nearby screamed and fled.

Everyone in the hall was shocked and looked there.

The strong wind blew into the hall, causing a mess of cups and plates and overturning the tables.

The guardian warriors and waiters hurriedly tried to block the broken windows. Seeing that they did not have suitable materials, some people with super powers directly produced metal to block the entire broken window.

At the same time, Xiao Mo had repaired the last person. Except for the two brain-dead people who had not yet woken up after being repaired, and it was not known whether they would wake up in the future, the other ten people were already able to stand up and move around.

Xiao Mo stood up and his body swayed. This was not because he was pretending, but because his head began to hurt violently again and his whole body became weak. It was as if the system was fighting something and absorbing a lot of energy from him.

A thin but strong and strong arm supported Xiao Mo from behind.

The patients and their families came to express their gratitude to Xiao Mo one after another, and some directly expressed their loyalty to him.

Xiao Mo waved his hand, "I worked hard to repair it perfectly. Your energy nest is intact, so the power cannot disappear. It cannot be used now. It is just a temporary situation, maybe related to the lack of energy in your body."

And this was naturally caused by him on purpose, otherwise it would be okay if he sent some energy, but he didn't, and the system would recycle any excess, only allowing these people to temporarily have the basic energy to move. He just wants to make Ji Ke mistakenly think that these people's powers can no longer be used, and let these people see Ji Ke's true face.

"As for what I just said that you already belong to me, you don't need to take it seriously. Whatever you were before, you will be in the future. I just hope that when you choose your allegiance, you can choose someone more reliable."

As soon as Xiao Mo finished speaking, many people on the spot threw a few conversion coins to the ten people.

The ten people took it and immediately began to absorb it.

Zhou Da stepped onto the podium and patted the microphone vigorously - Ji Ke had been taken over by his men, and the healer was treating him.

Xue Lihong completely ignored Ji Ke and his men's eyes of hatred that could be condensed into substance. She only hugged his boss and became his boss's strong support.

Lei Bing walked up to the two of them and whispered a few words to them.

When everyone saw the President coming to the stage, they thought he was just going up to wipe the butt of Congressman Ji Ke, and at the same time cover up the scandal so that the banquet could continue. Who would have thought!

"Everyone! The banquet is over."

Everyone was shocked, what happened? Is the banquet going to end just because Ji Ke is injured? Isn't it the right thing for Zhou Fang to celebrate when his political opponents make a fool of themselves

Zhou Fang looked around at everyone present with a heavy and extremely serious expression. "Just now, the Zhongshan Base and the National Meteorological Administration issued warnings to me at the same time. The weather has changed drastically. It is time for mankind to unite all forces to fight against natural disasters! Otherwise, mankind is in danger!"

The hall was shocked for a moment, and then various questions came out frequently. The banquet hall turned into a duck farm. Everyone's voices were all intertwined, and no one could hear clearly what the other person was saying.

Zhou placed the microphone on top and slapped it hard, "Quiet! Quiet! The chaos and panic now will only make us die faster! Why do I say such important things here? Because everyone here happens to be important figures in the capital and even this country. , so that I don’t have to gather you together again. Commander Wei, please keep an eye on the doors and windows of the banquet hall and prohibit anyone from entering or exiting."

"Yes!" Commander Wei, a veteran general who was over sixty years old, stood up and waved.

The guarding soldiers in the hall all belonged to the garrison area, so naturally they all followed the orders of the old commander David of the garrison area and immediately sealed all doors and windows.

Zhou Fang watched the crowd gradually calm down, and continued this time: "Everyone should have seen the strong wind outside just now, and this is just the beginning. Now I will announce that the capital will launch an emergency response plan. I hope everyone here will Can you cooperate! If anyone only cares about themselves at this time, then you may not be the first to die, but you are not far away from death."

Zhou Fang's tone suddenly became stern, "From now on, anyone who attempts to seek interests in chaos, endanger the people, and subvert state power will become the enemy of the entire China!"

"President, please make arrangements. The Beijing Military Region will obey all your orders." Commander Liu stood up.

"The Lionhead Mercenaries obey all orders from the President!"

"The Flying Eagle Mercenary Team will cooperate with the operation! More than half of the personnel are at our disposal!"

Immediately afterwards, one after another, leaders of official and private organizations, large and small, stood up to express their stance.

Just when Zhou Fang was about to issue first aid measures, there was a sudden knock on the door of the banquet hall, and the guard reported that the leaders of the Beijing City Law Enforcement Team and the Fire Brigade were asking for a meeting.

After that, people from various departments kept coming to the door, and the strong wind outside became more and more terrifying, and fewer and fewer people dared to risk their lives to come. Similarly, everyone in the banquet hall could not leave. In the end, Zhou Fang simply left This is used as an office hall.

The heads of other organizations can only give orders here via phone.

Fortunately, the phones in the capital were still working at this time.

At this time, after absorbing sufficient conversion energy, the ten superpowers who had been treated by Xiao Mo were surprised to find that their superpowers had not disappeared!

"Ah!" A shrill cry suddenly came from a corner of the hall.

Everyone looked over there, and the one who screamed was Councilor Ji Ke. Some people thought that even if they knew that the powers of those ten people had not disappeared, Councilor Ji wouldn't be able to scream like this in shame

Soon, everyone finally learned through some rumors that what caused Councilor Ji Ke's pain was not the loss of the ten superpowers, but that something happened to his only granddaughter outside.

"Where is Xiao Mo? Where is Xiao Mo? Go find Mr. Xiao quickly!" Ji Ke couldn't bear the death of his granddaughter. He hugged his granddaughter's body and shouted wildly for someone to find Xiao Mo.

Now Xiao Mo has become his only hope. At this time, even if he is asked to kowtow to Xiao Mo, he is willing!

But!

"Where is Mr. Xiao? Have you seen him?"

"Strange, he was still here just now?"

"I know where he went. He seemed to be very uncomfortable just now. The partner next to him carried him to the lounge inside."

"Quick! Find him quickly! No, take Xiaoyao's body with you and I'll go and beg him in person!"

A group of people rumbled towards the lounge, but they searched all the lounges inside and couldn't find Xiao Mo, who was supposed to be resting there.

"What's going on? Where are the others! Where are the people!" Ji Ke shouted with red eyes. At this time, he looked like an old madman, with no trace of the grace and demeanor of a senator.

Not only was Ji Ke looking for Xiao Mo, but when they heard that Xiao Mo was missing, Zhou Fang and Mr. Yang immediately sent people to look for him.

But everyone searched the building and couldn't find Xiao Mo.

"Could it be that they were afraid of the retaliation of Representative Ji Ke, so they took advantage of the chaos and ran away?" someone speculated.

"Impossible! With Xiao Mo's ability, even if they kill someone on the spot, there is no need to run away."

"Lei Bing, Luosang, have you seen Xiao Mo?"

Lei Bing and Luosang looked at each other, "When the president was talking just now, Xiao Mo suddenly fainted. We and Mr. Yang all thought it was caused by excessive consumption. Later, a waiter came and said there was a rest room here, so Xue Lihong hugged his boss and went to rest. We originally wanted to go there, but Xue Lihong said that it would be fine if he was there, so we... well, we couldn't disturb them, so we didn't go with them."

"Where is the waiter?" Mr. Yang suddenly asked.

Five minutes later, someone discovered the body of the waiter who was responsible for leading the way in the bathroom stall on the second floor.

This casts a shadow over Xiao Mo's disappearance.

And the member of Ji Ke, who was looking for Xiao Mobu everywhere, suddenly stopped in a corner of the hall, staring intently at Zhou Fang and the circle of people around him.

No, he didn't see Bao Yiyong!

By the way, what did Bao Yiyong say to him before the banquet

As if hoping he could create an opportunity to cause a little chaos? He said he wanted to give Zhou Fang and some of their enemies some color. He agreed and specially arranged manpower.

It's a pity that he never found the opportunity, no, it was too late, and everything was in chaos later.

etc! Chaos, Xiao Mo disappeared, Bao Yiyong disappeared...

"Contact me Director Bao! Immediately! Hurry!" Ji Ke begged to heaven, begging Bao Yiyong not to attack Xiao Mo so quickly. He knew that very few people with superpowers fell into the hands of Bao Yiyong. Have a good ending.

At this time, they noticed that Bao Yiyong was not the only one from Ji Ke who had also disappeared. Zhou Fang was so angry that he cursed. Mr. Yang even directly asked soldiers to take soldiers to Bao Yiyong's territory of the Academy of Sciences to look for him. They also suspected that Xiao Mo's disappearance was related to Bao Yiyong. -In such horrible weather, Xiao Mo was already unconscious at the time. Would Xue Lihong be stupid enough to escape with the unconscious Xiao Mo

"Your Excellency! I found some clues! It was left by Xue Lihong!" Lei Bing and Luosang rushed over. They blamed themselves since they found out that Xiao Mo was missing, and followed the soldiers everywhere to look for people.

"What clues?" Zhou Fang was refreshed. The situation was now so critical that he couldn't be distracted. If any other person disappeared, no one would pay attention to it at this time. They could only look at that person's fate. But Xiao Mo's disappearance was different. His ability was magnified to the point of being indispensable in such a disaster period!

How many lives can be saved with Xiao Mo here? And those ten people have actually proven that he can save people whose energy nests have collapsed and keep their abilities intact! It would be fine if such a great healer didn't exist, but he was around just now, so who can bear the loss of losing him now

Therefore, anyone present would rather put aside their own affairs and find Xiao Mo first.

Lei Bing calmed down, took out his mobile phone and pulled up the photo he had just taken, "I found these writings on the edge of the iron door on the roof. They were temporarily written with blood. The situation must have been urgent at the time. It said 'The end of the world' Caught, red chase'."

"Who did this?" Zhou Fang took the phone and asked angrily.