"The recycler's mission has not been completed, and the punishment mechanism is activated."
"ah!"
The system prompts and Chang'e's scream sounded at the same time.
Xiao Mo didn't even have time to see what changes had taken place in Chang'e. The inhumane system imposed a level three punishment on him just one second after 23 o'clock!
Xiao Mo fell down. It wasn't that he didn't feel pain, but that he was in so much pain that he couldn't scream.
Xue Lihong, who had been prepared for a long time, grabbed her boss and hugged her.
Cheng Zai was crying and calling his mother loudly. Ma Xiang and the two soldiers were standing far away. Although their eyes were attracted by Chang'e's changes in the glass wall, they also saw Xiao Mo fall.
Ma Xiang walked over quickly and asked urgently: "What's wrong with Mr. Xiao?"
"He just tried to help Ms. Chang'e, but it was obviously beyond his ability, and his ability backfired on him." Xue Lihong said seriously.
Ma Xiang wanted to ask Xiao Mo what other abilities he had besides self-healing, but seeing Xue Lihong's expression, he couldn't ask. Yes, he already knew from the surviving mercenaries the miracle of Xiao Mo surviving after being shot in the head. Since knowing this, he even began to suspect that the reason why Cheng Zai became one of the 3% lucky ones was probably related to Xiao Mo.
"Mom! Hold on! Mom, look at me!" Cheng Zai yelled anxiously and slapped the glass repeatedly.
Chang'e inside fell to the ground and was convulsing violently. Her body was changing. First of all, her wings. The huge wings that were originally covered with white feathers and looked like angels were losing their hair, and they were falling off in large pieces.
Then her wing muscles began to rot, as did her body.
Cheng Zai was about to collapse, so he turned back to look for Xiao Mo, "Brother Xiao! Save my mother! Please... Brother Xiao?"
Xue Lihong picked up Xiao Mo and told Ma Xiang: "Keep an eye on the inside." Then he walked to the workbench not far away, raised his legs and swept all the things on it to the ground, and put his feet on the corner of the workbench. The quilt was spread out, and then Xiao Mo was gently put down.
Ma Xiang coughed, gave Cheng Zai an apologetic look, loaded his rifle with the two soldiers, and pointed it at the glass wall.
Cheng Zai was so worried. Why did something happen to Brother Xiao? Brother Xiao falls, who else can come to save his mother
"Brother Xue, what's wrong with Brother Xiao? Is he okay?" Cheng Zai wiped his tears and wanted to come over and help.
Xue Lihong shook her head and refused, indicating that he could just stay where he was and observe his mother. He himself was doing two things, observing Xiao Mo while not letting go of Chang E's changes.
Looking at it, Xue Lihong suddenly whispered: "His efforts were not in vain, they still worked, didn't they?"
I don’t know who said this to, but those who should understand naturally understood it.
"Chang'e's mutation process is slowing down, getting slower and slower. I think 99% of the time she won't be able to complete this evolution to perfection. Poor woman, I'm afraid she will have to bear such a terrifying look in the future."
Xue Lihong's prediction was correct again. Although Chang'e inside the glass wall was still twitching and wailing, her changes had obviously slowed down or even stopped. The feathers on her wings had not fallen out, and the rotten muscles had not grown back. The skin on her body was rotten one after another, but there was still good skin left.
Cheng Zai looked at his mother's miserable state, his body and voice trembling to the point of breaking into pieces, "Mom? Mom?"
Chang'e didn't respond to him.
Ma Xiang couldn't help but ask Xue Lihong: "This... has the Angel virus mutated again? Does Ms. Chang'e still have reason and self?"
Xue Lihong said slowly: "You can wait a moment."
Cheng Zai and Ma Xiang focused all their attention on Chang'e inside the glass wall.
But soon, most of their attention was given to Xiao Mo on the other side.
Xiao Mo finally couldn't bear it and let out an unpleasant scream of pain.
Xue Lihong just watched Xiao Mo writhe in pain, using only her arms to press his head and shoulders to prevent him from being hurt again in the chaos. At this time, no one could tell what the young man was thinking, but his gaze was extremely dangerous.
"I will find you." Xue Lihong firmly suppressed Xiao Mo, who was trying to overthrow him first, and said.
system:…
"Although you helped Xiao Mo to a certain extent, you are more hateful than those viruses."
The system was unable to refute, and Xiao Mo was still struggling in pain.
"Let's not talk about how weird your method of training recyclers is. There is something obviously wrong with your method of selecting hosts. I think you know it yourself. If you really want to quickly upgrade and better complete the tasks you have assigned, it's best to The host should be a murderer with a weak sense of morality, or at least a more rational and calm special professional. Only these people will not hesitate to wield the weapon in order to be strong, to survive themselves, and to serve the majority of interests. Butcher knife.”
The system didn't deny it, and it couldn't deny it.
"Ordinary people have not undergone special training, and they cannot accept the task of killing a humanoid target that is still humane and rational, regardless of physical fitness or mental state. Of course, under special circumstances, human nature collapses, and usually only one or two are killed, and things will become worse later on. It is much easier. It is not impossible for ordinary people to use it, but it requires time to cultivate, and more importantly, guidance and education.
But you give me the feeling that you don’t care about the fate of the host. You don’t specifically give guidance, let alone pay attention to the changes in the other person’s mood. You treat these recyclers with the attitude that they can be discarded at any time, replaced at any time, and can be replaced at any time. A do-over attitude. In your eyes, those recyclers you once obliterated are probably not even as good as ants, right? Because there are many humans? Do you have too many choices? Or... I guessed it right,"
Xue Lihong's tone suddenly turned sinister: "Your creator and caster are watching the show through you?"
The system has no emotions and no emotions, but at this moment, it actually felt an inexplicable chill.
Xue Lihong slowly leaned down, put her mouth against the man's ear, and said in a low voice: "Are you satisfied with our performance?"
The system...if it had legs, it would be able to escape as far as it needed to go. This garbage is a hundred times scarier than what it infers!
Xiao Mo's body twitched violently, he screamed and grabbed Xue Lihong's arm, opened his eyes and shouted hoarsely: "Kill me!"
Cheng Zai and Ma Xiang turned their heads to look this way.
Xiao Mo felt that he couldn't endure it anymore, his soul was being torn apart! He couldn't help but give in!
help me…
Xiao Mo opened his mouth, but only a howl of extreme pain came out of his mouth.
The first punishment and the virus broke out at the same time. He was already involved in the painful hell of shattering his bones without any psychological preparation, but he didn't know anything at that time.
This time he clearly knew that he was being punished, but instead of easing his pain, it made it even more unbearable for him to endure the torture imposed by the system.
Why? What did i do wrong
Why couldn't the task be done another way? Maybe recycling isn't the only way to deal with the threat. Why not give him a chance to try
I don't want any system, and I don't want to be a hero. Why are you forcing me like this!
The more painful it is, the more rebellious a man becomes.
Looking at Xiao Mo like this, Xue Lihong felt as if a small dull knife was rubbing his heart bit by bit.
Does Cheng Zai know that Xiao Mo has paid so much for him just because of his previous kindness
Does Chang'e know that she can escape? What price did others pay for her
Ma Xiang and the others know why they took such a big risk to fight two against a hundred? We even have to deal with Chang'e, the source of the Angel virus
They clearly saw his boss's pain, but they didn't know anything!
Although Qiu Feng promised to pay him, how did he understand that this was not a simple task assigned by the base
The survivors in the base will not know that someone has helped them avoid the disaster of annihilation.
The poor recyclers died one after another, but how many people know how many amazing things they have done for the world
Those recyclers who have died or are on their death journey, including his boss, may not be able to prevent the disaster from happening, but they at least slow down the pace of the disaster, or because of their efforts, the laws and regulations of this world Order can still be barely maintained.
He can't continue like this. Although he needs to keep a low profile, the rules of the game must change. He doesn't like to be led by a system. If someone is hiding behind the system to watch the show, he has to let them know why watching the live broadcast is fun. Just because it is likely to produce unexpected changes for the audience.
Xue Lihong let go of suppressing Xiao Mo, first took out a bundle of ropes from her backpack, tied him firmly to the workbench, and then stuffed a towel into his mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue due to excessive pain.
After taking care of his boss, the young man took out a laptop, opened it and started operating.
Cheng Zai and Ma Xiang's eyelids twitched a little when they saw Xiao Mo being tied up. It's a pity that they need to keep an eye on Chang'e and can't come over to visit the miserable Xiao Mo brother for the time being.
At the same time, starting from the display screen in the mission hall of the Beijing base, a program spread like a virus to mission centers around the world.
Zhongshan base.
"General Qiu! That No. 7 is issuing a mission again!" As soon as someone saw the specific phrase appearing on the screen, they immediately contacted the top leader of the base as quickly as possible.
Qiu Feng quickly switched the computer screen to the mercenary mission software. There was a local network in the base, and there were also special military cables connected to other large bases. Finally, everyone returned to before liberation without any delay.
Currently, each base and large city has a mission hall dedicated to releasing and handing over missions.
This software specifically used to release and hand over tasks is commonly known as mercenary software. No one knows who wrote this software. They only know that the other party seems to be a rather mysterious organization with only a code name of "No. 7".
I first discovered this software on the Internet. I don’t know who was the first to take advantage of this software and use it in the base. Later, because of its convenience, ease of use, speed and simplicity, the software spread throughout the world in just one or two months. .
In addition to being the developer of this software, this mysterious organization No. 7 also occasionally releases some weird collection tasks. These tasks are not many, but the requirements for time and task delivery location are very strict.
There are two reasons why Qiu Feng makes people keep an eye on this organization. First, the tasks issued by the other party were too weird and demanding. No one took their tasks at the beginning, but the scavenging team, which he regarded as his favorite, would follow the tasks issued with this code name. Second, the other party sometimes releases some detailed information about various monsters on the Internet, and its accuracy has been verified to be very high.
When Qiu Feng found out that Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong's previous mission to capture and collect gold-eating insects came from this organization, he immediately became very interested in the organization. However, the organization was too mysterious. Although he made people stare at the mission hall, there was no one so far. People discover who posted the mission—except for base-related staff, anyone who wants to post a mission must go through the clerk in the mission lobby.
Because the network is not completely disconnected yet, the organization issuing the mission is likely to be squatting in other bases. Although Qiu Feng wants to unite with other bases to arrest people, this will inevitably lead to enmity with this mysterious organization, and maybe there will be more Causing misunderstanding and revenge was inconsistent with his original intention. Thinking of this, Qiu Feng could only temporarily endure his desire to find the other party.
Now that this organization has released a mission again, Qiu Feng naturally wants to take a look at it first.
But the content of the news released by this organization is slightly different from before.
Mission 0301 failed!
The mission is now reissued: Capture Chang'e, the carrier of the Angel Virus pathogen.
Capture requirements: alive, no resistance.
Capture location: Underground air defense base of Dongcheng Grain Bureau, City H.
Delivery time: before 21:00 midnight on October 3.
Delivery location: Survivor resettlement room No. 25 in the front building of the underground air defense base of Dongcheng Grain Bureau, City H.
Mission reward: three standard secondary energy crystals, or 3,000 standard carbon-based alloy particles.
Mission warning: Those who accept this mission will be chased and attacked by breeders. At the same time, once attacked and injured by a carrier of the Angel virus pathogen, there is a 100% chance of being infected with the Angel virus.
Note 1: There is currently no solution to the Angel virus.
Note 2: The breeder’s identity is unknown.
As soon as Qiu Feng finished reading the mission content, Lei Bing called after him, "Boss, I heard you said that Xiao Mo and the others went to H City to get the pathogen of the Angel Virus? But what happened to the mission released on the 7th now? Lao Xiao and the others failed? Can you contact them? Others don’t care, Lao Xiao has to fish them out no matter what! Or should I go there? "
Qiu Feng tapped his fingers on the table, "I was about to contact them when your call came. Lei Bing, do you see anything?"
"Huh?" Lei Bing laughed, "Are you talking about the two new terms mentioned by the other party, energy crystal and breeder?"
"Yes. The other party knows a lot of information that we don't know. It would be great if we could contact them."
"Maybe the reason why they don't show up is because of what kind of breeder? Boss, what do you think of the word breeder?"
Qiu Feng was silent. He couldn't think about these three words in detail. It would make him extremely nervous when he thought about them.
But Lei Bing was very courageous and had few scruples. He said it directly: "With so many new viruses and various monsters on our earth now, do you think they were specially cultivated by some madmen?"
*
"Pfft!" The towel covering his mouth was bitten (destroyed), and the man forcefully pushed it out with his tongue.
"Ah!" Xiao Mo's body twitched violently, and after letting out a series of screams that broke his throat, his body suddenly stiffened and became motionless.
Xue Li raised her head with a blush and put her laptop into her backpack. The mission had been released. I believed that the concepts of breeders and energy crystals would soon spread.
The first step to changing the rules of the game: Instead of waiting, take the initiative. Step 2: Muddle the water even more. Step 3: Transform from exploited to benefit sharer.
As for how frightened Chang E and Cheng Zai would be after this mission was released, that was none of his business. If someone really came to capture Chang'e for the generous mission reward, he promised not to stop him. Oh, he swore to God, he wasn't angry and retaliating against his boss because he was punished too harshly and the vested interests didn't know anything about it.
"Old Xiao?" Xue Lihong's fingers gently pressed the pulse on the side of the man's neck.
Rapid pulse beats came from under the fingertips. Just as Xue Lihong was about to remove her fingers, she saw the comatose man suddenly opened his eyes with a "pop", and his facial features, which were so painful that they were distorted, opened up in an indescribable way a second later. A very strange smile.
"Brother, would you like to have a shot?" The extremely hoarse voice was obviously unpleasant to hear, but it still made people feel the ambiguous temptation.
Xue Lihong... think about it seriously. A male like him who has lived for a long time and still remains in the state of a child, in other words, is mentally mature but has not vented his anger for thousands of years. It is impossible for you to expect him to have any moral integrity!
but!
"Who are you?" Xue Lihong almost immediately noticed the difference between the two.
His thirty-two-year-old boss, who is still shy, would not be able to say such words, with such a tone and expression, even if he was in pain.
The man gasped and didn't answer.
Xue Lihong leaned down and said, "Were you penetrated? If I hit you on the head with a stick now, can you bring my boss back?"
*
After an unknown amount of time, the punishment of tearing muscles and bones all over his body and crushing him many times finally ended. Xiao Mo, who was covered in sweat all over his body, opened his eyes and saw his partner who was staring at him with strange eyes. .
"Um... what's wrong?" Xiao Mo's throat was dry and hoarse. He swallowed and tasted the bloody smell in his throat. He probably screamed.
"Xiao Mo?" The young man said slowly while putting away the rope.
"Huh?" Xiao Mo put his elbows on the ground and tried to struggle to sit up, but the punishment was too exhausting and he couldn't sit up.
"This kind of punishment is not all bad. It can improve your tolerance to pain, strengthen your body cells, and exercise your mental strength to a certain extent."
Xiao Mo was speechless, "...I have to thank His Majesty the System for your love?"
The young man touched his sweaty face, full of regret.
Xiao Mo was confused.
Xue Lihong sighed and said to the man who was lying on the workbench and couldn't get up: "If your situation is very bad, then it is important to keep your spirits high. Many times, people do not die in difficult situations, but in themselves. in psychological torture.”
Xiao Mo spread his limbs and said tiredly: "Are you telling me not to despair?"
"Yes, because I'm here, you have to believe that I can solve your problems." The young man was very confident.
Xiao Mo twitched his lips, "You can't even solve your own problems."
"But I found you. And you also met me. This is our mutual luck."
Xiao Mo slowly closed his eyes and raised his fingers feebly, "I understand what you mean. I will stick to it. Now let me sleep for a while. I'm... a little tired."
After a while, the man's slight snoring sounded. He didn't even bother to pay attention to Chang'e in the glass wall not far away.
Cheng Zai and Ma Xiang left. They still had a lot of work to do. Even Cheng Zai, who was worried about his mother, couldn't be willful.
Chang'e's condition has stabilized, and the glass room has been sealed. She cannot come out, and no one else can go in.
Xue Lihong crossed her arms and looked at her boss. Things seemed to be getting more and more interesting. Although it was a bit troublesome, it was also a little more challenging. Sure enough, it was still good to be alive.
Xiao Mo's situation was not unusual for him. He had seen several similar examples before.
But to what extent will Xiao Mo's "illness" develop in the future? Does he know it himself
Unfortunately, Xiao Mo saw a man with the same face as him in his dream.
The other party looked at him with quite contemptuous expression and had no good intentions.
"Do you want to cure Chang'e completely? Leave control of your body to me. Not more, just one night."
"What are you going to do? I won't let you act blindly!"
"Don't you want to save that woman? If it weren't for my ability, she would have turned into another more terrifying monster!"
"What are your abilities?"
"What? Do you think you are God's son and can possess two completely opposite abilities?" The man's smile was full of irony.
Xiao Mo was silent.
"Decide quickly! That woman's body can't last long. If the mutant virus with added catalysts cannot be perfectly blended, it will wreak havoc on the host's body, and the woman's body after death will also become a new pathogen. .”
"How many days? How long can Ms. Chang last?"
"It won't take more than five days."
"Do you regret it now? You paid such a heavy price and were punished by the system, but in the end this woman still can't survive." The man laughed viciously, "Hey, if you want to avoid working in vain, then agree to my exchange. Conditions. This condition is easy for you, isn’t it?”
Xiao Mo clenched his fists.