Xiao Mo couldn't hear the original goods' voice when he was awake. If he could hear it, maybe he would really go and have a fight with the original goods.
In theory, he does not owe the original goods. This is just like parents giving their children physical bodies so that they can be born. But you can't just because you "created" your child, and your child's body also comes from you, then your child's life and death can be decided by you, right
Get me out when you need me, and tell me to get out when you don't need me. Why
Xiao Mo kept this sentence in his heart for a long time.
After knowing that he was a latecomer, Xiao Mo couldn't help but feel a deep sense of guilt for the original product. He even felt that he was the dove that occupied the magpie's nest.
but! On the one hand, he feels indebted, but on the other hand, he can't help but think: It's not me who wanted to take over this body. It was you who clearly got me out, but now you're making it seem like I'm guilty of a heinous crime if I don't give my body back to you.
Even the destructive ability was suddenly given to him for use, and then suddenly taken back after he had used it.
Xiao Mo really didn't know what the original product was thinking. He couldn't understand this person's behavior pattern at all.
"Do something!" Xiao Mo wiped his face and temporarily forgot about the original goods. He didn't believe that he wouldn't be able to survive without the ability to destroy. His Xiaohong said that the ability to repair is the best!
Seeing that he cheered up quickly, Xue Lihong saved the unnecessary nonsense. He was not a person who was good at comforting people.
After careful inspection, and with the threat of Xue Lihong next to him, it was determined that the researcher was also a superpower, but his superpower was very strange, which was to make his hair grow longer and thicker. He had no attack power, only about 100% of his power. Does it have some insulation effect when it's cold
"So can we now prove that when the living dead virus is initially infected, ordinary people will fall into a high fever and coma, but people with superpowers still have a certain degree of resistance and will only feel a certain degree of physical discomfort. If they cover it up or even Can't you see it?" Xiao Mo analyzed.
"Go find the third person." Xue Lihong's eyes were suddenly attracted by something, and then she saw the black ants crawling by the wall.
The little ant paused strangely when it was stared at by the young man, and then circled in a circle, as if it had lost its sense of direction.
Xiao Mo followed the young man's gaze and saw that the little ant had disappeared into the gap in the wall.
"What are you looking at?"
"Nothing." Xue Lihong answered quickly. Maybe she felt that her tone was wrong, so she deliberately said in a calm tone: "There are insects here. Maybe they were originally there, but we all seem to have ignored it."
"Which point?" Xiao Mo became nervous when he said it.
"The vents. I heard that all the nearby vents have been closed, but do you think those steel sheets can withstand the gnawing of level three mutant rats?"
Xiao Mo didn't know.
Xue Lihong added: "The air outside is now more terrifying to those rats than warat spirit. In order to survive, they either escape far away or burrow into the ground. With the ability of those mutated rats to burrow, as long as they find a ventilated Pipeline... Boss, I’m afraid we don’t have as much time as we think.”
Xiao Mo's expression changed.
Well, no matter how many troubles there are, no matter how difficult the situation is, things must be done one by one.
After receiving the notice from Xiao Mo, Major General Zhang Hua sent people to take away all the six newly discovered virus carriers. These six people will be imprisoned together with the two people discovered before into a specially separated room on the fifth floor of the basement of the back building. In isolation room.
Today, Xiao Mo's mission target still has one person yet to be found, and the breeder seems to have met the mission standard after finding nine virus carriers and has not continued to expand the number of people. Of course, it is also possible that because the investigation is strict and everyone is monitoring each other, it is not as easy as before for that person to take action.
Following the map instructions, the two found the base office not far from the lobby of the front building.
Due to the rape and murder of Feng Lan in the solitary room last time, Major General Zhang dealt with a group of opportunistic managers. But he didn't deal with everyone. He kept some people who had good working ability and were relatively dedicated to their work.
Although there are only more than 2,000 survivors in the base, it is not easy to manage this group of people with insufficient troops. At this time, instead of hiring some novices to make a mess, it is better to use the original manpower for the time being.
right here? Xue Lihong asked with her eyes.
Xiao Mo nodded lightly, turned to the four armed soldiers following him and said, "Let's start with the managers."
Of course the soldiers had no problem with it. They followed him just to protect Xiao Mo and as a deterrent.
But just because the soldiers didn't have any objections, it didn't mean that the people being inspected inside didn't have any objections.
As soon as Xue Lihong entered, she saw Ni Wei. This man had actually joined the management, even though he was only a steward among the lowest-level staff.
Upon hearing that Xiao Mo was here to check if there were any infected persons, Ni Wei immediately raised his head and looked at them. However, he did not speak. Instead, the middle-aged man sitting opposite him turned his chair and said unhappily: "Isn't it that a doctor has already arrived? Have you checked it again? Why do you need to check it again? "
After all, Boss Xiao has been in business for several years and has faced a variety of customers. He is not unable to handle such a small question. When he heard this, he put on a smile and followed the other person's words and said: "Yes, I don’t think it’s necessary, but it said that new sick people have been detected just now, and those people have already been checked again. Just in case, we will be asked to come over and check again.”
The middle-aged man was still very unhappy, frowning and muttering.
Xiao Mo repeatedly promised, "I won't trouble you too much. I promise to speed up and just do a simple test. It's all for everyone's benefit. It will be over with a little patience."
"Do we need to draw blood again?" a woman asked with a grimace.
"No, there is no need to draw blood for a blood test this time. I just need to use a small instrument to measure your body temperature. No skin contact is required. It is very fast."
"Ah, really? That's good." The staff in the office were relieved when they heard that they didn't have to repeat the cumbersome examination procedures before, especially when they heard that there was no need to draw blood.
Xue Lihong took out the external body temperature measuring device prepared in advance and handed it to Xiao Mo.
Xiao Mo took the measuring instrument and pretended to test them one by one.
Xue Lihong stood in the corner. He was such a conspicuous person, but standing there seemed to have become a part of the wall. No one in the entire office noticed him in particular.
When it was Ni Wei's turn, Ni Wei looked Xiao Mo up and down, and suddenly smiled and said: "So you are a doctor. I thought you were a technician who specializes in making door locks or a factory that specializes in producing security doors. At first, I thought you were also lighting servants. People from the army, after asking them later, I found out that you were the ones they asked for help on the way."
"It's just along the way, and the reward they gave is pretty good." Xiao Mo, the fake doctor and the real maintenance worker, also recognized Ni Wei and remembered Xue Lihong's evaluation of this man. He didn't want to have more contact with this person, and he didn't care about the other person's thanks. He simply followed the other person's wishes and said that the last incident was a temporary transaction with money in exchange. It was just a temporary mission in the first place.
Ni Wei naturally heard the implication of Xiao Mo's words, but he didn't want to admit that the other party's life-saving feelings were okay. The other party clearly expressed his gratitude in front of him and didn't want to talk to him. He looked alienated from the relationship, and he immediately had the unpleasant feeling of being slapped on the spot.
"Where does Dr. Xiao live now? I am now responsible for helping everyone adjust their residence. If Dr. Xiao needs help, you can come to me."
"Thank you, no need. I'm very satisfied with where I live now."
Xiao Mo signaled that Ni Wei had no problem and turned to the next subject.
Ni Wei's face darkened on the spot, but soon he laughed self-deprecatingly, and said in a medium voice: "I am also stupid today. I am the one who cured Major General Zhang Hua, and other people live there." Maybe it’s not good, how could he?”
When the middle-aged man opposite heard this, he immediately leaned over and said, "Oh? He is the one who cured Major General Zhang? He looks very young, so powerful?"
"Medical skills don't depend on age. But they should live in a better place. Doctors always work on the front line of danger. Now that a new virus has emerged in the base, these doctors must stay with those infected until they wait. When the tunnel is dug, we don't know how many of these doctors will survive." Ni Wei sighed.
The middle-aged man subconsciously wanted to respond, but he always felt that something was not suitable. Ni Wei's words sounded like he was praising and worrying about those doctors, but why did the last sentence sound so like a curse
The middle-aged man felt that he might be overly concerned. Although the young man Ni Wei was a bit arrogant and came in through the back door, he usually worked hard, and how many people here didn't have some connections to get in
Because Xiao Mo was a doctor at the base, when he told Kang Lu, the highest-level manager in this office, that she was likely to be infected by the new virus, no matter how much Kang Lu didn't want to believe it, she looked at Xiao Mo The four armed soldiers following him stood up obediently.
"I want to see Major General Zhang. I have only one request." Kang Lu raised her head and asked as calmly as possible.
Kang Lu, one of the persons in charge of personnel arrangements at the base and the former director of the Office of the Chengdong Grain Bureau in City H, is in her early thirties, capable and beautiful, and is very good at dressing up. Even if the current conditions do not allow, she still manages to keep herself clean and decent. .
"I will tell Major General Zhang your request. As for whether he will see you, I can't guarantee. There are a lot of things in the base now, and Major General Zhang is so busy that he can only sleep four hours a day." Xiao Mo told the truth.
Kang Lu looked around and saw that there were other people in the office. Those people were usually very flattering to her, but after hearing Dr. Xiao say that she was likely to be infected by the new virus, everyone wanted to escape from this temporary office immediately. .
"You tell him it's about a batch of grain reserves that can support millions of people for a year. I think he will definitely meet me." Kang Lu's voice was low, ensuring that only Xiao Mo in front of her could hear it.
Xiao Mo stared at Kang Lu for three seconds and nodded, "Okay, I will definitely take your words to you."
When Kang Lu followed Xiao Mo out of the office door, Ni Wei chased him out.
"cousin!"
Kang Lu turned around and showed a forced smile to Ni Wei, "It's okay. Don't worry. Help me tell your cousin-in-law not to worry. It's not confirmed yet. Look, I don't have a high fever either. It's just It’s just a period of isolation.”
Everyone present, including Ni Wei, knew that Kang Lu was just consoling himself.
Ni Wei rubbed his eyes and suddenly shouted to Xiao Mo: "What kind of virus is it? Where did it come from? Is this virus contagious? How long is the incubation period? Will people die? You tell me!"
Can Xiao Mo tell? It's already depressing and scary for everyone staying in a closed underground space. Once we know that the legendary zombie virus appears, why shouldn't the entire base be blown up
Never underestimate the madness of human beings. Numerous historical events have proved that once human beings are in dire straits, they can do anything.
A soldier gently pushed Xiao Mo and signaled to ignore him and just leave.
Xiao Mo felt that he had to say something. How many people were listening with open ears. If he really left without answering anything, he didn't know what would happen in the base later.
"Ms. Kang is right. This new type of virus has not yet been identified, and its infectivity and other factors are still unknown. You don't need to be too afraid. Isolation is just a means. Maybe everyone will be fine in two days."
Xiao Mo's words did not dispel the worries of the eavesdroppers, but they had a somewhat comforting effect.
"Stop covering it up! We will never hear the truth from you people! Until the day when things really can't be concealed, you will only say that it's okay! Liar!" Ni Wei covered his face, as if in pain Unbearable.
Xiao Mo didn't think anything of it when he heard such doubts, but the four soldiers were very angry. They also don’t like to have the facts concealed by their superiors. They also want to know what kind of virus the sudden appearance is, whether it is fatal, etc. But sometimes we really have to judge the situation, okay? In this place where there is no place to escape, I tell everyone that a deadly virus has appeared here, and it is also highly contagious. How the situation will develop, you can only think about it with your knees!
Even soldiers like them, who are considered to have stronger muscles than brains, can think of this. As a grassroots manager of the base, Ni Wei, wouldn't he understand
After watching Kang Lu leave, Ni Wei returned to the office and looked at the people who gathered around to ask about the situation. The arrogance on his face disappeared and he said with an uneasy and uncertain look: "Do you know, the people who were taken away for isolation this time , two of them are base managers, and one is also a relative of the manager."
"Ah, how could this happen? Is it related to what we eat?" As managers, before Major General Zhang Hua controlled all food, they were able to eat some good things that other survivors could not eat.
Ni Wei shook his head uncertainly, "I have a terrible idea. Last time... Major General Zhang Hua arrested several senior officials and shot two people directly. However, most of the grassroots people who manage this base are still the same people. Major General Zhang If you want to take back the power in our hands, but there is no good excuse to remove our positions... "
"Impossible!" someone shouted directly, "How much power do we have in our hands? Now that food, clean water, medicine, and weapons are in their hands, what can we do? And how many people do Major General Zhang have? Let them To manage these survivors? Then who will guard the supplies and manage public security?"
"Aren't there still those survivors? If Major General Zhang wants to select some people from those people, this kind of grassroots work is not difficult. Who can do it differently?"
"Yes, if Zhang Hua and the others want to win over the survivors and manage them better, they must give them some sweetness. Where does this sweetness come from? Compared with sharing more food and clean water, giving them a little more comfort is a bit small. Isn’t the work of power a blessing for both of them?”
More than a dozen people became more and more excited as they talked.
"Then... aren't we in danger?" The middle-aged man sitting opposite Ni Wei concluded.
Everyone in the office looked extremely ugly.
"What should we do? Are we going to just sit back and wait for death?" I don't know who suddenly said this.
At this time, these people didn't care to find out who said this. They were all thinking in their hearts: Yes, are we going to let Zhang Hua force us all to death through conspiracy
"Everything was fine, if Zhang Hua hadn't woken up and caused trouble..."
"I haven't heard of any viruses before. The ones who caused trouble last time said they had caught it. How could a new virus suddenly appear? And they knew about it too quickly, right?"
Questions, resentments, dissatisfaction... and other negative emotions are buried in the hearts of these people. What is certain is that after these dozen people return, they will definitely infect these negative emotions to other close people of the same class, and eventually, Each of these people may become an unstable bomb, and then maybe with a little provocation by someone who is interested... Boom! These people might explode completely.
But at present, no one knows this except a few people.
Here, as soon as Kang Lu was sent to the isolation room in the back building, before Xiao Mo could tell Major General Zhang what Kang Lu had said, the system in his mind reminded him again: "A carrier of the living dead virus appeared again. Please recover all virus carriers as soon as possible."
Why come again! Xiao Mo was confused and quickly checked the map.
Unfortunately, blessings are unparalleled and misfortunes never come alone. Misfortunes tend to attract each other and always come one after another.
The contact device hanging on Xiao Mo's waist also beeped.
"Cheng Zai, what's going on?" Xiao Mo picked up the walkie-talkie and pressed the button.
"Brother Xiao, where are you now? Someone just reported that rat droppings were found in the base. Major General Zhang has sent half of his troops to check for food and other supplies. In addition, the communication room's external lines are all broken!"
Although Xiao Mo was mentally prepared, he was still greatly stimulated, "The satellite signal is also cut off?"
Xue Lihong heard it and came closer. He just said before that they might not have enough time, and within an hour, it came true.
"If you want to receive satellite signals, you must have a receiver, but I don't know if the external receiver is broken, or the line connecting the base to the receiver has been chewed by rats. In short, the base and the outside world have been completely disconnected now. Brother Xiao," Cheng Zai's voice was a little trembling, "Major General Zhang and my boss are not in the right mood. They just had a quarrel."
"Why the noise?"
"Major General Zhang wants to put all his efforts into exterminating rats first, and my boss wants all the people in the base to dig tunnels. They would never make such a noise, in front of so many subordinates. But after knowing that communications with the outside were cut off, , they just... seemed anxious." Cheng Zai lowered his voice, as if he was afraid that someone would hear, "Brother Xiao, do you think if everyone knew that we couldn't contact the outside world, would everyone... go crazy?"
"Yes." Xiao Mo heard the cry coming from the other side, put the walkie-talkie to his lips, and whispered: "How many people know about the communication interruption now?"
"Everything you need to know is known." Cheng Zai's voice was depressed. Probably because he is specifically responsible for it, and now that external communications are cut off, he is under so much pressure.
Xiao Mo looked at his friends habitually, gritted his teeth and said, "Wait, I'll be there right away."
"Brother Xiao, you don't have to come here specially. I contacted you just to tell you that there may be mutant rats in the base, and I want you and Brother Xue to be careful."
"No, I'll come right away. As for the reason... I'll go over and explain to you later." Xiao Mo felt relieved when he saw Xue Lihong nodding to him.
As for the newly emerged virus carriers, Xiao Mo plans to let them go. First, there is still time. Second, communication matters are more urgent - the deeper you go underground and other isolated spaces, the more you need to keep in touch with the outside world, especially the top brass of the base who are concerned with the lives and hopes of all the survivors in the base. They cannot despair.
Xiao Mo hopes that the communication line can be repaired before the news spreads. There really can't be any more gangsters in the base!
If the base is destroyed as a result, or Major General Zhang and Lieutenant Colonel Ma make wrong judgments out of despair, what's the point of hiding his repair ability? In the end, with Xiaohong's help, was he the only one left alive
Sorry, just thinking about the psychological guilt at that time, he will definitely not survive.
"Maybe the receiver outside is broken." Xue Lihong has personally experienced similar incidents and knows the seriousness of this situation. Naturally, she will not object to Xiao Mo's decision at this time, but he is accustomed to pouring cold water on him first.
"It's more likely to be a line. The explosion range in City H is within five kilometers. Cheng Zai and the others had already switched the receiver to the farthest one before the explosion. It is far away from City H and is in the military area, so security is important. It is higher than other places, so the possibility of receiver damage is unlikely. Of course, I do not deny that this will happen, but the possibility of the line being bitten by mutant rats is higher." Xiao Mo tried to analyze calmly.
"If the broken line is far away, your repair ability won't be able to do anything." Xue Lihong asked him to prepare for the worst.
"I know, it's better to take a look first and then talk about it. If it's a problem I can solve, that's the best."