The Scavengers

Chapter 46: Recycling the Gold Eating Mother Beetle XIV: Choice

Xiao Mo leaned his forehead against the window and silently looked at the nearly collapsed city outside the window. If the tragic scene he saw the night before was a declaration of the beginning of the end of the world, then, right now, was really the end.

No one really wanted to see the end of the world- no one, unless one was a lunatic who has no humanity!

Xue Li Hong didn’t seem to be affected by the earthquake. If it wasn’t for the many cracks on the road, he might not even have slowed down.  

“As of now, we have two choices. first, go to Qian Yun Kai and Wang Cheng’s last target and gather there. If they haven’t finished collecting, we will help them capture the beetles together. Second, make a detour to your home to see your family.”

Xue Li Hong’s normal voice made Xiao Mo’s mind return immediately.

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“I want to make a detour to my home first.”

“But!” Xue Li Hong accentuates the voice.

“But what?”

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“Ckw Wldt rascyczu pldv psxlsdl vs pvyal yv uswa rzynl. Ysalshla, kq R olal Ckw Wldt, R oswze nlavykdzu nsdvasz uswa qyxkzu qkapv yde kd lmvaysaekdyau vkxl, sdl byp vs ynv ekqqlaldvzu, obknb kp iwkvl rsppkczl.”

Dkys Ys’p caykd cltyd vs alnshla,” R pvkzz oydv vs ts bsxl vs byhl y zssj, svblaokpl ol’zz ts vs vbl nya pvallv kd qasdv vs qkde y nya okvb rlvasz. Zsw ts vs vbl ypplxczu rskdv vs blzr Ckyd Zwd Iyk yde Eydt Ubldt. R’zz ts vs vbl nkvu vs nsdqkax vbl pyqlvu sq xu qyxkzu yde xllv yv vbl yrrskdvle rzynl yv lzlhld. Ebyv es usw vbkdj sq vbyv?”

Dwl Nk Tsdt pllxle vs byhl lmrlnvle vs vbyv bl oswze pyu,” Rv’p alyzzu xsal lqqknkldv vs ynv plryayvlzu, lprlnkyzzu obld kv’p y aynl ytykdpv vkxl. Jwv!”

Dkys Ys nyd’v blzr cwv zssj yv bkx, obyv dso?

“Rq usw ts vs uswa bswpl yzsdl, yde R ts vs vbl ypplxczu rskdv, usw yal dkdlvu rlanldv zkjlzu vs dlhla nsxl cynj. Jwv kq R ts vs uswa bswpl yzsdl vs xyjl pwal vbyv uswa qyxkzu kp pyql, usw okzz cl wrplv okvbswv pllkdt kv okvb uswa sod lulp. Fs… ol nyd sdzu es kv vstlvbla.”

Dkys Ys takvvle bkp vllvb, cwv bl bye vs yexkv vbyv obyv vbl uswvb pyke oyp vawl.

Tsolhla, bl pvkzz bye y bsrl sq clkdt zwnju, “Rv’p pwnb y pvasdt lyavbiwyjl, rlabyrp ds sdl okzz nsdnlad sq wp.”

Dwl Nk Tsdt ekpytalle, “Omnlzzldv pszeklap okzz dlhla ktdsal pwrlaksa saelap, lhld obld vblu yal qynkdt elyvb.”

Xiao Mo was defeated. “Well, you’re right. I need you. Now… Let’s go downtown?”

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Xue Li Hong drove to the city and said, “In fact, if your family is really controlled by the military, it will be better this time.”

Xiao Mo thought about it and immediately understood.

Yes, if the military monitored or took his family directly, then his family was likely to escape the damage of such a strong earthquake.

Second, even if his family fell into the hands of Qiu Feng, he just solely wanted to get more information from them. He would never hurt his family.

Third, he felt that Qiu Feng was not the kind of person who would go to extreme lengths just to achieve his goal. He firmly believed that Chinese soldiers would not take the initiative to hurt the innocent people even in the most dangerous times, if their morale was not dispersed.

Xue Li Hong suddenly braked at the crossroads, turned and looked at Xiao Mo, “Before going to the city to confirm the safety of your family, I hope you promise me one thing first.”

“You say, what’s the matter?”

“I want you to promise me that no matter how miserable and needy the people you see on the road or at your door are, except for your family, you will never stretch out your hand!”

“… I’ll try.”

“Not as much as you can, but as much as you have to! We don’t have time to meddle now. As soon as this catastrophe happens, we’ll go all the way. I don’t know how many lives you need to save, but can you save everyone? Can we afford the delay? Are you sure that the only energy crystal will hold you up to when? What if it’s exposed? What if someone comes after us? Remember, if you get rid of the golden bug, you’ll save more lives, as well as your own”

Xiao Mo nodded heavily. He was compassionate and wanted to help others, but he would not be confused at this time. And he never wanted to get Xue Li Hong into trouble because of himself!

“Good. As a compliment, I can tell you the good news. I know where Qiu Xin lives. From the map, the boy doesn’t live in the military region. Even if he lives in the military region, if I know the exact location, it won’t be very difficult to get him out of it. “

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Xiao Mo straightened his back and looked at the Xue Li Hong in surprise.

“Please call me techno emperor, and if you look at me so affectionately, I will mistakenly think that you want to… kiss me?” Xue Li Hong takes a deep look at him and starts the car again.

Xiao Mo had black lines on his face, “… I swear I never thought of kissing a man in my life!”

“Oh, so you want me to kiss you instead?”

“… you’re making a cold joke to help me adjust my mood? Thank you so much! I’m much better now! “

Xue Li Hong slowly replied, “You’re welcome. Please feel free to call me if you need. I don’t really care about the sex of my mate. “

Xiao Mo felt thoroughly defeated! He immediately turned around, pulled his backpack from the back seat of the car, killed all the gold eating insects full of two glass bottles and recycled them. He didn’t want to add more uncertainty and risks to the task, he also wanted to let go of his anger!

The system sends out a prompt sound: “Nineteen of the targets have been successfully recovered. Please recover the remaining five before noon today.”

“Hold on, we’ll start fighting for time with Qiu Feng.” Xue Li Hong seemed to be smiling.

“Time? Why? Ah! You are thinking of… Xiao Mo a grabbed hold of the armrest, “you want to rush before Qiu Feng gets to his son?”

“Just as you think of your family straight after the disaster, Qiu Feng will immediately take his closest relatives to the safest place. Qiu Xin might run to his father himself. If we want to catch Qiu Xin, we must be quick! “

The distance behind can be described as terror.

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Xiao Mo though that he was already quite strong, but in such a bumpy and high speed, accompanied with sudden stops and turns anytime and anywhere, made him feel extremely dizzy. His stomach tumbled along with the car, and he felt like he was close to vomiting at any time.

At this time, the scene outside no matter how miserable, could no longer reach the bottom of his eyes. In order to ensure that he would not be thrown out of the car or spew out a fountain, he had to concentrate and do his best!

Xue Li Hong though that someone whose heart was not hard enough would close his eyes on the road and neither look nor listen.

Who would have thought that man opened his eyes all the way! He seems to have belittled this man again.

The situation in the city was worse than what they could have expected.

Fortunately, the place where Qiu Xin lived belongs to the experimental site of Xin Xing technology residential area, and the road facilities were still relatively reasonable. He did not enter the Second Ring Road but was at the junction of the third and fourth ring roads.

There are many residential areas along the road. The residential area where Qiu Xin lives was not impressive in appearance. The buildings inside were generally not tall, and there was no external design. Most of them were square and look especially solid. The only praiseworthy thing about this community was that it has a back hill and a large natural lake, and the building spacing was relatively large.

“There are few cracks on the ground in this community, but the houses are hardly affected. The security system looks normal, and the residents inside are calmer than those outside. Some people are still in their home.”

“What?” Xiao Mo got out of the car and didn’t hear clearly.

Xue Li Hong didn’t explain it anymore. He just observed the community more carefully.

Xiao Mo asked him, “Can you go in alone?”

“Well.”

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Xiao Mo patted the young man on the shoulder and went outside the community. He had to get some food and water.

Ten minutes later, Xue Li Hong jumped out of the enclosure with a man on his shoulder and opened the back compartment of the car and stuff him in the compartment without disturbing the security guard.

There were panic crowds everywhere, and a few people had noticed them. But even if they did, when there were people crying, dragging and holding the injured people everywhere, no one felt that Xue Li Hong’s behavior was wrong.

“All smooth and steady?” Xiao Mo rushed back with a lot of food and water. There was a supermarket nearby, and someone had already started robbing. He finally squeezed in and came out with the necessities.

“He was getting ready to go out. The guards are coming to pick him up.” Xue Li Hong got in the driver’s seat.

“It didn’t hurt anybody, did it?”

“No need.”

The vehicle moved quickly away from the spot.

The bumpy journey made Xiao Mo feel a little sympathy for someone who was stuck in the back compartment, but he didn’t deny that it made him feel a little revengeful.

Within the scope of the Second Ring Road, it was almost difficult for vehicles to pass smoothly. There were collapsed houses and buildings everywhere, and all kinds of strange things appeared on the road.

Helpless, they had to alight somewhere that needed about 10 minutes’ walk to the house.

A lot of people are crying for help, a lot of people are begging for help.

On two occasions, Xiao Mo was close to the people in need of help, and he just turned around and ran away.

This kind of scene was a kind of suffering for anyone with good intentions! Especially when this person has the ability but can’t help!

Xiao Mo sped up his running. He wanted to find his family early and solve the golden bug early, so that he could go back to help more people.

Many of the injured and those in need of help uttered a vicious curse when they saw Xiao Mo and Xue Li Hong these two healthy men walking by them but refused to stop to help them.

“Don’t listen to that! Get in the car!” Xue Li Hong got a battery car by the side of the road. They got on the battery car, and the speed was much faster.

Tong Tian Street was like ruins!

Already getting on the age, the old community simply could not withstand such a strong earthquake. The buildings with stronger structures had huge cracks, but those weaker buildings had long already collapsed into rubble!

And the building where Xiao’s hotel was located was half collapsed!

Xiao Mo let out a cry, and without waiting for the battery car to stop, he climbed down from the car and ran quickly to the door of Kang Fu Eatery.

Xue Li Hong caught hold of him at the door of the hotel. The two young soldiers are helping the people in the ruins.

“Wait a minute, wait for them to go away.” Xue Li Hong catches Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo gasped, clenching his hands and staring at his door.

The two young men didn’t go far. They seemed to be trying to help someone, and the situation of that person was so critical that they couldn’t leave.

Another man ran out of the hotel, shouting something at the two young people.

One of the two youths went in to help.

Xiao Mo turned his head and looked at Xue Li Hong, “I want to go! Maybe my family is in it. Maybe something happened to them… “

Xue Li Hong didn’t stop him this time.

Xiao Mo rushed to the door of the hotel.

All the glass in the hotel was broken. It was in a mess. No one was alive.

Outside the shop, a young man in good condition saw him and immediately his face changed color and stood up directly from the ground.

Xiao Mo looked back at him. By the way, he saw a young man lying on the ground. The young man had a big hole on his head. There were black and red blood on the ground. Next to the young man’s head was a pot of broken flowers. The plants inside had been trampled so much that they could not see the original shape.

Without waiting for the young man to shout his companions or make other threatening actions, Xiao Mo said quickly, “I can help you save him, but I hope you can take it as if you didn’t see me.”

“Are you a doctor?” Asked the young man who did not know the details of his goal but only knew how to complete the task.

Xiao Mo did not answer the question, “His time is running out.”

Even if Xiao Mo was not a doctor, he could see that the young man on the ground was dying. The hole on his brain was quite large and deep, and even the white brain could be seen in it.

The young man in his early twenties clenched his fist, looked at his unknown companion on the ground, and clenched his fists again and again.

No one noticed how Xue Li Hong appeared behind the young man. When Xiao Mo noticed him and raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise, the young man was alert immediately through Xiao Mo’s expression, but he was still too slow.


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