A large amount of waste and corrupt materials generated in daily life in the city are quietly floating in the sewage canals.
The complex environment makes this public facility located ten meters underground in the city like a maze.
No one knows what is hidden in this huge underground maze.
Dark! Damp!
Dirty! Stinky!
There are a large number of cockroaches, flies, mosquitoes and rats here, making it a perfect habitat for them.
When the three Seths passed through the world barrier suspended in the spacecraft and returned to their own world.
In the underground sewer two kilometers away from Malvo Times Square where they were, a rhythmic sound of footsteps echoed in the silent sewer.
Ta~
Ta~
Ta~
The little mice that were still playing and playing on both sides of the sewage channel stopped instantly and hibernated.
They are wary of approaching footsteps.
As several beams of light came from the corners of the sewer, they passed over their bodies.
The frightened little guys fled in all directions and got into the drainage pipes nearby.
"Captain, the harvest this time is really rich, enough for us to have a good time when we go back." Speaking of this, Shouhou looked a little excited.
I saw a group of seven people walking in the dark sewer, each holding a flashlight.
This is a team of scavengers returning to their nest.
As the name suggests, pick up and recycle everything that can be reused.
However, this profession that was despised in peacetime has suddenly transformed into a high-risk, high-reward profession like stocks.
But unlike losing money in stocks, scavengers lose their lives.
Just two years ago, the world was still in peace, hello, hello, hello, hello to everyone.
But after a lightning storm spread across the globe, various phantoms began to appear all over the world.
This lasted for several months.
During this period, the fantasies dissipated and reappeared, and they continued to show the world another world.
However, people only regard it as a mirage.
Just when humans on this planet are still discussing heatedly how long this special weather, which is rare in billions of years, can last.
This is where the disaster begins!
A sudden "epidemic" swept away all living things on the planet.
Whether they are animals or plants, everything is doomed.
As many as 70% of all creatures have turned into aberrations that are not afraid of pain and only know how to attack during this "epidemic".
Civilization collapses!
The world has officially entered the era of cataclysm!
In order to avoid the hunting of the aberrants and the tyranny of the same kind, the surviving people had to choose to shrink up and live like mice hiding in Tibet.
One settlement after another belonging to the same family was established by caring people for various reasons.
Everything is as described in science fiction doomsday novels.
Sharks, robberies, and **** are everywhere.
There are many people who sell their bodies just for a bite of food.
What was once unattainable is in stark contrast to today's groveling.
But blessings and misfortunes depend on each other!
After the initial turmoil and chaos.
There are such a small number of lucky ones among the survivors.
They were obviously infected with the "epidemic", but surprisingly they did not become aberrations in the end.
In the days after recovery, these lucky people were surprised to find that they became better and wanted to be a little different after overcoming the "epidemic".
These differences are reflected in various aspects, whether it is strength, agility, or eyesight.
As a result, a group of high-risk and high-return professions that make a living by scavenging were born.
They either join a team formed by the settlement official, or find their own teammates to become an independent scavenging team.
Or maybe you think you have outstanding abilities, and recruiting teammates will only hinder you and choose to act alone.
With a variety of weapons in hand, clever coordination and special talents, scavengers shuttle through the ruins of the city, searching for anything that seems valuable.
The value here refers to various survival materials, not the exquisite-looking drawings.
In the era of cataclysm, those smooth blueprints have no better use than wiping their butts.
It is precisely because of the materials scavenged from the ruins of the city that these scavengers who came back alive from the ruins can enjoy various special treatments.
Weapons, food, women, etc., to name a few.
"Skinny monkey, this is not a good idea."
"It doesn't look like we have gained a lot now, but after going through the hands of those vampires, we won't have much left."
"Limited resources should be used on the blade, not on women's bellies."
The person who responded to Shouhou was a capable woman in the team whose codename was Weixiao.
In the era of cataclysm, names have become somewhat insignificant.
What followed was a variety of majestic and domineering code names.
And in the frontline of death like scavengers, code names are often more useful than names.
The vampire in the fox's mouth is none other than the official of the settlement that the group of people are returning to at this moment.
These official scavenging teams need to turn in certain materials to complete their tasks every time they go out to scavenge.
In exchange, the official will try its best to provide them with convenience and protection.
These same protections also apply to their family members.
There are many examples of wild scavengers dying in the city due to accidents, and their families being wantonly insulted by their enemies.
After all, today's ruined city is a serious lawless place.
Fighting to the death for a small shop with few supplies is commonplace.
This should be considered an exchange of interests.
Through the darkness, one could see that the members of the returning scavenger team were all carrying bulging mountaineering bags.
This shows that the group gained a lot from this adventure.
Regarding the communication among the team members, Qing Xiao seemed a little silent.
Walking in the middle of the team, he kept his head down and frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.
A red light flickered slightly in front of his mouth, and with each breath, a wisp of white smoke floated out of his mouth and nose.
Continuously shuttle through the dark and twisting sewers.
A specially modified metal gate blocked the way for a group of people.
The bright flashlight kept flashing across the side of the gate, and finally stopped on a small square.
I saw a middle-aged man about forty years old walking out of the crowd.
His thin and resolute face had traces of his shaved beard, and he exuded a convincing aura.
He is Qing Xiao, the leader of this scavenging team.
As Qing Xiao stretched out his fingers and pressed hard on the small metal square, the originally closed metal lid popped out.
Pulling the cover upward, a red round button was revealed inside.
"Ding dong!"
"Ding dong!"
With a few crisp doorbells, the drowsy guard sitting behind the gate shivered and woke up instantly.
He quickly stood up and turned on the light bulb outside the gate.
Through the peephole on the gate, he saw Qing Xiao and his party waiting outside the gate.
"Ah, is it Captain Qing Xiao?"
"Please wait a moment!"
"Um."
The group of people waited outside the gate for about five minutes.
With a sound of deflation, the air-tight door embedded in the gate opened.
Seeing that the road ahead was open, Qing Xiao and his party naturally stopped waiting.
As Qing Xiao and his party entered the gate, a sonorous and powerful voice sounded.
"Welcome back, Captain Qingxiao!"
The person who came was wearing a green military uniform, had a dark face, and looked about the same age as Qing Xiao.
When he saw Qing Xiao returning to the settlement safely and unharmed, his closed mouth couldn't help but grin open, revealing eight white teeth.
Seeing the visitor's military salute, Qing Xiao's originally stiff expression unexpectedly softened a little, and he also returned the salute.
But before the two of them could exchange a few words, another large group of soldiers also wearing military uniforms cheered and surrounded them.
A capable young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses walked out of the crowd.
"Captain Qingxiao, welcome back!" Nanyu also saluted Qingxiao.
"Thank you!" Military etiquette is inevitable.
After saying hello, Nanyu stopped being polite and looked businesslike.
"Captain Qingxiao, you should know our purpose of coming."
"I understand. I just want Adjutant Nanyu to hurry up. The young people in the team don't have so much patience." Qing Xiao waved his hand to indicate that he was clear.
After receiving Qing Xiao's approval, Nanyu nodded towards the soldiers on the side.
"excuse me!"
Several soldiers who came out quietly apologized to Qing Xiao and his group, quickly took the mountaineering bag from the group's hands, opened the zipper and poured out the contents.
While the other party was counting the supplies, Qing Xiao also took the initiative to step forward and chat with the middle-aged officer who greeted him at the beginning.
"Old Chu, who are the scavengers who have returned this time?"
After hearing Qing Xiao's inquiry, Chu Xuan's normally normal expression turned a bit ugly.