Chapter 14 Nine Photos Gray Fog
[Congratulations on completing the D-level mission: Eliminate juvenile mutant animals - rodents]
[Congratulations on avoiding becoming a mature mutant animal and successfully preventing the rat crisis in City A]
[Task Rating: Excellent]
[Rewards: 1 Dali Fruit, 3 R-level card pool draw tickets]
"Card drawing tickets for the R-level card pool? That's not bad either." Qiao Qiao smiled and took Qiao Man back to the car.
After turning on the ventilation system, he took off his gas mask. His hair, wet with sweat, stuck to his scalp. Although he looked a little disheveled, his exceptionally bright eyes added a touch of unique charm to him.
Seeing Qiao Man still twisting and turning with a look of disgust, she took out a wet wipe to wipe its body.
"When did you develop mysophobia?" Qiao Qiao couldn't help but joke.
The vines stuck to her neck and rubbed her cheeks continuously, and Qiao Qiao stroked them with a smile.
If Qiao Man hadn't been the first to realize that the rodent came out from underground and hadn't grown bigger and wrapped around the nimble rodent, she probably wouldn't have won so easily.
This victory is not just hers, but the result of the joint efforts of her and Qiao Man.
When checking the body, it was found that the trousers had several holes, and the protective clothing and cotton pants had been bitten through, and only a little further would allow the flesh to be touched.
As expected, Qiao Qiao was scolded by his parents when he returned home.
"Look at you, you are so arrogant now. You ran away without telling us in this situation." Qiao Huizhou talked non-stop for half an hour.
Qiao Qiao knew she was wrong and didn't dare to talk back. She sat on the sofa with her head down and acted well, stroking Xiao Qiao's fur from time to time.
"Okay, okay, the kid didn't do it on purpose. She's doing this for our own good so that we don't worry too much." Qiao Xinghe came out to smooth things over after Qiao Huizhou had almost gotten enough anger.
"It's all because of you that she spoiled herself. Now she's lawless." Qiao Huizhou sat down.
"How come I'm the only one who's spoiled? Every time I scold her, don't you say whose child is not spoiled?" Qiao Xinghe smiled and handed over a cup of tea.
"Mom, I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again." Seeing that the situation was almost settled, Qiao Qiao showed an obedient smile and sat next to Qiao Huizhou to massage his shoulders and legs.
"You said the same thing last time. If I believed you, there would be something wrong." Qiao Huizhou stretched out his finger and poked Qiao Qiao's forehead hard.
"Well, it's not that I want to control you, but now the doomsday is here, and we're really worried if you go out alone." Qiao Huizhou felt very distressed when he saw his daughter's arm, which had been finally healed but turned purple again.
"Yeah, I know. I will be careful next time." Qiao Qiao's eyes rolled and she immediately took the opportunity to change the subject.
"Dad, Mom, look, this is the reward." Then he took out a yellowish-brown fruit. "I ate it last time, this time it's Mom's turn, and I'll give it to Dad next time."
Qiao Huizhou took it and ate it without hesitation.
"How is it?" Qiao Xinghe asked curiously.
"Not bad, I feel a lot stronger." Qiao Huizhou easily lifted 20 kilograms of rice on the ground with one hand and did a few exercise movements.
Qiao Qiao opened the card drawing system and received another reward.
[R-level card pool draw ticket*3]
[Do you use it? ]
【yes】
【Successful use】
The card pool appeared on the screen, with six blue cards floating in the air.
【Do you want to draw a card? 】
【yes】
[Congratulations on receiving 20 catties of cat food for R-level mutant animals]
[Special cat food for mutant animals: Special food for cats. After ordinary animals eat it, the chance of positive mutation increases. After mutant animals eat it, it promotes evolution. 】
[Congratulations on getting R-level card protective suit*1]
[Congratulations on getting R-level card system backpack expansion card*1]
The previous protective suit had several holes bitten by rodents and could no longer be worn, so it was a good opportunity to get a new set.
Qiao Qiao directly uses the system backpack expansion card. Each card can expand 5 grids. Now her grid is 75*75.
"Xiao Qiao, you have new cat food, do you like it?" Qiao Qiao could sense that Xiao Qiao was much smarter than before, but it was not enough.
In the doomsday era, animal protection has become a thing of the past. Anything that is alive can be food. Not only animals, but even humans can become food.
Eating one's own children is no longer an ordinary idiom, but a nightmare that is happening around us. Even though the authorities have repeatedly stopped this kind of thing, people are starving to death and don't care about anything.
She cannot be with her family 24 hours a day, and she hopes that both her parents and Xiao Qiao can protect themselves.
"Meow." Xiao Qiao took a few bites of the new cat food. The texture and taste were good, so he didn't reject it.
"I hope these 20 kilograms of cat food can last until it mutates positively." Qiao Qiao prayed in his heart.
For the next few days, Qiao Qiao didn't go anywhere and just exercised at home.
During this short period of time, the sirens of ambulances and police cars in the city never stopped sounding.
Standing on the balcony, Qiao Qiao could see people being taken away by ambulances in the community every day.
I heard that several elderly people living alone in the community died. No one knew about it, but they were discovered several days later when their neighbors smelled a foul odor.
This made the already lifeless community even more depressing, and the air was filled with sadness and despair.
The official has not yet found a solution to the lung disease caused by the smog. Everyone can only hope that the smog will disappear when they wake up the next day and that everything is just a dream.
On the eighteenth day of the apocalypse, the supermarket's supply problem had not been resolved. For safety reasons, Qiao Xinghe notified the manager and employees to temporarily close the store.
This caused a small-scale dissatisfaction in the community, but now no one dares to go out and can only complain in the mutual aid group.
The nineteenth day of the end of the world.
I don’t know who posted these nine pictures on various online platforms.
The caption reads: "The end of the world has come. They have known about it for a long time and have been preparing for it privately, but they have not made it public yet. We have been abandoned. Let's all be well."
The first photo: The background is in the hospital inpatient department. Countless patients don't even have beds, and they are all crowded in the corridor. Their clothes and the ground are all covered with black blood. Many patients cover their mouths and cough, and blood flows from their fingers all over the ground.
The second photo: The camera focuses on people's faces. The patient's face is filled with pain and despair, and the expressions of all the medical staff are numb and painful.
The third photo: It seems to be in the dissection room, where a corpse is placed. The corpse has been cut open, and the internal organs are in the center of the photo. Through the lens, it can be clearly seen that the lungs are empty.
The fourth photo: The background is in the morgue. Normally, the bodies are kept in refrigerators, but at this time they are placed randomly, filling up the morgue.
The fifth photo: Several photos stitched together, each of which shows a pit as big as a football field. The pit is full of corpses, and there are large trucks around that keep throwing corpses in. The weather was hot, and most of the corpses had already rotted, and flies were everywhere.
Photos 6 to 8: These three photos are all screenshots of chats. The first is a communication between a domestic official and a wealthy person, telling the other party that the end of the world is coming and to stock up quickly. The second is a record of another official and his family stockpiling a large amount of goods. The third is a record of the richest man in a foreign country cashing in his property and buying bunkers and goods.
The ninth photo: It is a huge basement filled with vacuum-packed plastic bags filled with various foods and mineral water.
These nine photos instantly set the entire Internet on fire, and even though the authorities blew up multiple entries in succession, the heat could not be suppressed.
"What do you mean? Did they already know the world was going to end?"
"The authorities have been saying don't panic buy, don't hoard, but in fact they have already done it privately!"
“Are we clowns?”
"You must give an explanation!"
Qiao Qiao looked at the comments on the Internet and felt a subtle emotion.
Who sent the message and who had access to these photos.
If you look closely, you will find that some of the photos are not available to ordinary people. Is the purpose of releasing them now to cause social unrest? Or is there another purpose...
Qiao Qiao fell into deep thought, but couldn't think of an answer.
The account that originally posted the message has long been gone, but it’s not clear whether it was blocked or deleted by the user himself.
"I wonder if it's wise to let everyone know the truth in advance..."
The official website has not responded yet, and the incident was not mentioned in the news that day.
"Who leaked it?" The minister of a department in the capital threw the report on the table.
"Not sure. The IP address that posted the photo cannot be found. We have already notified the information department to control it, but it's ineffective. Public opinion is now out of control." The secretary was a little nervous about this situation. After all, he had asked his family to stock up on goods based on the information he had received a long time ago. Now he was afraid that if the investigation was too extensive, he would be implicated.
"Investigate! Keep investigating! Arrest some of the people who are jumping the most enthusiastically, and dispel the rumors that are mixed with truth and falsehood." After the minister gave the order, he stopped the secretary.
"What are you worried about? Do you think you're the only one who did this? There are many people up there who are well prepared. Be at ease. Even if someone is going to be the shield, it won't be us."
"Yes." The secretary felt relieved after hearing the leader's assurance.
The twentieth day of the end of the world.
These nine photos seemed to be a trigger, and many people abroad began to post similar pictures. Even because of the loose censorship, more dark sides were exposed.
No one believed the official rumor-busting statement; people believed more in the facts they saw with their own eyes.
Parades, zero-dollar shopping, robberies, shootings and even terrorist attacks quickly swept the world in a short period of time.
The good news is that small flower pots are ripe, and strawberries that usually take 4 months to mature now only take 20 days.
More than a dozen milk strawberries the size of a baby's fist hung all over the flowerpot, weighing down the branches.
Qiao Qiao picked one and tasted it. The plump and juicy strawberry exploded in her mouth, and a sweet fruity aroma quickly swept over her taste buds.
She opened her eyes wide in surprise. The strawberries tasted more delicious than any strawberries she had ever eaten. She didn't expect that the flower pots produced by the system could not only accelerate the maturity of the plants, but also improve their quality.
The bad news is that each time the pot is finished maturing it needs to rest for 10 days and the plant is done.
Potted strawberries can mature many times and survive for several years if well cared for. However, after Jojo picked 16 strawberries, all the branches corroded and disappeared into the soil of the pot.
[Harvest completed, cooling time: 10 days]
The twenty-second day of doomsday.
The Qiao family did not go out these days, and they cooked every day while the water and electricity were still running. Even though they had stored a lot of gas, time was still in the system backpack, so they could cook and leave the food there.
The situation outside is becoming increasingly chaotic. I have seen demonstrations in many places online. Although there have been some cases of looting and theft, it has not yet reached a large scale.
The authorities finally couldn't suppress it anymore and responded on the news that evening.
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