Chapter 74 The Ghost of Locust Plague
In the picture, colorful things faintly appeared.
That thing showed no fear in the ferocious swarm of locusts, jumping up and down and running rampant!
Only when the colorful thing is close can people see it clearly!
It was a strange-looking bird.
In other words, it's a weird-looking chicken!
The chicken's eyes were red, and although it had a familiar appearance, its aura was like that of a massacre, which was intimidating.
The screen pauses.
For a moment, the surroundings fell into silence.
Suddenly, someone spoke and broke the deadlock.
"We tried."
"However, it was useless."
"All dead."
As soon as these words passed, the room fell into silence again.
For Kyushu, biological control of locusts is nothing new.
In the early days of the emergence of mutated locusts, relevant scholars also proposed biological management of locusts.
However, there are no exceptions.
All failed.
All the "chicken and duck warriors" faced the locusts, and most of them fled, and then died after being chased by the insect swarms. Instead, they became food for the locusts.
Some are brave.
However, shortly after swallowing the locusts, he fell to the ground and died.
Eventually, after an autopsy, people learned why.
It turns out that the stomachs of ordinary chickens and ducks cannot digest live locusts.
The locusts kept eating in the stomachs of chickens and ducks, and even gnawed through the stomachs of chickens and ducks!
“What about the chickens and ducks that feed locust carcasses as feed?”
Chu Liang, who was sitting in front, suddenly spoke.
"Killed." Zeng Lun replied.
"After three days of feeding, the chickens showed abnormalities: they became more aggressive, more lethal, and had an extremely strong desire to kill humans. After breaking through the chicken coop, one person died and three people were seriously injured. .”
"So, the convoy ended up shooting them all."
Chu Liang gritted his teeth: "Is it possible to tame him?"
"Of course." Zeng Lun smiled bitterly, "The premise is that humans can withstand the siege of chickens and win with an overwhelming advantage. Only then can we give it a try."
At this point, Zeng Lun hesitated for a moment and then added: "By the way, those chickens... were finally eaten by a test team, and they are still under observation."
Chu Liang stood up suddenly.
"how dare you!"
Zeng Lun looked at the furious Chu Liang. Although his attitude was calm, he did not retreat at all.
"Why don't I dare? Besides, they are all willing."
Zeng Lun looked at Chu Liang calmly, but his eyes hid the raging waves of the sea.
"All life in nature obtains energy through eating. How can humans be surprised?"
"I know that based on current observations of the natural world, there are very few people who have successfully evolved from ordinary to extraordinary. But, we must give it a try!"
"Is this what I'm talking about?" Chu Liang glared.
"You also said before that the energy in this locust is different from the energy of ordinary extraordinary monsters, and it has a great negative impact on the mental state. If what appears is not a warrior from our Kyushu Kingdom, but a demon that harms the world... …”
"They have all signed a life and death certificate!"
Zeng Lun interrupted, with a hint of trembling in his decisive tone.
"If they become demons... we need to... take care of their families."
Chu Liang was silent.
After a long time, he nodded.
"All right."
"However, water from afar cannot quench the thirst that is near."
"Today, locusts are still raging around the world in small groups."
"Even our country is still suffering from small-scale disasters."
Zeng Lun slowly leaned back on the chair and let out a sigh of relief.
"I'm just a researcher, so I don't want you to go through so many twists and turns."
"All I know is that although we currently cannot cultivate an army of mutant chickens and ducks, but..."
He raised his chin and motioned for others to look at the screen.
"Isn't that already available?"
…
On the land of the kingdom of life.
The ground is a thick layer of rock.
All the plants exposed on the ground have been eaten bare by locusts.
The worst thing was the ancient locust tree on Li Ge's territory.
Not only were the leaves swept away, but the bark on many branches had been chewed off.
At a glance, you can see the scarred and miserable appearance of the tree.
Look elsewhere.
It was also bare.
At first glance, it looks deserted.
"Caracara..."
A small voice sounded from the ground.
Many small cracks suddenly appeared on the rocks on the ground.
There are more and more cracks, starting to cause pieces to collapse.
The collapsed rubble turned into soil in mid-air and fell to the ground, revealing the plants below.
Those plants were protected by the rock layer, which prevented them from being destroyed by locusts.
However, I have not seen the sun for nearly half a month, so I am very sick.
In addition, it may already be late autumn, so it already has a hint of the end of life.
However, what Li Ge values is not the plants themselves.
But the seeds they planted.
Especially the seeds of lavender are a top priority!
At this time, Li Ge was thinking in his mind.
Lavender is a plant that can tolerate high and low temperatures.
Generally speaking, there will be no problem from minus 20 degrees to above zero 40 degrees.
Hence the long winter ahead. Lavender can survive largely peacefully.
But stability is not enough.
If possible, the population should be expanded further.
In this way, Lavender's exclusive skill - Spirit Gathering Array can stably provide more energy!
After experiencing the locust incident, Li Ge was unwilling to wait any longer unnecessarily.
While waiting, various changes will always occur, which is not safe enough.
Thinking of this, Li Ge activated the "organic matter" skill and injected energy into the lavender field.
Lavender seeds ripen quickly and fall.
Li Ge turned over the land a little and hid the seeds in the soil, waiting for them to sprout next year.
After patrolling the territory of the Kingdom of Life for a while, Li Ge nodded slightly.
Except for the annoying quacking of three thousand chickens and ducks, Li Ge was quite satisfied with everything else.
"These chickens and ducks are really a big trouble, but for the sake of the energy they provide me every day, let's live with them for a few days!"
Don’t blame Li Ge for being reluctant to give up.
Now, just counting chickens and ducks, Li Ge can earn 6,000 energy points every day!
This number is really astonishing!
When Li Ge saw it for the first time, he even doubted his life!
You know, even if Li Ge worked hard to encircle such a large territory in various villages, he still didn't get such a big reward!
Li Ge briefly calculated his income.
The income of the residents other than chickens and ducks is about 600.
The skill income of the people, including the spirit gathering array and the faith collected by Zhou Anzhi from humans, is about 800.
The current income of residents in the land of life is about 700.
But what about those chickens and ducks leading the people?
6233.7 points!
More than six thousand!
All chickens and ducks evolved during this locust disaster!
Among them, there are 865 at lv1, 1832 at lv2, and 421 at lv3.
The energy each animal obtains every day is
lv1,1.9 energy.
lv2,2 energy.
lv3, 2.2 energy!
That is to say.
Now Li Ge can get about 8,300 energy points every day!
Chickens and ducks account for 75% of them!
"I originally thought that the level 4 kingdom of life would require a volume of 100,000 cubic meters. This goal is really too far away."
"But now that we have this group of chickens and ducks, it's become easier."
Li Ge squinted his eyes and calculated.
"Today, one cubic meter of land requires four points of energy."
If all the energy is used to strengthen the land area... about 2075 cubic meters can be strengthened every day. "
"In other words, if you do nothing and strengthen the volume to 100,000 cubic meters, it will take about 43 days."
Li Ge sighed deeply when he thought of this.
"More than a month...and it's still in the most ideal condition."
"During this period, there must be no additional losses, and we must avoid the situation where the land is contaminated and then has to be sent to the Kingdom of the Underworld..."
"Moreover, the energy cannot be shared by the Kingdom of Hades!"
"Now, half of all the energy I get will be divided by the Kingdom of Hades..."
"That is to say..."
"It will take at least eighty days!"
"Nearly three months!"
"At that time, it was already winter!"
Li Ge smiled bitterly while throwing the excess land contaminated by negative energy into the Kingdom of the Underworld.
In terms of the attributes of the Kingdom of Life, the volume number has been reduced by 2 units.
"For each level up, the strengthening energy increases by one, and the required volume is multiplied by ten."
"Such a setting is simply inappropriate!"
After sighing, Li Ge entered the Kingdom of the Underworld.
"Besides, there is another one that is not set at all!"
Li Ge looked at the red sky and collapsed on the land of Hades.
Recently, the space and land area of the Kingdom of Hades has expanded a lot.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to expand!
Is the Kingdom of Life getting an energy harvest?
Divide half of the Kingdom of Hades!
The Kingdom of Hades is so domineering and unreasonable.
Had the energy of Hades been accidentally leaked?
What else can be done? Throw all the earth and energy into the Kingdom of Hades!
This feeling of forced expansion is really unpleasant.
However, there are also surprising changes.
Li Ge closed his eyes and felt it carefully.
The dead earth trembled slightly.
Then, a small thing crawled out of the ground.
Actually!
yes!
locust!
When they first appeared, the locusts were like ghosts returning from the soil. When they moved, they "popped" and dropped debris.
However, after a while, those locusts turned into vivid creatures.
One...two...three...
Like the Pharaoh’s army resurrected in the desert.
Li Ge opened his eyes and looked at them.
"Well enough."
A satisfied smile crept up the corner of Li Ge's mouth.
If Li Ge wanted to, he could gather more.
It's just that it's not necessary at the moment.
"Their ability...devour and reproduce?"
Li Ge felt the locust's ability.
That's right.
This swarm of locusts is the same as all locusts that cause disasters!
Give them a chance and they can become a disaster that covers the sky!