After Uncle Wei left, the entire house was almost open to Pan Weining, Feng Yi and others.
In the past, Uncle Wei only valued the meteorites in the underground warehouse, and there were no other valuable things here.
Now, most of the meteorites have been decided to be sold. Uncle Wei has already given them to Feng Yi in advance. There is nothing here that the owner cares about, so anyone can play with them as they please.
Feng Yi and Wen Zhiyu were not interested in this house. Feng Yi wanted to study the meteorite, but Wen Zhiyu and Pan Weining decided to go out for a walk, so Feng Yi went with them to see where in the town was suitable for buying land.
Uncle Wei's meteorite hunter friend hasn't come back yet, so Feng Yi and his friends drove around Tuoga Town first. However, this time they were not going to visit shops to buy handicrafts, but to see the place.
Feng Yi wants to buy land and build a house here, so he has to have some idea in mind.
The car was driving on the driveway, and Wen Zhiyu looked at the building outside: "Another unfinished building. It has been left there for so many years. Who knows what happened inside? Even if we buy it, it's better to cancel it and rebuild it."
The unfinished buildings in the small town look particularly desolate.
Tuojia Town is not big, and there are not many traffic lights on the roads. The road is smooth and it doesn't take long to drive through all the main roads here.
A few people went back to have lunch at noon, rested at home, and then went out again.
This time it was in the direction of leaving town.
Their car was parked at the edge of the town, from where they could see the town streets and the Gobi Desert in the distance.
Several people got out of the car and walked around outside.
"There is a big lake further down the road. Tuojia Town is basically not short of water," Pan Weining said, pointing to a green belt. "But there are occasional power outages here. If you want to build a house here, you have to be prepared for this."
Feng Yi responded a few times and was about to say something when he suddenly stopped.
He looked up, discerning the direction of the wind and the changes in the smell information brought by the wind, his brows furrowed.
Pan Weining noticed Feng Yi's strange expression and asked:
"What did you find?"
"There may be some places in that direction that are affected by rat infestation." Feng Yi said.
Wen Zhiyu smiled and said, "As expected of an expert from the Joint Security Bureau! He can even smell it from such a distance!"
He said with a somewhat melancholy tone: "After the abnormal climate period, the natural enemies of rats decreased so much, and these rodents have flourished! Every year, we hear about rat plagues somewhere, and the situation in the city is not that good. I can't stand it anyway. Every time these little guys make the most trouble, I run to the Rat-Free Villa!"
Feng Yi listened and reacted after a while, "Rat-avoiding Villa? Where is it?"
Wen Zhiyu: "I'm not sure. Let's list a number of targets and make comparisons every year. We can go to places where there are fewer rats."
Pan Weining looked at the direction Feng Yi mentioned, feeling a little worried, and took out his phone to send a message to his uncle:
Uncle, is there a rat infestation in the area you passed by
There was no immediate reply, and after a while, a new message came in:
Just got a pop-up warning! There's a rat infestation! They're swarming!
Pan Weining's heart sank, and he dialed the number directly. This time the call was connected quickly.
Pan Weining: "Uncle, what's going on with you guys now? Where are you?"
Uncle Wei was relatively calm: "The road is blocked. Many cars on this road have received pop-up notifications and have temporarily stopped on the road. The windows are now closed."
Having experienced periods of abnormal climate, we have corresponding measures in place to deal with various disasters and notifications are timely.
Where the rat swarm is about to pass, vehicles on some lanes have gradually stopped in preparation for defense.
Just wait for the rats to pass. There are people who will take care of it, so they don't need to get involved.
If vehicles do not stop, the rats will easily cause chaos and accidents when they pass by.
Uncle Wei spoke calmly, but Pan Weining could also tell that the situation was worse than he had expected.
"Cluster? So serious? Didn't we start preparing for it early this year?"
"It must be that some places did not do their job properly or did it in a perfunctory manner, and now something went wrong."
After finishing the call with Pan Weining, Uncle Wei looked out the car window.
This was not the first time he had experienced this, and he did not feel scared, just a little annoyed.
Inexplicable irritability.
Perhaps it was the sudden swarm of rats that delayed his journey, or perhaps there was a period of waiting. Waiting was not a pleasant feeling.
Soon, black, gray or dark brown figures appeared in sight.
Uncle Wei showed a look of disgust.
These figures passed through the gaps between and under the vehicles.
The closed windows blocked out a lot of sound, and I couldn't hear any screaming or yelling from other vehicles.
Take your eyes away and don't look anymore.
I was already feeling a little upset, and seeing those scenes made me even more upset.
Uncle Wei closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair and rested, thinking quietly about some things, such as the next investment and project plan.
He could ignore what was happening outside, but the two bodyguards were always on guard.
Before setting off, they told Pan Weining that no one would block their way.
Indeed, no one blocked the road.
But, the person blocking the road is not a human being!
They are blocked here by a group of rats!
I just hope the rat swarm passes quickly!
The bodyguard sitting next to Uncle Wei noticed the change and rushed over to protect Uncle Wei.
The next moment, the car body was hit!
It was a car behind, driving past quickly on the sidewalk beside it, but because of the swarm of rats, it was not driving steadily and even scraped several cars beside it.
Uncle Wei's car was also scratched from the side. The impact was not serious, but it happened so suddenly that Uncle Wei lost his balance. He was protected by bodyguards and was not hit hard, but the box in his hand fell out of his hand due to the impact.
After recovering, Uncle Wei didn't pay any attention to what happened outside, but hurried to pick up the fallen box.
Seeing that his employer was fine, the bodyguard continued to keep an eye on the outside. The car had already left, and there was no other car driving urgently behind it. However, the dashcam had memorized the license plate of the car.
Just when I was about to ask the employer how to deal with this matter, I saw that the employer's face turned pale and he looked greatly shocked.
"Mr. Wei, what's wrong with you?" asked the bodyguard.
Uncle Wei ignored them.
At this moment, Uncle Wei was only staring at the refrigerator in front of him.
The refrigerator fell just now, and the display screen seemed to be fine, but to be on the safe side, Uncle Wei still pressed the self-check procedure to see if there was any problem.
However, the self-test procedure failed!
He seems to be a bit weird at ordinary times, but after all, he has experienced a lot. Once he found that there was a problem with the self-inspection procedure, he had bad associations.
Inside the car, the two bodyguards saw this and didn't dare to make a sound to disturb them, and they breathed lightly.
Uncle Wei looked miserable, and he seemed to be on the verge of collapse.
After pressing the button several times, Uncle Wei stared at the display screen on the refrigerator, his lips trembling. He was unable to speak for a long time. Finally, as if he mustered up the courage, he pressed the password and opened the refrigerator.
The heavy box was opened.
The temperature inside the box, which should have been in a low-temperature state, is now similar to the surrounding temperature.
There was a small tube inside.
Contains a small half tube of liquid.
This is the "treasure" that Uncle Wei spent a lot of money, time and energy to get!
Uncle Wei took several deep breaths and said to the bodyguard, "Where's the spare refrigerator?!"
The voice was trembling, as if he was suppressing his emotions.
The bodyguard in the back seat quickly dragged out the spare refrigerator.
Uncle Wei pulled it over, opened the refrigerator, and adjusted the temperature and mode. However, he found that this was also an inexplicable malfunction! The display screen showed normal, but the temperature inside the box could not be lowered at all!
"I***!"
Uncle Wei slammed the box down, cursed angrily for two minutes, then took out his cell phone and called the friend in whom he had invested.
When the call was connected, Uncle Wei's voice was tense:
"Um, do the treasures of the original Y series have to be kept at low temperatures?"
"Of course. It's easy to be inactivated at high temperatures. Our project is focusing on some mysterious active proteins in it. If it's inactive, we can still study it..."
The person on the other end of the phone realized something was wrong and asked nervously:
"Did you forget to refrigerate it?!"
Uncle Wei took a deep breath, "I remember! I even prepared two refrigerators! But I never thought someone would tamper with my refrigerator! I just realized now that this thing doesn't work! It was still at low temperature when I put it in, but now it doesn't work at all!"
The person on the other end of the phone asked in a trembling voice: "What's the ambient temperature on your end?"
Uncle Wei looked at the temperature gauge in the car: "24 degrees Celsius."
There was no sound on the other end of the phone, but I could hear rapid breathing. I wonder if it was because of the shock.
Although Uncle Wei was angry, he was still very worried about his friend, fearing that he would faint from the news.
"are you OK?"
"I'm not okay!" someone howled from the other end. "I've been waiting for this for so long! Woo—"
Compared to the other party's emotional collapse, Uncle Wei calmed down at this time. He said:
"The active substances inside may not all be inactivated. Maybe they are still fine. What are the characteristics of the Y series in an active state?"
The person over there thought for a moment and said, "If it's a transparent mixture, you can't see anything, but there may be a difference in smell. The mixture in its active state has a very sharp and cold smell. I don't know how to describe it. If I really have to say it, it's like being hit on the head with a club, and then standing on the Antarctic continent and feeling the blood and rain!"
Uncle Wei: "... Let me see."
The other side said, "Do you really want to open it? Otherwise, you should take it to the laboratory first and then open it. Once it is opened, it will be exposed to air and floating dust impurities, and it will deactivate faster."
Uncle Wei: "I feel bad if I don't confirm it! If it's already inactive, there's no need for me to drive so far to send it to the lab!"
After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Then open it and smell it. Keep the phone connected. I want to know the result as soon as possible!"
Uncle Wei turned on the speaker of the phone, put it aside, and took out the small tube from the box.
"The item is genuine, with an anti-counterfeit label and a protective buckle."
As Uncle Wei spoke, he removed the protective buckle on the small tube, applied gentle force, and carefully unscrewed the small tube.
Then he leaned over and smelled it.
The person on the other end of the phone didn't hear anything and couldn't help asking, "How is it?"
Uncle Wei: "It doesn't seem to have any smell, and it doesn't have the cold and bloody feeling you described."
The person on the other end of the phone was extremely disappointed: "It's over... It's all over..."
Uncle Wei didn't say anything else.
He held the small pipe and looked out the window absentmindedly.
He didn't know whether he should thank these swarming mice. If it weren't for them, he might not realize he was tricked until a day later.
“Things change all the time.”
Before leaving, he told his nephew that he would make a lot of money, but now, everything has become dim.
I regret not being careful enough, and I regret letting someone find a loophole to manipulate me...
But all the regrets are useless now.
He was still stuck on this road, watching those arrogant rats running around outside the window.
Glancing at the pipe in his hand, Uncle Wei screwed on the cap and said to the bodyguard in the driver's seat, "Open up the ventilation."
The ventilation system in the car inhales air from the outside through multiple layers of filtration and disinfection, also to reduce the occurrence of epidemics.
The turbid air in the car with various smells is discharged from another pipe.
"Although this 'treasure' doesn't smell good, no one knows whether it is harmful to the human body. If we keep it out for a while, we don't know when these rats will disperse..."
Uncle Wei's gaze fixed as he looked out the car window.
Outside the car, the group of rats that were originally running around arrogantly suddenly fled as if they had encountered some danger.
There was an empty area around the car, and the rats that came from behind would circle around to avoid it.
Uncle Wei:!
!
What the hell?!
Does anyone around here use rat repellent
Look at the vehicles in front and behind, and then compare them with the surroundings of your own car.
Uncle Wei withdrew his gaze from the window and fell on the small tube in his hand.
After waiting for a while, the "empty area" outside the window gradually shrank, and the rats from the rat pack approached again.
Uncle Wei unscrewed the cap of the tube, but his eyes were fixed outside.
Soon, the approaching rats began to panic and avoid them, and the "empty area" that had just disappeared appeared again!
Uncle Wei swallowed and closed the lid.
After a moment, it opened again.
Close again.
Open again.
Looking at the rats outside: panic-calm-panic...
Uncle Wei's face was still pale due to the previous blow, but at this moment, his originally dim eyes were surprisingly bright, as if there was a fire burning in them.
He picked up his phone and told his investor friend: "I suddenly have a new idea!"
…
In Tuoga Town, Pan Weining, Feng Yi and others were still outside looking at the Gobi scenery.
Wen Zhiyu was talking to Feng Yi about the techniques of finding meteorites. Feng Yi had never come here to find meteorites before, so he only had theoretical knowledge, but Wen Zhiyu, no matter what, still had some practical experience. Whether he was reliable or not was another matter.
Pan Weining was absent-minded, thinking about his uncle.
I don’t know what the situation is over there now.
Ding-
The new message on my phone is from Uncle Wei.
Pan Weining quickly opened it to check.
Uncle: Xiaoning, something has happened to my uncle, and I have a new idea. I want to give it a try. There are some risks, and I don't know if it will work in the end. If it fails, the paintball club can only buy you two-fifths - only the 'paintballs', not the 'club'.