Wei Xingshan didn't sleep well that night.
Thinking about himself in the first half of the night, and thinking about others in the second half of the night, Lao Wei felt unhappy.
This trip was in trouble again.
In fact, Wei Xingshan's flirting with Jin Wenlan the night before yesterday was not purely because he wanted to flirt with other girls, but because he wanted to help Lin Shuo pull up relationships in the first place.
Wei Xingshan could tell that Lin Shuo had a good eloquence, but he didn't like socializing from the bottom of his heart.
It is impossible to expect him to make friends with the heads of the two seven-inch families, the He family and the Jin family.
But the situation of the peer alliance was already there. Uncle Cao Yusheng had already mentioned Wei Xingshan. Lin Shuo's position as the leader was not secure, and there were challengers.
And the ally that the challenger Yun Xiu'er is eager to win over is mainly the powerful head of the Qicun family.
He Yongchang and Jin Wenlan are currently the best in the Qicun family. Among the hunters of Lin Shuo's generation, they are the strongest outside of the six families.
Even among the current Six Great Families, apart from Lin Shuo Yunxiuer, there is no other hunter better than the two of them.
The presidential election still has to canvass votes, you Lin Shuo can't just sit still.
Wei Xingshan was anxious for Lin Shuo, so he took the initiative to sit down with He Yongchang and Jin Wenlan to chat, first to establish a good relationship.
I am Lin Shuo's brother now, and Lin Shuo's apprentice later, so there is nothing wrong with doing this.
As a result, He Yongchang served as a soldier in the border special brigade for several years. This is the old tradition of Liemen, supporting the border defense of the motherland.
A thousand cups of wine is less when you meet a bosom friend, but a few words are more than a few words if you don't speculate.
They have all been soldiers, and they have all worked in special forces. Although they are not from the same military region, there are many common topics.
Wei Xingshan and He Yongchang got along very well, they didn't meet each other so late, and unknowingly, they both drank a few more glasses of shochu that was originally used to warm up.
This little wine is actually nothing to Wei Xingshan, but Fengliucha said that Hejiu is a sex matchmaker, once a hot-blooded man drinks some wine and looks at a woman, the feeling will be different.
At that time, Jin Wenlan was next to him, and Lao Wei said that he was not moved at all, which was a lie.
Sitting next to him, this woman looks like a female leopard, both beautiful and heroic.
And looking at her eyes, it seems that she is interested in herself.
Jiu Zhuang was cowardly, but what Wei Xingshan said and did afterwards was actually all a man's instinct, and he basically didn't think about it.
Now calm down and think about it, Wei Xingshan really regrets it.
Doing bad things with good intentions not only didn't bring Lin Shuo any benefit in interpersonal relationship, but also got him into trouble.
Unexpectedly, Jin Wenlan was such a wild woman, she was playing with fire.
But this matter has been settled, and it only happened overnight, so it's nothing to Wei Xingshan, as a man, he can't tell whether it's a disadvantage or an advantage.
What's more, this hole has already appeared. If you drill into the hole tomorrow morning, your head will be tied to the waistband of your trousers.
Wei Xingshan felt that it would be okay if he set up his gun in the desert, but if he went to this kind of underground space again, he would really have no idea.
So even if he promises a girl for one night, he may not have the life to fulfill Chen promise.
Thinking of this, Wei Xingshan finally figured it out.
Don't worry about anything else, let's live through tomorrow first, and then I'll fall asleep.
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He didn't know how long he slept, and in a daze, Wei Xingshan felt that someone was pulling him.
Wei Xingshan has been trained. This is a camping in the wild, not at home. Even if he is asleep, he is very alert.
As soon as someone pulled him, he woke up immediately.
When he woke up, he reacted very quickly and didn't open his eyes.
He didn't dare to open his eyes, fearing that it was Jin Wenlan.
Old Wei thought to himself, this aunt is really good enough, so why not let him go
It's no wonder that a woman can develop such a great ability, it's really indomitable.
After thinking about it again, hey, let it be like this, anyway, stretching the head is a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife, sooner or later.
Wei Xingshan closed his eyes and began to untie his pants, and said softly, "Hurry up, don't wake them up."
"Zip up!" Lin Shuo's voice sounded in his ear.
Wei Xingshan opened his eyes in a jerk, and Lin Shuo was standing beside him right now.
Old Wei breathed a sigh of relief: "Why is it you?"
"Are you disappointed?" Lin Shuo asked calmly.
Wei Xingshan didn't argue, sat up, rubbed his eyes, "woke me up so early, what's the matter?"
"It's foggy." Lin Shuo said.
"When it's foggy, it will be foggy." Wei Xingshan shook his head and looked around.
Hey, the fog rises really fast.
When Wei Xingshan saw Lin Shuo when he opened his eyes just now, Wei Xingshan hadn't noticed that it was already foggy.
After rubbing his eyes and looking again, Lin Shuo could still see clearly, because the distance between the two was less than half a meter.
What was behind Lin Shuo could no longer be seen clearly.
Seeing this scene, Wei Xingshan's heart skipped a beat.
This scene seemed familiar, similar to that of the sandstorm.
They can't see the surrounding things. According to Lin Shuo's words, the information reference objects are gone.
Without the information reference, even if the information itself is replaced, it is extremely difficult for people to detect it.
In this case, the vision of the Dover demon is unflinching.
And in this kind of foggy weather, people feel more uneasy than during sandstorms.
During the sandstorm, at least there was a car covering it, and the wheels were running underneath, so I felt a little bit safe in my heart.
It's different now, people are still exposed to the wild, next to the suspected Dover demon's lair hole, and when there is heavy fog, you can't see anything.
Suddenly something came by, not to mention the Dover Devil, it can scare people to death!
The more Wei Xingshan thought about it, the more flustered he became. Looking at Lin Shuo beside him, he felt a little moved in his heart.
If Lin Shuo didn't tell him about it, and he turned around and woke up with a thick fog in front of him, he might be in a panic.
Wei Xingshan then asked: "Brother, you are still loyal enough. You know you are thinking of me at this moment, did the two brothers and sisters notify you?"
"No." Lin Shuo said, "The fog rises too fast, I only have time to let you know in advance."
Wei Xingshan's face froze: "Old Lin, let me be fair, at a time like this, a wife is still more important than a brother. You didn't go to find your two wives first, but you came to inform me first, and I was a little flustered."
"Get out." Lin Shuo rolled his eyes at him, "That's because you use a gun, and once you get into trouble, you will be the worst offender here. If you shoot casually in the fog, it will really kill people. My two wives, Much more reliable than you."
"Oh." Wei Xingshan breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "Old Lin, what should we do now?"
While asking this question, Wei Xingshan had already stood up, looked down at the watch on his wrist, and looked around at the surrounding situation.
Local time, five thirty in the morning.
At this hour of the month, it stands to reason that the sun has come out, and the sky should be bright.
But the brightness of the surrounding light, just like the dawn, just dimmed.
The surrounding fog was too thick to melt away.
The hand can be seen clearly when it is placed in front of the eyes. Once it is straightened forward, the fingertips begin to be faintly visible.
Wei Xingshan turned his head to look at Lin Shuo. Lin Shuo was carrying Mr. Zhui on his back. He was slung across his shoulders. The top of his bow was on Lin Shuo's far shoulder.
The tip of the bow, Wei Xingshan can't see clearly now.
The visible range is only about one meter, no more.
"Take out the gun." Just listen to Lin Shuo's order.
Wei Xingshan was very obedient, touched his thigh with his hand, and took out the pistol.
"Fire a shot." Lin Shuo said again.
"No." Wei Xingshan asked, "Old Lin, where are you going to shoot? You can't see anything, and it's easy to accidentally injure friendly troops."
"Shoot into the sky, wake them up with gunshots, they are all asleep." Lin Shuo said, "In addition, this is somewhat deterrent, the smell in the cave over there is getting stronger and stronger, and the thing is about to Out."
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The time in the Red Desert area, according to Tashkent time, is 5:30 in the morning.
The time at the foot of Kunlun Mountain follows Yanjing, 8:30 in the morning.
Cao Mian walked in and put the three drawers of mutton buns on the desk.
The slight sound of the steamer falling off the table woke up the three people who were sleeping in the office.
Miao Guangqi, Cao Yusheng, and Yang Tuo didn't go back to the house to rest last night. They stayed here all night, and they were really tired by dawn, so they squinted for a while with their clothes on.
Yang Tuo put on the glasses at hand, glanced at the computer screen, and frowned: "The red desert area is foggy."
Miao Guangqi stood up suddenly: "This airdrop is not effective."
"Let's not talk about the airdrop." Cao Yusheng pointed to the computer screen and said, "This fog is very strange. Look at the range and concentration, is it normal?"
"It's not normal." Yang Tuo adjusted his glasses and said, "Once there is fog in the desert area, it is basically radiation fog. The principle is that the radiation cooling effect of the ground saturates the water vapor in the air layer close to the ground and condenses into fog.
Once this kind of fog rises, it will affect a very large area, often spanning several provinces.
When radiation fog occurs in the Red Desert, under normal circumstances, the entire Red Desert area should be covered.
But look at this fog, according to the scale of the satellite image, the diameter is only more than 50 kilometers.
And this concentration... "
"This concentration should be far above the strong dense fog. If the horizontal visibility is less than 50 meters, it is called strong dense fog. This is already lawless." Cao Yusheng continued, "Cao Mian, check the local weather forecast. fog."
"Okay." Cao Mian worked on another computer for a while, then raised his head and said, "No."
"This doesn't explain anything." Miao Guangqi said, "The weather forecast over there is different from that in China. There are too few people there. Generally, they only pay attention to the weather in a few oasis areas. The weather in the desert is not forecasted."
"But this fog is obviously abnormal." Cao Yusheng said, "Old Miao, if your previous guess about the principle of the illusion of the Dover Devil is true, then look at this fog, what do you think?"
"The moon is dark and the wind is high, God, murder and set fire." Miao Guangqi shook his head, "Under this environment, it is difficult to use reason to judge the authenticity of the illusion of the Dover demon. According to historical records, Dover The demon's melee attack ability is enough to kill a hunter with nine inches of strength, plus this fog and its illusion... Cao Mian."
"Ah?" Cao Mian didn't expect Miao Guangqi to call him at this time, and was taken aback for a moment.
"Are you interested in taking the position of leader of the hunting gate?" Miao Guangqi said, "If all the people in the Red Desert die, I think you are a better candidate than Zhang Jin."
"Now is not the time to talk about that." Cao Yusheng waved his hand, "Why are they all dead?"
"Let me ask you." Miao Guangqi looked at Cao Yusheng, "Is this fog abnormal?"
"yes."
"Is it possible that it was made by the Dover demon?" Miao Guangqi asked.
"possible."
"With a diameter of 50 kilometers, there is such a thick fog. Even with the most efficient energy conversion method, how much biological energy is needed to produce this fog, you can calculate it." Miao Guangqi said, "This can be done by a single creature Is it?"
Cao Yusheng was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yang Tuo.
As a biologist, Yang Tuo shook his head: "It's extremely unlikely."
Cao Yusheng sighed, seemed to understand something, and fell silent.
Miao Guangqi looked at Cao Mian, with a look of doubt on his face, and said to Cao Mian: "Let's think about my previous speculation on the principle of the Dover demon illusion, the detection and coverage of nerve signals. Cao Mian Mian, do you have any thoughts? Is there an important link missing?"
"Conduction." Cao Mian said immediately, "If it's just detection and coverage, even if a Dover demon has evolved these two abilities, it can only detect and cover near the individual, so its nerve signal The noodles are very small.
As far as I know, the neural signals of each organism are very different, very different.
Since it is necessary to use neural signals to interfere with the prey, it must at least use neural signals of the same species as the prey to interfere, otherwise it will have no effect.
However, in deserts, where biological divisions are relatively scattered, it is difficult to find similar neural signals of prey when the neural signal collection area is small.
Therefore, this ability is not so practical.
From the perspective of biological evolutionary dynamics, this kind of ability uses high energy cost, but the profit is very small, so it should not be evolved.
Since it can evolve, then this ability should be very profitable, giving this species a sufficient advantage over other competitors.
Therefore, I think that in addition to nerve signal detection and hijack coverage, there should be a conduction process.
The multi-headed Dover demons cooperate, and each other can transmit the detected nerve signals, and then one of the Dover demons hijacks and covers the nerve signals of similar prey.
In this way, the scope of neural signal collection is much larger, and it is a group of cooperative hunting, and the hunting efficiency is also high, which makes sense. "
After listening to this discussion, Miao Guangqi was noncommittal, but looked at Yang Tuo.
Yang Tuo adjusted his glasses and said, "Mr. Cao's analysis is not bad. It's amazing that a layman in biology can do this."
"Does Academician Yang have anything to add?" Miao Guangqi asked.
Yang Tuo said lightly: "There is a small loophole in Mr. Cao's inference, which makes the conclusion untenable."
Cao Mian was stunned for a moment, but he was a good-tempered man after all, so he hurriedly asked, "I also ask Academician Yang for advice."
"When the Dover demon hunts, it doesn't necessarily need to find the nerve signals of other prey." Yang Tuo said, "The nerve signals of the prey itself can also be used, and there is a time difference.
Do you know ghosts hit the wall? Almost the same principle.
Let the prey receive the environmental information, just like before, hit the wall back and forth, which is enough to confuse the prey and at the same time cover up its own whereabouts.
Therefore, the ability of a single-headed Dover devil to make a profit on biological nerve signals is already large enough, and the transmission of nerve signals between multiple-headed individuals is not necessary. "
"Yes." Miao Guangqi nodded and said to Cao Mian, "Cao Mian, you are very smart, but you are just a newcomer and don't have enough experience.
Regarding the derivation of strange creatures, we need to base it on the basis of the current objective existence, and the fresher the basis of this existence, the better. This is called information timeliness.
Why the Dover Demon exists, why it has the ability to intercept and hijack nerve signals, this is an evolutionary process.
This process is too far away from us, it must take an extremely long time, and there are countless coincidences, it is difficult to sum it up in one word, let's leave it alone.
What we see now is this fog, and this fog cannot exist under natural conditions.
This thing happened right in front of our eyes, the freshest thing, and this is the basis of our derivation.
It is difficult for a single Dover demon to produce such a large area of fog, and even if it can, there is no need to create such a waste of 50 kilometers.
Therefore, there is a high probability that this is a hunting behavior of a group of strange creatures. The prey is not just Lin Shuo and other people, but all creatures within this range.
As for the many-headed Dover demons, according to our previous speculation, they themselves have the ability to steal and hijack nerve signals, so this ability provides a basis for them to share nerve signals with each other.
They should do the same, because this is the most effective way to distinguish friend from foe in the fog.
At the same time, this also shows that the Dover demons that Lin Shuo and the others are currently facing are not just one, but a group.
Three hundred and seventy years ago, a Dover demon in the Taklimakan Desert caused the Hunting Gate to lose fifty-six hunters, of which six were nine inches strong, nineteen nine inches, and thirty-one seven inches.
Now Lin Shuo is the leader of the Hunting Gate, leading a group of candidates for the Hunting Gate leader, but he is facing a swarm of Dover demons. As the rear, what should we do
Cao Mian, as the candidate for the mastermind of the Six Families of Liemen, do you want to think about how to take over Liemen? "
"Then I..." Cao Mian looked at Miao Guangqi, then at Cao Yusheng, "Think about it?"
"Think about it!" Cao Yusheng pointed to the satellite image, "We'll wait until everyone is really dead!"
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