Xie Chen was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and said hurriedly: "Something big has happened!"
Xia Yuanqiu frowned: "What happened?"
Xie Chen said: "For some reason, a group of locusts suddenly came to the fields and ate up all the wheat grains that were about to mature overnight. These grains are the rations for the people of Donghai City this year. Without these rations, All the people in Donghai City are going to be hungry, what should we do?"
Xia Yuanqiu calmed Xie Chen's emotions: "Don't worry, tell me slowly, what's going on with this locust? Has something like this happened before?"
Xie Chen shook his head: "Such a thing has never happened before. Even if locusts come to eat occasionally, it is only a small amount. I have never seen so many locusts. They swarmed the sky and the earth, and the sky was so dark that the sun was blocked."
If you can eat all the food of the entire Donghai City residents for a season in one night, the quantity must be large.
Xia Yuanqiu frowned and said: "As far as I know, locusts don't only eat wheat grains. If they are extremely hungry, they will eat anything, including human blood and human flesh. Such a huge swarm of locusts is obviously very dangerous. This matter must be reported to the dean immediately and asked for his decision."
Xie Chen was also panicking. He had always regarded Shalu and Yuanqiu as the leaders of their six-person group. When something happened, the first thing he thought of was to discuss it with these two people. When Shalu was not around, he went directly to Yuanqiu. After listening to Yuan Qiu's words, he realized that such a major matter should be reported to the dean first.
The two hurried to the ashram. Dean Bai was talking to Sifu. When he saw the two coming, he looked anxious and asked: "What happened?"
Xie Chen hurriedly recounted the story of the locusts. Dean Bai was shocked and asked, "Where are the locusts now?"
"Still in the field, eating the leftover wheat grain, and I can't drive it away no matter how hard I try."
Dean Bai shook his head: "They can't be driven away. The most terrifying thing is that if they don't eat enough in the wheat field, they will start to eat other things, anything, including humans. Hurry, go back." Notify all the households near the wheat fields to hide in their houses, not to go out, and not to try to drive away the locusts. Using ordinary methods to drive away the locusts is of no use at all, and will only bring trouble to yourself."
When Xie Chen saw the dean's expression change drastically, he panicked and hurried away without daring to delay at all.
After Xie Chen left, Dean Bai asked Xia Yuanqiu: "Yuanqiu, do you have any way to get rid of the locusts?"
Xia Yuanqiu had just been thinking that these locusts could fly, and their flying speed was not slow. It would not be easy to kill them all. Brutal force would not work, but what about medicine? Is it okay to take medication
She thought about mosquitoes and flies. In the 21st century, people have many ways to drive away mosquitoes, including burning mosquito coils or mosquito repellent liquid, and using this toxic gas to drive away or kill mosquitoes.
Although locusts are many times larger than mosquitoes, they are just insects. As long as an insecticide is formulated according to their constitution, everything will be solved.
"I want to use poisonous smoke. Only by using poisonous smoke can we catch them all. Otherwise, once these locusts make a fuss, our entire Donghai City will suffer." Xia Yuanqiu said.
Dean Bai frowned and said, "If poisonous smoke is used, wouldn't we, the people of Donghai City, also be able to smell it?"
Xia Yuanqiu said: "It doesn't matter if you smell it, as long as you prepare a poison that is specific to the locust's constitution but harmless to the human body."