At this moment, Xu Xin could finally look out the window with confidence.
This was the first night the jungle had returned to its full growth.
He hadn't seen the jungle as lush at night as this in a long time.
I always feel a little flustered.
After all, there's no telling what's hidden beneath this lush jungle.
He opened the window and a wave of hot air rushed in.
At this time, the temperature outside the window was about 42 or 43 degrees.
Such high temperatures are relatively comfortable in the current hot summer conditions.
At this time, Li Wenxi also walked to his side and looked outside: "The jungle is now noisy again."
really.
In this hot weather, there is not much wild animal activity, but insects are basically starting to revive.
The sound of cicadas and crickets...
There is a constant stream of sounds in my ears.
It even feels a bit noisy.
There are indeed more mosquitoes in the summer, but now the temperature is over 60 degrees at noon. I didn’t expect these mosquitoes to be able to survive in such high temperatures. It’s really a miracle.
Xu Xin closed the window to keep the heat and the sound of insects out.
The temperature is normal now.
According to Li Yajun's description, even if there were abnormal temperatures around, it would only happen after 2 a.m.
If the situation tonight is the same as last night, it should be safe now.
At this time, Lou Feier's voice came from under the tree house.
Jin Yue was also beside her.
How come the two of them came here together
Xu Xin took the two people to the tree house with doubts.
"Something's unusual!" The first words Lou Feier said made Xu Xin's heart skip a beat.
Both she and Jin Yue had confused and solemn expressions on their faces.
"What did you find?" Xu Xin asked.
"Are you in danger?" Li Wenxi also asked with concern.
"I didn't encounter any danger, but..." Lou Feier frowned, "There are too many bugs outside!"
Too many bugs
The corners of Xu Xin's eyes trembled slightly.
He was just thinking that it was a bit strange that those insects could survive in such high temperatures, so Lou Feier and the others focused their attention on the insects.
"What kind of bugs?" Xu Xin asked, "Flying insects?"
"There are all kinds of bugs." Lou Feier said with a slightly disgusted expression, "On the ground, on tree trunks, in the treetops, flying in the sky, there are bugs everywhere in the jungle!"
"Ah?" Li Wenxi immediately stood up and ran to the window again to look out.
Then she breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, fortunately, there are none around the tree house."
"There are indeed no bugs around the tree house right now." Jin Yue said, "But these bugs appeared too quickly."
It turned out that the two of them had taken turns patrolling outside for a day, and the situation had been relatively normal.
There were indeed sounds of insects chirping in the jungle from the morning onwards, and there were also quite a few flying insects, but they were all within the normal range.
It's not much different from the situation in the jungle before the leaves fell.
So the two of them didn't care much.
But when the sun was about to set, the situation suddenly changed.
The number of insect swarms in the jungle suddenly increased!
It was probably during this half hour when the sun set that the number of insects began to increase exponentially!
Now, where you used to see one insect every two steps, you can now step on several to death every two steps!
Even the various tree trunks in the jungle are crawling with all kinds of insects. If you reach out to help them, you might crush several of them to death!
"Besides!" Lou Feier felt unwell. "There were a lot of flying insects! I didn't cover my mouth and face in the jungle, but later I did. I felt like I could eat a few with just one mouth!"
As she spoke, she patted the clothes she was wearing, with a look of despair on her face.
"Eh—" Li Wenxi shrank his neck and leaned towards Xu Xin.
That sounds so gross!
"Are bugs only in the jungle?" Xu Xin had some doubts about this.
He couldn't see any insects in the tree house, he could only hear the sound of insects chirping.
"Well, before dark, those bugs have been active in the shadows of the jungle because they are afraid of being exposed to the sun." Jin Yue said, "But..."
She turned and looked out the window.
The sky is now completely dark.
The sunlight has faded.
Xu Xin understood the meaning of her words.
It's completely dark now, and those flying insects are probably not confined to the jungle!
It is very likely to crawl out or fly out!
Come to the tree house!
Xu Xin stood up immediately: "Wen Xi, go and inform the people below not to try to open the window. I'll go down and take a look!"
"Oh ok!"
"Coco, will you go out with me?"
"Bing!" Coco jumped a few steps away and shook her little head violently.
For it, the outside is not as comfortable as the inside.
Xu Xin was speechless.
This little guy used to follow me whenever I went out, but now he won’t leave even if I call him.
It seems that it is still too hot outside for it.
Xu Xin didn't force it and took Jin Yue and Lou Feier down the tree house.
It's dark now, and he no longer needs to wrap himself tightly. As for the current temperature, he doesn't feel it at all.
High temperature resistance at work.
There was only about a hundred meters of open space around the tree house, and the three of them soon arrived in the jungle.
When Xu Xin was still more than ten meters away from the jungle, he heard some hurried footsteps in the jungle, and then a small figure rushed out of the tree house.
Then he continued to rush forward and came to their side.
"Xiao Taozi, why are you here?" Lou Feier asked in surprise, "Didn't you just go back?"
"I can't stand it anymore!"
Zeng Tao covered her mouth with one hand and waved her other hand wildly as she rushed out. Even when she had already reached Xu Xin and the others, her other hand was still waving around wildly.
"Okay, okay, there are no more bugs."
After hearing what Lou Feier said, Zeng Tao stopped what he was doing and started breathing heavily.
She just rushed over here holding her breath.
Xu Xin looked in the direction she was running from.
The scene that came into view made him subconsciously widen his eyes.
It was dark in the jungle and I couldn't see anything.
But the areas outside were illuminated by moonlight and starlight.
You can see that at this moment, a whole circle of flying insects has flown out from the outskirts of the jungle!
They were flying around in groups on the outskirts of the jungle. Under the starlight, they looked like dense black dots moving around, making people not want to get close.
Xu Xin immediately took out a blue-level red berry and ate it, gaining the ability of night vision.
"I'm going crazy! My tree house is full of bugs!" Zeng Tao's eyes were filled with tears. She squatted on the ground with her hands on her head. "What's going on? Why are there so many bugs?"
"...Didn't you close the window?" Jin Yue asked.
"… There was only one window that was not closed…" Zeng Tao hugged her legs and sat on the ground, looking exhausted, "How could I have known that bugs would come in… And, there were so many bugs…"
"Okay, okay, then you can live in my tree house. There are no bugs there."
"No, I want to live in Xu Xin's tree house! Nothing good will happen if I live with a guy like you!"
"You little girl are showing off!"
"What's wrong? I just dislike what's wrong with you!"
At this time, Xu Xin had already reached the edge of the jungle.
The closer you get to the jungle, the more deafening the sound of insects becomes.
Of course, after all, they were just some small insects of normal size. Compared with those big insects in the underground world, the sound was still much weaker, and he had long been accustomed to it.
Lou Feier and Zeng Tao were still confronting each other, while Jin Yue followed Xu Xin over.
"Brother Xin, if you want to go in, you'd better find something to cover your face." Jin Yue suggested, "Otherwise, you really won't be able to breathe."
Xu Xin looked at the swarm of insects in the jungle.
The swarm of insects was not aggressive and did not fly towards him as he expected. Instead, they crawled and flew around in the jungle on their own.
The swarm of insects in the air did not fly around randomly in the jungle as Xu Xin had imagined. Instead, they seemed to be in order.
Every one or two meters, there would be a large swarm of insects in the air that formed a constantly changing insect ball, fluctuating within a one-meter range.
There weren't as many on the ground and on the trees as Lou Feier had just described.
There are still no insects to be seen on most of the trees.
However, any tree where insects crawl is densely covered with insects.
It doesn't look like a disgusting bug, but rather a black beetle.
The insects on the ground also swarmed in groups, sometimes in large groups like those in the air, but...
Like marching ants, they are lined up in rows and crawling in strips on the ground.
As long as you are careful, you won't step on it.
"This..." Jin Yue was slightly stunned when she saw this scene.
"What's wrong?" Xu Xin asked when he heard her puzzled voice.
He took a step back slightly, dodging the swarm of flying insects that seemed to be about to fly into his face.
At the same time he lowered his head and looked at the ground beneath his feet.
Outside the jungle, on the ground where the sunlight can reach during the day, close to the jungle is a pile of dead insects.
These should be insects that wanted to crawl or fly out of the jungle during the day, but under the sunlight, they probably didn't even last a few seconds and died under the scorching sun.
Then, it was spread all over the floor.
Crowded.
It's full of dead insects.
"When we left just now, the state of these insects was not like this," Jin Yue explained.
"Hmm? What was it like?"
"The situation just now was just as Fei'er said, chaotic." Jin Yue frowned.
At this time, two other people also came over.
"What are you doing? You guys still want to go in?" Zeng Tao said with a vigilant look, "I'm not going in! If you want to go, go ahead!"
Lou Feier was very surprised: "Ah? How come these insects are suddenly so regular?"
It seems that it is exactly as Jin Yue said.
The insects began to move in a regular pattern.
Regular activities…
Xu Xin had a bad feeling.
Although each of these insects is very small, there are a lot of them.
If they show their power collectively, they will definitely not be underestimated!
Moreover, not only are they powerful in their own right, they may also carry some viruses or the like, which can pose a certain threat to the injured survivors.
Zeng Tao’s tree house has proven that these insects can crawl into the tree house!
As for why her tree house is different from Xu Xin's tree house and is occupied by bugs...
That's probably because after she planted her tree house, she didn't cut down the surrounding tree houses.
So, when the jungle grew lush again, the crowns of these trees merged with Zeng Tao's tree house.
Without sunlight as a buffer zone around her tree house, it was naturally occupied by a large number of insects like other trees.
but…
Looking at the insects that were now trying to fly out of the jungle, Xu Xin's heart sank.
The main tree house has sunlight as a 100-meter barrier during the day, so there is no need to worry about insect attacks, but there is no such thing at night!
These bugs are likely to attack his tree house at night!
I didn’t expect this hot summer to be so miserable!
Hot during the day, swarms of insects at night!
but…
If I close the windows, there shouldn't be any problem, right
After all, when the sun comes out tomorrow morning, most of the bugs around the tree house will naturally be eliminated.
Just as he was thinking this, suddenly, a thin, strange sound began to come from the jungle.
“Crunch, crunch…”
“Crunch, crunch…”
The sound became louder and louder, gradually becoming comparable to the sound of insects!
"Ah! These insects on the tree trunks are gnawing at the trunks!" Lou Feier suddenly exclaimed, pointing at the tree trunks in the jungle.
Xu Xin looked closely.
really!
Each of those insects lying on the tree trunks was shaking and moving slightly!
“Crunch, crunch…”
The sound came from all directions of the jungle!
The bark of several trees crawling with insects began to be eaten away at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the trunks were exposed in a few seconds!
Then it was eaten away at a rapid speed, becoming thinner and thinner!
Then, groups of flying insects in the air suddenly rushed towards the crowns of the trees that were being eaten, and began to frantically eat the leaves that had just grown out!
"This...!" Xu Xin's tongue shrank suddenly.
These bugs eat trees!
That would definitely cause damage to the tree house!
The other people present also thought of this problem, and everyone's expression changed.
“My tree house!”
Zeng Tao suddenly exclaimed.
"My tree house is being eaten!"
really.
I'm afraid she can't save her tree house.
But it doesn't matter.
As long as the main tree house is not dead, the parasitic tree house can be reborn.
"There's nothing important in your tree house, right?" Xu Xin asked.
"Um... No." Zeng Tao shook her head. "The important things are all in my backpack. Is the blue-level bed considered an important thing?"
"Not really." Lou Fei'er said, "We have plenty of blue-grade wood. Don't worry about your tree house."
"Oh, okay." Zeng Tao also thought that her tree house could be reborn, so she didn't mind. "But we can't just leave these bugs alone, right? Won't they fly over and gnaw at the main tree house? Our heavy crossbows can't protect against these bugs!"
This is also what Xu Xin is considering now.
The Swarm…
what to do
"Bang!"
At this time, a tree was finally knocked down by the bugs crawling on the trunk. Then, the bugs on the ground quickly climbed up the fallen tree and began to eat even faster!
The insect that was originally crawling on the tree trunk began to move quickly towards another tree, climbed up this tree, and started gnawing once again!
The speed of eating is so fast!
There must be a way to prevent the tree house from being eaten like this!
…There is a way, although it is not very reliable, but you can give it a try!
He immediately took out a torch from his backpack, rubbed the head of the torch on the ground, creating sparks, and then ignited it directly!
In hand, the flame and light of the torch illuminate the surroundings.
fire.
This is the method Xu Xin thought of.
Insects generally have a tendency to be attracted to light.
They will fly and crawl towards the light.
The electric mosquito repellent devices on Earth rely on this principle.
Sure enough, when the torches were lit, the insects in the jungle were immediately attracted, and a large number of flying insects wanted to fly towards Xu Xin!
"ah!"
"Throw away the torch quickly!" Lou Feier immediately jumped back two steps and shouted.
Xu Xin immediately inserted the torch into the cracks in the dry ground and stepped back.
Sure enough, the flying insects flew towards the torches one by one!
Then rushed into the fire and was burned to ashes!
Despite this, the surrounding flying insects still flew towards the nearby light!
efficient!
Xu Xin looked back at his tree house.
His tree house has electricity, and at this moment, the tree house is brightly lit!
Probably because of the lack of sunlight during the day, most of the insects did not dare to rush towards the tree house for the time being, but they were getting closer and closer to the tree house.
There must be no light in the tree house tonight!
Also, he needed to set up a circle of fire around the tree house again, just like he did in the previous battle to defend the tree house to isolate the ant colony's attack.
This way, perhaps the bugs won’t notice the tree house!