"There's no need to think so complicated about this kind of thing, right?" Li Wenxi felt that Xu Xin was overthinking, and speculated, "Maybe the high temperature last night was the precursor of this insect swarm? The influence of the high temperature was actually the cause of this insect swarm?"
What she said is possible.
"It's better to be cautious. To prevent danger, we must consider the most serious situation."
Xu Xin also felt that nothing else would happen tonight.
Otherwise, if even he might not be able to survive the danger, the other survivors would be doomed.
Of course, he still had an idea about the disasters suffered by other survivors.
Perhaps, the extent of the disaster he suffered was much more serious than that of ordinary survivors.
This situation...
It should be very possible.
"Do you still remember what happened during the beast tide in the cold winter?" Xu Xin turned to look at Li Wenxi who was teasing Coco in his arms and asked.
"The beast tide in the cold winter? Of course I remember!" Li Wenxi raised his head and smiled, "You saved my life at that time, and I also had my first kiss that time!"
"Haha, then, do you still remember the scale of that beast tide?"
"Scale? It's huge! Um, no, I remember... it seems like everyone is a little different?"
During the last beast tide, the more people there were in a place, the more severe the disaster was.
Shortly after the cold winter came, before the stone pillars and peaks rose from the ground, they were attacked by a blizzard and mutant creatures.
Survivors like their explorers who had parasitic tree houses were attacked by hordes of mutant creatures.
Those survivors who were alone and whose tree houses were of low levels basically did not suffer any strong attacks.
They had never seen a beast tide before.
Therefore, everyone in Area 188 was basically safe and sound at that time, thanks to the ordinary tree house heavy crossbows sold by the explorers at that time.
This time may be the same.
In order to confirm his guess, he paid a little attention when he went to check on Li Wenxi's situation just now.
Although there were also swarms of flying insects and reptiles rushing towards the flames, the swarms in the jungle were not very dense.
Even compared to the swarm of insects around him, which had been mostly cleared out, it was still much less.
On his side, there were nearly thirty people gathered, a very large number.
According to his guess, he should have suffered a more serious disaster.
This is indeed the case.
So, he felt that his guess was correct.
The more people there are in a place, the more serious the insect plague will be. Here, he has to endure the disaster that nearly thirty people should have to endure.
In places where there are no people, the severity of the insect plague has obviously decreased. Even though his tree house is only about 20 kilometers away from Li Wenxi's tree house, the change in the intensity of the insect plague is very obvious.
I hope my guess is correct.
Otherwise, with this level of swarm, the survival rate of other survivors is very low.
Xu Xin told Li Wenxi who was beside him about this conjecture.
"Ah! That's right!" Li Wenxi suddenly realized, "It was indeed like that last time. It seems very likely this time as well. After all, last time was the first beast tide after the cold winter, and this time is the first... um... insect tide after the hot summer? Almost the same!"
Li Wenxi's statement has a unique angle, but it also makes sense.
From this perspective, they may not need to worry too much about the survival of other survivors.
Just take care of themselves first.
Of course, although the disaster is severe, it also brings greater opportunities.
Although he also didn't know what opportunities he would have from this insect plague.
During the last beast tide, they explorers obtained a large amount of materials and became extremely wealthy.
But this time…
Those bugs flew into the fire and were burned to ashes instantly, leaving him with nothing, not even any points in the points mall.
"But now that I think about it, I feel relieved." Li Wenxi held Coco in his arms and rubbed her belly. "There's no one in my tree house, so there shouldn't be any big problems."
“Hmm…” Coco felt very comfortable being rubbed, and she enjoyed it with her eyes squinted.
"Well, I've also checked your side. The situation is much better than here, so don't worry too much." Xu Xin pinched Li Wenxi's face.
Li Wenxi's current affinity increase is really unbearable...
Calm.
It's too dangerous tonight, so let's not do that.
"That's good, that's good! I'm relieved now. I'll go downstairs and play with them!"
Lou Feier, Zeng Tao and others were downstairs. Li Wenxi immediately stuffed Coco into Xu Xin's arms and ran downstairs.
There was laughter and joy downstairs, and the atmosphere was very relaxed and cheerful.
Compared to the plight of other survivors, his place can truly be considered a paradise.
As long as he can withstand the invasion of disaster.
"Oh oh." Coco's little paws pulled at Xu Xin's hands, as if she wanted him to continue rubbing her little belly like Li Wenxi did.
Xu Xin smiled slightly and started rubbing it.
"Hmm..."
At the same time, a map appeared in his mind.
On the map, most of the jungle around his tree house was covered by a layer of hazy, rhythmic red fog of varying shades. The closer to the tree house, the darker the red fog.
These red mists are composed of tiny red dots of these insect swarms.
The color near the campfire is the darkest, and the surrounding red fog continues to gather near the campfire.
The bonfire outside was burning more and more vigorously at this time.
Of course, although it is said to be dark in color, it is just a light red. If you don’t pay close attention, you can hardly see the color.
This also shows that the strength of these individual insects is indeed very weak.
So where do these bugs come from
Generally speaking, insect swarms...
There will be... a queen, right
Xu Xin saw the red dot on the map, representing Qin Fu, which was hovering about seven or eight hundred meters away from his tree house.
According to what this guy said before, could it be that he discovered...
At this moment, an egg rolled in front of him on the ground.
It's the giant egg.
"Hmm!" When Coco saw the giant egg, she wanted to jump on it to play, but she stopped right before jumping on it. "Hmm?"
Coco looked at the dome and blinked: "Hmm...?!"
Coco's movements and voice interrupted Xu Xin's thoughts, causing him to look down as well: "What's wrong? Is there anything..."
His voice stopped abruptly, and he looked at the giant egg, his eyes slowly widened.
A thin crack appeared on the shell of the giant egg.
Different from the cracks that were frozen before, this crack seemed to have a special pattern. Although he didn't know what it was,...
At least it's definitely not broken, but...
It's about to break out of the shell!
This egg is about to break its shell!
"Oh! Oh! Oh!" Coco also screamed in surprise.
It jumped off the sofa, walked to the dome, and was no longer as rude as before. Instead, it carefully touched the crack on the dome with its little paw.
The giant egg did not move, allowing it to be touched.
"Hmm?" Coco pushed gently again.
The giant dome was like a tumbler. It tilted back, then swayed back, then swayed a few times and stopped moving again.
Xu Xin was a little confused.
It… What does this mean
Oh, right, mind reading!
Xu Xin immediately activated his mind-reading function.
"Outside... go... outside!"
The dome made a very childish sound, and the words in his heart were not clear, just like a little baby practicing pronunciation.
"Do you look like you're going outside?" Xu Xin asked.
It's sixty or seventy degrees outside now.
"Think..." The giant dome began to shake.
"Hmm?" Coco stretched out her little paw and pushed the giant egg again, causing it to shake even more violently.
"Coco, don't touch me!" Xu Xin grabbed Coco by the scruff of the neck and threw her on the sofa.
"Oh, oh, oh!" Coco immediately waved her little paws to express her dissatisfaction, but did not continue to make trouble. Instead, she lay on the armrest of the sofa, curiously looking at the cracks on the shell of the giant egg that felt like some kind of pattern.
The dome is still shaking.
"Want to go... outside!"
The childish voice became slightly clearer.
"Why?" Xu Xin asked again.
It's very dangerous outside now and it's so hot, he doesn't dare to leave the giant egg outside.
“It’s… hot outside!”
The dome shook even more violently.
hot
ah… !
Xu Xin seemed to know what the situation was.
The incubation of the giant egg may require a higher temperature!
In the low temperature environment, the giant egg suffered very serious damage and the small creatures in the egg almost died.
This egg cannot withstand very low temperatures because it likes heat!
That's why cracks appeared on the eggshell after the arrival of this hot summer!
Is it about to break out of its shell in this hot summer
"Okay, I'll take you out!"
Xu Xin immediately decided to take it out.
As for the location, he thought of a good place.
Below his tree house is the cave of the pangolin family!
He went to check once after the hot summer and found that the pangolin family had expanded the cave very deep.
It seemed that the tree house also knew that there was a family of pangolins living under its feet, or perhaps with the help of the vine heart, the roots of the tree house moved slightly during this period of time, revealing a place for the pangolin family to dig down.
So, the cave for my beloved concubine and the two little ones is now very deep.
Although the temperature deep underground has also risen during this hot summer, it is still much lower than the scorching surface.
It's quite cool, just like an underground garage in summer.
Moreover, one advantage of the pangolin cave is that it becomes cooler the deeper you go, but it becomes hotter the closer you get to the ground.
The dome is there, and you can choose a location that suits the temperature.
Besides, my beloved concubine is already a mother of two babies. Although pangolins are mammals and do not lay eggs, they should be able to help.
After all, among all the people and animals around him, only his beloved concubine is a mother.
He immediately picked up the giant egg with a slight crack on the shell and came to the tree house.
Because there were bonfires everywhere, the temperature outside was extremely high. Even he felt uncomfortable at 70 degrees.
But the giant egg jumped in Xu Xin's arms.
It seemed to prefer this temperature to the one in the tree house.
Xu Xin immediately took it and slid into the pangolin's cave.
At this time, the original cave space has become the first floor of the cave, and the beloved concubine and the two little pangolins are not on this floor.
The temperature here drops from over 60 degrees to around 50 degrees as you bend down and walk towards the end of the entrance.
At this time, the egg in his arms was jumping the most excitedly.
It seems that although the dome prefers the temperature of around 70 degrees outside to the temperature of more than 20 degrees indoors, 70 degrees is still too hot.
It prefers temperatures around fifty degrees to seventy degrees outside.
At this time, under Xu Xin's feet was a newly opened entrance that continued downwards.
He slid down with the giant egg.
The temperature of this second layer is less than 40 degrees.
It's about thirty-five or thirty-six degrees, which is a very suitable temperature compared to outside.
Um…
When he came here before, he was still concerned about the temperature, but now it seems...
For other survivors, digging holes in the ground and living in them seems to be... also a good way to escape the heat
It depends on whether they can think of it.
At least he himself didn't think of this method.
However, this method also has its drawbacks, which is that you can hardly see what is happening on the ground.
If something happened to the tree house, the people down there probably wouldn’t know about it.
In his arms, the giant egg moved towards its original direction. It was obvious that it didn't like this place and felt it was more comfortable above.
It seems I'd better take it up there.
At this time, three pangolins were lying in the cave.
The two little pangolins have grown bigger. I'm afraid that in a few days, they will be bigger than my beloved concubine.
However, at this time they were still sleeping soundly and had not woken up.
My beloved concubine is awake.
Seeing Xu Xin coming down with an egg, the beloved concubine got up and crawled over, calling out softly.
"My dear, this egg will soon hatch. I will place it in the nest above you. The temperature there is suitable for it."
The giant egg in Xu Xin's arms rolled to the ground, and the hard crust fell to the ground without any damage, as if the crack on it was not actually on it.
The giant egg rolled in front of his beloved concubine and touched her with its body, which could be considered as a greeting.
Coming out of the cave, Xu Xin looked around.
There are fewer and fewer insects flying into the fire.
But it’s not because the insects have learned their lesson, but because the surrounding insects have basically been killed.
It seems that although we don’t know whether they will stop putting out fires in the future, at least for now, these stupid bugs are nothing to worry about.
Back in the tree house, Xu Xin sent a voice message to Qin Fu.
The voice call was connected almost immediately.
"What's going on over there? Why do I see you wandering around there?" Xu Xin asked.
From the beginning, Qin Fu's red dot had been hovering around seven or eight hundred meters away from here.
It's been a long time, and I don't know what I'm doing there.
"Boss, this place is very strange. I am sure that there is something abnormal here, but... it seems that this area is quite abnormal." Qin Fu's muffled voice came.
He was still among the insects, covering himself tightly.
"What do you mean? They're all very abnormal?" Xu Xin's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
This is not a good thing.
"That's right. I can feel that there is something wrong with the trees and plants here. They seem to be a little sick."
It is nearly a kilometer away from Xu Xin.
Therefore, the insects there are relatively scarce. At least on the map, only a few areas can be seen with a faint red fog, and the red fog in most areas is basically invisible.
Are the trees sick
"Isn't it because of insect infestation that he looks so sick?"
"No." Qin Fu said immediately, "It can't be. Because only this area is like this, and only this area has problems. These trees give me the feeling that there are... unclean things here. Sigh... I don't want to look for it anymore, or I'll go back."
Qin Fu wanted to give up.
Dirty things are okay.
It sounds like seeing a ghost.
“… Try walking fifty meters to the northwest.”
"Northwest? Okay, I'll try. What's going on over there?" Qin Fu asked as he walked.
Xu Xin was just going by his feeling, because the red fog over there on the map was thicker.
"I've been around here before, there shouldn't be anything here. Hmm?"
"What's wrong? What did you find?"
"The ground has become soft?" Qin Fu asked with some doubt.
Next to a thick tree, Qin Fu, who was wrapped tightly, squatted down and touched the ground.
It's really soft.
Compared to other places where the land was hardened by the scorching sun before the jungle grew lush, this place is indeed very unusual.
Most importantly, when he walked through this land before, it was not like this.
He stood up, took two steps forward, and then...
My feet are empty.
"I… "
He sank straight into the soft earth and was gone.