“Buzz…” Almost everything that came over the detection was some kind of flying insect, and Xu Song’s face didn’t look good. It wasn’t until the few people saw mosquitoes that were nearly a meter tall that Yue Zheng couldn’t help but twitch his mouth a few times—no wonder Xu Song had this expression.
Although the so-called one meter tall referred to their long legs and the size of their wings, for regular mosquitoes, they were indeed terrifyingly large.
After being sucked by these things, how much blood would be left in the body?! This was much scarier than vampires or anything else!
Xu Song pursed his lips, raised his hand, and opened a huge white net.
Fortunately, the mosquitoes sensed the heat from the human bodies, so they all flew towards them rapidly, one by one hitting the net full of white light. What made people’s hair stand on end was that—there were so many of them, it was frightening.
Even though Xu Song’s current range of abilities was large enough to protect himself and the two others, as well as the RV not far behind them, facing the overwhelming swarm of black mosquito attack still made him feel uneasy.
It was now dusk, the time when mosquitoes began to be active. Almost all the insects in the ruins that sensed movement seemed to be converging here.
While supporting the fire net, Xu Song continuously threw fireballs into the dense swarm of mosquitoes. Mother Xu and the two children in the car watched anxiously, but even if they went down now, they wouldn’t be able to help much and might only distract the mosquitoes.
Mother Xu held a gun, hesitating whether to help her son, but even if she had precise marksmanship, she could only kill one mosquito at a time…
In the midst of the dilemma, the bellflower in the car suddenly moved, and Yue Zheng’s voice came out: “Tiancheng, find some insect-repelling grass that Achi brought back last time, dry it, and let Abu blow the smoke over here!”
The number of mosquito troops was too exaggerated, even if Xu Song’s mental power was exhausted, he couldn’t completely burn all these insects. What’s more frustrating was that, unlike the bugs in J City, which could be lured out one by one, these mosquitoes all flew out together!
Perhaps the large mammals in the vicinity had gathered in the distant woods, so after not finding food for winter, as soon as these mosquitoes discovered food, they rushed towards them without fear of death. There was no fear in their eyes, only the desire to feed.
The three people in the car quickly helped Tiancheng search for seeds. Achi often went out and turned around, bringing back a back full of loot. Sometimes it was poisonous or non-poisonous fruits, sometimes it was seeds and leaves.
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Tiancheng quickly grew a bunch of grass, dried it, and continued to sow after collecting new seeds. Tianyu helped Mother Xu put all the dried grass into a large iron barrel, carried it down from the car, and threw a burning fire into it.
Thick smoke quickly emerged, Abu shook his fur, and the light blue wind instantly condensed, blowing towards Xu Song and the others.
At first, although the mosquitoes smelled this scent, they couldn’t resist the aroma of the “feast” and continued to charge towards Xu Song and the others. But with the swift actions of Tiancheng, Tianyu, Mother Xu, and Abu, the smoke became denser. Even Xu Song and the two were smoked with tears in their eyes.
The fire net, combined with the “bioweapon,” finally brought the mosquito army to a halt.
Yue Zheng quickly rushed to the front, collecting the various energy pouches that fell on the “battlefield.”
When the last mosquito was burned clean by Xu Song, the remaining mosquito army retreated back into the ruins. Xu Song finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground, finding it difficult even to lift his arms.
Yue Zheng’s figure appeared and disappeared in the moonlight. The beast-skin bag in his hand was quickly filled, and he returned to the car door. Xiao Shu took the bag filled with pouches from him and handed the empty bag that Mother Xu had placed at the door. Yue Zheng’s figure flashed back to the battlefield to continue collecting.
“All collected, let’s go back to the car and drive south for a while before camping,” Yue Zheng said, seeing that Xu Song was really exhausted. He bent over and directly lifted someone up.
Subconsciously, Xu Song, who was suspended in the air, reached out to hug Yue Zheng’s neck, only realizing after everyone got on the car—princess carry?! I’m not a princess, couldn’t you just help me up?
Exhausted to the point of being unable to protest, Xu Song was gently placed on the sofa by Yue Zheng. Yue Zheng stood up and said to Mother Xu, “Let’s head south for a while and find a safe place to rest.”
The distance to the ruins here was too close. In case they slept until midnight and the mosquitoes launched another wave of attacks, who could endure that?
“Okay, go a bit further for safety,” Mother Xu agreed. Tiancheng and Tianyu followed Yue Zheng to the co-driver’s seat to give directions.
With some energy restored, Xu Song looked around and saw his mother busy cooking in the kitchen corner. Tiancheng and Tianyu were in front giving directions, Yue Zheng was driving, Xiao Shu… was standing between the driver’s cabin and the rear cabin, twisting around, while Achi had curled up into a ball and silently slept in the corner of the sofa…
Realizing that he seemed to be the only one with nothing to do at the moment, even though he was exhausted, it wasn’t bedtime yet. He took a few steps and found that from the back door to this side of the sofa, there were two rows of pouches stacked in the corner.
These pouches were not as large as the burlap bags before, but they were not small either. They were made of ordinary leather with no apparent use. Now that they were neatly arranged in two rows, there must be a lot of pouches inside!
The special bottles used to hold pouches were already about seventy percent empty. Xu Song flipped them out and began dealing with the energy pouches.
The size of the mosquitoes was generally the same, and the size of the pouches inside their bodies was also similar, usually about the size of a longan. With this size of energy pouches, he had collected so many… one could imagine how many mosquitoes he had burned?
Moreover, those that escaped were much more than those burned on the spot! How many mosquitoes were there in that city?!
While complaining, he filled the pouches into the bottles, and silently wondered if he should change to some special bottles for holding pouches after going back this time?
In just over an hour, the car finally came to a complete stop. Although it wasn’t far from the previous ruined city, after the twins confirmed through detection that there were few threatening and aggressive creatures nearby, Abu and the two ostriches could fully guard.
“Are the bottles filled?” Yue Zheng walked back from the driver’s compartment, seeing the empty bags on the sofa and the bottles full of energy pouches.
“After we go back this time, if we have the chance, let’s change to a few more bottles,” Xu Song leaned against the sofa. The fatigue of the day made him reluctant to move. Seeing that Yue Zheng was also a bit tired, but unaffected by physical mutation, he couldn’t help feeling a bit itchy.
“Yeah,” Yue Zheng nodded. “After going back, let’s change some first.”
“Change first?”
“Migratory birds will pass by the base. If everyone is lucky enough and can make it through, maybe this time we can return with a full load. Even if everyone’s luck is not good, what if the place where these bottles are produced is destroyed by migratory birds? Be prepared and have no worries.”
That makes sense, but migratory birds…
Xu Song let his mind wander for a while and suddenly remembered the dry wood forest they passed during the day. “What if we lure back some spiders…” Spiders can spin webs and have extremely fierce combat capabilities. They also prey on small animals and birds for food. It might be a good defense measure.
Before Yue Zheng could speak, Mother Xu, who was serving food to the twins, gave him a stern look. “What if they want to change their taste and eat humans? If they spin their webs at the intersection, who in the base can escape? Even us, if we encountered a large group of spiders during the day, we might end up in their stomachs!”
Thinking about the scene of the large spiders giving birth to baby spiders and cooperating in battle today, Xu Song also shivered. “I know, it’s just a thought.” If you wanted to defend against a large group of migratory birds, the number of spiders needed would definitely not be small. But what about after the migratory birds pass? Without birds as prey, those mutated spiders would surely turn their attention to humans.
Compared to flying birds, humans were much easier to deal with. Bringing such fierce mutated creatures back to the base? Xu Song shivered at the thought. He was just thinking out loud.
After a whole night of rest, the next day, the group didn’t linger and drove in search of the safest route, heading towards the B City base.
The two took turns driving for the entire day, even switching to eat their lunch. It wasn’t until the evening that they found a high ground to camp.
Xiao Shu went out to replenish water from the tank, and the others took a break, stretching their muscles and bones.
“We’re already quite close to the base here,” Xu Song sensed and confirmed that there was a team resting a short distance to the south.
“If nothing unexpected happens, we should be able to get back before noon tomorrow,” Yue Zheng also looked to the south. Besides the location Xu Song had sensed, there were also rising cooking smoke in other places, indicating that people had received notifications and were rushing back to the base.
