Chapter 494 Swarm of Insects at Night (4600 words!)

At this time, Xu Xin could finally look out the window with confidence and boldness.

This is the first night after the jungle returns to its lush state.

It had been a long time since he had seen such a lush jungle at night.

I always feel a little nervous.

After all, there is really no telling what is hidden under this lush jungle.

He opened the window and a stream of hot air rushed in.

At this time, the temperature outside the window was about forty-two or three degrees.

Such a high temperature is already relatively comfortable under the current hot summer conditions.

At this time, Li Wenxi also walked to his side and looked out: "The jungle is starting to get noisy again now."

really.

In this hot weather, there is not much wildlife activity, but the bugs have basically begun to revive.

The chirping of cicadas, the chirping of crickets...

There is an endless stream in my ears.

It even feels a bit noisy.

It is true that there are more mosquitoes in summer, but the temperature at noon is now 60 degrees. I didn't expect that these mosquitoes can survive in such high temperatures, which is a strange thing.

Xu Xin closed the window to block out the heat and the sound of insects.

The temperature is quite normal now.

According to Li Yajun's description, even if there was an abnormal temperature in the surroundings, it would only be after two o'clock in the middle of the night.

If the situation tonight is the same as last night, it should be considered safe now.

At this time, Lou Fei'er's voice came from under the tree house.

Beside her was Jin Yue.

Why did the two of them come here together?

Xu Xin brought the two of them to the tree house with doubts.

"Something is abnormal!" Lou Fei'er's first words made Xu Xin's heart skip a beat.

Both she and Jin Yue also had some doubts and solemn expressions on their faces.

"What did you find?" Xu Xin asked.

"Are you in danger?" Li Wenxi also asked with concern.

"I haven't encountered any danger, but..." Lou Fei'er frowned, "There are too many bugs outside!"

Too many bugs?

The corners of Xu Xin's eyes trembled slightly.

Just now he was thinking that it was strange for those bugs to survive in such high temperatures, so Lou Fei'er and the others focused on the bugs.

"What bug?" Xu Xin asked, "Flying bug?"

"There are all kinds of bugs." Lou Fei'er said, she showed a slightly disgusted expression, "There are bugs everywhere on the ground, on the tree trunks, in the tree crowns, flying in the sky, and in the jungle!"

"Ah?" Li Wenxi stood up immediately and ran to the window again to look out.

Then she breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay, there's nothing around the tree house."

"There are indeed none around the tree house now," Jin Yue said, "but these bugs appear too fast."

It turned out that the two of them had been patrolling outside for a whole day, and the situation had always been relatively normal.

There have indeed been sounds of insects in the jungle since the morning, and there are a lot of flying insects, but they are all within the normal category.

It is not much different from the situation in the jungle before the leaves fell.

So the two of them didn't pay much attention.

But, when the sun was about to set, the situation suddenly changed.

The number of insect swarms in the jungle suddenly increased!

About half an hour after the sun sets, the number of insect swarms begins to increase exponentially!

Now, I used to be able to see one bug in two steps, but now I can crush several bugs in two steps!

Even the trunks of various trees in the jungle are covered with all kinds of insects. If you reach out to help them, you will probably crush several of them to death!

"Moreover!" Lou Fei'er felt like she was not feeling well. "There were also a lot of flying insects! Originally I didn't cover my mouth or face in the jungle, but later I covered it anyway. I felt like I could do it with just one mouth."

Eat it and make a few!"

As she spoke, she patted the clothes she was currently wearing, with a look of despair on her face.

"Eh-" Li Wenxi shrank her neck and leaned towards Xu Xin.

This sounds so disgusting!

"Are bugs only in the jungle?" Xu Xin had some questions about this.

He couldn't see any insects at all in the tree house, he could only hear the sound of insects.

"Well, before dark, those bugs have been moving in the shadows of the jungle because they are afraid of being exposed to the sun." Jin Yue said, "But..."

She turned her head and looked out the window.

It's completely dark now.

The sunshine has faded.

Xu Xin heard the meaning of her words.

It's completely dark now, and those flying insects may not be confined to the jungle anymore!

It is very likely that it will crawl out and fly out!

Come to the treehouse!

Xu Xin stood up immediately: "Wen Xi, go and inform the people below and tell them not to try to open the window. I'll go down and have a look!"

"Oh ok!"

"Coco, will you go out with me?"

"Hey!" Coco jumped a few steps away and shook her little head violently.

For it, it is not as comfortable on the outside as it is on the inside.

Xu Xin was speechless.

This little guy used to follow me when he went out, but now, he doesn't even want to leave.

It seems it's still too hot outside for it.

Xu Xin didn't force it anymore and took Jin Yue and Lou Fei'er down to the tree house.

It was already dark now, and he no longer needed to wrap himself up tightly. As for the current temperature, he didn't feel it at all.

[High temperature resistance] is working.

There was only about a hundred meters of open space around the tree house, and the three of them soon reached the jungle.

Still more than ten meters away from the jungle, Xu Xin heard some hasty footsteps in the jungle, and then, a small figure rushed out of the tree house.

Then he continued to rush forward and rushed to their side.

"Xiao Taozi, why are you here?" Lou Fei'er asked in surprise, "Didn't you just go back?"

"I can not stand it any more!"

Zeng Tao rushed out with one hand covering her mouth and the other hand fanning around wildly. Even though she had already reached Xu Xin and others, the other hand was still fanning around wildly.

"Okay, okay, there are no more bugs."

Hearing what Lou Fei'er said, Zeng Tao stopped what he was doing and began to breathe heavily.

She just rushed over holding her breath.

Xu Xin looked in the direction she was running from.

The scene that caught his eye made him subconsciously widen his eyes.

It was very dark in the jungle and nothing could be seen.

But the place outside was illuminated by the moonlight and stars.

It can be seen that a large circle of flying insects has already flown out of the jungle at this time!

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 to them.

Xu Xin immediately took out a blue-level red berry and ate it, gaining night vision.

"I'm going crazy! My tree house is full of bugs!" Zeng Taoliang burst into tears and squatted on the ground with her head in her hands, "What's going on! Why are there so many bugs!"

"...Did you leave the window open?" Jin Yue asked.

"...Only one window is open..." Zeng Tao hugged her legs and sat on the ground, looking tired, "How did I know that bugs would get in... Moreover, there are so many bugs..."

"Okay, okay, then you can live in my tree house. There are no bugs in my place."

"I don't, I want to live in Xu Xin's tree house! Living with a guy like you won't do anything good!"

"You little girl are already disgusting me!"

"What's wrong? I just dislike you!"

At this time, Xu Xin had already reached the edge of the jungle.

The closer we get to the jungle, the louder the chirping of insects fills our ears.

Of course, after all, they were just small bugs of normal size. Compared with the big bugs in the underground world, the sound was much weaker, and he had already gotten used to it.

Lou Fei'er and Zeng Tao were still having sex face to face, 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 swarms of insects in the jungle.

The swarm of insects was not aggressive at all. They did not fly towards him as he expected, but instead crawled and danced about themselves in the jungle.

The swarms of insects in the sky did not fly randomly in the jungle as Xu Xin imagined, but instead looked somewhat orderly.

Every one or two meters, there is a large swarm of insects in the air, forming a constantly changing insect ball, fluctuating within a one-meter range.

There are not as many trees on the ground as Lou Feier described just now.

There are still no insects to be seen on most of the trees.

However, any tree where insects are crawling is densely covered with insects.

It doesn't look like a disgusting bug, but a black beetle.

The bugs on the ground are also in groups, sometimes in the form of a large group in the air, but...

Like marching ants, they are lined up one by one and are crawling in strips on the ground.

As long as you are careful, you still can't step on it.

"This..." Jin Yue was slightly stunned when she saw this scene.

"What's wrong?" Xu Xin heard her doubts and asked.

He took a step back slightly, avoiding the swarm of flying insects that seemed to be flying 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 sunlight can reach during the day, there is a patch of insect corpses close to the jungle.

These should be bugs that want to crawl out of the jungle and fly out during the day, but under the sunlight, they may not even last a few seconds and die in the harsh sunlight.

Then, it was spread all over the floor.

Densely packed.

They were all insect corpses.

"When we left just now, the state of these insects was not like this." Jin Yue explained.

"Huh? What was it like just now?"

"The situation just now, just like Fei'er said, was chaotic." Jin Yue frowned.

At this time, two other people also came over.

"What are you doing? You still want to go in!" Zeng Tao looked wary, "I'm not going in! I'm going to let you go!"

Lou Fei'er was very surprised: "Ah? Why are these bugs suddenly so regular?"

It seems that it is indeed what Jin Yue said.

The insects began to move regularly.

Regular activities…

Xu Xin felt a bad premonition.

Although each of these bugs is very small, there are very many of them.

If they show their power collectively, they will definitely not be underestimated!

Moreover, not only are they powerful, they may also carry some viruses and the like, which may also pose certain threats to 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 insects...

That's probably because she didn't cut down the surrounding treehouses after planting her treehouse.

Therefore, when the jungle became lush again, the crowns of these trees became connected with Zeng Tao's tree house.

There is no sunlight as an isolation zone around her tree house. Naturally, like other trees, it is occupied by a large number of insects.

but……

Xu Xin's heart sank as she looked at the insects that were already trying to fly out and climb out of the jungle.

The main tree house has sunlight during the day as a 100-meter isolation zone, so you are not afraid of insect attacks, but not at night!

These bugs are likely to attack his tree house at night!

I didn’t expect that this hot summer would be so sad!

High temperatures during the day and swarms of insects at night!

but……

If you close the windows, there shouldn't be any problem, right?

After all, when the sun comes up tomorrow morning, most of the bugs around the tree house will naturally be wiped out.

Just as he was thinking this, suddenly, thin, strange sounds began to come out of the jungle.

"Crunch, crunch..."

"Crunch, crunch..."

The sound is getting louder and louder, and can gradually be compared with the sound of insects!

"Ah! These bugs on the tree trunks are eating the tree trunks!" Lou Feier suddenly pointed at the tree trunks in the jungle and exclaimed.

Xu Xin looked intently.

really!

Each of those insects lying on the tree trunks was shaking and moving slightly!

"Crunch, crunch..."

Sounds came from all directions in the jungle!

Several trees covered with insects began to have their bark eaten away at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the trunks were exposed in a few seconds!

Then it was eaten at a very fast speed and became thinner, and then thinner again!

Immediately afterwards, swarms of flying insects in the air suddenly rushed towards the crowns of the trees that had been eaten, and began to eat crazily at the leaves that had just grown out!

"This...!" Xu Xin's pupils shrank sharply.

These bugs eat trees!

That will definitely cause damage to the tree house!

Others present also thought of this problem, and their expressions changed.

"My treehouse!"

Zeng Tao suddenly exclaimed.

"My treehouse is being eaten!"

really.

Her tree house may not be saved.

But it doesn't matter.

As long as the main treehouse does not die, the parasitic treehouse can be reborn.

"There's nothing important in your tree house, right?" Xu Xin asked.

"Um...no." Zeng Tao shook her head, "All the important things are in my backpack. Is a blue-level bed considered an important thing?"

"It doesn't count." Lou Fei'er said from the side, "We have plenty of blue-grade wood. Don't think about your tree house."

"Oh, okay." Zeng Tao also thought that her tree house could be reborn, so it didn't matter. "But you can't just leave these bugs alone, right? Won't they fly over and eat the main tree house? Our heavy crossbow,

There’s no way to protect yourself from this kind of bug!”

This is also what Xu Xin is considering now.

Swarm of insects...

what to do?

"boom!"

At this time, a tree was finally gnawed down by the bugs climbing on the trunk. Then, the bugs on the ground quickly climbed up the fallen tree and began to eat even more quickly!

The bug that was originally crawling on the tree trunk began to move quickly towards another tree, climbed up this tree, and started eating again!

The speed of eating is so fast!

There must be a way to prevent the tree house from being gnawed 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 and rubbed the head of the torch on the ground, causing sparks to ignite directly!

In his hand, the fire and light of the torch illuminated the surroundings.

fire.

This is the method Xu Xin thought of.

Insects generally have phototaxis.

They will fly and crawl towards places with light.

The electric mosquito repellents on earth rely on this principle.

Sure enough, when the torch was lit, the attention of the insects in the jungle was immediately attracted, and a large number of flying insects wanted to fly towards Xu Xin!

"ah!"

"Throw the torch away!" Lou Fei'er immediately jumped two steps back and shouted.

Xu Xin immediately inserted the torch into the cracked crack in the ground and immediately stepped back.

Sure enough, those flying insects flew towards the torch one by one!

Then he rushed into the fire and was burned to ashes!

Despite this, the surrounding flying insects still rushed toward the nearby light!

efficient!

Xu Xin looked back at her tree house.

His treehouse is electrified, and the treehouse is brightly lit at this moment!

Probably because of the sunlight during the day, most of the insect swarms did not dare to rush towards the tree house for the time being, but they were getting closer and closer to the tree house.

No light in the treehouse tonight!

Also, he needs to set up a circle of fire around the treehouse again just like he did in the previous defense of the treehouse to isolate the ants from attacking.

This way, maybe the bugs won’t notice the tree house!
Chapter completed!