Chapter 496: Split (4600 words)

"This kind of thing doesn't need to be so complicated, right?" Li Wenxi felt that Xu Xin was thinking too much, and speculated, "Maybe the high temperature last night was the precursor of this insect wave? The high temperature

The impact is actually this insect wave?"

It's possible what she said.

"It's better to be cautious. To nip problems in the bud and prevent dangers, we naturally have to consider the most serious situation."

Xu Xin also felt that there shouldn't be anything else going on tonight.

Otherwise, even he might not be able to survive the danger, and the other survivors would be completely out of control.

Of course, he still had an idea about the disasters suffered by other survivors.

Perhaps, the extent of the disaster on his side was much more serious than that of ordinary survivors.

This situation...

It should be very possible.

"Do you still remember the beast tide during the cold winter?" Xu Xin turned to look at Li Wenxi who was teasing Coco in her arms and asked.

"The beast tide in the cold winter? Of course I remember it!" Li Wenxi raised her head and smiled, "You saved my life at that time, and my first kiss was also at that time!"

"Haha, do you still remember the scale of that beast tide?"

"Scale? It's huge! Hmm, no, I remember...it seems that everyone is different?"

During the last beast wave, the more people there were, the more serious the disaster was.

Not long after the cold winter came and before the giant stone pillars rose from the ground, they were attacked by a blizzard and mutated creatures.

Survivors like their explorer members who had parasitic treehouses were attacked by hordes of mutated creatures.

Those survivors who were alone and whose treehouse level was very low basically did not receive any strong attacks.

They have never seen a beast tide at all.

Therefore, everyone in Area 188 was basically safe at that time relying on the ordinary treehouse heavy crossbows sold by Explorers.

Maybe it will be the same this time.

In order to confirm his conjecture, when he went to check on Li Wenxi's situation just now, he paid a little attention.

Although there were swarms of flying insects and reptiles rushing towards the flames over there, the insect swarms in the jungle were not very dense.

Even compared to the insect swarms around him now, which have mostly been cleared away, there are far fewer.

On his side, nearly thirty people gathered, which was a very large number.

According to his guess, his side should have suffered a more serious disaster.

that's the truth.

Therefore, he felt that his guess was correct.

The more people a place has, the more severe the insect infestation will be. Here, nearly thirty people need to bear the disaster.

In places where there are no people, the degree of insect infestation is significantly reduced. Even if his tree house is only about 20 kilometers away from Li Wenxi's tree house, the change in the intensity of the insect infestation is indeed very obvious.

I hope my guess is indeed correct.

Otherwise, with this level of insect swarm, the survival rate of other survivors is very low.

Xu Xin told Li Wenxi about this conjecture.

"Ah! That's right!" Li Wenxi suddenly said, "That was indeed the case last time. Then it seems to be very possible this time. After all, last time it was the first beast wave after the cold winter came, and this time it is the coming of the scorching heat.

The first… um… bug wave after that? Pretty much!”

Li Wenxi's statement is from a strange angle, but it makes sense.

From this point of view, they may not need to worry too much about the survival of other survivors.

Let's take care of themselves first.

Of course, although the damage was serious, it also brought greater opportunities.

Although he didn't know what opportunities he would have in this insect plague.

During the last beast wave, their explorers obtained a large amount of materials and became completely fatter.

But this time...

Those bugs flew into the fire and burned to ashes, leaving him with nothing, not even points from the points mall.

"However, thinking about it this way, I feel relieved." Li Wenxi held Coco in her arms and rubbed Coco's belly, "There is no one in my tree house, so there shouldn't be any big problems."

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"Ugh..." Keke felt very comfortable being rubbed, and she squinted her eyes to enjoy it.

"Well, I've seen it over there, and the situation is much better than here, so don't worry too much." Xu Xin pinched Li Wenxi's cheek.

Li Wenxi's current increase in affinity is really unbearable...

Calm.

It's too dangerous tonight, so don't do that kind of thing.

"That's good, that's good! I'm relieved, then I'll go down and play with them!"

Lou Fei'er, Zeng Tao and others were all downstairs. Li Wenxi immediately stuffed Coco into Xu Xin's arms and ran downstairs.

There was laughter and laughter downstairs, very relaxed and cheerful.

Compared to the situation of other survivors, his place could really be considered a paradise.

As long as he can withstand the disaster.

"Hey." Coco's little paws pulled Xu Xin's hand, as if she wanted him to continue rubbing its belly like Li Wenxi did.

Xu Xin smiled slightly and started rubbing it.

"Hey..."

At the same time, a map appeared in his mind.

On the map, most of the jungle around his tree house was covered with a layer of misty, varying shades of red mist that was rhythmic. The closer to the tree house, the darker the color of the red mist.

This red mist is made up of the tiny red dots of these insect swarms.

The color near the bonfire is the deepest, and the surrounding red mist also seems to continue to gather near the bonfire.

The bonfire outside was burning more and more intensely at this time.

Of course, it is said to be dark in color, but it is just a light red color. If you don't pay attention carefully, you can hardly see the color.

This also shows that the individual strength of these bugs is indeed very weak.

By the way, where did these bugs come from?

Generally speaking, swarms of insects...

There will always be... female insects, right?

Xu Xin saw the red dot representing Qin Fu on the map, which was hovering seven or eight hundred meters away from his tree house.

According to what this guy said before, could it be said that he discovered...

At this time, an egg rolled in front of him on the ground.

It's that giant egg.

"Ugh!" When Coco saw the dome, she wanted to jump on it and play, but she stopped the moment she was about to jump out, "Um?"

Coco looked at the dome and blinked: "Ugh...?!"

Coco's movements and sounds interrupted Xu Xin's thinking, causing him to lower his head and look: "What's wrong? What's there..."

His voice stopped suddenly, and he slowly widened his eyes as he looked at the dome.

A thin crack appeared on the eggshell of the giant egg.

Different from the previous cracks that were cracked by frost, this crack seemed to have a special texture. Although he didn't know what it was, but...

At least it's definitely not broken, but...

It’s about to break out of its shell!

This egg is about to break!

"嘤嘤!嘤嘤嘤!" Coco also cried out in surprise.

It jumped off the sofa and walked to the dome. It was no longer as rude as before, but carefully touched the cracks in the dome with its little paws.

The dome did not move, allowing it to be touched.

"Huh?" Keke pushed gently again.

The dome was like a tumbler. It leaned back, then swung back, then swayed a few times, then stopped moving again.

Xu Xin was a little confused.

It... what does it mean?

By the way, read minds!

Xu Xin immediately activated his mind-reading function.

"Outside...go...outside!"

The dome made a very childish sound, and the words from the heart were unclear, as if a baby was practicing pronunciation.

"You think you want to go outside?" Xu Xin asked.

It's a high temperature of 60 to 70 degrees outside right now.

"Think..." The dome began to shake.

"Huh?" Coco stretched out her little paw and pushed the dome again, causing it to shake even more violently.

"Keke, don't touch it!" Xu Xin picked up the back of Keke's neck and threw it on the sofa.

"Hey!" Coco immediately waved her little paw to express her dissatisfaction, but she did not continue to cause trouble. Instead, she lay on the armrest of the sofa and curiously looked at the cracks on the dome's shell that looked like patterns.

The dome is still shaking.

"I 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 put the dome outside.

"It's...hot outside!"

The dome shook even more violently.

hot?

ah……!

Xu Xin seemed to know what the situation was now.

The incubation of giant eggs may require higher temperatures!

In the low-temperature environment, the dome was severely damaged, and the little creature in the egg almost died directly.

This egg cannot withstand very low temperatures because it loves heat!

That’s why the eggshell cracked after the intense heat came!

Is it going 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.

Beneath his treehouse, a pangolin family’s burrow!

He went to see it 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, revealing a place for the pangolin family to dig downward.

Therefore, the cave of Aifei and the two little guys is now very deep.

Although the temperature deep underground has also increased during this scorching summer, it is much worse than that of the exposed surface.

It's relatively cool, like an underground garage in summer.

Moreover, one advantage of a pangolin's cave is that it gets cooler the further down you go, but the closer you get to the ground, the hotter it gets.

The dome is there, and you can choose a location that suits its temperature.

In addition, Aifei is already the mother of two babies. Although pangolins are mammals and do not lay eggs, they should be able to help.

After all, of all the humans and animals around him, only his beloved concubine is a mother.

He immediately picked up the giant egg with slight cracks on the shell and came to the tree house.

Because there are bonfires in all directions, the temperature outside is really ridiculously high right now. Even he can feel uncomfortable at a temperature of 70 degrees.

But the dome jumped in Xu Xin's arms.

It seems to like the current temperature better than the temperature 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 level of the cave, and Ai Fei and the two little pangolins are not on this level.

The temperature here drops from more than sixty degrees to about fifty degrees from the entrance to the end.

At this time, the eggs in his arms jumped most happily.

It seems that although the Dome prefers the temperature of about 70 degrees outside to the temperature of more than 20 degrees indoors, 70 degrees is still too hot.

It prefers temperatures around 50 degrees to 70 degrees outside.

At this time, under Xu Xin's feet was a newly opened entrance that continued downward.

He slid down with the dome.

The temperature on this second floor is already less than 40 degrees.

It's about thirty-five or six degrees, which is a very suitable temperature here 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 a good way to escape the heat?

It just depends on whether they can think of it.

At least he didn't think of this method himself.

However, this method also has disadvantages, that is, it is basically impossible to see what is happening on the ground.

If something happens to the tree house, the people below may not know about it.

In his arms, the dome moved closer to its original direction. It obviously didn't like this place and felt it was more comfortable up there.

It seems like I'd better take it up there.

At this time, three pangolins were lying down in the cave.

The two little pangolins have grown in size again. I am afraid that in a few days, they will be bigger than my concubine.

However, they were still asleep at this time and did not wake up.

My concubine is awake.

Seeing Xu Xin coming down with an egg, Aifei got up and crawled over, calling out softly.

"My beloved, this egg will hatch soon. I'll put it in the nest on the floor above you, where the temperature is suitable for it."

The giant egg in Xu Xin's arms rolled to the ground, and its hard crust fell to the ground unscathed, as if it wasn't the one with the crack on it.

The giant egg rolled up to the beloved concubine and touched it with its body, which was regarded as saying hello.

Coming out of the cave, Xu Xin looked around.

There are fewer and fewer insects fighting the fire.

But it's not because the bugs have learned well, but because the bugs around them have basically been wiped out.

It seems that although I don't know if they will stop putting out fires in the future, at least for now, these stupid bugs are nothing to worry about.

Back in the treehouse, Xu Xin sent a voice message to Qin Fu.

The voice was connected almost immediately.

"What's going on over there? Why do I see you lingering there?" Xu Xin asked.

From the beginning, Qin Fu's red dot has been lingering around seven or eight hundred meters away.

It's been a long time and I don't know what to do there.

"Boss, it's very strange here. I'm sure 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 very tightly.

"What do you mean? It's all abnormal?" Xu Xin's heart skipped a beat when she heard this.

This is not a good thing.

"That's right. I can feel that there are some abnormalities in the trees and plants here. They seem to be a little sick."

That side is nearly a kilometer away from Xu Xin's side.

Therefore, the bugs there are relatively rare. At least on the map, you can only see a faint red mist in some areas, and the red mist in most areas is basically invisible.

Are the trees sick?

"Isn't it because of the pests that make you 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. Alas.

...I don’t want to look for it anymore, otherwise I’ll go back.”

Qin Fu wanted to show off.

Dirty things are fine.

It sounded like he had seen a ghost.

"...You try walking fifty meters northwest."

"Northwest? Okay, let me give it a try. What's going on there?" Qin Fu asked as he walked.

Xu Xin just relied on his feeling, because the red mist on that side of the map was thicker.

"I've been here before, there shouldn't be anything. Huh?"

"What happened? What did you find?"

"The ground has become soft?" Qin Fu's voice came with some confusion.

Beside a thick tree, Qin Fu, who was wrapped tightly, squatted down and touched the land.

Really soft.

Compared to other places where the land was hardened by the harsh sunlight before the jungles became lush, this place is indeed very unusual.

The most important thing is that when he walked through this land before, it was not like this.

He stood up, took two more steps forward, and then...

My feet are empty.

"I……"

He sank directly into the soft soil and disappeared.

I originally wanted to talk about the other survivors who will not suffer such a severe disaster after the communication is restored, but everyone seems to think that the disaster is too serious and the other survivors will be completely out of control, so I will explain it first OVO
Chapter completed!