Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

"I am Kant, the swarm has returned to calm, and I will prepare to enter the city to search for survivors."

The Eagle of Shimo was sent back to the White Mist World, and Kant landed on a nearby beach, watching the swarms turn from riots to silence, and reattached to buildings, vehicles, and the ground. The gnawing sound is creepy, after all, humans are creatures with imagination.

Looking at the worms with such appetites that they even gnaw on stones.

It's hard not to think about what it's like to eat people.

The voice of the liaison officer's sister rang from the phone: "Please pay attention to safety, what do we need to do?"

Kant said, "Give me a spacesuit."

"...Ah? Extravehicular space suits are all available, expensive and scarce, requiring justification and application. There are relatively plenty of in-vehicle space suits. Which one do you want?"

The cost of the extravehicular spacesuit is about 200 million yuan, and the interior is much cheaper, and a few hundred thousand is enough.

"Just kidding... put that on, don't even think about walking normally."

Mainly protection.

He has already changed into the Shadow Solo suit sent by the Brotherhood, put on the hood, tightened the collar, put on the mask, activated the key defensive shield of the mask, full of magic power, and the whole body was airtight.

After all, there are worms and worms.

Ahead is a city occupied by countless middle-finger-sized and densely packed insects. If you are a patient with intensive phobia, seeing the locusts buzzing all over the sky, you are afraid that you will die on the spot.

Although Kant is not that serious, he still gets goosebumps when he looks at that scene, and he is more afraid of bugs... so he needs more strict protection.

In fact, he also donned his exterminator suit, thick down jacket, full-cover motorcycle helmet, and heavy gloves when he threw out the two-way foil before the cockroaches in the house died out, and finished After the dimensionality reduction blow, I have to take a bath... It's just a cockroach at home.

And these locusts, not only can fly like cockroaches, but also seem to like to jump face...

If you are suddenly discovered after entering, and then surrounded, and before you activate your ability to leave, if you are drilled into the collar or something... ah ah ah ah, just thinking about this, goosebumps come up again.

Then again, when he first crossed over to Sacred Seal Island, what he was most afraid of was bugs from another world, and he was still on the island, and there were jungles, so one could imagine how many evil and unknown bugs there were.

In those days, he was huddled in the shelter on the top of the mountain and did not go out. He sprayed insecticides every day, the mosquito nets were hung five layers, toilet water, wind oil and other messy things, and the mosquito coils and wormwood were used as firewood to burn. , for fear that some strange species would climb in.

Later, when I met the gorilla, I felt much better. I even lived with the magical animals, and there were no bugs around, let alone bugs, it was rare for ordinary animals to see one.

I thought it was strange before, but then I realized the extraordinaryness of the magical animals, and then I understood.

These mysterious and amazing animals, the breath of their blood is enough to deter all insects, fish, birds and beasts, so let those creatures who act according to their instincts shy away, and Kant eats and lives with them, gets along day and night, and is contaminated with the breath of many mysterious animals. , that is to say, for ordinary animals today, Kant is simply a hybrid beast in a super-ultimate form, enough to scare everything.

This ability is very useful. Usually it is basically equivalent to a mobile insect repellent. No matter whether you are a cunning German cockroach or a vicious North American cockroach, all of them cannot be approached.

The only troublesome thing is that you have to pay attention to keep it at all times, otherwise, it is easy to scare the other party into **** and urine when you play dogs and cats... Yes, it also works on Earth.

so…

Kant narrowed his eyes while arranging the wristbands.

When he was chased by a swarm of locusts, he tried to approach, but these menacing insects were not deterred by the breath of magical animals. What does this mean?

With awe in his heart, he said to the mobile phone hanging on his shoulder, "Miss Qin."

"You say."

"About the origin and species of this locust ... do the experts now say anything?"

The other party replied: "No, what is known at present is that this is a new species that has never been discovered in the biological world, and it has not been recorded. Its habits, causes, natural enemies and weaknesses are unknown. All are based on the general characteristics of the Orthoptera locusts ... but among the more than 10,000 species of locusts worldwide, there is no subspecies that feed on metals and cement."

Kant stepped forward and headed towards the city of Jurban.

"On metal and cement..." Kant said. "Is it really so?"

"what do you mean?"

"My major is not biology, and I'm not an expert, but I think that all living things require energy for their activities. If this locust feeds on metal and cement, how can it be extracted from these cold inorganic substances? Energy? Do they have tiny heavy nuclear fusion engines in them?"

If this is the case, then there is no need to resist, just kneel down and call Dad.

Qin Mengjin's tone was heavy: "Then what do you think they eat?"

Kant replied, "I don't know, I'm going to take a look."

Silent on the phone.

In fact, this kind of problem, Kant can think of, how can the biology experts of the emergency team not think of it.

There is an answer that can be guessed without saying it.

Like other locusts, they may feed on a wide variety of plants and prefer grasses. Wherever they go, they prey on everything, leaving only the bare earth, competing with humans for rations, and ravaging everywhere, swallowing the equivalent of themselves in one day. Food with twice the body weight, crazy development, crazy reproduction, and finally died of pesticides sprayed on a large scale by planes, predation by natural enemies and even changes in weather.

But the city of Jurban has yet to find a living person.

Such a large number of locusts did not migrate for food like their cognate subspecies.

Kant asked: "The locusts...the locusts as we know them, eat meat?"

"eat."

Qin Mengjin's voice trembled: "The green grasshopper I saw in the countryside when I was a child is the same creature as the locust that swept the earth, but in two forms."

"Biologists have done experiments, put green grasshoppers into a confined space, no change, docile and timid, and then add dozens of green grasshoppers of the same species, they are locked in a small space, touching each other, their legs are Friction, it will slowly turn yellow, become restless, become tyrannical, become aggressive."

"After a while, they will bite each other and eat their own companions because of hunger."

"The reason why locust swarms migrate on a large scale is that, in addition to starvation, they are more afraid of being eaten by their kin, because too large locusts gather together and can easily eat up all the edible plants nearby. And they fly in swarms in one direction because doing so doesn't expose vulnerable flanks to the surrounding kin, all locusts do, and all locusts are safe."

"Until new food is found."

"This is the great migration of the swarm."

"Although locusts have never been known to attack humans or even other animals since ancient times, it is certain that they will attack and eat other insects of similar size when they are extremely hungry."

"They actually eat meat too."

Here's what Qin Mengjin said.

She was silent for a moment and said softly, "Anyway... Please try to let us see the evidence."

Otherwise, before seeing the coffin or the Yellow River, politicians would not be able to remember the word responsibilities.

"it is good."

The breeze blew up, Kant tore open the scroll, and his figure slowly hung in the air.

Simple levitating, loved by explorers and pioneers, is used to pass through dangerous special terrain. The flying height is very low and the speed is slow. Further upwards will be disturbed by the natural wind, and the spell itself cannot provide enough output. , only higher-level flying spells can be used.

But for the current situation in Jurban, it is the most suitable.

Kant turned off the phone and flew along the main road, Jurban Avenue, into the coastal capital.

The 22nd arch, which was used to commemorate a coup d'état more than 20 years ago, is also decorated with silver locusts. This is a landmark building in Biagan. The inherent yellow sand tone of African cities has disappeared, and there is only silver gray here. The insects, and the blue sea and sky, the sound of the waves came slowly from a distance.

There was silence, and human activity had ceased.

He floated in and floated all the way, at a very slow speed, the eye of the phoenix rose with flames, shattered the illusion, pointed directly to the source, paid attention to the dynamics of the surrounding insect swarm, and was ready to run away at any time.

Biagan is one of the least developed areas in the world. Jurban is better as a capital, a large port and a tourist city, but it is still rare to see high-rise buildings with more than six floors. Almost all buildings are covered with locusts and gnawed Bite, many have been bitten through the wall, revealing the inner room.

The same is true for cars on the street, some of which have had their hulls eaten away, exposing their seats.

Kant swept the horizon of life and found no sign of human beings.

He looked around. The dense locusts devoured everything, covered everything, and many traces were erased. He couldn't judge what happened, and he couldn't find any traces of human struggle. He didn't even see blood and debris, and he didn't look at to other small and medium creatures.

Cats, dogs, such pets that are almost certain to exist in human settlements, have not seen a single one, neither domestic nor stray, nor birds, mice, or even flying insects.

Kant tried to shoot, but the moment he took out his phone, there were locusts buzzing nearby.

At this time, the situation was calm, because he sent all the earth technology products to the white fog world.

The fact that these gadgets respond to technological products without any delay, it can be seen that it is instinct or programming, not manipulative... But why?

Kant sighed silently. He overlooked the city of Jurban. The emergency team had translated important locations in Biagan into Chinese and marked exploration suggestions.

He drove the breeze and slowly flew to the Chinese Embassy in Biagan. The three-story white building was also painted silver by locusts. Kant flew in through the open main door, and the inside and outside were also covered with insects. , there are no traces of human beings, and no traces left by struggle, or rather, traces have been eaten up.

It flew to the kitchen on the first floor again. It was completely empty. The sound of clack clack continued, and five or six locusts were nibbling out the iron cover of Lao Gan Ma's spicy sauce on the cupboard.

As for the bottle and the hot sauce inside, it was all gone.

Even the glass is eaten.

In addition, the pots and pans, even the condiment box, the empty refrigerator, the kitchen with the breath of life were raided clean and innocent, the ingredients were empty, and even the walls and kitchen utensils were stained. The fumes have not been spared. If Big Bob goes to work as a cleaner, he will definitely make a fortune.

The omnivorous nature of this locust is outrageous.

Kant searched up and down, but found nothing. The embassy's computers and fax machines were all eaten up, and he didn't find any leftover information. He flew outside and came to a nearby supermarket. Sure enough, all the food on the shelves, in the refrigerator, was gone.

"Locusts eat cement, mobile phones, cars, and technological creations."

"But the humans are gone, the living creatures are gone, and the food is gone."

"And it's gone, but the locusts are still eating cement, cars, and technology products."

Kant hangs in the air, touching his chin in contemplation. There is no need to look elsewhere. This is a looting inside and out. All organic matter, including the greenery of the city, all disappeared first, leaving only the locusts holding on in the city. A large number of inorganic substances are gnawing wildly, are they hungry, or...

He thought for a while, opened the space portal, and the black light flashed. After a while, Kant returned, carrying a pork fan found in the large underground supermarket next to the community.

have a look.

With his right hand, he threw the pork fan to the ground.

There was a loud bang, a dull sound, and the pork smashed into a patch of locusts on the ground. Kant could see the silver-gray juice splashing to the side. He watched coldly, ready to run away.

Obviously, the locusts did not regard the falling pork as a mass projection attack.

They turned a blind eye to Kant in the sky. Perhaps the enchanted equipment and invisibility scrolls from the other world played a role, or they were far more interested in organic matter than Kant.

Let me see if you eat meat or not.

Kant floated in the air, watching from the sidelines, on the ground, the surrounding locusts buzzed, as if he had received an order, surrounded the pork fan, and then attached to it.

Click click.

Kant's heart froze.

It is a pity that the mercenary war criminals who committed the massacre against Moyani have basically been killed by him.

The domestic distance is too far, otherwise, catching a criminal whose death is not enough to appease the anger will give light to human civilization once, and it is also considered waste utilization... Now I have to use pork to observe.

They... are eating.

Does this mean that the guess is correct?

Otherwise, so many human beings, and even living creatures, would disappear without a trace like the human world evaporated. Where did they go? What is the purpose of doing such a thorough kidnapping case?

-and many more!

Kant's eyes narrowed, but seeing the muffled sound of Zira from the pork fan below, it was actually divided into two, and another batch of locusts flew to join the exposed gap, clack clack.

Then, the two halves became four.

Four becomes eight.

Separate, separate, separate, separate.

The overall volume did not decrease.

Kant was refreshed - they weren't eating, they were separating the heavy pork!

Why split up?

For easy transportation!

Sure enough, when the pork was divided into small enough portions, the locusts gathered together, separated themselves, and then fluttered their wings at the same time, and pieces of raw pork were suspended and flew into the distance.

He hurried to catch up, but saw that the locusts were disturbing and gathered together. The locusts transporting pork were covered by silver-gray groups, penetrated into the interior of a building, and disappeared.

Flying in, the eyes of the phoenix looked around, it was just an ordinary house, inside and out, it wasn't too surprising, looking at the scale, it couldn't hide anyone, let alone where the pork was hidden, he wandered around a few times. , get nothing.

Well, there is only one answer.

Kant lowered his head and looked at the ground beneath his feet.

It was covered with crawling locusts, and the darkness that had not yet closed revealed a deep light, and even a rustling could be heard, and some holes were being filled.

The solid and thick soil, rocks and even other shelters below it blocked the perspective of the Phoenix's horizon. Perhaps below this, the answers to all the secrets were buried.

So, how do I get down?

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PS1: Update... ah, fried tenderloin, ah, dried pork belly, ah, red flag roast duck...