Chapter 281 Locust Plague

Tangyuan's flying speed was getting faster and faster. If you looked from the ground, it looked like a purple somersault cloud whizzing past your head.

Jiang Xuan sat on Tangyuan's back, listening to the whistling sound of the wind in his ears and looking at the scenery passing by below, feeling quite emotional.

When he picked up the dumplings in the forest, it was the autumn of the second year in the Teng Tribe. Now it is the seventh year in the Teng Tribe, and five years have passed in a flash.

Tangyuan has changed greatly from a chubby purple baby bird to a huge ferocious bird with a wingspan of more than 50 meters.

Most importantly, he clearly found that Tangyuan's size was still growing, which means that after five years, it still had not reached adulthood.

Its combat capability is becoming stronger and stronger, and its flying speed is not inferior to the old witch's giant eagle. It can be said that it has great potential.

Jiang Xuan was looking forward to seeing how powerful it would be when it truly reached adulthood and its physical strength and combat experience reached their peak.

The mountains and rivers below kept passing by, and before he knew it, Tangyuan had flown over the forest where the hunting team was.

"Eer..."

Tangyuan chirped sharply, then circled and lowered its altitude, looking for a suitable place to land.

"Chief, look..."

Gou Teng sat behind Jiang Xuan and pointed at the forest ahead.

Jiang Xuan had already noticed the abnormality over there. In fact, it was hard not to notice it because a large area of ​​the forest had become bare. Apart from the branches and tree trunks, not even any green could be seen.

"What a powerful locust!"

Even Jiang Xuan was shocked when he saw this scene.

This was the first time he had seen a locust plague with his own eyes. He had only seen it in some movies and videos in his previous life, but it was far less shocking than seeing it with his own eyes.

What's more, these locusts are much more powerful than those we knew in our previous lives.

Each adult locust is the size of a fist. When they finish eating the leaves of a tree and spread their wings and fly, they form a large black mass. The sound of their wings vibrating alone is scary enough.

Jiang Xuan had some understanding of the locusts' reproductive and evolutionary capabilities. He also knew that once a locust plague occurred, if it was not effectively contained, it would expand rapidly and harm a very wide area, even several areas.

"Tangyuan, don't land yet, go to the front and take a look."

Under Jiang Xuan's instructions, Tangyuan continued to fly forward above the forest. The strong wind caused by the flapping of its wings blew away many locusts on the treetops.

Tangyuan carried Jiang Xuan and Uncaria to fly around the forest ahead. The more they looked, the more frightened Jiang Xuan became, because these locusts had already eaten up a large area of ​​the forest and were still spreading around.

If this continues, it is only a matter of time before these locusts fly to where the Teng tribe is located.

"We can't let them continue to reproduce like this. We have to find a way to stop them."

But how to deal with these overwhelming locusts? Jiang Xuan felt it was very difficult.

Places like the Southern Wilderness are actually not suitable habitats for locusts.

Locusts like to lay eggs in areas with low vegetation coverage or even bare land. It is difficult for them to reproduce in places like Nanhuang, which is full of virgin forests.

In previous years, Jiang Xuan had never seen a locust plague, and had never even heard of a locust plague in the Southern Wilderness.

Therefore, Jiang Xuan guessed that these locusts should have come from the Western Wilderness, or somewhere near the Western Wilderness.

Locust plagues are easiest to eradicate when they are small in the early stages, but once the size of the locusts reaches a certain size, it becomes difficult to eliminate them.

Even in the technologically advanced era of the past, dealing with a locust plague was not an easy task.

What's more, in the primitive era where Jiang Xuan is now living, even a bottle of the simplest insecticide cannot be found.

But there is no point in ignoring it. With the horrific eating speed of these locusts, it won’t be long before they cause harm to the Teng tribe.

Because of the drought this year, the grain production of the Teng tribe has been greatly affected. Jiang Xuan doesn't want to have no harvest.

How to control these locusts without pesticides? The first thing Jiang Xuan thought of was ducks, because he had often heard of using ducks to control locusts in his previous life.

The Teng tribe has now domesticated a large number of wild ducks. If these ducks can be driven over, they should be able to eat a lot of locusts.

But the scale of the locusts is too large right now. How much can the thousands of ducks domesticated by the Teng tribe eat even if they eat as much as they want?

In addition to ducks, birds such as pheasants, unicorns, and birds of prey also eat locusts, but they eat locusts more slowly and do not eat as much as ducks.

Apart from ducks and these birds, can we think of some other solutions?

While Jiang Xuan was thinking, Tangyuan had already flown around and returned to where the hunting team was, finding a spacious place to land.

"Chief, those bugs are terrible."

"Chief, all the animals in the forest have fled."

"Chief, what should we do?"

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After landing, the members of the hunting team gathered around Jiang Xuan and asked him questions, hoping that their leader could give them some advice.

It was the first time for the warriors of the hunting team to see a locust plague. The overwhelming insects and the bare forest made them very nervous.

Locust plagues affect not only plants, but also a large number of herbivorous animals that depend on plants for survival.

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The locusts have eaten up all the green plants, and the herbivores have lost their food source. They are forced to migrate and survive in places that are not affected by the locusts.

When the herbivores run, the large carnivores can only follow.

Therefore, where locusts pass through, there is often a desolate and dilapidated scene, and only a small number of birds that eat locusts will stay for a short time.

The hunting team that makes a living by hunting would naturally be very anxious when faced with the possibility of having no prey to hunt in the future.

"Shut up!"

At the critical moment, Uncaria stood up, growled, and intimidated the soldiers.

After everyone quieted down, Jiang Xuan spoke up, "We have dealt with more difficult and more vicious opponents. Why would we be afraid of these bugs?"

"Don't panic, everyone. Trust me and the tribe. We will find a way to get rid of these bugs and prevent them from harming more forests!"

Jiang Xuan holds a very important position in the hearts of these soldiers. His words finally made these anxious soldiers feel a little relieved.

Uncaria asked, "Leader, what should we do next?"

According to previous orders, the hunting team was supposed to come here to clear the obstacles ahead and provide a safe development space for the planting team, breeding team and other teams behind them.

But now there is a locust plague, and the hunting team must get rid of the locusts first, otherwise the team behind will not be able to carry out their work at all.

Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "First, drive the ducks, colorful pheasants, unicorns and other domesticated animals of the breeding team over here. The hunting team will be responsible for protecting the breeding team."

"yes!"

With the new mission, Gou Teng felt much more at ease.

Anyway, he just had to do things according to Jiang Xuan's orders. As for whether the ducks and birds would have any effect after they came, that was not something he should worry about.

"Everyone return to the tribe immediately!"

At Gou Teng's command, the warriors of the hunting team mounted their mounts and turned back to the tribe.

Jiang Xuan also took the Tangyuan back, but his heart was far from as calm as he appeared.

Because he knew very well that the locust plague could not be controlled by the breeding team alone, and a more effective method must be found.

Besides ducks and birds, what else can be used to deal with these locusts? Jiang Xuan looked at the forest passing by below and fell into deep thought.

The house issue has been dealt with for the time being, and I will update every day from now on. If the author doesn’t update, he must be lazy.

(End of this chapter)