78 Chapter 78

Chapter 78

After all, they were people with special abilities, and since the insects had been suppressed, they quickly got the insects out of the fields.

"My goodness, this food doesn't even look like a normal insect."

Looking at the insects caught from the jar in his hand, the captain's eyes went dark when he saw its size.

Although this insect has mutated, the degree of mutation is obviously not high, and traces of its previous state can still be seen on its body.

Just by looking at the bug that was only a tiny bit in the past, and now, due to mutation, it has grown to be as long as an adult's palm and as thick as three fingers put together, the captain can tell without any estimation how many mutant seedlings this bug has eaten.

"It's a good thing there are drunkards watching over our fields, otherwise he would have eaten even more."

Looking at the field, the captain breathed a sigh of relief, as he saw only a small hole at the edge and at most one or two seedlings were lost.

"Looking at the current situation, those trees probably won't survive. Let's find a way to replant them."

The captain was not ready to give up the vacant position, so he turned around and said a few words to the team member next to him.

Although it is a little late for replanting now, it is better than never.

"Captain, what about the ones that were half-eaten?"

With such a big event happening, most of the defense team members have arrived. After listening to the captain's instructions, some of them are ready to go back to look for the remaining seeds from the previous planting, while the remaining few are starting to care about those seedlings that have been eaten halfway but are obviously still alive.

"As long as they survive, that's fine. I'll go find the farmers around here later and ask them what to do about this."

It’s not that the captain didn’t pay attention to those seedlings, but he already had some ideas for the future. Now that someone reminded him, he didn’t intend to hide it.

The planting experience of these people is always not as good as those old farmers who have been farming for decades. Although the world has changed a lot now, some basic things will not change.

"Captain, try bringing some seeds with you this afternoon. They've suffered even greater losses."

After hearing what the captain meant, one of the team members didn't say anything, but just put the remaining seeds in the captain's hand and reminded him.

Even the capable people on their side could see this happen, so one can imagine the losses that would be inflicted on the fields of those farmers who had never known about it in advance or had never even heard of mutant insects before.

The captain didn't say anything, just nodded, and watched his team members pull up the seedlings that had been eaten to death, then plant the seeds on the spot, find some film to cover them, and then wait for the seeds to sprout again and grow into seedlings.

The fields of the defense team were temporarily dealt with, but the fields of other families in the town did not improve much.

Because the insects have eaten too many mutated plants, their current size is twice as large as the insects caught by the defense team. In addition, due to the abilities of the insects, ordinary people cannot get close to them at all. Until now, they can only watch as the insects continue to eat the crops.

It was not until the defense team arrived at their side that they were able to control the insects that were constantly eating their crops.

"Wow, these bugs actually have abilities when they reach a certain size?"

Looking at the green liquid on the ground that almost sprayed on his hands, the defense team members were a little stunned.

The ability of this bug to be used as a means of attack must be extraordinary. If he hadn't reacted quickly, it would have been his.

"Isn't this poisonous?"

A teammate came over and handed him a sealed box. After seeing that the bugs had been packed and confirmed that they would not attack anyone around them, he felt at ease to come over and check.

"It should be poisonous. The key is that these crops are grown with a lot of pesticides and fertilizers, so it's not surprising that they would be poisonous."

The captain followed over, looked at the pool of green liquid on the ground, and said softly.

"The owner of this plot of land saw the bug eating the crops and tried to stop it. He was sprayed all over and is now suffering from blisters. He has been sent to the hospital for treatment."

This was the first time anyone had seen this, and no one could guarantee how serious the poison sprayed by these insects would be. Fearing that the poison might be life-threatening, the farmer was sent to the hospital as soon as it happened.

"Pack it up and hand it in."

After the captain finished speaking, he took his men to the next house.

Because of the mayor's previous suggestion, many people in the town planted this mutated crop, so when the mutated insects appeared this time, almost every household had problems.

The only family that was lucky was their youngest son, who was kicked out of the house for staying up late at night to play games. He had no choice but to spend the night in his own shed beside the field. He happened to see the mutant insect appear, and out of boredom, he caught it before it grew up.

"You're saying that when you first started catching bugs, there were actually more than one mutant bug. They just started fighting each other when they encountered each other while eating. The winner would eat the other plant and also eat the other bug as well?"

The captain looked at a bug placed in a box by the other party, then raised his eyes and looked at the youngest son of the family in disbelief.

"Well, I was bored and couldn't sleep, so I just watched them fight."

The young man opposite nodded. He was kicked out of his home and took nothing with him, not even a cell phone. If his shed for watching over the fields was not locked all year round, with lights and electricity inside so he wouldn't be cold, he would not have come here to rest.

The family knew that they had a place where he could come, so they were able to kick him out of the house with confidence.

Of course, the most important point is that their family has not told outsiders, that is, this young man has abilities and will not be afraid of mutant animals and plants that are not very aggressive after being cleared out in the town, so the family is not worried.

"How many did you catch in the end?"

Looking at the box in their captain's hand, the bug inside now looked a little wilted, so the team members came over to ask.

"How many more could there be? Just look at the number of insects that normally appear in the fields. I was bored and caught them all. There must be at least forty or fifty of them. In the end, I only had this one left. Don't look at it looking wilted now. Once it's eaten enough leaves, it will definitely be more ferocious than the fattest one in your hand."

As the young man spoke, he stretched his neck and pointed his chin slightly in the direction of the pile of boxes in the team members' hands.

"How do you know?"

Hearing this, the team member subconsciously responded.

But when I didn't hear the answer, I knew that the other party didn't want to talk anymore.

Well, there are so many people with special abilities in this town, and many of them haven't shown up yet, so it's normal that this young man doesn't want to speak up.

After making sure that the other party did not want to continue talking about this, the captain wrote down what the other party said, and then took the insect that had fought all night and survived away with a listless look.

After all the insects in the town were sorted out and put into boxes and sent to the Agricultural Research Institute, everyone felt at ease and closed the door to mind their own business.

“It would be great if there was a dedicated capability for this.”

Looking at the seedlings in the fields that were gnawed into pits, the town defense team members and everyone else who knew about the situation felt very sorry.

It is unknown how long it will take for these seedlings that have been eaten and are now barely alive to recover.

"Fortunately, these seedlings are all mutants. Their vitality is faster than that of ordinary grain seeds. They should be able to recover soon."

Grandma Shitou was persuaded by her husband and protected by the younger generations in the village to go up the mountain. She took a look at the seedlings that had been gnawed in Village Chief Dai's field and only came to a conclusion after confirming that there was no problem.

"But you'll have to take special care of these mutant seedlings. Even though they're mutant plants grown from mutant species, they're actually called mutants. For stability, the researchers at the Agricultural Research Institute suppressed their aggressiveness to a minimum during their initial research. That's why they're now unable to defend themselves against attacks from mutant insects."

"Of course, these are mutant seedlings after all, so there's no need to worry about ordinary bugs. Don't use so much pesticide."

After Grandma Shitou finished speaking, she felt relieved only after she made sure that Village Chief Dai and others knew everything they needed to know.

"Let's find someone to look after these seedlings until they develop a drug specifically for the mutant bugs, or some other method. Otherwise, with the current state of the world, mutant bugs are inevitable."

Stone Grandma couldn't do anything else. After all, her ability was only to communicate with these plants, sense their emotions, and bring her closer to the plants in the ground. She couldn't do anything else.

"Hey! Okay, don't worry, we will definitely keep an eye on you later. We're really sorry to trouble you."

After his previous breakdown, Village Chief Dai is now in a better mood. After all, he is a man who has experienced many ups and downs.

When he was young, he had seen everything. His previous collapse was because the problem was with the grain seedlings. He didn't collapse immediately. If it were in other aspects, he would not be as upset as he was this morning.

"Okay, these mutants grow fast and can be replenished. Now that we know which mutant bugs there are, we just need to be more careful in the future."

After saying this, Grandma Shitou prepared to go back down the mountain.

"I'll go back first. If you have any other problems in the fields, just call Lao Wu and tell him. I'll come up and take a look when it's convenient."

Grandma Shitou has been dealing with these plants in the mountains for most of her life. Now that she can't go into the mountains, she is still happy to go up the mountain to Shangyou Village to help check if there are any problems with their seedlings.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry to bother you. If there are any problems later, I will definitely not be polite to you!"

When Village Chief Dai heard what Grandma Shitou said, he happily agreed.

Seeing that the people were being escorted down the mountain by the younger generations of Daxi Village, he felt relieved and turned back to his own village to arrange how to protect the grain seedlings in the fields.

"It's not a big deal, just some mutant bugs that suddenly appeared."

As soon as they came down the mountain and walked to the village entrance, they saw the village chief waiting there. Grandma Shitou explained softly.

"There aren't any in our village. I guess it's because our godmother doesn't let those bugs in."

Grandma Shitou said this and glanced in the direction of Ying Huai with a smile.

The two of them just had a brief chat at the village entrance. After knowing the situation, the village chief went back with peace of mind and continued to arrange the work in the fields for the villagers.

Seeing that the things happening outside could not enter the village for the time being, the village chief thought that while the godmother could still hold on, they should grow more edible food, so he urged the villagers to work harder.

Fortunately, the villagers also understood the village chief's intention, and no matter how tired they were, they didn't complain much.

If you complain now and don’t want to move, what if there is no food in the future? How can you complain about yourself for not farming seriously now?

After listening to Grandma Shitou's story about the situation in the upstream village and satisfying their curiosity, the people gathered at the village entrance went back to their own business with satisfaction.

"Have you finished your homework, little brats?"

Grandma Shitou went back to rest, but the younger generations in the village who had escorted her up the mountain in the morning began to get active.

"Brother, brother, we've finished writing. Tell us what's going on in the mountains right now? Is there anything fun?"

When Shitou heard the word "homework", he felt guilty for a moment, but then he remembered that he had already finished it. No matter how he did it, he had finished his homework anyway, so he let it go and went to the brothers who had been out of the village before to ask them all kinds of questions.

Shitou originally wanted to go this time. The village chief wanted him to see if he could control those mutated insects.

However, Grandma Shitou disliked bad luck, and Ying Huai hated insects, so she didn't let Shitou follow.