"Understood, Chairman."
Fang Ping thought for a moment and asked, "Since you need Xiahou Ming to research the vaccine, you must also need live kissing bugs, right? Or... should I have the legion capture some alive?"
Zhang Hao's eyes flickered: "That's possible, but... never mind, I'll take care of it myself."
"Huh? These insects are worth you handling yourself?"
Fang Ping was a little surprised.
These insects in the vicinity are just a small group.
There are at least several thousand and at most tens of thousands of them. Sending out a squad of ten men would be enough to handle them. Why does the chairman want to take the initiative?
You'll find out then.
Zhang Hao didn't explain the reason: "You come with me, and also bring Honglian and Raven, just the four of us."
"Okay, Chairman."
Fang Ping didn't ask any more questions.
Since the chairman isn't going to say anything, he won't say anything more either.
actually……
Zhang Hao did this.
It's not because the threat posed by kissing bugs is that great.
Instead, they wondered why the triatomine bug, which arrived in the Asian coastal areas a year later in its previous life, arrived a year earlier in this life.
These insects are mainly distributed in South America.
There were 400 million people before the apocalypse. Even two years after the apocalypse, there should still be about 20 to 30 million survivors, scattered in every corner of the continent. Although the trident bugs have a large population, it is unrealistic to wipe them all out.
Even in a past life...
It would take the sea creatures three years to reach the Americas.
But this happened a year earlier than expected. Could it be that I caused the butterfly effect again?
If that's the case, will these insects be completely different from the information from the previous life, or will they pose an unpredictable danger to Dawn?
This uncontrollable factor...
That's the real reason he wanted to take action personally.
If we could capture a group of kissing bugs alive and then have Xiahou Ming interrogate them to extract information, at least we wouldn't be in such a passive position.
...
...
Yangcheng City.
The countryside in the southern suburbs of the city.
At this moment, small teams are patrolling.
Their faces showed varying degrees of vigilance and worry, while others showed fear and dread. These people were all members of the largest awakened organization in Yangcheng City – [Wangtianmen].
A few months ago…
There are always some strange insects bothering us.
At first, there weren't many of them, so they didn't take it seriously. They killed those they could kill and drove away those they couldn't.
However, due to a lack of vigilance, some scattered insects entered the outer city and bit the residents. They thought it was just a normal bite, since everyone was an awakened being... so they didn't pay much attention.
As a result, it took four months.
Those bitten began to develop symptoms such as arrhythmia.
Then the condition began to worsen, with cardiac arrest and heart failure becoming commonplace. Some patients even suffered heart rupture on the spot, dying in agony with blood flowing from all seven orifices... The scene was extremely horrific.
Wet nurses also provided treatment.
But it was all in vain; even seeing a doctor was futile.
The leader of Wangtianmen then realized that this insect was called a kissing bug, and that being bitten by it would cause an incurable disease.
One wave after another of kissing bugs came to harass us. Although the number was not large, these bugs were very agile and flew very fast... It was easy to drive them away, but too difficult to kill them all.
Therefore, he had no choice but to increase the number of patrol teams around the suburban areas.
But these kissing bugs aren't stupid. As the number of patrol teams increased, so did the scale of the bug harassment, making it impossible to drive them all away.
Some people slipped through the net and entered the city. In four months, tens of thousands of patients have appeared, and thousands have died, causing widespread panic.
The only thing to be thankful for is...
This disease can only be transmitted through bites; it cannot be transmitted from person to person.
"Captain Wang..."
Li Erniu asked worriedly, "Where did these insects come from? I've never seen them before!"
"The leader said they came from the Americas, so it's normal that we haven't seen them before."
"But these insects are terrifying! A single bite can cause your heart to burst and kill you. We at [Wangtianmen] already have tens of thousands of patients... What if we can't develop a vaccine? Wouldn't we be doomed?"
"No, the leader will definitely find a way."
Captain Wang gritted his teeth and said, "We just need to drive these bugs away. Fortunately, there aren't many of these kissing bugs. As long as we kill them as many as possible, no one will get sick."
"Okay, I believe you, Captain."
Just as he was about to say something.
The team member in charge of sensing alerted, "Captain, they're here again! Those disgusting bugs are back!"
"Alright! All team members, listen to my command."
Captain Wang's eyes narrowed slightly as he instructed, "Use ranged skills to kill the insects. Avoid close combat if possible, and whatever you do, don't get bitten... If there's really no other way, immediately ask your comrades for help to break free, otherwise you will be drained of blood in a few seconds."
"Looking towards the Heavenly Gate, victory is assured!"
"Looking towards the Heavenly Gate, victory is assured!"
"Looking towards the Heavenly Gate, victory is assured!"
Everyone was afraid.
But encouraged by the captain, they all perked up.
They all shouted loudly, and at that moment, a large swarm of kissing bugs flew over, their cone-shaped mouthparts terrifying.
"They're here! Kill them!"
"Take this! A giant fireball!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Water arrows shoot out!"
"Whoosh! A wind blade pierces the air!!"
"..."
All team members are working hard to kill the insects.
Captain Wang was no exception; he raised his hand and unleashed a series of wind blades, easily shredding the trident bugs into tiny pieces.
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