Chapter 190, exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City: Huo Tiankuo in trouble.
Lu Xuan, who had just left the clinic, originally planned to go home to help clean up the insect corpses he had blown up and the damaged snow shelter.
However, halfway there, they received a distress call from Huo Tiankuo, so they could only say goodbye to Lu Qing and Le Yan and drive the sled to Huo's army camp.
When they arrived at their destination, the viewers in the live stream were all amazed.
Because the conditions in the camp were even worse than those in Yunlu Village.
The camp, which had more than 3,000 people, was much larger than the village. At this moment, all the tents were covered by a dense swarm of insects, and the mushroom lamps that were originally used for lighting had been completely eaten up.
The camp was dimly lit. The soldiers drove away and eliminated the swarms of insects while using powerful flashlights to illuminate the lives of the victims and shouting for them to take shelter in the greenhouses.
However, the greenhouse and the camp were quite far apart, and the insect swarm blocked their way, so the survivors dared not run around. In the end, they could only scream in terror as they were bitten and run around in all directions.
Some people were covered in all kinds of insects, and their faces were bitten and bloody, making them look as if they were about to be eaten alive by the insect swarm at any moment.
The chaotic and terrifying scene gave Lu Xuan the illusion of being back in the apocalypse when his small base was overrun by a horde of zombies.
After a moment of distraction, Lu Xuan quickly made his move.
A gust of wind swept through the camp, and the swarms of insects that were gnawing at the tents and people were all swept into the sky, forming an ever-growing black fog.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Xuan snapped his fingers, and the swarm of insects in mid-air was instantly ignited, burned to ashes in the blink of an eye, and then continued to be blown away by the wind until they disappeared completely.
The disaster victims were blown about, but their weight of over 100 pounds prevented them from being blown away. Instead, they saw the insects being burned to death, and their pained faces turned into expressions of pleasure.
With Lu Xuan's help, the swarm of insects that had tormented more than three thousand people to the point of near death was visibly and rapidly eliminated.
Lu Xuan also grabbed a few of his personal guards and handed them insect repellent, saying, "Sprinkle it around the camp and the insects won't dare to come near."
The guards were overjoyed and quickly dispersed around the camp to prepare to mark out a safe zone for the camp.
While spraying pesticides, they shouted for the disaster victims to hide in the areas where pesticides had been applied.
As the insect swarm decreased, the 'safe zone' expanded, and the crisis within the camp was finally resolved.
The piercing screams gradually subsided, leaving only the groans and cries of the bitten person.
Huo Tiankuo rushed over to meet Lu Xuan, and without saying a word, he directly pulled him to the wounded soldiers' camp.
Once inside, Lu Xuan realized that the situation of the disaster victims who had been running and screaming outside was actually relatively good.
The seriously injured victims and soldiers had already been sent to the wounded soldiers' camp.
Huo Tiankuo had traded a lot of medicines with Lu Xuan before, but most of them were external injury medicines and medicines suitable for use in the extremely cold season. The antidote was given to him by Lu Xuan as an extra gift after he bought a lot of medicines.
This swarm of insects included many poisonous spiders, snakes, and scorpions.
Those bitten may experience mild symptoms such as red, swollen, and painful wounds, nausea, vomiting, and fever, or severe symptoms such as numbness, difficulty breathing, and even death.
Because there were too many poisoned people and not enough antidotes, Huo Tiankuo could only give the victims painkillers to ease their suffering.
But this is only a temporary solution and not a permanent cure.
After understanding the situation, Lu Xuan didn't waste any words. He took out more than a dozen boxes of universal antidote and had his personal guards give everyone one dose to save their lives.
Then, based on different people's needs, we provide blood-tonifying, swelling-reducing, and fever-reducing medications as needed.
Fortunately, the swarm of insects that attacked Huo's army did not include the wasps that nearly killed Chen Rong, so the medical pod that Lu Xuan brought as a precaution did not have a chance to be used.
Yeah, it's fine without it.
With a sufficient supply of medicine, the pitiful cries of agony in the wounded soldiers' camp finally subsided, and Huo Tiankuo was finally relieved.
He wiped his face, feeling both relieved and ashamed, and said, "If you hadn't come, I might have just watched them die."
Nevertheless, his expression still wasn't very pleasant.
The camp encountered too many insect swarms. Before Lu Xuan arrived, more than twenty disaster victims died before they could be rescued because they had been bitten too many times.
People had died in the camp a few months ago, quite a few, and everyone had gotten used to it.
But after they met Yunlu Village, everyone's life got better and better. Suddenly, someone died again, not from the mouth of a wild beast, but from a group of insects. Huo Tiankuo felt very bad.
Upon learning from Lu Xuan that Yunlu Village had also been attacked by a swarm of insects but had survived without a single death, Huo Tiankuo was both happy for Yunlu Village and somewhat envious.
For a moment, he even had the urge to hand over the camp to Lu Xuan, or simply join Yunlu Village.
But then he thought, Lu Xuan and Yunlu Village are doing just fine now, so why should they take on so many disaster victims? It's not their responsibility.
He quickly dismissed this unrealistic and opportunistic idea and brought up another matter instead.
"I want to build a greenhouse on another ten acres of land."
Lu Xuan was a little surprised, but he quickly guessed the other party's plan.
Some astute viewers in the live stream guessed it.
Sure enough, Huo Tiankuo said, "It's been colder than before recently, so I arranged for some of the elderly, weak, women and children to live in a corner of the greenhouse. They stayed inside when the insect swarm attacked today, so they weren't injured."
The other disaster victims aren't blind; they all definitely want to live in safer, warmer housing.
He doesn't want today's events to happen again.
Previously, due to the high cost of greenhouses, people could make do with living in tents, but the arrival of the insect swarm frightened both the disaster victims and Huo Tiankuo.
No matter how expensive greenhouses are, or how important supplies are, nothing is more important than life.
If the greenhouses used for growing grain cannot accommodate more than 3,000 people, then we should build a new batch of greenhouses specifically for living in people!
Huo Tiankuo was worried that more insects would come, so he said he wanted to build the greenhouse today.
Lu Xuan naturally wouldn't refuse a business opportunity, and immediately brought out the heating materials for ten acres of land, as well as air conditioners.
As soon as he got the supplies, Huo Tiankuo immediately notified the disaster victims.
The group was still immersed in lingering fear and dread.
A small number of the helpers who returned from Yunlu Village regretted coming back, feeling that Yunlu Village had sturdy safe houses that could definitely withstand the insect swarms.
Upon learning that the general was going to build a batch of greenhouses specifically for them, the disaster victims instantly perked up and eagerly volunteered to work without needing to be urged.
If there's no safe house, a greenhouse would be fine too.
They would never dare to sleep in a tent that could be easily torn apart by insects again.
The cost of materials for the ten mu of greenhouses totaled six thousand jin of mutated grain. In addition, Huo Tiankuo also bought a lot of antidotes and blood tonics, making up a total of ten thousand jin.
However, since the winter fishing season has failed and the next batch of grain has not been harvested, this debt can only be owed for now.
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Three days after the insect swarm attack, Chen Rong and Ji Xiuling got married.
Chen Rong never dreamed that after nearly dying, he would open his eyes to find out that Ji Xiuling was willing to marry him immediately.
It wasn't until he actually married Ji Xiuling and hosted a wedding banquet for the villagers that Chen Rong was deliberately plied with alcohol by other people who were interested in Ji Xiuling, and he felt completely out of control.
Even knowing that others were deliberately messing with him, he didn't care. He kept saying with a smug look on his face, "I have a wife now," "Xiuling will be my wife from now on," "How lucky I am!" which made Ji Xiuling's admirers so envious that they wanted to put him in a sack.
Wu Yang didn't join in the fun and try to get Chen Rong drunk. Instead, he turned to Li Yue and discussed, "Let's get married after the polar night ends."
Instead of envying Chen Rong, you should make yourself someone others envy.
Li Yue was also the apple of many of her peers' eye in the village. He was even more proud than Chen Rong for being able to marry her.
Just as the village was filled with the joyous atmosphere of the Chen family's wedding, good news came from Huo Jiajun's side, whose insect swarm was somewhat listless.
After Huo Tiankuo gave two personal guards the two evolution fluids he brought back, one of them successfully awakened a water-based ability.
Huo Tiankuo is a lightning-type user, which is perfect for teaming up with a water-type ability user. At a time when strong combat power is urgently needed, this water-type ability can be said to have come at just the right time.
Seeing that they could truly obtain immortal techniques, the other guards were more eager than ever to acquire more resources to exchange for evolution fluid.
And the frequency of the subsequent beast attacks did not disappoint them.
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After the swarm of insects, the attacks from the berserk beasts reached their peak, with at least two waves of attacks almost every day, and sometimes as many as three or four waves.
The variety of wild animals that appeared also became increasingly diverse.
For example, bears, which, like snakes, should hibernate.
Despite the sub-zero temperatures of minus fifty degrees Celsius, these animals didn't stay put and hibernate; they even came out in groups of more than a dozen.
As one of the top land predators, bears are known for their strength, with top-notch abilities in slapping, biting, and charging.
With sleep deprivation and the berserk state, this power is further amplified, making the opponent much more difficult to defeat.
The key is that the bears are not only strong in attack, but also thick-skinned and have outstanding defense. Zhang Chengming and others' level one superpowers could only scratch them at most. In the end, they were only able to be killed by energy guns.
There were also leopards, and a group of orangutans that had traveled from who-knows-how-far-away places.
The former is extremely fast, and the hunting team's attack is always a step behind, so they have to be on high alert to prevent being ambushed.
The latter, however, behaves in a manner similar to humans, possesses considerable offensive power, and can intimidate others with its roars, making it difficult to deal with.
Besides, leopards and orangutans... are inedible. Regardless of whether they are edible or taste good, it's psychologically hard to accept.
It's difficult to fight, and there's no reward, so it kills any passion in the player.
But if you ask what people find most annoying, it has to be flocks of birds.
In the greenhouse.
"Quick, there are more over there! Don't let them get near the crops!"
Zhang Chengming and the others were furious and fired at the eagles flying around the greenhouse. They watched as sparrows kept getting into the greenhouse through the hole in the roof, their eyes practically spitting fire.
Those damn eagles! If they hadn't crashed into the greenhouse, how would those other birds have had a chance to get in!
Li Tuo watched as the newly arrived sparrows chattered at the half-grown corn, while he himself was so worried about burning the crops in the greenhouse that he couldn't use his supernatural abilities. He cursed angrily, "Once I kill them, I'm going to roast them all!"
These birds don't just ruin crops; eagles and falcons are birds of prey, and their main targets are the hunters.
Human brains aren't as hard as glass. If a large eagle or falcon pecks at you a couple of times, you might even have your brains ripped out.
To prevent their heads from being blown off, everyone put on their helmets to protect their heads while attacking.
After shooting down a mountain eagle, Xiong Mao shouted to the others, "When exactly is Lu Xuan coming?!"
While dodging the raptors that kept attacking from above and buffing the others, Liu Chun said, "Those bears over there are tough to deal with. Even Lu Xuan will probably need some time. Let's hold on a little longer."
Zhang Chengming threw out several wind blades, but they were all dodged by the extremely fast flock of birds. He couldn't help but say, "Why don't we just use hypnotic bullets now?"
Wu Yang shook his head. "No, there are still a lot of birds outside the greenhouse. If we release sleeping bombs here, those outside will run away and continue to attack other greenhouses, which will be even more troublesome."
The reason most of them gathered here was that the birds initially attacked the greenhouse here, in order to actively attract other flocks of birds to hit this place, and then catch them all at once.
As they were talking, the flock of birds that had been arrogantly causing destruction just moments before suddenly let out a shrill, piercing cry and began to crash rapidly.
Everyone's eyes lit up: "Lu Xuan is here!"
"Put on your gas mask."
Upon hearing Lu Xuan's voice, everyone quickly put on the masks they had prepared beforehand.
Almost simultaneously, white hypnotic gas quickly filled the greenhouse, and the struggling flock of birds soon fell silent.
Gas drifted out through the hole made by the eagle, lulling the birds that had landed on the roof of the greenhouse into a deep sleep.
Lu Xuan used his wind-based superpower to blow, and all the birds outside fell out of the cave.
Further away, there were still flocks of birds flying. Lu Xuan took out a few pieces of fresh, bloody wild boar meat and threw them onto the roof of the greenhouse. The birds smelled the aroma and immediately flew into the trap.
If sparrows don't eat meat, then we'll use mutated grains and mutated fruits as bait.
After more than a dozen trips back and forth, we finally managed to get rid of the large flock of birds.
During this time, Zhang Chengming, Li Jing, and others were responsible for collecting the ever-increasing number of birds into the space.
Not only can it prevent crops in the greenhouse from being crushed, but it also saves them the trouble of slaughtering them one by one by hand.
After Lu Xuan used his wind-based ability to blow away the remaining gas, everyone took off their masks.
Li Tuo exclaimed happily, "Finally, it's resolved!"
Exhausted and covered in sweat, Xiong Mao took off his safety helmet and said angrily, "These damn birds are harder to fight than tigers and bears."
Zhang Chengming sighed, "It's not only strenuous, but there's also very little meat."
This flock of birds is estimated to number in the tens of thousands, with sparrows making up the majority.
How big are sparrows? They don't even weigh an ounce. After you pluck their feathers, there's not even enough meat left for one bite.
You need at least a hundred or eighty chickens to make a pot of soup, and it will barely be enough to eat.
Tens of thousands of birds were exchanged for a few hundred kilograms of meat, which was divided among more than fifty households. It wasn't even enough to fill a tooth gap.
It would be better to just bring a pack of wolves or wild boars. Although the meat isn't very tasty, at least there would be plenty of them!
The viewers in the live stream were not very satisfied with the birds they had caught.
This little bit of meat isn't enough for anyone.
[Well, I remember roasted bird meat being quite delicious, so I'll just add it to the menu.]
[I just want to know, why didn't the streamer just use his gravity powers to kill him? Why go through all that trouble with the hypnosis bomb?]
[Didn't you see how the streamer killed the Zerg swarm and crushed them into pancakes?]
Imagine how contaminated the crops would be if so many birds were blown to pieces in a greenhouse.
Although animal flesh and blood can serve as nutrients for soil and crops, it is psychologically unsettling and nauseating.
Hypnotizing before treatment makes it much cleaner.
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While there are unpleasant and troublesome creatures like flocks of birds, there are also relatively more popular ones, such as rabbits.
They are small in size and have low combat power. They cannot fly, and there are a lot of them. Mixed in with countless beasts and birds of prey, they seem to be there to provide warmth.
The meat was kept for eating, and the fur could be used to make scarves, collars, or even cloaks for the women.
Wearing a snow-white rabbit fur cloak, you look absolutely stunning!
Almost all the young women in the village made one for themselves immediately.
The women who had received their new treasures were radiant with joy, while the young men of the hunting team, who had been fighting day and night, except for Lu Xuan, all had dark circles under their eyes and looked completely exhausted.
Anyone who didn't know better would think that their life force had been drained by the women.
In reality, they hadn't had marital relations for many days because they were busy dealing with the beast attack.
Disharmony in their private lives and insufficient rest due to intensive battles have led to increasing irritability among the young men, with even the usually good-tempered Li Jing appearing expressionless all day.
However, the hunting party soon realized that their situation was already considered good.
The real unlucky ones were Huo Jiajun.
When Yunlu Village was attacked by a series of intense beast attacks, Huo's army also encountered a similar situation.
Not long ago, they lost more than twenty people in the swarm. This time, they were even more unlucky. With their top combat strength far inferior to theirs, Huo Tiankuo, the leader, had an accident.
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Author's Note: I changed the cover again. [doge] I feel that character covers aren't as suitable for a no-CP (no-couple) channel as non-character covers, so I commissioned a new one. [let me see]
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