Xu Lin placed the oil used to fry the insects in a corner of the room. Although it smelled delicious, she couldn't get over the shadow in her heart.
Xu Lin didn't know what was wrong with her; she felt disgusted by the insects, yet she fried them up to give to others to eat.
Xu Lin had hot pot for lunch and now has a negative reaction to anything that looks like an insect.
“When we had nothing to eat before, having a worm to eat was a luxury. Now, I feel disgusted when I see a worm. It’s true that it’s easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality,” Xu Lin sighed.
"It's possible that your body has a fear of not having enough to eat in your previous life, and you think that eating insects means not having enough to eat, so you refuse to eat insects."
"Your explanation makes sense."
After dinner, Zhou Pinru washed the dishes, while Xu Lin browsed her communicator on the sofa. The Voice of the Base discussion group was full, and one post was trending.
"The insect plague is not optimistic. Those who can speak on the base's voice channel all have communicators. Their families either have public positions at the base or are rich and well-supplied. If we are already troubled by the insect plague, how difficult must life be for the lowest-level survivors who do not have communicators..."
Nannan who loves chili oil: The original poster is right. I have a friend who lives in a dormitory. He said that the place is now overrun by bugs. There are bugs everywhere. He catches bugs every day, taking turns catching them day and night.
Coffee Loves Tea: @A Girl Who Loves Chili Oil catching bugs is considered good. My mom is in the hospital, and many people have had their arms and legs eaten by bugs. There was even one whose eyeball was eaten. It's terrifying.
Bunnies are so cute: What the person upstairs said is scary, is it true or not?
Sea cucumber in sea cucumber fried noodles: The person upstairs is lying. I've never heard of insects eating people. It's always people eating insects.
Little Deer Who Loves Century Egg and Lean Pork Congee: With a broader perspective, could an infestation of insects be turned into a delicacy?
Graceful and delicate: Why am I drooling?
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Xu Lin scrolled through the base's chat. The insect infestation was not looking good. Doctor Dai had warned everyone to be careful in the group chat that morning, as many people had already been bitten by insects and hospitalized.
Fortunately, this insect is not poisonous; it only eats grains and vegetables and bites people. When there is nothing to eat at home, it will gnaw on the corners of tables and the headboard.
"What are you looking at?" Zhou Pin asked as she came out of the kitchen after washing the dishes.
"Watch the Voice of the Base," Xu Lin said, turning off her phone.
"Looking at that is useless; we will never see the real situation."
"It's pretty much what that person said, look." Xu Lin turned on the communicator to show Zhou Pin. "Huh? Why is it gone?"
"We won't see the negative aspects."
"I'm afraid the insect infestation will escalate to the point where the base can't control it. If one of us is gone, the other will be in danger." Xu Lin frowned.
"Don't overthink it. We haven't sprayed the insecticide yet. Let's go." To prevent Xu Lin from overthinking, Zhou Pin pulled her to spray the insecticide.
In the afternoon, Zhou Pin was called away to a meeting again. Xu Lin felt that there were bugs everywhere at home, so she took insecticide and sprayed it everywhere.
“Don’t worry, the situation is more serious than we see, but the base has already taken measures and it will be under control soon,” Zhou Pin said when he returned home that evening.
"What do you say in your meetings?"
"Those of us who live in villas and multi-story buildings are okay, but those who live in slums and dormitories have been bitten because the insecticide was not distributed in time. A few people have even died from the serious injuries."
What's the next step?
"We have increased the quantity and scope of pesticide distribution, and the base has also set up a special pesticide extermination team to control pests in public areas. We have also broadcast precautions on the base's official radio station and arranged for staff to go door-to-door to inform residents."
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