Close the ring
Zhang Qing originally came back very quickly, fearing that if he relaxed even a little, these people would be in danger.
Seeing three people running towards him, with a swarm of insects chasing them like a dark cloud, he held his breath and rushed forward.
The fishing net in his hand was actually very large when unfolded. Even when it was folded, it was inevitable that it would fall off while he was running, dragging behind him like a tail, raising small pieces of dust along the way.
Seeing himself getting closer and closer to the insect swarm, Zhang Qing still felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.
"Prepare to ignite!" He reminded loudly, and then dived and stopped about ten meters away from the people. The area here was open.
Zhang Qing spread the fishing net and the sundries hanging on the hooks on the ground as a roadblock.
Once the fire is ignited, it will become a natural line of defense against the insect swarm.
Tan Wan'er's training these days was not in vain. Although she was behind the two of them at the beginning, she walked ahead of them in the second half of the journey and arrived first.
She was walking too fast to brake in time, so she used her hands and feet to stop in front of the obstacle.
She had already held the lighter firmly in her hand, and when she pressed it down, a small flame appeared.
The sparse and porous material of the fishing net could easily spread the fire. In the blink of an eye, a clear line of fire had formed in the middle of the road.
From the time they started guarding against insects until now, the two men still had their clothes covering their heads. When they were about to get close in the gap, they strode over the flames.
After running a few more meters, he finally stopped and threw the bugs on his clothes towards the fire.
On the other side, Zhang Qing was already helping Tan Wan'er, trying to drive away the bugs on her body, but they were biting so tightly that after swatting them a few times in panic, it didn't work at all.
These insects also change color during the attack, following the color of the clothes.
I felt pain from being bitten in many places on my body. For a moment, I couldn't directly locate the position of the insect, so I could only deal with it slowly from head to toe.
The barbs on the mouthparts of the mollusk have penetrated deep into the skin and flesh and cannot be peeled off with ordinary strength. If they are peeled off forcibly, the barbs will remain in the body and there may be a risk of infection.
Tan Wan'er signaled him to stop and took out a very small dagger, about the length of a finger, from her waist bag.
Walk to the fire, roast it left and right a few times, and after confirming that the temperature is high enough, cover the insect directly with it.
After feeling the high temperature, the insect instinctively retracts its mouthparts to escape, and when its mouth releases, it is the best time to kill it.
But in this case, no matter how careful you are, the back of the knife will inevitably touch your skin, causing burns of varying degrees.
Tan Wan'er no longer cared about these things. She just gritted her teeth and endured the pain, as if she was cooking barbecued insects.
Ding Can looked at the bugs on her body. Their mouthparts were sharp and could bite through her clothes and into her skin. She frowned and said, "This is the only way."
Fishing nets may be covered with a lot of oily substances over the years, so the burning effect is better than expected.
There were quite a few naturally fallen short branches on the ground, long enough to block the burning flames.
She first tested the temperature of the flame, then lifted her sleeve and held the branch close to a bug on her arm.
When the flames approached the surface of the skin, an extremely faint stinging sensation was felt, which was actually nothing compared to the pain in the bitten flesh.
The insect spontaneously loosened itself and fell to the ground, twisting its body in place.
The bite wound felt numb and she found it difficult to lift her arm.
"This insect is poisonous." Tan Wan'er also realized it, and she shook her arms but the movement was still a little slow.
But it should be just a weak toxin, slightly stronger than that of ordinary mosquitoes and flies.
Zhang Qing was safe and sound, watching these three people being roasted in front of him.
In fact, the smell made him feel a little familiar, reminding him of the burnt aroma coming from the barbecue stalls when he was visiting the night market.
He was still afraid of insects and didn't dare to get too close. He inexplicably felt that the smell was a bit fragrant. He happened to be tired of eating in the restaurant in the castle recently.
Is it because it is rich in protein, so even the simplest cooking method can produce such a high-end aroma?
When he realized that he wanted to eat those bugs, Zhang Qing shook his head speechlessly, trying to get rid of this terrible idea.
He dodged properly just now, so his face was not injured, but there were some scars scattered on his body, with blood oozing out slightly, but it was still in tolerable condition.
Ding Can was not afraid of these, but he was still worried about the poison. He looked left and right, picked up a larger leaf, picked up a struggling insect on the ground, and looked at it carefully.
I originally thought that the surface would be a thin layer, but although it looks soft, it feels a bit hard like rubber when I touch it.
She tried pinching it twice and then she saw clearly that the insect made the sound at the tail. When it buzzed, its body also vibrated at a high frequency. The sound frequency was high and it sounded even noisy when it was close.
Ding Can moved it away. The insect had turned green at this moment and was moving its head. When its mouthparts touched the leaf, it was cut in half.
Looking at the already red and swollen bite marks on his body also indirectly proved its power.
Perhaps because it was restrained, the insect had a stress response, and its color changed from green to something else, changing in various colors. It looked like the luminous toys sold in stores.
"What do these insects usually eat for survival?"
Seeing that they were safe, Zhang Qing moved a little closer and looked at Ding Can from the side. With such a fat body, he must have enough food every day to stay so shiny and plump.
Yu Fu said leisurely, "Perhaps this is why there are so few living things in the forest."
The amount of paralyzing toxin that a single insect can release is very small, but if other animals are covered with it, it will definitely cause a strong anesthetic effect in a short period of time, which will be enough for them to eat.
Zhang Qing imagined this scene in his mind and felt that he had escaped from the jaws of death.
Tan Wan'er had a lot of emergency medicine on her, but she didn't know if it would work, so she squeezed some out of the hose and applied it to the wound.
After feeling the cool sensation, the uncomfortable reaction finally subsided a little, and she gave the medicine to Ding Can and the other person.
Seeing the swarm of insects isolated outside the flames, they seemed to have lost their previous intention to chase, and just watched hungrily from a distance.
But after knowing how to deal with it, she had an idea: "It would be nice if I could take them with me."
Zhang Qing almost thought he had misheard and raised his voice: "What? You still want to bring..."
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After resting, several people continued to climb the mountain.
"Have you ever thought...that the animals on this island are very strange?" Ding Can chose the most stable-looking rock from the protruding rocks on the slope and stepped on it.
"Yes, there are some I've never seen before, but the world is so big that there are many wonders. Perhaps the changeable climate on this island has allowed animals with special abilities to evolve."
In Zhang Qing's opinion, Xiushen Island itself was already very suspicious, so it was not surprising to see some unusual animals on the island.
Tan Wan'er scoffed lightly: "Who knows what those doctors do underground every day."
Ding Can took Yu Fu's hand and took a step forward. His eyes lit up when he heard this: "Why do you suspect it was a doctor?"
"It's not suspicion." The medicine took effect quickly, and the redness and swelling of the wound had subsided a lot. Tan Wan'er fanned the wound slowly, "I have seen it before."
The daytime training schedule at Xiushen Island is very tight, leaving little time for rest.
Every night after arriving at the room, I usually fall asleep and sleep until dawn, but I still often feel tired.
The wake-up bell rings at five o'clock every morning, so there is no time for everyone to rest, and of course no one will wake up early.
But Tan Wan'er had woken up early once and was no longer sleepy. For some reason, she wanted to look at the scene outside the window, and she saw several figures on the ground in front of the castle.
Someone was pushing something on a cart. The color of their white coats was very obvious in the night, and it could be seen that they were several doctors.
The lights were off, but the light allowed me to make out the outline of the thing, which looked like some kind of wild beast.
Tan Wan'er had never seen such a big thing on the island, and she felt a little strange at the moment, especially since the doctors were always missing day and night.
From then on, Tan Wan'er felt that the people here were doing some kind of biological research. Who knows, even the patients who came to the island were the subjects of research.
"Then why don't you say it?" This was the first time Zhang Qing heard such a statement.
"Who can I tell?" Tan Wan'er said disapprovingly, "Besides, even if someone believes me, what can they do?"
The bracelet is equivalent to a tool that monitors them for a long time and cannot be removed by themselves.
If the position is just a little far away from the Self-cultivation Island, the bracelet will sense and hurt the human body. If it really touches the bottom line of some people, it may become a powerful weapon to take their lives no matter when and where.
Ding Can had an idea in her mind. Her previous suspicions had been basically confirmed. She looked down at the dial of the bracelet. When it was still, she could only see a black screen. At this time, it really looked like an ordinary bracelet.
"Do you want to leave here?"
Zhang Qing was confused for a moment. At first he thought that this was a question asking him whether he wanted to leave the rainforest to avoid other dangers.
Then he realized that there must be another explanation. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you have a solution?"
Ding Can said truthfully, "Not yet, but revealing the truth might be the way for us... no, it might be the way for everyone on this island to return home."
Tan Wan'er looked over with some surprise. Although many people who had just arrived on the island had such thoughts, most of them wanted to escape out of fear.
Rather than what we see before our eyes, this idea of wanting to overthrow everything and end everything on Xiushen Island.
So she asked aloud the next second: "Are you really sick?"
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