Chapter 209 Release Signal

This bug is exactly the same as the one pulled out of Ning Ran's eyes, except that this one is longer and bigger.

For comparison, Chen Qingqing took out the bug jar from her backpack.

However, she didn't expect the bug on the ground to twist more violently and appeared in front of her eyes in the blink of an eye.

Cong Xin quickly controlled the back half of the bug and froze it.

The front half of the bug was still twisting wildly, like a hungry hyena eager to hunt.

"Sister Qing, are you okay?"

"I'm fine..."

Chen Qingqing lowered her head to look at her hands, and then looked at the jar in her hand.

She seemed to have sensed something and held the bottle farther away.

The next second, the bug actually moved in the direction of the bottle!

"It doesn't look like it's heading for us." Chen Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.

"It should have sensed its kind in the bottle."

"Can it sense it through the glass?" Cong Xin was quite surprised. "

But why isn't the one inside reacting?"

The smaller insect in the jar really didn't react much, still twisting at its normal speed.

Chen Qingqing suddenly thought of the scene that Yunshan had told her.

A group of flesh-colored long worms on the beach twisted together, stacked on top of each other to form a human-like creature.

Chen Qingqing couldn't help but think that if there were enough insects, they could indeed support each other to form the shape they wanted.

"I want to let the ones in the bottle out to try. Cong Xin, can you freeze two of them?"

Cong Xin smiled and said, "That's no problem!"

Chen Qingqing nodded, uncorked the bottle, and threw the bugs out.

The moment the small one came into contact with the air, it immediately twisted towards the other one at an extremely fast speed.

Cong Xin quickly froze it.

"This scene... is really weird."

The lower halves of the two bugs were frozen, and the upper halves were twisting and turning, like two crazy noodles.

But Cong Xin was no longer surprised. She squatted down and held her chin up: "Sister Qing, what's there to see?"

Chen Qingqing was very serious: "Did you notice that the two insects are twisting in different directions?"

"...Aren't they twisting towards each other?"

"Yes, but the big one wants to twist towards the small one, while the small one is more like twisting towards the sky... Look at its posture, does it seem to be releasing some kind of signal?"

Cong Xin also observed carefully after hearing this.

"Releasing a signal..."

"Is it saying - 'Come to me quickly?'"

Chen Qingqing nodded.

"Now you try to unfreeze it." Cong

Xin did as she was told.

The big one suddenly rushed towards the small insect and actually lifted it up in a weird posture!

Cong Xin couldn't believe it: "Is this their conscious action? How could they be so smart?!"

Chen Qingqing shook her head.

Although the creatures on the seabed have been evolving and changing, Chen Qingqing didn't think a tiny insect would be so smart.

"I think this behavior is more like a collective consciousness of insects, just like ants. Their innate genes teach them how to protect the queen ant and how to go out to find food to offer to the queen ant."

"They won't doubt their own behavior, and likewise, they won't think about the meaning of their behavior."

Cong Xin thought thoughtfully: "So this is their subconscious behavior? Then what is the meaning of this behavior?"

These insects may not think about the meaning of their behavior, but they have to think!

Cong Xin's sense of absurdity has now faded a lot, and she is more curious about what will happen next. As soon as

the voice fell, there was a rustling sound in the bushes again.

A few seconds later, several identical insects came out and ran towards the little insect with a clear purpose.

They twisted their bodies and entangled with each other, lifting the small one higher.

"It's really attracting companions!"

Cong Xin was amazed.

"If it goes on like this, will more and more of its kind come here following this signal?"

If this is true, if they gather enough of them, they can really form any shape.

"It seems that Liu Chen caught this one... Are there other bugs in the village?"

"I'm worried about that too," Chen Qingqing took out a bigger jar.

"So put them in, and walk around the village with the jar. You might find more. If we can collect all the bugs this way, we don't have to worry all the time."

Cong Xinbing sealed them and put them in the jar. Once they were in the jar, their twisting speed slowed down a lot.

It seems that as long as they are in a closed space, their activity frequency will be greatly reduced.

Chen Qingqing silently noted this and looked at Cong Xin again: "Do you need me to go with you?"

Cong Xin shook her head, "These bugs don't move very fast on their own, they only go crazy when they see their own kind, normally I can handle it all by myself."

Chen Qingqing happened to meet Yunshan on the way back.

Yunshan had already been to the beach where the humanoid bugs appeared before, the bugs were gone, but a skeleton was found.

The skeleton was missing an arm, which happened to be stuck on the protective net.

It seems that the pile of humanoid bugs are not completely supported by themselves, but still need to rely on the skeleton.

And those humanoid bugs disappeared, I don't know if they ran back to the sea or went into the village.

The two of them returned to the village chief's house. The village chief was asking the teams sent out to look for bugs through the intercom.

There were no clues about the first few teams.

Until a man's urgent voice came from the other end of the intercom.

"Village chief, Zhang Yang seems to be a little bit off."

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to him.

The village chief quickly moved closer while holding the intercom.

"Are you Xiao Wang? Why is Zhang Yang a little bit off? Where are you now? I'll send someone to pick you up."

"I, I don't know where I am... Zhang Yang has been chasing me, and I've been running."

Xiao Wang's voice became more and more tired, and his breathing became heavier.

Suddenly, there was the sound of a fist hitting flesh, accompanied by a muffled groan, and there was no sound at all.

"It's bad."

The village chief quickly called the captain: "Why are Xiao Wang and Zhang Yang acting alone?"

"Zhang Yang said he wanted to go to the toilet, but he didn't dare to go alone, so he asked Xiao Wang to accompany him... They went into the woods and there was no movement."

Village chief: "Send all your men to find them now!"

Chen Qingqing took the intercom: "No one should touch them after they are found, notify me immediately."

The other side responded and began a carpet search.

But they all knew that even if they found the person, it would probably be dangerous.

After hanging up the intercom here, Chen Qingqing's intercom rang again.

"Qingqing! Chu Yiyi is awake!"

Ming Peilan was extremely anxious.

"But Ning Ran is not in good condition. He has already hidden in the house. He said... if he really loses control, he will be killed immediately."

Chen Qingqing immediately rushed back and went upstairs to the bedroom. Chu Yiyi was sitting on the bed, looking at her weakly.

Seeing Chen Qingqing, Chu Yiyi's throat moved slightly.

"You... you saved me?"