Chapter 153 A "Guest" from Another Region
“That’s right,” said the person tapping the table. “It’s very important information that you’ll definitely be interested in.”
Yuan Heng became interested, carefully packed the crystal, and ran over, saying, "Take a look at it quickly."
The researchers around him were used to his sometimes crazy and sometimes normal behavior. He was an easily excited person, but his scientific research ability was beyond question.
Dou Wenbo took out a piece of paper, flung it at him, and said, "It's about the information on the alien creatures we captured. They mysteriously drifted to the entrance of the Zhongyang City Government building. We haven't found out who delivered it yet, but the paper refers to those alien creatures as 'ferocious insects'."
“The ferocious insects…” Yuan Heng savored the name. “They are insects, and the name ferocious insects, with the ferocity of the ferocious insects, is very fitting.”
Within two days, Dou Wenbo had gotten used to his unreliability. "Regarding the concrete, you, as one of the highest-ranking members of the research institute, need to be present. The ferocious insects are also ready."
After reading the contents of the paper, Yuan Heng realized that the few dozen words contained such important information: "Although it mentions concrete, we need to prepare more of different types, such as frost-resistant concrete, ordinary semi-dry concrete, pebble concrete, crushed stone concrete, etc."
Their country is vast, and different regions use different types of concrete. They have to try every type of concrete to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
Dou Wenbo chuckled, "You study biology, how come you know so much about different types of concrete?"
He thought concrete was just concrete; he never imagined it could be categorized.
Yuan Heng glanced at him and said, "Don't compare me to ordinary people like you."
Dou Wenbo: "..." My hands are so itchy.
The two quickly arrived at the site, which was a circular, enclosed building. The interior was airless, simulating a space environment. Inside, a sub-insect stage ferocious insect was imprisoned. Its body was bound by several carbon fiber ropes made of carbide, with alloy hooks passing through its back and securing it. It floated in the center of the building. Its claws had all been cut off, but they were still slowly growing in the vacuum environment.
Every time Dou Wenbo saw this menacing insect, he couldn't help but marvel at the alien creature's strength, able to thrive even under such circumstances.
Yuan Heng lay on the transparent glass, looking at the ferocious insects inside with a familiar fervor in his eyes. "They are truly beautiful creatures. From an evolutionary point of view, their growth system can be described as perfect."
Dou Wenbo disagreed, saying, "Then they are insects too."
However, they are much more troublesome than insects on Earth.
Yuan Heng felt he couldn't talk to him, so he turned to the staff member next to him and asked, "Is everything ready?"
The person fully encased in protective gear nodded. "Ready, being deployed inside."
Yuan Heng looked back at the struggling ferocious insect. "Then let's wait and see."
Inside the building, various types of concrete were poured in, and researchers added air to break the vacuum before lowering ropes to allow the saber to land.
The landed carnivorous insect was still unable to break free of its restraints and looked extremely agitated. The researcher first threw it a piece of raw meat, which it quickly ate and then placed on the concrete. The carnivorous insect sniffed back and forth on the concrete with its head, and then shook its head to knock the concrete away. People outside the building couldn't help but feel excited. There really are things they won't eat.
It accepted all kinds of metal minerals, even gold and diamonds, in order to allow its claws to regrow.
But no one expected that it wouldn't eat concrete.
After the concrete blocks were rejected, Yuan Heng said into the walkie-talkie, "Experiment with this on other ferocious insects."
The person on the other end of the walkie-talkie was taken aback. "Huh? A savage insect?"
Yuan Heng: "Yes, let's rename this alien creature. Its correct name is the Savage Worm."
When the lead researcher gives the order, they naturally follow it.
Seven ferocious insects were captured alive in this research institute, most of them in the sub-insect stage, and the rest were larvae that had been fed once.
The other six experiments all yielded the same result: feeding it anything else was fine, but it wouldn't touch the concrete.
Yuan Heng then declared, "The preliminary results of the experiment show that the ferocious insects do not consume any type of concrete. The experiment will continue until the final results are available. First, send this message back to Zhongyang City."
Dou Wenbo asked in confusion, "The result is obvious, why continue?"
Yuan Heng rolled his eyes at him this time, "These ferocious insects have eaten before, and they're not starving to the extreme, just like a person in a normal stage would never eat Guanyin clay, but what if there's really no food?"
Dou Wenbo had no choice but to silently accept the disdain.
Two hours later, Zhongyang City received the experimental results. At this stage, the carnivorous insects do not eat concrete, but this is not the final result and we need to wait.
However, this temporary result gave the mayor of Zhongyang City some information, and he immediately ordered his subordinates to secretly mobilize all the concrete in the city and have factories increase production.
Regardless of the final outcome, he has to take action first.
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While international online discussions were in full swing, the fact could no longer be concealed domestically; almost simultaneously, all news platforms released information about the savage insect.
[Recently, a meteorite that landed on this planet contained the eggs of an extraterrestrial creature. Upon hatching, these eggs are only the size of sesame seeds, entirely red, and possess extremely sharp mouthparts capable of easily piercing the skin of any living organism. Once inside a human, they can cause death within a minute. This extraterrestrial creature has been officially named the Carnivorous Worm. The Carnivorous Worm not only preys on humans, but also targets any living organism. Therefore, when meteorites fall in certain mountains, animals will collectively descend to the mountains. Please be aware. Besides live animals, the Carnivorous Worm also eats various metal minerals, vegetation, and soil, but its primary target is still living creatures. Below are pictures of the Carnivorous Worm at different stages of its development. If you encounter any of the worms in the pictures, please run away immediately and call the police. Additionally, according to reliable testing, the Carnivorous Worms in stages one and two of the picture are afraid of fire. This weakness will quickly disappear as they grow; please make good use of this weakness.]
The text describes the appearance of the carnivorous insect, from its initial hatching stage, to its stage of not growing a black shell after feeding once, to growing a black shell but not fully hardening it, and finally to its sub-insect stage where its entire body is covered with a hard shell.
Zhongyang City also announced that the previous closure of the CBD business district was to search for and kill these ferocious insects, but it also resulted in nearly 100 casualties.
Videos circulated online and then back to China showed people how terrifying the salamander was, and many people in Zhongyang City found it hard to believe that they had ever been so close to it.
When Rong Yi saw the news, he knew that the piece of paper must have been used. Given the rapid spread of information online, he chose to make it public. This was good, as it would alert the public to any unusual creatures that might appear nearby.
Rong Yi: "Do you think this will really work? You can't expect the team to throw a concrete block at them while they're killing the pests."
Wei Yanqing rested his chin on his hand, watching the people coming and going in the car. "That's their business. By the way, what did the person you know say?"
The situation at their landing sites was better, as the ferocious insects had not yet become rampant. However, some foreign countries were not so lucky. Some small countries, such as the Bart Kingdom, were completely wiped out, and other countries were not much better off.
(End of this chapter)
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