There were still more than ten days left for the rice harvest, but due to the locust infestation, only bare branches were left.
Everywhere the eyes could see was in ruins and desolation.
Wu Jun stood in the fields as a swarm of locusts swept past quickly. He had no time to do anything and could only watch as the fruits of his daily hard work were easily destroyed.
"ah……"
At this time, many villagers took sickles and hoes, and rushed towards the locusts without caring whether they would get hurt.
Zhao Cuicui was not as fast as Wu Jun and only just arrived at the destination.
I couldn't believe what I saw, so I covered my mouth and cried silently.
When Wu Jun saw that the locusts had eaten all the crops, he wanted to leave their place, but the villagers rushed out and attracted the locust army again.
I saw countless swarms of locusts knocking down the villagers.
Not wanting the villagers to get hurt, Wu Jun rushed to rescue the trapped villagers.
As soon as I got closer, I heard the neighbor's devastated screams mixed with crying.
"Get out of here, get out, you beasts! I told you to get out!"
"Oh... I'm the rice planter. I work hard to grow rice."
"Wow, there's no food left. What can we expect in the second half of the year?"
"Get out of here, kill them..."
The villagers were so angry that they had lost their minds. They had only hatred in their hearts and only one thought, which was to kill these beasts.
They all rushed to chase the locusts, but no matter how small the locusts were, when there were a large number of them, rushing into them would be useless and would only cause injuries, which was not worth the loss.
At this moment, someone said, "Light them on fire."
"Yes, yes, light a fire. Locusts are afraid of fire."
"Quick, light the torches and burn all these beasts to death."
After a while, the torch was lit and it worked.
Seeing the flames, the locusts rushed over without caring about their lives, and soon a layer of locust corpses was scattered on the ground.
But some people thought that a single torch had limited power, so they lit the fire.
“Crackle!”
But there were so many locusts that even if more than ten fires were lit at once, there would be no more locusts.
To the locust army, the loss of these few locusts is nothing.
In addition, sixteen fires could not withstand the large number of locusts and were immediately put out.
The locusts were burned to death instantly, emitting a mixture of the aroma of meat, the smell of burning, and the fishy smell of trampled locusts, causing an unpleasant odor to permeate the air.
The locusts seemed to be unafraid of life or death, and were still focused on causing destruction. As long as they could destroy something, they would not let go of even the slightest bit.
Soon the locust army finished its sweep and left, leaving behind only the land that looked like it had been plowed.
Wu Jun and Zhao Cuicui sat paralyzed in their own fields, feelings of helplessness and despair constantly spreading in their hearts. The couple couldn't help but hug each other and cry bitterly.
Similar scenes occurred in almost every village in Yongkang Prefecture.
The villagers tried their best to drive away the locusts.
But the locust army is too large and human power is too small to be of any help at all.
The oppressive feeling in the air was suffocating, as if the entire Great Zhou was shrouded in the shadow of a locust plague.
Little did they know that the villagers killed many locusts with fire, but relatively speaking, the locusts brought more things with them, and the next locusts to hatch would increase exponentially.
In other words, the locust swarms that have already flown in are just a prelude. The eggs in the soil are also hatching rapidly. This locust tide that has made countless people despair has just begun.
You should know that even if a locust is in its infancy, as long as it follows the locust army and has sufficient food supplies, it can grow up in a very short time.
Buzz buzz buzz!
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