"I'm Xie Xuan, Route 18. We're about to encounter a locust swarm. Please have Route 16 and Route 15 maintain their current speed or speed up slightly to avoid the locust swarm."
"Locusts?" Ji Lan took a moment to react before saying, "I understand. I'll pass it on. Please be careful."
Xie Xuan and Ji Lan briefly talked about the current situation. Just as they ended the communication, Xiao Yao and the others came back from outside.
Of the three sample collection tasks, they only completed the collection of the simplest mycelium sample, but did not complete the remaining soil samples and animal and plant samples.
Before they got on the bus, the swarm of insects flying towards them like dark clouds from the edge of the sky was already quite obvious.
"What should we do now?" Xiao Yao asked, "Drive away or stay where we are?"
"Driving away isn't very practical." Chongming poured cold water on Xiao Yao. "Given the size and speed of the insect swarm, we'll be caught up no matter where we drive. And to save energy, it's best not to run around."
Xie Xuan also had this plan. Although she didn't know what the infected locusts ate, it seemed that these locusts were not eating, but simply passing by here.
They just had to wait until the locusts flew over.
After Xie Xuan expressed her thoughts, Zhongming nodded and said, "If necessary, I can protect our car."
Song Zhixian also said: "I will do my part."
But he started coughing again just as he finished speaking. Xiao Yao looked a little speechless and said, "To deal with the bugs, wouldn't it be better to just set them on fire? Besides, the mushrooms still have moisture in them, so there's no need to worry about accidentally burning the whole place."
Yang Jiayue silently opened the protective shield on the car, while Ding Qiaoyun used her words to give the car an expulsion effect.
After doing all this, the locusts finally appeared in front of them.
It was similar to the locust plague that Xie Xuan had seen before she traveled through time, and it was also different. There were also swarms of locusts flying densely from the forest and above the forest.
Unlike the previous locusts which were at most the length of a finger, each of these locusts is as big as a football.
The "buzzing" sound made by the giant locusts flapping their wings was so loud that it made people feel uncomfortable and their scalps tingle even in the car.
Not to mention that some locusts landed on the mushroom trees and the ground around them and began to gnaw on the mycelium and mushrooms on the ground, making a teeth-grinding "squeaking" sound.
One of them landed so close to their car that they could even see the locust's sharp teeth, which looked like two serrated knives.
Everyone remained silent and still, even though there was no scientific evidence to prove that this was effective. However, having just emerged from an ant nest, they didn't want to be insect exterminators again in the short term.
But contrary to their expectations, a locust landed on the roof of their car, making a loud "bang".
Everyone held their breath. Xiao Yao and Chongming looked at Xie Xuan and asked silently, "What should we do?"
Xie Xuan actually didn't know what to do.
Her knowledge of locusts was limited to the fact that they ate food and were pests. As for whether killing one would cause other locusts to attack, she really didn't know.
Xie Xuan guessed that it would not happen. When an extremely uncomfortable sound like two pieces of metal scraping against each other came from above her head, Xie Xuan gave Song Zhixian a look.
Song Zhixian understood and got rid of the locusts that landed on the roof of the car.
But this was like stirring up a hornet's nest. The locusts on the roof that were about to fly over fell down one after another as if they were attracted by something.
The sound of "dong dong dong" continued to ring. This time, Chongming didn't need to ask Xie Xuan. He opened the car window a little by himself. The pure white mycelium wrapped the entire car tightly as if it were coated with a layer of protective film.
"How could this happen?" Yang Jiayue asked, "Could it be that they want revenge because we killed their companions?"
As more and more locusts surrounded their car, the whole car even began to shake.
"That shouldn't be the case," Ding Qiaoyun said. "Locusts don't behave like this. Something must have attracted them, and they're probably feeding now."
If so, what attracts the locusts?
While a few people were racking their brains, some locusts found another way and crawled under their car. Now their car shook even more violently, as if it might overturn at any time.
"Could it be a fungus?" Xie Xuan asked. "Locusts originally eat plants, but now they're infected, so it's possible that their food has become a fungus."
"But does this have anything to do with their attack on us?" Xiao Yao asked.
"Because we are the fungus." Song Zhixian said, "Our superpowers are generated by the fungus. Just now, my superpower fluctuations attracted them."
Xie Xuan nodded. "And our entire truck is full of high-grade fungi. They're probably the most delicious kind in the eyes of locusts."
But no matter whether this is the case or not, since the locusts have launched an attack, they have to fight back.
"I'll go." Xiao Yao said, then looked at Xie Xuan, "Are you going? Just to have a bite?"
Although locusts were eaten in some places before, Xie Xuan always felt that her image was completely wrong in the eyes of this group of people.
"Let's go." Xie Xuan said.
It was still the familiar division of labor. Chongming didn't say anything. After putting them down the car, he quickly wrapped the car again.
After getting off the car, Xie Xuan and Xiao Yao finally understood what it meant to have devilish music in their ears.
Despite wearing protective clothing, the squeaking and buzzing sounds made by the locusts were so sharp and piercing that they seemed to be trying to drill into their heads.
Xie Xuan and Xiao Yao immediately turned off the function of the helmet to receive external sounds, but in this situation, they could still hear the sounds.
As soon as Xie Xuan and Xiao Yao got out of the car, locusts swarmed towards them. Huge locusts were flying everywhere, making visibility almost impossible.
But perhaps because locusts rely on fluctuations in their supernatural powers to find food, they are obviously more interested in RVs than in themselves.
Xie Xuan turned around and could only see the shape of a RV wrapped in layers of locusts, with no trace of white mycelium at all.
Suddenly, she felt a heavy weight on her head, and a locust landed on her head and tried to bite her helmet.
As black mist floated out of Xie Xuan's body, Xiao Yao also began to set fire unscrupulously.
As the smell of burnt food appeared, Xie Xuan only saw a black shadow quickly passing by in front of her, and she and Xiao Yao were already surrounded by countless locusts.
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