Although Vladimir didn't understand Zhang Zian's concerns, he didn't think that he was worrying too much.
In recent years, perhaps due to the increasingly abnormal climate, several cities in China had experienced insect disasters — disasters caused by caterpillar outbreaks. Guangzhou, Chengdu, and Huizhou had all experienced caterpillar outbreaks within a few years. Guangzhou, in particular, was the hardest hit by caterpillars. Almost every year or two, there would be a local outbreak.
The outbreak of insect disasters was often without warning. In summer and autumn, a rain could trigger it.
Unlike insect disasters in general farmland, insect disasters in cities did not cause food production and were not easily taken seriously by higher-ups. Even if they were reported, they would be in the corner of the news page and often ignored.
However, because cities were highly populated places, insect disasters would cause great inconvenience to people's daily lives.
At the most serious time, there would be insect rain on the trees, and the ground would be full of squirming insects. The leaves and grass would be eaten like locusts passing through. Pedestrians would avoid them, and some special occupations that could not avoid them, such as sanitation workers cleaning the streets, traffic police standing guard, delivery boys, etc., would be unlucky.
At present, according to Zhang Zian's observation and information, Binhai City already had the prerequisites for an outbreak of insect disasters. If there was another rain, the situation would be hard to predict …
He thought about this silently in his heart. Seeing that the pedestrians and vehicles around him were becoming sparse, he found a place to park the car, then got out to assemble the drone.
He didn't dare to let the drone fly freely in the urban area because it might stray into some restricted areas, such as the location of government agencies. It would be troublesome if he was regarded as a terrorist, so he deliberately waited until he left the urban area to start assembling.
The reason why drones were needed was that Vladimir didn't know the specific location of the stray dog army, and the southern suburbs were too big. The stray cats' eyes in this area had all been uprooted by the stray dogs. If they didn't search from the sky on a large scale, it would take a very long time to find them.
During his trip to Egypt, Vladimir understood how useful the drone was. It was like an eagle soaring in the sky, overlooking a large area and taking in everything within its range. Whether it was used to find enemies or avoid enemies, it was irreplaceable, so he waited patiently by the side.
"All right."
Zhang Zian completed the assembly with ease. He started the drone through the remote control and set it to "follow" mode, so that the drone would always hover over the Wuling Hong Guang MPV.
The drone rose into the air with a buzz.
A man and a cat re-entered the car. Zhang Zian fixed the remote control on the dashboard like a navigation phone so that it was easy to check at any time. The Wuling Hong Guang MPV continued to drive south.
The slightly humid and hot wind blew in through the open car window, causing Zhang Zian's hair and Vladimir's fur to flutter in the wind.
After leaving the skyscrapers in the city, the flat and vast suburbs seemed to broaden one's mind. The depression that Vladimir had accumulated in his chest for the past two days was also blown away by the wind, and he felt much better.
It poked its head out of the window and squinted at the drone in the air. The drone, named after the falcon god Nekhbet, followed dutifully, its silver shell reflecting the sunlight.
From the screen of the remote control, the originally large Wuling Hong Guang MPV had become a slowly wriggling grain of rice.
Vladimir sighed with emotion and hummed softly to the beat.
"Walk in a small car city —"
"The torrential river flows eastward —"
"The eagle spreads its wings and soars —"
"Accompany me to battle —"
"Meow meow, generation after generation is like the tide —"
"Follow me wave after wave —"
"Follow me wave after wave —"
"Smash the evil smelly dog's head —"
"Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are covered with beautiful embroidery —"
"Covered with beautiful embroidery!"
Zhang Zian was speechless. Although the lyrics had been magically modified, it sounded particularly appropriate!
Anyway, he had nothing to do, so he also hummed along.
"Walk in a small car city —"
"The torrential river flows eastward —"
"The eagle spreads its wings and soars —"
"Accompany me to battle —"
Even in the suburbs, there were traffic lights on individual roads. Sometimes when they stopped to wait for the red light, the other drivers who stopped next to them would look at Zhang Zian curiously, wondering what era it was. There were still people singing such old revolutionary songs. And if you wanted to sing, just sing. Why did you have to modify it? If it weren't for the familiar melody, they might not have been able to tell which song it was …
The most important thing was that the singing was too bad! Didn't they know what was going on?
A tone-deaf man was screaming non-stop, and there was a cat that was squealing. The man and the cat seemed to be having fun …
Zhang Zian didn't care. Anyway, no one here knew him. It was a good time to show off his voice, and he didn't have to go to a KTV to spend money.
In the off-key singing, he temporarily put the threat of the insect disaster to the back of his mind. After all, it was only a possibility. There might not be a real insect disaster.
As the car continued to travel south, they had now arrived at the outer suburbs of Binhai City. Even low buildings were rare. There were large areas of wilderness and fields everywhere.
Because it was not a main road, there were not many cars on the road, and the road was not very smooth.
Zhang Zian and Vladimir, who had sung to their heart's content, finally stopped to take a breather. They also stopped the noise pollution.
"Look over there!"
Vladimir pointed to the corner of the remote control screen with a front paw. "That's a team of dogs patrolling!"
Dogs patrolling …
Zhang Zian first observed the cars in front and behind him, then slowed down the car. Only then did he focus on the screen.
Indeed, the edge of the drone's lens captured a team of dogs trotting past in the field, but they did not notice the presence of the drone.
However, dogs were originally social animals. It was normal for dogs that lived in the suburbs and in the wild to form gangs. It couldn't be determined that they were … patrolling, right?
"Follow them and see where they're going and what they're doing," Vladimir said.
Zhang Zian had the same intention. Although the drone had a wide field of vision, the world was even wider. He couldn't blindly search.
He turned the steering wheel. At the next fork, he left the flat main road and turned into a bumpy side road.
With Nekhbet watching from the sky, he could follow the team of dogs far away from his field of vision. He didn't have to worry about being discovered by them, nor did he have to worry about losing them. After all, no matter how bad the road conditions were in the countryside, it was at least much better than the tall parallel sand dunes and quicksand traps that could appear at any time in the Sahara Desert.
In front of them, there was a small settlement formed by a few houses and warehouses. There were also a few cars parked nearby.
The team of dogs stopped, looked around, and saw that there was no movement around them. Then, they sneaked in and disappeared.
Zhang Zian and Vladimir looked at each other. Their minds were connected. They wanted to see what they were up to!
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