He looked at the stone quietly and reached out to press on it.
He held his breath.
Hmm?
He felt that the stone seemed to be trembling. It was a very slight tremor.
What's going on?
He felt it carefully for a while.
There's something in it! What is it?
Break it to see?
At this time, not to mention the stone in front of him, even if it was a piece of steel, he could break it.
Woof! Woof! Woof! The dog behind him was barking uneasily.
"Wait!"
What could be in the stone? Hibernating frogs, snakes, mice, or insects?
What if they rushed out like a swarm of bees after the stone was broken open?
Let's go.
Wang Yao left decisively. The dog followed him. After a while, he came back with a big bucket of alcohol.
"San Xian, step back."
The dog saw Wang Yao's gesture and stepped back.
Wang Yao reached out to press on the stone and slightly pressed.
With a crisp sound, the stone made a crisp sound. Then, it broke and fell to the ground.
There was nothing.
Wang Yao continued to press, and the stone slowly broke.
Hmm!
Wang Yao suddenly stopped.
He saw a bug the size of a maggot, but it was dark all over. Its carapace was black and shiny, and its limbs were sharp. It also had a pair of big pincers that were obviously not proportionate to its body. It did not have spikes, just like a bee's spikes.
What kind of bug is this?
Wang Yao was shocked. He had lived in this small mountain village for so many years and walked around the nearby mountains, but he had never seen this kind of bug.
It seemed to feel the change in the external environment and the strange creature next to it. The bug quickly crawled toward Wang Yao. It looked like it wanted to sting him!
"Interesting!"
Wang Yao squeezed the bug. The bug was broken into pieces.
Continue!
He continued to break it. He saw that the inside of the stone was like a beehive, and a large number of bugs crawled out.
Woof! Woof! The dog kept barking when he saw this scene. He had already rushed forward.
"Step back, San Xian!"
Wang Yao waved his hand, and then swept the insects into the porcelain bottle he carried with him. Then, he opened the barrel of alcohol he carried with him, poured it directly, and lit the fire.
Peng, the flames directly burned, making crackling sounds, like a fried egg. At the same time, a pungent stench spread out.
What kind of insects are these? Why are they in this stone? Where did they come from?
At this time, Wang Yao had a lot of questions in his mind, but he could basically confirm that these insects were most likely related to the sudden outbreak of the infectious disease. What he needed to do now was to completely eliminate these terrifying insects.
Break for me!
Wang Yao threw a punch at the stone that was still burning. Crack! The stone cracked like a candy pastry, and more worms fell out. The fire was still burning. He then threw more worms at it, and the crackling sounds were different.
Squeak, squeak, squeak. Suddenly, a mouse leaped out.
Rats, there are actually rats in here!
Wang Yao heard the sound and was quick to react. He reached out and caught the mouse in his hand.
The hair all over its body was black. It squeaked and struggled. It opened its mouth to bite Wang Yao, but two of its teeth were broken.
You'd better behave yourself!
Wang Yao bent his finger and flicked it.
Kacha, kacha, two of its legs were broken.
"San Xian, look at this. If it wants to run, just trample it to death!" Wang Yao threw the wailing mouse directly on the ground, then turned around and continued to deal with the insects.
The alcohol didn't seem to be enough, so he found some dry wood and even uprooted a pine tree.
In the end, he broke all the stones and killed a large number of insects inside.
The ground was also scorched by the fire.
Behind the stones were wormholes, dense wormholes, and rat holes.
Wang Yao really did not understand how the mice lived with the insects. He could think about this question later. What he needed to do now was to determine how many insects there were and whether their caves were this big. So, he continued to dig along the wormholes. His speed was very slow, although he could dig faster.
After digging about one meter deep, he could be sure that the insects' caves were this big.
"It seems like that's all."
Although the insects were eliminated, he did not relax. Instead, he was more worried.
If there were insects here, would there be insects in other places?
He did not dare to hesitate. He went directly to the nearest dead place and dug several exploration pits.
There were no wormholes, but there were rat holes!
He then went to another place, and it was the same.
Rats, plague? Mutant!
The first thing he thought of was this possibility.
"What about the insects?"
"What do they eat?"
Wang Yao left Xishan Hill with a lot of doubts.
"San Xian, you go back by yourself. Be careful on the way."
The dog went back to Nanshan Hill.
"Is there something on your mind?" Zhang Xiuying saw that her son had a lot on his mind while eating.
"Yes, there are some things that I don't understand," Wang Yao said.
"Eat first."
"Okay."
While eating, Wang Yao was still thinking about what had just happened. He ate very quickly. After finishing his meal, he hurriedly went up the mountain.
"What's wrong with my son? Is there something on your mind?"
"It's nothing. Let him be," Wang Fenghua said.
"Hey, why don't you ask?"
Wang Yao hurriedly went up Nanshan Hill. He poured the insects he caught from Xishan Hill into a transparent can and then observed them.
The insects were very restless or manic.
"What do they eat?" He first threw in the leaves of several plants. The insects did not respond at all. They just crawled around on the leaves.
Then, he threw in a piece of meat. It was a very small piece of meat. The insects rushed crazily and gnawed on it.
Eat meat?
Seeing this, Wang Yao frowned.
Eat meat? Why didn't I find any signs of it in the cave?
Their eating speed was very fast, and in just a short while, that small piece of meat was eaten clean by them.
Wang Yao thought for a while. He took out a piece of miasma grass from the grid of the system and put it in the mouth of the bottle. The insects immediately panicked. It was as if they had seen their natural enemy.
Sure enough, they are very afraid of this!
Wang Yao found a bone and threw it in. The insects ate it, and their gnawing speed was not slow at all.
"Are your teeth good?"
Finally, he threw the dying rat into the hole. Then, something strange happened. The worms didn't eat it.
"What's going on?" Wang Yao was surprised.
They don't eat living things. No, there is something on it. These insects won't eat it!
In order to verify this, Wang Yao hurried down the hill and returned home.
"What? You want rabbits again?" After hearing her son's request, Zhang Xiuying was a little confused.
"What do you want them for?"
"Do experiments?"
"Experiments?"
"Wait, I have to go out and ask." Although she did not know what the experiment was, Zhang Xiuying supported her son.
"Rabbits and chickens are fine," Wang Yao said.
"At this time, many people in the village have lost their livestock."
"Don't worry about it. I'll go out for a while."
Wang Yao drove out. He went to town and bought some chickens and rabbits. Then, he went home.
"Mom, can you take care of them?"
"Child, why did you buy so many of them? Look, this one is so sickly. And this one, you didn't even look at them carefully when you bought them. They can't survive at all," Zhang Xiuying complained.
Wang Yao only cared about buying. He did not care about other things. Besides, he did not buy them for them to lay eggs or to eat when they grew up. He bought them for experiments.
"I'll go up the hill first."
"Ah, son, why are you carrying such a big bottle?"
Not long after, Wang Yao went up Nanshan Hill.
There was an extra chicken in the can. The insects were very excited as if they had seen a new friend. They rushed forward. It was completely different from when he threw in the dying mouse.
"Sure enough, there is something on the mouse!"
"The next step is to confirm whether these insects and the mouse have the pathogenic bacteria."
This was not something Wang Yao could do. It could not be done in other places. Moreover, it was quite risky. It could be contagious.
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