Five natural disasters: starting from the crazy hoarding of hundreds of billions of supplies.

Could it be a fight with some mutant creature?

This is bullshit.

What other creatures are around here now that can fight an ant colony?

absolutely not.

Chen Mu didn't understand the habits of ants. He frowned and thought about it, but he still had to go back to find Dong Zhou.

He should know more or less.

Go back and ask him.

162 A new ant queen has just been generated, and the opportunity has come

Chen Mu decided to go back and ask Dong Zhou.

He looked at Tao Jinhui: "Is there any other information? The big ant was thrown out. Is there any change in the ant colony?"

"Nothing."

Tao Jinhui shook his head: "Basically there is nothing unusual. These ants go out to forage every night, looking for the rotting corpses in the polluted area."

"Once the corpse is found, a group of ants will roll over, and the carrion will turn into bones in an instant."

"Those little ants carry the decomposed pieces of meat back."

"Anyway, those ants are quite miraculous. They seem to work together in an orderly manner."

"Every time a living person enters the polluted area, once they approach the small park, they will definitely be eaten."

"In so many days, you are the first to come out alive."

"Brother, you are so awesome."

"I saw you race against the ants. At your speed, I think you could catch a car."

Chen Mu ignored him, stood up after being silent for a while, and said, "Thank you for your information. I'm leaving, what do you need 11? A reasonable exchange. Your information is very important to me."

Tao Jinhui blinked: "Can this information be exchanged for supplies?"

"Ah."

"Then I want a lighter. My lighter just ran out this morning. I haven't found a new one all morning, so I have a headache."

Chen Mu took out a lighter and put it on the table, then turned and left.

Tao Jinhui was stunned.

Go over and have a look.

What the hell!

Although they were all the cheapest lighters, he took out seven or eight at random.

What the hell?

Why did he carry so many lighters in his pocket when he went out?

Tao Jinhui quickly put the lighter into his backpack, then ran out of the store and asked loudly, "Brother, where are you going? Are you leaving Daxing Town?"

"No, I'll be back sooner or later."

"Brother, what's your name?"

"Chen Mu."

Tao Jinhui muttered to himself: "Chen Mu? This big brother seems to be not bad. He is not the kind of person who kills innocent people indiscriminately. Or, his gun is a fake, a toy?"

……

Four 10 minutes later.

Chen Mu hurried back to the building of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Standing at the door and waving at the monitor: "Dr. Dong?"

Soon, I saw Dong Zhou running down in a hurry, opened the door and asked in confusion, "Mr. Chen? Why are you back again?"

"Let me ask you something."

"Ask again... what's the matter?"

Chen Mu smiled and said, "It's still about the red fire ants."

"..."

Dong Zhou had black lines.

How did this guy get into a fight with the red fire ants?

He quickly turned sideways and politely: "Then you come in and talk. Hurry up."

"what happened?"

Chen Mu looked at him suspiciously.

He seemed very nervous.

Dong Zhou quickly closed the door, and at the same time took off the surveillance probe on the door.

Then he dragged Chen Mu inside, and said as he walked, "I just heard a warning message from someone in the radio communicator. It seems that a group of people came from Daxing Town and brought a convoy in."

"These guys are extremely brutal."

"It seems that they start killing people as soon as they enter the city, indiscriminately, killing everyone they see."

"After killing people, those people... were dismembered and hung on the car."

When Dong Zhou said this, the flesh on his face trembled, and he said with some fear: "Those people seem to...cannibalize people."

Chen Mu frowned when he heard this.

delay things.

Where does the power come from?

Dong Zhou continued: "But don't worry, don't look at the lack of people in the city. But these surviving people have radio communicators with each other. From time to time, they will send out warning messages on the public channel. As long as we hide, we will be fine. .”

"Ah."

Chen Mu didn't take it seriously.

The most urgent task right now is to deal with the red fire ants first.

The two came to the office on the second floor.

After sitting down.

Chen Mu told Dong Zhou the information he had heard from Tao Jinhui.

After listening, Dong Zhou looked at Chen Mu with a strange expression on his face and muttered, "You...you are really awesome. Not only did you enter the polluted area, but you also experienced such terrible things, and you can still come out alive."

"Dr. Dong, do you know anything about red fire ants? Could that huge ant be the queen of red fire ants? If so, why was it thrown out?"

Dong Zhou explained softly: "I only know a little bit."

"First of all, that huge red fire ant should be the queen of the ant colony. I suspect that it was mutated because of the pollution caused by the chemical plant explosion."

"Also, as far as I know. When the queen is not a queen, she will fly and mate in the air."

"After mating, it will fall to the ground, then find a suitable place, dig a tunnel with a diameter of more than ten millimeters underground, and build a small house in a deeper place for itself to lay eggs."

"Actually, don't look at the huge number of ant colonies."

"But each queen creates her own colony."

"So in the beginning, there were no soldier ants around the queen ants to guard and provide food."

"It needs to spawn."

"Then during the period of gestating the first batch of worker ants, it will break off its own limbs to provide nutrition for itself, so as not to starve to death."

"Wait until the first batch of worker ants are bred, it will be considered as a life guarantee, and it will have a new food source."

Hearing this, Chen Mu asked suspiciously, "Then why was the ant queen thrown out?"

"There is only one reason."

Dong Zhou said seriously: "The task of the queen ant's life is to give birth to a colony, and to give birth to female ants who can inherit her great responsibilities."

"Once a female ant capable of replacing it is bred, the old queen 880 will naturally be abandoned."

"After the new queen matures, it will spend a period of time eating a lot to store energy and prepare to start its mission."

"Basically that's all I know."

After Chen Mu listened, he nodded slowly and said, "So, that ant queen should be eliminated."

"Correct."

Chen Mu thought for a while, then suddenly asked: "You said that queen ants mate in the sky?"

"Correct."

Dong Zhou nodded: "This is the nature of almost most ants. Queens all have wings. They will mate in flight. After mating, they will land and lay eggs."

"How long will it take for the newborn queen to reach the mating period?"

"A week at most."

Dong Zhou sighed: "But those are ordinary ants. Those polluted fire ants in the chemical industry area, who knows how long they need. According to what you said, the queen of the waste ant is the size of a washbasin. I'm afraid their mating period will be too long." It will be shortened. But this also means that in the past few days, the new queen should eat a lot."

"Huh, I understand."

Chen Mu let out a long breath.

This information is too important.

Mating in flight?

I still had a headache before, how can I find the location of the queen ant.

Perfect now.

When it flies to mate, wouldn't it become the perfect target.

Correct!

Just wait until it mates.

163 The Insane Cannibal

Chen Mu has made a decision, and feels more at ease.

However, for a few days, they may have to live in the polluted area, and have to monitor the movements of the fire ants at all times.

Just as Chen Mu was about to stand up and say goodbye, suddenly a rumbling sound came from afar.

The sound is getting louder.

From far to near.

It's like the sound of a heavy crawler crane starting.

Moreover, the ground shook slightly.

The floors were shaking too.

Chen Mu and Dong Zhou hurriedly got up and walked to the window, gently opened the curtains and looked towards the long street in the distance.

"Oops, those people are coming to this street."

Dong Zhou's face turned pale with fright, and he turned around and hurried out: "I'm sorry, I have to go back upstairs to comfort my child. Mr. Chen, don't go out for now, just hide here."

"Well, you go up."

Chen Mu nodded and did not move.

Dong Zhou quickly left the office and ran upstairs.