What is the experience of becoming a vampire

In the early morning, a GL8 drove into Chongyun Village.

After the car stopped, Zhou Rui, Mi Qiao, and Gao Shu walked down, carrying their equipment, and began to march into the mountains.

Their destination was the area where the lightning storm occurred the night before, but they didn't need a guide, they took the tablet dedicated to "Shenxing Technology" and proceeded along the route located above.

After arriving, the three began to take pictures and collect other samples according to the established plan.

Naturally, they got much more information than ordinary people watching the news, and they clearly located the place where the bodies of the two fugitives were found, and there were even photos taken by the police at the scene.

Standing at the place where the body was found, Mi Qiao frowned and said, "Generally speaking, would it be so miserable to be struck by lightning?"

Zhou Rui nodded: "If you are struck by a direct lightning strike, it is possible...but the probability is relatively small."

His attention was not on finding the fugitive body or the traces of being struck by lightning, but on a piece of "pure land" not far away.

The area where the bodies of the two fugitives were found was the place most struck by lightning. The trees next to them were hardly spared, a mess, and the ground was full of traces of lightning strikes.

It makes people realize that the two fugitives are probably just victims of this lightning storm AOE. At that point in time, this place is the realm of death.

However, there is a small area, which is obviously different from the surroundings, and it is quite intact.

If this place were a little further away, Zhou Rui would not have noticed at all, because the lightning strike was not rain, it would have been impossible to completely cover all corners in an area.But the area where they were now found the bodies of the two fugitives was the most densely struck area by lightning. The surrounding area was almost completely covered, as if something was attracting lightning strikes. There was such a good spot in the center of the lightning strike. It seems strange.

Zhou Rui was walking over and was about to lie down and observe carefully, but suddenly found that several insects fluttered out of the ground.

He was stunned for a moment, and the first time he reacted, those bugs seemed to be the kind of "flying ants" he had caught in a pedestrian street in Tongshi Town?

Zhou Rui rubbed his eyes, thinking that he was wrong, but after walking over and squatting down, he found that there was another bug that had drilled out of the ground.

He quickly grabbed it, and again, it was really the kind of weird "flying ants" he caught in the pedestrian street before.

Zhou Rui knelt directly on the ground, leaning down, and carefully observed that the soil in this piece of land was extremely loose. Although it had experienced the heavy rain the day before yesterday, it did not seem to be "washed down".

"What's there?" Mi Qiao and Gao Shu also leaned over, squatting next to them, and asked in a low voice.

Zhou Rui showed them the "flying ant" he was holding in his hand, with a slight excitement: "It's the kind of "flying ant" I caught in Tongshi Town the day before yesterday, which came out of this soil. The thing...is it the same thing as the'giant bird of prey' and'invisible insect' we investigated before?"

"The same thing?" Mi Qiao frowned and looked at the winged ant in Zhou Rui's hand.

Although they came to investigate this area today, the main reason was that the lightning storm the night before was very similar to the lightning storm that happened earlier on Zihuan Mountain.They want to investigate whether the "giant bird of prey" also appeared here when the lightning storm occurred.After all, the Wushu Mountain area where the "giant bird of prey" appeared a year ago is not far from here.

If there are signs of other "blood-eating creatures" found here, it is not impossible.

But the problem is that she knows much more information about "blood-eating creatures" than Zhou Rui, so it is very clear that if this kind of ant is a "blood-eating creature", it would not be so easy to be caught by Zhou Rui, let alone in There are many in such a small area.

Zhou Rui also heard the question in her words and quickly added: "These are probably just worker ants! Special flying worker ants! Our goal is probably the queen who gave birth to these worker ants! Even... The'invisible insect' that we tracked down fighting with the'giant bird of prey'.

"Remember that we didn't find an ant on the main peak of Wushu Mountain where'invisible insects' appeared? It's probably because'invisible insects' are a special kind of ants! They drove other ant groups out of their territory! But For special reasons...such as being chased by the'giant bird of prey', the other worker ants'moved' and left first, but the queen...that is, the'invisible insect' we call is too big to be evacuated , Entangled by the'Giant Raptor'

"That night, in Wushu Mountain, we finally saw the'giant bird of prey' dug up the ground, caught the'invisible insect' and flew away, but we don't know if they will fight afterwards or if it is an'invisible insect'. 'Broken off again and ran away.

"Maybe, it ran to Zihuan Mountain, the'Giant Bird of Prey' chased it, and now it's here again."

Zhou Rui explained his conjecture with some excitement. Just when he saw flying ants flying out from here, several black carapace and extremely large winged ants appeared in his mind, such as different dimensions or abyss. The picture of monsters from hell, coming out of the soil, flapping their wings, and rushing into the air.

This was a dream he had last night. He still remembered clearly after waking up, but when he first woke up, he didn’t think too much. He thought it was just because he had seen the "invisible insect" before, and caught another one. Special ants will have this dream.

But at this time, in the middle of the area that was invaded by the lightning storm, looking at the place where the ant colony was suspected, looking at the "flying ants" that had just been caught in their hands, thinking of the earlier they went to Citong City to investigate the lightning that occurred in Zihuan Mountain. Storm, think of the video that the information department provided at the time that suspected the appearance of "giant bird of prey", but those dream scenes suddenly became a kind of inspiration to light up his thinking, which gave him these conjectures.

These conjectures made him a little excited and a little scared.

It should be said that excitement accounts for a much larger proportion. After all, he has always liked and studied ants, but he did not expect that he might have discovered an unprecedented and magical ant.

Mi Qiao frowned and said, "But we did not find any traces of this ant in the area where the lightning strike occurred in Zihuan Mountain."

Zhou Rui said: "The area we investigated and sampled was relatively small before, and because of the presence of the two police officers, we have not found many places and may have missed it."

Mi Qiao could feel that Zhou Rui had inexplicable confidence in his conjecture, and he seemed to think that this conjecture was a fact in his heart.

"You mean, the lightning storm that occurred in Zihuan Mountain and here, is that'invisible insect' used to defend against enemies? Can it control lightning?" According to Miqiao's understanding of "blood-eating creatures", "Blood-eating creatures," no matter how much they mutate, it is impossible to use their own power to induce or control the power of nature like lightning storms.

"It's not necessarily control... It's possible that when they are in certain states, their physical characteristics change and become particularly easy to conduct electricity, which affects the point of direct lightning strikes and attracts lightning storms. By the way, our folklore, It’s often said that after the spirits cultivate, they have to endure the catastrophe... I am not suddenly feudal and superstition, I mean... Our ancient legends, will they describe similar creatures? It is possible that this kind of very special lightning The storm is the cause of the emergence of special creatures including'invisible insects' and'giant birds of prey'?" Zhou Rui said.

Mi Qiao remembered the analogy Zhou Rui had made with Godzilla earlier, and knew that this guy's second soul had started to burn again, so he didn't say anything to him.But she also felt that Zhou Rui’s conjecture was not completely absurd. Zihuan Mountain might indeed be related to the lightning storm that occurred here, and the winged ant discovered by Zhou Rui has also been confirmed to be similar to ordinary ants and other Hymenoptera Insects are different, there must be a problem.

She looked at the piece of soil in front of her that was a bit loose, which Zhou Rui thought was an ant's nest, and asked, "You mean, the queen is now below?"

"It's possible." Zhou Rui paused, and said something that made Mi Qiao frown: "But it's also possible that he was wiped out by lightning the night before."

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Naturally, Zhou Rui and Mi Qiao could not find the queen from the "suspected" ant nest because Xiang Kun did not "arrange" the queen to be there at all. The so-called ant nest was actually just Xiang Kun controlling a few balls to help some. The worker ants got out of the soil mainly to remove the traces left by him and Lao Xia.

However, he was indeed guiding Zhou Rui to link lightning storms with ants, as well as the previous "mutated ants" and "mutant birds".

In the pedestrian street before, he deliberately let Zhou Rui discover the "flying worker ants" in order to use the equipment and personnel of "Shenxing Technology" to study the specific special features of the "flying worker ants" transformed and produced by "zero and two". At the same time, we can directly obtain these materials through Mi Qiao or Zhou Rui, and also take a look at the process of "Shenxing Technology" in treating and processing such suspected "mutant creatures".

And today’s further guidance to Zhou Rui is to mislead "Shenxing Technology" in the direction of the two lightning storms, and the other is that he intends to set up a game to forge a relatively powerful "mutant creature" to experiment. What methods will "Shen Xing Technology" use to deal with "mutant creatures", and even when Mi Qiao and his team are unable to cope with them, what reinforcements will they send? Can they attract "Mr. Liang" or others with higher authority and control More information people.

Of course, he would not put the "test site" in the Chongyun Mountain area, after all, this is relatively close to Chongyun Village, and it is the site he will develop in the future.

As for "bait", the same will not use "zero zero one" or "zero zero two", which has been directly related to him and entered the "super-sensing item system".

He intends to let "zero and two" give birth to some new colonies, give birth to some new queens, and cultivate one or several secondary ant colonies to be used as "bait".

Only for the time being, the queen born by "Zero Two" does not meet Xiang Kun's requirements. He needs to further train and cultivate the "Zero Two" to make it understand the second-level queen, The type of ant colony, find a way to give more abilities to the second-level queen through "zero zero two".

At this time, Xiang Kun and Xia Libing were standing on the roof of their house, looking at GL8, which was parked on the edge of the mountain trail in the distance.

"Are you going into the mountain?" Xia Libing asked.

Xiang Kun knew that she was asking if she wanted to see Mi Qiao and Zhou Rui's investigation process in the mountains up close, as well as the situation of the "flying worker ants" arranged.

"No, just go back and ask about the progress in Mi Qiao's or Zhou Rui's dreams. Anyway, today I'm just burying a seed. The exact location of the germination has not yet been determined."

Xiang Kun said, looking at the "Zero One" on Xia Libing's palm next to him, the big ant was lying motionless, as if he was asleep.

"Zero One" has taken off its shell seven times, and its body has grown from small to large, and then from large to smaller. The whole body has become smooth and shiny, and other "flying worker ants" produced by "Zero Two" are not only in the head There are also obvious differences in appearance, like a "Mecha warrior" in the ant world. These are all changes in adapting to Xiang Kun’s "reconstruction needs", but these changes still have not surpassed the ants, or membrane wings. The genetic limit of the project itself.

In fact, Xia Libing has been trying to establish special connections similar to coins and black circle graffiti with the ants associated with Xiang Kun, but he has not been successful.

However, although Lao Xia can't establish associations and deep connections with these ants like Xiang Kun, and can't give them instructions, they also have a kind of closeness to Lao Xia that is different from other creatures.

Just like now, when "Zero Zero One" stays in Lao Xia's palm, she can remain motionless and very comfortable. The former queen "Zero Zero Two" can also be picked up by Lao Xia for inspection and taking pictures without resisting. Fly away or attack, and this is not because of Xiang Kun's order, but their consciousness.

In fact, at the very beginning, neither "Zero One" nor "Zero Two" had this kind of consciousness, but later Lao Xia tried a special method-she fed two ants to her and came out. Cake.

Of course, Xiang Kun cannot confirm whether the closeness of "Zero One" and "Zero Two" to Lao Xia is because of being fed the cake, or simply because they have been getting used to the smell of Lao Xia for a long time.

After all, normally speaking, ants do not have conditions that can be fed and raised. Their cognition is much narrower than that of cats or birds.

For the time being, Xiang Kun only has two related ants, "Zero One" and "Zero Two", and no other related ants are used for control experiments. As for the other "flying worker ants" and "little worker ants", they are affected by "The influence of Lao Xia also has a consistent behavior pattern.

Xiang Kun looked at the "zero and one" in Lao Xia's hand, and said, "I will go to the mountains today to try to adjust their forms and abilities by establishing a colony of ants and embedding them in a small area of ​​ecology. Come back. If Zicheng and Deputy Director Liu find me, you can help me to deal with it, and the phone will stay with you." He wants to go into the deep mountains to conduct an overnight experiment, and Lao Xia naturally cannot follow.

"Should we prepare meat rabbits first?" Xia Libing asked.

"If I haven't come back on Sunday morning, you can help me prepare." Xiang Kun said.