A thread-parasitic fungus suddenly appeared among the fungi collected by the ants. But that's not the only one.
Soon, the second and third strains were discovered, proving that this was not just a coincidence, but that they had already penetrated into "Dongyang City" on a large scale.
The protagonist immediately became very nervous. This kind of parasitic bacteria has extremely strong reproduction ability and has powerful destructive power after infection. Perhaps the previous "Dongyang City" was completely infected under such circumstances, and finally moved to the hills, and has been fighting against the enemy since then.
If left unchecked, the infectious agent will soon infect a large number of insects and ants, forming a new threat again.
The protagonist immediately ordered the entire lair to enter a state of emergency, requiring that all similar-looking fungi in the warehouse be moved to the combustion chamber and burned. The transportation and burning operations were monitored by Lambov and his direct team.
At the same time, the protagonist requires all ants to supervise each other and report any suspected infected ants immediately. If necessary, coercive measures can be taken to take the suspected infected ants to a designated location.
Because the thread-parasitic bacteria are concealed and can interfere with the cognition of other ants, although the protagonist's instructions have a relatively higher priority, as a precaution, the protagonist still lets Rambo fly with fifty flying knight heroes. Together with a hundred unmarried male ants, the ants conduct an inspection of the entire nest.
These measures soon achieved results. Hundreds of thread-parasitic fungi were found in the warehouse. Some of these thread-parasitic fungi had been dried in the sun, but one of the dried fungi accidentally touched a drop of water and immediately It regained its activity, twisting and trying to crawl towards a nearby worker ant. What a tenacious life it is.
This parasitic fungus was quickly eliminated, but so many potential threats were mixed into the edible fungi and transported back to "Dongyang City" without the ants' knowledge, which really frightened the protagonist.
Fortunately, male ants are relatively uninterrupted by the concealment ability of these thread-parasitic fungi, and they can more accurately judge potential threats.
Rambofer quickly reported that all the fungi with similar shapes in the warehouse had been burned, which gave the protagonist some peace of mind.
The situation of Lamborghini's return is not optimistic either. All the ants in the nest were ordered not to go out that day, and then they were divided into groups of male ants led by Rambo Fei to conduct inspections one by one.
After a whole day of investigation, it was found that more than 30 worker ants and more than a dozen soldier ants were infected in the entire nest.
The infection of these ants is still in the early stages. The larvae of the thread-parasitic bacteria have just penetrated into the body, and only a few bacterial buds have sprouted from behind. They all retained a clear consciousness and provided a lot of effective information.
The protagonist puts Rambofo in charge and uses the fire therapy he has summarized before to treat the infected. At the same time, he issued a bloody order: If the situation shows signs of getting out of control, these similar people must be executed immediately.
In order to facilitate treatment or guarding, the medical room was set up in a nest room very close to the combustion chamber.
At the same time, the protagonist also stepped up his questioning of the infected people and the ants who recovered the thread-parasitic fungus. After some investigation, the protagonist quickly targeted the depression to the north of the nest, where the mealworm was previously found.
The source of infection is in the north of "Dongyang City" instead of closer to the south of the parasitic ant nest, which is somewhat surprising to the protagonist.
However, it is reasonable if the spreader is a flying insect such as the leaf butterfly. After all, you cannot predict where a flying insect with a wide activity area will fly.
The protagonist quickly gathered Hua Mulan and other guards teams, used a fire storage device to bring fire, and set off towards the northern depression. This is not a battle, and there is no need to send out large groups of troops. Large groups of troops will increase the potential risk of infection.
The protagonist is still riding Xiao Qing, flying slowly in the sky, and has to circle a few times from time to time, waiting for Hua Mulan and others to follow on the ground.
It didn't take long for the northern depression to appear in front of the protagonist.
At this time, the depression was already lush and green after the rainy season, with large tracts of vegetation almost completely covering the surface, making it appear full of life. But beneath the plant leaves lies filthy sewage and mire, with only intricate paths made of dry land, driftwood, and plant stems and leaves for the ants to pass.
The protagonist simply asked Hua Mulan and the others to stop and wait at the edge of the depression while he flew over to see the situation first.
According to the information, all the thread-parasitic fungi came from the roots of a willow tree in the middle of the depression. The protagonist quickly found this willow tree, which was the only tree in the entire depression.
At the root, the protagonist discovers the source of infection. This source of infection is obvious and has turned into a dense ball of hair composed of white adult thread parasitic fungi and juvenile hyphae. Judging from the wing remains scattered nearby, the source of infection should be the corpse of a moth.
The protagonist doesn't know if this moth is like the dead leaf butterfly he has seen. It was infected with parasitic bacteria outside the new nest of parasitic ants, then flew here and died, turning into nutrients to nourish countless hyphae, and was eventually infected again. other insects.
When the protagonist stops on the trunk of the willow tree, he can see some nameless aquatic insects crawling from the water to the shore and feasting on these parasitic fungi. At the same time, young mycelium also took the opportunity to transfer to them.
The source of infection was found, but the protagonist was still uneasy. He took a few laps around to make sure there were no other sources of infection.
Later, the protagonist led the guard team, relying on the guidance pheromones left by the ants who had come here to forage, along a complicated path to the source of the infection.
The numerous ants quickly scare away other insects that are feasting on the source of infection.
Then, the ants tried their best to collect some dry twigs and grass stems from nearby, and threw them far away near the source of infection.
After the ants used tinder to light the already built fire, the flames quickly spread.
Countless parasitic bacteria seemed to sense that a disaster was coming, and actually started to twist and struggle in the flames. The adult parasitic bacteria and juvenile hyphae left the body of the original host one after another, twisting and crawling like snakes, trying to escape death. disaster.
These thread-parasitic fungi can move freely like living creatures, which the protagonist has known before. But in the past, parasitic bacteria only acted when preparing to parasitize a new host. Now it is discovered that they also act when faced with threats. It seems that these parasitic bacteria have already possessed the characteristics of certain animals.
Parasitic bacteria have no way to escape. The periphery of the fire is ignited first, and then burns from the outside to the source of infection bit by bit.
The thread-parasitic fungi that flee outside in a panic will be dried and burned to death on the way.
Most of the parasitic bacteria chose to hide in the relatively cooler interior. To avoid the flames, they even burrowed into the entire body of the moth corpse, which had become an empty shell.
However, this only lasted for a few dozen seconds. Soon, the source of infection was burned to ashes by a fire.
