"Bugs! The bugs are coming!!"
In the gathering place, the Tianmu people who seemed to have an extremely sensitive sense of smell actually shouted after feeling the slight vibration and picked up their weapons in panic.
With far greater strength than these people, Lin An didn't pay too much attention.
Although there were quite a few, the number of insects in the distance was less than ten thousand. It was only the giant beetles running wildly on the ground that looked like beetles that caught his attention.
The pincer-like mouthparts grow in front of the mouth. When running, it looks like a running rhinoceros, with sparks popping out of its mouth from time to time.
It seems that this insect should have the ability to spit fire.
The other type is a long worm that squirms quickly like a train. The smooth and wrinkled skin squirmed rapidly on the ground, leaving behind a large pool of mucus.
"How do you usually fight against the insect tide?"
"Can you beat these things?"
Standing calmly, Lin An asked Agu curiously. In his eyes, the pale patriarch seemed to be tapping his hands, as if he was about to rush out. The strength of this group of people is so weak, and he has searched and found no technological weapons that can be used to resist a large-scale insect tide.
If he didn't take action this time, this gathering place would be empty within half an hour.
But to be able to exist here for so long, it obviously has its own way of coping.
Shivering, facing the coming insect tide, the dark-skinned young man subconsciously replied:
"It's not a fight..."
"We are not afraid of the small number. The clan leader is here."
"With such a large insect infestation, we will ask the older people to slit their wrists to attract the insects to other places."
"Buzz! Buzz!"
The sound of a motor starting.
Lin An heard the sound and looked around, only to see the clan leader on the side pulling out a shabby snowmobile-like thing from nowhere and beckoning several middle-aged people to sit in the back of the car.
Obviously, these people who look younger and slightly older are the methods Agu said.
Self-sacrifice in exchange for racial continuation?
old age...
Lin An was slightly indifferent and glanced at the people who were said to be older.
Based on his understanding of Tianmu people, these so-called elders are estimated to be eleven or twelve years old. It's just that the growth cycle is short, but for Tianmu people, it is already considered a long life.
However, after careful observation, Lin An discovered some abnormalities.
Although the people in the gathering place were a little panicked, there was a trace of expectation amid the tension. Especially the few people who were sent to death were unusually calm. Instead, they just glanced at the young people in the gathering place with some reluctance.
After a brief hug, a middle-aged Tianmu tribesman sitting on the back bucket actually spoke softly to his child-like tribesmen:
"Abba went to change the food. I must finish it..."
The boy in his arms nodded heavily after hearing this, his eyes red. Although it was uncomfortable, he acted calmly, as if he was used to it.
In doubt, Lin An spoke again.
He noticed that people like Agu did not beg him to take action. Although it may be because of their alien status, they don't dare. But Agu has seen himself saving people, so he can definitely ask him.
"Exchange food, what do you mean?"
"After the bugs are lured away, will they leave obediently?"
Facing Lin An's question, Agu hesitated for a moment and explained:
"The bugs eat us and we eat the bug eggs."
"After they eat, they will lay eggs. After laying eggs, they will go back..."
As he spoke, Agu pointed to a place that looked like a greenhouse in the distance:
"If you eat the insect eggs, you will poop."
"Shit raises mushrooms, we can still eat them..."
After listening to Agu's explanation, Lin An looked slightly strange. He also didn't expect that the ecological cycle here would be like this.
Insects eat people, people eat insect eggs, they grow mushrooms after their feces are excreted, and they eat mushrooms when there are no insect eggs to eat.
Under the cycle of the three, a stable structure was formed.
As for sending only seven or eight people over to feed the insects to satisfy the insect tide, Lin An could understand this. A Tianmu person can convert energy when thrown into a spiritual energy tower, which shows that this person has extremely high "nutritional value".
Without saying anything more, Lin An simply watched as the clan leader drove past him towards the insect swarm without saying a word, without worrying that the other party would escape.
He could see that these Tianmu clan would not give up their gathering place unless they had to.
Moreover, it cannot escape from the palm of his hand.
As the roar of the sled motorcycle and the faint smell of blood filled the air, Lin An subconsciously twitched his nose, but found that the blood of these Third Eye people was very fragrant.
It has a faint strange fragrance, just like arousing the desire in biological instinct.
"Buzz! Buzz!!"
The sleigh drove away, and after several Tianmu people cut their wrists, they sang an unknown song loudly and tragically, which sounded as if it had been passed down from the civilized period.
The car is extremely fast. Under the control of the clan leader, this suspended driving vehicle is like a flexible mouse, constantly surrounding the insect tide, attracting its movement.
Like licking blood from the tip of a knife.
Not long after, after leading the insect swarm to another edge of the horizon, the Tianmu people on the carriage jumped out of the car and stood calmly on the spot.
They looked up to the sky, stretched out their arms as if to welcome something, and stood there waiting to die.
In the gathering place, everyone looked at the sky in sadness and sang babbling songs. Although he didn't understand the meaning, Lin An could feel the tragic meaning in the tune, like an elegy played by a civilization before death.
"Puch-puff"
As the clan leader returned, the Tianmu people who stood there were painfully gnawing at the insects.
Under the temptation of flesh and blood, insects of all sizes opened their mouths excitedly and bit into their limbs.
Either a long needle-like breath was inserted into the brain, or the stomach was opened by the ultimate springtail-like insect, and the bloody intestines were greedily dragged out by the group of insects, fighting for it among the insects.
Like a feast, the Tianmu people at this time were immediately swallowed up by the insect tide.
Not long after, the insect tide dissipated, leaving only bright red bloodstains on the ground, proving their past existence.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Lin An shook his head slightly, with no other emotions in his heart except a touch of pity. The price of a civilization's failure is naturally painful.
Just looking at the swarm of insects showing signs of dispersing and preparing to lay eggs, he didn't think it would end so easily.
as expected.
Just as the clan leader once again selected a group of clan members who were going to move the eggs after the insects left, several sharp-eyed Tianmu people screamed in shock.
"No! The bugs didn't lay eggs!"
"They're still moving!"
In an instant, I saw the swarm of insects that were supposed to eat and run away all turned around and continued to rush towards the gathering place overwhelmingly.
Lin An's eyes moved slightly, and he directly pulled out the Blade of Cain with his backhand.
Sure enough.
The system won't let him stay here to gain points.
