"If there is anything strange, I only feel the faint breath in the surrounding forest has changed, but because they are not living creatures, I can't detect anything more. I only feel that I am being stared at by thousands of pairs of eyes."
Ban Nu's description reminded everyone of their conjectures about plants. Song Siyuan thought about it for a moment, and her eyes lit up: "Just now, we seemed to hear the rustling of leaves, and then we had auditory and visual hallucinations about each other. Could it be that What kind of poisonous smell are these plants releasing that causes us to be like this?"
Song Siyuan's words are by no means random guesses. She has speculated before that the genes of the animals and plants in Shennongjia are likely to be fused. In this case, if the animals have the characteristics of plants, then the plants must also have the characteristics of animals. feature.
Plants carrying animal characteristics are probably no longer just plants. They probably have certain abilities. For example, they can actively look for food, or attract animals, or even release poisonous gas to paralyze living creatures like just now.
Ban Nu nodded: "It is indeed possible. The weak aura in the forest changes probably because of this."
With Ban Nu's reminder, Song Siyuan was sure that it was the plants in the forest that made the rustling sound first. It is very likely that these trees and shrubs have some consciousness and can release certain smells through their leaves, allowing them to Without knowing it, it was like experiencing the passing of a Yin soldier.
If we understand it according to her words, these trees have certain biological characteristics, and may even have the consciousness of living creatures. Realizing this, everyone only feels that the surrounding forest is very strange. Looking at these trees, they no longer feel ordinary and relaxed. , even the breathing became weaker, for fear of being released by the forest again.
Yue Guanchao asked: "If the forest can release miasma, how come we are fine when we are white?"
Song Siyuan seems to have thought about this: "I think it is related to the habits of plants. Plants absorb sunlight during the day to maintain growth, and absorb waste gas and release fresh oxygen at night. It is also because of this that the air in the forest in the morning is the freshest. .”
"The basic habits of these plants probably will not change too much. There are changes in animal habits. This can also be explained. At the same time, these trees only released the miasma after the Yin soldiers appeared. It is likely that these Yin soldiers can Inducing each other.”
Speaking of this, she looked at everyone: "We are going to do an experiment to see what these Yin soldiers are?"
"Are you looking for someone to go down with?"
Ban Shu asked.
Song Siyuan shook her head: "No, we are looking for some prey. Plants have limited energy and will not waste their energy in vain. They can cooperate with the Yin soldiers to create illusions, probably for prey. Then, the purpose of these Yin soldiers seems to be It’s clear, but we only have speculation but no evidence. I want to try throwing the corpse of the prey down, maybe it will really work, and I can also determine whether this thing is a ghost.”
"Okay, we happen to have some prey that hasn't been slaughtered yet, so we can use it for you first."
After that, Gui Fangzong asked other craftsmen to lift up the wild boar they had just captured. After bleeding the wound, he tied a strong hemp rope and threw it under the high platform through the open porch.
Plop!
The wild boar howled and fell to the ground under the high platform. The bloody smell of the wound quickly attracted the Yin soldiers. They first surrounded the wild boar to make sure that the wild boar would not escape, and then surrounded it.
These Yin soldiers surrounded the wild boar. In less than a moment, the wild boar's voice had weakened, and it no longer even made a sound. It only wandered near the Yin soldiers, and fell to the ground as the Yin soldiers surrounded it.
At this time, the Yin soldiers continued to decompose into light spots, completely covering the wild boar!
Taking this opportunity, Yue Guanchao and Xu Xiake pulled the rope and pulled the wild boar onto the table. When they pulled the wild boar just now, the light spots on its body gradually dispersed, and only the light spots near the wound remained on its body.
Xu Xiake took out the kettle that he had finished drinking, covered the two light spots and quickly closed the lid, then returned to the attic through the corridor door, and quickly closed the doors and windows tightly.
"We caught two spots of light. I don't know what they are. You guys have to take a look first."
Xu Xiake took out the kettle and handed it to Song Siyuan. Among them, Song Siyuan was the only one who had the sense of classification and could roughly tell what the light spots were.
Song Siyuan picked up the flashlight and covered the belly of the glass kettle with the lamp head. Through the penetration of the light, the light spots in the bottle were also noticed by everyone. Zheng
Everyone observed carefully, and when the light spot dimmed, its true form gradually emerged. It was an extremely transparent flying insect.
When they emit light, their transparent bodies are basically hidden, which gives people a completely insubstantial feeling. At this moment, the flying insects are flying back and forth in the bottle, changing like light spots. It can be seen that they are not ghosts at all. The ghost may be a will-o'-the-wisp.
Under the illumination of the flashlight, the details of the flying insects gradually came into view:
The backs of these bugs are covered with a pentagonal rhombus-shaped hard shell, which can be divided into two parts from the middle. Four transparent wings can be seen extending outward like blades. The light source also comes from the back of the bugs. The light source inside is constantly on and off, passing the light to the wings. superior.
Under the wings is an almost translucent flat body. The pentagonal diamond-shaped structure of the insect's back just makes the insect's back form the outline of the face. At the same time, the undulating back contains the light-emitting organ, and also forms a human face with a nose and eyes. It was like an insect was flying with a miniature human face on its back, and everyone's scalps felt tense when they saw it.
On both sides of the insect's head, there are two spherical eyes covered with red dots, the tentacles and mouthparts are curled out, and the eight legs are climbing at will.
There are also one-inch-long tentacles on the top of the head. It can be seen that there are spherical hairs at the base of the tentacles. The light spots are constantly shaking as it flies. It is the powder scattered by these things that produces a little crystal light. As long as the insect flies up and down, it can always see the light. The grains continue to scatter.
"Is there really a completely transparent flying insect down there? Even if it is a firefly, its belly can only glow, and it is not transparent."
Yue Guanchao looked through the outer skin of the flying insect and could directly see the dynamics of the abdomen, which was like a layer of transparent lard wrapping the many insect organs of the insect.
Song Siyuan stared at the fluttering flying insects in the kettle and explained: "I can't name this animal yet, but I can confirm that they, like fireflies, are self-luminous flying insects."
Yue Guanchao pursed his lips: "Hey, everyone can see this, so what do you think of this flying insect?"
Song Siyuan nodded: "You, don't rush to speak. Knowing that it has the same luminous ability as a firefly is already many times stronger. I can confirm that this flying insect is a close relative of the firefly. They use the internal The way it shines.”
Such a bug can emit light entirely because of its special physiological structure - the firefly's abdominal organs accumulate a lot of phosphorus-containing luminescent substances. After these substances interact with oxygen, the abdominal organs emit bright light.
"Well, what happens next?" Everyone asked in confusion, wanting to see how Song Siyuan would explain next.
She paused and her face became serious: "Since such organs can emit light, it means that they are extremely sophisticated organ structures in a limited insect body. In nature, the more sophisticated the organ, the more calories it consumes. , just like the human brain, people will be hungry after using their brains to think, because they consume calories. In order to keep their brains running, they have to eat sweets to replenish energy."
"Although the light-emitting organ of an insect cannot compare with the precision of the human brain, it is an extremely sophisticated organ when placed on a flying insect. For such a structure to emit light by itself, it must consume a lot of heat, which also means that they need more Nutrition, and at the same time, more phosphorus must be absorbed and stored in the abdomen to provide light.”
"So!"
Song Siyuan's eyes lit up: "Then, such bugs must not be vegetarians, because these flowers, plants, dewdrops and the like cannot provide so many nutrients to support the glow of these flying insects. In this way, this kind of bugs need a lot of If nutrients are needed to maintain function, then they must not be vegetarians but hunt for meat.”
"only!"
Song Siyuan changed the subject: "With such a body, it is almost impossible to catch prey. Then, the only way to obtain energy is through group hunting. This also means that they must work in groups and cooperate."
"Think about it, whether the general information about this creature has already been surmised."
Everyone nodded. According to Song Siyuan's explanation, the flying insect in front of them is a carnivorous insect that preys on large animals by hunting in groups. If such an insect can exist all year round, it must have a very smart mind. In addition, Shennongjia is weird. The environment is likely to have formed some tacit understanding with the tree. After using the tree to breathe out the poisonous gas, it then uses light to lure the living people into giving the illusion of Yin soldiers passing through, so as to confuse the living people.
From this, the appearance characteristics, organ characteristics, behavioral habits, and hunting strategies of flying insects have been outlined.
However, facing her guess, everyone just felt strange, could a bug really be so smart?
"Then, how do they drive the plants in the forest and cooperate with them?"
Regarding this, Yue Guanchao was very curious.
Song Siyuan explained: "We only experienced visual and auditory hallucinations after the trees moved. It can be seen that the poisonous gas of the trees was also involved. We already know that the trees and flowers in Shennongjia are toxic, so it is reasonable to emit miasma. This is the effect of plants on themselves." For protection, it is also possible for insects to cooperate with plants.”
She continued: "This kind of cooperation is not communication as we think, but a tacit understanding similar to symbiosis. For example, when bees collect nectar, they will spread pollen to other flowers, although the flowers have not communicated with the bees. But through the nectar-producing habit of flowers, pollination is completed.”
