Chapter 167

After the arrival of spring this year, people have prepared for the possibility of more serious insect plagues, but when they really face it, their mood inevitably becomes heavy, and the unexpected scenes bring more difficulties to their lives.

Wen Zheng can be said to be very relaxed in this disaster world. When he first arrived, he seized the opportunity to enter the institute and obtained the safest protection.

So far, the most troublesome time is the time when he enters the research building from the dormitory.

Although the area of ​​the institute is not small, it is quite troublesome to equip each researcher with insect-proof clothing, so the state specially equipped the institute with special internal vehicles and renovated the entrances and exits of each building.

So researchers can get on the car from a building and then be sent to the building they want to reach.

Such special treatment has ended this year.

Because in the past winter, the institute, which is the focus of care, was renovated, and a special glass cover was shrouded over the entire institute. This protective cover and wall can prevent insects from flying in from the outside, but will not block the sunlight from shining in.

After the protective cover was installed, the special vehicle was sent to other places to continue to be used. The researchers were finally able to walk out of the buildings and truly feel the environment outside.

The institute seemed to be a paradise isolated from the outside world. After the arrival of spring, the outside world was once again plagued by insects.

Only these researchers who were in a safe range, looking out from the window, would only see the carefully cared-for yard. If they did not look up at the transparent glass cover, they would think that the insect plague had never come.

But everyone inside knew that the peaceful scene in the institute was just an illusion. Such an environment would only prevent them from being driven crazy and crushed by the pressure of saving the world.

Wen Zheng tried to use the inspiration potion again during the Spring Festival not long ago, but the inspiration for completely solving the insect plague has not burst out from anyone's mind until now.

It's like they couldn't find the right entrance, so they still had to go around in circles in the maze.

There is still more than half a year before the end of the mission, but Wen Zheng does not feel like he can relax at all. Instead, his spirit is getting tense. His sixth sense tells him that challenges may come soon.

The spring light in recent days is particularly warm and dazzling. Every researcher who walks out of the dormitory building thinks that today will be another repetitive day.

Eating, research, research failure, discussion, formulating new experimental plans, continuing research, and resting, daily life consists of these parts.

From the dormitory building to the restaurant, after eating, they leave the restaurant and go to the research building. All the researchers are in a hurry. If it is not good for their thinking to walk outdoors for a while every day, they are unwilling to give up the time-saving method of taking a car.

Even if they are walking hurriedly on the road, the consciousness of this group of researchers is immersed in thinking.

The footsteps turn a corner as usual and bypass the flower bed in front of them where vegetables are now planted. At this time, the alarm in the institute suddenly sounds. The body continues to move forward two steps, and the consciousness is fed back to the body to stop, looking at the nearest flashing alarm light.

At least in the more than two years since Wen Zheng entered the institute, this was the first time he encountered such a high-level alarm. His brain reacted for two seconds longer and found out what he should do when encountering such an alarm.

"Hurry up and get into the nearest building." Wen Zheng shouted immediately, holding his teacher and leading his disciples to run to the nearest building.

The researchers on the road all reacted, stopped and started again, and ran quickly.

They began to notice that the ground was shaking, and even noticed that some softer soil was slowly bulging upwards. Their steps hesitated slightly, and their eyes successfully saw clearly that insects were crawling out of those bulging earth bags.

Damn, the insect-proof wall blocked the insects, but they crawled out from underground.

Seeing more and more insects turning over the soil, and even overturning the stones on the road, these researchers who lacked exercise on weekdays took out their best efforts and ran to the safe room at the fastest speed.

Wen Zheng stretched out his hand to push open the door of the building, and helped Professor Zhou, who was out of breath, inside. He first rested against the wall, and then followed his teacher to enter. He quickly made way for other researchers to come in.

After handing Professor Zhou over to Senior Brother Kang Yihang, Wen Zheng watched the insects that were drilling out of the soil outside. He saw that these insects were gradually approaching the building behind people, and were about to reach the range where the insect-proof coating would take effect.

One second, two seconds, three seconds, Wen Zheng's eyes did not blink, but the insects continued to crawl forward.

Could it be that these insects have mutated to be resistant to insect-proof coatings?

What have humans been busy with these days?

Wen Zheng couldn't believe it, and ran out of the corridor quickly, pulling several colleagues who were about to enter closer, and the second they were about to enter, he closed the door to the floor.

"What are you doing?" The people around him asked in surprise.

But Wen Zheng turned a deaf ear to it, and his eyes only stayed outside. The insects that were about to enter the building behind people were blocked outside by the glass door.

Immediately after, more insects came and wandered outside the door, but at the same time, there was also a researcher who was running slowly. When an insect crawled on him, he was about to reach the floor. When he saw the glass door above closed, he cast a strange look inside. A look that dares to believe.

Wen Zheng took off his coat and shouted to the researchers who were about to arrive outside: "Go and roll back and forth on the wall first. When I yell for you to come in, run in immediately."

After saying that, Wen Zheng took out his clothes, put them in a posture, and ordered a few people near the door: "When I call in, you only need to open the door to allow one person to come in."

In just a few seconds, dozens more insects came to the door, which was enough for the rest of the researchers to notice. While being frightened by this situation, they were willing to act according to Wen Zheng's instructions.

The researchers outside heard Wen Zheng's words and saw the specialness of this wave of mutated insects. They gritted their teeth and ran to the wall coated with insect repellent coating. As soon as they got close, the insects that had crawled on their bodies but had not yet crawled into their clothes hurriedly Escape.

Insect-resistant coatings are also effective.

It's just that for this group of insects that mutated again, the scope of the effect has been reduced a lot.

Simply leaning against a wall with an insect repellent coating will prevent these insects from approaching. As for the trace amounts of toxicity carried by the insect repellent coating, it is only a follow-up issue that needs to be discussed later.

Wen Zheng was always paying attention to the situation outside. He saw someone's movements were wrong and his hands were scratching on his body. It took too long to run to the wall, or the clothes were not worn tightly enough, and the insects ran inside through the gaps in the clothes.

"Take off your clothes. If there are bugs in, take off your clothes. You can't bring mutated insects into the research building. Hurry up!"

Feeling that insects were eating his body, even if Wen Zheng didn't say anything, he wouldn't hesitate. He took off his clothes as quickly as possible, including his clothes and pants. The shame of being exposed was far away in the safety of his life. At the back of the head.

The body with only the close-fitting clothing left was pressed against the wall, with his hands firmly protecting the last piece of clothing. He finally breathed a sigh of relief until the insect's sharp teeth loosened and the itch crawling on his body disappeared.

"Come in one by one along the wall." After confirming again and again, Wen Zheng shouted outside. As the door opened, the clothes in his hands quickly waved along the ground, sweeping up all the insects outside the door onto the clothes, and then Throw it far away.

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Two people came in during the brief gap. Researchers were watching everything inside. Some were chasing away the insects that crawled toward the door like Wen Zheng. Some were putting clothes on the people who had taken off their clothes and ran in. Others were informing on their mobile phones. How should the guards of the Protection Institute face the situation at hand?

Several sounds came from outside, and people inside and outside the building tensed up, and their movements sped up a bit.

The loudspeaker inside the institute sounded, playing the rescue methods that Wen Zheng and the others were using, and the guards were taking out the reserved insect-proof coating and would rescue the institute that was still outside as soon as possible. Personnel entering the building need to wait temporarily in the corridor and pay attention to whether there are insects on their bodies. Try not to enter the laboratory until they are sure that there are no insects or eggs on their bodies.

When no one needed to come in in front of the building, they took a break. Only ten minutes had passed since the alarm sounded, but everyone felt that it was extremely long.

Wen Zheng didn't rest. He reached out and took out the insect detection equipment placed on the wall, and began to scan everyone's bodies to make sure there were no living insects on their bodies.

However, insect eggs are not included in the scope of the test. Eggs that show no signs of life are difficult to catch until they grow. Therefore, every time before entering the laboratory, these researchers need to scan the insects with instruments, then thoroughly clean them in a specially built cleaning and disinfection room, and put on special laboratory clothes before going in to study.

These were slowly developed after the insect disaster came. In the past two years of development, insect detectors include not only large-scale instruments with large detection areas, but also hand-held instruments for single people. Wen Zheng used the latter. .

In addition to the hand-held insect detection instruments in each building, the institute also has large-scale detection instruments. Although there is no definite information yet, Wen Zheng guessed that even if a large number of insect signals were detected underground, the guards would sound the alarm and remind the researchers to take shelter as soon as possible.

The glass door entering the building was tightly closed, and it was extremely quiet inside. Everyone lined up to scan and listened carefully to the sounds outside.

There were no screams outside, which made people hope that the injured were not seriously injured, and the sounds of vehicles gradually increased.

Two minutes after hearing the sound of the vehicle, the guard drove the vehicle to the building where they were located. From the window, he could see that there was an injured researcher sitting in the back of the vehicle with a face full of pain.

The guards asked them if there were no seriously injured people inside, so they applied an anti-insect coating to the ground in front of the gate. After the insects were avoided, the gate was opened.

The glass doors in the research building used to be automatic doors, but they were changed from automatic to manual after the insect disaster hit. Since it is made of transparent glass, the insect-proof coating on the wall also covers this area, so it is not applied.

Even after the transparent gel-like anti-insect coating was improved, everyone was busy and did not think about adding a layer of defense to the glass door until the day when it was needed.

Fortunately, the research institute that developed this material had stocked up on unused gel insect-proof coating, and the guards who came over painted it on the glass door. At the same time, he handed the medical supplies he carried inside and asked them to wait inside for a while.

Before the guard left, Wen Zheng pointed to the ground and said, "The ground we are stepping on is not insect-proof. Although it is made of reinforced concrete, it is not as soft as the soil outside. No one can guarantee that there are no gaps here. , so it’s best to leave a little bit of insect repellent coating on each building.”

Considering what Wen Zheng said made sense, the guard asked the leader for instructions and left them a box of gel insect repellent with a spray head, and then left a walkie-talkie for emergency use before leaving.

There have been accidents in the past where insects damaged wires and caused communication failures. Even if the newly installed outdoor circuits are later coated with insect-proof coatings, they will ensure that communication can be maintained under any circumstances.

The guards left the building after finishing their work, sent the injured to rescue, and went to other buildings in serious condition to help.

This building was reminded and directed by Wen Zheng, and there were no problems. But the condition of the rest of the floors is somewhat serious, not to mention those who were injured, and others who did not notice the mutation of insects, allowing many insects to enter, and they all need to be completely eliminated before the insects enter the laboratory.

The insects launched this violent attack, and it took humans several days of time and experience to deal with the aftermath. This is still a well-protected research institute. If the outside is also attacked by insects, I can't believe how many wounded there will be.

Seeing the sound of the vehicle leaving, the researchers who knew the seriousness of the problem gave a wry smile. The insects were mutating faster than they were studying, and they even doubted their own value.

"Please, Teacher Li and Teacher Wang, please help them clean their wounds." Wen Zheng said to break their self-blame. The two wounded people who ran to the cleaning room came out after cleaning their wounds. He looked at several researchers with medical experience. , let them help bandage it.

"Just in case, it's best for everyone to take turns cleaning any insect eggs that may be on their bodies as soon as possible, and be ready to deal with them if the building is invaded by insects. Also, everyone has monitoring in their own laboratories, so it should be able to See if the window is closed." When Wen Zheng spoke, his cell phone was also talking to the security department of the institute, and what he said was heard by the guards who stayed behind.

After a while, a new notification sounded on the radio, which included the attention points raised by Wen Zheng, and some things Wen Zheng didn't notice.

Wen Zheng and his fellow juniors and juniors went in to be cleaned first because they were relatively young. After they came out wearing experimental clothes, they were not allowed to have contact with uncleaned people. They took the box of gel insect repellent coating in their hands and started patrolling the entire building with insect detectors.

The first floor is the most risky one. Wen Zheng looked specifically at the corners of the ground and any places connected to the ground. When he saw any gaps, he sealed them with anti-insect gel. The mouths of the sewer pipes were also sealed, but the pipes for daily water use were sealed. , Wen Zheng did not have toxic gel, but sealed it tightly with something first.

I walked around most of the first floor and didn't find anything special.

The fellow juniors and juniors became more relaxed, but Wen Zheng was still on guard. He caught some movement with his ears and ran over quickly. He actually found some damage on the floor, and the ground was bulging upwards.

The insect detection instrument in my hand was pointed toward the ground, and it lit up red. I quickly filled it up with gel.

The situation here was reported to the Security Department, and the broadcast immediately started to remind everyone.

The glass cover protected the institute from above, but the ordinary floor failed to protect the bottom. Because of this insect invasion, the yard could not be cleared in just a few days. The researchers all lived in the laboratory building. , someone delivers supplies to them every day.

The whole world is facing an insect plague that has become more aggressive again. Where there is no glass cover, we are faced with not only insects underground, but also insects that can fly down from above.

The insect repellent coating covers a smaller area, so windows that are not coated to allow light to pass through become entry points for insects. Some people do not close the windows properly, and some use ordinary glass, which breaks under the impact of many insects, causing insects to fly in. There are also no ventilation holes that must be retained. When the area is too large, it will Allow insects to find opportunities to enter.

Under all circumstances, many places suffered heavy casualties.

There are also those flying insects, who will lie on the glass that cannot be broken. Except for the floors that the insects cannot reach, the glass of the ground floor houses is occupied by insects, blocking the sunlight outside. Whether it is day or night, it is all pitch black.

I can't go out, and can only rely on the time displayed on the mobile phone to know how long it has passed, waiting for the arrival of national rescue in the house.

It's a mess everywhere.

What's more terrible is how to resist the intensified insect plague. The soil is broken by insects. Ordinary floors are no match for insects. Even reinforced concrete can be easily corroded by mutated termites.

In this case, the toxicity of insect-proof coating is the lesser of two evils.

All the first floors of all houses are vacated. There is no way to apply insect-proof coating under the floor when building like the new city, so the insects are blocked on the floor first.

All the windows that must be left in all the ground floor houses are sprayed with gel insect-proof coating.

The situation of this insect invasion made people realize that they don't have much time left. All powerful countries are trying to figure out how to survive when the disaster is unstoppable.

The project that Kalan had announced to build insect-proof cities in various places has quietly stopped at this time. There are even rumors about buying tickets to the "City of Hope" on their Internet. Ordinary people are too busy surviving to care about the truth of the news.

While rescuing the domestic situation, the team that had been secretly preparing for a month finally set off and took a plane to the dangerous territory of Caracas.

I just hope that I can find something useful before being noticed.

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