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Chapter 177 Food Chain (Please read and vote!)

Qian Sheng's voice just fell.

The mice that were still scrambling to escape through holes began to make "squeaking" noises that made people feel restless.

Those small holes simply cannot accommodate so many mice.

Now they stepped on their companions one by one, and piled up a wall in that corner.

To Lin Yi, this sound was very miserable, indicating that they were in extreme fear.

What are they afraid of?

Before he could figure it out, he saw that the soil layers in the gaps on both sides of the Shinto began to loosen.

Beetles the size of little fingernails crawled out from the bottom.

It should be this heavy rain that caused the air humidity in the ground to increase, making these insects that like dry environments very uncomfortable, and they drilled out of the ground to breathe.

This kind of bug is very common in the northern region, and it is commonly known as the "watermelon bug".

There is a hard outer shell. As long as it senses danger from the outside world, it will immediately curl up its belly to form a ball.

Wang Qiang is afraid of mice, but he is not afraid of insects.

Seeing this little insect crawling out of the ground, I went up and pinched one in my hand.

The watermelon worm quickly curled up into a small ball and was held in the palm of Wang Qiang.

"Hey, old Lin, shopkeeper Qian, tell me, those mice are afraid of this thing, right? How can this thing be aggressive?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his middle finger and the "small ball" bounced off.

When Qian Sheng saw this, he immediately relaxed his vigilance.

"What do I think it is? The scientific name of this thing seems to be 'rat woman'. It seems to be a traditional Chinese medicinal material, Mr. Lin?"

Lin Yi nodded.

"That's right, although it's called 'rat woman', it has nothing to do with rats, it is indeed a traditional Chinese medicine.

This thing is not aggressive at all. Even if it is caught by mice, it can be used to beat their teeth as a sacrifice. How can it scare them so much? "

At this moment, someone is speaking on the barrage in the live broadcast room.

"We have a lot of these things in our hometown. My brothers and sisters and I used to go to the mountains to dig these things, and someone came to the village to collect them."

"I've dug it too. Don't tell me, it's quite popular. People who collect medicinal materials also want it, and people who raise scorpions also want it. They say that feeding watermelon worms to scorpions will make them grow best."

Qian Sheng pointed at the screen.

"Look, there is knowledge everywhere in this life, and netizens are our teachers."

The underground watermelon worms are gathering more and more, almost covering the entire ground densely.

The three of them stood there and watched the rapid migration of these animals and insects, but Wukong once again let out a fierce howl and began to run around on the stone statues, looking extremely restless.

"Brother Monkey, what's wrong with you?"

Wang Qiang looked back and his face instantly turned pale.

"Old Lin, Shopkeeper Qian, look!"

Hearing his nervous cry, Lin Yi and Qian Sheng turned around, and both of them broke into cold sweats.

Below the pedestal of the stone statue, like a damaged fire hydrant, a khaki-yellow liquid began to pour out from all directions in the west.

The three of them quickly stepped aside and focused the light to see clearly.

What gushes out from under the base of the stone statue is not a liquid, but densely packed khaki-colored scorpions.

This kind of scorpion began to crawl out not only in front of and behind them, but also under the base of the surrounding stone statues.

Each one is about four or five centimeters long, covered in a khaki-yellow shell, with two pincers held high above the head, but the tail is hidden under the body.

The watermelon worms also began to rush in the direction where the mice were fleeing, like a black tide.

The yellow scorpions followed closely behind them, hunting and killing these watermelon bugs wantonly.

It seemed that there was no malice towards the three of them.

The three of them admired the greatness of nature while watching the excitement.

"This small place has actually formed a complete food chain."

"Who says it's not? Just watch. Watermelon worms eat grain. When they are full, they feed it to scorpions. When scorpions are full, rats can use them to eat meat!"

Although there are many watermelon worms on the ground, they cannot withstand the yellow scorpions devouring them one by one.

To them, it’s just hors d’oeuvres.

It simply cannot satisfy the appetite of these scorpions.

Seeing the black on the ground slowly being covered by khaki.

In less than a moment, these densely packed watermelon worms were overtaken by the surging army of yellow scorpions coming from behind, and they were eaten up like a storm.

"These scorpions are starving to death. How can they eat so quickly?"

"I didn't even blink a few times, and it's gone? Oh, look, they're running after the group of mice! Isn't it dead?"

After the scorpion slowly digested the watermelon worm, it began to slowly wave its pincers towards the group of mice in the corner.

Those mice that failed to get into the hole in time, saw these not-so-big scorpions, and let out another miserable cry.

"Isn't it very powerful? Why don't you dare to fight with them? You are on it!"

Wang Qiang stood far away, cheering, and even put his fingers into his mouth and whistled.

It stands to reason that scorpions are actually in the diet of mice, and they should be the species at the top of this underground food chain.

Because rats are omnivores, they eat whatever they catch underground.

Even if there are mountains of food here, there is no guarantee that they will want to eat some exciting and improved food.

But judging from the reactions of these mice, they seemed to be very afraid of these yellow scorpions.

Before the mouse had time to burrow into the soil hole to escape, it simply gave up resistance.

This scene made Lin Yi and the others feel very puzzled.

This group of big rats had fought against them before. At that time, the division of labor was clear, and the momentum of advancing forward and backward was gone.

Just when they were hesitating, they saw those mice who just had a face-to-face encounter with the yellow scorpion. They didn't even have a chance to fight. They kicked their legs and lay straight on the ground, foaming at the mouth.

"Holy shit! This scorpion can do magic?"

Wang Qiang cried out in surprise.

Immediately afterwards, the scorpions swarmed up, and the yellow waves rolled in these big rats that hadn't had time to escape.

Within a few minutes, waiting for a wave of "yellow tide" to recede, I saw a mountain of mouse skeletons piled up in the corner.

Qian Sheng was stunned at this scene, with cold sweat pouring from his forehead.

"Master Lin, you are well-informed. Take a look, what is going on here?"

"Old Lin, do you think these scorpions are full? Will they turn around and attack us?"

Wang Qiang's mouth was indeed opened up, saying whatever he said.

The yellow scorpion surrounded and wiped out the group of rats without any effort. Obviously, the scorpion at the back of the team didn't get much money.

At this time, Lin Yi and the three of them happened to be the best targets for these guys to start a meal.

I saw that the rear team of those scorpions changed to the front team, changed direction, and crawled towards the three of them.

Soon, they were surrounded in the middle, leaving only a small space for the three of them to settle down.

(End of this chapter)