After the divorce, I became a mountain god

To combat locust plagues, our ancestors began brainstorming and planning strategies thousands of years ago.

They observed that the locust plague was mainly caused by the dry climate.

The arid environment is very suitable for the growth, reproduction and survival of locusts. If a place is originally dry and rainy but suddenly has an increase in rainfall, the locust eggs, which originally had a very low hatching rate, will successfully hatch with the help of water, leading to the formation of a locust plague. This is what our ancients called "extreme drought will inevitably lead to locusts."

Because areas with long-term drought will inevitably lack food because the grass and trees cannot grow normally, when so many locusts hatch together, they will inevitably look for food. At this time, they will begin to gather, forming a large-scale locust plague that is both terrifying and helpless.

Because locusts are herbivorous and their numbers are huge, there is almost no grass growing wherever they pass, which means a huge famine disaster for humans.

According to the experience accumulated by our ancestors, the best way to deal with locust plagues is to bring rain and kill the insects.

How does it rain? Well, that’s an uncontrollable factor.

Because the methods they use are mostly to pray to God, Eastern sacrifices and Western prayers, the methods they use can be said to be similar, and it definitely depends on luck.

But think about it, if you are already so unlucky that the locusts are rampant, do you still expect to be lucky enough to pray for rain to kill the locusts? If you really have such good luck, then you won't suffer from the disaster? This is a bit confusing.

However, there are times when we are lucky enough to pray for rain, which can help curb the spread of the locust plague.

Because locusts cannot move when it rains. After all, locusts that are contaminated by rain have difficulty moving, especially when their wings touch water, their gliding ability will be greatly weakened.

In addition, if these locusts fall into the mud underground, they will be in danger of death.

So rainfall can indeed simply curb the spread of locust plagues.

But at the moment, Xu Boan was in the bathroom, and there was no sprinkler available. If he simply poured water from the pipe at the toilet sink, it would not be rainwater, but would turn into a huge flood disaster.

If by then we fail to kill many locusts and instead flood the woods and the villages outside, that would be a disaster.

Xu Boan also learned that historical records about "heavy rain killing locusts" often carry a certain superstitious color, and in actual disaster relief, the effect is not so magical.

In other words, even if it rains, it will be difficult to avoid the locust plague that has already spread. At most, it can alleviate the disaster, which is already very good.

After all, rain is an uncontrollable factor. As long as the locusts patiently endure this rain, they will come back again. Moreover, after the rain, the locusts will reproduce even more rapidly!
Therefore, it is unrealistic to kill locusts simply by using water.

Thinking of this, Xu Boan gave up the idea of ​​using water to kill the locusts.

After giving up this idea, Xu Boan placed his hopes on the two bottles on the windowsill.

The two bottles were one green and one red. The green bottle was slightly smaller, about the thickness of a fist, and as tall as a 500-millilitre bottle of Nongfu Spring. It had the word "insecticide" written on it, and it was used to kill insects such as mosquitoes and flies in the bathroom.

The larger red bottle next to the green bottle is a portable fire extinguisher, which is a common item on Xu Boan's project site, and Xu Boan has received many trainings on the operation and use of fire extinguishers.

After seeing these two things, Xu Boan suddenly had a new idea in his mind about how to kill the locusts.

There is a way, why not use insecticide.

Using pesticides to deal with the huge numbers of locusts in the bonsai world seems to be the right solution. Killing locusts with pesticides also sounds reasonable and legal.

However, Xu Boan was still a little worried. After all, the situation in the bonsai world was different from that in the real world.

Xu Boan was afraid that the toxins in pesticides were just good for dealing with pests in the real world, but would not have much impact on humans.

But the little people in the bonsai are many times smaller than people in the real world. To them, this pesticide might be a biological weapon.

Once this bottle of pesticide is used to deal with the locust plague in the bonsai world, if the pesticide spray spreads, it will have a great impact on the surrounding ecology and even the little people, and may even be a devastating blow, which is not good.

Therefore, the prerequisite for using pesticides to kill locust plagues is to keep them away from humans.

The fire extinguisher next to it is a dry powder fire extinguisher, which is filled with carbon dioxide.

Locusts rely on oxygen to survive and breathe. Spraying them with carbon dioxide can actually curb their breathing and suffocate them. However, for such a large number of locusts, using carbon dioxide to kill insects seems to be too slow.

Xu Boan suddenly had an idea. Why not spray the locusts with pesticide, ignite it and then use fire to extinguish the fire. Finally, use water to bring rain to achieve the purpose of eliminating insects!
Thinking of this, Xu Boan took action immediately to prevent the locust plague from spreading further.

Xu Boan picked up the green bottle of insecticide and put it directly into the bonsai. He then aimed the nozzle of the insecticide directly at the dark mass of locusts. Finally, he exerted force with his finger and pressed the button on the top of the insecticide.

In an instant, a thin white mist sprayed out from the insecticide bottle, and then the white mist of insecticide collided with the black mist formed by the locusts, and then in an instant there was an amazing effect.

After being eroded by the white mist, the black mist instantly felt a sense of sinking, as if it had been dented. It was the group of locusts dodging the white spray.

Then, many locusts fell to the ground, and the black mist suddenly became much thinner. The insecticide was effective!
Xu Boan reached out again, took out the lighter and lit the insecticide spray.

In fact, this is a somewhat dangerous action and is not allowed in the real world. However, in order to kill the locusts safely, Xu Boan can't care so much now.

What's more, there are no traces of people around, so it's just right to take the opportunity to kill the locusts here as soon as possible!
With the appearance of the flame on the lighter, the insecticide that was originally a white mist instantly turned into a long flame, burning above the black fog.

Those locusts have wings that are as thin as plastic, which are absolutely flammable.

In an instant, large areas of locusts were burned.

At first, the black fog formed by the locusts continued.

Soon, many locusts fell to the ground because they were burned to death or their wings were on fire and they could no longer fly.

After a large group of locusts fell to the ground, the black fog weakened a little.

Many of the remaining locusts scattered because they were afraid of the fire.

Xu Boan looked carefully again and saw that the surrounding area was all woodland and there were no villages. Xu Boan no longer hesitated and released the spraying insecticide.

Afterwards, the fire stopped immediately, but there were still burning locusts and some burned trees.

Xu Boan immediately picked up the fire extinguisher again, pulled out the pin, pointed the extinguisher hose at the area, and immediately sprayed it.

In an instant, a thicker white mist gushed out, and the flames underground suddenly disappeared.

Those locusts that were barely surviving on the underground wires, and even some that were trying to lay eggs, were all frozen by the cold dry ice in an instant!
Looking at the mess in this place, Xu Boan thought of rain!
After all, heavy rain can wash away everything and wash away everything!
At this time, Xu Boan didn't care about being particular. He quickly went to the water pipe and scooped up a handful of tap water with both hands. He lowered his head and drank it into his mouth. Then, without hesitation, he sprayed it directly from top to bottom towards the fire point in the bonsai. In an instant, heavy rain fell here.

Those small flames were extinguished in an instant, and some locusts were hit by the rain and fell from the sky.

Even many trees were knocked down, but compared with the damage caused by the locust plague, these trees were much safer.

Ordinary people could not see what was happening here, but the peach tree, which had become a little god, could see it clearly.

She was floating high in the sky, watching the locust swarm getting closer and closer. Suddenly, a large green pillar appeared above the locust swarm, and then a white smoke came out from the pillar.

When the black and white smoke met, the black smoke formed by the locusts instantly became dimmer.

Before he could react, he saw another ray of fire rising. The fire was so dazzling that it was several feet long. In an instant, it seemed to reflect the sky and the earth and burn the mountains and forests.

Then it came into contact with the white mist. In an instant, a dragon-like flame appeared, sweeping across the locust swarm.

The peach tree saw this and felt panic-stricken. Such a big fire would surely burn the already dry forest!
At this moment, a long black dragon was seen floating down from the clouds in the sky.

Its body is huge and slender, and its scales seem to be different from the legendary dragon scales. Instead, they are long lines, but they are also neatly arranged, and each one seems to have been carefully carved over the years.

Although the dragon is black, without gorgeous colors and dazzling light, its black color is pure and deep, as if it can swallow all the light around it, and it seems to contain endless secrets and power.

It slowly cruised across the sky, its movements neither ostentatious nor hurried, each step seemed so leisurely, as if the whole world was in its grasp. The surrounding air trembled slightly because of its presence, with a subtle sense of majesty and oppression, which made people involuntarily feel awe.

Soon, the dragon flew above the locust swarm.

Then, the black dragon opened its mouth, and a powerful force burst out instantly, spewing out a white ice mist like a volcanic eruption.

This white mist also exuded an extremely cold aura. Even the peach tree several miles away could feel the chill coming.

The peach tree was suddenly filled with emotion. It was indeed a divine beast. Its behavior was totally different from the strength and magical powers inherited from a tiny tree spirit like itself!
For a moment, the peach tree felt so insignificant.

In her eyes, the moment the dragon spewed out white mist, it was as if time had been paused, and all actions were concentrated in this brief and shocking moment.

The white mist, carrying a fire-extinguishing torrent with the force of thunder, passed through the air at the speed of light, making a sharp and powerful whistle, like a horn on the battlefield, announcing the beginning of the battle.

At this moment, it seemed that even the air was frozen, forming visible air walls that hit the ground with a slight whistling sound.

This white mist is extremely condensed, even more so than the white mist that just came out of the green column.

As soon as it was sprayed out, it quickly spread in the air, like snowflakes flying in the sky, but with a power that should not be underestimated.

They quickly weaved an impenetrable net in the air, tightly binding the flames underground and leaving them no chance of escape.

Under the restraint of this net, the flames turned from arrogant to weak, from wild to tame, and finally they could only be extinguished unwillingly, turning into wisps of green smoke and dissipating in the air.

Seeing this, the black dragon flew back to the sky.

Just as the peach tree was about to express his feelings, he suddenly saw dense drops of water falling from the sky.

Is this... raining?

But as a plant that is sensitive to humidity, I didn’t feel any rain coming!
Before the peach tree could figure out what was going on, heavy rain suddenly fell.

The rain came and went quickly, just right to wash away the scene that had just happened in the forest and also purify the air a lot.

After finishing all this, Xu Bo'an slowly told Tao Shu, "Xiao Shu, the locust plague has been dealt with. They left a lot of locust carcasses here, which can be regarded as a lot of good fertilizer. If you need it, you can collect them all!"

When the peach tree heard the sudden voice of the Mountain God, it was shocked. After hearing what the Mountain God said, the peach tree was even more stunned.

Judging from what he said, today's strange incident was caused by the Mountain God!
"Lord Mountain God! It's actually Lord Mountain God!"

"Oh my god, I should have thought of it earlier. The only one who can save this place is the mountain god!"

"However, this magical power of driving dragons and chasing the sun, and the ability to call the wind and rain, is really something that an ordinary mountain god can have."

"Oh my god, this can't be the most powerful mountain god in the legend, I... I'm in love with him!"

The peach tree's heart was filled with emotion and relief.

In the distant village of Kaoshan, people had no idea what was happening here.

Li Kanshan was still waiting for a reply from the mountain god. He and Li Laosan did not dare to move.

When the Mountain God remained silent for a long time, the two men thought that he was gone. They looked at each other, their eyes locked, and discussed whether they should retreat.

Suddenly, the voice of the mountain god came again.

"Okay, no need to panic anymore, the locust plague has been resolved."

"Well! It's solved!" Li Kanshan was stunned.

Xu Bo'an continued, "I have wiped out all the locusts in the forest ten miles away. Even if there are still some left, they can't cause any big trouble. There is nothing to be afraid of."

"Grandpa Mountain God is mighty and majestic. It is truly a blessing we have accumulated over several lifetimes to have your protection!"

Li Kanshan and Li Laosan kept praising the Mountain God, but Xu Bo'an just smiled and ignored them and walked out of the bathroom.

As soon as I walked out, I saw a man in a suit, dressed like an elite, standing respectfully beside the car I drove over on the roadside not far away.

Beside him, Ouyang Najie looked at the man speechlessly with a helpless look on her face.

Seeing Xu Boan coming out, the man's eyes lit up and he quickly came to meet him. (End of this chapter)