psychochemist

Chapter 178 Firefly Night

what happened?Everyone started to get nervous.

Chen Xingyang pointed to the group of glowing fireflies, and said vigilantly: "Look, there is a problem with this group of fireflies."

Everyone looked at Chen Xingyang's fingers, and the group of fireflies in the middle was indeed a little weird. They danced in the air for a while, and then gathered in one direction. The more the fireflies gathered, it seemed to form a ball of light. ball.

Guo Na was puzzled and said, "Why are they all gathered together? What's going on here?"

Shen Wei: "They seem to have their own consciousness. Is there some kind of conspiracy to get together?"

Yu Fan also stood up and carefully observed everything in front of him. Now there are almost no fireflies in the city. It is really rare to see such a scene.

Xin Ling had a bold hypothesis: "These guys won't attack us when they get together, right? Why does it feel a bit scary? Damn."

Indeed, more and more fireflies gathered, forming a beam of light. Under this beam of light, Yu Fan and the others seemed smaller and smaller.In front of everyone's eyes, a glowing superstar monster seemed to appear out of nowhere, which was creepy!
Chen Xingyang waved his hand to signal everyone to step back, after all, no one has seen such a strange thing.

But Yu Fan took advantage of everyone's inattention and did the opposite. Yu Fan quietly approached the group of fireflies.

When Chen Xingyang found Yu Fan, Yu Fan was already under the beam of light of the giant star, Chen Xingyang whispered on the spot: "Old Yu, what the fuck are you doing? Are you crazy?"

Yu Fan didn't take it seriously, squatted on the ground to observe something carefully, then raised his head to look up at the beam of light.The fireflies also seemed to sense Yu Fan's presence, the beam of light spread out, the fireflies surrounded Yu Fan, and Yu Fan opened his arms, seemingly enjoying it all.

Everyone else saw it. Is Yu Fan crazy?Chen Xingyang rushed over without saying a word, drove away the fireflies, and dragged Yu Fan back.

While being pulled by Chen Xingyang, Yu Fan said, "Old Chen, let go, what are you doing?"

Chen Frameyang: "What am I doing? What are you doing? Do you want to die?"

Yu Fan smiled: "This is the first time I've seen this kind of landscape, and I'm a little curious."

Chen Xingyang looked sullen and said, "What if these fireflies attack you? There are too many evil things in this place, so be careful."

Yu Fan tidied up the collar that was torn by Chen Xingyang just now, and said calmly: "How can fireflies hurt humans? Humans have always hurt fireflies."

Shen Wei: "I'm terrified of animals that emit light."

Yu Fan smiled and said: "The reason why they glow is that a chemical substance called luciferase in fireflies interacts with oxygen to produce light. This kind of chemical substance called luciferase Chemicals act like a switch to activate this reaction. When the firefly produces luciferase, the reaction begins, and the firefly emits a twinkle of light. The glow of a firefly, simply put, is luciferin (luciferin) catalyzes a series of complex biochemical reactions. It is not dangerous to humans."

Guo Na asked: "Then what is going on with these fireflies and why do they gather together? When I was young, I grew up in the countryside and there were fireflies, but I never saw such a sight."

Yu Fan said mysteriously, "It's because they are having a party too."

Everyone seemed to be very surprised by Fan's answer. They all stared at Yu Fan with wide eyes.

Yu Fan didn't panic, sat cross-legged on the ground, and patiently explained to everyone: "They are just eating and falling in love."

Xin Ling asked curiously, "How?"

Yu Fan: "Snails are the favorite food of firefly larvae. Once it rains and the ground is wet, the rainwater pours into the shell and soaks the mucus at the opening of the shell. It will wake up the dormant snail. And the place where fireflies gather It is the place where the snails gather. I just observed and confirmed this inference. Adult fireflies hardly eat or drink. They usually only eat dew, honeydew or pollen or nectar. The purpose of their light gathering is courtship and mating. Because of the phototaxis, they naturally gather together."

Chen Xingyang sighed: "Fireflies eat snails? This is the first time I've heard of it."

Yu Fan: "In fact, fireflies don't eat snails directly, but inject a toxin into the snails, and then paralyze the snails and turn them into a puddle of liquid, so that fireflies can eat snails slowly, and finally All that's left is a snail shell."

Hearing what Yu Fan said, everyone felt much more relaxed.

Xin Ling was filled with emotion: "I have been to so many places, and this is the first time I have seen such a spectacular firefly party. This time I followed you guys. It is really the right time. This landscape is really breathtaking, incredible, incredible."

Yu Fan sighed and said: "Actually, this world is originally colorful, but with the development of human beings, people impose their so-called 'order' on the natural world. The resources that can be used are used, and the resources that cannot be used are used. Elimination, but the natural world is a ring of rings, and the rings are intertwined. Human beings are self-righteous in eliminating pests that are not good for humans, but they also extinct species that feed on pests. Over time, the ecological chain will become more and more monotonous.”

Chen Jianyang put forward his own point of view: "Since humans can eliminate those pests by themselves, the original beneficial insects actually have no value in existence, and it doesn't affect anything if they go extinct."

Yu Fan said quietly: "Perhaps, in the eyes of the Creator, we humans are the biggest pests in this world."

It was getting late, and everyone was tired after a hard day.They each answered and went to rest in their respective tents.

Tomorrow early in the morning, we have to continue our journey.

Yu Fan was lying in the tent and swiping his phone. The signal in this place is okay, which means that there is a signal base station nearby, which means that this place is not particularly remote. Yu Fan recorded what happened in the past few days, which is really fulfilling One day, there were both surprises and regrets. The surprise was that he had personally experienced many incredible things. Unfortunately, some words were not able to be said to Guo Na in the end.But these things are valuable experiences in his life.And experience is a person's greatest wealth.

In the tent, Xin Ling and Shen Wei could still be vaguely heard laughing and laughing while playing games. It seemed that Yu Fan hadn't felt such a happy and peaceful night for a long time.

I really hope that time can always freeze at this moment.

　Anticipate less about the future, try not to assume, take possession as everything, and see the present as forever——Adenosine triphosphate
　　
　
(End of this chapter)