Infinite Disaster Survival

Chapter 164 Chapter 164 (1/2)

Yu country was the first to complete the task of covering all residential areas with insect-proof coating, while other countries have just started, or even have not started yet.

Countries such as Kalan country have been slow to cooperate with Yu country. After Kalan country announced the success of the research, Yu country was at ease to put the focus back to the country. These countries can only grit their teeth and wait for Kalan country's research results to be put into production as soon as possible.

The time required makes the people of Kalan and other countries need to continue to endure the invasion of insects into their houses. Looking at the life of the people of Yu country, it becomes more difficult to endure.

Especially those who fled abroad after the outbreak of insect disasters in their own country, they thought they could live a good life abroad, but the current situation is completely opposite to their expectations.

The situation in Yu country is much better than that in other countries.

Many people regret wanting to return to China because of this.

Citizens who left for study, work, and travel can submit applications, but after returning home, they need to temporarily live with their relatives and friends who stayed in the country, waiting for the application for insect-proof coating to be approved.

As for those who have changed their nationality, it is difficult to get permission to enter Yu State.

In special times, Yu State has to treat them specially.

The disaster form of this world is different from that of other worlds. Even in the high temperature world we experienced last time, the government inevitably lost contact with the masses, but in this world so far, the government can still grasp the situation of the entire country.

Facing the insect plague, ordinary people can resist but it is difficult to resist. They need to rely on the country's scientific research to find ways to deal with insects, and the country also wants to do its best to protect its people.

Under this global disaster, Yu State not only has to face domestic insect plagues, but also has to consider the complex international situation. Kalan State does not know for what purpose, and has always targeted Yu State from various aspects. After the insect-proof coating was developed, the relationship between the two countries once again reached a freezing point.

After the insect mutation means that the ecological chain may be broken sooner or later, and biological invasion will cause this process to be accelerated exponentially. Everyone entering Yu State from abroad needs to be carefully checked.

When ordinary people are worried about their lives, those who control the next direction of the country are worried about the lives of tens of millions of people.

Ordinary people may not be aware of this. They are more concerned about insects that attack humans and invade houses. As for farmers, they are more concerned about the crops planted in the fields. However, the serious situation now is not only about these things that are usually paid attention to, but also more neglected areas.

Research experts have long speculated on the possible development of the situation. The country has always paid attention to the development of this disaster. They want to control it, but they find that human power is so weak in the face of such irresistible disasters.

Nowadays, the mutations between insects have begun to spread to herbivorous insects and saprophagous insects. Insects need plants to reproduce, and the offspring need a lot of food to grow.

Especially herbivorous insects, their targets are those indispensable plants.

Herbivorous insects hide in the grass and under the soil, making it difficult for people to detect their harm.

The leaves of the trees on both sides of the road are somewhat yellow and withered. People who are fully protected pass by in a hurry, wanting to enter the protected indoor space from the outdoor space full of insects as soon as possible, and wanting to avoid the strong summer temperature. Almost no one casts a glance at the damaged trees.

However, there are always people who pay attention to the trees that cannot speak or move. The leaves of the trees that are almost as thick as an adult's forearm have all fallen off, and the trunks are shaking a little.

The workers sent here picked up a shovel and dug the soft soil at the roots of the trees. After a few minutes, they dug a shallow pit and saw the exposed tree roots.

The street trees that have been transplanted here for less than two years have no shortage of water sources on weekdays, so the roots have not been buried too deep. After a few shovels, the roots were dug out.

The workers found the gaps between the roots, took out the shovel and dug hard again.

The feeling transmitted to the arm this time was different, and then the eyes saw that the shovel not only cut off the roots below, but also dug out the insect nest hidden in the soil.

A large number of small insects ran out from the place where the shovel was inserted. Most of them crawled in the soil and disappeared in the complex root systems of the trees. A small part crawled out along the trees. Those that crawled to the ground were crushed to death by the workers, and those that climbed up the tree trunks were directly hit by the workers with the shovels in their hands.

The shovels taken from the ground were covered with fresh soil, and there were several tree roots that were cut by the shovels. When the shovels were hit on the trees by the workers, the force of the collision between the two caused the roots on the shovel to fall off, and even caused the tree that was still standing in the soil to collapse.

The roots were taken out of the soil by the collapsed trees, and countless insects hidden in the trees did not react. They fled in a hurry at this time, but faced the workers' hunting and killing.

Even though these workers knew that there were definitely more than one nest of insects buried in the soil, even if they eliminated the insects in front of them, they could not save these trees, but they still took action, and their disgust for insects would refresh the previous peak every day.

In the past, they transplanted these trees to the roadside, and today they transported this one and every one of the next ones away. After they dealt with the bugs, they bent down and saw that the roots were filled with small holes drilled by the bugs, and they were moving upwards, devouring the inside of the tree trunk bit by bit.

"This tree has only survived until today. If we don't dig it up, it may hurt pedestrians when it collapses."

"It's all because of these damn insects. These trees have survived. They could have lived on the roadside for decades or even hundreds of years."

"What's the point of saying this? You can't dig up every tree and apply insect repellent paint on the roots. Even if it's useful, you have to apply it every six months. How much effort does it take?"

"No more talking. I think the two trees over there can't survive. Dig them out today."

One by one, the street trees disappeared on both sides of the road. More trees gradually withered in the summer when they should have been green. This phenomenon began to be noticed by ordinary people, and then they found that the mutated insects had begun to harm the plants.

The consequences of the mass death of plants should be something that you will learn in high school education.

When the number of plants decreases rapidly, humans will not only face a lack of food, but will also find that the fertility of the soil will gradually decrease, environmental pollution will be difficult to eliminate, soil erosion will become more serious, and sandstorms will sweep in. Later on, the lack of plants means the intensification of the greenhouse effect, the temperature continues to rise, and even the oxygen content in the atmosphere will decrease, making it difficult for humans to breathe.

In the end, the planet will be doomed.

Even if the country does not inform, when people notice the mass death of plants, they will remember the relevant knowledge and face a future with almost no light.

It's just that humans will not choose to give up easily until the last moment.

When more and more descriptions of the mass death of plants appear on the Internet, local governments have already prepared to guide the environment. They need people to face the fact that the end of the world is coming as calmly as possible and try to maintain the normal order of society.

Related plans have been made one after another, just waiting for the day when the situation gets out of control and taking measures that have been prepared as soon as possible.

However, these measures have not come in handy. The search volume for related terms such as plant death and the end of the world has reached the warning line, but there is almost no chaos. The only special thing is that people line up in front of supermarkets early in the morning to buy a large amount of hoarded food.

Even so, order is maintained. If you don't look at the empty shelves, you will think that people are just ordinary panic buying.

All doubts can be answered in the comments people make on the Internet.

The Internet allows people to freely discover the dark emotions in their hearts through the screen, but it also provides a channel for them to express themselves freely. On it, they can see the darkest side of people's hearts, and they can also see the best side.

Two years of fighting against insect plagues have already exhausted people's spirits.

In these two short and extremely long years, since the locust plague came, people have always faced shock, panic and pain. Only twice did they see the hope of defeating the insect plague and allowed them to get out of the torment and gain positive emotions, both because of their motherland.

When their locusts were rampant on their land, the country developed locust killers. When they could not resist the invasion of mutant insects, it was the insect-proof coating developed by the country that allowed them to have a place to breathe.

Facing international pressure twice, the Yu government gave them the best example. These two times of protecting the people and the country successfully inspired the strong positive emotions of the Yu people towards the motherland.

After all the complex elements were intertwined, when everyone learned that humans might face a desperate situation in just a few years, they were somewhat numb in their fight against insects, and did not feel too much despair. Perhaps they had collapsed too many times and were almost used to it.

There was no carnival before despair, no indulgence before death.

After seeing the dark future, some positive emotions gathered in their minds, which was trust in the country.

Their motherland had created two miracles, and there was hope to create a third miracle and lead them out of this seemingly desperate situation with no way out.

The courage to face disasters brought by this trust allowed them to suppress the emotions surging in their hearts.

Almost all the comments that can be seen on the Internet are encouragements between each other. A few negative comments will receive friendly exhortations from people, and they are so positive that they dare not even believe in dreams.

Ordinary people also have the desire to survive. When they still have reason, they know that the last thing they should do at this time is to cause trouble to the country, and what they should do is to move forward according to the arrangements of the country.

This is a scene that the government has never imagined.

When they saw the comments on the Internet, the government workers who had not had a good rest in the past two years felt their eyes reddened, and their tired bodies gave birth to new strength to support them to complete the next work.

To solve this disaster, we need to solve the problem of insect mutation, and then the damage caused by these mutant insects will be repaired little by little over a long period of time.

But before finding a fundamental solution, we need to adopt some symptomatic methods to give more time to those who are trying to find a solution to the disaster.

Nowadays, houses can effectively prevent the invasion of insects, so governments everywhere have begun to encourage people to start planting in their houses.

However, we need to pay attention to many aspects. The soil for planting should be special soil designated by the government. These soils have been processed and do not contain mutant insects and their eggs.

No one can be careless when watering plants. Before the insect-proof coating was put into use, people found insects in the water pipes. The household water purifier could not be used. When the inspection was carried out, insect eggs were found in the pipes.

When these phenomena were first discovered, most people felt sick and wanted to vomit. They even dared not drink mineral water. After all, the production procedures of mineral water cannot completely guarantee that there are no insects.

People must drink water to survive. Since all water sources are polluted by insects, it is necessary to ensure that drinking water is healthy and safe. It is a safe method to boil all drinking water before drinking. Watering plants should also use cooled boiled water.

Animals that are pollinated, such as bees and butterflies, are also insects and cannot be added. Therefore, when the plants grow up and reach the pollination stage, people still need to learn about artificial pollination.

After such publicity, at least most people have found work to do in their spare time to reduce mental stress. The effect of these vegetables and fruits grown may be just a drop in the bucket compared to the impact caused by dead plants, but after growing them, at least people can have an extra plate of vegetables on their tables.

The government continues to implement symptomatic treatments to buy time, but the atmosphere at the National Institute of Biology, which is responsible for finding a fundamental solution, has been a bit depressing during this period.

These biological research experts understand better than ordinary people how serious the disaster they are facing now. Most people would think that humans still have a few years, but the biosphere is strong and fragile. It has a strong self-repair ability, but in this extremely unbalanced state, it may suddenly collapse one day.

Wen Zheng is the most clear among all people. His system task has revealed the time when the disaster destroys the world. It is only three years. If a solution cannot be found within these three years, by the fourth year, even if people are still struggling to survive at that time, they will be powerless to save the situation.

In the last extremely high temperature world, Wen Zheng only felt that three years was a bit long, but in fact he did not encounter too many risks, so it was only an intermediate task. It was also three years, but during the insect plague frenzy time when high-level tasks were issued, he felt that this time was a bit too short.

Summer is gone and autumn is coming. The impact of mass plant deaths may be starting to show now. The temperature in this summer and autumn is much higher than in previous years. So even though it is already autumn, no one has a clear feeling before looking at the calendar.

When Wen Zheng first came to this world, it was the harvest season in late autumn. Only he knew that there was only a little more than a year left in this world.

Wen Zheng couldn't tell anyone about this news, but it didn't matter. Those biologists treated every day as the last day for research.

Time was tight, but the research was repeatedly frustrated.

They have never made any breakthroughs in their research on the strange gene in the mutant insect. At present, it has only been found that after the mutant insect dies, this unknown gene will be encoded into a virus-like structure, which will not survive in other organisms, but will only be reverse transcribed into the insect's genome in the insect's body.

This special gene is transmitted in the insect's body in this way. At the same time, after being integrated into the insect's genome, it affects the insect's ability to survive and reproduce.

They compared all the gene fragments recorded by humans on this planet, and the most similar fragments were only a few percent similar, without any useful results.

People even suspected that it was something from outer space.

With the idea of ​​preferring mistakes to wasting any possibility, after the research team reported it to the higher authorities, the government actually began to investigate whether the country of origin of the mutant locusts, California, had encountered any special situations in recent years, especially those related to locusts.

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