Red Dust

But once a severe drought occurs, plants die, and food is scarce, the entire habits of these starving desert locusts can change dramatically.

From a coward living in isolation, it quickly turned into a terrifying natural disaster who likes group action and unscrupulous.

Those natural enemies who usually prey on desert locusts do not want to provoke them at this time, not only because the hungry swarms are difficult to deal with, but also because the desert locusts in this state will have some subtle changes in appearance, which strengthens the flight. The ability to become more violent, and even the reproductive ability will become stronger.

What makes natural enemies even more unavoidable is that desert locusts have evolved the ability to adjust their secretions under such circumstances, and the odor it emits makes predators stay away, and even produces toxins in their bodies, which are not only unpalatable, but also unpalatable. More may be poisoned.

The desert locust plague can be prevented, but once the natural disaster breaks out, don't think about any opportunistic tricks, it's useless.

Birds such as chickens, ducks, geese and chaffinches during this period rarely eat desert locusts unless they are extremely hungry.

As for collecting them and frying them as rations, it's not impossible.Because it is slightly poisonous, the old, weak, women and children should not eat more.

Manual hunting, spraying pesticides, propping up isolation nets, and digging trenches for trapping are effective methods.

Fortunately, such disasters do not occur every year, otherwise the residents of the Land of Winds would not be able to survive.

Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara siblings grew up so big, and it was the first time they faced the desert locust plague. Anxiety is also inexperienced.

Gaara's situation is slightly better. With the help of a guardian crane, Chakra recovers quickly, but his physical strength can't keep up.

Kankuro is also okay, and the consumption of pesticides by manipulating the puppet is not too big.

Only Temari, in order to cover some slow-moving women and children, used wind escape ninjutsu many times, chakra and physical strength were almost exhausted.

Lazily untied his head rope, he inserted the three-star fan obliquely and deeply into the sand, leaning against the handle of the fan, temari blowing the cool night wind, and staring at the sky full of stars in a trance.

"Fortunately, the wind is not strong tonight, otherwise it will be troublesome..."

The desert at night in this season is still relatively cool. The ninjas are good for camping in the wild, but the civilians who have lost their homes are not very good. It is impossible to find too much wood for fire around, and there is no roaring fire in the camp. Heaps to keep everyone warm.

"I don't know how many people, like us, are sleeping through the night in the desert..."

Temari said with some emotion.

Although desert locusts are less active at night, they are not without threat.

Therefore, these ninjas who are on the front line must not only seize the time to recover their physical strength and chakra, but also cannot relax their vigilance. In the event of an accident, they must warn in time.

The civilians not far away were already asleep. After the three sisters and brothers discussed the order of night duty, they were about to take turns taking a nap when they felt that someone suddenly approached quickly in the desert ahead, and there were still a lot of them.

"What's the matter? Come here at this time..."

Not long after, through the dim moonlight, the three siblings saw someone coming.

It was more than a dozen spider-like monsters taller than humans, walking silently as if walking on the ground in the desert.

"This is a puppet spider..."

Kankuro said in surprise,

"How did it appear here? I didn't expect Daimaru's puppets to be sold so much..."

"Aren't you one of the little bosses, you don't know if the business is good or not?"

Temari asked curiously.

"Except for the first time I cared about it, I didn't care much later..."

Anyway, Kankuro didn't expect this to make money. He just visited occasionally to see how popular it was and how many apprentices he had hired.

Temari shook his head slightly and sighed:

"You look like this, you don't even know that you were sold by Daimaru. I really don't know where you got the confidence to partner with someone to open a store..."

"It's just a coincidence..."

Originally, I just wanted to do a little favor by the way, but I don't know how I became a shareholder.

After a while, a total of fifteen puppets and spiders came to the front, and several children who manipulated this "beggar-version" puppet appeared in front of the three siblings.

"It's dangerous here, what are you doing here?"

Regarding the matter of the puppet master, it is better to deal with the puppet master.

"We're here under orders..."

The eldest, a chubby boy with pimples all over his nose, was a little afraid of Kankuro, who seemed to have a bad temper.

"In the early hours of tomorrow, there may be a sandstorm passing here, and all evacuated civilians must be sent to the refuge base as soon as possible..."

"Storm? No..."

Kankuro and Temari couldn't help but look at the sky, the wind was very light, the moon and stars were thin, and there seemed to be no clouds. Why was there a sudden sandstorm?

"It's true, the enchantment class in the village has issued an early warning..."

The little fat man answered anxiously.

It is precisely because such things often happen that Sandyin Village has developed a set of severe weather warning barriers that cover almost half of the country of wind. Once there is a sign that a sandstorm is about to start, it can immediately give feedback to the village's perception. ninja.

"Well, we didn't suspect you meant..."

Temari asked patiently,

"It's just that the nearest shelter is still nearly [-] kilometers away from here. At the speed of a ninja, we can almost get there. What about these elderly and weak women and children with limited mobility?"

"So, we are here to help them leave quickly..."

Facing Temari with a chuckle, the little fat man seemed a little shy, turned around and waved his hand, signaling his companions to start moving.

The shells on the puppet spiders lined up were folded back to reveal the hollow interior.

"Three adults or five children can be squeezed inside, and the inner cabin is closed, and the mill-disk-shaped dome can seat seven or eight people..."

"Is this using the puppet as a transport vehicle?"

Kankuro pouted with a tangled expression on his face,

"Noble puppet master, it is estimated that you will not be able to keep your face..."

0302 Refit

The same situation occurred almost simultaneously in several places within a radius of tens of kilometers.

These civilians of the Land of Winds who did not retreat in time are unfortunately in the area where the sandstorm is about to spread.With insufficient mobility, they could not reach the nearest rescue location, and the limited number of ninjas could not place everyone properly.

If there is no rescue, these people will definitely not end well.

More than 300 puppets and spiders were divided into two groups, and the team of more than [-] people was safely sent to the destination before the danger came.

When developing the basic version of Puppet Spider, Daimaru thought that the target customers are mainly Genin and children who want to be puppet masters. They do not need too strong combat power to deal with the dangers in the mission. They are stable and have strong comprehensive ability. Puppets are better for their needs.

Although this kind of puppet is a little mediocre, it has a good balance, a high fault tolerance rate, and is more friendly to novices who are not very capable.

Well, this time it came in handy.

Compared with the high-level puppets with strong lethality and changeable tactics, these simple spider-shaped puppets that even children who have practiced for a month or two can control the spider-shaped puppets that march smoothly in the desert are undoubtedly more suitable for the current situation.

Of course, these children who have just embarked on the path of puppet masters are not the only rescue force.

Although most of the puppet masters in the village prefer fighting puppets, they are not pedantic enough to ignore the actual situation.

Some big guys who have been in dust for many years were also taken out by the sand ninjas for emergency.

These are more than two people tall and look like super-large van machinery. The interior has been urgently refitted into upper and lower floors, and after adding load-bearing feet, one such big guy can hold five or sixty people in the soft desert. keep going.

When needed, the sand ninja puppet masters are also good at action.

This super-large puppet machine is actually a semi-fixed building deployed as a field hospital and wounded barracks in the rear during the Ninja World War.

Although Sand Ninja is more suitable for the environment of the Land of Winds, the wounded can't stand too much toss.After finally surviving from the battlefield, waiting for treatment, when I woke up, the stretcher and the hospital bed were buried by the sand, which was embarrassing.

In other places, maybe a few tents can be set up as a temporary camp. In the desert of the Land of Winds, it is hard to find a suitable place to camp.

Therefore, Sand Ninja developed this kind of war machine to support the frontline battle.

After the end of the Third Ninja World War, these big guys have been covered in dust in the warehouse. After so many years, some seriously aged and unusable ones have been dismantled, and the parts and materials have been repurposed for secondary use.

Those who could barely hold on were refurbished and transformed into emergency transport vehicles.

Although the puppet masters are a little unearthly, they are not stupid. As ninjas, they also understand the workaround.

With the concerted efforts of many people, they were finally moved to a safe area.

In the vast sandy sea, shelters large and small are mostly built in dangerous areas where disasters often occur.

Soon after Temari, Kankuro, Gaara and a group of young puppet masters evacuated the group to the semi-underground camp, the gentle night wind quickly turned into a raging gust of wind.

Dust is flying all over the sky, and it is completely invisible beyond 20 meters.

Busy until midnight, the exhausted children fell asleep, and the panicked adults listened anxiously to the roar of the wind outside and the sound of the fast passing sand hitting the ground and rock walls.

For them, they were lucky to be able to escape from the drought and the locust plague and avoid the attack of the sandstorm.But their homes have been destroyed, recovery is indefinite, and they have almost nothing. If there is no relief, they will become refugees sooner or later.

Although the daimyo of the Land of Winds is a benevolent person, it is doubtful whether the country has enough poor people and whether there is any spare capacity for disaster relief.

Temari looked at these preoccupied refugees, and couldn't help sighing in his heart.

Sandyin Village is doing all-out disaster relief this time, although it is a mission entrusted, but it is also sincerely running for the home.

This vast but barren country is the basis for the survival of Shayin Village. If the ninjas of other countries are not going well for a while, they can pat their butts and leave, but Shashi can't.

In fact, Shayin Village can't make much money from these disaster relief tasks, and it is not bad to be able to barely maintain a balance of payments.

But even if it loses money, it has to be saved.If the country of wind is likened to a pond, the commoners here are the water in the pond, and the village of Sandyin is the fish in it.

When the pond is dry and dry, there is no way for the fish to live.

It is impossible for these civilians who have almost nothing to pay for disaster relief. Sand Shinobi can only get a little task compensation from the daimyo.

The reality is so helpless, the daimyo can't give too many resources, and it is the limit for Sha Ren to take on these disaster relief tasks below the market price. Post-disaster reconstruction is the responsibility of the daimyo and the government.

Sand Ninja will not take care of him unless he has another mission.If everything is done for you, what do you need a big name for?

Opposite the three siblings, several younger puppet masters rested against the corner.

After all, he was young, with limited chakra and physical strength. It was a good performance to be able to successfully bring so many people to arrive safely.

It was late at night, and both civilians and ninjas lost their desire to speak at this time.

Just when everyone was drowsy, the gate of the base was pulled open from the outside, and a wind wafted in the salty smell of sand and soil blew in, and a burly figure walked in quickly, and then closed it with a backhand. Door.

"who is it?"

The awakened Temari stood up and touched the Samsung fan behind him with his right hand.