Quick, female general, I traveled through time to save my father

Chapter 110: Bringing Girlfriends to the Apocalypse 23

These locusts were defeated in L City, with most of them killed or injured.

Those that flew away were left to partners in other cities to deal with.

Director Zhou and his team have already reported the battle situation in L City.

This method of dealing with locusts is effective. The fire truck sprays medicine, the people behind chase and throw fire talismans, and the last group of people finish off the swarm.

Now the ground in the urban area of ​​L City is covered with the corpses of locusts.

The vegetation that was a headache for everyone a few days ago is now left alone.

There is no green at all except the bare branches.

I can’t imagine what kind of fate these people would have faced if they hadn’t prepared for this month.

Uncle Wang was cleaning up the dead locusts while muttering, "Do you think these things are edible?"

Aunt Wang rolled her eyes at him and said, "Day by day, you're just growing a head obsessed with food.

These things are poisonous and can kill you if you eat them."

Grandma Zhang also said with a smile: "I heard that in ancient times, when there was a locust plague, people preferred to eat tree bark and Guanyin soil rather than these things."

"Of course I know these things are poisonous. With so much pesticide sprayed on them, even non-toxic things become poisonous.

I was just thinking that if these old bugs weren't poisonous, they would be delicious if fried, hehe."

"You know what, I actually know this." Grandpa Zhang interrupted.

“In the past, the ancients believed that if there was a locust plague, it must be because the emperor was not doing his job properly, and God could not stand it, so he sent down a disaster to punish him.

Letting the people suffer is a punishment from heaven, and they dare not eat even if they starve to death.”

A scholar from the research institute who was helping to collect the bodies stood up and straightened his back, then continued with Grandpa Zhang's words to explain science to everyone.

"We all talk about science nowadays, but this science can sometimes be exploited by some people.

These people are collectively called bad people.

Someone has previously published a paper on the poisonousness of locusts.

It is said that after locusts grow wings and can fly, they release a substance called benzonitrile from their bodies to prevent natural enemies.

If birds come to eat them, the benzonitrile will turn into hydrocyanic acid.

After a long period of evolution, birds no longer eat locusts.

This is a very meaningful study. I didn't expect that some people only paid attention to hydrogen cyanide.

They are extremely poisonous, 60 mg can kill a person, so this paper has become evidence that locusts are not edible."

Actually, these locusts were of no use at all. Their bodies could not be eaten, and their shells were not strong enough. In the end, they could only be collected and burned.

These insect corpses were quite heavy, and we had to drag them onto the car one by one. After a while, everyone felt a little tired.

It's a good opportunity to listen to this scholar's stories and divert my attention.

Grandpa Zhang, anxious to know what was going to happen next, asked urgently, "And then?"

The one who imitated me chuckled and said, "There's an old saying among flower growers: talking about toxicity without considering the dosage is just foolishness."

There is a data in that paper that a 0.3-gram fourth-instar locust contains 130 nanograms of phenylethylnitrile.

A simple calculation shows that 60 mg of benzonitrile would require approximately 46 locusts."

"Oh my god, you need that many, so you can eat the locusts?"

"In principle, yes, but not for these. Their current body weight is no longer the small things of a few grams.

And after the body mutates, do they carry any other toxins? We'll bring a few back for research later."

The scholar was afraid that his remarks would mislead everyone again, so he hurried to explain.

"Since ancient times, there have been 482 locust plagues recorded in my country.

Back in ancient times, people did not like to eat locusts because they were afraid of God and also because they were not tasty except when fried.

But if I'm really hungry, I'll still eat.

So if you ever encounter this kind of thing, just eat it with confidence.

As for me, forget it."

"Why did you forget it?"

"I'm waiting for the instant noodles distributed by the government."

"Hahaha, let's just forget about it. Let's just eat instant noodles together."

After dealing with the locust corpses, they began to clear the branches of various trees in the urban area.

L City will soon be building a base. Although this group of locusts has caused great harm, it has indeed helped clear a lot of vegetation.

People with spiritual roots and physiques cannot, after practicing, create a fireball with their bare hands like the superpowers in zombie literature.

However, this effect can be achieved by combining various talismans and borrowing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Therefore, the progress of post-disaster reconstruction is still very fast.

We chose a place on the outskirts of L City, where the urban area and suburbs meet.

First, a circle of city walls was built, like the ones in ancient times where horse-drawn carriages could run on them.

Then, along the high wall, all the way up, with the triangle as support, a huge metal protective shield was built, covering the entire L city base.

After the base is built, high voltage electricity will be supplied to this protective cover.

This can effectively prevent sudden air raids by large flocks of birds.

Like the previous locust invasion, it would be best if there is no second time.

The buildings are connected together, with small gaps between each building and passages.

The floors are not too high and the density is high enough to accommodate a large number of residents.

The building standards of the house are much stronger than before, and the wall thickness is three times the thickness of the previous house.

In addition, there must be corresponding shelters underground in the house corresponding to the number of people living there.

With the completion of the base, residents from the surrounding areas of L City also moved to the base to live.

The abandoned farmland outside was confiscated by the state and uniformly managed and cultivated.

Surrounded by the same metal mesh and high voltage electricity, scholars from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences are trying their best to grow crops using mutated seeds.

The outskirts of the mountains in all cities in the country are also tightly surrounded by high-voltage power grids, which can be regarded as small secret places.

Soldiers stand guard every day to prevent any large creatures from rushing down from the mountains to harm the people.

Residents living in the base can choose where to work based on their own cultivation conditions.

People with wood and water spiritual roots can apply to go to the fields of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to help take care of the plants.

Those with thunder and fire spiritual roots, and those who practice ancient martial arts can enter various secret mountain realms to explore and hunt, and the items they bring back will be recycled by special departments.

With the help of earth-type spiritual roots, roads and bridges connecting cities were built.

As he practiced the skills day after day, the flower grower's progress increased dramatically every day.

Sirong and Yanyan had already developed an enlightenment pill that could develop the intelligence of some creatures and enable them to communicate with humans.

Like the people who kept pets at home before the spiritual energy was revived.

Even if I master the art of taming beasts, I don't want to use it on my own furry friends.

Even an equal contract feels like enslaving children.

Now that they have the Enlightenment Pill, they have another option.