Chapter 2770: Inspiration from ants

"Qiuxia Witch, is this the locust killer?"
Feng Yun asked while watching the powder fall from the small hole above the container.
"Yes. I just improved it. I don't know if the effect is ideal or not."
When Mu Qiuxia put the powder in the container, she put a trace of totem power outside, allowing it to spread as it fell, filling every corner of the container as much as possible, the purpose is self-evident, it is to let all The locusts will be exposed to the powder.
Seeing the powder of medicine turned into smoke and began to diffuse in the container, Feng Yun's expression immediately became focused, staring at the locusts that he hatched himself and observed.
If the medicine is effective but has the conditions for mass production, then he will be relieved to leave the Golden Dragon tribe.
Soon, a trace of excitement appeared on his face.
The powder seems to be a real threat to the locusts. They did not wait for the powder to touch their body, and they reacted and began to become frightened, jumping everywhere, many of them hit the container and made a crackling sound.
They obviously want to avoid the powder, but their efforts are destined to be futile.
The lid of the container and the body of the container are connected together by a card slot, which is very strong, and the breathing hole on the lid is very small, even if they have not been hatched long, it is impossible to pass through them.
More importantly, Mu Qiuxia had already broken up the powder and filled the entire container, unable to avoid it.
No, some clever locusts thought of a way, and that is to hide in the soil.
On the bottom of the container, Mu Qiuxia spread a layer of soil, not very thick, but it was more than enough to cover the body of the locust.
These locusts come from the infestation. Compared to ordinary locusts, they drill holes very fast, and quite a few of them got into the ground before the powder touched their body.
Feng Yun just glanced at the locusts that had penetrated underground, and focused his attention on the locusts that were contaminated by the powder.
In his opinion, locusts can drill holes, which certainly increases the difficulty of eradicating them, but as long as the powder can kill locusts, it can also alleviate the difficulty of eradicating locusts.
After watching for a while, Feng Yun's face slowly showed a disappointed expression.
Those locusts that were contaminated with the powder, not to mention being killed, did not even show any discomfort.
He watched for a while and couldn't help it anymore, raised his head, looked at Mu Qiuxia, and was about to ask her about the situation.
The effect of the powder is seriously inconsistent with what it describes.
According to her, the locust-killing drug she has developed is quite effective. If the locusts come into contact with them, they will soon become restricted in their movements, and soon, they will be completely unable to move. Completely died after a long time.
But now, after the locusts have come into contact with the powder, there is nothing she described on them. It seems that the powder is not powder at all, just some dust.
But when he was about to open his mouth to ask Mu Qiuxia, he couldn't help but hesitate. It wasn't that he found that the powder was starting to work. The condition of the locusts was still very good, and there was no difference between them before they were infected with the powder. It was that he found that her expression seemed to be wrong.
It stands to reason that she found that the powder she had developed and improved had no effect on the locusts. How could she have some reactions, such as showing a disappointed expression, but her expression at this time was very calm, and even a faint smile appeared on the corners of her mouth. meaning.
"Is there anything special about this powder that I haven't discovered?"
Seeing that Mu Qiuxia's face hadn't been disappointed for a long time, Feng Yun couldn't help but start to doubt herself.
At this moment, Mu Qiuxia seemed to feel Fengyun’s gaze and raised her head, and then she seemed to see through his mind and actively said:
Are you wondering whether the effect of the locust-killing medicine is somewhat different from what I described. same?"
"What does it mean is a little different, it's totally different."
Feng Yun couldn't help but complain in his heart, but he didn't show it. Instead, he nodded and said, "Yes. I think these locusts are in good condition. Qiuxiawu, are you..."
"Are you going to say that my improvement to the locust-killing medicine failed?"
Before Feng Yun could finish her words, Mu Qiuxia took the lead and said what he was going to say next.
At this time, Feng Yun didn't speak any more, just nodded.
"You are right to think so. But don't worry, I have not failed to improve the antilocust medicine this time."
"Then why don't these locusts respond?"
"Because the time has not come. When the time is up, they will all die, and not only will they die, but the locusts that have been in contact with them will also die, and even after they die, the locusts that appear near their bodies will also die."
When Mu Qiuxia said so, she couldn't help showing a proud expression.
"It's so amazing."
Feng Yun couldn't believe it.
His first reaction was that Mu Qiuxia was bragging, but he soon found it impossible. He had a lot of contact with her, and he knew her better, knowing that she was not a person who likes bragging, especially Regarding medicine, it is more practical and realistic. There is one thing to say and one will not be exaggerated.
"The effect is really good, and there are some things beyond my expectations."
Mu Qiuxia didn't seem to feel Fengyun's suspicion, and said to herself: "I originally only wanted to make a simple improvement to the locust-killing medicine, mainly to increase its lethality against locusts. But in the process, I undoubtedly found some sick ants, which inspired me deeply."
"Inspired by a sick ant?"
Feng Yun had already aroused curiosity by Mu Qiuxia's account at this time, and quickly asked.
"Yes. The sick ants I found this time are not the same. They have some white filaments on their bodies, and some very fine powder will fall on them. The wind blows, they will fly away. However. This is not the point. The point is that when these powders are contaminated with other ants, white silk will grow on them soon."
As she spoke, Mu Qiuxia's eyes began to light up, and she was obviously excited.
"What happened next? What happened to the ants that also grew white silk?"
Feng Yun immediately questioned.
According to his experience, a good listener does not have to be silent. In addition to showing focus on what the other person is saying, he can also speak and express his curiosity about what the other person is saying.
Just as he expected, Mu Qiuxia quickly spoke again.
"Fungal infection?"
After listening to Mu Qiuxia's more description of the white silk growing on the ant, Feng Yun's mind suddenly popped out four words.
His memory has become better now. What he saw and heard while traveling through the world, even if he just listened to it or glanced at it, as long as he thinks about it, he can recall it.
He remembers that he once watched a documentary in which there was content about the death of ants infected with fungi. It was simply an ant killer. Not only could it kill ants, but it was also contagious. It was in contact with sick ants and even just got close to them. Ants can also get sick.
Once infected by the fungus, the ants have almost no chance of survival.
This is quite similar to the situation described by Mu Qiuxia.
Knowing this, he was able to guess how she would improve the locust-killing medicine. She should have collected the fungus from the ants and added it to the locust-killing medicine. She wanted to make the locusts suffer from the fungus just like the ants. Infringe.
Fengyun also admits that Mu Qiuxia's approach is more conducive to eliminating locusts than simply improving the killing power of locust-killing drugs against locusts.
As long as a small number of locusts are infected by the fungus, it will begin to spread among the locust populations, and eventually all locusts will be extinct. It is not impossible.
Feng Yun couldn't help feeling a little excited when he thought that all the locusts were infected with fungi and died.
But he soon thought of another problem. The fungus that can interfere with ants does not mean that it is also infected with locusts.
In the documentary he watched, it was said that fungal infection targets are often highly targeted, and the number of species infected by a fungus is very small, and even only a specific species.
"The ants that had been contaminated with the powder grew white silk, their movements gradually became sluggish, and they gradually became unable to move, and eventually died."
When Feng Yun recalled about the fungus, Mu Qiuxia told the final fate of those ants infected with the fungus.
He quickly asked again: "Can things that kill ants infect locusts?"
After asking this question, he stared at Mu Qiuxia, looking a little nervous.
This question, in his view, is very crucial. If this fungus that invades ants cannot achieve multi-species infection and cannot play a role in locusts, his hopes will be lost.
"It is vaild."
Under Fengyun's gaze, Mu Qiuxia nodded and gave the answer he most wanted to hear.
She seemed to increase the persuasiveness of her words and quickly added: "I have done experiments on some locusts and proved that they will also be infected. Although the effect is slower, they still die in the end. Dropped. I think it should be because the locust is much larger than the ant."
"Just effective."
Feng Yun held back a long sigh of relief.
As long as the fungus that infects ants has an effect on locusts, he is satisfied.
Even if Mu Qiuxia's understanding is wrong, the fungal erosion of locusts is slower, not because they are larger than ants, but because they are more resistant to fungal infections, and he has a way to solve it.
Thanks to the knowledge he learned before crossing, he can select and breed fungi, isolate more infectious strains, and at the same time use some means to improve its infestation effect on locusts.
In short, as long as it does not have no effect on the locusts, everything is easy to say.
"So how long does it take, I mean how long does it take for the locusts to die from infection?"
Feng Yun still decided to understand some details.
According to what he has learned, it is not that the shorter the time from infection to death of locusts, the better. If the time is too short, it will affect the effect of infection.
They died without infecting many other locusts, which was hard to satisfy him. After all, his goal was to wipe out all the locusts.
The ideal type of fungus he hopes to obtain is highly infectious, with a high fatality rate, and requires that the infected person will not die in a short time.
"It will take about three to seven days. However, there are too few samples and the data cannot be guaranteed to be accurate."
Mu Qiuxia had been in contact with Fengyun for a long time, and she also learned a lot of new names from him. She felt that the expression was accurate, so she took it and used it.
"The survival time is quite ideal."
Fengyun was quite satisfied with the answer given by Mu Qiuxia.
This time the number of locusts is so large and dense, three to seven days should be enough for them to infect a considerable number of healthy individuals.
"That's why you let me hatch so many locust eggs this time. Do you want to get a relatively accurate data?"
Feng Yun glanced at the transparent container beside him.
"Yes."
Mu Qiuxia nodded, but she soon showed a worried expression again, and said: "I just don't know if the locusts die in large numbers will affect us."
"It shouldn't have any effect."
Feng Yun knew what she was worried about, that people were also infected by fungus.
But he himself is not very worried. Compared with bacteria and viruses, fungi are much less harmful to people. Many fungi such as various mushrooms and fungus are often eaten by people.
However, out of caution, he still gave himself a suggestion: "Those infected and dead locusts are best not to be eaten or used for other purposes. It is best to burn them and then bury them deeply."
Here he will talk about other uses of locusts besides eating, which are based on the development and utilization of the killed locusts when the tides pass through the border.
After discovering that they are toxic, Fengyun carried out research on them with the idea of ​​waste utilization to see if they could find some uses. After all, there are so many of them, as long as the uses can be developed, they can be very useful. effect.
Of course, he also admitted that there are also reasons why they are more troublesome to deal with. Whether it is burned or buried, it takes a lot of manpower.
So he invested in the development of the use of dead locusts. He found that crushing them into fines, adding water to reconcile them, and watering the plants would have a good effect on the growth of the plants.
If the dregs are filtered out and the plants are sprayed, the effect of promoting plant growth will be better.
And their own toxicity will gradually decompose, after a period of time, they will completely lose their toxicity, even if the elderly and children with poor resistance eat it, they will not have uncomfortable reactions.
So Mu Qiuxia listened to Fengyun's words and couldn't help showing a regretful expression: "It's a shame to burn and bury it deeply. If it is used on crops, there will be a considerable increase in output."
"It's good to be able to eliminate the locusts. Without them, the crops will grow well."
Fengyun comforted Mu Qiuxia.
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