Chapter 9: The Jungle in the Valley
According to Nan Zhiqiao's instructions, hang the mosquito trap in the nearby bushes.
There were too many mosquitoes around, and the two of them had already applied mosquito repellent on their bodies before entering the valley, which had some effect at first, but the further they went into the valley, the more ferocious the mosquitoes seemed to become, regardless of the stimulation of the mosquito repellent potion, and pounced on the two of them.
Ye Zhenzhen waved her hand to catch up with the mosquitoes around her, and sighed: "The mosquitoes in the barren mountains and wilderness are so powerful that you can't drive them away." ”
Nan Zhiqiao used the mosquito repellent water he carried with him to spray Ye Zhenzhen's side twice, and there were fewer mosquitoes.
Although both of them were wearing long-sleeved trousers, and the cuffs and cuffs were also tied up, their faces and hands were still exposed.
Suddenly, a black mosquito recklessly stung the back of Ye Zhenzhen's hand.
Unlike ordinary mosquitoes, the mosquitoes in the depths of the jungle here bite and hurt!
Ye Zhenzhen slapped her backhand, and a big black mosquito was flattened, and the blood splattered out of the mosquito's stomach stuck to the palm of her hand, and the blood was red.
Touching the back of her hand that hurt from mosquito bites, Ye Zhenzhen complained: "Mosquito bites here really hurt! Ordinary mosquito bites don't feel anything." ”
When ordinary mosquitoes bite people, they will first release a chemical that paralyzes the nerves, so that people do not feel when they are bitten, and only after the mosquito leaves, will there be a feeling of swelling and itching.
The black mosquitoes in this jungle are the opposite, big, biting, and even stranger, the black mosquitoes have a pair of red eyes!
Ye Zhenzhen stared at the mosquito corpse in her hand, and on the black mosquito head, a pair of red compound eyes were very obvious.
Ye Zhenzhen asked: "Senior Nan, this mosquito's compound eyes are red, which is rare." ”
Nan Zhiqiao stood beside Ye Zhenzhen, staring at the mosquito corpse that was slapped flat in Zhen Zhen's palm, his brows furrowed slightly.
Every time Nan Zhiqiao has this expression, it means that he thinks of something that makes people worry.
Ye Zhenzhen also asked worriedly: "Senior Nan, is there anything wrong with this mosquito?"
Nan Zhiqiao: "There is a problem with mosquitoes, but I am more worried about you, mosquitoes here are likely to carry pathogens, you were bitten by a mosquito just now......"
"It doesn't matter, I've had all kinds of vaccines. Ye Zhenzhen hurriedly comforted, and turned the topic to the mosquito in her hand, "What's wrong with mosquitoes?"
Nan Zhiqiao first pinched off the mosquito corpse with his fingers, and then sprayed the back of Zhen Zhen's stung hand twice with mosquito repellent potion, and finally explained: "The mosquito's compound eyes turned red, which is the result of selection and marking in the process of artificial breeding. ”
"Senior Nan, do you mean that these mosquitoes are artificially raised?" Ye Zhenzhen asked in surprise.
"Quite possibly. Nan Zhiqiao frowned and nodded.
Mosquitoes may be artificially bred, and mosquitoes may carry various pathogens, which are reminiscent of the recent outbreak of insect-borne diseases in the western suburbs, bacteria, viruses, spirochetes......
All kinds of pathogens cause all kinds of diseases, all because of the spread of mosquitoes, ticks, these arthropods.
Mosquitoes are raised, mosquitoes carry pathogens, mosquitoes bite people, and they spread diseases......
If these speculations are true, then there may be a larger conspiracy behind the whole thing.
Thinking of this, Ye Zhenzhen shuddered, pulled Nan Zhiqiao's arm beside her, and said, "Senior Nan, are we going to find the person who raises mosquitoes now?"
Nan Zhiqiao didn't explain too much just now, just one sentence, and Ye Zhenzhen fully understood what Nan Zhiqiao meant.
Nan Zhiqiao smiled and clenched the axe in his hand, "Yes, you thought of it with me, let's go and see if there is a behind-the-scenes manipulator who deliberately raises and spreads arthropods such as mosquitoes." ”
The two went from catching mosquitoes in the wild to chasing the murderer hidden behind the scenes, Ye Zhenzhen suddenly felt very excited, and she felt like a detective in a second.
With a look of excitement on her face, Ye Zhenzhen looked around, which way should she go next?
The two of them are surrounded by dense woods, and people with a bad sense of direction can't even tell the difference between east, south, west, and north.
The feeling of excitement disappeared quickly, and Ye Zhenzhen felt that her head was big, but she didn't find the so-called mosquito keeper behind the scenes, and she got lost first.
Nan Zhiqiao clenched Ye Zhenzhen's hand and pointed to the southwest direction of the two, "Go over there." ”
"Over there, Senior Nan, do you see any clues or signs?"
Ye Zhenzhen followed Nan Zhiqiao and walked in the southwest direction, asking as she went, how did Nan Zhiqiao find suspicious clues in this dense jungle?
Nan Zhiqiao used an axe to open the way in front of him, explaining as he walked, "There are traces of human turning of dead branches here, indicating that someone has been here before." ”
Ye Zhenzhen's attention just now was on the surrounding mosquitoes, but now she took a closer look, and sure enough, although the dead branches looked messy, the types of dead branches did not match the types of trees in the nearby jungle, as if they were artificially moved here, could it be to cover up something?
Ye Zhenzhen clenched Nan Zhiqiao's hand and reminded in a low voice: "Senior Nan, be careful, cover it up so carefully, there must be an ulterior secret." ”
The two of them were in the jungle, over the dead branches, and after walking some distance, a man-made dirt road appeared in front of them.
Minami no Qiao stood behind a large tree not far from the dirt road and looked around the dirt road.
Soon, the two discovered that a circular camera was flashing a faint red dot of light on a large tree northeast of the dirt road, hidden between the branches.
"There are cameras here, and we go around from the woods behind. ”
Ye Zhenzhen also saw the camera, and installing the camera in the deep mountains and old forests, if it wasn't for the study of wild animals, it would definitely be fine.
The two carefully bypassed the camera, kept a distance from the dirt road, and walked in the direction of the dirt road.
The further you go, the closer you get to the center of the valley, the denser the surrounding jungle becomes.
Along the dirt road, there are many cameras, all of which are installed on the trees on the side of the road, although they are secretive, they are quite regular.
Touching the pattern of the camera, the two of them have a bottom when they walk in the forest, and as long as they avoid the dirt road, they can quietly approach the hidden target.
Soon, a row of low bungalows hidden in the jungle of the valley came into view.
The bungalows are built on a slope of the valley, and a row of vine-like plants are planted around the house, and the leaves look like creepers.
The creeper's vines cover the outer walls of the bungalows, and from a distance, the vine-covered bungalows blend in with the green slopes of the valley, and no one can see that this is a row of houses without looking closely.
Nan Zhiqiao and Ye Zhenzhen hid behind a big tree not far from the bungalow, and waited for a few minutes, but no one came out of the bungalow.
Ye Zhenzhen and the others were anxious, and asked beside Nan Zhiqiao: "Senior Nan, there won't be no one in the house in front, right?"
Nan Zhiqiao immediately made a gesture of silence.
During the action, two men in camouflage uniforms walked out of the small door of the creeper bungalow with their heads bowed.