Chapter 108: Bats
Anyway, the boat was saved, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The fire grows when it encounters the wind, and these mutated creatures fuel it, and for a while there is a tendency to gradually get out of control, and some people are still hiding in the cabin and dare not come out, and the temperature is high, and the hatch door is burned, and it is even more difficult to get out at this time.
As everyone exited the right side of the cabin, some people were crying 'help', but no one paid attention.
There was a 'boom' of thunder in mid-air, and a bolt of lightning pierced the sky, illuminating the sky.
With this thunderclap, there was a 'snap' and a drop of water fell on the strings of the ship, which had been deformed by the seabirds, but it was quickly evaporated under the fire.
At first, Song Qingxiao thought that the drops of water were the blood droplets dropped by the two workers who were caught in the sky before, but then the sound of 'snapping' water dripped down again, but it became faster and faster.
Since yesterday afternoon, the weather has been overcast, and the dark clouds have firmly covered the sun, and this rain, which has been delayed for several hours, has come at this time!
Song Qingxiao was surprised and delighted, the rain fell very quickly, at first it was still one or two drops, but in an instant, it rained 'boom', and the rain was heavy, like a scoop.
The flying mutant creatures above their heads were like encountering natural enemies when they encountered the rain, throwing the bodies of the two workers, and they all screamed and wanted to hide, but where could they hide at this time?
Their wings were already thin, and when they were wet with water, they were so heavy that they could no longer wave them, and they fell into the sea one after another.
In this way, it was the help of Tianzhu and his party, and the danger of being attacked by mutated creatures on the ship was temporarily lifted, although the right side of the ship was on fire, but there was a timely rain, and the fire was also extinguished quickly.
Under the thick smoke, Mr. Zhou and the others, who had been hiding inside the ship, finally couldn't stand it anymore, wearing isolation suits, covering their mouths with things, and coughing.
There was already a mess outside, and there were some mutated creatures crawling on the ground that were not yet dead, and Mr. Zhou saw this scene, and his face showed disgust and fear.
There are still a lot of these injured mutated creatures, but they are only a drop in the bucket compared to the previous number.
But even so, Mr. Zhou was still very shocked.
Zhou Xueli and some of the remaining bodyguards he hired followed him every inch, but whenever a mutated creature approached, some bodyguards smashed it with the butt of a gun.
Several scientists beside him squatted down, and one of them held an umbrella with one hand, and carefully caught a mutant creature whose wings had been burned in half and had stopped moving.
"Be careful."
When Mr. Zhou saw this scene, he immediately reminded anxiously, but it was too late.
Strange to say, the mutant creature's fur was extremely thin and brittle, but the pair of canine teeth were extremely sharp.
The scientist wore a special glove, but the glove shattered like tissue paper under the mutated creature's teeth.
Hearing the man's 'ah' cry of pain, he subconsciously threw the mutant creature to the ground, and the lightning that lit up the sky was lightning, and everyone could clearly see that two holes were bitten out of his gloves.
Beads of blood quickly poured out of the wound and were dispersed by the rain pouring down from the edge of the umbrella.
He endured the pain and removed his gloves, and Sven's face turned white with pain.
Song Qingxiao watched this scene thoughtfully, and had a new understanding of the tenacious vitality of the mutated creatures on the island.
"What are these things?"
The wounded scientist held his blood-dripping trembling hand, couldn't even grasp the umbrella, and fell to the ground, and the rain beat his hair, making him extremely embarrassed:
"Perhaps, perhaps, bats."
He had only glanced at it at a cursory glance before, and made a rough estimate, and his tone was uncertain when he spoke.
After all, with the change of genes, the appearance and characteristics of many animals have long been very different from the original original form, and no one dares to guarantee this at this time without DNA testing.
"Bats? How do bats end up in the ocean? ”
I don't know if it's because of the lack of ability, or other reasons, before Mr. Zhou and the others came out, No. 7 had already regained his human form.
"What's more, bats don't have echolocation capabilities, how can they crash into boats?"
She frowned, there was still a wound on her shoulder, her face was pale at this time, and she threw several questions in a row:
"What's more, there are too many of them."
"These mutated creatures look similar to bats, and they rest during the day and haunt at night, gathering in groups, which is in line with the characteristics of bats."
The bitten scientist's face turned pale, and Mr. Zhou signaled him to retreat under the eaves of the ship to treat his wounds.
If you want to go to the island to obtain the genes of mutant animals and continue Mr. Zhou's research, these scientists cannot be harmed, and Mr. Zhou specially sent two bodyguards with guns to follow him.
Several other scientists stayed behind and, after listening to Seven's questioning, answered her question:
"As for the number and why it crashed into the ship, it may be related to genetic changes."
When the scientist who spoke said this, he subconsciously glanced back at Mr. Zhou.
Song Qingxiao saw his expression in his eyes, and a thought came to his heart.
Mr. Zhou's experiment was flawed back then, otherwise he would not have abandoned such an excellent experimental base.
If her guess was true, and the scientist who spoke was not wrong, it was indeed the bats that attacked the ship tonight, then she could basically guess what happened to Mr. Zhou's experiment back then.
"Do bats have a high reproduction rate?"
Song Qingxiao suddenly opened his mouth to ask, and the scientist pushed his glasses a little embarrassed, the rain was very heavy, almost the sea and the sky were connected by rain, and it made a 'crackling' sound on the umbrella, and quickly extinguished the fire that had just been ignited.
But the umbrella couldn't stop the rain, and a lot of it still poured into the wind, knocking dense droplets of water on his glasses.
He wanted to reach out and take off his glasses and wipe them clean, but he couldn't do it several times, but because the wind and rain were too strong, he almost couldn't hold the umbrella steadily, Song Qing looked down on him, and reached out against the rain to grab the umbrella in his hand, and held it for him, so that he could free his hands.
"Thank you."
He whispered, took off his glasses and wiped them, and said:
"The reproduction rate of bats is not high, they are mammals, and because of hibernation, etc., there is a phenomenon of delaying fertilization."
As soon as the scientist's voice fell, Song Qing urinated and showed a smile.
In other words, if it is determined that the mutated creatures that attacked the ship tonight are bats, they will hit the ship in large numbers, which is completely opposite to some of the characteristics of bats.
What is noteworthy is that their claws are sharp, their bodies are huge, and their destructive power and hunting ability are far greater than those of bats in everyone's perception.