Chapter 174: Zombie Ants
"Really?" Mark enthuses, "Of course I wish I could see it!" ”
Everyone looked at Long Ling'er together, waiting for her wonderful performance.
"Okay!" Long Ling'er nodded helplessly.
Everyone saw Long Ling'er put his hand into his coat and groped for it, looking at the exaggerated movement, Xu Sure and the crayfish couldn't help but take half a step back.
"What kind of big guy is it, you actually spend so much time?" Zheng Bu asked strangely.
"Boss, she won't come out with a mud ball!" Fu Wei speculated that he still remembered the "Legend of Jigong" he saw when he was a child, and the living Buddha with great powers liked to do this kind of thing the most.
Just when everyone was waiting a little impatiently, Long Ling'er finally stretched out his hand.
"Alright!" Long Ling'er said proudly, "Finally found it!" ”
Several people looked at Long Ling'er's palm together, but they didn't see anything, and they took two steps forward without giving up, but they were still at a loss, could it be that thing was transparent?
"Nothing!" Wang Yuhan said angrily, "Are you fooling us?" ”
"This is it!" Long Ling'er pointed to a small black dot in his palm.
"What is this? Ant? Zheng Bu asked dumbfounded.
"That's right!" Long Ling'er nodded.
"How can there be ants this winter!" Ling Xing said, "Look at this, you won't be frozen to death!" ”
"Don't underestimate it, it knows how to read!" Long Ling'er said dissatisfied.
"Cut!" Everyone rolled their eyes, "What about the liar, if it can know words, then there will be no illiteracy in the world!" ”
"If you don't believe it, try it!" Long Ling'er looked around, then took a newspaper from the newspaper shelf and spread it on the table, "You name a word, as long as there is something in this newspaper, it can find it!" ”
"I'll come first!" Seeing that there was no danger, the crayfish jumped out again, "Today's 'day', look for it!" ”
Long Ling'er nodded, lowered her head and muttered to the ant, her voice was very soft, and everyone didn't hear what she was saying clearly, but the ant suddenly reacted, it shook its tentacles a few times, and then it wandered around the newspaper, it really looked like it was looking for something, and after more than ten seconds, it stopped on the word 'day' and didn't move.
"Ahh
"No, it must be blind!" Zheng Bu was not convinced, "Find another one, accompany the city's 'accompaniment'!" ”
As soon as Zheng Bu's words fell, Long Ling'er's lips squirmed again, and then the ant went straight to the word 'accompany'.
"Oh my God!" Mark habitually prayed, "This is amazing!" ”
Just when everyone was scrambling to try, Mu Yuan found a strange place, every time Long Ling'er controlled the ant, her lower abdomen would vibrate slightly, and her throat made the same move. He took a closer look at the ant, and found that the ant was covered in gray fluff, and that it was not very agile in its movements, but a little stiff.
"Zombie ants?" Makihara suddenly remembered a term he had seen in a science book earlier.
Zombie ants are ants that have been altered and controlled by fungi that lived 48 million years ago by releasing chemicals and turning into fungal puppets until they eventually die. This phenomenon has been confirmed by a team led by Dr. David PHughes of the University of Exeton in the United Kingdom, who found a special bite mark of an "ant zombie" on a fossilized leaf. The fungus, known scientifically as "Ophiocordyceps unilateralis", still exists, and the genus Cordyceps lateralis in Asian forests can control the behavior of the Lycephalanx ant.
The principle of Long Ling'er's control of ants should have the same effect as this fungus, the only difference is that Long Ling'er controls it through "ventriloquism", and this "ventriloquism" is not spoken for ants to hear, but sound waves, a kind of sound waves that cannot be captured by the human ear but can control animals.
Nowadays, snake taming performances can often be seen on the streets of India, when the performer plays the flute, the cobra will swing with the rhythm of the music, in fact, the snake's perception of sound is very slow, but it is very sensitive to trembling, the snake tamer takes advantage of this, but in the eyes of the audience, I really think that the cobra is dancing to the beat of the music, which is a kind of trick.
"Muyuan, China is such a magical country!" Mark felt like he had gone back to his childhood and rediscovered the state of mind he had when he first saw magic, "It's amazing, it's different from what I've ever learned or seen before!" ”
"Hehe, Mark, isn't that the magic of magic!" Makihara said with a smile.
Mark grew up in the United States, where most of American magic tricks are performed with techniques and props, and some of the world's most famous magic tricks are large-scale props, and this kind of Gu magic that has been passed down for thousands of years is a completely new understanding.
"Mu Yuan, you have to talk to this angel, I have to learn too!"
"Good! You just learn it with the crayfish. Mu Yuan nodded, "I can guarantee that what crayfish can learn, you will definitely be able to learn!" ”
"Makihara, I must invite you to join my team in the next World Magic Competition!" Mark excitedly said, "I'm going to let the world see these amazing performances!" ”
"As long as the conditions allow, we will definitely participate!" Mu Yuan nodded, "I also hope that the crayfish can go out and see a bigger stage!" ”
At one o'clock in the night, when Mu Yuan and Long Ling'er returned to the courtyard after sending everyone out, a black sedan drove behind the two and stopped at the gate of a courtyard not far away. Mu Yuan only saw a side face, but he felt that the person was very familiar.
"Dad, you're here!" A familiar voice came.
"Go in and talk!" The man seemed a little upset, reprimanded, and hurried into the courtyard.
"It seems to be that Zeng Da Shao!" Long Ling'er whispered, "And when I came, I saw Jinghe walking in the yard!" ”
"Are you sure?" Makihara asked.
"Of course, such a big score, walking like a duck, three steps at a time, how could I be wrong!"
"If that's the case, then we're in big trouble!" Makihara frowned.
"What are you afraid of?" Long Ling'er walked into the courtyard and instigated, "We just toss, someone will come to deal with the aftermath!" ”
"You're talking about your old witch again?"
"More than that!" Long Ling'er said with a smile, "There are at least a few more now, and the two masters of Nanxuan and Beiyi will definitely not sit idly by!" ”