Chapter 12: Wolves
When they arrived at the gate of the factory, they stepped on the white ground, and some noisy teams suddenly quieted down, and no one spoke, and after entering the factory, they dispersed, and after a while, they all disappeared into the huge factory area.
After Chu Fan followed the others for a while, he also picked a direction and moved forward alone.
It's like a small world wrapped in white, and the powder on the ground is dazzling, and even the dust is floating in the air.
Steel pipes and abandoned machines were everywhere, and I went around for more than two hours without finding the target of my prey.
Just when Chu Fan was a little disappointed, there was a sound of wings vibrating in his ears, and he immediately came to his senses.
Carefully lowering his pace, he turned around a wall in search of sounds, and behind the wall, a yellow insect the size of a half-palm, facing a white piece of powder, gnawed on a fragrant mouthpiece, and its sharp mouthparts did not stop for a moment.
This is the specialty of the cold foam mouth, the mutant wolf worm.
To be honest, the appearance of this wolf insect is really ugly, above the huge mouthparts, there are large half circles of compound eyes, four pairs of sharp insect legs, and the last pair is especially huge.
Just when he wanted to make a move, the wolf worm's chewing mouth suddenly stopped moving, and Chu Fan's right foot also stopped in mid-air, not daring to move, so sharp insect.
Chu Fan didn't dare to step forward again, followed the footprints he had walked, retreated, and the next few attempts were unsuccessful.
Look at the bugs that start to eat again, how good is this.
Just as he was at a loss, his left hand touched the small bag tied around his waist.
"How did I forget this?" Chu Fan untied the bag and took out a small red crystal block from it, and his fingers felt a slight tingle.
"Oops, it was thrown too close." Chu Fan felt uncomfortable continuing to pinch it, and he threw it casually with others, but the moment he made his move, he felt bad.
Sure enough, with the vigilance of the wolf insect, the crystal flapped its wings and flew away before it fell within five meters of it, such a reaction speed may only be able to be hit with a gun, Chu Fan was a little frustrated by this.
But he obviously underestimated the lure of the red spar to the wolf worm~ bewilderment, and after a while, the worm flew back again, swooping straight at the crystal, gnawing on it, and there was nothing else in its eyes.
Good opportunity, looking at the wolf insect with his back to him, Chu Fan raised the iron drill and slowly crouched and walked to its back.
But when the chisel in Chu Fan's hand was about to fork down, with a snap, a stone hit the wolf worm, which frightened it and flew away immediately.
Chu Fan raised his head a little annoyed, wanting to see who had let go of his victory fruit, but saw the cold leopard shaking his head at him not far away.
"Second Uncle Leng, why did you just go."
Chu Fan saw that it was Leng Leopard, and understood that he should have done something wrong, and the other party would do it, but he didn't know what was wrong for a while.
Leng Leopard looked at the young man's puzzled expression and smiled. "I'll just call you Xiao Chu, don't you understand why I drove away the wolf worm just now."
"Yes," the boy said truthfully.
"Just look at this." Leng Leopard said, unloading the basket from his back, and took out a wolf worm with a length of fifty centimeters, more than twice the size of the one he was about to catch just now.
"How can there be such a big bug?" Chu Fan looked at the insects in front of him and had a feeling of goosebumps.
"You often walk in the wilderness and you will know that such insects are not uncommon, I have seen many bigger than it, but ordinary wolf insects are naturally not so big, our wolf insects here have mutated since eating the raw materials in the chemical factory, and they have grown so big, that is, these under your feet." Leng Hu explained.
Chu Fan looked at the big wolf worm that the other party was carrying, and suddenly understood something.
"So, the one you want to catch is only a juvenile, the adult worm is at least about forty centimeters, if we people here want to survive for a long time, we must not consciously grave, except for the juvenile worm, the female worm with red belly cannot be caught because of the small number." Leng Hu said that this was a little more serious.
"I understand, Second Uncle Leng, I know what to do." Chu Fan nodded to the other party and said.
"Okay, you catch this for the first time, don't rush, it's more difficult to catch adults, be patient." Leng Hu smiled slightly, and walked away with the basket on his back.
In the following time, it was verified that Leng Hu's words were verified, and Chu Fan did not catch a single adult, they were more cunning and sensitive, and they were aggressive.
When night fell, dragging his tired body, Chu Fan returned to his place of residence empty-handed with the crowd of people who were catching wolves and insects.
Seeing that everyone lined up to go to Uncle Wang's place to get food, but the young man did not go over, he felt that he was not qualified to eat other people's food.
Returning to the wooden house bed~ and lying down, wiping his shriveled stomach, Chu Fan vowed to catch an adult worm tomorrow.
With a snap, something suddenly slapped on the face of Chu Fan, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, and the young man picked up the piece irritably and was about to throw it out.
"Meatloaf?" Suddenly, a burst of aroma reached his nose, and Chu Fan's stomach began to scream again, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that it was Leng Momo standing at the door, looking at him with a smile~ Mi.
"I heard you didn't catch anything today, and you didn't go to get food, you're stupid." The girl looked at Chu Fan with a smile.
"Thank you, I'll pay you back." Chu Fan's face was scornful, he looked at the meatloaf in his hand, hesitated for a moment and asked for it.
"Remember, you ate two more meals of my small treasury, don't deny it, you eat, I'll send a piece to the fifth aunt's house, her second treasure is sick and needs to eat more." After Leng Momo finished speaking, he turned his waist and walked towards a shack in the distance.
"Okay, I'll pay it back." Chu Fan looked at the girl's back, said silently, and began to eat in small bites.
Nothing was said all night.
The next day, Chu Fan got up earlier, and finally didn't let everyone wait any longer, picked up the tools and set off.
Although he didn't catch the wolf worm alone, he and another person worked together to catch one, which can be regarded as not busy.
On the third day, he was unlucky and found nothing, and on the fourth day, Chu Fan, whose body had basically recovered his health, finally caught an adult worm by himself and handed it over to Uncle Wang.
As the first time he caught his prey, Wang Boduo rewarded him with a piece of meat patty and a small dried worm with whirring meat.
This is the first time that Chu Fan has earned food by himself since he was a child, and it can be regarded as a novel experience.
When he returned to the wooden house, the young man unconsciously showed off a little bit on his face, intending to pay off the debt he owed the girl.
Just as he pushed the door, a low whimper came from inside the room.
Chu Fan was stunned for a moment, opened the door and walked in, and saw Leng Momo lying on the table crying with teary eyes, as if he was very sad.
"What's wrong with you?" The boy asked worriedly.
"Aunt Fifth is gone," the girl said in a choked voice, and then lay down and cried again.
"Gone, where are you going?" Chu Fan was a little confused.