"The soil here is different from the outside. [Ran^Text^Library] []”

Luo Qi squatted down, reached out to pick up some dirt, and spilled it out.

The scattered dirt fell into the water in the drainage ditch that had not yet dried up, causing countless ripples and shattering the reflection on the water.

"So, maybe these particles can only grow here."

"Elsewhere, there shouldn't be."

Hearing this, Zhang Chunjun pursed his lips slightly, and lowered his head to look at the shadow that was shattered by ripples in the ravine in front of Luo Qi.

The old man was silent for a while, and said with some doubts: "Xiao Luo." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Are these particles also present outside the forest?"

"Isn't it?"

A flash of spiritual light appeared in Zhang Chunjun's mind like a bolt of lightning.

At that moment, Zhang Chunjun opened his mouth slightly, and his old face was full of horror.

"That's right."

Luo Qi's voice was low, verifying Zhang Chunjun's thoughts at that moment.

He stood up, straightened his waist and leaned forward again, and sighed, "These particles should be a plant that grows underground. ”

"And if these plants are naturally generated, it's fine."

"But to deal with the mouths of hundreds of thousands of rats, the number of these plants must be very large."

"And yet, I think."

"So many plants have to survive in the dark underground away from the abundant sunlight."

"There have to be so many of them, and this is definitely not going to be a normal plant."

"The only plant I can think of is the one that feeds on humus."

"Actually."

"I did find a grain with roots at the end."

"Yet."

Zhang Chunjun slowly came back to his senses from his stunned expression.

He slowly closed his mouth, and said in an extremely tired tone: "If it is really a fungus plant, then these things cannot carry out aerobic respiration and photosynthesis on their own, and they can survive completely by parasitic on other plants and absorbing the nutrients of other plants." ”

"But there are no such nutrients in the ground and soil here."

"In other words, the nutrients that these particles rely on for survival should not be the soil, but the organic matter buried in the soil."

The old man swallowed the saliva in his mouth, paused for a while, and then his teeth chattered, and he said tremblingly: "And if it is really organic matter buried deep in the ground, how much can this organic matter be in total?" ”

"No matter how many there are, they will definitely not be able to satisfy the mouths of more than 100,000 mice."

"After all, more than 100,000 rats are concentrated in one place, and the food consumed is not less than 10,000 people."

"You can't just rely on the organic matter under the ground."

"In other words, it's quite possible that there's something for those green particles that has found enough organic matter."

"That's right."

Luo Qi nodded, and said to Zhang Chunjun, "When I found those particles, I had already deduced that those rats found enough organic matter for those particles. ”

"It's like I once saw on TV a leafcutter ant that lives in the jungle."

"Those ants feed the whole colony by collecting leaves to raise mushrooms."

"It's not just leafcutter ants."

Zhang Chunjun nodded, his tone gradually returned to normal, and his voice was unusually calm: "There are termites living in Africa." ”

"It also relies on the cultivation of mushrooms to maintain the survival of the entire population."

"In fact, there are many species of ants, and they all rely on one way or another to ensure the food of the entire large population, and in this way, to maintain the survival of the entire population."

"But apart from social social insects like ants, I really haven't heard of other animals growing fungi or grazing aphids, which are similar to some kind of behavior in human society."

Zhang Chunjun paused again, suppressed the fear and uneasiness surging in his heart with all his might, and said, "In other words, there has never been a rat in this world that can grow mushrooms. ”

The old man licked his chapped lips and was silent for a while before he said, "Xiao Luo." ”

"Could there be another possibility?"

"Could it be, these particles are not the same as those mushrooms that live on organic matter."

"Could it be, these particles don't survive on decaying organic matter, but on something else."

"After all, we had never seen anything like this before the disaster."

Hearing this, Luo Qi was silent.

He bit his lower lip silently, pondered for a long time, and then whispered, "Headmaster." ”

"Maybe."

"Maybe things are really as you say."

Luo Qi said something that made Zhang Chunjun feel at ease, but in fact, Luo Qi knew very well in her heart at this time that even the old man would not believe the explanation he said.

Luo Qi suddenly curled the corners of his mouth, and said in an extremely soft tone: "Headmaster." ”

"Actually, even if the rats can grow mushrooms, what is it?"

"After all, the rats have already punched their holes together."

"Every mouse is smarter than an ant."

"It's not surprising that the ants can do what the rats do, right?"

Luo Qi smiled, turned around and returned to the campfire, and sat down cross-legged.

Zhang Chunjun turned around and looked at Luo Qi, who was sitting back by the bonfire, with a relaxed expression.

He suddenly remembered his purpose, he wanted to relieve the depression in Luo Qi's heart, but he didn't expect that in the end, he would ask Luo Qi to comfort himself.

He also understood why Luo Qi didn't tell Li Yuangang about these things.

For a long time, man has prided himself as the primate of all things.

And what is the basic difference between man and animals that man has summed up for a long time?

People conclude in books that the reason why they are better than other animals is that they are better at using tools.

But now, if someone who made such a summary found that there were rat-like mammals, what would they feel after they started farming?

I'm afraid that he will feel the same coldness to the bones and infinite fear as Luo Qi.

The glow of the bonfire illuminated Luo Qi's pale face.

Luo Qi, who had a relaxed face, slowly closed her eyes in the firelight.

The look of relief on his face was gone.

His face was expressionless, and he began to touch the coldness in front of his forehead.

At this moment, he really felt the urgency of time, and he didn't dare to relax for a moment.

Zhang Chunjun saw that Luo Qi had closed his eyes, couldn't help but sigh in a low voice, and walked to the canvas tent with an extremely gloomy face.

When the old man suppressed the fear in his heart and the panic on his face, he walked into the canvas tent as usual, and lay down on the cotton cloth and began to rest.

In another tent, He Shiyun, who listened to the movement outside the tent with the heat flow in her body, opened her beautiful eyes slightly, but hesitated for a while before closing her eyes again.