Chapter 197: Cockroaches
"Everyone hurry up, there is a good way to walk from Daxing District to Dongcheng District." Liu Chang shouted: "Every day, have you seen a parrot?" ”
"No, I don't know where I ran." Tian Tian put on his coat and ran towards Liu Chang with his backpack on his back, "The weather is getting colder and colder, I guess I should hide in a place to keep warm, but I left him a mark and a message in the place agreed before, if he wants to find us, he should be able to find it." ”
"That guy still knows how to read?" Li Feng also caught up from behind--their feet were naturally not as fast as Liu Chang's, so he was a little out of breath.
"It's easy to recognize, but it's not complete." Tian Tian looked behind him, "Why is that guy Zhou Kai so slow?" ”
"I guess I'm arranging something." Liu Chang waited in place for a while.
Liu Chang stood in place, and four or five kilometers in front of him, another person also stopped here.
Li Qingshui was walking, and suddenly saw a passing cockroach at his feet, the cockroach had just come out of the soil, and then after seeing a pair of big feet, he probed his brain for a moment, and then drilled back again.
However, Li Qingshui, who was already interested in it, naturally would not let it get his wish - bent down and grabbed the cockroach that was about to escape into his hand, Li Qingshui looked at this disgusting little thing.
Sharp teeth, covered in armor - it moves silently, and it is extremely proproductive.
Extremely strong!
In this world, in addition to bacteria and viruses, among the "large" species, the most reproducible species are flies and cockroaches. In the past, when human beings ruled the world, no matter how advanced human technology was, no matter how much they stood at the top of the food chain, and even regarded the elimination of cockroaches and flies as a very important thing to do - even so, they were still incomparably strong.
This is something that no other creature can do!
Humans have inadvertently exterminated many species - and almost none of them have been spared intentionally - but cockroaches and flies, no matter how good humans may be, never seem to be able to completely eradicate them - and even to shrink their habitat.
Because these two species - one is extremely vigorous, the other is extremely dexterous.
And they have a wide range of food sources, and their ability to reproduce is also terrifying!
It's horrible!
Although there are many varieties of cockroaches, before the end of the world, some people did statistical experiments - a pair of cockroaches (German cockroaches) can produce 100,000 offspring in a year - 100,000 in a lifetime - and flies are not weaker than cockroaches.
After the end of the world, although these two races did not grow larger and stronger on a large scale - because getting bigger and stronger required more food resources, which is not conducive to reproduction - they did use their ability to reproduce to the limit - they were everywhere - although they were not dangerous, they were sometimes eaten as food by the very hungry, and also gave other species the opportunity to provide food.
However, this does not prevent them from continuing to exist as an alternative hegemon on this planet.
Without it, but multiplying.
But no matter how strong they are, few humans pay attention to these two species anymore. Because they are not a threat, and in the last days, they don't seem to be as annoying as they used to be, so this creature, which used to be famous in human circles, seems to have suddenly fallen silent lately—until it appears in the hands of Li Qingshui.
"The top management of Yanjing seems to be too idle recently, and they have to find something to do." Li Qingshui pinched the ugly-looking little worm, as if talking to it, "Little guy, are you willing to help?" ”
"Squeak......" the little cockroach chirped.
"Oh? It has also evolved an organ, which is more conducive to calling friends and companions. Li Qingshui seemed to like the little guy in his hand more and more, and then he actually laughed, "Haha, since that's the case, I'll let you evolve again!" ”
Before the words fell, Li Qingshui pinched the fingertips of the cockroach, and suddenly stretched out some wicker-like things that were smaller than the tip of a needle, these wickers were very flexible, and there was a hideous sound like a "scream" intermittently, as if something was imprisoned inside, and even Li Qingshui himself could not fully control it.
"Oh, oh, relax, relax......" The cockroach in Li Qingshui's hand struggled instinctively after feeling the presence of these branches, and its sharp teeth bit into Li Qingshui's fingers, but it didn't cause the slightest damage there.
In the end, it still couldn't get rid of its fate of being pierced by the tiny wicker - after those screaming things pierced its body, it broke off at the root of Li Qingshui's fingertips, and entered the cockroach's body like a parasite.
Then, the cockroach swayed its body even more painfully.
But after doing all this, Li Qingshui didn't torture the poor fellow anymore, and after putting it on the ground, he watched the panicked guy flee into his lair - and Li Qingshui, who had done this, also had a little sweat oozing from his forehead - obviously more work than he had done before, and even a little tired.
"Don't let me down."
After leaving these words, Li Qingshui moved his feet again and left the place.
Five kilometers away.
"It's so slow, you." looked at Zhou Kai every day, "What are you going to do?" ”
"Arrange something." Zhou Kai wiped the sweat from his forehead, "The boss felt that the news of this place in Daxing District could not be lost, at least in the general direction, so I arranged a few informants." ”
"Are you the ones in the tent before?" Li Feng asked, "Is it reliable?" ”
"Nothing reliable or unreliable." A child interjected, "If there is news, he will send it here, and if he sends it, he will be paid, and this kind of employment system does not require many reliable people—as long as he still wants food, he will definitely come." When the time comes, I'll have to trouble you to run here. ”
"Uh......" Zhou Kai looked at this child who pretended to be old, and didn't know how to respond for a while.
There were also doubts about the other two new team members - they were a little unbearable that the three children were always pointing fingers at critical moments, which was a strange feeling - a three-year-old child, just above the knees of adults, used this immature voice to speak old-fashioned words, which gave people a sense of home, and not only that, but the rest of the team seemed to accept this role setting, which made the three of them feel outrageous.
"Just do as he says." Liu Chang nodded at Zhou Kai, and didn't explain too much - because at this time, no matter what kind of explanation, it seemed a bit redundant and embarrassing, and only after they had adapted to this team for a while could they fully accept this setting that broke common sense.
(To be continued)