"If anything's strange, I just feel the faint aura of the forest around me, but because they're not living beings, I don't perceive anything more, I just feel like I'm being watched by thousands of pairs of eyes."

Ban Wan's description reminded everyone of the conjecture about plants, Song Siyuan pondered for a moment, and her eyes lit up: "Just now, we seemed to hear the rustling sound of leaves, and then we had auditory hallucinations to each other, could it be that these plants are releasing some poisonous breath that causes us to be like this." ”

Song Siyuan's words are by no means random speculation, she has speculated before that the genes of the animals and plants in Shennongjia are likely to be fused, and in this case, the characteristics of plants appear on the animals, so the plants must also have the characteristics of animals.

Plants that carry animal characteristics are probably not just plants, but probably have some agency, such as being able to actively forage for food, or attract animals to pass, or even release poisonous gases like Fang Cai to paralyze living creatures.

Ban Wan nodded: "It is indeed possible, the faint aura in the forest has changed, probably because of this." ”

Song Siyuan had Ban Wan's prompt, and it was already certain that it was the plants in the forest that made a rustling sound just now that caused this, and it is very likely that these trees and shrubs have some consciousness and can release certain smells through the leaves, making them feel as if they have experienced the transit of Yin soldiers without knowing it.

If you understand according to her words, these trees have certain biological characteristics, and may even have the consciousness of living creatures, realizing this, everyone only feels that the surrounding forest is very unfamiliar, and then looking at these trees, there is no longer an ordinary feeling of leisure, and even the breathing is weaker, for fear of being released by the forest again.

Yue Guanchao asked, "If the forest can release miasma, then why are we okay when we are white?" ”

Regarding this, Song Siyuan seems to have thought: "I think it is related to the habits of plants, plant white to absorb sunlight to maintain growth, at night will absorb waste gas, release fresh oxygen, and because of this, the forest in the morning, the air is the freshest." ”

"The basic habits of these plants probably won't change much, they are changed in animal habits, which can also be explained, and at the same time, these trees only release miasma after the Yin soldiers appear, and it is likely that these Yin soldiers can sense each other."

Speaking of this, she looked at everyone: "We're going to do an experiment to see what these Yin soldiers are?" ”

"You're trying to find someone to go down?"

Banshu asked.

Song Siyuan shook his head: "No, it's to find some prey, the energy of plants is limited, and they won't waste their strength in vain, they can cooperate with the Yin soldiers to create illusions, it is likely to be for predation, then, the purpose of these Yin soldiers seems to be clear, it's just that we have empty speculation but no evidence, I want to use the corpse of the prey to throw it down to try, maybe it is really useful, and I can also determine whether this thing is a yin ghost or not." ”

"Okay, we just happen to have some prey that we haven't slaughtered yet, so let's use it first."

After that, the Ghost Fang Sect asked the other craftsmen to bring up the wild boar they had just caught, and after bleeding from the wound, they tied a strong hemp rope and threw it under the high platform through the open porch.

Plop!

The boar howled and fell into the ground under the high platform, and with the bloody smell of the wound, it quickly attracted the Yin soldiers, and they first surrounded the wild boar, making sure that the wild boar would not escape, and then surrounded it.

These Yin soldiers surrounded the wild boar, and after a while, the sound of the wild boar was already weakening, and even no longer made a sound, only wandering near the Yin soldiers, and falling to the ground with the Yin soldiers.

At this time, the Yin soldiers continue to decompose into light spots, completely covering the wild boar!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yue Guanchao and Xu Xiake pulled the rope and pulled the wild boar to the table, and when they were pulling the wild boar just now, the light spots on its body gradually dispersed, and only the light spots near the wound still remained on the body.

Xu Xiake took out the water bottle that had been drunk, covered the two spots of light and quickly closed the lid, and then returned to the attic through the corridor door, and quickly closed the doors and windows tightly.

"We caught two spots of light, I don't know what they are, you guys take a look first."

Xu Xiake took out the kettle and handed it to Song Siyuan, everything they saw was so-so, and only Song Siyuan had the consciousness of categorization, and could roughly see what the light spot was.

Song Siyuan picked up the flashlight and covered the lamp head over the belly of the glass kettle, and through the penetration of the light, the light spots in the bottle were also seen by everyone

Everyone looked closely, and when the light of the spot was faint, its true form gradually appeared, which was an extremely transparent flying insect.

When they emit light, the transparent body is basically hidden, which gives people a feeling of being completely disembodied, and at this moment, the flying insects are flying back and forth in the bottle, like a spot of light constantly changing, it can be seen that it is not the ghost of the Ghost Fang Sect at all, there is a ghost fire.

Under the light of the flashlight, the details of the flying insects gradually come into view:

The backs of these insects are covered with a pentagonal diamond-shaped hard shell, which can be split in two from the middle, and you can see that the four transparent wings stretch outward like leaves, and the light source also comes from the back of the insects, and the light source inside is constantly flickering and extinguishing, transmitting light to the wings.

Under the wings, there is a flat body that is almost translucent, and the pentagonal diamond-shaped structure of the insect's back just makes the insect's back form a face contour, and at the same time, the undulating back contains luminous organs, and also forms a human face with a nose and eyes, as if the insect is flying with a miniature human face on its back, and everyone can see that their scalps are straight.

On either side of the insect's skull, two round balls have red dots all over their eyes, tentacles and mouthparts curled out, and eight legs climb at will.

There is another one-inch-long tentacle on the top of the head, and it can be seen that there are spherical fluff at the root of the tentacles, which continue to shake the light points as they fly, and it is the powder scattered by these things that produces a little crystal streamer, as long as the insect flies up and down, you can always see the light particles diverging more than once.

"Underneath, are there really completely transparent flying insects? Even if it's a firefly, it's only a glow in the belly, and it's not transparent. ”

Yue Guanchao looked through the skin of the flying insect and could directly see the dynamics of the abdomen, as if a layer of transparent lard wrapped the many insect organs of the insect.

Song Siyuan stared at the fluttering flying insects in the kettle and explained, "I can't name these animals for the time being, but I can be sure that they are self-luminous flying insects like fireflies,"

Yue Guanchao pursed his mouth: "Hey, everyone can see this, so what do you think of this flying insect?" ”

Song Siyuan nodded: "You, don't be in a hurry, knowing that it has the same luminous ability as the firefly, it is already many times stronger, I can be sure that this flying insect is a close relative of the firefly, and they use the way of emitting light in the body." ”

Such a bug can emit light entirely because of its special physiological structure - the abdominal organs of fireflies accumulate a lot of phosphorus-containing luminescent substances, which interact with oxygen to make the abdominal organs glow brightly.

"Well, and then what?" Everyone asked puzzled, wanting to see how Song Siyuan would explain next.

She paused, and her face became serious: "Since such organs can shine, it is clear that they belong to an extremely precise organ structure in a limited insect body, in nature, the more sophisticated the organ, the more calories to be consumed, just like the human brain, people will be hungry after thinking with their brains, it is because of the consumption of calories, in order to let the brain tell the operation, you have to eat sweets to replenish energy." ”

"The light-emitting organ of the worm, although it is not as precise as the human brain, is placed on the body of the flying insect, but it is an extremely precise organ, such a structure to self-lumine, must consume a lot of calories, which also means that they need more nutrients, but also have to absorb more phosphorus to accumulate in the abdomen, for the use of light."

"So!"

Song Siyuan's eyes lit up: "Then, such a bug will inevitably not be a vegetarian, because these flowers and plants dew drops or something, they can't provide so many nutrients at all, and they can support these flying insects to shine, so this kind of insect needs a lot of nutrients to maintain its function, so it must not be a vegetarian but hunting meat." ”

"Just!"

Song Siyuan's words changed: "With such a body, it is almost impossible to catch prey, so you can only obtain energy by hunting in groups, which also means that they must be dispatched and cooperated in groups." ”

"Think about it, the general situation of this creature has been speculated."

Everyone nodded one after another, according to Song Siyuan's explanation, the flying insect in front of him is a kind of carnivorous insect that hunts in groups to prey on large animals, if such an insect can exist all year round, it must have a very smart mind, coupled with the strange environment of Shennongjia, it is likely to form some tacit understanding with the tree, and use the tree to spit out poisonous gas, and then use the light to lure the living to create the illusion of the Yin soldier transiting, so as to confuse the living.

As a result, the appearance characteristics, organ characteristics, behavioral habits, and predation strategies of flying insects have been outlined.

It's just that, in the face of her speculation, everyone only thinks it's strange, can a bug really be so smart?

"So, how do they drive the plants in the forest and work with them?"

Regarding this point, Yue Guanchao was very curious.

Song Siyuan explained: "After the tree moved, we had visual and auditory hallucinations, which shows that the poisonous gas of the trees is also involved, we already know that the trees and flowers in Shennongjia are poisonous, and it is reasonable to emit miasma, which is the protection of plants from themselves, and it is also possible for insects to cooperate with plants." ”

She continued: "This kind of cooperation is not the kind of communication we think, but the tacit understanding that is similar to symbiosis, for example, when bees collect nectar, they will disperse pollen to other flowers, although the flowers have not communicated with the bees, but through the honey production habits of the flowers, they have completed pollination. ”