After Uncle Wei left, the house was almost completely open to Pan Weining and Feng Yi.
In the past, the only things that Uncle Wei valued here were the meteorites in the underground warehouse, and nothing else of value.
Now, most of the meteorites have decided to change hands. Uncle Wei has already given them to Feng Yi in advance. There is nothing that the owner cares about here, so just a few people can do whatever they want.
Feng Yi and Wen Zhiyu were not interested in this house. Feng Yi wanted to study meteorites, but Wen Zhiyu and Pan Weining both decided to go out for a walk. Feng Yi also went with them to see where in this town suitable for buying land.
Uncle Wei's meteorite hunter friend hadn't come back yet, so Feng Yi and the others drove around Tuojia Town first, but this time they didn't go to the shops to buy handicrafts, but to see the place.
If Feng Yi wanted to buy land and build a house here, he had to have an idea in mind.
As the car drove on the driveway, Wen Zhiyu looked at the buildings outside: "Another unfinished building that has been standing there for so many years. Who knows what could happen inside. Even if you buy it, it's best to push for reconstruction."
The unfinished buildings in the small town look particularly desolate.
Tuojia Town is not big, and there are not many traffic lights on the road. The road is smooth, and it does not take long to travel through all the main roads here.
A few people went back to have a meal at noon, rested at home, and then went out again.
This time it was the direction out of town.
Their car was parked on the edge of the town. From here, they could see the town street scene and the Gobi Desert in the distance.
Several people got out of the car and walked around outside.
"Further along this road, there is a large lake. There is basically no shortage of water in Tuojia Town." Pan Weining pointed to a green belt and said, "But there are occasional power outages here. If you want to build a house here, you have to
Be prepared for this.”
Feng Yi responded a few times and was about to say something when he suddenly paused. He raised his head, discerned the direction of the wind and the changes in smell information brought by the wind, and frowned.
Pan Weining saw Feng Yi's expression was different and asked: "What did you find?"
"In that direction, there may be some places that are infested by rats." Feng Yi said.
Wen Zhiyu smiled and said: "It is indeed the nose of an expert from the Joint Security Bureau! You can smell it from such a distance!"
He said with a somewhat sad tone: "After the abnormal climate period, the natural enemies of rats have decreased so much. These rodents can prosper! Every year, we hear about rat plagues everywhere, and the city is not very good. I can't stand it anyway.
Every time these little guys make the most noise, I run to Mouse Villa!"
Feng Yi listened, and it took him a while to react, "Mouse Avoiding Villa? Where?"
Wen Zhiyu: "I'm not sure. Make a list of goals and compare them every year. Go wherever there are fewer rats."
Pan Weining looked in the direction Feng Yi said, feeling a little worried. He took out his cell phone and sent a message to his uncle:
[Uncle, is there a rat infestation in the place you passed by? 】
There was no reply right away. After a while, a new message came over:
[I just received a pop-up warning! There is a rat plague! There is a swarm!]
Pan Weining was worried and dialed the number directly. This time the call was answered quickly.
Pan Weining: "Uncle, what's going on with you now? Where are you?"
Uncle Wei was relatively calm: "The road is blocked. Many cars on this road have received pop-up notifications and have temporarily stopped on the road. The windows have been closed now."
Having experienced periods of abnormal weather conditions, we have corresponding measures in place to deal with various disasters and provide timely notifications.
Where the rats are about to pass, vehicles on some lanes have gradually stopped in preparation for defense.
Just wait until the rat swarm passes. There are dedicated people who will handle it, so there is no need for them to do anything.
If the vehicle does not stop, the rats may cause chaos and accidents as they pass by.
Uncle Wei spoke calmly, but Pan Weining could also tell that the situation was worse than he expected.
"Cluster? Is it so serious? Didn't we start preparing for it early this year?"
"There must be some places where the work was not done properly and was done perfunctorily, and now something happened."
After talking on the phone with Pan Weining, Uncle Wei looked out the car window.
This was not the first time he had experienced this kind of thing, and he didn't feel scared, just a little irritated.
Inexplicably irritable.
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The sudden encounter with a group of rats delayed his trip, or perhaps there was a period of waiting. The feeling of waiting was not pleasant.
Soon, black and gray or dark brown figures appeared in the line of sight.
Uncle Wei showed a look of disgust.
These figures passed through the gaps between and under the vehicles.
The closed windows blocked out a lot of sounds, and I couldn't hear the screams and roars from other vehicles.
Take your eyes back and stop looking.
His mood was a little confused at first, but he became even more irritated when he saw those pictures. Uncle Wei closed his eyes, leaned on the chair to rest, and thought about some things quietly, such as the next investment and project plan.
He could ignore what was going on outside, but the two bodyguards were always vigilant.
Before setting off, they told Pan Weining that no one would block the way.
Indeed, no one blocked the way.
But, those who are blocking the road are not human beings! They are blocked here by a group of rats! I just hope that the rats will pass by quickly!
The security guard sitting next to Uncle Wei noticed the change and rushed over to protect Uncle Wei.
The next moment, the car body was hit!
It was a car from behind. It drove past quickly from the sidewalk next to it, but it drove unsteadily due to the rats and even scraped several cars next to it.
Uncle Wei's car was also scratched from the side. The impact was not serious, but the sudden impact made Uncle Wei unsteady. He was protected by bodyguards and did not hit anything. However, the box in his hand was damaged due to this accident.
It fell off due to impact.
After recovering, Uncle Wei didn't pay attention to what happened outside at all, but hurriedly picked up the fallen box. Seeing that his employer was fine, the bodyguard continued to pay attention to the outside. The car had already driven away, and there was no one behind him for the time being.
The car drove in an emergency. However, the driving recorder had already memorized the license plate of the car. Just when I was about to ask my employer how to deal with this matter, I saw my employer's face turned pale and looked like he was greatly shocked.
"Mr. Wei, what's wrong with you?" the bodyguard asked. Uncle Wei ignored them.
At this moment, Uncle Wei was only staring at the refrigerator in front of him.
The refrigerator was dropped just now, and the display screen showed that there was no problem. However, to be on the safe side, Uncle Wei still performed the self-check procedure to see if there was any fault.
However, the self-test program failed!
He usually seems aloof, but after all, he has experienced a lot. As soon as he discovered that there was something wrong with the self-examination program, he had a bad association.
In the car, when the two bodyguards saw this, they did not dare to disturb him and breathed softly.
Uncle Wei looked gloomy and seemed to be on the verge of collapse.
After pressing the button several times, Uncle Wei stared at the display screen on the refrigerator, trembling his lips, unable to speak for a while. Finally, as if he mustered up the courage, he pressed the password and opened the refrigerator.
.
The heavy box is opened.
The temperature inside the box, which should be in a low temperature state, is about the same as the surroundings.
There is a small tube inside, which contains a small half tube of liquid.
This is the "treasure" that Uncle Wei spent a lot of money, a lot of time and energy to get!
Uncle Wei took a few deep breaths and said to the bodyguard: "Where is the spare cooler?!"
The voice was trembling, as if he was suppressing emotions.
The bodyguard in the back seat quickly dragged out the spare refrigerator. Uncle Wei pulled him over, opened the refrigerator, and adjusted the temperature and mode. However, he found that this was also an inexplicable malfunction! The display showed normal, but the temperature inside the box could not drop at all.
Come down!
"I***!"
Uncle Wei slammed the box down, cursed angrily for two minutes, took out his cell phone and called the friend he had invested in.
When the call was connected, Uncle Wei's voice was tight:
"Um, do the treasures of the Ancestor Y series have to be stored at low temperatures?"
"Definitely, it is easy to inactivate when the temperature is high. What we are interested in in this project is some mysterious active proteins in it. If it is inactive, we can still study it..."
The person on the other end of the phone realized something was wrong and asked nervously: "Did you forget to refrigerate it?!"
Uncle Wei took a deep breath: "I remember! I also specially prepared two refrigerators! But I didn't expect someone to tamper with my refrigerator! I didn't know until now that this thing doesn't cool! I should have thought of it.
It was still cold when I put it in, and now it doesn’t work at all!”
The person on the other end of the phone asked in a trembling voice: "What's the ambient temperature over there?"
Uncle Wei looked at the temperature gauge inside the car: "24 degrees Celsius."
There was no sound on the other side of the phone, but I could hear rapid breathing. I wonder if it was a shock.
Uncle Wei was furious. At this time, he was still very worried about his friend, fearing that he would be stimulated by the news and pass away.
"are you OK?"
"I'm not good!" the other side howled, "I finally waited for this! Wu——"
Compared with the other party's immediate collapse, Uncle Wei calmed down at this time. He said:
"The active substances inside may not all be deactivated, maybe they are still okay? What are the characteristics of the Y series in the active state?"
The person over there thought for a while: "If it is a transparent mixture, nothing can be seen, but there may be a difference in smell. The mixture in the active state has a very sharp and cold smell, and I don't know what to do.
To describe it, if I really want to say it, it’s like being slapped in the head and then standing on the Antarctic continent and feeling the bloody wind!”
Uncle Wei: "...let me take a look."
The other side said: "Do you really want to open it and take a look? Or you should take it to the laboratory first and then open it. After opening, it will be exposed to air and dust impurities, which will deactivate it faster."
Uncle Wei: "I feel uncomfortable because I'm not sure! If it's already inactivated, there's no need for me to drive so far to send it to the laboratory!"
The other person hesitated for a moment and then said: "Then open it and smell it. Keep the phone on. I want to know the result as soon as possible!" Uncle Wei turned on the speaker of the phone, put it aside, and took out the small tube placed in the box.
"This thing is real, with anti-counterfeiting labels and protective buckles." Uncle Wei said, removing the protective buckle on the small tube, using gentle force, and carefully unscrewing the small tube.
Then he leaned over and smelled it.
The person on the other end of the phone didn't hear anything and couldn't help but ask: "How is it?"
Uncle Wei: "It doesn't seem to have any smell, let alone the cold and bloody feeling you mentioned."
The person on the phone was extremely disappointed: "It's over...it's over. Uncle Wei didn't say anything anymore."
He held the small tube and looked out the window absently.
He didn't know if he should be grateful to these clusters of rats. Without them, he might not have found out that he had been tricked until a day later.
"Nothing lasts forever."
Before setting off, he told his nephew that he would make a lot of money. Now, everything has become bleak.
I regret not being cautious enough, regretting letting people find loopholes to manipulate...
But all regrets are useless now.
He was still blocked on this road, watching the arrogant rats running around outside the window.
Glancing at the pipe still in his hand, Uncle Wei screwed on the cap and said to the bodyguard in the driver's seat: "Turn up the ventilation."
In the ventilation system inside the car, the air sucked in from the outside has been filtered and disinfected through multiple layers to reduce the occurrence of diseases.
The turbid air with various smells in the car is exhausted from another pipe.
"Although this 'baby' smells odorless, no one knows whether it will cause any harm to the human body. If you provide more ventilation, you don't know when these rats will disperse..."
Uncle Wei looked out the car window and his eyes narrowed.
Outside the car, the group of rats that were scurrying around arrogantly fled away as if they suddenly encountered some danger.
There was an empty area around where their car was. Any rats that came from behind would make a big circle to avoid it.
Uncle Wei:!!!
What the hell?!
Does anyone around here use rat repellent?
He looked at the cars in front and behind him, and then compared the surroundings of his own car. Uncle Wei's eyes returned from the window and fell on the small tube in his hand.
After waiting for a while, the "empty area" outside the window gradually shrank, and the rats of the rat group approached again.
Uncle Wei unscrewed the cap of the tube but kept staring outside.
Soon, the approaching rats began to panic and avoid them again, and the "empty area" that had just disappeared appeared again!
Wei Xiao
My uncle swallowed and closed the lid.
After a while, it opened again.
Close again.
Open again.
Looking at the rats outside: panic - calm - panic...
Uncle Wei's face was still pale due to the blow just now, but at this moment, his originally dark eyes were surprisingly bright, as if there was a ball of fire burning.
He picked up his cell phone and told his investment friend, "I suddenly have a new idea!"
…
In Tuojia Town, Pan Weining, Feng Yi and the others were still outside looking at the Gobi scenery.
Wen Zhiyu was talking to Feng Yi about the techniques for finding meteorites. Feng Yi had never come here to look for meteorites before, and all he had was theoretical knowledge, while Wen Zhiyu, no matter what, still had some practical experience. Whether it is reliable or not is another matter.
Pan Weining was absent-minded, thinking about his brother-in-law. He didn't know what was going on there now.
Ding--
The new message reminder on the phone was from Uncle Wei.
Pan Weining quickly opened it to check.
Brother-in-law: [Xiao Ning, something happened here with my uncle, and I have a new idea, and I plan to give it a try. There are some risks, and I don’t know if it will work in the end. If it fails, the paintball club will have to give
You buy two-fifths of one and buy the "Paintball' instead of the 'Club'."