The bug-men hid for several days. John arranged for manpower to observe the movements of the bug swarm every day. Because there was Mick in the team, this task became very easy. He could grasp the general situation of the bug swarm without even leaving the hole.
Condition.
The situation on Buha Island is similar to what John expected. The swarm of insects has captured the entire island and has sieved the entire island from top to bottom. There are no traces of insects above and below the trees, in caves and rock pits, as long as they can hide people.
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The cave where the bug-men hide is also within the search range of the bug swarm. Many people hope that Mick will use pheromones to deceive the bug swarm, but this idea is blocked by Carter. His opinion is very clear. It doesn't matter how many giant bugs come.
Let them see if they want to, as long as no bugs come.
The insect-men who have survived to this day are not short of brains, and they immediately understood what Dr. Carter meant.
Bugmen have no brain at all and can only understand the simplest commands. Their simple brains may be able to distinguish between humans and bugmen, but they absolutely cannot recognize the difference between the bugmen in the cave and the bugmen they usually see.
Insects never rely on their eyesight to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, they rely on pheromones!
To put it in a more understandable way, bugs, like dogs, rely on their sense of smell.
It's just that what they smell is not a smell in the usual sense, but a special chemical substance called pheromones.
“We all have Mick to thank!”
During the time they were trapped in the cave, John said this several times, and others agreed with it.
Indeed, without Mick, no one would be able to escape the swarm of insects. More importantly, Mick used his special ability to lure several giant bugs in heat over, and several soldier bugs worked together to kill the giant bugs.
They were dragged into the underground river and slaughtered, and the insect meat was used as rations to fill everyone's stomachs.
As for whether doing this will attract the attention of aliens... Don't be kidding. There are not only 10,000 but also 8,000 giant bugs on the island. The bugs don't know how to count, let alone name them. How can I know if there are less bugs?
The insect-men are not much better. They don't even know how many insect-men there are, let alone the number of giant insects.
This is a huge loophole, which is exploited by John and others.
After four full days, the swarm of insects that occupied Buha Island finally left, leaving only more than a hundred giant insects guarding the island.
There were more than sixty people here with John, and with Mick's cover, killing more than a hundred giant insects was like fun.
However, John did not want to expose his whereabouts, so he suppressed the idea of killing the giant insects. On a starry night, he led the insect men to send the sailing yacht into the sea, and everyone left Buha Island by boat.
The ship was small and crowded. Not only was the cabin filled with bugs, but there were also about ten of them lying on the deck.
The space of the yacht is not small. It is not a problem to accommodate more than 60 bugs. However, food and water must be prepared when going to sea. These things take up a lot of space. As a result, more than a dozen bugs cannot enter the cabin and can only stay on the deck.
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Fortunately, the temperature here is pretty good, so it's okay to stay on the deck.
After leaving Buha Island, Carter found an opportunity to intercept John: "John, if I remember correctly, your first destination is Garridan, right?"
"Yes." John nodded, "I think it's a perfect fit for us."
"Where is the right place?" Carter obviously had different opinions. "That's Beidu's territory. Shouldn't we stay away from them?"
The space on the sailboat was small, and many bugs nearby heard the conversation between the two. Many bugs immediately agreed and felt that Garridan was not a good target.
Carter added: "I don't want to question your decision, but I want to know why you chose Garridan."
"Okay, doctor, let me explain." John spread his hands helplessly, "The reason why I chose Garridan is because there is a garrison in Beidu there!"
The bugs were suddenly in an uproar. It was about everyone's life and death. No matter how high John's prestige was, he could not stop everyone's doubts.
John pressed his hand to signal everyone to be quiet. The discussion gradually stopped and everyone looked at John.
John said calmly: "I know, you think that we have just escaped from the hands of Beidu, so why are we moving closer to Beidu, but do you think I want to do this? I do this for the sake of our collective!"
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These words were so weird that they caused everyone to yell again. The last voice overshadowed everyone: "I don't understand, why is this for all of us?"
John said: "It's very simple. We have too few manpower. We are no match for the aliens at all. We can only rely on Mick's special ability to deceive the insect swarm. We can't even deceive the insect people and continue to stay in Buha."
On the island, or any place occupied by aliens, we have to face swarms of insects, insect-men and even aliens. We only have so many people, and it is not enough to fill the teeth of the aliens. What if the aliens find something wrong?
, we will all die!”
"Are you going to take the initiative to defect to Beidu and let them lock us up again?"
John nodded honestly: "I do have this idea, but - this is the last, desperate, last resort, you know what I mean?"
Carter thoughtfully said: "You mean, this is the last resort?"
"Yes, that's what it means." At this point, John let out a long sigh, "There are only more than sixty of us. Although we are all strong, our manpower is really too small. I am very worried about us.
Whether you can survive by yourself alone, so you have to leave a way out... I think Beidu is a very good choice, what do you think?"
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one spoke.
In fact, everyone has a best answer in their mind. Some people's answers are the same as John's, but most of them are completely different.
It's just that people have a herd mentality. John gives an answer first. Even if others have other ideas, they will only think that they are in the minority and dare not or are unwilling to express their ideas.
After a while, Carter spoke again: "Then what are your plans? Contact Beidu immediately after landing in Kalidan, or..."
"Of course you can't do this!" John said, "I'm fed up with the life of house arrest. Unless it's life-threatening, I don't want to have anything to do with Bei Du!"
"Then what are your plans?" Carter asked again.
John said: "My plan is this, we can land anywhere...because there are satellites in the north, so after landing, we must immediately get into the jungle and hide... Carlos, if I remember correctly, the north is in Gary."
Dan’s garrison is not large, is it?”
"That's right!" Carlos said, "Their people are all on the west bank of Caledan, at the orbital elevator... But this news was heard by Phil. I don't know whether it is true or not."
