Chapter 235: The worm that will die, the descendants will send it
Different from the insect organisms in other areas on the earth, the insects here have been exposed to the force field radiation of the meteorite core for a long time, causing most of the insects to have genetic mutations and become extremely large.
Take the burying beetle, a strange scavenger beetle, for example. The ordinary burying beetle is only 4.5 centimeters long at most, but the variant burying beetle here can reach up to 2.30 meters in size, which is as shocking as a military fortress.
human heart.
The mutated burying bugs maintain their original living habits. They are completely black in color and have two thick and long red tactiles on their heads.
For most insect organisms, the antennae are important organs in the burying bug, integrating functions such as smelling, touching and communicating. This touch is extremely sensitive, and even if the animal corpse is far away, the burying bug can smell the air
The smell of rotting corpses made the radar quickly detect the location of the corpses.
While flying towards the target, the burying bug will vibrate its wings and make special sounds to summon more companions.
After receiving the signal, soon other burying bugs will gather next to the animal carcass to participate in the burial work of the carcass.
Before burying a corpse, the burial beetles will first measure the size of the corpse to estimate the size of the pit, and then work together to bury the corpse in the soil. This process can take several hours or even days, depending on the size of the corpse.
time.
There is an old Chinese proverb that says, "You don't get ready if you don't have any profit." The reason why the burial beetle goes to great lengths to bury animal carcasses is certainly not out of pity and love.
Insects are not humans and have no consciousness. The reason why these insects go out early and come back late every day to bury corpses naturally has their own special purpose, that is, the corpses buried by burial beetles are prepared by them for the babies born in the future.
of food.
After the corpse is buried, the burying bug will lay eggs on the corpse, and the hatched larvae can eat the delicacies prepared by their parents and hide underground to grow and grow safely.
In nature, many insects spend their lives busy in order to survive and reproduce.
The burial beetle is one such insect.
Like the sanitation workers at the bottom of human society, burial beetles have been working hard in obscurity at the bottom of nature, never asking for anything in return.
It is precisely because of the selfless dedication of the burying insect and its objective role in environmental protection that people call this insect "nature's scavenger".
In addition to burying the carcasses of other animals, burying bugs also bury their own kind.
Burying bugs have their own graveyard.
After some family members or companions die, burying bugs will work together to transport the companion's body to the cemetery, carefully burying the companion's corpse in the soil just like burying a relative.
In other words, this strange mounded forest is a burial ground for beetles - a cemetery!
In this strange cemetery, every grave was once a living being. After these lives ended, they were buried here by their companions. Over time, they eventually formed such a large scale.
"I didn't expect that there would be such magical creatures in the world." Lin Shuhang sighed as he looked at the graves.
At this time, there was a strange "shushasha" sound in the forest, which sounded like countless sandworms crawling on the ground.
"There's a situation!" Lin Shuhang's heart skipped a beat and he instantly became more vigilant.
Listening carefully, he discovered that the sound was coming from this direction, which made Lin Shuhang even more nervous.
"Something is coming!" Lin Shuhang tightened his grip on the bamboo blunderbuss in his hand and said to the Crazy General on the side: "Crazy General, hide quickly."
After Lin Shuhang said this, he hid behind a big tree and hid carefully.
When the mad general saw this, he also knew that the situation was urgent and hurriedly got into the bushes nearby.
As soon as he hid his body, a group of uninvited guests broke into the graveyard.
This is a group of huge mutated burial beetles. Each of them weighs more than ten tons, and they look shocking.
These semicircular giant burial beetles are like military bunkers, slowly crawling towards this side with uniform steps.
After all, it was a behemoth weighing more than ten tons. As the swarm of burial beetles moved, the earth trembled.
"It's a mutated burial beetle!" someone whispered.
"Damn, why are there so many burial beetles?"
"Strange, what are they doing here?" There was a lot of discussion in the live broadcast room.
"What are you doing here? You must be burying corpses! Otherwise, do you think these bugs are here for a walk?"
"Yes, what was said above is correct. Burial beetles are scavenging beetles. There must be corpses in areas where burial beetles are active!" A netizen deduced: "These burial beetles must be here to dispose of corpses, otherwise they would not
Such burial beetles will appear all at once. And I infer that the corpse they are going to bury this time is very large, at least as big as the anchor and the crazy general."
"Come here to bury the body?" Lin Shuhang frowned after hearing this. He looked around in confusion and asked, "Where is the body? I didn't see any body nearby?"
"Anchor, let me tell you the truth!" Some netizens threatened Lin Shuhang and said: "These burial beetles are here to bury you and the crazy general."
"Bury me and the crazy general?" The netizen's words shocked Lin Shuhang.
Lin Shuhang frowned and said, "Isn't it possible? Aren't these bugs only interested in dead bodies? Crazy General and I are not corpses. We are both alive and kicking. How could they be here to bury us?"
Netizens asked: "Otherwise, why don't these burial beetles come earlier and later, but why do they come at this time? And why do they come in so many at once?"
"Yes!" Someone echoed: "If it is an ordinary-sized animal corpse, one or two burial beetles can handle it. So many burial beetles are dispatched at one time, obviously to deal with giant corpses."
"I'm sorry, don't get me wrong. The 'giant' I'm talking about is the size of you and the Crazy General." The netizen analyzed seriously: "This means that there is a high possibility that you and the Crazy General will suffer.
If you are attacked by these giant burial beetles, these giant beetles may bury you alive "!"
Buried alive? Hearing what netizens said, Lin Shuhang became more and more nervous. If this was the case, he would definitely have to fight these beetles. Thinking of this, Lin Shuhang couldn't help secretly clenching the bamboo gun in his hand.
He had already made the worst plan in his mind. If these burial beetles really came to bury him and the crazy general, as long as they dared to come close, he would rather die than surrender and use the "Giant's Gun" to attack them.
The strange thing is that at what Lin Shuhang thought was the most tense moment, the swarm of burial beetles suddenly stopped.
"Look, those insects have stopped!"
Seeing the swarm of burial beetles stopped, Lin Shuhang breathed a sigh of relief, but this did not mean that he and the crazy general were out of danger. God knows what those insects will do next? What if it is a prelude to an attack? Although it seems
Those bugs didn't find themselves with the crazy general, but who can say for sure? Maybe this was a method they used to confuse themselves.
Lin Shuhang hid nervously behind a tree, holding a bamboo gun and staring intently at the group of burial beetles not far away.
The atmosphere was extremely tense.
The stopped Burial Beetle slowly retreated to the side as if commanded by someone.
Afterwards, a giant burial beetle with gray-white tentacles slowly crawled over from behind.
This burial beetle seemed to be seriously ill. It moved very slowly, like an old man entering his twilight years, crawling slowly on the ground, and every step he took took all his strength.
"Is this the Insect King?"
There was a lot of discussion in the live broadcast room.
"Looks like the bug is sick?"
"Yeah, the crawling speed is too slow. I'm worried about it."
"It's not that it's sick, it's that this bug is old." Some netizens said: "This is an old burial beetle that is about to die. It seems that its life has come to an end, and the lamp oil will dry up, and it is not far away from death.
Far away."
"Old Burial Beetle?" Lin Shuhang frowned after hearing this.
"Yes!" the netizen whispered: "Look at the touch on its head. Other burial beetles have red touch, but this burial beetle's touch is gray-white, and its body and back are all red.
It’s covered in moss, so I’m sure it’s definitely a dying burial beetle!”
That netizen was right, this was indeed an old burial beetle that had only a few days to live.
In the magical nature, many creatures can accurately predict their lifespan, and the burial beetle is no exception.
As the oldest burial beetle in the entire race, it has lived in the Fuhe Rainforest for more than ten years, while most burial beetles only live for ** years.
This old burial beetle has a premonition that its time is short. According to the ancient tradition of the burial beetle race, it will rush back to its birthplace at the last second before the end of its life, where it will be buried by the descendants of the family.