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"How did she become like this?" Patriot didn't understand, this change was a bit too big, and it was strange to turn around and see another one.

"I don't know." Yelena folded her arms and watched Talula teach swordsmanship. She was not like before, wearing a knitted sweater and short skirt or simply a thick winter coat with plain long sleeves.

A white non-patterned dress without any additional decorations. A pendant like an ice lotus hangs on the slightly puffed chest. The skirt flutters like a lily blooming in the wind. Even such a simple The dress is still supported by her personal charm and temperament.

The only fly in the ointment is that his complexion is astonishingly ugly, there is no way, Lao Xia is really not good at costume design, this is not his job, he can't really put Yelena into a COS suit, and even if it is something like that, he won't do it.

Comparing Tallulah's fancy skirts, the white rabbit always feels like he has lost in some way, but he still lost to a guy like Tallulah who would never have the slightest bit of femininity without Alina staring at her .

"Well, that's fine." The Patriot didn't have that many thoughts. Tallulah looked normal now, normal in every sense, which reassured him a lot.

"How's the situation in the field?"

"It's still the same, but the alfalfa is mature, and the beehives have entered the stage of honey production. The output is not high. For the time being, it is only provided to Kalshi's medical station for the wounded and sick." Honey syrup, honestly, let alone in Usas , In other places, it is also an astonishingly extravagant patient ration, which cannot be industrially produced like sugar substitutes.

"Where's Boss Xia?" According to common sense, Xia Lin should be driving a tractor around at the moment, or researching something in the workshop, but now he is nowhere to be seen.

"Take Amiya and the others to catch insects on the mountain..." Yelena kicked the clods on the ground, "Didn't take me~" After the younger sister was born, the father took the younger sister to play Resentment.

"Hmm..." Patriot is not good at this kind of thing. In fact, he was not good at communicating with children, and he rarely interacted with his own son. After all, he spent almost [-]% of his life in the first half of his life. They all live on the battlefield, either at war or on the march.

"Sure enough..." Xia Lin squatted on the edge of a bush, holding an emerald green larva with tweezers and observed, "Is a new natural disaster coming..." The larva has obvious scars on its abdomen. It bulged abnormally, and a small cluster of origin stones protruded from the end.

In nature, when there is too much of a certain element, the bottom of the food chain is the first to be affected, and the bottom of the food chain excluding plants is insects.

"What is this?" Amiya wobbled over carrying a transparent insect box, and Xiaohong behind her grabbed her to prevent her from falling.

"Larvae of locusts" Xia Lin carefully put the larvae into the insect box. As an agricultural technician, preventing pests and diseases is a basic skill, and investigating harmful insects in the soil and fields is also one of the necessary daily tasks. Years for nothing.

"What are locusts?"

“A nutritious, high-protein food that can be deep-fried”

"Is it delicious?" The little brown rabbit didn't feel anything at all, but the red sister behind her was about to vomit.

"Should, but when there are too many, you can't eat it." When locusts live in groups, they will secrete some kind of pheromone that attracts the group, so that they can poison themselves and avoid natural enemies. Apart from aerial spraying, there is no way to stop it.

Even if the fire is ignited by using the phototaxis of locusts, it can only prevent the damage from expanding, but cannot completely prevent the plague of locusts, and the eggs and larvae of locusts can live underground for a long time. Centralized hatching will become a plague of locusts.

"By the way, Amiya, did you catch any interesting bugs?"

"I caught a beetle~" Xia Lin skillfully changed the topic, and the next question was not suitable for talking to children.

In the workshop, "Recently, I found that the locusts and several other insects on the nearby mountains and fields are enriched with source stones, which shows that I guessed that the air source stone particles and particle concentration affect natural disasters. The source stones are profound. Participate in the planet's meteorology, life activities, etc., and the use of origin stones by humans will disturb these, even if there is no human activity, this is a natural phenomenon."

"Insects... that is to say, you think this natural disaster may have come from insects?"

"Well, insects are enriched with source stones, and animals instinctively no longer prey on these infected insects in order to avoid their own ore disease, and their numbers will increase crazily, lacking predation by natural enemies, eventually forming a plague of insects, which lasts until all infections This natural disaster can only end when insects die from ore disease." Xia Lin said, this is the first time I have seen such a plague of locusts, but it is quite reasonable to think about it carefully.

"The only solution is to hunt them manually. However, I don't think the effect will be very good. Another way is to spray insecticides, but..." The use of highly toxic insecticides must be very cautious, especially It is an insecticide that can kill locust eggs and locust larvae. Basically, the speed of killing is not much slower than killing insects, and may even be a little faster.

"According to the growth of the larvae I caught, it will turn into a large-scale locust plague in June to July in summer. The insects will cover the fields like clouds and eat up all the crops and plants. "

Compared with other natural disasters in Terra, this is very easy to deal with, even for the people of Terra. The greenhouse planting in the mobile city will hardly leave soil and opportunities for insects such as locusts to hatch , and it is not easy for a large number of locusts to lay eggs in cities and surrounding wastelands that lack vegetation.

Compared with other natural disasters that have to run away within 2 to 8 weeks, the locust plague is very easy to solve and a kind of prevention, and the warlocks of Terra can also use the origin stone technology to detonate the origin stone particles in these insects to reach a large area deworming effect.

But no matter which solution it is, it is a means of confrontation when the locust plague has already broken out, and now they are still lurking in the ground, and it is a bit difficult for the larvae to jump around in the grass and thrive.

"So, what does this have to do with my clinic?"

"I'm going to use targeted insecticides, but they are very toxic. Even when they were designed, they were designed with an automatic degradation function, but within the time limit, based on a normal adult human's body size of 50 kilograms, it is about It requires skin contact with an amount exceeding 2mg/square meter to be fatal."

"I'm curious, did you design this kind of thing to really kill insects?" Kelsey always thinks that this is a highly effective poisonous gas, right?

"Theoretically speaking, it is indeed insecticidal, no matter what kind of insect it is. I mean, whether it is locusts or other insects, after spraying, it will be a silent spring."

The Star Alliance has never cared about the local ecological environment in the development of planets. Usually, it is violently washed away and then rebuilt into the earth's ecological environment. Not changing is also a change.

"Is there an antidote?"

"Almost none. The lethal time is about 20 minutes, and the best rescue time is about 7 to 8 minutes after the infection. Immediate injection of relieving agents can save it, but there will also be more serious sequelae."

Therefore, when spraying agricultural colonies, there are almost no living people left on the surface.

Well, the old Zerg farmers next door are not afraid of this. They play with this kind of organophosphorus poisons better than anyone else. Usually, this is the only time when humans and Zergs reach a consensus. For those who are engaged in agriculture, no matter what race they are, they hate pests and diseases. , naturally sprinkle pesticides together.

"So, at this stage, we need to let other people stay in the village honestly and don't run around, and the livestock and beehives on my side will be processed, but it is inevitable that some people will be contaminated with a small amount of poison, so, I advance Just let me know, by the way, I’ll send some of the relieving agent in a while, Dr. Kelsey, you have to take good care of the children recently, this thing is not a joke.”

Especially those children who are too young, such as Amiya's age, who dare to stuff anything into their mouths. This is a serious and powerful pesticide, and it will disappear if it touches anyone.

"Haven't you really thought about using this thing on the front line?" If this thing falls into the hands of mercenaries and certain forces, it is not a problem of insect plagues, but a problem of humanitarian disasters, which is very terrible. terror.

Compared with the electromagnetic crossbow that Lao Xia made before, landmines and heat-melting guns are much more terrifying. Unless the electromagnetic crossbow encounters a dense unprotected crowd, it can kill at most a dozen, landmines can kill a few at most, and the heat-melting gun is more powerful. The location is right, and it can penetrate dozens of people at a time—but, as long as this kind of poison is released, a mobile city will be clean within a few hours.

"I'm not a butcher, I'm not interested in killing, and once this poison is released, people will die, who will farm and consume it?" Xia Lin said that she would not use this weapon on the front line, although In terms of killing efficiency, it is extremely high, but people should at least have a bottom line, and can't turn themselves into a beast too utilitarianly.

Chapter 86 Sugar is Power

The pesticides or insecticides and herbicides of the Star Alliance are very toxic. They are usually used to decontaminate the planet by cargo ships before the establishment of agricultural colonies. If the toxicity is not high, then more than one square meter A demand of 1 mg means that the cost of the entire reclamation plan will increase by nearly 50% or even more than doubled.

After all, a 30% increase in consumables means 50% more transportation and nearly double the labor. Therefore, within the scope possible, their pesticide toxicity is crazily stacked in the most toxic direction, with high permeability , high degree of infiltration and ultra-high toxicity characteristics.

Theoretically speaking, in Xia Lin's insecticide spraying area, even ordinary protective clothing would be permeated and contaminated by the poisonous gas. Generally, the double-layer fully enclosed internal circulation protective clothing can only move in the poisonous gas area for less than an hour. Must be withdrawn for full body decontamination and injection and spraying to the extent that neutralizing relievers are required.

Fortunately, most of their pesticides have the function of self-degradation, and they are deliberately made extremely unstable. Theoretically speaking, the residues below 40-60 cm in the non-soil will decompose after about 30-48 hours in the sun. Unstable and decomposed into harmless substances.

Xia Lin's spraying areas are mainly concentrated in the wasteland around the farm, as well as the mountains in the south, the dry land, and the saline-alkali desert in the north.

The area of ​​the farm itself does not need to be sprayed, because most of them are covered with mulch, and locusts are not so easy to lay eggs, and they can be controlled biologically - the chickens and ducks of the Star Alliance have not evolved the instinct to avoid insects polluted by high source stones. I like the locust larvae and eggs that can't walk very much.

The origin stone particles will also be stored in their sacs to help grind food. Although this will cause their internal organs to be polluted by origin stones, since the bird breeds of the Star Alliance are standard earth-improved varieties, they do not metabolize origin stones. Therefore, meat and blood will basically not leave origin stone components.

After the poison gas warning was issued, no matter if it was Schutzburg or the infected people's settlements, they all stayed at home obediently and did not dare to go out, even if Xia Lin actually turned the human activity area into a non-spraying area.

After all, his pesticide is too toxic, so the concentration of the spray is also low, and there is almost no cloud visible to the naked eye, and there are no signs. If the locals run around, it is easy to rush into the poisonous gas area, and once poisoned, there will be almost no obvious signs. Symptoms will lead to coma in one or two minutes, and sudden death in an instant.

And this is a disaster for the nobles of Ursas, because production in the war zone has been greatly destroyed, and animals and birds have also fled, making this the most dangerous area for locust outbreaks, so it is close to the southern war zone. Xia Lin used double the dose.

This silent mountain and wasteland where birds, beasts and insects are extinct was reported by the Ursus people as "demon pollution" and "mysterious silent spirit" and the like, which made the Ursus noble soldiers squatting in the fortress killed None of them will leave the 50-kilometer range of the fortress.

After all, Xia Lin's drone is just a pesticide spraying plane, not yet capable of rushing into the surrounding area of ​​the fortress to spray pesticides, and because of the production volume, he only sprayed high-risk areas, and biological agents can be used for low-risk areas and human activity areas. Prevention did not spray.

Considering that insects also have the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, this year's insect disaster will probably be forced to move south to the area controlled by the Ursus military. If the Ursus Empire government responds quickly and quickly activates the disaster relief emergency plan, and the noble If we know what the locust plague is, perhaps the loss will be smaller.

However, both Xia Lin and others are pessimistic about this. With Ursus's traditional aristocrat and warlord personality, the south is afraid that a large number of ordinary people's guerrillas will be created.

Although it is impossible to merge with the patriots due to the discrimination of the infected and historical reasons, but also because of this, they have different living conditions and combat styles, and Ursus will have a headache for a while.

"嗤嗤~" The drone hovered over the woodland, and the invisible water mist fell down. In just a few minutes, the coniferous forest, which was still singing insects and birds, seemed to have been pressed the silencer button. It became silent, except for the sound of leaves, not a single noise could be heard.

The complete agricultural reclamation and decontamination operations originally required the application of two or three other poisons, herbicides, and defoliants to completely kill all native species on the surface, and then bombed with "seed bombs" to seed the planet with various types of earth Lichens and grass seeds for chemical modification, followed by tree seeds and insect eggs.

Although theoretically it would be a safe state after 48 hours, both Xia Lin and the infected people chose to go out for almost a week.

"Well, basically all of them have been killed, and the underground part has also been decomposed." Lao Xia, who was wearing a thick protective suit, looked at the soil sample dissolved in the test tube, but did not see the purple color indicating the residual poison, which should be No problem.

"Tell me honestly, aren't you really making poison gas?" For Kelsey, who "has seen the world", this is even more irritating than the regular poison gas used by the ancestors.

"You can use it as poisonous gas if you want to, but there is no need for it. It is too permeable and requires a special container, and there are some problems with transportation and storage. My own people have to be killed first. Otherwise, why do you think I made it now? Now in use? Absolutely not in the warehouse?"

Xia Lin couldn't understand why these people always wanted to use agricultural chemicals as weapons. In his memory, both the army and the navy seemed to prefer to use more expensive drones rather than poison gas.

"However, the source stone enrichment in this place is a bit high, so we have to find a way to collect it." In a sense, it is a traditional art of various natural disasters. According to Terra, even if this natural disaster has been crushed to death In its infancy, a large number of low-purity source rock soil blocks were still produced, that is, soil containing source stone particles.

"The purity of this is too low, no mine will collect it" "I know" even burning this stuff in his refining furnace is a pure loss-making behavior, "but at least don't let them continue to pollute the land, or new natural disasters will come again. "

"Now you understand why this land is called the Cradle of Misery?"

"Tell me the truth, is this the ancestor you said did it? I mean, the Terra people's genetics artificially modified signs and origin stone natural disasters."

"...Half to half, but, this kind of thing has nothing to do with Boss Xia... outsiders, right?" Kelsey admitted that half of the story was true, after all, genetic The traces of artificial modification are not hidden, and many top scholars on Terra know this.

"That's right, it really has nothing to do with me, but it's enough to suffer disasters twice in three days." This time it was a plague of locusts, and the next time it will probably be a drought or a wildfire, because the source stone particles have not been used. When they are fully charged, they will be destroyed. Spontaneous energy release increases the temperature, making the surrounding environment dry and hot.

Once the trees become dry, they can easily become forest fires due to a little spark. This is also the natural cause of many wildfires in Australia and the United States.

"Fire and drought~" If you are in a Covenant agricultural colony, the former is a catastrophe, and the latter is nothing. Send an email to the nearest asteroid mining company, and they will push you a comet or ice cube. Planets come.

The price of a single service is about 200 million star coins, and the water replenishment work of the entire colony is completed at one time. If you are willing to add money and rent a star gate channel, you can expedite it.

But Terra does not have this condition, so it becomes easy to put out the fire. Replicating White Rabbit's Originium skill can quickly extinguish the fire, but the drought is not easy to deal with. Fortunately, there are many water sources nearby, and there is a lack of human industrial exploitation. , groundwater resources are also quite rich.

It's just... This will lead to intensified water vapor transpiration, and after a period of time, it will evolve into a natural disaster of torrential rain and flood, and then the source stone particles that completely release clean energy will enter the heat-absorbing stage. Well, the ice storm is coming— ——The mobile city of Terra was forced out alive by such a set of circular continuous skills.

Moreover, there may be subsidence and earthquakes caused by groundwater evaporation, mudslides caused by floods, meteorites caused by abnormal condensation of source stones, volcanic eruptions caused by meteorite impacts, and other special circumstances interspersed among them.

Of course, if there are only source stones in this area, Xia Lin also has a way to solve it. Collect all the source rock ores, make them into pure source stones, charge them with reactors, and stuff them into special accumulators. For batteries.

However, Terra is full of origin stones, even if it is mined here, the origin stone clouds and atmospheric circulation will bring origin stone particles from other places, which is really sad.

"By the way, Skadi, is there such a thing as a natural disaster in the sea?"

"No, the particles will settle in the water and there will be no problem"

"It's also true" that the specific heat capacity of water is much stronger than that of air. This characteristic of Originium can at most cause warm and cold currents in the ocean. Wait, ocean currents?That is to say, the natural disaster-like phenomenon caused by the origin stone in the ocean, all the fuck hit the people on the land through the ocean current and the El Niño phenomenon?

No wonder the Agor people dare not show up in public. If they accidentally leaked this matter, they might be hammered to death by these Terran people on land.

Thinking of this complicated chain relationship, Lao Xia felt that he should really take professional subjects such as "Alien Meteorology" at the beginning. There is no way to start, this is an interconnected relationship.

The industrial activities of the Terra people are like the impact of the urban heat island effect on the surrounding weather, but this "heat island effect" is very spectacular and far-reaching.

Meteorites and the like can be bombarded with orbital cannons, and origin stone clouds can be used to condense and settle with sinking bombs, but other causes cannot be prevented. The sinking origin stone particles will be absorbed by the underlying organisms, and then induce biological natural disasters , and then the enriched high-energy stones may produce self-heating to cause droughts and fires, and then induce heavy rains and ice storms.

"Forget it, let's deal with it a little bit. I will rush to work on a batch of detectors. First, I will dig out the enriched point-shaped ore veins, and then use a press to press them into hard cubes for storage."

Although these low-purity source stone mines are really costly and costly, compared to the forest fires that can bring up all the harvests this year with a single torch, Old Xia Ning would rather spend some stoves.

And the created pure source stones will be handed over to Kelsey and Talula to realize them. The two of them have considerable contacts and channels. Anyway, as long as these things are not burned on their own territory, the source stone clouds will float over. It takes time, let alone...... Maybe it will become a natural disaster and hit others on the way?

One month later, the farm beehive tower

The amber-golden honey flowed into the collection tank bit by bit. The black bees of the Star Alliance were custom-made from the Zerg with a good relationship. The prototype is the "honey bug" of the Zerg, which is equivalent to a human cow. ...It affects appetite, so the Star Alliance specially ordered this large black bee.

Honey, a food rich in various amino acids and sugars, is equivalent to industrial raw materials for Zerg, biofactory fuel, and also a source of food and nutrition, as important as human oil.

Various sugar and honey products are also the main export products of the Zerg. As long as you don't ask how they are produced, what they are produced from, and don't look at the production process, the quality is still very good.

The amount of honey produced is quite large, and it is suitable for the crops of the Star Alliance. If there are creeps enriched with organic matter and nutrients, the speed of honey production will become faster.

Honey solidifies little by little at low temperature and turns into a dark paste. Honey is a supersaturated liquid of sugar. At low temperature, a layer of sugar shell like rock sugar will condense on the surface.

"200 catties... tsk, the water and soil are not good." Xia Lin looked at the two-story beehive. He was sprayed with pheromone and would not be regarded as an enemy by the guard bees.