Those years of engaging with the system for animal insurance

In the lush forest, a "big mouse" is slowly looking for a place to stay.It didn't take long for it to find a cave where it could hide.

The plump and round body has a rather naive look, and looks easy to bully.If you ignore the thorns on its back.

Li Cixin is now a ground-dwelling porcupine, also known as porcupine in Chinese.

Porcupines are called pigs, but they are not pigs.Just like pandas are not cats, and wife cakes are not wives.

Porcupines are rodents, that is, what we commonly call mice, is a big purpose.

In other words, humans and mice belong to the order Primates, but the cats, canines, and bears that humans like belong to the order Carnivora.

From an evolutionary point of view, humans and "rats" are closer.

Therefore, since ancient times, people have been described as "rats" and "shuo rats", which can be regarded as "inherited relatives".

However, from the perspective of combat effectiveness alone, other purpose animals have their own representative strength.

The primate order has evolved a super god existence of human beings, and most of the others are bulk mice.It can be called "one god leads many pits" in the evolution world.

The porcupine can barely be regarded as a mid-level fierce player, and people have given it the nickname: "Hob Meat".

Porcupines are divided into ground-dwelling porcupines in the Old World and tree-dwelling porcupines in the New World.A common image in documentaries is the ground-dwelling porcupine.

But no matter how difficult it is to eat "hob meat", it is also meat.Porcupines are also killed by other hungry predators in bad years.

It's just that the long thorns of the porcupine often make those predators weigh their own ideas.Because once you are stabbed by a porcupine thorn, it is difficult to pull it out.

Their thorns have barbs and are relatively light in weight, making them super arrows in the animal kingdom.The porcupine quills are very easy to fall off, and it is not as magical as it is said on the Internet, it can shoot out the quills.

They need to get close to the enemy, and use muscle shaking to stick the thorns.

Because of the barb, it is often difficult to pull it out, and it will get deeper and deeper.Some anglers also like to use their spines as buoys.

If any animal wants to prey on porcupines, it must be prepared to change its life.

Because in nature, if you get porcupine quills and can't pull them out, you basically bid farewell to this world.The result is either infection or starvation.

Li Cixin leisurely hid in the cave, and began to call the system:

"System, may I ask what gene was developed for this mission?"

"None. Of the original seven genes, only three can be selected for modification." The system replied mechanically.

Li Cixin was puzzled: "Why?"

"Don't waste too much energy on secondary tasks."

This kind of differential treatment made Li Cixin speechless.Fortunately, there are three genes left, which three should I choose?

Stealth is absolutely necessary. As the saying goes, "It's easy to hide with an open gun, but hard to defend against a hidden arrow." A silent assassin can improve work efficiency.

In the end, Li Cixin chose invisibility, strength, and strong corrosive liquid.

This time, he was even more invincible when he stabbed in the back to quench the poison.

Strength has brought a certain increase in size, making him now look like more than 100 catties, half the size of a sub-adult pig.The porcupine, the porcupine, now lives up to its name.

The thorns on the back have also become very dense, at first glance it looks like a majestic general in armor.Not to mention the strong corrosive liquid that comes with it, it is estimated that a big hole will be made with one needle.

Li Cixin found the right direction and began to descend the mountain. The porcupine's short-distance burst speed was quite fast, but it was a little bit worse on foot.After two days of stop and go, I finally saw someone.

This is another mountainous village in the south of China. It is different from the time when the South China tiger was in the past. The current age is estimated to be close to the new century.

Most of the farmers have gone to the coast to work, and the houses here have also changed from mud tile houses to cement brick houses, each of which is square.

Li Cixin swaggered into a family.First, I saw the picture of a great man hanging in the middle of the main hall, and then I noticed the calendar on the side wall. On it was a relatively famous model, and it was very old-fashioned at first glance.

It turned out to be 98.

This time the system did not provide detailed information, so he had to recall it by himself.

In this era of China, the economy is developing rapidly, but the market is relatively chaotic.

This is especially true in the game market. After some people become rich, they start to pursue excitement and try game.Another part is for health preservation. I always firmly believe that the more "wild" you eat, the better your health will be.

In the minds of the public, one of the reasons why pangolins are hunted down is because of their medicinal use.

Because in traditional Chinese medicine, pangolin nails are a good medicinal material.

In the 80s, a study found that pangolin armor does contain seven new compounds, one of which has the effect of "activating blood and removing blood stasis".

It is not the same as some people say, it is no different from human fingernails.It is as if diamond and graphite are composed of the same material, but it cannot be said that the two are the same thing.

In later generations, although Chinese medicine has strictly controlled the use of pangolin armor slices in medicine, it is not necessary to use it if it can be used.

There are also other medicinal ingredients to replace it, and the hat that can lead to the endangerment of pangolins is still worn on the head of traditional Chinese medicine.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the meat of pangolins is poisonous, and it is clearly written that they cannot be eaten.

For example, there is a record in Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Dace carp meat is the most windy, and people with wind diseases eat a lot of scorpions. Once the disease occurs, the limbs will be useless...but its smell is bad, and it is useless."

Later research also proved this point. Pangolins, like bats and civet cats, may be intermediate hosts of some coronaviruses.

And there is no single cause for the extinction of any one species.Medicinal use is just one of the reasons.

Habitats are destroyed, the game market, and the leather trade all have to bear the blame.

In the 50s, tens of thousands of pangolins were hunted and killed in Baodao.Leather is resold to Europe and the United States through neon, and it is a kind of "advanced" leather material than crocodile skin.But these things are not clear to the public.

And those who superstitiously believe in the so-called "Yang Zhuang" Dafa have even yelled at pangolins and many other animals.

The most deadly thing is that pangolins are different from other animals.They have a single diet, generally eating termites, together with other ants, and occasionally eating bee and wasp larvae.

This also cuts off their chances of being farmed.After all, if you want to raise pangolins, you have to raise enough termites first, which is too expensive and almost impossible to achieve.

In the countless years of evolution on the earth, pangolins belong to the order Lepidoptera, which is the only species, and there are a total of eight types of pangolins.

It can be said that on this highly specialized evolutionary path, we encountered a major hurdle of human beings, which made pangolins enter a dead end.dilemma.

That's why, the system will directly judge the pangolin as a C-level secondary task.

The porcupine that Li Cixin changed was better, although the porcupine was hunted and killed in large numbers because of its delicious meat.

But porcupines are particularly easy to feed. They eat everything from corn and fruits to potatoes and sweet potatoes.Therefore, humans treat it as domestic livestock and raise it in captivity, and even become a breeding industry.

This also allows wild populations to breathe, waiting for the protection of the law.

It is also the evolutionary path of stacking armor, except that the porcupine is a melee anti-armor, while the pangolin is a close-fitting armor.

Although the pangolin's armor has some anti-injury function, it is basically negligible.

The two creatures have similarities, but the results are very different.

On the bumpy dirt road, Li Cixin was walking on his short legs. He planned to visit the town.Where there are people, there will be game trade.

Along the way, he was hungry, so he went to the side of the field to steal something to eat.

In this way, two hours later, Li Cixin finally set foot on the concrete road.

Seeing that the town is in front of him, he suddenly saw such an unexpected event:

A middle-aged woman was walking on the concrete road, and a motorcycle drove towards her, with three skinny young men sitting on it.The clothes are weird, and the hair is long.

When passing the woman, the two people behind suddenly stretched out their hands, one tore away the bag in her hand, and the other touched it by the ear.

The woman staggered and fell, shouting:

"Come on, grab the money!"

The other party ran away laughing and laughing.

It turned out to be the legendary "speeding party".

This method of robbery on a motorcycle is unknown when it existed. It was more common in the 90s and 00s, and influenced by gangster movies in Hong Kong at that time, a group of such hooligans were born.

It can be regarded as a special product of the times. Compared with these people, the later will-o'-the-wisp boys are nothing at all.

Li Cixin didn't think much, moved to a little bit inside the concrete road, and erected all the thorns.When the motorcycle passed by, he swiped the tail, and the sharp thorn plunged into the left calf of the three of them.

He didn't use strong corrosive liquid, thinking about the appearance of a few people who are still underage, it's not good to be disabled.

And under the severe pain, the motorcycle quickly flipped over, and the three of them were dragged all over the ground, unable to get up even if they crawled, and their life and death were unknown.

The huge movement attracted the attention of several families around, and they all came out to check.Seeing that it was those three boys, they all spoke up for that woman, and one could tell how hated these people are on weekdays.

The woman took back her bag and earrings, covered her bleeding ears and said:

"I'm going to call the police!"

The grandpa and aunt on the side persuaded: "Forget it, the police don't arrest them, they haven't. We also reported to the police, and they were released after a few days. If they fall like this, they probably won't come out to do bad things... "

Li Cixin didn't continue to take care of this matter, and walked towards the town.

After entering the town, he went straight to the vegetable market.

The planning of the vegetable market in the small town is outdated, everything is arranged in a disorganized manner, and there are not many people coming and going.

The place where the meat is sold is covered with blood and fish scales, which stinks.He walked on tiptoe.

It was almost dusk at this time, most of the stalls were closed, and Li Cixin quickly found what he was looking for.

At the end of the meat stall, there was a pile as tall as a person.If you look closer, you will find iron cages of different sizes, in which various animals are imprisoned, including wild boars, civet cats, bamboo rats, minks, muntjacs, snakes... and pangolins.

It's a pity that there was an iron net blocking it, and it was locked.

Waited until it was dark, and everyone around turned off their lights and went to sleep.Li Cixin quietly destroyed the barbed wire fence with corrosive liquid from a corner that no one noticed, and got in.

Just when he was about to let the animals go, they suddenly started a commotion.

'Don't shout!Be quiet! Li Ci wanted to speak subconsciously.What came out was the sound of animals.

All of a sudden, the other animals screamed even louder. Finally, one animal was not rescued, but it alarmed the owner of the meat stand.

On the second floor next to it, a light came on.

Open the window, a shirtless man with a swollen face shines a flashlight here.I didn't find anyone suspicious, so I cursed a few beastly words, closed the window and went to sleep.

Li Cixin rolled his round eyes a few times and thought of a good way.

Every ten minutes, he caused a commotion next to the cage, causing the animals to scream.

For the first time, the man was angrily cursing upstairs.

The second time, the man smashed down several water bottles.

For the third time, the man went downstairs directly with the knife, inspected around the cage, found nothing unusual, and beat the iron cage.

The fourth time, the man couldn't take it anymore, and went downstairs to kill these animals, but his wife stopped him and shouted:

"Are you crazy? If you die, you can't sell them at a good price! The hotels in the city specify that they want live and fresh ones. It took half a month to collect these goods, and they will come to collect them at six o'clock tomorrow. You What's going on now?"

"They bark, I can't sleep, hack them to death!"

"What a big deal, I'll just stuff some cotton balls in your ears when you go back. Go back, be obedient! It's all money!"

The wife dragged him back with all kinds of talk.

Half an hour later, Li Cixin came again, and sure enough, the lights on the second floor were not turned on.

Li Cixin was the first to take out the cages containing the pangolins, and put them in the nearest forest ten minutes later.

This is a pair of pangolin mother and son, watching them snuggle up and disappear into the forest one after the other.Pray they don't get caught again.

Li Cixin ran back and forth several times, taking out some animals that were not fast or not intelligent enough, and released them individually.

After more than an hour, there was only one big wild boar left.

The wild boar's mouth and limbs are tied, and it lies in the largest cage and cannot move.

Li Cixin opened the cage, dragged the wild boar and squeezed out through the opening.Bite off the shackles of the wild boar.Watching it run wildly on the deserted streets, submerged in the mountains and forests in the distance.

Now he folded back by himself, lay down in the wild boar cage, and put chains on himself.

At around six o'clock, a pickup truck came out of the market, its horn honking loudly.The meat stall owner and his wife came to the place where the wild goods were kept with sleepy eyes, ready to load the car.

As a result, I was dumbfounded.

What about wild goods?Except that there was something in the wild boar cage, the other cages were empty.

It's over, the money is gone.

There is only one wild boar left...

"Eh?...Husband, this doesn't seem to be a wild boar!"

"Oh? How is it possible? Let me see." The boss took a closer look, huh!It's not really a wild boar.

It was just after six o'clock, just after dawn, and I was in the shed again, and I just lost my sight.

This is not a wild boar, this is a porcupine!Such a big porcupine must be fine!

The people who came to pull the goods were also shocked!

This has never been seen before, it is a rare thing!A thought came to my mind.

The person who finally received the goods, after some bargaining, accepted the big porcupine for 3000 yuan, and asked them to write an invoice.

Li Cixin was transported into the car in this way.

He noticed that the consignee wrote and drew on the invoice and said something softly, but he couldn't hear it clearly.

The small compartment of the truck was full of collected wild animals, and Li Cixin even found a king cobra.It seems that this place should be close to Lingnan.

Four hours later, the car stopped at the back door of a restaurant, and the animals were carried into the food room one after another.There are all kinds of wild animals everywhere, with noisy sounds and bad smells.

Not long after, a well-dressed man arrived here, staring at Li Cixin with piercing eyes.Ask the people behind you:

"This is the Porcupine King you received for 8000 yuan?"

"Yes, boss!" The consignee nodded, "At that time, the couple said that such a big wild porcupine, which was once in a thousand years, insisted on asking for [-] yuan. I thought it was a bit expensive, so I asked them to make it cheaper. Qian bought it. Do you think it is expensive?"

"It's not expensive, not expensive at all! I've already thought about how to eat it, and it's called Quan Hao Banquet. The publicity is done, and I'm not afraid that those famous people won't come!"

The boss clasped his hands together and laughed, and ordered people to be optimistic about Li Cixin, and decided to hold a grand banquet in three days.

Li Cixin lay on his back in the cage, thinking:

'The people's hearts are too dark, 98 yuan in 5000 is not a small amount.But three days later, let's watch the show. '