Ancient Gene [End Times]

Qin An mutated his whole body, and ran forward two steps. When he got close, two centipedes crawled out and tried to bite Qin An.

After Qin An wiped it out neatly, the group of bugs actually moved.But instead of attacking people, they dragged the two centipedes back, and then the two centipedes disappeared completely while the insects surged.

This is so weird.Qin An stepped back and said to He Siming, "It seems that someone is directing."

"Don't tell me there are monkeys here too." Bao Xinyu shuddered.He still remembers the big melee caused by the monkey last time.

"How is it possible, apart from the few dogs outside, only bugs have been seen so far."

"There are so many bugs, it's hard to fight back. First go downstairs to find some fuel, and smoke it first, even if you can't kill them, it will weaken their combat effectiveness." Tiangui said.

"It doesn't need to be so troublesome. Aren't quilts just ready-made fuel? There are no flammable materials around here, and a quilt can be thrown directly on the ground without fear of catching fire." Dichlorvos said, turned around and went down to get the quilt up.

While he was taking the quilt, the group of people paid attention to the surrounding environment.The windows are obviously sealed, which is why the lighting here is so poor.Qin An walked to the nearest window and touched it with his hand. It was covered with a layer of wax.

Qin An dug a little out with his hands and showed it to others.

Tian Gui picked it up and smelled it, and said, "It should be beeswax. I used to raise bees at home."

Beeswax is generally used by bees to build nests or cover. This thing has many uses, and it can be processed manually. It has a wide range of uses.

"Bee? We won't enter the bee's nest." He Siming laughed dryly.

After Bao Xinyu heard this, he silently buttoned his cuffs and collar.

It would be better if a few monsters fight directly, Qin An frowned.

It happened that Yinhu went upstairs with two quilts.There are dense insect eggs on the quilt, which looks a little disgusting.

Tiangui and others carry out some missions, especially when they are in the wild, they will bring some mosquito repellent medicine with them.Tian Gui took out the medicine powder from the small compartment of the backpack, sprinkled it directly on the quilt, and then took out the flint and steel.The quilt itself is a flammable material, sparks flashed twice, and the quilt caught fire.

Throwing the quilt not far from the stairs, several people hid on the fifth floor to avoid being smoked.Qin An was afraid that there would be insufficient oxygen, so he knocked off all the beeswax on the nearest window before going downstairs.

When the light came in, the actions of those mutated animals changed.But the whole group went downstairs, and no one noticed.

After the insecticide powder was burned, the smoke was relatively large. In addition to the smoke from the burning quilt, at this time on the fifth floor, a little smoke could be seen coming down from upstairs.

A few larvae struggled out of the eggs, and before they had climbed a few steps on the roof, they came into contact with the smoke. The larvae stopped moving for a while, and fell to the ground after a while, struggling feebly.

Qin An trampled the struggling larva to death, looking at the smoke above his head, feeling irritable for no reason.

"The scent is fading now." He Siming said.

"Of course, smoked." Smoke can bring the smell of smoke, and it also has the effect of repelling odor.

"The window is full of beeswax, and there is a sweet fragrance here. Obviously, this has something to do with bees." He Siming frowned: "It seems that there is a big problem with this bee. Contact Qiu Ling outside, will it be okay?" What kind of jade card is making trouble?"

Tian Gui took out the walkie-talkie and called the black cow outside. After telling the situation here, he asked Qiu Ling if it was related to the jade card.

Qiuling took the walkie-talkie and said: "Jade tokens are not found everywhere in Chinese cabbage. I have collected two of the jade tokens in Tibet. Even if there is a third one, it cannot be here. The relationship between bees and here , may be related to the habits of bees."

Xiao Sun next to him thought about it: "Bees are hardworking all their lives. Almost every worker bee spends most of its time working from birth to death. Almost all worker bees are exhausted. From birth, they start to take care of the larvae. , brewing honey, and building. It is very regular!"

"Then why would they block the windows of a house with beeswax?" He Siming asked.

"Impossible. Beeswax is only used to build and repair beehives, or to seal the brewed honey. But this is also the habit of ordinary bees. I don't know how it mutates." Xiao Sun couldn't figure out why.

While talking here, Bao Xinyu saw a group of bees flying from the window and went straight upstairs.

"There are bees coming!" Bao Xinyu reminded others.

Qin An mutated his body and asked the others to stay. He went up to the top floor to check it out. He was not afraid of bee stings because his body was covered with armor-like cuticles.

The swarm of bees just flew in through the windows that Qin An broke.Some of the bees began to refill the beeswax on the original position, while the other part of the bees flew directly to the pile of mutated bugs, and after landing, they began to check the condition of each bug one by one.

The smoke was a bit pungent and affected the sight. Qin An wanted to go over to see clearly, but it disturbed the bee swarm.At first, only a few bees flew over, but soon a group of bees flew over.

They did not attack, but circled around Qin An.Qin An stretched out his hand and waved away, and they surrounded him again.The biggest bees were about the size of a walnut, and Qin An stretched out his hand and photographed a few of them on the ground.

Soon, another group of bees flew in from outside, this time directly surrounding Qin An.

This time there was still no attack, Qin An held his breath for a while, and couldn't help taking a breath, but found that the air at this time, mixed with smoke, had a more intense sweet fragrance.

This sweet fragrance is very intoxicating, making people feel a little distracted.

Qin An sensed that there was something wrong with the scent, held his breath again and pinched the tiger's mouth, and then looked at the bees that kept circling in front of his eyes. This time, he stopped watching and directly stretched out his claws to catch a few bees to death.

This time the swarm was successfully provoked, and the swarm began to attack.Qin An closed his eyes, and a film mutated on his ears and nose to cover his ears and nose. Then he fought with the swarm of bees only by his voice.The bees are very big, although there are a lot of them, but their attacks are ineffective against the mutating Qin An.The stratum corneum on the skin is undoubtedly an iron wall for bees.

The sound of bees fighting is obviously different.Hearing the beeping from upstairs, downstairs felt uneasy.

He Siming called Qin An twice, but at this time Qin An was so focused on dealing with the bee swarm that he didn't have the energy to answer. He Siming couldn't care less and went straight up the stairs.

But he is not a reckless person, the skin on the exposed parts of his body has all mutated into thick fluff.It was only when I went upstairs that Qin An was fighting with the swarm of bees with his eyes closed against the wall.

He Siming looked around, took off his coat, and ran over to catch those mutated bees.

Because the bee is big, it is easy to be hit by the coat. After landing, He Siming trampled it to death as soon as possible, which just relieved Qin An's siege.

"Slow down! There's something wrong with the scent!" Qin An squinted his eyes to see He Siming clearly, reached out and grabbed the bees beside He Siming to death, reminding him.

He Siming also noticed the strong fragrance. He took turns with his coat, and Qin An solved the fish that slipped through the net that was not hit by the clothes and trampled to death the bees on the ground at the same time.

Tian Gui and the others were worried about the situation above, and they followed suit, because bees have large targets and are not easy to cause any harm to people.

And the seventh floor is still filled with insecticidal smoke. It's okay for people to stay here for a short time, but the bees can't.

The flight of the bees became weaker and weaker, and they were quickly wiped out.

"Go downstairs first!" There was thick smoke billowing upstairs, and staying for a long time would be bad for your health.He Siming pulled Qin An to go downstairs.

After following He Siming for two steps, the sharp-eyed Bao Xinyu shouted again: "A swarm of bees is coming!"

Qin An turned his head, and at this moment he was standing by the fire, turning his head to face the window that he had pried open by himself.The violent exercise just now made his stomach tumbling even worse, and he wanted to speak, but a cloud of gas spewed out along with the posture of his mouth opening.

"call!"

A spark rose from the fire, and suddenly centered on the spark, a violent flame was formed.

Before the bees had time to come in through the window, they were pushed out by the flame!Some bees were also ignited by the flames, and fell to the ground and could only climb weakly.

Everyone looked over and was stunned.

"Qin...Brother Qin! Why are you breathing fire?"

Qin An touched his mouth, which was still steaming, and then his throat.

He Siming pulled Qin An and turned around, squeezed his mouth open and looked in: "What's going on?!"

Qin Ansheng was afraid that he would spit out fire again and roast his friend, so he staggered and said, "I just hiccupped."

Tian Gui deliberately approached Qin An and sniffed, but there was no smell.

Bao Xinyu said: "Isn't that a bad smell? How did it become a fire?"

If it was seen by one or two people, it might be a hallucination. There are so many people present, but they can all see clearly!

Qin An took a few breaths and smelled it. There was some smell, but compared to the strong stench before, this smell was almost negligible.

He Siming watched the bees pouring in again, and directly pulled Qin An back downstairs, and a group of people went downstairs in a file, and closed the door of the corridor.There is glass on the door, and the bees can't hurt anyone after chasing them.

Tian Gui asked Qin An to open his mouth, and took a closer look at his mouth and throat. It looked normal and there was nothing wrong with it.

"Do you still want to hiccup now?"

Qin An rubbed his stomach: "It's okay, I'm not angry."

He Siming gathered the known conditions together: "The possibility of spitting fire is unlikely, it should be gas burning. Looking at the position just now, it should be ignited by the fire. The smell is very smelly, and it came up from the stomach. It should be methane."

The ghost was slightly stunned: "Marsh gas?"

He Siming nodded: "It's very possible. It may be too strong to ignite such a big flame."

Heavenly Ghost said: "Maybe it's the newly evolved ability."

Listening to what they said, Qin An smiled a little embarrassedly.Biogas?Why does he have swamp gas when he is fine?

"Anzi, let me know in advance if I want to hiccup next time, try it with a fire source." He Siming said.

"Maybe it's just flatulence, maybe it'll be better if I get up early tomorrow." Qin An said with a dry smile.

This hiccup will emit bad smell, even if it can be burned as a weapon, he doesn't want it.

Tian Gui patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "It would be great if it really mutated into the fire-breathing ability. When you are really fighting, if you breathe out fire, it will affect the overall battle. Others are envious, but they can't be envious."

"That's right, even if there is no fire source, the other party can be stunned." Qin An didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

If the gas he belched was really methane, wouldn't he be a humanoid methane pool?

"That would be great. If I had this ability, I would bring a lighter with me. Whenever there is a fight, I would fire him up! After all, even mutants have never been able to play with fire! I haven't seen one yet. Other types of mutations besides body mutations. If you can only mutate in the direction of animals, Brother Qin, then you are awesome, you are the only one."

Qin An's ability to spray methane gas, if not unique, is definitely rare.Qin An himself mutated one step ahead of others, and he is the fastest mutated among the known mutants at the moment. With the addition of a skill that can spray methane, it is indeed the same as cheating.

In this way, Qin An can feel better.

Silver Fox thought about it: "Biogas needs to be fermented. It needs enough raw materials and bacteria. A normal person can produce some biogas in his body, but his amount seems to be a little too much. After all, we eat similar things, so how can there be?" So much methane? It's been two or three since morning."

"The formation of methane requires bacteria to decompose. Maybe it's because the relevant bacteria in Anzi's body have also mutated. Anzi's body has mutated, so the mutated bacteria didn't affect him too much. And the methane produced can be used instead, so that The explanation is clear." He Siming said.

Qin An rubbed his stomach. He knew that many bacteria and the human body are symbionts and benefit from each other.Beneficial bacteria can aid digestion.During the digestion process, some combustible gases may be produced, including combustible gases such as hydrogen and methane.

He Siming's deduction has a solid scientific basis. According to this idea, Qin An did not evolve the fire-breathing skill, but an additional product after he adapted to the bacteria in his body.

"What you say now is just conjecture. If you want to find out thoroughly, you still have to wait for a laboratory test when you have the conditions." Tiangui looked at Qin An and smiled: "I can feel that my old aunt must like you very much."

Qin An blinked: "Are you sure you didn't slice me up for research?"

"It's possible."

He Siming turned his head and looked at the situation on the other side of the door.The smoke had spread to the corridor here and became thicker, but at this moment, the flames in the corridor should be getting smaller and smaller.

Looking out of the window, the bees began to escape from the room and fly away one after another, but the ones that flew were crooked, and some of them couldn't hold on and fell down, and couldn't fly anymore.

This itself is a special drug provided by the army, and the dosage this time is very large. Even if it is half an hour, it will be dangerous for people, let alone bugs.

"It's about time to go in and have a look." Bao Xinyu said.

"Wait a little longer, smoke for a while. Besides, the smoke is still very thick, and people can't bear it if you stay for a long time." Tiangui was also a little anxious at this time.There are insect eggs around here. If there are not so many people with them, anyone will collapse if they stay for a long time.

"Is it possible that with this medicine in the future, you won't be afraid of bugs?" Bao Xinyu asked again.

"We don't have many medicines, and there is still a long way to go. This time it is a special case that such a heavy dose is given. Besides, no one can say whether they will evolve resistance. After all, the bugs themselves have the ability to adapt. It's very strong."

Qin An looked at the still thick smoke, and then remembered: "By the way, when I first went up, those bees didn't attack me, but circled around me. They also secreted a scent that I smelled before. If you smell that kind of fragrance too much, you will lose your consciousness. Fortunately, there was smoke in the room at the time, and I could hold my breath, so it didn't have a big impact. I have some doubts that those bees rely on the fragrance to confuse the bugs and let them pile up in the air. There. But why I don't know."

It was Qin An who started the fight with the bees just now, but if he didn't do it, no one can be sure to what extent the scent can affect people.

"But bees eat nectar, so what's the use of confusing those bugs?" Bao Xinyu asked doubtfully.

Qin An looked at He Siming and said, "The bee itself seems to be a very obedient insect."

He Siming thought for a while and shook his head: "On the contrary. It's not so much class, it's better to say that they perform their duties. They don't have a clear concept of hierarchy. Because they don't have such advanced ideas."

"Isn't there a queen bee?" Queen bee literally means king of bees?

He Siming shook his head and said: "That's the name people choose according to their own understanding. The queen bee is the female bee, which is actually a reproductive machine that eats better. Its role is not to command, but to lay eggs continuously. The colony plays the role of a hub. The role of the male bee is to communicate with the female bee. It will die soon after the sex. The remaining worker bees perform their duties, collecting honey, building, and caring for the larvae. But they are in these On the other hand, it is very rigorous and orderly. It is also very regular."

He Siming has read similar papers, so he knows something about it.

Qin An looked back at the densely packed insect eggs, and said with a dry smile, "Do you think this is like a nursery for bees?"

He Siming followed his gaze, was taken aback for a moment, then looked back at the thick smoke in the corridor, smiled wryly, "Maybe it is."

"So, we still don't know the cause of those bugs." Silver Fox said.

"Let's fumigate these insect eggs when we go downstairs later, it looks too creepy." Bao Xinyu couldn't help but look back, but every time he looked back, he ended up so disgusted that he almost vomited.

"Just open the door for a while and let the ones above come down. Check the other buildings. If it's the same in other buildings, just light the fire on the fifth floor, then open the door and the smoke will rise, and the sixth floor can also be smoked." Tiangui said.

Although medicine should be used sparingly, there are so many bugs, and there is no better way.

The big bugs are easy to deal with, but those densely packed small bugs look disgusting and difficult to deal with, but they can't find any other better way than using smoke.

Half an hour passed like this. Everyone drank some water and ate something, and opened the door after they had almost rested.Breathing as slowly as possible, went upstairs and opened all the places that were sealed with wax.The sunlight came in, and the lighting on the sixth floor was much better.The windows are all open, and without the beeswax, the air inside can circulate.Once the poisonous gas is released, there is no fear of inhaling people.Most of the bugs were smoked to death, and some larger bugs were still moving, but they could be easily solved.

Qin An approached the pile of worms, peeled off the worm corpses with a dagger, and peeled off the surface layer by layer. The worms in the inner layer were less smoked and still had some vitality. Fat and fat meat bugs.

These are obviously different from the bugs outside, they are still larvae.Maybe it would be a little cute if so many bugs weren't too densely packed together.

"Si Ming! What do you think these are?"

He Siming was still observing the beeswax, when he heard Qin An tell him to run over quickly, he squatted down to have a look, and then picked up another one from inside.

"Bee eggs also have larvae." He Siming said.

Tiangui glanced at this side: "I remember bee eggs are in the hive, one bee and one grid, why are they all put together this time?"

"And it's very wet, there's no honey around." He Siming said strangely: "It stands to reason that there should be honey and pollen around, so that they can eat after hatching."

Qin An looked at the other bugs that were still struggling, and had a bold idea: "Could these bugs be their food?"

He Siming was slightly taken aback, the situation of the romance, this is indeed the only explanation.

"If that's the case, that swarm of bees is terrifying."

There is a "nursery" for bugs downstairs, and the bugs bred there will eat each other and grow up, and will be lured upstairs by the scent to become the ration of bee larvae.

"If this statement is true," Tian Gui said, "then this prison is a huge hive of bees. This is the nursery, and there will be other places in other places. Then the dogs in the yard are also the same as them. rations!"

"It was the scent that confused the worms and those dogs. I've smelled that scent before, and people lose their consciousness, let alone those animals with lower IQs." Qin An's cold sweat had already come down.

"That is to say, we entered the hive?" Bao Xinyu was shocked.

"Don't think too much. Now the target of bees is very big, and it is not difficult for us to deal with it. I also said that the only hub of a hive is the queen bee. That is, the only female bee. As long as the queen bee is killed, then this The bee colony will quickly disperse. Although I don't know how they evolved to learn to breed other creatures, it is not difficult for us to deal with it." Tiangui said.

"Then let's find out how toxic those bees are. If it's the same as before, it will hurt for two days after being stung twice. If the toxicity becomes stronger, even if the target becomes bigger and easier to attack, it may still be stung. "Qin An said.

"The nature of society has evolved over a large span. According to the current evolution rate, there should be no extra energy to evolve toxicity." He Siming said: "Theoretically, it is so."

Tiangui looked at the surrounding terrain through the window: "As they get bigger, the space becomes smaller for them. Every floor here can become an independent individual. Let's simply promote the combat power of scattered bees one by one, so that It reduces the chance of being stung."