Chapter 146 A more relaxed second round of hunting (6)
“Call, call, hello, is there anyone?”
“No one answered me? Then I’ll call back in ten minutes. Shouting."
Ye Nai waited for three minutes, and when she called for the fourth time, the response she wanted came from the radio.
"Here, there! Oh, I'm going to Little Leaf, but you're back!"
An excited voice came from across the radio station.
“Do you miss me?”
“You miss us so much.”
“Wait, I’ve locked your direction.”
"Okay, okay."
Ye Nai laughed, it sounded like they needed her space to store their prey, so she stepped on the accelerator and drove at full speed.
Driving on the plains is not as free as driving in the wetlands. The wetlands are really flat, and crawler vehicles can pass directly without any hindrance. On the plains, there are many obstacles. There are often invisible things hidden in the lush grass. Big stone, I don’t know where it came from.
This kind of place is the best for spores and hyphae to use their ultimate attacks. Wherever they go, the grass and shrubs that block the view are all fallen down, opening up her field of vision and pointing out a way.
Ye Nai drove the car around and around, and finally saw the campground a few hours later.
“Coming, coming!”
"We're here!"
The gate of the camp had been cleared, and the view was wide. When Ye Nai's tracked vehicle appeared in their sight, many people in the camp ran out to wait.
"Ah, you welcome me so much?" Ye Nai stopped the car at the entrance of the camp, lowered the window, stretched out his head, and looked around at everyone, "Have you found any good prey that I have to take action?"
"You're right, if you come two days late, the prey will give up."
"Wait a minute, someone can help me drive the car in, inside Please help me return the radio to the logistics.”
Ye Naila opened the door and got out of the car, and someone immediately got in to help her drive the car away, while she and others went to find out about this difficult prey.
They retreated to the plains for hunting in advance, and the harvest was good. The prey was all alive. Without Ye Nai, no one dared to kill the prey directly. Some of the seriously injured ones had been delayed until now.
What troubled them was a large ant nesting in a tree trunk. Some entomologists once suspected that it was an alien termite.
This type of termite does not attack people and animals, but is only interested in woody plants. A large tree that only a few people can surround can be hollowed out by them within a few years, causing the death of the tree, just like plant infectious diseases. horrible.
The most valuable thing about them to humans is formic acid, so after accidentally discovering this ant nest, I really wanted to leave the nest, but except for Ye Nai, everyone else’s space was filled with supplies for the team, and there was not enough. There is plenty of room for such a large ant nest.
I wanted to give up but I was reluctant to let go. God knows if they would be picked up by other teams after they left.
"Fortunately, you came back in time, otherwise I would have given up."
"Okay, leave it to me, and I will finish this ant nest in the middle of the night."
Ye Nai didn't think this was a difficult task. When she agreed to the matter, she released a large number of spores to find these termites.
Such a large piece of energy-rich super-concentrated core in the mycelium space not only improves the ability of the mycelium, it is also good for her. It can release more spores at one time and control a longer distance. Spores grow mycelium faster and can better disguise wood awakeners.
Just as she was handing over to logistics and counting the prey for the second hunt, the released spores sent back feedback and found the termite nest.
Later later, the teams that went out for hunting came back and brought back fresh prey. When they learned that Ye Nai had arrived, they quickly called her and asked her to collect all the prey, not even a living one. Not stay.
"It would be too hard to take care of them if we don't leave them alive."
"The ones we sent back last time are enough." Ye Nai looked at the group of male and female captains, all of whom frowned. He looked like he was fed up with the torture, suppressing his laughter, and put all his prey into the space.
It is not easy to take care of injured exotic animals. Although they can be given medicine to make them fall asleep and not move, if they remain unconscious, it is really impossible to know whether their injuries have been repeated. After all, there are no professional veterinarians in the team.
In the past, when there was no Ye Nai, you had to carry a large number of incubators when hunting. You would peel off the edible meat of the prey on site and put it into the box and then put it into the space of the logistics team. How long should you stay in the secret realm? The time mainly depends on the condition of the incubator.
Now that I have Ye Nai, I don’t need to carry as many insulated boxes, and I can carry more weapons and equipment in the free space.
For such a big mission this time, Ye Nai was separated from them, and the incubator was taken out for use again, and the prey that were too injured to be kept were skinned, but if Ye Nai never came back When they meet, there will be no room for the dead prey behind.
After collecting the prey, Ye Nai talked with the captains about the topic of alien termites.
"Are you going to search the ant nest in the middle of the night today? Then you can return at dawn tomorrow."
"The ants were discovered by Captain Mei and others. Ask her."
"Go tonight and leave tomorrow. Okay, okay, but have you ever done this in the middle of the night?"
Captain Mei smiled and put his arm around Ye Nai's shoulders, lazily pressing his weight on her.
Ye Nai remained motionless, not even swaying her feet.
"I haven't done it before, but to catch ants, the best time is midnight. They are active everywhere during the day."
"That's right. After dark, we called the two teammates who found the ants, and the four of us Let’s go back together quickly.”
“Okay.”
The matter was settled. After nightfall, Ye Nai and Captain Mei drove a car to raid the ant nest.
The people in the camp are packing up everything they can and will leave camp at dawn tomorrow to return.
On Ye Nai's side, he drove the car for more than an hour and finally stopped.
The four people in the car were equipped with night vision goggles, and the only light was the headlights.
This light did not even shine on the big tree with termites.
“If you go forward, just a little way, you will see a very wide tree. There is a big hole in the trunk of the tree near the ground. That is the entrance to the ant nest.”
"Okay, got it."
"Pay attention to safety. If the situation goes wrong, evacuate immediately."
"Don't worry, I can catch fish in the wetland, just a little ant, just sprinkle some water."
Ye Nai put on the night vision goggles, Push the door and get out of the car.
The people in the car turned off the headlights and wore night vision goggles to observe.
Don’t turn on headlights in the secret place. Too bright lights will attract nocturnal animals and plants.
Therefore, camping lights for single use are actually not bright, the light is dim, and the illuminated range is very small, all for safety reasons.
It doesn’t matter if there are many people in the team, I just want it to be as bright as possible.
Ye Nai knew that someone was watching behind her, so she walked steadily towards the big tree and stuck herself against the trunk, pretending to use the space to collect ants from inside.
In fact, the huge ant nest inside the tree trunk has long been controlled by mycelium. As soon as Ye Nai parked the car, the space was filled with goods in an instant, and the queen ant was the first to get it.
She still has to go through this trip, just to show it to others.