To combat the locust disaster, as early as thousands of years ago, our ancestors began to brainstorm strategies.
They observed that the locust plague occurred mainly because of the dry climate.
The arid environment is very suitable for the growth, reproduction and survival of locusts. A place that is originally dry and has little rainfall, but suddenly increases in rainfall, will cause locust eggs to hatch successfully in a place where the hatching rate is extremely low. With the blessing of moisture, , will lead to the formation of locust plague. This is what our ancients said, "Locusts are inevitable in extreme droughts."
Because places with long-term drought will definitely lack food because the vegetation cannot grow normally, when so many locusts hatch together, they will inevitably look for food. At this time, they begin to gather, forming a terrifying Another helpless large-scale locust plague.
Because locusts are herbivorous and their numbers are huge, there is almost no grass growing wherever they pass, which is a huge famine disaster for humans.
According to the accumulated experience of our ancestors, the best way to deal with locust plagues is to rain down the insects.
How does it rain? Well, this is an uncontrollable factor.
Because most of the methods they use are to pray to God, offering sacrifices in the East and praying in the West. The methods they use can be said to be similar, but it definitely depends on luck.
But think about it, you are already unlucky enough to have a locust plague. Do you still expect to be lucky enough to pray for rain to extinguish the locusts? If we really had such good luck, wouldn't we not suffer disaster? This is a bit confusing.
However, sometimes when you are lucky, you can really ask for rain. In this case, the spread of the locust plague can be curbed.
Because locusts cannot move when it rains. After all, it is very difficult for locusts contaminated by rainwater to move. Especially when their wings touch water, their wind gliding ability will be greatly weakened.
In addition, if these locusts fall into the quagmire underground, they will almost die.
So rainfall can indeed easily curb the spread of locust plagues.
But right now, Xu Boan is in the bathroom, and there is no shower facility available. Simply pouring water from the water pipe at the toilet sink is not rainwater, and it will turn into a huge flood disaster.
It would be a sin if the locusts did not wipe out many by then, but flooded the woods and the villages outside.
Furthermore, Xu Bo'an also learned that historical records of "heavy rain extinguishing locusts" often have a certain superstitious color, and in actual disaster eradication, the effect is not that magical.
In other words, even if it rains, it is difficult to avoid the already overflowing locust plague. At most, it can alleviate the disaster, which is already very good.
After all, rain is an uncontrollable factor. As long as the locusts patiently survive this rain, they will come back, and after the rain, the locusts will breed more intensified!
Therefore, it is unrealistic to simply attack the locusts with water.
Thinking of this, Xu Boan gave up the idea of using water to kill locusts.
After giving up this idea, Xu Bo'an placed his hope on the two bottles on the windowsill.
The two bottles are one green and one red. The green bottle is slightly smaller, about the thickness of a fist, and as high as a bottle and a half of Nongfu Spring. It has the words "insecticide" written on it. Kill mosquitoes, flies and other insects in the bathroom.
The larger red bottle next to the green bottle is a portable fire extinguisher. Xu Bo'an is a common thing on their project construction sites, and Xu Bo'an has also received many trainings on the operation and use of fire extinguishers.
Seeing these two things, Xu Boyan suddenly had a new idea about killing locusts.
If there is a way, why not just use pesticides.
Using pesticides to deal with the huge number of locusts in the bonsai world seems to be the right way to control them. Using pesticides to kill locusts sounds reasonable and legal.
However, Xu Boan is still a little worried. After all, the situation in the bonsai world is different from the real world.
Xu Boan is afraid of the toxins in pesticides, which in the real world just deal with pests without having much impact on humans.
But the little people in the bonsai are many times smaller than people in the real world. For them, this pesticide may be a complete biological and chemical weapon.
Once this bottle of pesticide is used to deal with the locust plague in the bonsai world, if the pesticide spray spreads, it will have a great impact on the surrounding ecology and even the little people, and may even be destroyed. A sexual blow, this is not good.
Therefore, the prerequisite for using pesticides to control locust plagues must be to stay away from humans.
The fire extinguisher on the side is a dry powder fire extinguisher, and the material filled in it is carbon dioxide.
Locusts rely on oxygen to survive and breathe. Spraying them with carbon dioxide can also inhibit the respiration of locusts, thereby suffocating them to death. However, with such a large number of locusts, using carbon dioxide to kill insects seems a bit too effective. Slow.
Xu Bo'an had an idea, it would be better to spray the locusts with insecticide, ignite them, then use fire to extinguish the fire, and finally use water to make rain to achieve the purpose of pest control!
Thinking of this, Xu Boan acted immediately to prevent the locust plague from spreading further.
Xu Boan picked up the green bottle of insecticide, put it directly into the bonsai, and then pointed the nozzle of the insecticide directly at the black locust plague, and finally pointed his finger With one force, press the button on the top of the insecticide.
In an instant, a thin white mist sprayed out from the bottle of insecticide. Then, the white mist of the insecticide collided with the black mist formed by the locusts, and an astonishing effect was produced in an instant.
After the black mist was eroded by the white mist, it felt like it was sinking in. It was the group of locusts dodging the white mist.
Then, many locusts fell to the ground, and the black mist suddenly became much weaker. The insecticide is working!
Xu Boan reached out again, took the lighter and lit the insecticide spray.
In fact, this is a somewhat dangerous action, and such an operation is not allowed in the real world, but now Xu Boan can't care so much in order to eliminate locusts safely.
What’s more, there is no sign of anyone around, so it’s just right to take the opportunity to kill the locusts here as soon as possible!
With the appearance of the flame on the lighter, the insecticide that was originally a white mist instantly turned into a long flame, burning over the black mist.
Those locusts have thin wings that look like plastic, and they are absolutely flammable.
In an instant, a large area of the locust was burned.
At first, the black mist formed by those locusts continued.
Soon, many locusts fell to the ground because they were burned to death or their wings were ignited, unable to continue flying.
After a large group of locusts landed, the black mist became weaker.
Many of the remaining locusts scattered because they were afraid of the fire.
Xu Boan observed carefully again. After seeing that the surrounding area was surrounded by woodland and there were no villages, Xu Boan no longer hesitated and released the spray of insecticide.
After that, the flames stopped immediately, but there were still burning locusts and some ignited trees.
Xu Boan immediately picked up the fire extinguisher again, pulled out the pin, pointed the fire extinguisher pipe at this area, and immediately sprayed it down.
In an instant, a thicker piece of white mist spurted out, and the flames underground disappeared immediately.
Those locusts that were hanging out underground, and even some that were trying to lay eggs, were all frozen by the cold dry ice in an instant!
Looking at this place in a mess, Xu Boan thought of rain!
After all, heavy rain can wash away everything and wash away everything!
At this time, Xu Bo'an didn't care about being particular. He quickly went to the water pipe and held it with both hands. He drank a handful of tap water, lowered his head and drank it in his mouth. Then without hesitation, he went directly towards the bonsai. The ignition point inside sprayed down from top to bottom. In an instant, heavy rain fell here.
The small fires that were not big were extinguished instantly, and some locusts were instantly hit by the rain and fell from the sky.
Many trees were even beaten up and down, but compared to the harm caused by the locust plague, these trees were simply too happy.
Ordinary people cannot see the situation here, but the peach tree, which has become the little Mao God, can see it clearly.
She was floating high and paying attention here. Seeing the locust swarm getting closer and closer, suddenly, a large green pillar appeared above the locust swarm, and then, a white stream came out of the pillar. of smoke.
The black and white smoke met, and the black smoke composed of locusts instantly became dimmer.
Before he could react, he saw another fire rising. The fire was so dazzling that it was several feet long. For an instant, it seemed to reflect the sky and the earth, scorching the mountains and forests.
Then it came into contact with the white mist. In an instant, a fire dragon-like flame appeared and swept through the locust swarm.
The peach tree saw it and felt panicked. Such a big fire, Don’t burn the already dry woods!
At this moment, a long black dragon was seen flying down from the clouds in the sky.
Its body is huge and slender, and its scales seem to be different from the legendary dragon scales, but are long traces, but they are also arranged neatly, and each one seems to have been carefully carved over the years. .
Although the dragon is black, it does not have gorgeous colors or dazzling light. Its black color is pure and deep, as if it can swallow all the light around it, and it seems to contain endless secrets and power.
It cruised slowly in the sky, its movements neither ostentatious nor hasty. Every step seemed so calm and unhurried, as if the whole world was under its control. The surrounding air trembles slightly due to its presence, with a hint of imperceptible majesty and oppression, which makes people involuntarily feel awe.
Soon, the giant dragon flew over the locust swarm.
Then, the black dragon opened its mouth, and a powerful force burst out instantly, spewing out a white ice mist like a volcanic eruption.
This white mist also exuded a breath of extreme cold. Even the peach tree itself, which was several miles away, felt a chill coming.
Taoshu suddenly felt a little emotional, he really deserves to be a mythical beast. This kind of behavior is completely different from the strength and magical power inherited by this little tree spirit!
For a moment, Taoshu felt that he was simply too small.
In her eyes, the moment when the dragon sprayed out white mist, it was as if time had been pressed on the pause button, and all actions were condensed into this short and shocking moment.
The white mist carried the thunderous fire-extinguishing torrent, traveling through the air at the speed of light, emitting a sharp and powerful whistle, like a horn on the battlefield, announcing the beginning of the battle.
At this moment, it seemed that even the air was frozen, forming walls of air visible to the naked eye, hitting the ground with a slight whistling sound.
This white mist is extremely solid, even better than the white mist sprayed out from the green pillar just now.
As soon as it was sprayed out, it quickly spread in the air, like snowflakes flying all over the sky, but it also carried a certain power that should not be underestimated.
They quickly weaved into an airtight net in the air, tightly binding the flames underground, preventing them from having the slightest chance of escaping.
Under the constraints of this net, the flames turned from arrogant to sluggish, from wild to tame. In the end, they could only be extinguished unwillingly, turning into wisps of smoke and dissipating in the air.
Seeing this, the giant black dragon flew back to the sky.
The peach tree was about to sigh with emotion when suddenly it saw dense drops of water falling from the sky
Is this... raining?
But as a plant that is sensitive to humidity, I didn’t feel that there was going to be rain!
Before the peach tree could figure it out, the heavy rain fell to the ground instantly.
The rain came and went quickly. It just washed away the scene that had just happened in the forest and purified the air a lot.
After finishing all this, Xu Boan calmly told Taoshu: "Xiaoshu, the locust plague has been settled. They left a lot of locust corpses here, which can be considered a lot of good fertilizer. If If you need it, you can take it all!”
Peach tree was shocked when she heard the voice of Grandpa Mountain God. After hearing what Grandpa Mountain God said, Taoshu was even more shocked.
Judging from the meaning of his old man’s words, today’s anecdote was made by the Mountain God!
"Lord Mountain God! It's actually Lord Mountain God!"
"Oh my god, I should have thought of it. The only one who can save this place is Lord Mountain God!"
"It's just that , this magical power of driving dragons and chasing the sun, the ability to call for wind and rain, is really something that an ordinary mountain god can have."
"Oh my God, this is not the most powerful mountain god in the legend, I... hug it. It’s my thigh!”
Taoshu’s heart turned over and over again, full of emotion and joy.
In the remote mountain village, people knew nothing about what was happening here.
Li Kanshan was still waiting for the reply from Grandpa Mountain God. He and Li Laosan did not dare to move where they were.
When Grandpa Mountain God didn’t speak for a long time, the two of them thought Grandpa Mountain God was gone. Their eyes met and they discussed whether it was time to withdraw.
Suddenly, the voice of Grandpa Mountain God came again.
"Okay, there's no need to panic anymore. The locust plague has been solved."
"Yes! It's been solved!" Li Kanshan was stunned.
Xu Bo'an continued: "In the forest ten miles away, I have wiped out all the locusts. Even if there are still some left, they won't be able to cause any big waves, so there is nothing to be afraid of."
"Grandpa Mountain God is mighty and domineering. Being able to receive your blessing is really the blessing we have accumulated over many lifetimes!"
Li Kanshan and Li Laosan praised Grandpa Mountain God enthusiastically, and Xu Bo'an laughed. I ignored him and walked out of the bathroom.
As soon as I walked out, I saw on the roadside not far away, beside the car I drove over, a man in a suit dressed as an elite, respectfully guarding the side.
Beside him, Ouyang Najie looked at the man speechlessly with a look of helplessness.
Seeing Xu Boan coming out, the man came up quickly with his eyes wide open. (End of this chapter)