Chapter 187: Chapter 151: Bad News
The two presidents don’t seem to be in a good mood.
Jiaying City is very close to Yanlong City in West River Province.
If West River Province experiences a major outbreak, what if the Dark Night Mosquitoes migrate over?
Moreover, a major outbreak means that West River Province is already on the brink of danger, and the neighboring provinces will definitely have to deploy a batch of people for support.
But once people are deployed away, what if the Dark Night Mosquitoes in the city also break out? This puts President Liu and President Wang in a dilemma.
"Ye Bai, discuss with your teacher and see if there’s a way to control the number of Dark Night Mosquitoes."
"It’s best if we still have some capacity to support West River Province. After all, the suffering people of West River Province are also members of Flame Country."
Ye Bai rubbed his throbbing brow. This request is a bit high, but still acceptable.
"I think we can proceed from two aspects for now."
"Vigorously promote the cultivation of Thunder Light Water Scorpions, they are the nemesis of Dark Night larvae."
"You should have the purchasing channels, right?"
"Although Thunder Light Water Scorpions are scarce, it doesn’t mean no one is breeding them. As long as the money is in place, a sizeable amount should be collectible."
"The Cultivator Union people should have conducted a survey on Grass Water Scorpions and Barbaric Power Water Scorpions regarding the consumption of Dark Night larvae, right?"
"I wonder how the experimental data is?"
President Liu rubbed his temples, his face solemnly said, "Not very good."
"Grass Water Scorpions don’t seem very enthusiastic about Dark Night larvae. In over an hour, they ate less than fifty, but Grass Water Scorpions seem to prefer to purify sewage. The water tank cultivating Grass Water Scorpions became very clean, which was an unexpected discovery."
"As for Barbaric Power Water Scorpions, they do eat, and they eat quickly too, but their movements are not agile enough in the water, often causing Dark Night larvae to swim away just as they approach."
"The brute force of Barbaric Power Water Scorpions doesn’t have much effect in water."
Looking at the less-than-ideal experimental data, President Liu sighed heavily.
He felt that the number of sighs in recent days added up to far more than in the past.
"It seems that Thunder Light Water Scorpions are still powerful."
"I conducted an experiment in the research institute, within an hour male Thunder Light Water Scorpions can eat six hundred Dark Night larvae, while female Thunder Light Water Scorpions can eat five hundred."
"Most importantly, these Thunder Light Water Scorpions seem to also eat Dark Night Mosquitoes, which can quickly reduce the number of Dark Night larvae."
"So I think currently cultivating Thunder Light Water Scorpions is the key. According to my calculations, Thunder Light Water Scorpions can eat nearly six thousand Dark Night larvae a day."
"If Thunder Light Water Scorpions are cultivated on a large scale, I think this crisis of Dark Night Mosquitoes will be temporarily eliminated, and we will also be able to spare resources to support West River Province."
"After all, West River is connected to Jiaying River. With enough Thunder Light Water Scorpions, they can totally reverse flow upstream to support brother provinces, controlling pandemics and disasters."
The experimental data provided by Ye Bai made President Liu somewhat relieved, but he thought of another issue.
"Although we know this good news, there’s another condition you might not have considered."
"That is the reproduction of Thunder Light Water Scorpions."
"Thunder Light Water Scorpions need to evolve into Thunder Light Dragonflies to have reproduction capabilities."
"By the time Thunder Light Water Scorpions reproduce, it might already be past the best time to prevent Dark Night Mosquitoes."
"Regarding this issue, how are you going to deal with it, Ye Bai? We really don’t have much time left."
President Liu’s concerns are valid, what’s limiting rescue efforts is time.
Although they’ve found an effective way, how can they quickly evolve Thunder Light Water Scorpions into Thunder Light Dragonflies, and then rapidly reproduce Thunder Light Dragonflies to achieve optimal control effects?
"I’ll take care of this."
"I promise to provide a plan in three days."
"Currently, Thunder Light Water Scorpions have already started clearing Dark Night larvae in Jiaying River, theoretically preventing the proliferation of Dark Night Mosquitoes in Jiaying City."
"As for the Cultivation Union, please screen and see if there are any more suitable Exotic Beasts that can combat Dark Night Mosquitoes."
"I don’t have many other ideas right now. My main focus remains on researching the evolution of Thunder Light Water Scorpions."
"If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave for now, as I have evolution experiments to conduct."
Ye Bai said just this and hurriedly left.
President Liu and President Wang exchanged a glance, their faces filled with bitter smiles.
What to do now?
It seems there’s no solution.
"Old Liu, I think you ought to focus your efforts on chemical mosquito control."
"As for the biological control aspect, leave it to Ye Bai."
"If Ye Bai can’t handle it, Zhang Lingxue will step in, let’s give Ye Bai three days."
"If Ye Bai can find a way to quickly evolve Thunder Light Water Scorpions into Thunder Light Dragonflies, we’ll adopt this method to support West River Province."
"If Ye Bai is also at a loss, at least Thunder Light Water Scorpions can greatly reduce the number of Dark Night Mosquitoes in Jiaying City, which is a good thing."
"Once we’re freed up, we’ll then support West River Province, but whether the mosquito disaster in West River Province continues to expand, we don’t know."
"It’s a pity for the suffering people of West River Province."
At this moment, President Liu suddenly thought of something: "Old Wang, I remember someone in your Pet Beast Union seems to have the talent of Insect Control."
"Do you think this person can control the Dark Night Mosquitoes and enslave them?"
Old Wang shook his head bitterly, "It’s useless. He’s been bitten by the Dark Night Mosquitoes and is covered in pockmarks. His talent has no effect on them."
At this moment, Secretary Liang hurriedly ran in and whispered something to Chairman Wang, whose face immediately turned grim.
"Old Liu, I’m sorry, but I have urgent work to attend to."
"I’ll come back to discuss countermeasures with you once I’m done."
Chairman Wang followed Secretary Liang out.
As Chairman Wang stepped out, his calm demeanor vanished, replaced by beads of sweat on his face, as he urgently asked, "Secretary Liang, are you sure the Bronze Treasure Sword is missing?"
"How did you discover it?"
Secretary Liang replied with certainty, "I’m sure, the Bronze Treasure Sword is indeed missing."
"Actually, it wasn’t me who discovered its disappearance; it was the surveillance footage."
"The footage showed only a shadow passing by, and then the Bronze Treasure Sword disappeared."
"Moreover, the shadow seemed to be searching through all the lockers."
Secretary Liang showed the photo of the shadow to Chairman Wang.
Chairman Wang recognized it instantly as Shadow from the Evangelical Association.
Shadow’s photo had been on the wanted list in the Pet Beast Union for a long time, and for unknown reasons, the list was suddenly canceled later.
Nevertheless, Chairman Wang had long etched Shadow’s image into his mind.
"How strange, how did Shadow enter the vault without a key?"
Chairman Wang hurriedly rushed back; this Bronze Treasure Sword involved a secret of Flame Country, and losing it was a responsibility he couldn’t bear.
Usually, Chairman Wang would have time to send people to search for the Bronze Treasure Sword, but it happened at this awkward time.
Ye Bai returned to the research institute, hearing the crackling sounds of mosquito swatting.
The institute was suddenly swarmed with Dark Night Mosquitoes, and Big Gray and Sunflower Emperor were furiously on the offensive.
Big Gray pointed sharply at the hovering Dark Night Mosquitoes, and a beam of lightning shot forth.
The lightning turned the Dark Night Mosquitoes into ashes wherever it passed.
In the blink of an eye, most of the Dark Night Mosquitoes were eradicated.
"Sunflower Emperor, Big Gray, did the Dark Night Mosquitoes from the tank escape?"
Ye Bai asked curiously.
The Sunflower Emperor summoned the clone of the Mandala Grass Emperor from the flower bud.
The Mandala Grass King activated the online translation.
"The Sunflower Emperor said a swarm of Dark Night Mosquitoes broke the glass of the institute and descended from the sky."
"Big Gray saw them and immediately eliminated most of them with a Thunder Claw."
"They aren’t sure where these Dark Night Mosquitoes came from."
Ye Bai’s eyes gleamed coldly; this was not good news, indicating that the Dark Night Mosquitoes had already begun to get out of control.
Chemical mosquito repellent was highly effective, its scent driving the Dark Night Mosquitoes away.
The Dark Night Mosquitoes would then penetrate areas without chemical repellent.
Ye Bai immediately reported this situation to the Cultivator Union and Pet Beast Union, donning a lab coat.
The situation was extremely urgent; he must quickly find a solution for the Dark Night Mosquitoes.
"Hopefully, everything can still be timely."
Just then, Ye Bai noticed some Dark Night Mosquitoes resting on the water surface, lightly touching it like dragonflies.
Ripples spread across the water, with Thunder Light Water Scorpions waiting menacingly beneath.
Some impatient Thunder Light Water Scorpions would snap open their massive mouths, swiftly devouring the Dark Night Mosquitoes.
Others with a calmer temperament would emit currents from their antennae, stunning the Dark Night Mosquitoes before leisurely swallowing them.
If certain Dark Night Mosquitoes sensed danger and tried to leave the water’s surface, Thunder Light Water Scorpions would spray streams of water from their mouths.
The water soaked the wings of the Dark Night Mosquitoes, causing them to fall into the water.
"The Thunder Light Water Scorpions are certainly effective in exterminating the Dark Night Mosquitoes."
"However, what’s next is the evolution experiment of the Thunder Light Water Scorpions."
"Hopefully, there will be a good outcome."
Ye Bai sprinkled a mixture of powder into the tank.
The Thunder Light Water Scorpions eagerly devoured the powder, and soon the tank became clean and transparent again.
"It seems the Thunder Light Water Scorpions are also clean-loving Exotic Beasts."
Some Thunder Light Water Scorpions, after consuming the powder, emitted intense currents from their antennae.
Others remained sluggish, seemingly digesting the powder, and Ye Bai recorded the conditions of these ten Thunder Light Water Scorpions.
This was crucial experimental data.