Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 65: Gerbils are attacking

The Kestrel flew back and forth through the heavy snow.

After arriving at the hilly area where the town of Chan Gu was located, Zhou Yi saw that the Ridgehunter had switched to a ball of light and dived towards a steep conical hill behind the town of Chan Gu.

Drones followed.

The mountain looked like a giant stalagmite that had been hollowed out, with a mountain pass at the top, and the light from Lie Hai could clearly see the entire area below from the air.

There were more than a dozen clawed pigs in the mountain pass, waving their claws and digging frantically. When the spine hunters came, they immediately fled for their lives.

Hunter Sea faced the Red Falcon, and two red light eyes appeared on the surface of his spherical body: "Chairman, I knew it was these wild beasts who were causing trouble. I could sense their presence from a distance."

"I don't know if there's something wrong with their brains. They keep digging here and there, and some of them have even dug deep underground."

Zhou Yi noticed that the mountain pass was full of dug holes and small pits.

A square appeared on the screen at this time, scanning the surrounding environment left and right.

The Red Falcon then concluded: "This is a dead volcano. The volcanic cone has been severely eroded, and there are irregular traces of lava flows, volcanic ash, etc. I have seen a lot of dead volcanoes in the past when I was in the rescue team."

"From the external situation, it will not erupt again in the short term, but if the time is extended, there will still be certain geological risks."

Zhou Yi called Gong Zheng and asked him if he knew the situation of the mountain.

Gong Zheng carefully observed the mountain pass on the screen, and then said: "This is the "Gray Mountain" behind the town of Changu, which produces soil ash."

"I heard that when the people in this town first started growing mushrooms, they would go to the Ash Mountain to find some dirt and ash, and sprinkle it into the mushroom holes, which would help the mushrooms grow better and more."

"But the mountain is high and steep, and it's hard to walk at night. If you're not careful, you could fall to your death. Even if you run back and forth safely, it's already dawn, which is very dangerous. There are also clawed pigs roaming there, so no one goes there a long time ago."

"I don't know if it's a volcano, but in the winter in Changu Town, you can indeed hear noises coming from underground or in the mountains, like something hitting the mountain or knocking against rocks. But it's not like this time, the noise was so loud and lasted so long."

His words further confirmed the Red Falcon's judgment.

Volcanic ash is a natural fertilizer that can improve soil, increase fertility, and help plant growth and development.

Now we need to figure out what exactly the clawed pig group is digging on the extinct volcano.

Zhou Yi called Night Claw.

The local clawed pig blurted out: "Master, they are looking for food."

"Winter is here. If we don't have enough food to eat in the north, we have to hunt here. There are gerbils hiding in that mountain. They often burrow in that mountain to spend the winter. I used to go there to catch gerbils to eat."

Zhou Yi was shocked.

After searching everywhere, it turned out that the gerbil was hiding in the back mountain of Canggu Town.

But he forgot to ask Night Claw about the situation. Gerbils were on Claw Pig's diet and he was familiar with this group of animals.

Nightpaw heard about the underground kingdom of gerbils, but he was not surprised.

It said: "Master, here, gerbils are the species that have existed the longest. They have been living here before the clawed pigs migrated here, so it is normal for them to dig holes everywhere."

"These guys are actually very cunning. They hide in caves in the mountains in winter. If we want to catch them, we have to dig holes, and then they hide further inside. In the end, the holes that we dug with our claws with great effort become their new foundations, and they dig further holes inside. These guys are using us to dig the mountain."

Zhou Yi frowned: "What are you digging the mountain for?"

"I don't know, maybe it's for the winter."

Nightclaw stared at the dead volcano on the screen. "This mountain is the largest in that area. The deeper you go, the warmer it gets. They probably want us to dig a big hole for them so they don't freeze to death. The rocks there are very hard. It's very difficult for us to dig, and our claws are often blunted."

It lifted up the scimitar claw of its right front leg, where there was a gap: "Look, the leftmost claw was dug out."

"But there's nothing we can do. We're hungry in the winter and we need to eat. Even though we dug holes, we were able to eat some gerbils. Speaking of which, those gerbils are basically very old and were thrown out to die on purpose."

"This way we have food and they can reduce their consumption. Besides, those gerbils are going to die soon anyway, so both sides can accept it."

As for why the rat-digging operation was particularly large-scale this year and the Claw Pigs were relentless in chasing the gerbils, Night Claw had no idea.

It said to go and investigate first.

About an hour later, Nightpaw returned, panting and steaming.

"Master, Master, I asked!"

Zhou Yi corrected him: "Call me Chairman, you are also an employee of the company."

"Yes Yes!"

Nightclaw corrected the address and said, "Chairman, I found a Claw Pig that I know, and I learned from it that something big happened this winter."

"For the first time in history, the gerbils launched an attack on a group of clawed pigs." Zhou Yi had a puzzled look on his face.

Gerbils beat pigs?
Ordinary small animals, actively attacking E-level light nano species?

How to fight this?
"say clearly."

"Is such that."

Nightclaw calmed down his breathing a little and said, "About a month ago, a strange thing happened in the area occupied by the northern claw pigs. A member of the claw pig tribe suffered from severe vomiting, convulsions and coma. No one knew what was going on."

"The leader discovered that those with physiological abnormalities were all adults who had licked the cubs. The cubs would sleep for a long time every day in a hole covered with hay, and the adult cubs would lick their bodies to determine their conditions. There was a toxin on the cubs' fur that poisoned the adult cubs."

"After investigation, it was found that these toxins were applied secretly by gerbils. They would dig holes underground to get close to the sleeping pups when the adults were not around, and then apply poison on their fur with rotten leaves and soil. The smell was covered and it was difficult to detect."

"That's the toxin from the giant mushroom, which the gerbils collected from the mushroom forest."

"This large-scale poisoning dealt a severe blow to the tribe, making it difficult for them to hunt, and their territory was reduced. Two people died from the poisoning."

"Then this tribe launched a crazy revenge against the gerbils, not just in the north, but also in the oasis, outside the mushroom forest, and in Changgu Town. They were hunting gerbils everywhere. But gerbils are very smart and hid one by one, so this tribe launched a continuous and uninterrupted attack on the mountain where the gerbils are hidden. This time they wanted to completely kill the rat king of this group of gerbils."

Zhou Yixin said, "So that's what happened."

He raised a question: "You said that the gerbils only poisoned this tribe?"

"Yes."

"Why them?"

"This tribe is quite cruel. They twisted off the heads of gerbils and piled them together. The gerbils would try to save the bodies. The heads and bodies were their baits. A large number of gerbils were killed in this way... They did it first. Later, they attracted the gerbils' revenge and counterattack."

There was also some complexity in Nightclaw's eyes: "Actually, there is no need to do this. Everyone is just trying to fill their stomachs."

Zhou Yi thought of it immediately.

This time, the gerbils moved out of the underground city collectively to avoid revenge from the clawed boar tribe.

At this moment, a light suddenly appeared on the remote control screen.

Continuous explosions occurred at the crater of the extinct volcano.

A large amount of smoke and dust sprayed out from inside, like a gaseous fountain.

The strong light faded and the dust gradually settled.

The lens became clear again.

On the ground inside, there were mutilated corpses of clawed pigs lying all over the place, most of them were charred and lifeless.

The Red Falcon's box flashed and captured everywhere: "The death toll of the clawed pigs is more than 28. A large amount of sulfur and dust was found at the scene. It should be caused by the explosion after the dust was ignited."

"There are multiple detonation pits at the site. This is not an accident, but a man-made explosion environment, waiting for the clawed pigs to dig into the ground and detonate. There is a large amount of sulfur here. As long as a closed underground environment like a pit is formed, the dust can cause a violent explosion."

"Combined inference, it should be a trap set by a group of gerbils."

Nightclaw was stunned. "With so many dead... this tribe can no longer exist. The remaining members must either migrate or merge with other tribes. This, gerbils can actually destroy a tribe... I've never heard of this before."

at the same time.

Lie Hai on the other side of the screen suddenly had his eyes shining brightly: "I found you!"

It switched to combat prism form, releasing a strong light that cut a deep crack in the extinct volcano.

The spinehunter dived in.

When it came out, it had a tiny white mouse in its outstretched claws.

Gerbils emerged from cracks and holes in the ground, but they all ran around anxiously on the ground, unable to save their leader.

Through the camera of the Red Falcon, Zhou Yi saw that the body of the little white mouse was made up of thin white plastic strands, with red, black and yellow lines in its chest cavity. The limbs and simple mechanical devices inside its body were also clearly visible.

Another electromechanical life.

It is the commander-in-chief who leads the gerbils to attack the clawed pig tribe.

Zhou Yi pondered.

The birth of the underground gerbil kingdom is probably related to it.

(End of this chapter)