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The rice that was supposed to be harvested in more than ten days was left with only bare branches due to the rampant locusts.

Everywhere the eyes can see is a mess and extremely desolate.

Wu Jun stood in the fields as a swarm of locusts swept past quickly. He had no time to do anything and could only watch the fruits of his hard work every day being easily destroyed.

"what……"

At this time, many villagers took sickles and hoes, and rushed towards the locusts regardless of whether they would get hurt.

Zhao Cuicui was not as fast as Wu Jun and only just arrived at the destination.

I couldn't believe what I saw, so I covered my mouth and cried silently.

Seeing that the locusts had eaten their crops, Wu Jun wanted to leave their place, but the villagers who rushed out attracted the locust army again.

I saw countless swarms of locusts, knocking down the villagers.

Not wanting the villagers to get hurt, Wu Jun rushed forward to rescue the trapped villagers.

As soon as I got closer, I heard the neighbor's collapsed shouting, mixed with crying.

"Get out of here, get out, you beasts! I told you to get out!"

"Oh... my rice, the rice that I worked so hard to grow."

"Wow, there's no food left. What can we expect in the second half of the year?"

"Get out of here, kill them..."

The villagers were so angry that they lost their minds. They had only hatred in their hearts and only one thought, which was to kill these beasts.

They all rushed to chase the locusts, but no matter how small the locusts were, rushing in would be useless when there were so many of them. Instead, they would get hurt, which was not worth the effort.

At this moment, someone said, "Light them up."

"Yes, yes, yes, light a fire. Locusts are afraid of fire."

"Quick, light the torches and burn all these beasts to death."

After a while, the lit torches took effect.

When the locusts saw the fire, they rushed over desperately, and soon a layer of locust corpses were scattered on the ground.

But some people thought that a single torch had limited power, so they lit the fire.

"Crack!"

But there were so many locusts that even if we lit more than ten fires at once.

To the locust army, the loss of these few locusts is nothing.

There were also five or six fires that could not withstand so many locusts and were directly put out.

The smell of meat and burnt locusts that were burned to death mixed together, causing an unpleasant odor to fill the air.

The locusts seemed to have no fear of life or death and were still focused on causing destruction. They would not let go of even the slightest bit of anything that could be destroyed.

Soon the locust army finished its sweep and left, leaving behind only the land that looked like it had been plowed.

Wu Jun and Zhao Cuicui sat slumped in their own fields. Feelings of helplessness and despair kept spreading in their hearts. The couple couldn't help but hug each other and cry.

Similar scenes occurred in almost every village throughout Yongkang Prefecture.

The villagers tried their best to drive away the locusts.

But the locust army is too large and human power is too small to be of any help.

The sense of oppression in the air was suffocating, as if the entire Great Zhou was shrouded in the shadow of a locust plague.

Little did they know that the villagers killed a lot of locusts with fire, but relatively speaking, the locusts took away more things, and the number of locusts to hatch next would increase exponentially.

In other words, the locust swarms that have already flown away are just a prelude. The eggs in the soil are also hatching rapidly. This locust swarm that has made countless people despair has just begun.

You should know that even if locusts are in their infancy, as long as they follow the locust army and have sufficient food supplies, they can grow up in a very short time.

Buzz!

Wu Jun and his wife were crying and hugging each other. When they heard the sound getting farther and farther away, they looked up and saw a swarm of locusts that had eaten up all their crops and continued to fly north.

Yongkang Prefecture City.

The prefect of Yongkang stood on the city wall, looking at the locusts crawling everywhere on the wall. He clenched his fists tightly and smashed them hard on the wall.

"Send an urgent message to the imperial court, Yongkang... Yongkang could not stop the locust army and has already fallen."

"As ordered!"

The prefect of Yongkang looked at the swarm of locusts sweeping over and truly felt how insignificant humans are in the face of nature. The feelings of powerlessness and fear intertwined together made him extremely depressed.

But there is one thing he is very clear about.

Yongkang is about to fall into chaos.

He never dreamed that the rice was about to mature and be harvested.

The ordinary people who originally relied on wild vegetables for survival fell into greater despair when the harvest season came.

Even the last bit of hope was strangled by these hateful insects.

But a good death is worse than a miserable life, and no one wants to stay where he is and wait to die.

If you want to get food, you have to rely on abnormal means. If you do this, countless people will lose their lives in vain in this disaster.

The prefect of Yongkang knew that the locust plague was inevitable, and the next thing to do was to find ways to reduce the losses.

Just as the prefect of Yongkang was thinking this, an official standing beside him said tremblingly: "Sir, in Yongkang..."

"Say oh, I'm sorry."

"Nothing was harvested in Yongkang!"

Even though I had already guessed the result, it was still a little hard to accept when I heard it with my own ears.

The officials clearly saw the prefect stagger for a moment, then return to normal in an instant.

"grown ups!"

"I'm fine, you said, I can still hold on."

"Sir, Xieyang Village was attacked a quarter of an hour ago. The villagers reacted quickly, but even so... the number of casualties was as high as more than 20, and the rice... not a single leaf was left."

When the prefect of Yongkang heard these cold numbers, he knew that they were human lives and food rations for the people.

It's over, it's all over now.

But this situation is just the beginning.

Judging from the direction the locust army was flying, they were moving quickly towards Qingshan Prefecture.

This means that within a few days, Qingshan Prefecture will be like Yongkang, watching the fruits of its labor being destroyed.

The key is that the temperature is very high every day, and the eggs and worms in the ground will hatch in less than a day.

The newly hatched locusts will become the new main force. If such a large army of locusts finish eating the green plants, they are likely to attack humans.

Since Yongkang can no longer be saved, what would be the consequences if Qingshan Prefecture was also affected?

"hiss……"

It is possible that the entire Great Zhou will cease to exist. Even if some places survive, it will take several years for the affected areas to recover.

The most important thing is that this locust plague will cause a sharp decline in Yongkang’s population.

Without people, no matter how much land there is, no one will cultivate it. Without food, no one will eat it. For a long time, Yongkang will be in a state of severe depression.

The prefect of Yongkang did not dare to think any further and quickly ordered: "Hurry up and send the letter to the prefect of Qingshan, and ask him to find a way to reduce the losses."

"Yes!"

After his confidant left, the prefect of Yongkang shouted at the officials standing behind him: "Quickly mobilize people to stop these beasts as much as possible at the border between Yongkang and Qingshan. Quick!"

"Yes!"