Chapter 188

"In my hometown, there is a moth that lays eggs on the grass in summer and feeds on grass leaves after hatching. After summer, the larvae will go underground and feed on grass seeds."

"At the same time, in my hometown, there is a fungus whose spores are not digested after being eaten by the moth larvae. The fungus spores will feed on the nutrients in the larvae, germinate hyphae and gradually occupy the whole body of the insect. Under the control of the hyphae, the insect will continue to move towards the ground. When the insect is about to get to the ground, the hyphae of this fungus just occupy the whole body of the insect In the spring of the next year, the fungus sprouts and breaks through the soil. After it matures, it begins to spread spores. If these spores are eaten by the moth larvae within a certain period of time, they can grow. If they are not eaten, they will die. "

Chen Fang doesn't know much about fungi, so he can only give an example. This example is because he committed beriberi when he was in Bluestar. After reading the advertisement, he went to Baidu. By the way, he also knew the cause of the fungus related Chinese medicine Cordyceps sinensis.

"As you have just seen, the hair and wings of the mother of pestilence are made up of filaments. In fact, I think it is more than that. If you come closer, you should see that it is basically made up of these filaments."

"That's the main reason for my judgment."

"You have said before that you can fly before you are locked in the cave, but you can't fly when you are locked in. Why?"

"I think it's because after being put in the cave, because the humid environment intensified the growth of fungi, and the mother of pestilence was swallowed up."

"When the pestilence mother is swallowed up, it becomes a fungal body in the shape of oil control pestilence mother."

As for why fungi keep the appearance of moths, Chen Fang made a hypothesis based on his experience in reading novels and his brain hole.

in the process of swallowing moths, because the mycelium will pierce all parts of the moth's body and prolong its growth, the fungi eventually grow into the appearance of a moth, and also form a growth memory. Once they are attacked, they will lose their "limbs" Spores will be sent out, trying to find a suitable host to reproduce. Because no one is near, these spores will fall to the ground and grow rapidly, and the hyphae will be connected with the "broken part" and automatically combine into the shape of the moth again. At the same time, this is also the reason why simple decapitation can not kill.

"Fungi don't move, just like ordinary plants."

"Its behavior of spreading poison fog is actually spreading its spores, and this kind of spores will grow very quickly when they parasitize animals."

"People who come into contact with the poisonous fog will turn into zombies. In fact, they are parasitized by spores. After a period of time, they will fall down and die. In fact, the mycelium devours all the flesh and blood. They can't stand without the support of bones. What's left is just a complete appearance composed of mycelium."

Chen Fang talked so blatantly that he was stunned.

"I always keep the seal here, so I agree with what you said, but what does it have to do with not being able to really kill the mother of pestilence?" A middle-aged man with gentle appearance suddenly said that he was Wen Ren's father, namely Mo Musheng.

Chen Fang sweated for a while. In fact, he said so much that he didn't talk about the point. He just wanted to show off. Now some people are "annoyed" and have to talk about the point.

"Cough, actually I mean, the reason why your ancestors didn't kill this pestilence insect mother is that they didn't locate it correctly and killed it as an animal. Of course, they couldn't kill it."

"The spores of fungi are like seeds of plants. It's useless to kill the fungi alone. The seeds are still there. There is water or karst cave here. There are abundant inorganic salts. The spores can still grow again. This is the wrong environment."

If the original introduction was not a cave, but a volcano and other extreme environment, the fungus would have died.

"If you cut the grass and don't remove the roots, the spring breeze will grow again, even if you kill it for another thousand years."

"What shall we do?" Jimo asked.

"Just fire it." Chen Fang said.

"It's impossible. This method doesn't work. Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." Hearing people laughing at Duanyang, I saw Chen Fang take advantage of his daughter before, but now he is a little bit against Chen Fang.

"Yes, Chen Fang, I told you before that my ancestors had burned them before, but they will still come back to life after a period of time." Jimo looks at Chen Fang puzzledly. He looks very wise before. Why is he so retarded on this issue.

"That's because it didn't burn thoroughly enough." Chen Fang added.

"What do you mean?" Hearing this, Zhong asked.

"I talked about the environment before. Do you think there are many damp and uneven pits on the ground inside the seal?" Chen Fang pointed to the ground with numerous small puddles under the pestilence insects in the seal.

"If the fire is not thorough, as long as a little bacteria or spores are left in the pit, as long as it is full of water, and with the residue and ashes covered on it, the fungi will grow up again after a period of time, and then form a new pestilence mother. This new pestilence mother should shrink in size. After all, there are not many nutrients." Chen Fang explained.

"So if you want to burn it thoroughly, you'd better keep on burning for three days and three nights."In fact, it doesn't have to be three days and three nights. Chen Fang said that just for the sake of insurance.

Chen Fang's words made everyone fall into silence. If the mother of pestilence can be completely eliminated as Chen Fang said, they can get away from it. But who can guarantee that Chen Fang's words are true? After all, he was just guessing.

However, Chen Fang's conjecture is well founded. It's like that. Some people are moved.

"Father, why don't you try? If it's really like what he said, we won't have to work so hard in the future." Hearing Duanyang said, although he is not happy with Chen Fang now, he thinks Chen Fang's words are quite reasonable.

“……”

Hearing that Zhong was silent, Chen Fang also heard what Chen Fang said. He thought it was reasonable to have a try. But he wanted to set the pestilence mother on fire. Because of the large space for sealing, he could only let people in to operate it. But once the pestilence mother was attacked, it would release the poison fog, which was fatal, so he hesitated.

"Yes, just burn it once, as he said, and let me go."

Just when Wen Renzhong hesitated, an old man with white hair and solemn expression came over. He was Wen Renzhong's grandfather, Jimo Xinde.

Now that the seal has stabilized, others have left the metal post and gathered around Chen Fang.

"Father, I'll do it." Jimo Musheng stops, and he knows what will happen when he goes in and seals, but he won't watch his father die.

"I'll do it." Jimo's expression is clear and her eyes are firm. Although she is a female, she is not afraid of life and death.

"No, I'll do it. Don't rob me. It's just a poisonous fog. I can resist it with my constitution." Jimo said.

His statement is totally untenable. Many of the people who entered the seal in the two families' records are more than one chip stronger than him. They can't resist it. How can he be an exception.

"I'll do it. You're still young." Jimo Xinde shook his head and said.

But his words did not make the two people present stop to recommend themselves, but more intense.

Chen Fang looked at the scene. Except for him, he was eager to participate. He felt a little embarrassed. Although he was not from any of the two families, he was the only one who didn't show where more than a dozen people could die. It seemed too encouraging.

So Chen Fangbing drank "quiet", and then in the eyes of the people confused, put on a look of death and said a word.

"Actually, I can go in too."

Of course, Chen Fang said this because he was sure to withdraw from the inside.

But no one paid any attention to him. People turned around and continued to quarrel about where and who went in.

See no one pay attention to him, Chen Fang just walk past, next to Jimo squeezed into the crowd, standing in the middle.

"Boy, I admire your courage and your kindness, but it's the business of Jimo Wenren family. It's going to kill people, so don't join in." Wen Renzhong said.

"Well, it doesn't matter if I go in or not." Chen Fang scratched his bald head.

"What are you doing? Do you want to be a monkey? I don't know. We don't have time now. " Jimo Duanyang said aloud.

When your sister's monkey, Chen Fang white smell Duanyang one eye, directly said: "in fact, as long as do a good job of body protection, not to be spore fog on the body, then go in will not die."

"I didn't say that before, even full body protection is still useless." Hearing that Duanyang looks at Chen Fang's face, he feels unhappy. When he thinks about the way Chen Fang stood behind his daughter wearing glasses, he gets angry.

If the boy is one meter away from his daughter in the future, I'll take my five meter sword to cut him, and I think bitterly when I hear Duanyang.

"What I mean by full body protection is to find a garment that can completely isolate the outside world without any gaps, and then put it on and go in again."

"That kind of poisonous fog is spores. As long as the spores don't fall on people, it's OK." Chen Fang explained.

"Well, it makes sense. Where can I find this kind of clothes in the past?" Jimo Xinde said a word, people fall into can ponder.

Of course, we are happy to be immortal. It's a question where to find this kind of clothes.

"Let's break up first. I'll think of something about it." Wen Renzhong said when everyone had no clue.

"Boy, if you can eliminate the pestilence mother completely this time, our two families owe you a favor." Wen Renzhong said to Chen Fang, and Jimo Xinde nodded in agreement.

"If it's a small matter, you don't need human feelings. Just give me some gold coins." Chen Fang said.

How much is human relationship worth? I'd rather have some gold coins.