Chapter 636

Professional grave robbers all know that the most dangerous tombs are definitely not the tombs of princes and generals. Of course, although these tombs have many mechanisms, like a maze, they still have traces to follow. Therefore, the tombs of many emperors in the past dynasties can not escape the sight of tomb robbers. The really dangerous tombs must be the tombs of witches, priests, geomancers and so on. In ancient times, these "clergy" had a high status, so their tombs would not be inferior to the tombs of princes and princes. But the most important thing is that there are always some "mysterious things" left in the tombs of these "clergy" to protect their coffins.

Mystery means danger! It means death!

According to the investigation, the pyramid buried in yellow sand entered by Qin Nan's scientific research team is the tomb of a high priest in ancient Egypt. The "Guardian" of the high priest's tomb is the scarlet beetle he keeps. Although the high priest in the tomb has become a thousand year old corpse, the scarab beetle he kept in the tomb has continued.

The life span of insects is very short, but only a few years, but the reproduction ability of insects is beyond the reach of many species. There is a saying called "thousands of years of grass seeds, thousands of years of insect eggs", which shows how powerful the reproduction ability of insects is.

Among the insects, such as cockroaches, this guy used to be a neighbor of dinosaurs, but he has been breeding until now. We can imagine how strong his vitality and reproduction are. It is said that after a male cockroach and a female cockroach mate once, the female cockroach can lay eggs many times in her life. It can be seen that only male cockroaches have sex and ability to explode many species. Because of this, no matter how advanced pesticides you have, cockroaches can't be wiped out of the world. Once you find a cockroach in your home, it means that there may be thousands of cockroaches lurking in the dark.

However, cockroaches are tough but not fierce insects. In the records of duzong, there is a kind of insect that is similar to the scarred beetle, that is, "desert blood locust", also known as "desert cannibal locust". This kind of locust basically lays its eggs in the caves in the desert. Every few decades or hundreds of years, when there is abundant rain in the desert and the plants begin to recover, the eggs of this kind of locust will naturally hatch, then grow and reproduce at a crazy speed, and finally devour everything. Wherever they pass, they will eat everything they can. Then when they eat the food in a place almost, these locusts will move with the wind and form a "locust cloud". Wherever the wind blows, they will eat up everything there, whether it is food crops or livestock, until they eat up all the food around the desert. Finally, they will leave their eggs in the caves of the desert and wait quietly for the next eruption of desert life, and they will end all life again.

So Qin Lang always thinks that many people think that insects are very vulnerable, but in fact, what is vulnerable is human beings themselves. If there is a rapid deterioration of the environment, human beings may not be able to adapt, but many insects and animals can continue, it is because their vitality and reproduction are too strong. For example, some insects can live for a few days without their heads, but people obviously can't.

This scarred beetle, to some extent, is similar to the desert blood locust. It also thrives by preserving its eggs. But the difference is that scarab beetles are not vegetarian. They are basically ferocious carnivores. Once they sense that there is blood around them, they will soon hatch out, then live in animals or people, absorb their blood, and finally kill their hosts.

As for how scarlet beetles sense the proximity of "food", it can only be said that their strong genetic genes determine all this. Just like the lemmings living near the Arctic, when they feel rich in food in a specific year, the number of lemmings will explode. One lemming can give birth to seven babies a year, about 12 babies a year, which is a real birth machine, so the number will skyrocket, and then they will quickly eat a large area of food, but when their number bursts to To a certain extent, when the "load" is exceeded, lemmings will commit an incomprehensible behavior: suicide by jumping into the sea collectively.

In a word, this scarlet beetle is absolutely a kind of insect with strong vitality, fecundity and aggressiveness, and its attack power is very manic. For example, just like the Viper Qin Lang fed them, it was eaten by these scarlet beetles in an instant, even without bones. Even these scarred beetles nibble at iron cans to express their strong desire for flesh and blood and their strong dissatisfaction.

To be honest, the reason why Qin Nan survived was not that he was lucky, but that he took the "insect repellent bag" specially prepared by Qin Lang. Qin Lang is no longer worried about being attacked by any poisonous insects because of the existence of poisonous bodies. But his parents are "mortals" and often deal with some poisonous animals and plants. So Qin Lang has prepared an insect repellent bag for his parents. With this small sachet, he will hardly be attacked by poisonous insects. Even if he is bitten by poisonous insects, the medicine in the insect repellent bag, It also has an antidote effect. Moreover, the insect repellent bag has a real effect. Even the mosquito doesn't bite after taking it, so Qin Nan always carries it with him, so this thing also saves his life.

At that time, a scarred beetle lived in Qin Nan's body, but because of the drug suppression of the insect repellent bag, this manic scarred beetle became a "lazy insect", growing very slowly, so until Qin Nan returned home, this scarred beetle did not lay eggs, and Qin Nan also saved his life. However, after Qin Nan returned to China, Qin Lang immediately noticed that Qin Nan had poisonous insects because of his nonphasic body, so he informed Qin Nan.

Moreover, Qin Lang was also very confused at that time. The insect repellent bag on Qin Nan could almost control many powerful poisonous insects. However, this kind of insect could resist the smell of insect repellent bag and live on Qin Nan. It can be imagined how strong the vitality and attack desire of this insect are.

When Qin Lang dug the scarred beetle out of Qin Nan's leg, Qin Nan dared to believe that it was a real "trick", and Qin Nan did some research on it, and speculated that it should be the "scarred beetle" in the ancient Egyptian legend. Some totems similar to beetles have been found on some cultural relics in ancient Egypt, which makes many people wonder why ancient Egyptians regarded beetles as "gods".

However, from the perspective of history and human nature, people worship all kinds of gods because of awe in essence! Because of fear! Horror!