Three Hundred and Eighty Four Night Journey

Xiao Yuan said in shock: "Only three meters? That's too far away!"

"Who knows, it seems that the southern worms are a little smaller than the northern worms, and they are already relatively large if they are more than three meters long, usually around two meters..." Shen Hao said.

"No bigger one?" Ye Han was surprised.

"It's not impossible. Let's put it this way, the ones that swim in the water are bigger than the ones that crawl on the ground, and the ones that crawl on the ground are bigger than those that fly in the sky. The largest flying insect on this side of the Sui River is less than 1.5 meters long." Shen Hao said.

Xiao Yuan was speechless for a moment. Not to mention the giant cockroaches in the north that are more than ten to twenty meters long. Even the giant praying mantis and giant ants can grow to more than four meters long. I heard that there are giant centipedes more than six meters long on Bangdao. The giant worm in the south has shrunk so much?

"Instructor Ye, Nan Chong's small size, is it related to the temperature?" The new team member who had been silent all this time asked suddenly.

The new team member is called Chi Wei, who has just been promoted from a trainee to an intern team member, and the habit of addressing him can't be changed after a while.

"It's possible." Ye Han nodded, "That's right, the theory class was not in vain."

How to manipulate power armor is only the main course of the animation academy. In addition, there are various theoretical courses, and giant insects are also one of the main courses in the academy.

Shen Hao blinked suspiciously: "The temperature here is high, so the size of the giant worm is small?"

"You can also say that." Ye Han smiled, "Strictly speaking, it has something to do with heat dissipation."

"I still don't understand." Shen Hao shook his head.

Ye Han explained: "Let's put it this way, insects are relatively low-level animals. They don't have heat dissipation organs such as sweat glands. The larger they are, the more heat they will generate when exercising. The weather here is hot. If they are too large, they will generate heat during exercise." The heat can kill the giant worm, so the small size of the southern worm is probably related to the temperature."

Shen Hao showed a thoughtful look: "It seems to make sense. Insects in the water don't need to dissipate heat, so they are bigger... But aren't there giant cockroaches more than 20 meters long in the north? How do those things dissipate heat?"

"I don't understand that either." Ye Han shrugged, "But giant cockroaches only move at night, maybe because they are afraid of the heat."

"No, although there are no giant worms on the Suihe River, there are large worms in neighboring provinces and Southeast Asia. How can this be explained?" Shen Hao asked again.

"Perhaps these giant worms have evolved some kind of heat dissipation ability. In a word, those who can survive can adapt to the environment, and those who can't adapt will die." Speaking of this, Ye Han chuckled, "Let's just chat casually. This kind of messy thing, let Beidu study it."

The gunshots outside the car had become very loud. Ye Han turned on the surveillance screen to check the situation outside the car. He was not surprised to see a machine gun turret firing. Tracer bullets flew into the dark night. Missed the target, anyway, the shooting frequency is not low.

Not only the machine gun turret was firing, but there were also several armored vehicles parked on the side of the road in full battle.

Ye Han asked curiously: "What does the machine gun tower use to determine the target's position, radar?"

Shen Hao replied: "The radar is responsible for positioning, and the ultrasonic and optical photography are responsible for determining whether it is a giant insect."

"So complicated?" Xiao Yuan exclaimed.

"It's not that exaggerated. They are all low-power devices, and the detection distance is no more than one kilometer."

The armored vehicle drove past the fiercely firing city defense line, and Ye Han turned the camera on the roof to carefully observe the surrounding situation.

After driving more than 400 meters away from the defense line, a large mosquito suddenly appeared on the green screen. Before Ye Han could see the appearance of the giant mosquito clearly, a tracer bomb hit the giant mosquito's thorax, using the giant mosquito as its chest. truncate.

The broken giant mosquito dragged its broken wings like maple seeds, spinning and falling.

Then an unnamed flying insect broke into the screen, this giant insect was hit by two bullets at the same time, and broke into three sections in the air.

Ye Han silently turned off the screen and stopped looking at the situation outside.

It is said that the scale of the insect plague in the south is poor. He always thought that the giant insects in the south were scattered and scattered. Now he realized that although the giant insects here are fighting independently, their scale is not much smaller than that in the north.

He looked at Shen Hao and asked, "How did Suihe survive when there was no defense system?"

"How can you stand up? If you don't go out at night, you will be unlucky if you encounter bugs when you go out." Shen Hao said, "But there were really not so many bugs at that time."

Ye Han looked back at Suihe City. There were basically no street lights and landscape lights in the urban area, but there were still a lot of lights coming out of the buildings, and insects were phototaxis. If there was no light in the city, would the situation be better?

But he just thought about it. There are so many people in Suihe City, it is impossible not to think of this, and it is not his turn to worry about it.

A few minutes later, the gunshots could no longer be heard from the armored vehicles far away from the urban area of ​​Suihe, but the distance was still a little close, and they drove forward for a certain distance before driving away from the road protected by the machine gun tower under the guidance of Shen Hao. On a cement road that doesn't know where it leads.

The cement road has not been used for a long time. The road is full of dead branches and leaves, and weeds are stubbornly sticking their heads out of the cracks. The vegetation on both sides is much denser than that near the road, and there are even many big trees with roots more than ten meters high.

After leaving the road, An Dongli turned off the headlights according to the regulations, and drove carefully with the vision provided by the night vision device, but there were bright lights flickering in the forest from time to time, floating around like will-o’-the-wisps.

An Dongli asked curiously: "Minister Shen, what's bright outside?"

Shen Hao smiled: "It's okay, it's a giant firefly."

"There are still fireflies?" Xiao Yuan immediately became interested, "Captain, can you go out and have a look?"

"Be honest, you will see it later." Ye Han glared at Xiao Yuan.

Wearing armor and getting out of the top hatch, there is definitely no problem in terms of safety, and it is impossible for giant insects to get into the car from the roof. The problem is that you can stop the giant insects, but not ordinary insects. Oh no.

Xiao Yuan grinned in disappointment, leaned over to the screen and took a quick look, but the night vision screen was full of green light, it didn't feel like a child at all.

Watching fireflies is more immersive and more atmospheric.

Shen Hao smiled and said: "Don't worry, you will see it later."

"Are there a lot of fireflies?" Ye Han asked.

"A lot, especially in the woods."

Ye Han sighed: "When I was a child, I learned it when I was in school. It is said that the ancients took a bag of fireflies and brought them home for lighting. If there were giant worms at that time, it would be enough for a scholar to take one back."

"Are you kidding me?" Xiao Yuan said, "I've always wondered, fireflies have more light, how can they read the words on the book clearly? It's strange to be short-sighted when using this thing to illuminate. What else? Does Xueguang despise those who read with Xueguang?"

Ye Han couldn't help laughing: "You boy, can't you take your brain with you?" To be continued.