.This is a carapace that is about the size of a palm. It is located at the bottom of the abdomen of the locust. It is probably because it is often in contact with the ground! All locusts have such a thick horn armor at the bottom of the abdomen. Judging from its function, it should be to protect the body from being rubbed by the ground. After all, it is not a comfortable thing to directly contact the soft abdomen with the hard ground. "Smell?" Looking at this piece of black and dirty horn armor, Qin Guang couldn't help frowning. This thing grows at the front of the tail of the locust and often comes into contact with feces. Even if you don't smell it with your nose, you can tell what it smells. Therefore, for the object handed over by Tianxiang, he could only cover his nostrils in a mess and shouted unhappily: "What else can it smell? Of course it's a stinky smell."

"That's right!" Tianxiang nodded with a smile, maliciously approaching the carapace in his hand again: "However, there are many kinds of stench. Don't you think the stench on it is a bit strange?" Qin Guang couldn't help but be stunned by Tianxiang's words. He quickly pushed his fingers on his nose, resisted the vomiting caused by the stench, and approached the carapace. Sure enough, a strange stench that was obviously different from insect feces also drifted over.

"...what is this?" He asked in confusion: "You are right, this smell is very unique. It seems... I have smelled it somewhere." "It's fishy smell. It's very obvious fishy smell." Tianxiang put down his raised arms and threw the rotten carapace aside. Rubbed his hands: "Do you remember? Dongdu's specialty has this unique fishy smell after it rots."

"You mean...fish?" Qin Guang suddenly realized.

"That's right, it's fish." "But... there are mountains around a hundred miles nearby, where are the fish from?" "I'm afraid you can only know this question by asking them yourself." Tianxiang pointed to the insect corpses on the ground and nodded thoughtfully: "There are mountains and forests here. There are no too many fish growing in the springs and mountain streams. It's even more impossible for all the locusts to be covered with fishy smell. Judging from the richness of the stench, these insects seem to have been with rotten fish for a long time. If they were

Flying from afar, the smell must have dissipated. However, until now, the smell is still quite strong. Therefore, their haunts will not be too far away from here." "As for the people they killed, I'm afraid... it's still for food." Qin Guang looked at the cold sky: "It's almost winter, and there are less and less food in the insects. It's hard to guarantee that there will be no large-scale attacks on humans. Those labor farms scattered outside the fortress should all be withdrawn into the ethnic territory! Do this. Be safer."

"Okay! This matter is up to you! As he said that, Tianxiang kicked the worm corpse on the ground hard: "I want to take someone to search nearby. Maybe something unexpected will be discovered." "You mean... those fish?" Qin Guang was a little puzzled.

"Fish is just an introduction. It's hard to say that the final result will surprise us."

Tianxiang's words are quite obscure. After all, deep in his heart, he was deeply worried about this seemingly ordinary thing... The search team is not large in scale. Three armed squadrons are divided into north, northwest and northeast. In fact, the range that can be searched can only be found in this. There is absolutely no problem in the south of the fortress.

The team where Tianxiang is located is aiming to the northeast. Although it is certainly because the blood of the ground insects has been extending, it is more importantly because it is towards the direction of the sea. The smell is smelly. It is also the only clue at present. It is also the only tool for searchers to rely on the ground smell. In order to facilitate action, each search team brings five or six farming insects and beasts. For the smell, this powerful creature actually has a much more sensitive sense of smell than humans. When riding on the back of the insects and beasts, Tianxiang couldn't help but feel a little emotional. His former mount Xiaoqing was buried a few years ago. Compared with the lifespan of humans, his

The survival time is too short. However, the appearance of Xiaoqing, as the first insect beast in the place where the tribe was successfully domesticated, undoubtedly provided a living model for later hunters. It was from that time that various insect beasts that were domesticated and used for artificial breeding gradually appeared in the equipment sequence of the dragon militia. Now under his straddle is an insect beast called "Black-Red Longhorn Bull". This giant beast, which evolved from ancient plant-eating insects, not only inherited the various fine "traditions" of its ancestors, but also developed the habit of omnivorous on this basis. What is particularly worth mentioning is that it is no matter at any time

They are all very scary and have a good appetite. This two-year-old adult celestial cow with a length of nearly ten meters and weighing about two tons needs to consume at least 300 kilograms of food every day. Sometimes, when you see it leisurely enjoying the comfortable appearance of green grass leaves, Tianxiang himself can't help but want to make something and stuff it into his mouth and chew it. "Paying and reward must be proportional." This is an old saying widely circulated among the dragon tribe. Raising insects and beasts is no exception. Since a large amount of food is consumed, they naturally have to pay the price they deserve. In this way, in the time when the war is gradually decreasing, many insects and beasts are mostly used.

Instead of manpower farming or transporting goods, when war breaks out, they must rush to the front line and use their huge and hideous bodies to win greater victory for their masters. This is their responsibility and their obligation. The stenchy locust corpses have been sniffed by the insect beasts. I wonder if this huge guy understood the owner's meaning, after a while of sniffing, it actually opened his mouth to swallow the entire insect corpse. It made Tianxiang laugh and cry. After repeated assurances of raising militias, he stepped on his back in confusion. Under its heavy and huge steps, he left the fortress and walked slowly towards the direction he chose.

The black-backed celestial bull did not move fast, but due to its height and length of legs, it could maintain a sufficient distance of movement. Two days later, the search team had already walked out of the normal control range of the fortress and began to enter a mountainous area covered with woods. A mountain stream flowing downstream, interrupting the direction of the search. It was probably because of the relationship between the stream and the water! The celestial bull stopped here. According to the explanation of the militia following, the insects and beasts could only follow here. Without the guidance of the smell, it did not know where the target was hidden.

Frustration is certain. However, accidents always come with hope.

A soldier fetching water by the stream discovered that from the upstream of the flowing water, many white black squads were washed down. Although the number was small and the size of the bones was not large, it was certain that it was a piece of fish bone after being torn apart. Tianxiang looked at the bones in his hand. On the surface, this should be a very large fish. Because the bone in his hand was simply a rib thorn supporting the hollow cavity of the fish. However, this rib thorn is as thick as an adult's fingers. It can be imagined that the ground fish with this rib thorn would be as big as that.

The water in the mountain stream is very clear, but it is also shallow. If such a big fish can be raised in such an environment, Tianxiang will not believe it even if he beats it to death. "Walk up." This is the new order he issued later. The source of the fish bones should be there.

The mountains are not steep, strictly speaking, they should be a hill. It is only because the vegetation densely spread in it is too lush and the staggered heights and the large position of the heights makes the mountain look higher. The source of the stream water seems to flow out from the middle of the hills. The search team has been divided into three-person combat formations. Using the dispersed thoughts, Tianxiang can easily find the biological individuals in the surrounding area. However, most of them are other insect groups that have nothing to do with the target. Although they are extremely surprised by this group of uninvited guests who have never met, they do not show more interest. In their minds, there are only fresh and delicious plant stems and leaves, and those brothers of the same tribe who are weaker than themselves.

Sister is his most important target. The tracking lasted for two days, and the scope of Siyan search was expanded. By noon on the third day, Tianxiang had discovered the location of the target assembly site. Just in front of a cliff about a thousand meters away from the search team, there were more than twenty biological energy fluctuations similar to locusts. The strict formation quickly dispersed and quickly closed towards the target site. However, the closer the target point, the more suspicion in Tianxiang's heart was. Through the released Siyan, he could clearly "see": these strange locusts seemed to be eating around a bunch of things. And their degenerate upper limbs with only two claws seemed to be pinching some weird objects...

"Attack!" As each team arrived at the designated location one after another, the command consciousness accompanied by the thoughts also reached every soldier's mind in a timely manner. After a series of gunfire sounded from multiple directions, the open space in front of the cliff had become a Shura field full of dead bodies. "As expected, their food was fish."

There were twenty-seven killed locusts. Judging from their actions before their death, they should be eating around the pile of fish. The fish that had not yet swallowed the fish before they died, and the fish that had been bitten from the middle part, all clearly illustrate this point. However, the pile of fish that were about one meter high, like a hill, was piled among the insect swarm, and the number of them was beyond everyone's expectations. It is estimated that there were at least hundreds of fish, which were aquatic animals. No one would doubt this. Judging from the fish found on the scene, their size was quite large. Each one weighed about five or six kilograms, and it could be regarded as the arrogant among freshwater fish.

The open space was covered with thick fish scales. They were exposed in the air, exuding a pungent and thick fishy smell. This was exactly the same as Tianxiang had smelled the stinky smell on the insect corpse before. It was certain that the extremely disgusting stench came from here. Not only the fish scales, but also the considerable number of large pieces of black feces in the woods around the open space. From the appearance, it should have been done by the dead locusts. Some slightly white fish bones were faintly exposed. Judging from the locations of the feces scattered by the stream, the search team was

The broken fish bones found downstream should come from here. Tianxiang, who was slung his hand cross-body, squatted down and picked up a fish with mucus on the surface, and looked at it carefully. Although his inner guesses have been confirmed, he still couldn't understand: in the mountainous areas where there were no large water sources to accumulate, the locusts got such a large number of fish. This was a big fish with red scales. It was more than fifty centimeters long. Judging from the whitened fish eyes and soft bodies, they seemed to have died of water.

After a long time of death, Tianxiang pulled out the dagger beside his shoes. He poked the belly of the fish with a high bulging and pale white. Suddenly, a large ball of black and smelly fish intestines also rushed out of the broken mouth, causing the terrible fish belly to expand into a shrunk meat bag. "These fish have been dead for at least two days." Tianxiang thought, put down the fish corpse in his hand, and wiped the dirty dagger in the grass for a long time. After deciding that there were no adhesions, he slowly put it in the sheath. From time to time, these fish were inferred

The fishing period should be after Xin'an Town was attacked. That is to say, the locusts gathered here almost at the same time as they set out. There was no large water storage source around them. This has been confirmed by photos taken by the aerial unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. It is absolutely impossible for the rivers on the ground to support so many large fish at the same time. For a time, the source of the fish seemed to have become the most puzzling link in the entire incident. They seemed to appear suddenly from the air, and their mystery reached its peak.

"Does these locusts know how to transport the captured fish to their residence and slowly want to use them?" Even Tianxiang himself could not be sure of this idea. However, it was precisely because of this that he suddenly remembered: when the search team just launched an attack, he seemed to see that the locusts were still holding something on their "hands"...

No one has ever turned the corpse of the insects. Apart from the lying down, they remained in the same state as before they died. And almost no one would pay more attention to the remaining objects between their claws except Tianxiang. Because it was too ordinary and not worth mentioning at all. It was a short branch with a thick surface. It was about fifteen or six centimeters in length. All the locusts had such a small piece of broken branches on their hands. As for what it was, even Tianxiang was a little confused for a moment.

"This is unreasonable." He thought to himself: "The branches themselves are indeed very ordinary. But they appear on all locusts at this time. After careful analysis, there must be a reason to connect them..." Insects do have the habit of biting trees, especially omnivorous insects like locusts, which is naturally even less surprising.

After staring at the stiff worm corpses on the ground for a long time, Tianxiang picked up one of the branches, compared the postures that still existed on the worm corpses, and slowly imitated them... Suddenly, he noticed a very small link: almost all the locusts had a fish that emitted a foul smell on the other hand of almost all the locusts. The fish's body was either intact or had been gnawed half. But there seemed to be something missing from the dirty and sticky bodies of these fish...

Scale! Yes, it is fish scales. Tianxiang, who had a bright light, quickly grabbed a rotten fish, followed the posture of a corpse, and slowly hanged up the hardened scales on the surface of the fish body with short branches. Suddenly, bright and reflective scales flashed one by one, falling down sparsely like dry leaves.

This is just a very simple action. In the eyes of others, there is nothing strange. However, Tianxiang, who completely understands what the locusts are doing, seemed to be hit by a sudden lightning, standing in place, opening his mouth slightly, and unable to say a word. Ancient biologist Darwin, in his book "Theory of Evolution", clearly stated that the most basic difference between humans and animals is that humans can use tools while animals can only obtain food by their own abilities. This is the most fundamental reason why ancient apes can evolve into humans.

A short branch looks not unusual. However, wasn’t the original tool of the ancient ape also a stick that broke off from a tree? Although there were some differences in size, the meaning represented was exactly the same. Through the consciousness of the “monster” Tianxiang knew that although human-faced locusts have similar shapes to humans, they have not evolved to the point where they can use tools. They are still a group of insects with low intelligence. For them, human genes are only necessary components of the body.

Partly, there is no value to help evolution. But now this group of locusts knows how to use tools, and the huge difference is enough to make Tianxiang scared. (It is said that by 2050, there will be at least 3,000 bachelors in China without wives. Lao Hei doesn't know if locusts will have such troubles. However, a female worm can probably satisfy multiple males at the same time... and then lay eggs... The male worm doesn't have to be responsible, and he can leave with his butt... Day! It's a fairy-like day!)
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