After watching the video, I immediately felt anxious.
I quickly got up and went downstairs to the supermarket to buy some bottled water.
However, when I arrived at the supermarket, I found that all the shelves were completely sold out of bottled water!
The drinks had also been wiped clean.
With no other options, I ended up buying a few bottles of beer.
Then I returned home.
On Douyin, there were countless videos about this bug.
Most of them showed ordinary people who had been infected.
There were also some videos featuring experts researching this situation.
"This bug can survive even after being corroded by strong acids."
"And under strong light, it secretes a dark green liquid."
"According to expert studies, this liquid is highly corrosive."
"Even ceramic materials that we use daily can be easily corroded and penetrated by it."
"Moreover, under strong light, this bug will undergo division."
"One division can produce two new bugs."
At this point, I was completely filled with despair.
The mineral water was sold out.
The beverages were sold out.
The beer I bought simply couldn't sustain me through these days!
“Buzz—”
Just as I felt a wave of despair, my phone suddenly vibrated.
I opened it to find a WeChat message from Yao Xiu.
“Strong light exposure?”
“I’ve already tried that method!”
“Strong light will trigger its stress response.”
“And in turn activate its splitting mechanism.”
“Look at this.”
With that, he sent a photo.
In the picture, he was putting a strange insect into a bottle.
Beside him were a dozen similar bottles.
Each bottle contained a split version of the strange insect!
“Based on my observations, the nodes on this insect are its splitting points.”
"Every time it splits, a new node is created."
"And then, these nodes will continue to split."
"If this goes on..."
Just as I was about to ask him more, Yao Xiu sent another message:
"The Expert Team has arrived; I need to handle something first."
I tossed my phone aside and continued to ponder.
According to Yao Xiu, the splitting of this strange insect is due to the division of nodes in its body.
Both Zheng Han and Xu Xuan were infected at the same time.
However, the number of insects Xu Xuan expelled was significantly greater than that of Zheng Han.
What could be the reason for this?
Moreover, the first strange insect we encountered was just one.
If I were accidentally parasitized by it, it would breed extensively within my body.
But at that time, I only saw one!
What on earth is going on?!
As I thought about it, I became even more confused.
The company owner revised the work-from-home policy for employee safety.
Although the work atmosphere was tense, global attention on this insect was increasing.
The government demonstrated its strong organizational capabilities.
Bottled water from all over the country was urgently dispatched to the cities.
On the fourth day after the appearance of the strange insect, some capable nations sent experts to our city.
When I saw this news, I immediately messaged Yao Xiu on WeChat.
But he didn’t reply.
He was probably busy with work.
By the seventh day of the insect's appearance, the number of bugs in the water source had increased significantly.
At the same time, new reports emerged.
Some individuals, fully aware that the bugs would split under bright light, deliberately went to the Municipal Water Plant to take pictures with flashlights.
As a result, the entire filtration pool was overrun by insects.
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