Day by day in the infinite game

After curing the lovely social-phobic hedgehog family, Tang Qinqin plans to investigate the source of the parasite.

It is relatively common for one or two hedgehogs to get parasitic diseases. Almost no one in the entire hedgehog family is affected. This is a problem.

It means that at least one of the hedgehog's food sources is infected by parasites, and the key category to check is bugs.

"Little coward, can you tell me what you usually eat? Although you are all back to health now, if you don't solve the root cause, you will still get sick if you accidentally eat infected food."

The little coward is the little hedgehog that Tang Qinqin picked up in the bushes.

Even though she was already familiar with it, the little hedgehog still huddled up and was too shy to speak.

"Ah, I'll take you to see it." The little coward heard that it was such an important thing, and he didn't care about being nervous, and moved quickly with his four legs.

"Our favorite foods are ants and termites. They taste so good. We usually eat various insects and worms, and sometimes bird eggs, frogs, and lizards. We also like to eat sour and sweet foods.

Sweet fruits for a change." Talking about food, the little coward was filled with treasures and looked cheerful.

"If we say that what we eat almost every day, it should be desert locusts and worms. They are our relatively stable food source."

The worms that the little coward mentioned are a general term that refers to many fairly small, somewhat slender, bare and soft animals that look like earthworms.

Worms have now been divided into three major categories: flatworms, tapeworms, and ringworms.

Parasites such as hookworms, tapeworms, roundworms, pinworms, and nematodes that we commonly know are all worms.

Normally, hedgehogs have a relatively wide diet, and their body mechanisms are capable of resisting a variety of poisons. These bugs, which are so discolored to us, are just ordinary appetizers to them and will not cause any harm to their health.

What an impact.

"Little Shitou, wake up," Tang Qinqin thought for a while, and took out Obsidian, who was very tired from dealing with the stupid wolf recently and was sleeping soundly. "Heaven will give you a great responsibility and give you a difficult task.

You are responsible for investigating the nearby desert locusts and checking their health."

Obsidian's anger was punctured by the last two sentences, and the whole spider became excited.

Foodies exist regardless of species.

Tang Qinqin had a calm expression on his face that I had already seen through. He watched Obsidian gliding on spider silk and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The little coward on the side had already widened his small black eyes, and his nose was up and down, as if he was considering whether the big spider just now was worthy of being on its menu.

After putting on his gloves and mask, tightening his cuffs and trouser legs, and putting on his short boots, and being as well armed as possible, Tang Qinqin began to follow the little coward to collect the worms it pulled out.

These soft and slippery bugs made people's scalp numb unconsciously, and Tang Qinqin couldn't help but get goosebumps one after another.

"Little coward, is this delicious?"

"Well, it's delicious." The little coward whispered, stuffed one into his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it with a look of enjoyment.

It's like sucking a noodle.

The corners of Tang Qinqin's eyes twitched, feeling that he was committing pure self-abuse, and he quickly lowered his head to pick up the bugs on the ground.

After collecting almost all of them, Tang Qinqin began to examine the worms.

With the blessing of "bright mind and bright eyes", she can clearly see the conditions inside the bodies of these insects.

It was found that almost most bugs contain the parasites found in hedgehogs.

"Little coward, there's something wrong with these bugs." Tang Qinqin thought of the bug that he had just snuck in, and felt a little worried, so he threw a pill of insecticide at it.

"Chirp!" The little coward shivered in fright, grabbed the pill with his little paws and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Have you noticed that these bugs are any different from before?" This situation should not have happened for a long time, otherwise the hedgehog family would have fallen apart due to malnutrition and other serious physical problems.

"There's no difference." The little coward looked confused.

In the end, Tang Qinqin got the answer he wanted from a few old hedgehogs.

"The taste is much worse, the bugs are bigger than before, but the taste is not as good as before."

The old hedgehog smashed his mouth and got rid of the taste.

"It's just a period of hibernation, and this is what it looks like when you wake up." It added, its tone full of regret.

The hibernation period of hedgehogs usually lasts about four or five months. They fall asleep in late autumn or winter months and wake up in spring.

In other words, it has been more than half a year since the worms started to appear. If not for the illness, the hedgehogs would have already begun this year's hibernation period.

But at present, we can only understand these situations. Tang Qinqin does not know what causes the strange parasites to appear in the worms.

She also analyzed the soil composition where the worms were active and found no special problems.

Maybe there was a new parasite species in the soil that she didn't find?

I have heard that due to global warming, the permafrost near the Arctic Circle has thawed, and some ancient viruses and bacteria have begun to revive.

Could it be related to this?

Tang Qinqin currently has no evidence that the two are connected, and everything is just speculation.

"Little coward, when will you and your family start cat winter?" Tang Qinqin planned to proceed cautiously.

"Come on, I've filled my stomach in the past few days and gathered enough strength to hibernate." The little coward replied.

"Okay." Tang Qinqin nodded.

Now just wait for Obsidian to come back and see if there is a problem with Desert Locusts.

…

The much-anticipated Obsidian is having fun here.

So many delicious locusts!

Because this place is located in a desert area, the population is relatively sparse, and humans have relatively little intervention in the growth of plants. The green plants are basically green and pollution-free, and there are basically no pesticides and chemicals. Desert locusts eat healthily, and their meat is also healthy.

How happy is Obsidian who "has never seen the world" in a big city!

In this era, who is not a delicate baby who pays attention to health care?

So after confirming that the locusts exuded the aroma of pure natural food and there were no problems, Obsidian rubbed his legs with salivation and quickly built a net to hunt, temporarily forgetting about Tang Qinqin.

When Tang Qinqin ran out of patience and was about to bring the little coward to find out what was going on, it appeared in front of him, burping and dragging a large bunch of tied trophies.

Seeing this scene, Tang Qinqin was angry and funny.

Come on, looking at its posture shows that there is no problem with the desert locusts and the hedgehogs can eat them with confidence.

Turning his head away from looking at Obsidian, who was so happy, Tang Qinqin took his trophies into the accompanying space.

"Next, stop eating worms before you hibernate. Everything else should be fine." Tang Qinqin told the little coward.