Hunting High School

The sun hid behind the thick clouds and did not shed a ray of golden sunlight.

The weather is a bit cold.

Through the tall floor-to-ceiling windows of the study, a small piece of blank sky can be seen.

The color of the sky is almost the same as the silver-gray curtains drawn high on both sides of the French windows.

All bring a sense of dignity.

A thin cold wind came from nowhere, gently blowing on the back of Zheng Qing's neck.

This made Zheng Qing, who was observing the 'beautiful bone' skull, shudder.

He doesn't think it's a psychological factor.

Because he didn't feel too scared, just a little uncomfortable.

So Zheng Qing shrank his neck and looked around.

Sure enough, he saw the culprit behind him.

The wooden door of the study room seemed to be not closed tightly due to years of disrepair.

The cold wind from outside came through the crack in the door, stirring up the uneasy thoughts of the young wizard in the room.

"Sorry, for laymen—I mean non-professionals, these cuties are somewhat taboo." Dr. Du Zemu rubbed his palms anxiously, and looked at Zheng Qing inquiringly.

He seemed to think that the skull or the group of small bugs caused Zheng Qing's disturbed expression.

Zheng Qing forced a smile, saying that it doesn't matter.

"Are they imported from outside the island?" Jiang Yu walked to the two of them, looked at the little bugs in the cabinet, and asked with interest: "Which country did they import from?"

"No, this is a special product in the depths of the Silent Forest." The doctor shook his head: "Compared to the Qinling Corpse Beetle and the Pyramid Scarab, these corpse-eating beetles in the depths of the Silent Forest are more adaptable."

"What's the difference?" Jiang Yu seemed very interested in these little bugs: "I mean, what's the difference between corpse bugs from different places of origin?"

"The corpse-eating beetles in the depths of the Silent Forest are compared with their counterparts in the outside world, because Life is in a closed environment all year round, and the evolution rate is slower, maintaining some characteristics of the original corpse-eating beetles." Apparently, Dr. Duzem is very happy to Show yourself in front of the big money owner of own.

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He took out a long-handled tweezers from the toolbox next to the desk, poked into the fish tank, and picked out a corpse beetle.

When the bug was really exposed to the dim light, Zheng Qing was surprised to find that it wasn't really white.

To be precise, the carapace of the carrion beetle is black and gray, but there is a layer of fine white fluff growing on the carapace.

Although it is called a beetle, those black-gray leather shells are severely deformed when they are pinched by tweezers.

Zheng Qing was very worried that if the doctor's hands were a little stronger, the bug would explode into a ball of meat sauce.

Dr. Duzem lit up the side of the clamp that was slightly exposed to the light of the window, and the trapped bug writhed crazily and made a piercing squeaking sound at the same time.

"As you can see, these carrion beetles in the depths of the silent forest retain the photophobia of their ancestors." The doctor moved the clip back to the dark place again, and the poor bug squeaked twice before slumping gave up struggling.

"Because Life is in the dark, their cortex lacks the calcium synthesized by sunlight, so the cortex is soft."

"The perennial rot and ignorance make these cortex moldy and grow fluff; and the excessive phosphorus substances in their bodies will volatilize through these fluff."

"You see it white in the dark, it's those volatile phosphorescences."

Zheng Qing looked at the delicate little bug on the clip and sighed in admiration.

"Where are the corpse-eating beetles outside the island?" Jiang Yu asked persistently.

"Insects outside the island are much more complicated." Dr. Duzem carefully put the beetle back into the fish tank, then wiped the clip with a velvet dipped in kerosene, and warned: "The corpse-eating beetle in the silent forest It is naturally highly poisonous, and it is the favorite thing of those fallen liches. If it is accidentally contaminated, it can be disinfected to a certain extent by rubbing it with kerosene. Of course, the best way is to bask in the sun—this kind of poison will die when it sees light .”

The two young wizards nodded again and again.

"As for the bugs outside the island." The doctor narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and concluded, "Actually, I've mentioned it just now, and there are two main types left. One is the corpse bugs from the Qinling Mausoleum in China; the other is the Egyptian pyramids." There used to be a species of carrion beetle in the South American rainforest, but no wild population has been found for a long time—it’s almost extinct.”

"Qinling corpse beetle likes damp and dark. It is an enhanced version of the original corpse-eating insect. It is generally kept in zombies by wizards. The larvae feed on the internal organs of the corpse. The adults have a strong reproductive ability and are difficult to eradicate when they see blood into the flesh."

"The pyramid scarab is the opposite. It likes sunlight and dries well. It is completely different from other carnivorous beetles of the same species. It can be called a variant."

"According to the generally accepted point of view, after the ancient corpse-eating beetles were buried in the dark pyramids with the old Egyptian priests, they gradually changed their habits and gradually derived the modern scarabs."

"Scarabs usually lay their eggs in the blood vessels of the human body, and then the larvae swim along the blood vessels, and finally enter the heart of the human body. When they break through the body, they are truly adults."

"Pyramid scarabs also have a unique skill developed over time. They can dehydrate."

"Dehydration?" Jiang Yu raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"I happen to have dehydrated scarab molts here." Dr. Duzem snapped his fingers, quickly got behind the desk, and found a small transparent glass bottle in the cabinet.

Zheng Qing noticed that there was a stack of paper towels in the bottle.

The doctor opened the bottle, took out a 'paper towel' with tweezers, threw it into a sea bowl, then quickly sealed the small glass bottle, and stuffed it back into the depths of the desk cabinet.

In just a few seconds, the thin paper towel that was thrown into the sea bowl began to slowly change color and turn yellow.

"This is what a dehydrated scarab looks like." Dr. Duzem poked the paper towel with a glass rod and explained to the two guests: "If no one stops them, after an hour, the adult beetle will die. Absorb enough moisture from the air to restore its true colors and become a terrifying killer again."

"Of course, if we add a little help to them, the recovery time can be shortened." The doctor picked up the ink on the desk and poured it into the bowl: "Any liquid, I mean any... including but not limited to Venom, grease, boiling water, any liquid in any state can help these dehydrated people recover."

Zheng Qing held his breath.

The ink in the bowl disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The paper towel that had absorbed enough moisture swelled up like a balloon.

The head, horns, whiskers, eyes, mouth, and feet, all the small parts of the insect's body stretched out as if inflated, and gradually formed a hideous, palm-sized insect.

"The normal color of scarabs is golden yellow, as dazzling as the sun. But if they absorb liquids with Impurities when recovering from dehydration, it may have a certain impact on their body color." The doctor knocked on the bowl with a glass rod bugs.

The scarab, which had just returned to normal, shook its tentacles on its forehead impatiently, trying to inflate its sheath.

Zheng Qing nodded.

Indeed, the worms in the bowl that are slowly moving their limbs now look yellowish and somewhat black, with some faint spots on their backs.

Just as he was expecting further behavior from the bug, Dr. Duzem threw a little spark into the bowl.

Like dry wood meeting fire, or like sparks falling into dynamite.

The scarab, which had just come back to life, turned into a ball of fire in the blink of an eye. Accompanied by piercing screams, it quickly turned into a ball of ashes.

There was a pungent smell in the air, like burnt plastic.