Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

Chapter 182 Insect-eating Horseflies Attack the Base at Night

Zhou Yang and the others thought it would be another quiet and pleasant night, but they didn't expect to hear the alarm in the middle of the night.

The piercing sound startled everyone awake, and they all rushed out immediately.

Ni Fan from next door also came out.

Chai Jin rushed out without even properly putting on his clothes: "What's wrong? What's that jarring sound?"

Zhou Yang frowned: "This is an air raid siren. Something must have happened up there."

Yan Fei shook his head: "I don't know. Let's go up and take a look. Uncle Li, Uncle Chai, you and Aunt Yu Jing and the others stay at home, close the doors and windows, and don't go out. Ni Fan, if you don't mind, you can stay with Uncle Li and the others for now."

Ni Fan nodded, offering no objection.

After Uncle Li, Yu Jing, and the others went inside and closed the door, Zhou Yang and the others left the underground shelter.

Pea went out with Zhou Yang and the others, while Big Yellow and the others were left behind by Zhou Yang to keep Yu Jing and the others company.

As soon as they went up, they saw that the underground parking lot was in complete chaos. Many survivors who had been sleeping in the large tents outside had all fled inside, and many of them were covered in blood and wounds.

Yan Fei then directly asked the soldiers guarding the entrance, "What's going on outside?"

The soldiers all shook their heads: "We don't know either. We've been guarding this place all day and haven't gone out. But the survivors who just escaped said that there seem to be some flying insects outside that suck blood and eat people."

Zhou Yang's brows, which had been furrowed all along, furrowed even more deeply after hearing this.

There are quite a few flying, man-eating insects in the apocalypse, and I wonder what kind of insects are outside.

Mosquito? Wasp? Flying ant? Fly? Cockroach? Or praying mantis?

Zhou Yang went through the several types of people he had seen in his previous life in his mind, but he was not quite sure, so he suggested that they go out and take a look first.

Shen Zechuan and the others nodded, and they all walked together toward the exit of the parking lot.

They encountered many survivors who had escaped through the driveway exit, and even more and more people were pouring into the elevator shaft.

Because of the hot weather, everyone slept with their windows open at night, so the survivors who didn't live high enough in the high-rise residential buildings were not spared either, and many of them were bitten and their flesh was mangled.

Seeing this, the group quickened their pace and jogged out of the underground parking garage from the driveway entrance.

As soon as I stepped outside, I heard a buzzing sound all around me, along with cries for help from survivors.

Outside, besides the fleeing survivors, many soldiers were fighting fiercely against the flying insects.

As soon as they looked up, they saw a swarm of flying insects dancing wildly in mid-air.

Each one was as big as a rooster, and it swooped down into the crowd, tearing a piece of flesh from one of the fleeing survivors.

The person who was bitten cried out in pain and stumbled to the ground. The strong smell of blood attracted more flying insects that wanted to pounce and bite.

Just as the man was about to be attacked by flying insects, Yan Fei threw out several throwing knives in time, saving him.

Upon seeing that all the insects were dead, the man disregarded who had saved him, got up, and ran towards the soldiers around him who were struggling against the flying insects.

When Zhou Yang and his group went out, they were immediately confronted by a swarm of hungry flying insects, all eager to pounce and take a bite. Fortunately, Xu Zhiyi temporarily drove them away with a fire.

Looking at the flying insects overhead, Zhou Yang used Little Tiger to pierce one of them, and the insect fell to the ground, struggled a few times, and then stopped moving.

Only then did the group get a clear look at the flying insects.

It looks somewhat like a dragonfly, with a large head, a pair of large and prominent compound eyes and a pair of short antennae, but its color is more like that of a fly, dark green all over, and two pairs of transparent wings with stripes on its back.

Ugh, it's so ugly... But what is this again?

Zhou Yang stared at it for a long time but couldn't figure out what it was.

Yan Fei immediately recognized it: "These are horseflies, which are often seen in the wild. These insects are ferocious and carnivorous, feeding exclusively on other insects. It's currently their breeding season, and they're probably targeting the people at the base because there's not enough food in the mountains."

Well, that's the downside of being close to the mountain; there are more mosquitoes.

However, compared to the marine threats from coastal bases and the mutated flora and fauna from bases further west in the mountains, this place is much better.

Zhou Yang sighed inwardly, then decisively took out several bottles of insecticide and distributed them to the others.

"Will spraying insecticide work on such a big bug?" Lu Xingye asked curiously, holding the insecticide.

“It won’t be very effective.” Zhou Yang shook his head. “But insecticides are flammable. If you spray insecticide on it and then set it on fire, the effect will be doubled. As long as there’s just a tiny spark, all the insects will be ignited.”

Upon hearing this, the others understood and grabbed their insecticides, spraying them at the swarms of flying insects overhead.

Xu Zhiyi and Wandou followed behind, constantly spitting fire at the flying insects in mid-air.

Shen Zechuan would also throw out an electric net from time to time, scorching the flying insects until they were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

As they killed the insects, they broke through the encirclement and quickly cleared an opening at the exit, leaving a pile of dead insects on the ground.

"This is too slow. Let's set a trap." Zhou Yang was a little annoyed as he looked at how he had only cleared a small area above his head after working for so long.

Chai Jin scratched his head and asked, "Ah, they eat people, so how do you make a trap? And there are so many people outside."

“Then let’s use something more attractive to them.” Zhou Yang said, taking out a basin of spring water and putting in some blood and meat from the poultry raised in the space. Then he turned to Shen Zechuan and Yan Fei and said, “Come on, you two, contribute a few drops of your blood too.”

Although spring water would suffice, it would be too strange to attract these insects with just a basin of water, so Zhou Yang added a lot of things to it, the most important being the blood of Shen Zechuan and Yan Fei.

After all, the blood of advanced superhumans is naturally more attractive to zombies and these mutated plants, animals and insects than ordinary flesh and blood.

Upon hearing this, Shen Zechuan and Yan Fei did not hesitate. They took a clean knife and made a small cut on their hands, letting several drops of blood drip into the basin of water.

"That's enough, that's enough." Seeing that they had almost finished, Zhou Yang hurriedly stopped the two of them, and then took a bottle of disinfectant and two waterproof bandages over, "Quickly disinfect and put them on."

Zhou Yang took a few steps outside with the basin of water. The flying insects above seemed to have grown noses and moved along with him. If it weren't for the fire net and electric net blocking them, they would have definitely rushed down directly.

"Yan Fei, tell your uncle's soldiers and all the survivors outside to quickly retreat to the underground parking garage and clear the plaza."

Yan Fei nodded and immediately called Gu Tianqi.

Before long, the soldiers outside received orders and began to escort the survivors to evacuate underground.

The flying insects outside wanted to chase after it, but they couldn't bear to leave Zhou Yang's spring, which was so attractive to them.

Zhou Yang didn't wait for them to hesitate. As soon as the square was empty, he used Xiao Hu to carry the water basin to the center of the square.

Without the fire net and electric fence, the barnacles went berserk and swarmed directly to the center of the square.

"Quickly, now's the time! Spray pesticide and set it on fire!"

Upon hearing this, the group quickly picked up the insecticide and continued spraying, with Xu Zhiyi and Wandou adding fuel to the fire from behind.

Seeing this, the soldiers behind also brought insecticide from the army to help, and the army and many squads of fire-type ability users also spontaneously joined the insect extermination operation.

After more than an hour of struggle, the plague of horseflies finally came to an end.