Chapter 60: The mosquito swarm disaster has finally arrived

From the moment he left home in the morning, Lin Yifan put Mao Mao in his pocket.

Mao Mao was also well-behaved, never making a sound or causing trouble, so as not to interfere with Lin Yifan's search for supplies.

Even when he took off his clothes to go into the water pool, Mao Mao made no movement or sound.

As a result, Lin Yifan actually forgot about Mao Mao, and went a whole day without feeding it.

He hurriedly reached in and pulled Mao Mao out of his pocket, only then discovering that it had fallen asleep.

He carefully held Mao Mao up to his face, gently tapped its little head with his hand, and called out softly:

"Mao Mao, Mao Mao, think quick!"

Mao Mao then opened its eyes, its pair of bean-green eyes blinking twice, and it let out two "cheep-cheep" sounds.

That sound was pitiful, truly making Lin Yifan feel extremely guilty.

He quickly cut a small piece of crocodile meat, handed it to Mao Mao, and apologized guiltily:

"Mao Mao, I'm really sorry—I actually forgot you earlier; are you starving?"

"Next time you're hungry, you must remind me, okay?"

"Cheep-cheep!"

As soon as Mao Mao saw the crocodile meat, its bean-green eyes lit up, and it eagerly began eating the meat.

After finishing that piece, it let out two more "cheep-cheep" sounds.

"Still want more?" Lin Yifan saw Mao Mao's gaze fixed on the crocodile meat, and quickly cut another small piece to feed it.

But after eating that piece, the little creature still wanted more.

Lin Yifan hesitated a moment, then fed it another piece, after which he refused to feed it any further.

He worried that if it ate too much at once, Mao Mao would get an upset stomach.

After Mao Mao finished the meat, it happily jumped down and bounced twice, then soon returned to its own nest and began to snore loudly.

Lin Yifan felt a bit worried, so he sent a message to Ruan Qingtan, who had some experience raising birds, asking:

"I've raised a bird; it's been sleeping all day today. I just woke it up and fed it some meat, but now it's gone back to its nest to sleep again. Is that normal?"

Ruan Qingtan was chatting with Chen Yunuo at the moment; seeing Lin Yifan's question, she didn't dare hesitate and quickly replied:

"This is normal; young birds need a lot of sleep during their juvenile stage to digest food and gain nutrition."

"But I forgot to feed it during the day and only gave it a meal at night—will that cause any problems?" Lin Yifan asked again.

Ruan Qingtan had raised birds before and was very familiar with this, so she replied:

"There won't be any problems! Our school previously had a Bird Research Association, and I heard from its members that juvenile birds only need to eat once a day; they don't need frequent feeding."

"If you feed them too often, they might actually get sick from indigestion; moreover, when juvenile birds are hungry, they will actively open their mouths to ask for food, so you should feed them at that time."

Lin Yifan then breathed a sigh of relief and expressed his gratitude:

"Thank you, thank you!"

By now it was already late, the temperature kept dropping, and at this point it was actually below five degrees.

Lin Yifan himself wasn't cold—he had plenty of warm clothing, and besides, he was living in a Level 3 Shelter, so no one could possibly feel cold enough to affect him.

But just then, he suddenly heard a crackling sound coming from the window.

He looked up and immediately saw that the window glass was covered in a thick layer of crawling mosquitoes.

Seeing these mosquitoes, Lin Yifan's scalp went numb.

Earlier, in order to obtain a blue treasure chest from a tree, he had faced mosquitoes before and used 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】 to kill many of them.

Those mosquitoes were also quite large, but they were roughly the same as the Southern Mosquitoes on Earth Star.

Lin Yifan is a southerner, so although he was shocked by the number of mosquitoes, he felt no discomfort from the mosquitoes themselves.

But the mosquitoes before him were all Large Flower Mosquitoes, each more than three times the size of the Southern Mosquitoes—big enough to rival a bee.

Their proboscises were three to four centimeters long, like syringes, and just looking at them made one's scalp tingle.

"How did these mosquitoes get so huge!"

Lin Yifan looked at these mosquitoes, utterly baffled.

Just two days ago the mosquitoes weren't this big—how did they become so large today?

Could mosquitoes still be growing?

But none of that mattered now; he immediately shut all the doors and windows of the shelter, then carefully inspected everything, fearing any gaps or leaks.

With such terrifying mosquitoes, even if just one flew in, it would be a horrible disaster.

However, to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning, Lin Yifan extinguished the fire in the living room; he now had a lighter in hand, so he didn't need to specially keep a fire source.

But after he put out the fire, he suddenly noticed that the mosquitoes constantly hitting the window had actually decreased in number.

As for the room side, there were still mosquitoes hitting the window; Lin Yifan thought about it and quickly understood why.

All insects have a natural tendency: they seek light.

A prime example is the moth, known for the behavior "moth chasing fire".

This mosquito is also an insect, so it naturally has the instinct to seek light.

Earlier, when the fire was burning in the living room, those mosquitoes would fly through the window and come inside.

He extinguished the fire, the mosquitoes lost their light‑seeking target, and naturally dispersed.

Realizing this, Lin Yifan hurried into the room, took a down blanket from his space, and hung it over the window.

The down blanket blocks light; once hung over the window, the brightness emitted from the 【Blazing Light Stone】 inside the room is completely blocked.

Sure enough, once the window was covered, the mosquitoes outside hitting it immediately began to dwindle.

Lin Yifan immediately breathed a sigh of relief; although he believed the Level 3 Shelter's defenses could absolutely stop a mosquito swarm,

but the sound of mosquitoes striking the window still annoyed him greatly.

However, while he could cope with it, others were not so fortunate.

At this moment, the chat channel was filled with wails.

Oh my god! Why are these mosquitoes so huge, almost as big as bees! Fortunately I upgraded my shelter to level 2; otherwise, even if I had 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】, I probably wouldn't have survived.

These mosquitoes must have mutated! Normal mosquitoes could never be this big; I just carefully examined the patterns on their bodies, and these mosquitoes are likely poisonous—everyone must be careful and try not to get bitten.

Everyone quickly use the Strong Mosquito Repellent produced by Big Boss Lin Yifan! My shelter hasn't been upgraded to level 2, but I exchanged two cans of Strong Mosquito Repellent; I lit one, and now not a single mosquito dares to approach me—hahaha! I guessed right!

Wuuu… I've been bitten! It's all the Heaven and Earth Society's fault for tricking me—I could have upgraded my shelter to level 2, but they said upgrading to level 2 was useless and that I had to buy mosquito repellent; they offered to sell me repellent at a low price, so I gave them all my supplies, and now look—these ordinary repellents can't kill the mosquitoes at all, and I've already been bitten in several spots.

I was also tricked by the Heaven and Earth Society; they said their Mosquito Killer Ji was the same as Big Boss Lin Yifan's, but it turned out to be completely useless.

Damn the Heaven and Earth Society—if I manage to survive this by luck, I'll have a deadly feud with you!

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