lerbook #107 - Chapter 107: Fighting against Insect Plague
#107 - Chapter 107: Fighting against Insect Plague
As expected, in the following days, Old Zhang heard wails from many residents in nearby residential areas, clearly indicating they had also fallen ill from mistakenly eating cockroaches.
Almost every adult knows that cockroaches harbor too many bacteria. Who in their right mind would eat them raw? It's practically suicide!
What alarmed Old Zhang even more than the large cockroaches was the extremely high temperature. Over 40 degrees Celsius – this temperature was simply too abnormal.
Being a southerner, Old Zhang knew very well that the temperature in February was usually a bit low. But now, in February, it was a scorching 40 degrees.
Although the temperature wasn't continuing to rise, it was only because the floodwaters were absorbing a lot of heat. Haven't you seen how fast the flood is receding?
Old Zhang had learned from the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce that this disaster was a global one. In short, the entire empire was without a government, and the whole country was a vast ocean.
In this situation, the flood could only recede through evaporation by the sun's heat. Receding half a meter a day, just how strong was the sun's heat?
Would the temperature continue to rise after the flood receded? Old Zhang had no idea. Even the current 40-degree heat made many people feel like they were living in a steamer every day.
Currently, not only were there large cockroaches everywhere, but also disgusting flies and mosquitoes. Many ill-prepared survivors were being bitten by mosquitoes, leading to widespread infections of diseases like malaria and dengue fever.
Some with sufficient resources were sent to hospitals for treatment, while those without money or supplies could only wait to die...
Li Ming had also issued a notice to gather the corpses in empty houses, where his corpse collection team would come to handle them.
As for the disposal of the corpses, they would be sent to the thermal power plant to generate electricity, solving the problem of corpse decay and contributing in their final moments.
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The entire outside world and sky seemed to be obscured by a massive swarm of mosquitoes and other insects, their numbers so great that they blotted out the sun. The buzzing sound of the swarms alone was enough to make one's scalp tingle.
Even the scorching sunlight seemed to be blocked by this chaotic mass of insects. Anyone with trypophobia would break out in goosebumps upon seeing this scene.
The entire Tianhui Empire had become a paradise for mosquitoes and other insects, with swarms flying everywhere in countless numbers.
The sound of these insects buzzing together could be heard from kilometers away, and all the survivors who heard it turned pale.
Soon, Li Ming issued a notice that insecticide spraying would be carried out against the aerial mosquitoes, and all survivors should stay indoors and close their doors and windows.
Li Ming's second aerial insecticide spraying operation was launched, and the concentration of insecticide this time was significantly higher than the last. The entire air was filled with a pungent smell of insecticide.
Countless mosquitoes fell from the sky, making a crackling sound that sent shivers down people's spines...
Countless survivors watched through the glass as the large number of mosquitoes fell from the sky, astonished that humans were so helpless against these tiny insects.
The number of mosquitoes had become a plague, posing a huge threat to human survival.
In fact, insects have existed on this planet far longer than humans. Although insects are small, they are very resilient. The cockroach, known as the 'little strong,' is an example; it can live for a week even after its head is cut off, eventually dying of thirst.
Li Ming knew that spraying insecticide was only a temporary solution, so he once again used the radio and drones to broadcast everywhere.
"Fellow survivors, we are staff from the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce. We urge you not to throw garbage into the floodwaters. This garbage will become the best breeding ground for mosquitoes and other insects."
"If you continue to throw garbage like this, it will only lead to the breeding of more mosquitoes and ultimately a large-scale outbreak of infectious diseases. Only by not throwing garbage into the water can we reduce the conditions for mosquito breeding."
"Regarding household waste, we strongly recommend that you pack your garbage and excrement in containers. Then, place them in empty houses on the lower floors and wait for the relevant staff to collect them........."
Li Ming's final words were very clear and firm: if anyone throws garbage into the floodwaters again, causing mosquitoes to breed, they will no longer carry out insecticide spraying, and you will bear all the consequences.
Whether it was Li Ming's strong attitude in his final words or the survivors' sense of a survival crisis, in the end, these survivors actually did as he asked.
The number of garbage bags in the floodwaters was indeed reduced a lot, and the number of mosquitoes was indeed reduced a lot. Everyone clearly felt that there were fewer mosquitoes in the floodwaters.
However, the empty houses in their residential areas used for garbage disposal were also very scary, but this was much easier to deal with. Basically, the garbage was collected and burned every day, and the number of mosquitoes was temporarily brought under control.
In the following days, Li Ming's army once again dispatched military aircraft to spray insecticide on the mosquitoes, this time using a special insecticide.
After this insecticide spray was completed, not a single mosquito could be seen in the entire air in a short period of time, and the surface of the floodwater was covered with layers of mosquito corpses.
The effect of this extermination was very terrifying. The buzzing mosquitoes were wiped out, but this was only temporary, after all, their reproductive ability was not to be underestimated.
Subsequently, Li Ming also dispatched a lot of manpower to distribute special cockroach-killing drugs to the survivors within his sphere of influence.
And the survivors in the territories of other forces were out of luck, because many survivors on the lower floors who did not pay attention to hygiene encountered trouble. Many people felt large cockroaches crawling on their faces while sleeping at night, and the next morning they touched their faces and found that the cockroaches had actually defecated on their faces........
As Li Ming's market began to launch special cockroach-killing drugs, many forces also concentrated on purchasing them and then taking them back to distribute to some survivors. With the use of special cockroach-killing drugs and special insecticides, the insect plague was finally brought under control by Li Ming.