Chapter 160 (2/2)

“Let me show you the result first.” The professor led Chu Yunsheng into a room that was reinforced by the green-sh.e.l.led insect’s sh.e.l.ls.

Inside the room, there were three cages, which were also made by the sh.e.l.ls of the green-sh.e.l.led insects. Inside the cages, three red-sh.e.l.led insects were tightly tied up.

“Those three red-sh.e.l.led insects were captured alive by the military special force. The special forces tried all kinds of methods and finally managed to bring them back. Their legs and claws were destroyed, otherwise, we will not be able to restrain them.” professor Sun explained.

Chu Yunsheng looked around the cage; not only their legs and claws were broken, but their mouths were also stuffed by the green-sh.e.l.led insect’s legs in order to prevent them from spitting the corrosive liquid.

“Based on our research, the red-sh.e.l.led insect – the lowest-level creature in the swarm, has, at least, three ways of communicating with other insects,” professor Sun walked towards a cage and carry on, “the first one is the sound they made, we have recorded and a.n.a.lyzed a lot of voice samples. We have found that different sound pitches and frequencies can cause them to act differently.”

This information, Chu Yunsheng already knew about it way back in the horror city. So it was not new to him.

“The second one is the scent, they can detect the energy movement and all kinds of smells.”

“The last one is just an a.s.sumption. Based on how they attacked the city in the past, it seems like they had received the same command during the push. But the way they pa.s.s the command throughout the swarm, we still have not figured it out. But our biologists suggested that the third one definitely exists, and it is their main way of communicating with each other.” Professor Sun walked towards a machine and said, “let me show it to you.”

After Professor Sun pressed down a red b.u.t.ton on the machine, the machine instantly played out an ear-piercing insect’s screech. The red-sh.e.l.led insects inside the cage were originally very quiet, once they heard the sound, they immediately started to look around cautiously.

“This is the warning sound that those insects make. We have tried it in the battle, but it was not very effective, it only confused a small number of insects. That’s why we suspected that the sound is not the only way they communicate with each other,” said professor Sun as he turned off the machine.

Chu Yunsheng was surprised, Although it was not very effective, at least, it could still confuse a small number of insects.

“We have also sent people to collect all kinds of sounds that the insect makes. At the moment, this is one of our research directions, we called it the sonic interference weapon project! Also, we have tried all kinds of poisonous gas weapons on the live insects, but it was not very effective as well,” professor Sun sighed.

Chu Yunsheng didn’t know why professor Sun would want to show him this. He did not think that he would be able to help them in this project in any way.

“Did you remember the purple flame monster you killed the other day, I’ve heard that you kept the body.” Professor Sun laughed in a strange tone.

Chu Yunsheng nodded his head. He didn’t lie.

“It’s okay, we have already recorded the one you took in the doc.u.ment. From now on, you have a right to keep the body for GRD!” Then he carried on, “the purple flame monster seems to be the leader of the red-sh.e.l.led insects, the green-sh.e.l.led insects, and the golden-sh.e.l.led insects. It’s a shame that they came out all of sudden, so we couldn’t collect the sound it made.

Xiao Chu, we have sent an audio collection machine to the western district defence headquarters. In the future, if you encountered any one of them, could you help us to collect the sound?”

“I’ll try, but no guarantee. That monster is too powerful, the longer it stays alive, the more damage it will cause!” Chu Yunsheng said directly.

“Of course, safety first!” Professor Sun nodded his head, “let me take you upstairs, there is something else I want to show you.”

When Chu Yunsheng got in the lab on the third floor, it instantly caused a commotion in a group of people in the lab. Probably, it was because Chu Yunsheng was wearing the badge of a junior researcher and this place had too many secrets.

“This is a fragment of the tombs you destroyed! After the insects retreated, the military sent some soldiers to collect it from the other side of the river,” said professor Sun while pointing at a b.l.o.o.d.y-coloured organism in a big gla.s.s jar.

“These are the photos of the internal structure of the tombs. It is very unique. We have constructed a model based on the partially destroyed tombs, the result was astonis.h.i.+ng. If we completely decrypt the secret behind the tombs, our technology will have a tremendous improvement!”

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