White Bone Evolution Guide

Chapter 4 Mosquito Plague

Inside the living room.

Gu Bai invited the two security guards to sit down and poured them some water.

Xiao Liu finished his drink in one gulp and let out a long sigh: "I was so thirsty, thank you."

"You're welcome." Gu Bai sat down cautiously. "What can I do for you, gentlemen?"

After finishing his water, the middle-aged security guard smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. I'm just letting you know to keep your doors and windows closed recently, don't keep any green plants at home, and take precautions against mosquitoes."

"To prevent mosquito bites?"

"Recently, there has been a serious mosquito problem, and with the flu also around, many people have been bitten by mosquitoes, resulting in black spots, lethargy, loss of appetite, and in severe cases, paralysis."

The middle-aged security guard said sternly, "Therefore, keeping green plants at home is strictly prohibited. Any plants found will be confiscated."

"I don't keep any green plants at home," Gu Bai said.

"Would you mind if we searched the place? Just a quick look," Xiao Liu said.

"What's the use of minding?" Gu Bai asked helplessly.

"Just routine, just routine."

The middle-aged security guard smiled and led Xiao Liu into the room to search.

Gu Bai followed them, and fortunately, they only looked around casually and did not rummage through the drawers.

He wasn't worried about his leather jacket being discovered; it was already hidden in a secret compartment.

Seeing that there were no plants, the two didn't linger. They gave the two more instructions not to keep any plants, and then left.

Gu Bai opened his phone and checked the homeowners' group chat.

Inside, they were indeed discussing the security guards coming to their homes to warn them about mosquitoes.

"There are so many mosquitoes lately, but this is just too much! Keeping the doors and windows tightly closed isn't enough, we can't even keep any plants?"

"Waaah, my money tree is gone."

"Let's talk less. The mosquitoes have been really bad lately. Someone in the neighboring 18th district got bitten and is still in the hospital."

"There are too many mosquitoes. Fishermen, be careful not to get bitten. Who knows if it's contagious?"

Mosquitoes?

The White Bone Demon said that no mosquitoes bit him at all.

It has no blood or flesh, just a layer of skin and bones. If a mosquito takes a big bite, it will choke to death on a mouthful of bone powder.

Take out the pork, pour in the pig's blood, and elegantly suck it out a couple of times.

Eighty percent, just passable meat.

……

Dalushan Breeding Farm.

Dead pigs, chickens, and ducks were laid out on the open ground.

Dozens of security guards stared solemnly at the corpses.

Forensic pathologist Chen Ming examined the corpse, carefully cutting open the pig's skin, and a stench wafted out.

The surrounding security personnel covered their noses, and some even gagged.

"The exterior looks brand new, but the inside is completely rotten."

Chen Ming seemed oblivious to the stench, quickly breaking down the pork. From the rotting pig's heart, he picked out a clump of gray and carefully placed it in a bag: "Compared to before, the murderer has become even more terrifying."

"Was it dried by that stuff?" asked Chen Youzhi, the security captain.

"The same bite marks were found on the necks of the chickens, ducks, and pigs, just like those found before. The hearts of the carcasses also contained worm eggs."

Chen Ming pointed at the corpse and said, "The last corpse was still relatively fresh, both inside and out, but this one rotted and stinked in less than a day."

"Have you figured out what kind of insect eggs they are?" Chen Youzhi asked.

"Comparing various egg specimens, it is most similar to that of a blood-sucking mosquito, but the bite mark is more like that of a humanoid creature with sharp teeth."

Chen Ming frowned and said, "The problem is that no DNA residue can be detected in the wound, and the captured blood-sucking mosquitoes do not match the eggs."

Can insect eggs hatch?

"Normal incubation methods have all failed. Even without touching the corpse, it still won't hatch," Chen Ming said, shaking his head.

"So, this stuff is unlikely to become widespread?" Chen Youzhi breathed a sigh of relief.

This strange thing hasn't been traced yet, which is a good thing that it can't spread widely.

"Theoretically, yes, with such a low hatching probability, it's impossible for it to become rampant, but this is just our guess."

Chen Ming said seriously, "Because we don't even know what it is yet, and it seems to be evolving, becoming more and more terrifying."

"I've already arranged for people to conduct interviews and investigations. There are small vendors nearby who get up early to buy goods; perhaps there are witnesses," Chen Youzhi said. "Let's wait for news."

"I think these bite marks are an important direction for the investigation, because the animals that were killed all had these bite marks on them."

Chen Ming said, "This thing probably spreads its eggs by biting."

Wife, I love you, you must know that.

I remember all your advice and instructions...

The sweet ringtone of a cell phone rang, and both the security guard and the forensic doctor Chen Ming turned their heads away.

Chen Youzhi looked somewhat embarrassed, coughed lightly, and took out his phone to answer the call: "What is it?"

"What? Someone died? Mosquitoes are flying out of the corpse?"

"Seal off the area immediately, I'm coming right away!"

Chen Youzhi's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly called to the guards: "Leave two people behind to burn these bodies, everyone follow me."

"Captain, what exactly happened?" Chen Ming asked.

"The person who bought the diseased pork died after eating it, and mosquitoes burst out of his body and flew away."

Chen Youzhi's face darkened: "That damned pork vendor, he'll sell any kind of meat!"

"Logically speaking, that pork should have been rotten and smelly. Why would anyone eat it?" a security guard asked.

"No, I'll stay and take a look. I suspect there are also worm eggs in the pork, just not as many as in the heart."

Chen Ming said in a deep voice, "I'll stay and check, and I'll go over as soon as I'm done."

"Hurry up here, you also need to examine the body over there," Chen Youzhi said.

"Didn't they say they were going to bring in two forensic doctors? Are they really going to rely on me all by myself? How am I supposed to handle all that?" Chen Ming felt a headache coming on.

There's been so much going on lately that even splitting himself in two isn't enough.

"You're here tonight, you're here tonight, you've worked hard." Chen Youzhi quickly reassured him, "I'm giving you the day off tonight, I'll be going now."

Chen Ming sighed and dissected the pork again.

The two security guards who remained were also conscripted by him and forced to dissect chicken and duck carcasses while enduring the stench.

An hour later, Chen Ming found three black insect eggs inside a piece of pork belly.

The other two security guards also found an insect egg on the breast of the chicken or duck.

"Sure enough, they appeared in the meat as well, and high temperatures could not kill them. Instead, they continued to grow in the body of the consumer until they turned into mosquitoes."

Chen Ming instantly understood: "These insect eggs don't have a low hatching rate, they just lack nutrition. And this nutrition needs to be obtained from living things? Or...human beings?"

He had experimented with meat before, but it was always chunks of meat, never live animals, and without exception, all of them failed.

It now seems that we must conduct experiments on live animals.

He quickly dialed the phone: "Captain Chen, be careful of the corpse. The insect eggs cannot be killed by high temperatures and need to draw nutrients from living creatures. Although some mosquitoes have flown out, there is no guarantee that there won't be other insect eggs inside."

"I understand. Come over as soon as you're done. I've already cordoned off the scene and am currently questioning the victim's family."

"The victim's family? Are there any survivors?"

"There was also a seven-year-old child who ate at a classmate's house and escaped unharmed."

"That beast! He ruined a family!"

"What's scary is that three mosquitoes flew out, and now we don't know where they went."