Chapter 123 Climbing the Mountain at Night
Gu Yanxu said, "How could they survive in this kind of weather?"
Bai Tang guessed: "There are still quite a few trees on the back mountain, and they must have built their nests under those trees."
If there's nothing left for them to eat on the back mountain, shouldn't they just go into the base and wreak havoc?
And today they inexplicably ran down the mountain; could it be that they've run out of food?
Gu Yanxu said, "It's not impossible."
Bai Tang then said, "Should we subtly tell Chief Chen when we go to collect our contribution points this afternoon?"
Let them take precautions in advance to avoid the entire base being affected.
"Then we can't remain unaffected either, since we live here."
Gu Yanxu pulled Bai Tang aside and said, "We can tell them, but we must say it's just our guess."
I can't tell them the exact answer, lest they become suspicious.
There are plenty of clever people in the base, but the real danger is that some scheming individuals might take notes and cause unnecessary trouble.
Bai Tang patted Gu Yanxu's hand and said, "Don't worry, I know what to say."
Let's go out and talk to our parents, so that Linzhou and the others can be mentally prepared.
We definitely have to go to the back mountain; otherwise, the people at the base might not be able to find the ant nest because the back mountain is so big.
Gu Yanxu said with a smile, "I hope Lin Fan won't be disgusted by the ant colony."
Bai Tang hissed and said, "I'm also disgusted by that stuff."
Looking at these people is giving me trypophobia.
Gu Yanxu held Bai Tang's hand and said, "It's okay, just hide behind me and don't look."
Or you can relax by looking at the diamonds in your social media profile when you get back.
The two talked for a while, and Bai Tang left after her hair dried.
Once they reached the living room, they had all finished showering and come out.
There's nothing to hide from family, and with the contract in place, there's no need to worry about betrayal.
Bai Tang told them directly, "Mu Mu told me that there is an ant nest on the mountain behind us, and there is an ant queen inside that keeps laying eggs."
We need to find a way to inform the base, and then we'll go to the back mountain to deal with the ant colony together.
Sure enough, Lin Fan let out a howl.
"Huh? Those dense swarms of ants? Boss, can I apply to not go?"
Gu Yanxu said earnestly, "No, everyone has to go."
Lin Fan almost burst into tears after hearing this.
Bai Tang explained, "This is to train your mind. If you have trypophobia or anything like that, you'll get better after looking at it more often."
Bai Jiyang was also provoked by Lin Fan to the point that he felt a bit like he was having trypophobia.
Bai Tang patted him on the shoulder and said, "What are you afraid of? Are you two as afraid of trypophobia as I am?"
The two then remembered that Bai Tang had once been so frightened by a swarm of bees that she fainted.
If Gu Yanxu hadn't been there, Bai Tang might have been in serious trouble.
Since then, Bai Tang has consciously tried to overcome her trypophobia.
Now she is much more accepting of things that are densely packed.
Lin Fan said with a mournful face, "Brother Lin Feng, if anything happens to me, please carry me back."
Bai Jiyang looked at Lin Zhou with the same expression and said, "Brother Zhou, me too."
Bai Tang slapped them both on the back: "It's not that serious, you're just scaring yourselves."
"With us here, nothing will happen to you."
After saying this, Bai Tang took out lunch from her spatial storage.
"Let's go, it's time for lunch."
Lin Fan and Bai Jiyang were fully recharged and headed towards the dining table.
While they were eating, Grandpa Gu reminded them, "You must be careful."
Bai Tang said, "Grandpa, don't worry, we'll be careful."
After lunch, Bai Tang went to prepare things she might need for the evening.
Then I lay down and rested for a while to replenish my energy.
Before the sun went down, Bai Tang and the others had a simple dinner.
I was about to drive to the base's service center to collect my contribution points.
Bai Tang, Gu Yanxu, and Lin Fan all got into the car and went together.
On the way, we also encountered other teams going to collect contribution points.
They soon arrived at the base's office center, where Bai Tang parked the car.
They all went inside together, where Chen Weiliang was already waiting in the lobby.
Each team that arrived was given the contribution points they were entitled to.
After Bai Tang and the others collected their contribution points, they walked over to Chen Weiliang.
Bai Tang said seriously, "Captain Chen, we have something to report."
Chen Weiliang called over someone to take over his work, and then he and Bai Tang walked to the side.
"Speak, what do you want?"
Bai Tang said seriously, "After we went back, we guessed that there should be a queen ant on the mountain behind our base."
Otherwise, there couldn't be such a large colony of red ants.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Weiliang suddenly realized that Bai Tang's guess was probably not unfounded.
Bai Tang continued, "If the queen ant isn't dealt with in time..."
"So if they run out of food, Captain Chen, where do you think they'll go to forage?"
Chen Weiliang felt a chill run down his spine: "They're going to enter the base."
I'll explain the situation to my superiors right now and ask them to send someone to the back mountain.
Bai Tang said, "Please tell them to be careful."
After what happened this morning, the base has increased patrols in the area.
Chen Weiliang took a walkie-talkie and sent someone to investigate the situation.
After putting down the walkie-talkie, Chen Weiliang said to Bai Tang:
"Then you guys wait here for a bit and investigate the situation."
If there really is an ant nest, then we'll need another team to go to the back of the mountain.
Bai Tang nodded and said, "Okay, then Captain Chen, don't forget to pay us contribution points later."
Chen Weiliang said, "I definitely won't forget it."
Then he went to the lobby counter and said to the other team members:
"Please don't leave after you've collected your contribution points, there should be other tasks later."
It's also related to the ant colony on the back hill; interested teams can wait a bit.
Many teams left after collecting their contribution points, thinking:
"It's fine during the day, but if you encounter an ant colony at night, something might happen. It's better to be safe than sorry."
Many teams stayed behind, thinking:
"Fortune favors the bold, and the base's official squad is here."
There shouldn't be any major problems; just follow the official instructions.
About five or six small teams remained, totaling around fifty or sixty people.
Bai Tang was already plotting how to cleverly lead them to the entrance of the nest.
No matter how cleverly you tell them the queen ant's exact location, it won't work.
Then she thought of canned food, and after whispering a few words to Gu Yanxu, she left the service hall.
He got into his car, closed the door quickly, and then took the canned food out of his storage space.
Bai Tang's idea was to bring the canned food with her and have the canned food pretend to discover the queen ant's exact location in the nest.
Bai Tang put a leash on the canned food and led it out of the car into the base's service center.