Chapter 154 Mosquitoes

"Ah-choo!"

In the early morning, Hanhan rubbed her slightly red eyes as she walked out of the bedroom, looking irritable and sleep-deprived.

"Didn't sleep well?" Li Tianran asked.

"There were mosquitoes in the bedroom…" Hanhan said weakly, "They were flying around my ears all night, so annoying!"

Li Tianran raised his eyebrows.

Mosquitoes in this kind of weather?

"It's true." Ding Lu nodded and said, "There really were mosquitoes. I killed several of them last night."

Professor Nan took a bite of his fried egg and chuckled, "That's not surprising. There are over three thousand species of mosquitoes, and there have long been cold-resistant mosquitoes that can survive in low temperatures."

"Is this the legendary news story about 'Professor Li, a famous biologist in our country, cultivated cold-resistant mosquitoes, filling the void of no mosquitoes biting people in winter. Professor Li has now been shot'?" Li Tianran was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Wasn't that a joke?"

"It's not a joke." Professor Nan shook his head. "Cold-resistant mosquitoes were indeed a strange species created by a biology professor, but later something happened to his research institute, and he was arrested. The eggs of these cold-resistant mosquitoes were scattered and began to hatch… The mosquitoes on Kuangxi Island are likely descendants or variants of those cold-resistant mosquitoes."

Everyone was stunned. Ding Lu asked in confusion, "Are these mosquitoes poisonous?"

"No! Apart from being more cold-resistant, it's no different from an ordinary Culex mosquito. It feeds on the blood of humans and livestock," Professor Nan said.

Everyone stared at each other. What was the point of the existence of this kind of mosquito?

"Many biologists spend their entire lives unable to achieve anything in great research projects, so some become obsessed… Developing this kind of bizarre creature may be a kind of alternative achievement for him," Professor Nan waved his hand. He understood this feeling very well.

If a person cannot gain recognition on the right path, then they are likely to choose unorthodox methods…

"These little things are so annoying… How can we get rid of them?" Hanhan pouted. She didn't care about mosquitoes sucking blood, but the sound of these mosquitoes flying around her ears while she was sleeping was extremely annoying. But every time she opened her eyes and turned on the light, these little things would disappear.

It was truly infuriating.

"Yeah, yeah!" Qin Yiming mumbled incoherently while gnawing on a sweet potato, the dark circles around his eyes looking particularly comical. He nodded frantically and said, "They bit me a bunch of bumps last night too…"

Li Tianran raised his eyebrows and looked at Qin Yiming, asking, "What's wrong with your voice?"

Qin Yiming grinned, revealing a black hole where his front teeth used to be. He said somewhat awkwardly, "Someone hit me pretty hard last night, and my front teeth were knocked out…"

Everyone held back for a long time, finally bursting into laughter.

Li Tianran casually threw him an Ancient-Grade Fruit. Qin Yiming blushed and gnawed on it. Soon, he felt his gums itching, and the broken tooth roots began to regrow.

"These mosquitoes are really annoying. How should we deal with them?" Qin Yiming asked again.

Tang Su crossed her legs, took out a syringe, and waved it in front of Qin Yiming, saying, "Don't say I didn't take care of you. I have an absolutely great idea! Mosquitoes suck blood, right? Look, you do like me, inject insecticide into your blood vessels, and when the mosquitoes suck your blood, they will naturally die!"

"This method fundamentally solves the mosquito problem," Tang Su said with a smile.

"You're completely solving my problem of having difficulty dying!" Qin Yiming cursed in a low voice, then shoveled two mouthfuls of rice and ran out the door. He was really afraid that Tang Su would give him an injection, after all, this woman wasn't very mentally stable…

Watching Qin Yiming run away, Tang Su stabbed the syringe into a blood vessel in her arm like an addict, pushed the insecticide in, and showed a crazy look on her face.

Professor Nan finished the millet porridge in his bowl, wiped his mouth, and said, "There's a sterilization vaccine that, when injected into mosquitoes, prevents their next generation's eggs from hatching! I analyzed this vaccine when I was at the Academy of Sciences and can try to create it."

Everyone raised their eyebrows, looked at each other, and sighed inwardly.

Intellectuals are still ruthless; they directly make them infertile…

…

After breakfast, Li Tianran went to the southern mountain wall to see the progress of the warship's modification.

"Boss, we need to build a small port here, which will require at least 30 million kilograms of steel, as well as some other materials…" As soon as he arrived at the southern mountain wall, Qin Yiming once again took out a planning document and handed it to Li Tianran. Looking at the dazzling data on it, Li Tianran waved his hand, indicating that he understood and telling Qin Yiming to do it with confidence.

Although there were iron mines on Kuangxi Island, Li Tianran didn't plan to use these ores as materials for building Kuangxi Island. Processing, refining, and a series of other tasks were too complicated.

There were many buildings in the North District, and almost all of those bombed last time had collapsed, revealing the internal steel beams. Li Tianran had the Adult-Grade Combat Warriors collect them, and then used the Points Recycling System again to get a large number of points, about ten million.

"Thirty million tons of steel… that's another big expense!" Li Tianran felt a bit of heartache.

The prices of items in the shop were relatively reasonable. The recycling price of iron ore was 1 point per kg, and the selling price of finished high-strength steel was 10 points per kg!

By omitting the entire purification and processing process, the price was multiplied tenfold.

Thirty million kilograms of steel required three hundred million points…

"Take it slowly, anyway, the port can't be built in a day." Li Tianran realized at this moment that building a city of his own was not as simple as he had imagined. Every area you couldn't think of required a large investment.

But he didn't care about having too many lice to bite him, and Li Tianran relaxed at this moment.

"The North District will not be built for the time being. We will develop the South District first, and get the basic construction up and running! I've been spending points too fast recently, and I have to think of a way to earn more points…" Li Tianran took a deep breath and looked at the distant plain, suddenly slapping his head and saying, "I'm so confused! After coming to Kuangxi Island, I've been thinking about mining, but the essence of a farm is farming!"

"The South has such a large area of undeveloped wasteland. If I build greenhouses here and cultivate new farmland, isn't that the points right in front of me?"

Li Tianran became excited and began to call the Patrol-Grade Radar Guardian in the system, pointing to a flat area in the distance and saying, "Quick, scout how big that area is, I'm going to reclaim it!"