231: aftershock

When people are extremely weak, their sensitivity to their body actually increases infinitely!

Just like Chen Wentao.

Having not eaten for three days, after the Mosquito flew away, he didn't feel any blood loss; instead, he felt energy entering his body.

Although it was only a barely perceptible trace, once it entered his body, it was as clear and dazzling as a glimmering lamp lit in the dark night.

Chen Wentao carefully felt the hair-thin warm current, his heart full of doubt.

Strange.

Is this what it feels like to be bitten by a Mosquito? He had never noticed it before.

What surprised Chen Wentao even more was that the expected itching sensation did not come from his arm. There wasn't even a trace of redness or swelling where the Mosquito had just bitten him.

Everything was as before.

Was it his imagination?

Chen Wentao felt he must be going crazy! At this moment, he was clearly trapped in the underground ruins, unable to move, yet he inexplicably began to anticipate a second, then a third Mosquito landing on him.

Because only then could he confirm whether everything that had just happened was real!

Buzz, buzz, buzz—

The modified Hex Tech Mosquitoes continuously drilled into the ground, as if returning to their long-lost home.

They had been confined in that sealed box for several days, once believing that they would never see the light of day again in their Mosquito life.

Unexpectedly, today they still had a chance to come out alive.

This also made them work even harder! Their bellies, which could originally only hold three milliliters of nutrient solution, were forcibly filled with an extra milliliter.

To their eyes, Chen Wentao, deep underground, was like a bright lamp, tempting and capable of holding a lot, practically the perfect injection vessel!

Dense clusters of Mosquitoes landed on different parts of Chen Wentao's body, making that unbelievable sensation even more pronounced.

Streams of glucose mixed with nutrient solution injected into his body, his long-parched body greedily absorbing it like a gnarled branch encountering sweet dew.

Every drop, every trace, was not wasted.

Chen Wentao didn't know how many Mosquitoes had bitten him.

In the darkness, countless Mosquitoes buzzed! They arrived plump and round, and left as thin as bone.

Those completely drained Mosquitoes then returned in an orderly fashion along the path they came, beginning a new round of replenishment.

In just over ten minutes.

Chen Wentao felt a sense of rebirth, like he had come back to life after a catastrophe!

His previously muddled brain was now clearer than ever, and even his body felt a bit stronger, capable of picking up the broken stone beside him again.

These aren't Mosquitoes!

No! These are not ordinary Mosquitoes!!!

Chen Wentao was certain that these Mosquitoes must have been released by the rescue team on the surface to provide them with supplies.

Although he was still parched at the moment, the abundant energy in his body couldn't be faked!

Saved!

If these Mosquitoes could come down to the ground to deliver essential nutrient supplements and water every so often, Chen Wentao felt he could hold on for a few more days!

Perhaps he could really wait until the day the rescue team dug him out!

At this time, apart from Chen Wentao's location, the five thousand Hex Tech Mosquitoes that had been released were flying all over the place, also following their instincts, doing their best to absorb nutrient solution and then find humans to inject it into.

After these modified Hex Tech Mosquitoes found their primary targets, they began continuous energy supply.

In their consciousness, delivering nutrients once was not the end of the mission, but the beginning! Their mission was to continuously provide energy to the underground survivors, one after another!

Five thousand Hex Tech Mosquitoes, spread across forty-seven rescue locations, meant that each location had nearly 100 Mosquitoes working non-stop.

Calculating based on each Mosquito's storage capacity of three milliliters, one hundred Mosquitoes could deliver three hundred milliliters of nutrient solution to survivors at once.

This was undoubtedly a godsend for the survivors in despair, completely sufficient to allow those not severely injured survivors to hold on for a while longer!

Furthermore, the nutrient solution also contained certain anti-inflammatory drugs, which could also help injured survivors prevent infection.

However, the underground scene could not be captured by the surface drone.

In the footage, only empty-bellied Mosquitoes could be seen swarming out from underground, heading straight for the six plastic barrels.

"Holy cow, in the blink of an eye, the six large barrels of nutrient supplement are almost empty?"

"This absorption speed is too fast, isn't it?"

"These Mosquitoes really are as the Brothers in the live broadcast room said earlier, absorbing nutrient solution and then delivering it underground! They are all on a mission!"

"I apologize for my previous rashness! Goodness, the Streamer really opened my eyes today! I never thought such bio-technology actually existed in this world!"

"So that means everyone buried under the ruins is saved? That's great! Streamer Bro is truly amazing!!!"

In the live broadcast room, viewers interacted enthusiastically.

Everyone had waited so long, and finally, today, under the CCTV camera, they saw a substantive progress in the rescue mission for the first time!

Of course, Su Yu's contribution in this was undeniable!

If it weren't for him bringing these modified special Hex Tech creatures, perhaps the outcome would have gone in a completely different direction.

Inside the shelter.

The Deputy Captain and a group of rescue experts stared intently at the situation on site.

To be honest, not only were the rescue experts nervous, but the Deputy Captain of the rescue team actually felt even greater pressure!

He was the one who issued the order for all rescue personnel to withdraw.

He was also the one who chose to trust Su Yu to give it a try.

If it succeeded, everyone would be happy, but if it failed, and the withdrawal of personnel delayed rescue time, leading to the final survivors not being successfully rescued, he would also bear a large part of the responsibility!

Fortunately!

Judging from the expressions on the faces of Su Yu and the other assistants on site, the rescue plan should have been successful this time!

As everyone had previously expected, as long as they could extend the survival time of the underground survivors, they would have enough time to complete the subsequent rescue.

"It worked!!"

"It actually worked?!"

"That's great! Since the nutrient solution can be replenished, when do we resume excavation operations?!"

"Wait a little longer, the first nutrient replenishment will take a bit longer! We'll wait for Mr. Su's signal."

Seeing this scene, the Deputy Captain's worried eyes for the first time held a glimmer of hope.

However, just as everyone had just let out a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, in the live broadcast camera, the previously calm screen began to shake.

Initially, the shaking was relatively slight, but a few seconds later, the screen began to tremble violently.

Su Yu, standing on the ruins, felt the ground begin to sway, and he almost stumbled and fell directly to the ground.

He suddenly looked up at the drone in the sky.

A thought instantly arose in his mind!

Aftershock!!

The aftershock is here!!!