Chapter 4167: Secret Event

Zhao Wenwei looked at Li Qingyue.

"You have been doing research in this area. Talk to Xiaolin about it."

Lin Yi also looked at Li Qingyue.

"It has not been found anywhere else yet." Li Qingyue said:

"Over the years, I have conducted experiments in various places across the country, but none of them could survive for a month, even if we simulated the environment of Ailao Mountain. Black-toothed worms can only survive in Ailao Mountain."

Li Qingyue gathered her hair out of habit. "This is a good thing. If it could survive in other places, there might be a large-scale insect plague."

"What factors caused this?"

Li Qingyue shook her head. "I have done research and investigation, but I have not found anything so far. I can only confirm that the black-toothed worm can only survive in Ailao Mountain."

Listening to Li Qingyue's words, Lin Yi also sorted out some important information.

The black-toothed worm is a creature that has not yet become extinct.

But because they could not survive in other places, they were trapped in Ailao Mountain.

"In your research, besides spreading the plague, do black-toothed worms have any other functions?" Lin Yi said:

"For example, some insects are pests, but they have certain medicinal value."

Li Qingyue shook her head. "They have no positive uses and cannot be used as medicine. In addition, they are the best carriers of viruses. We have found a total of 23 viruses on them. These viruses have reached a delicate balance in the body of the black tooth worm."

After a pause, Li Qingyue continued:

"That's why the insect plague in Ailao Mountain was difficult to cure and broke out on a large scale. Different viruses will create different diseases. After breaking through the human immune system, they will cause different types of infections. Therefore, there is no positive effect on the black-toothed worm. This situation is also very rare."

After a moment of silence, Lin Yi did not speak.

"Teacher Zhao, Teacher Li, you are both experts in this field. Let me ask this question a little more extreme. Can we say that the black-toothed insect is the only insect in the world that has only negative effects and no positive effects?"

This question made both of them silent for a moment and they started to think seriously.

The two did not give an answer immediately, but looked at each other.

"If we look at it from an extreme perspective, we can say that," Zhao Wenwei said.

"Some insects, although their positive effects are small, are still somewhat useful. In addition, our research found that black-toothed insects do not belong to any phylum, and can only be classified into the Chelicerata subphylum. So, your statement is not very valid to some extent, because..."

Zhao Wenwei paused for a moment, then picked up a cigarette and lit it.

"At the time, black-toothed worms were also called alien worms, because they did not quite fit the characteristics of Earth creatures."

Lin Yi remained silent.

Everything the two said was moving in the direction he expected.

For a long time, a concept has been formed in Lin Yi's mind.

The land is different from Tilia Island, and the creatures there are also different from those on land.

Zhao Wenwei called the black-toothed worm an alien worm. From a certain perspective, this kind of worm may exist on the island of Tilia, so they have never seen it and gave it such a name.

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There may be things related to Tilia Island or the indigenous people in Ailao Mountain.

"Teacher Zhao, black tooth worms have no benefits. Why do you still spend so much time studying them? Don't you think it's a waste of time?"

"Scientific research is like this. There is no such thing as wasting time." Zhao Wenwei said with a smile:

"Think about it, this is the only insect in the world that has no positive effects. This is very special in itself. Moreover, those viruses can survive in the same organism by restricting each other. If we study the reasons and mechanisms, we can make great breakthroughs in biomedicine in the future."

"That's right." Lin Yi said with a smile:

"Apart from the black-toothed worms, are there any other similar creatures on Mount Ailao? They have never appeared before."

Zhao Wenwei did not answer immediately, but started thinking.

"I really haven't discovered this. At most, it's a variant of other creatures. They all have traces to follow, except for the black-toothed worm, which is different from any other creature."

"Is there any record of black-toothed worms? I want to see what they are specifically."

"That's fine, but the video materials are all in our college. I'll take you back to have a look after dinner."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Zhao."

Since we didn't drink any alcohol, the dinner came to an end after more than an hour.

Lin Yi and the other two returned to school and came to Zhao Wenwei's office, where they found video footage of the black-toothed worm.

It was about the same size as a girl's fingernail, between 1 and 1.5 centimeters in diameter, with eight mouthparts crisscrossing like pliers. Even Lin Yi felt disgusted when he saw it.

While watching, Li Qingyue was responsible for explaining.

Lin Yi watched carefully, and the attack methods and means of this insect did not surprise him.

Over the years, I have seen many different kinds of insects on Tilia Island, even many that are more terrifying than the black-toothed insects.

So much so that Lin Yi had a hunch that this kind of insect also existed on Tilia Island.

"Teacher Zhao, according to your research, has the number of this insect decreased or increased?"

"The overall total number is decreasing. In recent years, there has been no outbreak of the insect epidemic that happened back then. We can only see this kind of insect in the Ailao Mountains."

Lin Yi nodded. He had learned almost everything about the black-toothed worms. Now he had to ask about another thing.

"Teacher Zhao, I heard that when you led the team to Ailao Mountain to treat the insect plague, something happened. One of the accompanying personnel..."

"Qingyue..."

Zhao Wenwei interrupted Lin Yi and said, "You go out first. Xiao Lin and I will talk alone."

"understood."

Li Qingyue left, and there were only two people left in the office. Zhao Wenwei sighed.

"Xiao Lin, there are some things you can't ask, and I can't say them."

"I know." Lin Yi nodded and said:

"Teacher Zhao, you just need to tell me who is responsible for this matter and who gave the order. I won't let you talk about this matter. Leave the rest to me."

"Do you still have this ability?"

Lin Yi smiled and said, "It shouldn't be a big problem."

“It’s the leader of the National Health Commission.”

"okay, I get it."