frightfiction Chapter 284 The Rat Brand Insect-Catching Team
Chapter 284 The Rat Brand Insect-Catching Team
To ensure the smooth implementation of her plan, Lu Youyou specifically sought out the Rat King for a private chat.
[Lu Youyou: Your Majesty, can you eat all the insects outside? Will you get poisoned?]
The Mouse King: "I won't get poisoned. I have a special skill that can remove poison. It's just that I can't catch flying animals, so I can only eat those on the ground."
[Lu Youyou: I have an idea. Why don't you send a few mice to my car? I have an insect net here, they can take turns using it.]
King Mouse: "Really? But wouldn't that be too much of a bother? We can eat bugs from the ground too. Fry them up until they're crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and they'll even burst with juice. Do you want some?"
[Lu Youyou: Thank you, but I won't eat it. Could you ask if any mice are coming? They can stand on the roof of my car and catch bugs.]
King Mouse: "Everyone's clamoring for... Ahhhhh, stop fighting! Let's talk this out!!"
The first part was spoken to Lu Youyou, but the rest of the audio was a jumbled mess of clanging and banging noises, sounding like the mice were fighting.
After a while, the Mouse King sent another message.
Mouse King: "I'm sending 20 mice over. Can your car roof withstand that?"
Lu Youyou thought about the size of the mice; they weren't even as big as a small sweet potato. Twenty of them wouldn't be noticeable on the roof of her car.
[Lu Youyou: 100, I guess. My car has two levels, so I can get off and rest when I'm tired.]
The Mouse King: "Yay! I'll tell them right now... Hey hey hey? Stop fighting! The remaining eighty will be dealt with by age!!!"
Five minutes later, the game should have ended, and the Mouse King sent a voice message.
The Mouse King: "One hundred mice have already set off. If you want to wait for them sooner, try to stay in one place and don't move. It takes time for them to distinguish your scent from the other scents."
[Lu Youyou: Okay.]
"Navigation, parking."
As the car stopped, the soft-bodied worms that couldn't catch up before crawled onto the tires and started climbing up them.
"Ugh, that's disgusting!"
The little crow disdainfully pushed open the glass window, transformed into a giant crow, and swatted all the insects away with a single wing.
When the wind stopped, all the insects gathered around Lu Youyou's car again.
Helpless, the little crow could only flap its wings alternately to keep Lu Youyou away from poisonous insects.
Taking advantage of this moment, Lu Youyou used the public chat to collect insect nets or anything else that could catch insects.
[4 Sticky Insect Sticks: The sticky insect sticks have strong glue at the tip; the more the insect struggles, the tighter it sticks.]
[Honey-scented insect attractor *1: After installing the battery, the attractor emits a honey scent to attract insects. Please empty the insect collection box promptly.]
[Insect nets * 10]
These should be enough for the hamsters. After all, they are small, and it would probably take many hamsters to share one thing. Buying too many would be a waste.
Suddenly, Lu Youyou smelled a peculiar odor.
The smell of soil and moisture mixed with the scent of fur dried in the sun.
Before long, a group of gray mice successfully met Lu Youyou.
They climbed up the tires to the roof, took the props handed to them by Lu Youyou, and began to work together to use them.
They also chanted slogans together.
"The bolder the rat, the more abundant the worms!"
"Keep it up, work harder when catching insects!"
"The mouse is the strongest! The mouse is the best!"
"To catch insects so that the rats can have enough to eat!"
"..."
And you know what? With these little creatures around, the windowsill, which used to be teeming with insects, was reduced to just a few scattered ones. Lighting a mosquito coil under the window was enough to drive them away.
The mice can store insects from the sky as food, and she can also be free from insects—it's a win-win situation.
Lu Youyou recorded a video of the mice at work and posted it in the group chat.
[Zhang Yuning: Ahhhhhh! The mice are so cute! I love them so much! It's a pity I have a sedan, not a campervan, so they can't stand on my roof.]
[Wang Qiao: Could you get me some? I don't have the Mouse King's contact information.]
[Zhang Weimin: This is a good idea. Now I know why the Rat King asked me if I wanted fried bugs for lunch.]
[Yang Yan: I just upgraded my RV! Give me two hundred hamsters, I'm terrifyingly strong now.]
[Lu Youyou: You guys go buy some insect-catching items on the public chat first, otherwise the mice will be powerless even if they want to.]
After a while, everyone gathered all the insect-catching tools and came to Lu Youyou to register the number of mice they needed.
Lu Youyou went to the Mouse King to ask for the number of mice they had mentioned.
Half an hour later, people in the group who owned flat-topped trucks were posting videos to show off, and even comparing which color of mouse worked the hardest.
It's a friendly competition, of course, without any malice.
As for the other members of the gang, Lu Youyou only revealed this after confirming that their names still had red hearts next to them.
And they repeatedly warned them not to tell anyone about this, otherwise the mice's lives might be in danger.
After everyone agreed and signed the agreement, Lu Youyou took the required total number of mice to the Mouse King.
Gang members have also started showing off their mice in creative ways.
Since we can't post it outside, only the gang group is left to satisfy everyone's desire to confide.
Lu Youyou didn't interfere much in this matter; she believed that things could be discussed behind closed doors, and she wasn't that strict.
After finishing her work, Lu Youyou opened the monster merchant's shop to see if they had any insect repellent.
[Strawberry-scented insect attractor: 10000 gold coins after discount, limited to 3 per purchase. After installing batteries, the attractor emits a strawberry scent to attract insects. It will lose its ability to trap insects once the collection box is full.]
[Protective Suit: 5000 gold coins each after discount, limited to 10 per purchase. It can prevent insects from coming into close contact with you. Please check the protective suit for damage in time.]
The store had only two items, and Lu Youyou bought the maximum quantity of both at once.
Three insect traps were placed in the bedroom, bathroom, and living room to prevent insects from sneaking into the house from unseen corners.
There was still a kitchen to be added, so Lu Youyou simply opened the kitchen door to connect it to the living room, so that any insects that came in would be attracted by the scent of the insect-attracting machine in the living room.
After all, she no longer cooks herself, relying entirely on the food provided by the Mouse King and the food factory, so she doesn't have to worry about kitchen fumes.
The moment I thought of the Rat King, the Rat King appeared.
To be precise, Zhang Weimin posted the "Smell-Based Fried Pumpkin Strips" made by the "Rat King".
Lu Youyou checked her watch and realized how fast time had passed; it was already noon.
It's time for lunch.
After finishing a small pumpkin, Lu Youyou carried a bucket to the roof.
The mice have been busy for a long time, they need to drink some water to soothe their throats.
"Are you alright? Should I ask the Mouse King to exchange some mice for you to replace you?"
The larger gray mouse, panting, said, "I'm a little tired. You should go find the king and ask him to send a new batch of mice!"