Day by day in the infinite game

Chapter 244 244. Air pollution survival mode ([-])
Lin Sen is conducting daily inspections and maintenance along the ventilation ducts.

Since the advent of the "apocalypse", ground buildings have been destroyed one after another, the living environment has deteriorated, people are struggling to survive, and have no intention of producing. The surviving factories have also stopped working and closed down.

In the early stages of underground town construction, almost all building materials came from surface ruins, “turning waste into treasure.”

The same goes for the ventilation system that crisscrosses the ground and extends in all directions. The pipes laid are all kinds of useful pipes that people have dragged out from the ruins little by little.

These pipes were spliced ​​together and buried underground to begin their new mission.

Over time, the protective agent on the surface coating of the pipe is gradually dissolved by the acid rain immersed in the soil, and the strength of the material begins to be destroyed.

Recently, Linsen has performed more pipeline inspections than in the past few years combined.

Most of the reasons for maintenance are pipe cracks. Fine cracks can easily be ignored without careful inspection, which can lead to a series of serious consequences such as water seepage and crack growth.

He quickly reported the news to the person in charge.

Other colleagues also found the same situation.

The lack of resources caused the few "production workshops" in the underground towns to be inefficient. It was difficult to assemble so many replacement pipes for a while, so they could only work overtime to produce while sending plumbers to try their best to find out the cause. .

"Hey, this is the eighth crack found today." After Lin Sen marked it, he raised his wrist and looked at the time. "In the past, I finished writing my diary at this time and went home. I haven't seen it until today." Patrol the entire route.”

He sighed softly and continued walking forward.

The increase in workload consumed more energy, and he began to feel a little hungry.

But no matter what, you must complete your work seriously.

……

Lin Sen, who was addicted to work, did not expect that not far away, a large group of worms moving around like seaweed floating in the sea was about to have a close encounter with him.

The day's work was about to end, and he couldn't help but feel a little cheerful and brisk in his steps.

But soon, the expression on his face became solemn.

I began to feel closer and closer and more obvious vibrations under my feet.

He didn't know why, but subconsciously he quickly ran away.

The tremors in the pipe continued, getting bigger and bigger. He lost his footing and fell down several times without running very far.

There were tiny, dense sounds that gradually grew louder, from far to near. When Lin Sen, who was bruised and bruised from the fall and had a buzzing head, heard it, he was very frightened, and cold sweat quietly crawled all over his body.

After a long time, everything returned to calm.

Lin Sen stumbled to his feet, shaking his legs and escaping from work for the first time.

……

Xiao Counsel returned after successfully completing his mission. In addition to harvesting the first wave of seeds from earthworms, he also brought back an important news.

"Squeak! Squeak..." It told Tang Qinqin excitedly that it had discovered a new food that interested it, and there was a lot of it.

It smells a lot like the worms it usually likes to eat.

The key is that it senses that the new food is getting closer to it.

"A mass as big as a brown bear's head." This is the adjective it racked its brains to give after sensing the amount of food.

I wonder if the brown bear will be happy to hear that his hedgehog sister misses him so much.

Tang Qinqin only felt that the soles of his feet were hairy.

The whole person couldn't help but get goose bumps all over his body.

She wasn't sure whether the bugs that the hedgehogs defined as food posed a threat, but according to the little coward's prompts, they were far away from the densely populated area of ​​the underground town, and it was too late for her to find them. They had been busy all day, and the dragon disappeared without a trace. The person in charge at the tail end sounded the alarm.

She thought of the town security squad.

Adhering to the principle of caution, even if this group of bugs is just a passerby passing by a human town, the vigilance should not be relaxed.

Lin Sen stumbled and used his hands and feet, talking and gesticulating, trying to tell the security team what he had just experienced.

When Tang Qinqin came over, he looked dejected and was about to turn around and leave.

She stepped forward and explained the situation to the security team. When he heard "a bunch of bugs" standing by, a light flashed in his mind.

He grasped the fleeting flash of inspiration.

He felt that the bug mentioned by the out-of-town girl he brought back to town was probably the culprit that scared him.

The security team didn't think there was any problem, but for safety reasons, they promised to strengthen underground patrols.

At this time, the public restroom located in a corner of the underground town due to its unique smell welcomed a group of strange "guests".

The land of grain reincarnation is full of various microorganisms, bacteria, etc. that are invisible to the naked eye. These are precisely the rations that attract uninvited guests.

The demonic worms, which are only 0.5 mm long, changed their formation from a group to a group of scattered sand, and each of them got in through the gap of the five grain reincarnation.

The little coward who had been following him raised his nose in disgust and couldn't stop talking, so the boss turned around and left unhappily.

……

The urban residents who have lived in the darkness underground for a long time and whose eyesight has significantly deteriorated did not notice that there were quietly more abnormalities in their living environment.

There are tiny creatures that they can hardly see forcing their way into their lives.

Tang Qinqin, who was eating in his room, always felt that there was some strange noise in the corner of the room. He didn't intend to pay attention to it at first, but the person who made the noise was very ignorant and kept talking.

She quickly drank the last mouthful of wonton soup, put away the bowls and chopsticks, and walked to the corner that disturbed her peace, ready to settle accounts.

"...Qinqin, this is a demon worm!" Xiaoqi shook off the non-existent goosebumps and quickly learned about it.

Tang Qinqin felt that starting from the soles of his feet, his whole body and scalp were all hairy.

Subconsciously, he took two steps back.

"Isn't it said that it lives thousands of meters underground? Why does it appear here?" Tang Qinqin quietly touched the goosebumps that were appearing on his arms.

Although it doesn't have fangs or claws, nor does it have three heads and six arms, it still makes people feel cold all over for no reason.

"I don't know, maybe it's affected by human activities here?" Xiao Qi guessed.

Tang Qinqin looked around and found worms in other corners of the house.

"Little coward, aren't you interested?" Tang Qinqin took a deep breath and tried to calm down, then looked back at the little hedgehog for help.

"Squeak!" It turned its head sharply, each spike expressing its rejection.

Tang Qinqin had no choice but to try to communicate with this group of beings that humans were not very familiar with from a long distance away.

In the end, the only effective information Tang Qinqin got from the worm was the concise and comprehensive word "heat".

As a devil worm that can survive in extreme environments and withstand high temperatures and pressures, what does "hot" mean?
(End of this chapter)