Thousands upon thousands of Pearl Millet Sand Fleas leaped across the fields, packed as densely as raindrops. Under the blinding white light, they rose and fell in swarms!
They were still droplets of highly corrosive acid. Wherever they passed, countless holes were burned through the vegetable leaves. The entire field looked as though it had been hacked apart by a lawn mower. The leafy greens that had been thriving that morning now lay scattered in ruin, broken stems littering the ground like severed limbs.
Months of cultivation had been wiped out overnight!
When the lights shone down, the mighty swarm of Pearl Millet Sand Fleas rolled into the distance like a black tide. Wherever it passed, swathes of vegetable leaves were chewed through. Their destructive power was in no way inferior to a locust plague—their formation was a massacre aimed squarely at the vegetable fields!
The sprinkler system switched on, spraying columns of pesticide-scented water in every direction like antiaircraft machine guns firing at a formation of fighter jets. Large patches of Pearl Millet Sand Fleas were struck down from time to time, twitching endlessly on the ground. But the pesticide concentration in the sprinklers was far too low. It could only temporarily slow the swarm's spread.
Xia Wansan was horrified. His face turned ashen as he ordered the Security Team to scatter in all directions and burn the fields immediately!
The fuel for burning the fields mainly came from the small shrubs and sand-control trees planted nearby. Bulldozers quickly pushed them down, and gasoline was poured over the piles before they were stacked in the fields.
Once the flames rose, the crops in the fields would quickly be dried out from a distance. They might even be ignited by the hot air currents, after which the fire would spread