I Have Yet to Become a Doll Today
Chapter 1109: Side Story - Live Streaming World 78

Chapter 1109: Chapter 1109: Side Story - Live Streaming World 78

"That’s right, which is why we initially planned to use gasoline to destroy those eggs," Natasha said. "Creatures that like humidity are definitely afraid of fire."

"That’s a sound idea, but liking humidity doesn’t necessarily mean they need to keep their bodies moist all the time," Bai Youwei thought for a moment and then started crawling towards the front of the ventilation duct, "Follow me."

The people behind were dumbfounded, "Where to?"

"To find Yuri," Bai Youwei crawled to a fork in the ventilation duct, looking left and right as she tried to figure out their position, "... I have an idea, it’s quite suitable for dealing with those little monsters."

She turned a corner and kept crawling forward, regardless of whether the people behind her were following.

Natasha was two people behind her, and she really wanted to move closer to ask for clarification but couldn’t get near, all she could do was ask hurriedly from behind: "What idea?"

"These creatures called Aliens, they look quite like insects. Do you know what insects breathe with?" Bai Youwei asked as she crawled ahead.

Ada replied: "Through the mouth?"

Bai Youwei paused, her mouth twitched, and she responded: "Some insects breathe through spiracles and tracheae, like cockroaches, ants, locusts... They have a row of round holes on each side of their abdomen, similar to humans’ nostrils. Also, some insects breathe through gills, like dragonfly larvae, mayflies, and the like."

"Aliens don’t live underwater, so they probably don’t breathe through gills," Shen Mo commented, "Spiracular breathing is more likely."

"Yes," Bai Youwei nodded slightly, "They look like arthropod insects, which generally breathe through spiracles, but it’s strange, such types of insects usually don’t have themselves all sticky and gooey."

Ada also rounded the corner, murmuring, "Yes, if it’s damp on their bodies, the spiracles would definitely get blocked. How would they breathe then?"

"There’s another method of breathing..." Bai Youwei said, "Body-wall respiration, the most typical example of which is the earthworm."

Natasha was surprised: "Earthworms?"

With an appearance that crawled like a cockroach and stood upright like a lizard, it was hard to associate them with soft-bodied creatures like earthworms.

Bai Youwei explained, "Although they don’t look the same, the habit of secreting mucus is quite similar. Earthworms’ skin is covered with abundant capillaries, oxygen first dissolves in the mucus on the body surface, then permeates into the body wall and into the capillaries in the body wall. Therefore, they need to continuously secrete mucus to keep their bodies moist. In other words, without mucus, the earthworms would die."

Natasha, having heard this, suddenly realized and pondered for a moment, feeling more and more unwilling, sighed, "If we still had some gasoline, that would be great, to burn them!"

Even if it didn’t kill them, the dry environment would definitely cause them immense suffering.

"I could actually try to get some barrels of gasoline, but in the current situation, it’s not suitable..." As Bai Youwei slowly spoke ahead, calm and composed, "If set on fire, the smoke will definitely enter the ventilation duct, and we would be smothered to death."

Natasha: "Then...how about we don’t light the fire now, and wait until we leave the ventilation duct to do it?"

"No need for that trouble." Bai Youwei stopped suddenly, right above Yuri’s tool room.

She tapped lightly on the decking twice and whispered, "Yuri~"

Yuri, who had already heard their movements, asked, "What’s the situation outside?"

"Probably at least 80% have hatched, there are quite a lot."

Bai Youwei shifted forward to make space, allowing Shen Mo to come forward and pry open the mesh partition of the ventilation outlet.

Yuri, with a solemn expression, said: "If it’s 80%, we definitely don’t have enough bullets, we still have some explosives, but we must be cautious, not only do we need to figure out a way to gather those Aliens together, but also lead them to a suitable place for the detonation..."

"We don’t need to..." Bai Youwei extended a hand from the pried open ventilation outlet, waving towards Yuri, "Pass me that bottle of toilet cleaner from the shelf behind you... yes, that one, the large bottle."