"What's strange about the place?"
"It's black, about the size of a thumbnail."
As she spoke, Wenhui gestured with her fingers, extending her thumb.
"It's about this big."
After a pause, Wenhui continued:
"There are other colors of the insects too, but they're rare. They bite people. The village doctor said those insects can spread viruses, which led to the insect plague. I was young back then, and my grandfather told me that quite a few people died. Experts from Jing City supposedly came to develop a serum, and only then did the plague get eliminated."
"But you mentioned it's strange. What's strange about it?"
"The sound." Wenhui pondered over the situation back then:
"Those bugs made noise, similar to cicadas, but their sound was like a baby crying. Perhaps a single insect's cry isn't very noticeable, but when they appear in swarms, the sound becomes very much like that. Every time I heard it, I couldn't sleep, and..."
