Seeing that the man had recovered after drinking the diluted lake water, Yao Ran stood up and returned to the 19th floor.
After closing the metal door, she took out disinfectant from her space and thoroughly disinfected herself, Long Yu, the metal door, and the stairs. When she was done, she and Long Yu went back upstairs.
Behind them, the man picked up his torch and hid the bottle of water inside his dirty clothes. That bottle of water might be the only thing that could save his family.
At ten o'clock that evening, the military finally took action to control the locusts. They deployed a large-scale operation–using large vacuum machines to suck up the locusts and store them in containers.