Mystery Journey (4)

The force field emitted by the energy crystal can interfere with the judgment of the amber ants, making it impossible for them to lock onto the strange smell in the nest.

Unfortunately, the two hills also brought Bifang hidden in the hills to set fires everywhere, creating chaos in the anthills, forcing the amber ants to separate some ants to put out the fire.

However, the Bifang fire seemed to be a natural threat to them. Some amber ants, relying on their high level, rushed forward to try to put out the fire. The Bifang fire, which was more than level seven but less than level eight, was like a thorn in their bones. After burning on their bodies, it easily melted the beautiful amber shell into a soft colloid, revealing their flesh and blood without any cover.

Where had the amber ants ever seen such a scene? They ran around in pain, bringing the Bifang Fire to more amber ants, causing a new round of raging flames.

In the end, it was the Ant-Faced Man who came out to calm the situation, using the blood suppression of higher-level Zerg on lower-level Zerg, forcing the scurrying Amber Ants to endure the severe pain of their burning bodies, and crawl on the ground and tremble under the instinct.

The ant-faced man had no idea what mercy and compassion meant. His slender arms transformed into sharp limbs. With a single blow of his knife, he took the life of the amber ant that was contaminated by the Bifang fire, and used his own powerful strength to forcibly extinguish the Bifang fire.

Shi Jianxia knew that with the presence of the ant-faced people, the chaos in the nest would be brought under control soon. While the two sacred mountains had not been caught yet, he let them burrow into the soil next to the ant nest.

And Li Li, who was sent out by her to support, had already dug a hole near Yixue and successfully reached the two sacred mountains.

When preparing to come back, Lili seemed to have sensed something and wanted to continue digging. After careful consideration, Shi Jianxia agreed to its request and patiently waited for further feedback from the cubs.

The two sacred mountains that had looted the Amber Ant Nest were circling in the hole dug by Li Li with great interest. They had made a great contribution this time, and the energy crystals they harvested were definitely enough for their brothers and sisters to feast on.

Shi Jianxia was naturally generous with his praise.

Nowadays, kids who can support themselves are good kids!

Inside the amber ant nest, the ant-faced man couldn't find the invader, so he was naturally furious. He flew out of the nest, and the antennae on his head trembled rapidly, communicating with all the amber ants nearby.

Shi Jianxia saw that something was wrong and quickly ran away with his four friends.

As for Li Li and the other cubs, as long as they are not in danger, they can continue to complete the mission. If they encounter the ant-faced man, she can directly recall them to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" to minimize the losses.

The escape route had been patrolled by the cubs in advance, and Shenshan was responsible for keeping watch all the way, so Shi Jianxia didn't need to worry about suddenly running into other creatures and being hunted.

While Jun Xiaoyi was running away, he still thought of something clever. "What do you think is the natural enemy of the amber ant?"

Su Jiuzhong asked: "Anteater?"

"It seems there are some birds as well." Nan Chiqing added.

Wen Qiuqiu patched up, "Can the creatures on this planet be inferred using our food chain?"

Shi Jianxia replied, "Aside from their size and unusual powers, the creatures here are not much different from the creatures we know."

Giant octopus, giant shark, giant whale... The appearance of these creatures is very similar to the names that Shi Jianxia has temporarily given them. It is possible that they are the same species, but their different growth environments have created differences between their populations.

After saying this, Shi Jianxia looked at Jun Xiaoyi strangely: "Why are you asking this?"

Jun Xiaoyi blinked mischievously, "I just want to see what level of the food chain the Ant-Faced Man belongs to on this planet."

If natural enemies really exist, is it possible to kill them all at once?

Humans and Zerg have always been irreconcilable. Now that the opportunity is in front of us, there is no reason not to take advantage of it.

Just as Xia was about to speak, Wen Qiuqiu suddenly said, "Have you noticed? There don't seem to be any insect vortices in this forest. There aren't any near the amber ant's nest either. Xia Xia, have you seen any insect vortices inside the nest?"

This question successfully attracted everyone's attention. It didn't seem strange when they didn't pay attention to it, but now that it was raised, everyone realized that it was a little abnormal.

Before coming to this planet, they imagined the Zerg world to be desolate and lifeless, similar to the situation on the fallen planet, with insect vortices everywhere.

In fact, this forest is full of vitality, and the creatures living here show no signs of being parasitized by Zerg.

Even the giant shark controlled by the Mosquito-Faced Man did not become a Zerg parasite. Instead, after the Mosquito-Faced Man left, it was eaten up by other creatures in the sea in a very normal way.

Although it has been previously suggested that the laws of this universe may impose some restrictions on the Zerg, it is still somewhat strange that not a single vortex was seen.

Amber ants invaded the human universe at the beginning and have never appeared since then. Is it because they have no channels to travel to other planets, or is there another reason?

This problem could not be solved for the time being, so Shi Jianxia carefully wrote it down in his memo and asked the boys to inform the cadets who were exploring other parts of the forest.

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Li Li's talent is 'digging holes'. With Shi Jianxia's careful feeding, his combat level has approached level seven. The speed of digging holes is no longer comparable to when he was 'secretly searching for star cores' at the Nan Teng Military Academy.

After a while, it dug down more than a hundred meters, getting closer and closer to the place where it sensed a powerful energy aura.

Changliushan's perception was not as sharp as its, so it moved closer and circled around it, as if asking what was at the destination.

It was obvious that it had not yet calmed down from the joy of causing the commotion just now. Zhaoyaoshan next to it was also particularly interested in this and came over happily to wait for Lili's answer.

Li Li let out a low growl, and no one knew what it expressed. The two sacred mountains shook their heads in a wider arc, as if they couldn't wait to participate in the next action.

Not long after, Lili's digging movements gradually slowed down, and he raised his paws and made a hushing gesture. Changliushan and Zhaoyaoshan immediately quieted down and quietly hid behind the pile of earth next to them.

Lili put its head close to the earth wall, as if listening to the movement on the other side. After a few seconds, it shook its tail behind it, signaling Changliu Mountain and Zhaoyao Mountain to get ready, as they needed to do a big job next.

The two sacred mountains raised their peaks in response. Li Li no longer hesitated and dug forward carefully. A faint light came through from the other side.

Changliushan was very familiar with this light. It was the light emitted by energy crystals. There must be a large number of energy crystals piled up on the other side of the earth wall. The three cubs became excited at a not-too-far distance.

But they did not act rashly. Instead, they observed the situation outside through the small holes in the earth wall, because within the majestic energy, there was another breath of life, which was very vigorous.

When Shi Jianxia received feedback from Li Li, everyone had already run quite a distance, so he stopped and hid under a bush, and saw the situation outside the earth wall through its perspective.

It is a mountain of energy crystals piled high, and these are not ordinary energy crystals equivalent to sixth, seventh, and eighth-level insect crystals stored in the upper nest, but energy crystals comparable to S-level and SS-level insect crystals.

Shi Jianxia couldn't help but hold her breath. She couldn't imagine how happy a little girl she would be if she took all these energy crystals.

She was not dazzled by the energy crystals, but looked further back, where there was a white substance, like some kind of paste, layer upon layer... or it would be more appropriate to describe it as fat.

Ant blood, white, layer upon layer, still wriggling rapidly.

Shi Jianxia thought of a documentary he had watched before, and two words popped up in his mind - Queen Ant.

The reproduction of amber ants does not rely on the mother ant, but on the queen ant like ordinary ants?

Thinking of the queen ant constantly giving birth to ants, Shi Jianxia felt a little disgusted, and sure enough, he saw many newly born baby ants in the nest.

Because of the recent appearance of invaders, many adult amber ants were wandering around in the ant's aisle, and some of them even specialized in feeding energy crystals to the queen ant, allowing her to reproduce ants non-stop.

Shi Jianxia was not interested in the reproduction rules of the amber ants. She was thinking about how to quickly and efficiently remove the high-level energy crystals from the nest, and suddenly noticed a piece of white bone in the corner.

It was a hand bone, with five distinct fingers and a bracelet hanging from the wrist.

Shi Jianxia's heart skipped a beat.

It's human bones!

She inevitably thought of the officers sent by the Federation to the Zerg universe to carry out exploration missions.

Is he one of them?

We must take the skeleton away!

Shi Jianxia carefully observed the situation in the nest again, calculating the probability of the three cubs successfully attacking and escaping.

If she only took away the energy crystals, she could directly summon the cubs back through the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and there would be absolutely no loss.

However, human skeletons cannot enter the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". If you want to bring them with you, you will inevitably have to go through a battle royale.

After thinking it over, she asked Lili to dig to the location of the skeleton from a farther place in the cave to see if she could steal it out quietly, and sent the fastest moving Zouwu to provide support.

Following her instructions, Li Li filled the hollowed-out wall back a little to prevent it from collapsing due to vibrations during subsequent excavations. He then found a suitable location and dug in the direction of the skeleton.

As the amber ants failed to find the invaders, the noise in the nest gradually subsided. Li Li dug to the location of the skeleton and quietly poked a small hole to look out.

This location is not as hidden as the previous one. The queen ant's head is facing this direction. If the wall is dug, it will definitely attract the attention of the amber ants.

It seems like a battle royale is inevitable.

When Zuowu was in position, Shi Jianxia gave an order!

The four cubs jumped out of the thin earth wall at the same time, and Zou Wu picked up the scattered bones and ran away.

Lili and the two sacred mountains rushed into the pile of energy crystals. They had no time to eat them, so they just kept putting them into the body of the sacred mountain. Their movements were so big that they successfully protected Zouwu who was collecting the bones.

The amber ants in the nest obviously did not expect such a change to happen, and they maintained their original posture until they saw the energy crystal pile shrank by half. Then they reacted and opened their mouthparts to let out a threatening hiss.

However, this level of threat had no effect on the three cubs. When they saw Zuo Wu disappear into the cave, they concentrated on snatching the delicious food in front of them. When the amber ant rushed over, they nimbly turned around and swayed left and right in the air, with the word "provocation" written all over their bodies.

Some amber ants discovered that they were the invaders, and immediately shook their antennae to communicate with the ant-faced man above the nest who was furious because he had not caught the invader.

Seeing that something was not right, Zhaoyao Mountain hurriedly carried Li Li back to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". The small tree on the top of Changliu Mountain shook, and Bifang flew out, spitting out a mouthful of Bifang fire at the queen ant.

The surging and scorching flames hit the queen ant, like oil boiling in a raging fire, covering it in the blink of an eye. The queen ant trembled her mouthparts and made a sharp hissing sound, and her body also shook violently, trying to escape the scorching flames.

However, its body was too huge and it could not move by its own strength. The soft shell on its body melted like a candle under the scorching fire of Bifang.

Changliushan carried Bifang and plunged headfirst into the remaining pile of energy crystals, snatching the last portion of delicious food, and then disappeared without a trace under the gaze of many amber ants.

When the ant-faced man arrived, the queen ant had already been burned into a pile of black lumps. The amber ants inside and outside the nest seemed to have lost something important and were flying around like headless flies.

The ant-faced man's antennae also drooped, and the aura around him was not as strong as before, and gradually became weak.

It raised its head and let out a sharp scream, the sound waves penetrating the forest and reaching the ears of every ant-faced man who went out.

Shi Jianxia, ​​who was a half-baked person who could understand the Zerg language, heard the anger contained in the sound waves, and quickly asked Zuo Wu to run faster to avoid being blocked by the amber ants returning to the nest. He could only abandon the skeleton to protect himself.

She was also afraid that the queen of the amber ant colony had died and the ant-faced man would go crazy, so she quickly informed her friends in various parts of the forest of the news and told them to find a safe place to hide.

With the help of the cubs who were on guard along the way, Zuo Wu did not encounter the ant-faced men or amber ants returning to the nest, and successfully brought the collected bones to Shi Jianxia.

Jun Xiaoyi, who was on guard, was surprised that he heard the angry sound waves of the ant-faced man and could understand that it was calling its companions outside the nest. He turned around and saw Shi Jianxia staring at the two hand bones that Zou Wu had placed on the ground.

One of them wore an intelligent bracelet, and the other wore a space bracelet, each of which was printed with the logo of Federal Technology Company.

Shi Jianxia's breathing became uncontrollably heavier.