In this battle, fewer worker ants died; in the skirmishes inside the cave, it was the soldier ants that spearheaded the attack.

Nearly half of the soldier ants were lost, and now only about 400 remain.

The worker ants suffered virtually no casualties.

In fact, this was something Zhao Zian did intentionally.

After a major battle, the role of soldier ants is no longer so important; on the contrary, keeping them around will allow them to consume a lot of food.

It's better if more die, as it saves a lot of food. We only need to leave a few soldier ants for defense.

If we encounter any danger in the future, we can just temporarily resume production.

The queen ant's talent is to accelerate production. As long as she has enough food reserves, she can quickly produce a large number of combat-ready ants.

As long as the remaining soldier ants can hold off the enemy for a period of time, that's enough.

After eliminating all the enemies, a lot of food was also found in their lair.

However, their entire insect species has a large population, and their daily losses are also quite significant.

The remaining food should be enough to produce more than 10,000 worker ants.

Moreover, this battle also killed many enemy units, and there were many enemy corpses nearby that could be retrieved to recover protein.

In addition, we already have plenty of food stored at home, which is more than enough.

However, Zhao Zian was not too greedy.

They left the 400 or so soldier ants alone and produced an additional 10,000 worker ants.

With over 20,000 worker ants, searching for food nearby was more than enough for them.

Now we can no longer devour all the food around us like before.

It's time to start pursuing sustainable development.

You can't eat too much bamboo shoots; just collect a little each day, otherwise you might cause the food to wither.

You shouldn't catch white fleshy worms everywhere.

Zhao Zian even considered raising them in captivity, just like raising pigs.

However, it may be a little difficult to implement.

The only thing to do is to observe the areas where these slimy worms appear.

Reduce the number of times you catch these slimy worms, and leave more of them to reproduce.

They only need to eat some leaves. Sometimes Zhao Zian would even ask the ants to carry some leaves to provide them with more food in the areas where the slime worms appeared.

After all, watching the fat, slimy worm wriggle its body every day, moving slowly in search of food, is indeed quite worrying.

Hopefully they'll eat more food, reproduce more, and grow bigger.

Time passed quickly, and when Zhao Zian's grandparents saw that it was noon, they called their eldest grandson to have lunch.

After dinner, Zhao Zian chatted with others in groups and posts, and also searched for information himself.

He discovered that in the real world, many ants raise aphids.

Aphids are pests that suck the sap from plants and then leave behind a dew-like substance.

However, aphids are good partners for ants, and ants will even protect aphids when they encounter danger.

The dew-like substance produced by aphids is very nutritious; it is very sweet and can provide ants with a lot of energy.

But there are no aphids in this other world.

Zhao Zian rejected this idea.

However, when he asked other ant enthusiasts related questions...

A guy in the group recommended a type of leafcutter ant.

Leafcutter ants are the farmers of the ant colony.

Leafcutter ants can produce their own food. They cut leaves and carry them back to their nest, burying them in the soil near the nest.

It's similar to farmers cultivating the land.

Furthermore, they also seem to carry some fungi in their bodies, which have a symbiotic relationship with them. Through the nutrients provided by the decaying leaves, these fungi can continuously multiply on the soil, and these fungi can be directly consumed by the ants. After the ants cultivate these fungi, they can be provided with food.

If trained properly, leafcutter ants can often grow enough food for the entire colony simply by throwing some leaves into their nests.

Some guys also showed off their masterpieces created by leafcutter ants.

There was a guy who kept many different kinds of leafcutter ants. He really liked these ants, and the fungus produced by each kind of ant was a different color.

He is widely recognized as a leading figure in the leafcutter ant community.

Zhao Zian was also quietly browsing the news online. As a novice, he was very shocked by these amazing ants.

This led to further plans.

He searched for information on the difficulty of raising various ant species, as well as various beginner recommendations and breeding guides... and so on.

He plans to get a few leafcutter ants and raise them in the other world.

The species doesn't matter, nor does its combat strength; all that's needed is the ability to cultivate fungi.

This fungus has not been fully understood yet, but it is roughly believed that it has a symbiotic relationship with ants.

The fungus will quickly die out without the ants, but it can also provide the ants with enough food.

Furthermore, different species of leafcutter ants can cultivate different species of fungi.

Zhao Zian didn't know much about the specifics either, but oh well, it doesn't matter anymore.

He found a highly rated app called Ant Paradise on Taobao.

Then I bought a few leafcutter ant queens and some worker ants.

Some reviews praised the quality, while others mentioned that many of the items died upon arrival.

Zhao Zian didn't quite understand the truth or falsehood of the matter.

But none of that matters. Even if they die, as long as they are taken to another world and eaten by the queen ant, there should be a chance of obtaining their genes.

He spent over a thousand dollars, afraid he hadn't bought enough.

However, I'm currently on holiday and staying at home, eating home-cooked meals every day, so I have no source of income.

This amount of money was already a huge sum for him.

Zhao Zian doesn't want to work a summer job this summer; he just wants to have more fun.

?﹏???????

He then sent a message asking some questions about ants.

After receiving some answers from the experts, I turned off my phone.

He ordered express delivery, which is more expensive, but since he ordered it this morning, it should arrive tonight, or at the latest tomorrow morning.

After several major battles and wiping out the enemy's horned beetle army, the ants themselves experienced an unprecedented surge in growth.

The numbers have reached a new peak, and the overall faith is extremely fervent.

The divine power has accumulated to the size of five strands of hair since last night.

He remembered that the mouse had said before that it could use divine power to restore some of its energy.

So he patted the mouse's head.

At this time, the mouse was still a special forces soldier on the battlefield.

It puffed out its cheeks and glanced impatiently at Zhao Zian.

"What's wrong, Zian? Don't bother me unless it's something very important..."

"Aren't there still five strands of divine power left? I plan to give them all to you."

"...Don't disturb the hamster...Huh? Ah!"