Chapter 245 Red Ant Tribe

"Crack, crack..."

On the way, Jiang Xuan saw dozens of giant red ants gnawing on the trees.

Their palatal teeth are very scary. They just gnaw around the tree and remove the bark. As they continue gnawing, the trunk at the bottom of the tree becomes smaller and smaller.

"boom!"

At a certain moment, these giant red ants ran away quickly, and then the big tree was seen falling down.

After the big tree fell, these giant red ants ran over again and bit off all the branches and the trunk, turning the big tree into a straight piece of wood.

Dozens of giant red ants bit the tree with their palatal teeth. One of the ants climbed onto the trunk to watch the road and give orders, then began to move the tree towards the tribe.

These giant red ants are extremely strong and have a clear division of labor. They can work on their own without even any human command.

The efficiency is astonishing.

It's not just ants. Jiang Xuan saw some members of the ant tribe working almost like ants, even walking in neat rows.

This was the first time Jiang Xuan had seen such a situation.

He walked a long way, until he could no longer see the red ants, before he finally found two tourists.

The two tourists were very wary, but after Jiang Xuan took out a piece of animal meat and gave it to them, their attitudes finally improved a lot.

"Why are there no tourists living outside the Red Ant Tribe?"

Jiang Xuan stood in front of the two tourists and asked the questions in his mind.

The two tourists did not answer immediately, but instead tore into the meat that Jiang Xuan had just given them without any hesitation, without even thinking of roasting it before eating.

After they wolfed down the food, one of the tourists finally spoke up: "Because we can't survive."

"Can't survive?"

It was the first time that Jiang Xuan heard such a statement, and for a moment he couldn't figure out what was going on.

The tourist continued, "The Red Ant Tribe is different from other tribes. The big ants will move everything around the tribe cleanly, not even a wild fruit or a wild vegetable will be left behind."

"Tourists simply can't survive in a place like this. They will starve to death."

The tourist's words made Jiang Xuan suddenly realize.

In short, the giant red ants in the red ant tribe are so powerful that they will carry back to the tribe anything edible and usable.

The forests have been completely plundered. How can tourists survive?

Jiang Xuan suddenly remembered that when leaving the Crocodile Tribe, Qingye's evaluation of the Red Ant Tribe was just two words: greed.

Judging from the current situation, the Red Ant Tribe is indeed quite greedy.

Jiang Xuan asked the two tourists some more about the Red Ant Tribe. After a while, flying ants flew across the sky, and the two tourists, like frightened rabbits, disappeared into the dense forest in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Xuan stood there, wondering whether or not to continue heading towards the Red Ant Tribe.

Judging from the current situation, the Red Ant Tribe is so unfriendly that even tourists are reluctant to get close.

Around the Red Ant Tribe, Jiang Xuan could not see anyone from other tribes. This was a very abnormal situation.

Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and felt that if he just left like this, wouldn't it be a wasted trip? Since he was already here, he might as well go in and take a look.

The Red Ant Tribe can't just attack indiscriminately, right?

Jiang Xuan took a look at the totem pattern on his arm and felt a little more confident.

He walked again in the direction of the Red Ant Tribe's residential area, and along the way he took special care to observe the various edible plants in the forest.

He found that there were almost no larger edible plants and very few wild fruits. Not to mention animals, even the number of insects was much less than in other places.

No wonder the two tourists said they couldn’t survive here, the plundering was too severe.

Jiang Xuan continued to move forward. Not far away, a hunting team of over a hundred people from the Red Ant Tribe were heading back.

These warriors either rode on giant red ants or walked, carrying various prey and moving forward quickly.

Like other members of the Red Ant Tribe, these warriors were lined up in neat rows even when they were advancing, except for... a boy who was about thirteen or fourteen years old.

The young man carried a deer and sometimes walked to the left, sometimes to the right, and sometimes even made a circle. He looked very different among these neatly-organized Red Ant Tribe warriors.

"Qie Ye, could you please stop running around?"

The hunting leader who was accompanying the team looked at the boy helplessly, but he couldn't do anything about him.

The boy simply left the team, walked to the leader of the hunting team, and said, "We are about to reach the tribe. There is no danger here. Why do we still have to walk in a line?"

The leader of the hunting team said: "The warriors of our ant tribe have always walked this way."

"Is it right to always walk this way? I don't think so!"

The young man raised his eyebrows, then walked in a zigzag manner, walked in circles, or jumped a few steps to the left and a few steps to the right, which made the leader of the hunting team's blood pressure rise sharply.

The soldiers next to him also frowned, obviously very dissatisfied with this boy.

Everyone was walking in an orderly manner, but there was an outlier among them. Who could stand it? However, no one could do anything to him. After all, he did not make any mistakes when hunting. They couldn't beat him up just because he didn't walk in an orderly manner after arriving at the tribe's territory, right?

As the young man was walking, he suddenly saw Jiang Xuan not far away. His eyes lit up and he handed the deer he was carrying to the leader of the hunting team, saying, "There's a man over there. I'm going to see if he has any bad intentions towards our Red Ant Tribe. Please help me carry this deer back."

After saying that, the young man ran away.

"Qie Ye, come back!"

The leader of the hunting team shouted angrily, but the boy ran away without looking back, and there was nothing he could do.

A soldier nearby said, "Captain, forget it. This is already the territory of our Red Ant Tribe. We have people everywhere. Qie Ye will not be in danger."

The leader of the hunting team thought about it and agreed, so he simply ignored the young man and continued to move forward with his team.

Without the young man causing trouble, the hunting team marched in an orderly manner again, which made the leader of the hunting team feel a lot more comfortable.

This made the leader of the hunting team dislike the young man even more, and he secretly swore in his heart that he would never take him out hunting next time no matter what.

On the other side, Qie Ye, holding a spear, quickly ran through the woods, came in front of Jiang Xuan's direction, then climbed up a big tree and found a big branch to stand on.

Jiang Xuan had noticed this young man a long time ago, but he did not act rashly. Instead, he secretly became more alert, wanting to see what this young man was going to do.

When he got close to the big tree, the boy on the tree suddenly shouted, "Stop!"

Jiang Xuan stopped and looked up at the tree.

“Rustle…”

“Boom!”

The boy on the tree suddenly jumped down, passed through the branches and leaves, and landed on the ground.

He squatted down to relieve the force of falling, then bounced up like a compressed spring, holding the spear in his hand and aiming at Jiang Xuan.

"Which tribe are you from? What are you doing in our Red Ant Tribe?"

Jiang Xuan felt a little funny watching the young man's actions, because he remembered the hero of Wagangzhai who robbed people on the road, and he jumped out from the roadside like this.

If he shouted, "I built this road and planted these trees. If you want to pass by here, please leave some money for passage," it would be even more vivid.

"why are you laughing?"

The boy felt as if he was being mocked, so he frowned and gripped the spear even tighter.

"Don't get me wrong, I just thought of something funny." Jiang Xuan put away his smile.

The young man looked at the five warrior lines on Jiang Xuan's face and did not dare to be careless. He continued to shout: "Tell me quickly, which tribe are you from? What are you doing in our Red Ant Tribe?"

"I'm from the Vine Tribe. I came here from a remote area in the Southern Wilds. I heard that the Red Ant Tribe is a large tribe in the central region, so I wanted to come and visit and broaden my horizons."

"Broaden your horizons? Then you have come to the right place."

When the young man heard Jiang Xuan's words, the expression on his face suddenly became proud.

The Red Ant Tribe has a long history in the central region and is extremely powerful. The people living in the Red Ant Tribe have a sense of psychological superiority when facing those medium-sized and small tribes.

Boys at this age like to show off. Jiang Xuan's reasons successfully scratched his itch, making him want to immediately drag Jiang Xuan to see how powerful the Red Ant Tribe is.

The young man put away his spear and said, "My name is Qie Ye, what's your name?"

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"My name is Xuan."

"Xuan, since you want to go to the Red Ant Tribe to gain some experience, then come with me."

After Qie Ye finished speaking, he held his head high and walked forward first.

Jiang Xuan laughed in silence and followed the young man at a leisurely pace.

At this time, two flying ants flew over the woods, with two ant tribe warriors sitting on their backs. They looked at the ground and found that the one walking in front was Qieye, so they left directly.

Jiang Xuan was a very careful person. He found that the boy's weapons were much better than those of ordinary warriors. His animal skin clothes were also intact. Apart from some stains, there were no holes.

The boy also had a string of animal ivory ornaments hanging around his neck. The ivory was very large and polished very smoothly.

In addition, at the age of thirteen or fourteen, the boy actually had two warrior lines on his face.

In addition, when the cavalry on the flying ants saw the young man bringing a member of an outsider tribe, they left without even looking back.

All signs indicate that this young man is not an ordinary person.

However, since Qie Ye didn't say anything, Jiang Xuan wouldn't take the initiative to ask.

Only by allowing him to maintain the mystery of his identity and a sense of superiority over outsiders can he let Jiang Xuan see more things without worry.

As the two continued to get closer to the residence of the red ant tribe, Jiang Xuan saw more and more giant red ants of various kinds.

These giant red ants crawled around on the ground as if no one was around, busy carrying various things.

Worker ants are of normal size and are responsible for moving things.

Soldier ants have particularly large heads, particularly developed palatal teeth, and relatively strong claws.

The flying ants flying around in the sky are very different from the flying ants Jiang Xuan had seen in his previous life.

They are not female ants responsible for laying eggs, but are equivalent to flying soldier ants.

The wings of these flying ants are very strong, not much different from the wings of bees and dragonflies, with well-developed palatal teeth and strong claws.

Jiang Xuan secretly took note of all these giant red ants in his mind. If there was ever a conflict with the red ant tribe in the future, he must find a way to get rid of these giant red ants first.

In addition to the giant red ants, Jiang Xuan saw more warriors and tribesmen of the red ant tribe.

When these people saw Jiang Xuan coming, they all looked at him, but no one came up to ask or stop him.

Because Qie Ye was standing right in front of him.

This made Jiang Xuan even more certain that Qie Ye's identity in the Red Ant Tribe was not ordinary, and he might be the descendant of some important figure.

After approaching the residential area, Jiang Xuan finally saw the strange buildings of the Red Ant Tribe up close.

These buildings are all made of mud and wood, and look like a giant ant nest, which is very spectacular.

"This is the house of our Red Ant Tribe. What do you think? Have you ever seen it before?"

Qie Ye stood next to Jiang Xuan. He saw Jiang Xuan looking up at the huge building with a shocked expression on his face. He felt very proud and satisfied in his heart.

"Come on, I'll take you inside."

Qie Ye continued to walk forward, and Jiang Xuan followed immediately. If it weren't for this show-off boy, it would not be so easy for him to enter the residential area of ​​the ant tribe.

The roads inside the ant tribe’s residential area are just like winding tunnels. If someone who doesn’t know much about it walks in, he will definitely get dizzy.

In addition to those mud castle-like buildings, Jiang Xuan also unexpectedly saw some withered white giant mushrooms.

Jiang Xuan asked curiously: "Are these mushrooms edible?"

Qie Ye said: "We in the Red Ant Tribe don't eat these mushrooms, but there are a lot of white balls growing at the roots of the mushrooms. Those balls are edible and very sweet."

After listening to it, Jiang Xuan felt very curious. It was really interesting to eat the round ball at the root of the mushroom instead of the mushroom.

Jiang Xuan and Qie Ye continued to move forward, and he saw more strange things.

For example, there is a big-bellied kettle tree, the heart of which is filled with water, just like a water tank equipped with a purifier, which is very magical.

The people of the Red Ant Tribe only need to insert a bamboo tube into the tree, and water will flow out quickly from it. After collecting enough water, they can plug the bamboo tube with a cork.

In order to show off, Qie Ye filled a bamboo tube with water for Jiang Xuan to drink.

Jiang Xuan took a sip and his eyes suddenly lit up because the water tasted very sweet.

"How is it? You haven't seen such good things in other tribes, right?"

Jiang Xuan followed his words and replied: "I have indeed never seen it. You Red Ant Tribe has so many good things."

Qie Ye raised his chin proudly: "Of course, our Red Ant Tribe is a big tribe!"

Jiang Xuan asked again: "Does this tree have seedlings or seeds?"

"You want to plant kettle trees in your tribe?"

Qie Ye was very smart and guessed Jiang Xuan's thoughts at once.

"That's right, you don't know, there is a shortage of water in the northwest of our tribe."

Jiang Xuan began to make up a story in all seriousness: "Whenever there is drought, I am particularly worried because many people can't even get water to drink. It's really pitiful."

Qie Ye thought for a moment and said, "There are seeds of the kettle tree, but whether I can give them to you depends on the witch. I can ask the witch for you."

"Thank you so much."

Jiang Xuan believed that although Qie Ye liked to show off, he had a good heart. At least when he heard that some people had no water to drink due to drought, he did not choose to stand by and watch, but tried to help.

"It's a small matter!"

Qiye waved his hand nonchalantly.

(End of this chapter)