Chapter 205: Unowned Incense
The people in the Spicy Spicy Group felt very uncomfortable with that thing covering their heads.
Even though they had even lain in feces during the simulated battle, in their opinion, a simulated battle was just a simulation!
It doesn't matter what happens in the simulated battle, the status will be refreshed when you leave the battlefield.
But the reality is different. Disgust is real disgust.
Ji Ruo ignored them and followed the white ants to their nest.
Ji Ruo originally thought that the nest of the white ants was underground, but in fact - it was indeed underground.
They hollowed out a hill about a hundred meters high. Ant tunnels crisscrossed the hill, and there was an unknown amount of underground space below the horizon. The ant colony was extremely large.
The inside of the mountain looks like a huge translucent glass mine. Looking up, one can even vaguely see the white ants in the passage above.
There is a small hole on the top, and the moonlight falls in, constantly refracting in the glass crystals, making the whole nest look relatively bright.
The white ants move through the ant tunnel without interfering with each other in an orderly manner, just like a huge and sophisticated instrument and its components.
Ji Ruo touched his chin and said, "This ant nest is really beautiful."
Liang Shixian explained: "It is said that monsters like the White Devil Ant were actually just ordinary termites thousands of years ago. They evolved under the influence of the secret realm, and their size and strength increased dramatically.
They still retain most of their habits from thousands of years ago. In order to support their fragile bodies, they have evolved a hard exoskeleton, but this also increases their weight, making it easy for the nest to collapse. So the queen ant let some worker ants evolve a special gland organ that allows them to secrete a special mucus to crystallize the soft soil.
So the current appearance of this nest is not naturally generated."
Upon hearing this, Ji Ruo looked at Liang Shixian in surprise and said, "Class monitor, you have a wide range of knowledge! I remember that this is knowledge that is only covered in the sophomore year, right?"
Liang Shixian chuckled and said, "As the class monitor, I have to learn more. Otherwise, if my classmates ask me questions in the future, I won't be able to answer them. That would be a joke. Besides, the subject of demonic creatures and anatomy is actually quite interesting."
"The squad leader is awesome!"
Ji Ruo raised his thumb, then led the club members to follow the white ants to the lower level of the nest.
These materials must be transported to specific locations for storage. Ji Ruo has a pretty good grasp of the knowledge about demonic creatures.
He knew that no matter whether it was the white devil ant or any other ant species, the queen ant was the strongest in the entire species, but most of the time it only existed as a reproductive machine.
Normally, the queen ant only needs to do two things: eat and live.
All the necessities of life are provided by its offspring.
"Everyone, please be careful next time."
Ji Ruo suddenly said seriously: "The villagers we are looking for should be where the white ants store their supplies. Everyone should pay attention to them when the time comes."
In order to facilitate the queen ant's feeding, the place where the white ants store their supplies must be very close to the queen ant.
Judging from the size of this ant nest, the Ant Queen is probably as powerful as three or even four stars!
Monsters with limited mobility, such as the Ant Queen, may not be strong in individual combat, but they are able to control an entire group, so their mental strength is naturally very strong.
Simply put, the Ant Queen is very good at mind control and mental attacks.
Although [disguise] and [sense of being involved] are strong, they are not omnipotent.
For example, when Ji Ruo faced Aunt Jinglan and the Mountain God Tree in Wanshou Mountain, these two abilities did not have much effect - the low levels of the two skills were one thing, and the gap in strength could not be ignored.
So you have to be careful.
Everyone nodded seriously, even though they still felt it was absurd that they and others were able to sneak in...
Ji Ruo and others followed the swarm of white devil ants downwards. The deeper they went, the thicker and more solid the crystallized soil became.
Moreover, because these crystals are solidified from a certain body fluid secreted by the white ants, the smell is naturally not very friendly. Ji Ruo even recalled the scene of himself stealing from the school's septic tank.
Ji Ruo muttered quietly, "I don't know if the mountain god Mu Ye will accept this stuff. I'll find time to knock off a few pieces and take them back. It's a bit unreasonable to go out without taking some local specialties..."
"Meow~ (Master, what did you say?)"
"Nothing."
"Meow~ (I heard eat! What delicious food!)"
Ji Ruo: “…”
Passing through the pitch-black crystal wall corridor - the thickness of the surrounding crystal wall is probably about seven or eight meters. The crystal wall contains a lot of impurities, so the light from outside can hardly get in.
When we arrived at the material storage room, we found that there were many glowing stones inside. The faint blue light kept refracting and was actually brighter than the upper level.
“It’s really beautiful.”
Ji Ruo quietly took a few luminous stones and put them in his pocket: "Let's get started. Everyone be careful. If you encounter a situation that requires communication, leave it to me."
"good."
They gently put down the decorative wood or plant roots and began to search.
There are a lot of things in this material storage room, but not many of them can be used by humans - the things collected by the white ants can naturally only be used by the white ants.
Ji Ruo walked alone towards the depths. In front of him, there was a tree trunk carried by a white ant, which looked like a simple coffin. He wanted to take a look.
The further they went inside, the worse the smell in the air became. Even Rosie was almost suffocated. Even Ji Ruo found it a bit irritating to the eyes - his colored contact lenses did not have the function of blocking out odors.
But even so, Ji Ruo still did not stop.
After a while, Ji Ruo tiptoed to the tree trunk that looked like a coffin.
“Sure enough…” Ji Ruo sighed as he looked at the corpse lying inside the hollowed-out tree trunk, which was already showing signs of slight decay.
He is one of the three missing villagers.
The corpse's face seemed to have been delicately made up, but as it had begun to decay and had been jolted along the way, the makeup had long since faded. It wasn't scary, but it did look a little disgusting.
The fatal wound was a penetrating wound on the back of his head. In addition, his clothes were torn in many places. Logically, there should be many wound marks left on the body, but strangely, apart from the penetrating wound on the back of his head, Ji Ruo did not find any other wounds.
"Has the body been disposed of?"
It's just a frown.
The boy walked around the simple coffin and found a few lines of small words on the side of the coffin, including the name of the deceased, date of birth and death, etc.
"Niu Dabao...Niu Li's father, why didn't the Red Scarf special effects bring him back?"
At this moment, Niu Li's father was confirmed dead, but because of this, Ji Ruo became even more confused.
Where has Niu Dabao's heroic spirit gone?
"Hmm~"
Suddenly, a faint white light appeared beside Ji Ruo.
The white cat materialized in a daze.
Ji Ruo was stunned for a moment: "Dabai? Why did you come out? Didn't you say that you have no more incense and divine power?"
The white cat also found it strange. She looked deeper into the cave in confusion and said, "I don't know either, Master... There seems to be some ownerless incense in there..."
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