Looking at the dense carpet of fungi covering the ground, Zhao Zian couldn't help but nod; it had that interstellar Zerg vibe.
Once the food problem is solved, then you can basically mass produce troops at will.
Furthermore, fungi are richer in nutrients, which can make ants more powerful as they grow.
For example, someone might raise an ant, but this ant grows by eating rotten leaves every day.
They won't starve to death, but once they grow up, their fighting ability will definitely be much weaker than that of ordinary ants.
The same ant that eats a lot of nutritious food every day will definitely be stronger after reaching adulthood, and its attributes in all aspects will be much better than that of an ant that eats rotten leaves.
Zhao Zian had a general understanding of the functions of these fungi and was very satisfied. However, he still remembered that there was another gene waiting for the queen ant to devour it.
"What about formic acid? And what about the acetate gene?"
Xiao Yi's intelligence was already quite high, so Zhao Zi'an asked him questions rather casually.
"formic acid……"
When Queen Ant Xiao Yi heard this question, she seemed a little stumped, as if she didn't know how to answer it.
However, since words could not express it, he immediately began to demonstrate.
The little creature twitched its head, and formic acid was secreted from its mouth. However, it did not spray out, but rather slowly flowed out of its mouth.
Xiao Yi's sharp lips were covered in acetic acid, as if he had been enchanted with an additional layer of acetic acid.
Zhao Zian inquired and learned more carefully for a while.
It was discovered that the queen ant had indeed ingested the formic acid gene.
However, it did not completely devour it.
Ants can now secrete formic acid from their mouths, but they can't spray it out. It can only be said to increase enchantment damage in melee combat.
You can apply formic acid to your own mouth, or after biting an enemy and creating a wound, drip the formic acid into the wound at close range.
Zhao Zian wasn't disappointed, after all, being able to devour the leafcutter ants' ability to cultivate fungi was already quite impressive.
Unable to spray formic acid...
Normally, ants would spray formic acid by squeezing their own glands that secrete formic acid.
Zhao Zian then inquired about the slime-spitting worm and its ability to spray slime.
The way slime worms release their mucus is similar to how humans spit phlegm. They use airflow from their mouths to expel the mucus, but if you calculate based on their body proportions, the distance they actually spit is not very far.
The slime worm is about ten centimeters long, and the slime it spits out is only between five and ten centimeters long.
This spraying method is basically ineffective on ants.
The ant is only about one centimeter long.
Even if you can vomit a centimeter or two away, it's useless. You might as well just go in and fight in close combat.
We'll see, there's no rush.
There will definitely be opportunities for further evolution in the future.
If all else fails, buy more ants that can spray formic acid. Once you have a large enough number, you should be able to extract their spraying method.
The special ants that Zhao Zian bought via express delivery have all been eaten by Queen Xiao Yi, and their genes have been almost completely extracted.
But the surprises didn't stop there.
At that time, Zhao Zian had already returned his consciousness to the real world and was drinking cola to celebrate.
Before his consciousness was transferred, he asked Xiao Yi to eat the bees with special bloodlines to see if he could obtain some special genes.
Xiao Yi was also allowed to eat the queen bee, for fear that if it was left for too long, its genes would lose their activity and nothing useful could be extracted.
Not long after, Queen Ant Xiao Yi sent Zhao Zi'an another surprising message.
As I mentioned before, these bees with special bloodlines should bring some benefits to the ants.
Zhao Zian didn't really care, thinking it was just about becoming stronger.
Defeating the horned beetles and then eating them all did indeed boost the ants' strength and make them a little bigger.
Who knew that it wasn't just about enhancing the ants' fighting power, but the queen ant also created a new type of soldier for Zhao Zian!
One flight unit!
When Zhao Zian relayed the message to the headquarters through the divine perspective, he was also a little confused.
These newly produced ants all have wings.
These ants looked quite similar to ordinary worker ants.
However, it is larger than the worker ant.
However, it is worth mentioning that the types of troops have changed significantly.
After several major battles, they devoured the enemy.
In addition, the food now is mostly meat, which is much more nutritious, making it much better than the initial situation when we were so poor that we could only eat tree leaves.
The various units of the ant have also been strengthened to varying degrees.
The earliest worker ants were only five or six millimeters in size.
Nowadays, ordinary worker ants are already about eight millimeters long, with larger ones reaching nine millimeters or even nearly one centimeter.
Soldier ants initially measured just over one centimeter, around 1.2 or 1.3 centimeters, but now they are nearly 1.8 centimeters long.
Some well-fed soldier ants can grow up to two centimeters long.
The two specialized ants were wreaking havoc on the field.
Many enemies were bitten to pieces and swallowed whole by them.
They are usually hungry before a battle, and after a battle, they can return to their nests well-fed...
Therefore, they consume a great deal of energy.
Originally only about four centimeters in size, it is now nearly ten centimeters long.
This is the current change in the physical attributes of other ant units, and the fighting power of the little ants has also increased significantly along with the change in their physical attributes.
This new flying unit is slightly larger than a worker ant.
Its body length is about 1.2 centimeters.
It has thin, bee-like wings on its body.
The mandibles at the front have evolved to some extent, becoming sharper than those of worker ants.
However, it seems that in order to fly higher, its carapace is significantly thinner, thinner than that of all ants.
To reduce its weight, this new flying unit has much weaker defenses than worker ants.
However, their overall combat effectiveness is definitely stronger than that of bees and ordinary worker ants.
After all, they are larger than worker ants, and their strength and attack power are also greater. They also have wings and are more agile, but their defense is weaker than that of worker ants.
Even without using its wings to fly, it can still directly confront worker ants on the ground.
Their overall combat strength is definitely much stronger than that of worker ants.
Moreover, it is currently the only flying unit in the ant army.
It has extremely important strategic significance.
Its capabilities in reconnaissance, patrolling, and interference are all far superior to those of worker ants.
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