A few days later, Chen Xing brought his equipment and came to the incubation room of the ant nest again.
He soon discovered that Suna had a few more carapaces on her insect belly. Subconsciously, he scanned it with a black watch.
[Mutant termite queen? (Common?) Database error...]
[Vitality: 1368/1371]
[Innate abilities: sickle legs, solid carapace, telepathy, egg laying, evolution]
[Viruses that may be carried: none]
Sure enough, after absorbing the body of the elite crypt wolf spider, Suna's vitality increased a lot, and she also gained the ability of a "solid carapace".
After giving Suna some snacks, he took thirty worker ants and fifteen soldier ants to the underground edible fungus planting field.
After arriving at the scene in an insect truck, he began to order the worker ants to dig a new tunnel to bypass the last collapse point and connect to the entrance of the planting field.
The excavation work will take at least several hours. While waiting, he took out a palm-sized portable screen, connected it to a black watch, and flipped through the mutant biological information he downloaded last time in Longshi Town.
[Encyclopedia of Post-Cataclysmic Creatures]
[Eukaryotes...Animalia...Invertebrates...Arthropoda, Hexapoda...Insecta, Pterozoa...Brattata...Termitidae...]
[Native types of this plane, mutated types of this plane, native types of other planes...]
Chen Xing initially chose the "variation type of the original plane", but found no relevant information, so he went back and re-selected the "native type of the alien plane".
After scrolling on the screen for a while, he found information about mutant termites.
[Mutated termites, scientific name: Termite termites]
[Original place: Hades plane]
[Distribution area: Multiverse carbon life zone]
[Habits: Crowd creature]
[Traits: Psychic affinity, matter decomposition, telepathy]
[Introduction: This creature lives in the soft soil layer and magma layer of the underworld, and can skillfully absorb and use spiritual energy. It is an omnivorous creature with a very powerful digestive system that can decompose most substances including "Adamantine", "Mithril", and "Black Titanium".
The young hindworms can only move in the soft soil layer. When mature, they can enter the magma layer and directly swallow the hot magma as nutrients for survival. After igniting the "spiritual fire" in the crystal core, it can also have the ability to teleport over short distances.
According to the records in the "Drifting Ancient Books", the queen ants can further evolve and become a "fully mature body", also known as the "Star-eating Queen Ant", which can move in rock layers and "endless voids" (no case yet).
In addition, under some special circumstances, in order to adapt to the environment of the current plane, queen worms can "fuse" with local female creatures to produce new queen worms (no case yet)]
[Case: dr2251-5, the underground survival shelter M31 in the central wilderness was attacked by unknown insects. Mutated termites were discovered for the first time, and they were annihilated along the ant path. dr2255-11, when digging a backup water station at the N54 underground survival site in the northern wilderness, an underground ant nest was excavated, an encounter occurred, and then the tunnel collapsed, and the construction of the backup water station was abandoned...]
Chen Xing flipped through the information casually, and from the corner of his eye he glanced at the worker ants walking around, carrying soil.
The abdomens of these termites are not covered with carapace, which is a very big weakness. Once a fight breaks out, it's easy to be fatally injured.
He couldn't help but think of the small vests worn by family pets on Earth, and then thought of war horses in the Middle Ages. They are covered with scales or canvas and are not easily injured. Thinking of this, he quickly stopped the worker ants and asked them to pull the cart back to the ground.
Then, he spent the night designing a canvas vest that could be worn by termites, plus a shawl to cover the abdomen, and asked the cook in the camp to rush out a batch of tent cloths.
After finishing it, he transported it back to the ant nest in a bug truck and put it on the soldier ants and some worker ants. In this way, their protective capabilities are greatly improved. Moreover, after you have a small vest and a poncho, you can also fix a miner's lamp on it, or insert a few grenades into it to become a "self-explosion soldier."
"Brother, I want to wear clothes too." Su Na saw that the babies were all wearing new clothes and shouted for them too.
Chen Xing went up to get another white silk scarf and hung it around Su Na's neck. It was considered new clothes. Although it was a bit perfunctory, Suna still screamed with joy. It has to be said that she is too deceived when her mind is still in her teens.
Next, Chen Xing took the soldier ants and worker ants to the underground edible fungus planting field and continued digging.
"grumble!"
A few hours later, with a trembling chirping of insects, the tunnel was dug.
A black spider stuck its head in and dragged out the worker ant at the front. Chen Xing raised his gun and shot. The bullet hit its head, and most of its eight red-light compound eyes were immediately extinguished.
"Chi chi chi chi!"
Immediately afterwards, three spider heads rushed into the corridor. But they are so big that only their heads can get in. Chen Xing pulled the trigger, and bullets poured out immediately, causing the three black spiders to scream and retreat.
In order to prevent the newly excavated corridor from collapsing, Chen Xing did not dare to throw explosive grenades, but incendiary grenades were okay.
"Ding!"
With the crisp sound of pulling the ring, a red-painted can-shaped object rolled out of the tunnel and exploded under the spiders' feet, instantly igniting a sea of fire.
Chen Xing felt the heat wave coming towards him and quickly shrank back.
The crypt wolf spiders screamed in pain, fled deep into the passage with fire all over their bodies, and disappeared into the darkness.
When the fire outside the corridor was extinguished, termites draped in canvas filed out. Mining lamps tied to their backs illuminated the surrounding area.
"Go up and investigate."
Chen Xing pointed forward, and the three worker ants immediately crawled deeper into the passage. Each of them has two explosive grenades tied to their bodies. Once bitten, the grenades will detonate.
"Boom boom boom!"
Not long after, there was a flash of fire ahead, followed by several explosions, followed by bursts of painful screams.
"Go again!"
Three more self-destructing worker ants rushed into the plantation, causing another explosion.
Next, there was no movement for a long time. The spider group was probably frightened and retreated. Chen Xing led the ant colony forward and soon reached the entrance of the underground planting field.
What comes into view is a huge arched tunnel. Both sides were low, something similar to a cage or a chicken coop.
Chen Xing immediately understood that this was not an edible fungus cultivation farm, but a livestock farm.
Livestock farms are much smaller than plantations and are places where people raise edible livestock using edible fungi.
Looking from left to right, the tunnel is twenty to thirty meters wide. The flashlight in front cannot illuminate the end, so I don't know how long it is.
After entering the tunnel, Chen Xing immediately dispersed the soldier ants around, kept alert, and then asked the worker ants to conduct a blanket search.
After advancing about twenty meters, Chen Xing found a fragmented skeleton outside the breeding pen. Bone fragments were scattered around, but it could be seen that it was a complete human being.
Going further, we discovered a lot more. They all have one thing in common - being eaten clean. It must have been attacked by some underground creatures, and all the flesh on his body was eaten away, leaving only bones and dregs.
After walking a little further, Chen Xing saw something shining. Picked it up, it's as heavy as a brick.
[Eastern Continental Bank 1kg universal gold brick, made with pre-catastrophe technology, about 1000 grams, currency in circulation]
[Market price valuation: 256 gold coins (World Bank)]
Chen Xing suddenly expressed surprise. This kind of gold brick was made by the bank before the catastrophe. It is a circulating currency and can be directly exchanged for gold coins. The weight of a gold coin is approximately three point nine grams, and one gold brick is equal to two hundred and fifty six.
Keep walking forward and find two more pieces. It’s a huge profit!
"Hiss, hiss..."
Just as Chen Xing was immersed in ecstasy, a slight sound suddenly came from the front, like the sound of a poisonous snake spitting a message.
Chen Xing felt a sting on his scalp and immediately rolled to the side.
The next second, groups of white things were thrown from the top. The termites that were hit fell to the ground one after another, struggling desperately and neighing in terror.
Taking a closer look, there were actually clusters of white filaments clinging to their bodies, seemingly extremely tough, locking their limbs and preventing them from moving.
"Get out, get out!" Chen Xing quickly got up and ran backwards while shouting. The termites that were not entangled in the spider silk turned around and followed.
