Adventurer of the Elven World

Chapter 857
Xiu stood by the stream and filled the water container on his body.

The consumption of water resources in outdoor activities is also exaggerated, so people must have the ability to find various water sources in the wild.

Naturally, there is no problem with this cultivation, but here he found a familiar plant.

That is the food that the bee likes, and the appearance of this means that there should be bee activities nearby.

And Xiu is also a little interested in this~
"There should be a large needle bee near here, let's be careful."

After saying that, he got up and searched nearby.

It's just that at this time, the aura of the two of them was completely covered by Casey's super power, even if they went past those elves, they didn't respond.

Because Xiu was familiar with the habits of the big needle bees, he quickly found traces of their activities.

After exploring the periphery for a while, Xiu roughly understood that this was a medium-sized nest with about eighty members.

If you want to know how to see it, it's very simple, just look at the big needle bees staying in the territory.

Their members have a clear division of labor, usually some stay behind and some go out to find food.

This is divided according to the ratio of 20%. For example, if Xiu finds fifteen members wandering around the territory, there will be 75 members.

Of course, this is just a little trick he summed up based on his own observations, and what he can do is only a rough estimate.

Because in different periods, the arrangements for staying behind are also different.

When there are eggs in the territory, or newly hatched unicorns, these and other similar situations will increase the remaining members.

When there were casualties just after the war, there would be more expatriate members, including those who were injured.

The basic survival strategy is to either use the waste heat to find food to bring back, or die outside to reduce the overall burden.

It is cruel, but it is also very effective. It can screen out the old, weak, sick and disabled to ensure the status of the entire group.

There is also a situation where the newly evolved big needle bee will stay in the territory to study, and there will be more cases of staying behind.

This requires people to distinguish which ones have just evolved.

However, Xiu could see that the ones left behind were all well-developed, and there were no unicorns nearby. Instead, some iron shell pupae were placed on a tree in the center of the territory.

"It's a pity~" Xiu secretly sighed when he saw this, with a look of regret on his face.

Since this batch has turned into iron shell pupae, it means that there are no more elf eggs.

The big needle wasp is different from the big butterfly, the big needle wasp laying eggs depends entirely on the surrounding environment.

Generally speaking, eggs are laid in batches and then hatched and raised collectively, and the next batch will not arrive until the previous batch has grown up.

This approach can ensure the survival rate without imposing too much burden on the whole.

Eggs will be laid continuously only in two cases.

One is that members have fallen into a dangerous situation and need to be expanded rapidly.

The second type is the "separation bee" mentioned earlier. A group of adults will leave the large group, and then the large group needs to lay eggs continuously to restore the number.

Xiu's understanding of the big needle bee is that this kind of elf is like a weed in the Viridian Forest.

Basically, you can meet them wherever you go, and there are even more along the water source.

The reason is naturally that this thing lacks natural enemies, only Bi Diao will eat some sometimes, and the other little elves can't beat this kind of rambunctious little elf.

First of all, the big needle bee lives in groups, secondly, it can fly, and lastly, the favorite [missile needle] of this kind of elf is long-range attack.

Then the enemy usually faces a group of hunting bees from a distance, and a dozen of them raise their hands and shoot you in the face.

If you don't rush over, you will be kited. If you rush over without a long-range attack, you will not be able to hit them if they fly directly, and you will still be kited.

Basically, the damage caused by the big needle bee when hunting is not as great as the damage caused by the battle between different groups within them.

Of course, the root cause was the Alliance's control over the Evergreen Forest, which led to some powerful elves being forced to go to the mountains to the north of the forest.Destroy the original food chain of the forest.

The remaining powerful elves, such as the Overlord Frog Flower and the Snorby, can't eat too much even if they eat this stuff.

Professional forest rangers have to clean up those big needle bees from time to time.

After observing for a while and confirming that the big needle bees had no eggs, Xiu lost interest.

Just when he was about to leave, he suddenly felt a subtle feeling from his body. He changed his casual attitude and became alert, and instantly put his senses to the maximum to receive the surrounding information.

Casey, who was connected with him, seemed to have noticed something, and opened his eyes to look upwards.

Just in time, I saw a figure passing them and flying towards a big needle bee quickly, but the big needle bees staying here didn't notice it at all.

Xiu's eyes followed that figure, and he saw a bizarre scene just after he could barely keep up.

That figure directly hit a big needle wasp from the front, and after hitting head-on, the head of the big needle wasp fell off, and the broken body that was about to fall suddenly stopped in mid-air.

And at this time, the little elf finally showed his figure.

It turned out to be an ancient giant fly!
Xiu looked at the elf hovering in the air. It was similar to a dragonfly as a whole, but combined with its nearly two-meter length, it was a bit scary.

In terms of details, this kind of elf is also full of alternative wildness.

The main color is dark green, dotted with red, the sides of the head are basically covered by eyes, and the red compound eyes have "├—" black stripes. This structure of eyes can give it a 360° sight without dead angle.

The mouth is slightly protruding, with two protruding fangs, and three pairs of legs under the abdomen, and the ends of the legs have sharp spikes.

Ancient giant flies have three pairs of wings, two pairs of large wings on the back provide power for flight, and a pair of smaller wings on the tail are mainly used for balance and redirection.

The two pairs of wings that grow on its back end in red, and there are three protrusions on its back, as well as one on its tail.

There are red spots on both sides of the body and tail.

These combined elements undoubtedly arm the Ancient Fly into an aerial killer.

And the six-legged grapple of the big needle bee really looks like a bomber.

At this time, the big needle bee on patrol finally reacted.

Just when they approached, the ancient giant fly dragged the decapitated needle bee away.

An ancient giant fly more than two meters long brings a giant needle bee less than one meter away, just like an adult holding a doll.

Even with one, it was faster than the big needle bees that surrounded it, and flew away directly.

Xiu watched this scene from the side, and for some reason he felt that those big needle bees didn't dare to chase after them at all.

Combined with the familiar movements of the ancient giant flies just now.

It feels like the ancient giant flies came here to beat the autumn wind~
(End of this chapter)