NOVEL NEXT Chapter 7 King of the Ant Colony
A high plateau rises on one side of the hill, and there is a cave entrance on the high plateau.
At this time, Ma Yi was crawling out of the burrow, following the footsteps of the previous ant in a daze.
He was originally a scout stationed by the Luyuan Star Federation Army near Area 11.
Recently, due to frequent unusual movements in Area 11, the superiors sent their reconnaissance company to enter the area and put in monitoring equipment.
However, during the delivery process, they were attacked by mutant beasts.
Ma Yi was killed in the first wave of attacks.
When he woke up, he found that he was not dead, but had become an ant!
He had observed other ants in the same burrow as himself and of the same race, and concluded that he should be a mutated black fire ant.
The normal body length of this mutant black fire ant is about 2.5~4.0mm, and the head is oval and slightly heart-shaped. The color is generally composed of black, dark brown and yellowish brown. The degree of mutation is not high, but it is widely distributed, and during the mutation process It has evolved a slight toxin. Once bitten, the bite area will become red and swollen.
In fact, pests such as ants and mosquitoes have always been a headache, both before and after the disaster.
Therefore, mosquito and ant prevention is a compulsory course for these soldiers who serve near District 11 all year round.
But Ma Yi never thought that one day he would become the target of "prevention and treatment".
"I just don't know what happened to the brothers and whether they sent the information back." Ma Yi sighed inwardly.
But he soon discovered that now seemed not to be the time to worry about this.
"Why do you keep walking up high? Also, these flying in front are not princess ants, are they?" Ma Yi shook his tentacles, and his heart changed slightly.
Thanks to his past studies, he also understood the habits of ants.
And from all the signs now, he had a vague guess.
"Damn it, aren't you planning to get married?!!"
Wedding flying means "coming of age ceremony" among ants. Male ants and princess ants will find their partners in the air, then mate and land.
After mating is completed, the princess ants will shed their wings and find a cave to lay their eggs, waiting for the worker and soldier ants to hatch.
As for the male ants, they are even more miserable. After mating, they will die within a short period of time.
Then all the ants will die.
But he doesn't want to die!
The only hope may be this panel that has appeared since his rebirth:——
Name: Ma Yi
Race: Mutated black fire ant-male ant
Body length: 7.8mm
Evolution points: 0.01
Required for evolution: 0.01 (evolvable)
Talent: ① Trace toxins (a racial characteristic of black fire ants, which have venom glands on their tails and can use their pincers to inject the toxins into their prey.)
②Gluttony (can quickly digest food and convert it into evolution points, remaining time: 30 days.)——
A simple, strange but incredible thing, at this time, became Ma Yi's life-saving straw.
As for the 0.01 evolution point, he obtained it by using the time-limited talent of Gluttony after traveling through time.
I ate a whole caterpillar for this!
This behavior even caused dissatisfaction with other male ants in the same cave.
But he couldn't control that much at the time.
As the saying goes, don't panic when you have food in hand. Although I don't know what this evolutionary point can do, it is right to save some first.
In fact, if the other male ants were not dissatisfied, he would have wanted to eat a few more bites of other things.
At that time, he was still puzzled that this ant nest had such abundant food reserves.
Now that I think about it, that's probably a decapitation meal.
As for eating bugs, it doesn't matter.
As a scout, what haven’t you eaten while surviving in the wild?
In order to prevent himself from becoming an alien, he did not use evolution points in that cave.
But now it seems that at a critical moment in his life, he doesn't care so much anymore.
When passing a huge boulder, he quietly took a step to the side and crawled to the side.
The male ant behind him was still trying to catch up with its tentacles against his butt. Ma Yi made a big slap with his backhand, and then thoughtfully placed its tentacles on the butt of the male ant in front of him.
In this way, he quietly left the ant colony.
Hiding behind the boulder, Ma Yi opened the simple panel and clicked the [evolvable] button.
A prompt popped up:
[Please choose the direction of strengthening: ①Physique, ②Talent. 】
"Talent? Even if [Gluttony] is strengthened again, it will not be able to overcome the current difficulties, not to mention that [Gluttony] is only for a limited time, it is more likely to strengthen [Trace Toxin]!" Ma Yi quickly rejected the second one options.
As the pheromones in the air filled the air, his ant body was following the biological instinct emitted by his DNA. It wanted to find a high place, flap its wings and fly up to mate with the princess ant and complete its mission as a male ant.
Although Ma Yi temporarily suppressed this body's instinctive desire, as this desire increased, he knew that he might not be able to suppress it soon!
"I choose [Physique]!"
Kaka——
The dark brown carapace on Ma Yi's body cracked open with a soft sound and fell to the ground.
His body swelled up as if he had blown air.
——
Name: Ma Yi
Race: Mutated black fire ant-male ant
Body length: 1.1cm
Evolution points: 0
Required to evolve: 0.1
Talent: ① Trace toxins (a racial characteristic of black fire ants, which have venom glands on their tails and can use their pincers to inject the toxins into their prey.)
②Gluttony (can quickly digest food and convert it into evolution points, remaining time: 30 days.)——
The race has not changed. It seems that just one evolution cannot cause qualitative changes.
The size jumped from 7.8mm to 1.1cm.
Ma Yi of this size, not to mention those weak male ants, even the soldier ants who are the main fighting force of the group, can't be far behind.
After evolving, Ma Yi could no longer suppress the biological instinct in his body that was about to start. He flapped his wings behind him and flew up on the spot.
Good guy.
Other male ants have to go to high places to take advantage of the opportunity to glide, but this enhanced one is different.
Ma Yi had an ant face and flew higher and higher.
While Ma Yi was running away, many male ants and princess ants had gathered in the sky.
After a pair of male ants and princess ants finish mating, they leave here and fly in a certain direction.
There are also some who are still choosing where they are.
Don't think that ants are just casual. Strong male ants mean excellent genes, and excellent genes mean excellent offspring.
This is also a biological instinct engraved in DNA.
And compared to animals with complex thoughts, ants with simple structures are actually purer.
And this also put Ma Yi into an embarrassing situation for a time.
When this "huge" male ant appeared in the sky, all other male ants were eclipsed.
The princesses swung their tentacles in his direction and pounced on him without hesitation.
In just the blink of an eye, Ma Yi was surrounded by dozens of princess ants!