N-A-A Chapter 30: Small Raw Stone Veins
Chapter 30: Small Raw Stone Veins
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From the air, the battlefield, which had been deliberately cleared of vegetation, was now littered with corpses.
Whether it was the dark-bellied, matte-gray, large-toothed ant, the deep brown ant with a hint of reddish-brown, or the slender, jet-black ant with a metallic sheen, they all left behind many corpses on the battlefield.
But now, the only ones still standing and walking are the long, thin ants.
Their slender bodies moved nimbly through the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, occasionally opening and closing their mandibles to decapitate a large-toothed ant that wasn't quite dead yet.
In the distance, scavenging birds such as crows circled, but the thick aura emanating from the field, belonging to semi-primal beings, kept them completely at a distance, and they could only circle and chatter in the air.
On the battlefield littered with corpses, Zuo Wang Hongyuan's body stepped onto the remains of an enormous, toothed ant, its abdomen swaying and emitting bursts of pheromones and ear-piercing sounds.
Its body was covered in a light yellowish-green hemolymph, and it was holding half of a giant toothed ant's limb between its mandibles. The left midlimb was broken at the junction of the tibia and femur, about the knee, and half of the giant toothed ant's head, which was no longer in its body, was still hanging from the broken end.
But the remains of the large-toothed ant below were even more tragic. The weakest segment of its body was severed in half, the abdomen was nowhere to be found, and a huge hole was opened behind its head, still gushing bloody lymph fluid. It was clearly the work of the long, thin ant stinger with the [Self-Sharpening] primal energy attached to it.
Hongyuan pressed his chin against the bloody hole, drinking in the freshly gushing tissue fluid to replenish his energy, feeling immense pleasure.
In this battle, one of his old rivals, King Zhenlian, a subordinate of King Jialian Ant King, which was the corpse beneath him, was killed on the spot at the cost of a middle limb that did not particularly affect his movement, thus eliminating one of his biggest threats.
The Brown Ant King did not send out many troops, only a few dozen Lord-level combat worker ants led by a Mountain Lord-level Little Zuo King. It seemed that he did not intend to use them as a decisive force, but only intended to use the [Mountain Collapse] talent ability to achieve a surprise effect and cause disruption.
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the remaining dozen or so mountain giant toothed ant fighter workers escorted the little king to retreat, exposing a large area of territory to the red citron. It marched triumphantly all the way and discovered the real reason why the ant kingdom had sent troops.
Not far from the front line, there was a small squad of large-toothed ants guarding the area. After Hong Yuan led his troops to pursue and kill them all, he discovered that what they were protecting was a newly discovered small mineral vein!
There are still some worker ants mining in the vein, but most of them are even at the level of advanced warriors. It is likely that the ant king, who has just been promoted to the level of mountain lord, discovered it and started the war. Perhaps it is because this vein is too close to the border and the territory needs to be expanded to facilitate large-scale mining.
At this moment, it had already dispatched another team of combat worker ants, carrying several pieces of raw stone produced here, to quickly return and inform the king of this news.
Of course, he did not forget his promise to bring back the little guy, Ye Zhi, to the king. He shook his antennae, and some worker ants came with large spider silk bags that had been prepared in advance. Other worker ants were stuffing the corpse of the giant toothed ant into the bags, preparing to take it back to their territory.
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"What? Hong Yuan is injured, and he even broke a leg?" Upon hearing the news, Wu Yuan seemed a little flustered, and the news about the mine was temporarily overshadowed by this information.
The evolution level of Zoro cannot exceed that of the Ant King, while both Wu Yuan and Hong Yuan are first-year lord-level beings. Wu Yuan has been stuck at this level for a long time and feels hopeless about evolving. Along with Qing Yuan and Hong Yuan, their evolution levels are also stuck at the first-year lord level.
In other words, the Red Cypress can no longer repair its injuries through molting and evolution. Unless there are special circumstances, this leg will be permanently severed, with no possibility of limb regeneration.
"I still have to take the worker ants there. Qingyuan, you stay and take good care of the little guy." Wuyuan's worries remained. After saying this, he shook his antennae and led a team of combat worker ants away.
"Qingyuan Zuowang, is Hongyuan Boss alright?" At this moment, Ye Zhi was finally a little worried about his cheap boss and asked.
He didn't know how serious a leg amputation was for ants; he only thought that in his previous life as a human, a limb amputation was an absolute serious injury, which made him even more worried.
"If the middle limb is broken, the situation is not too bad and it will not affect its movement too much. If the forelimb is broken, it will affect the cleaning of the antennae. If the hind limb is broken, then it will affect its movement. I hope that the red citron is only broken in the middle limb."
Qingyuan was naturally worried about Hongyuan, but there was nothing she could do about it. So she tried to change the subject, saying, "Little guy, the Ant King said that your divinely bestowed seed, like the Flame Spider's life seed, can transform between seed and plant. So, can you cultivate a second life seed?"
Ye Zhi shook her antennae, and Qing Yuan seemed to realize something as well, and quickly comforted her, "The Ant King also said that it seems to be different from the life seed of the Flame Spider Merchant. It should still be able to flower and bear fruit normally, so you don't need to worry too much."
"By the way, Hong Yuan also said that he brought back some corpses of giant toothed ants for your God-given Seed. You can feed some to your God-given Seed, and perhaps the quality of the products produced in the future will be improved."
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhi finally nodded her antennae in response, and asked with some curiosity, "Qingyuan Zuo Wang, I've heard that the Flame Spider Merchant's life seed retracts into its life sac at each stage of evolution, allowing it to be further nurtured and strengthened?"
Qingyuan tapped its antennae: "Little guy, do you mean you also want to try putting your divinely bestowed seed back into your life sac and gestating it multiple times to see if it can be strengthened? You can wait for the Ant King to return and try."
Leafy antennae twitched - upon closer reflection, the "Chimera" seems to be quite unusual, especially its bizarre digestive and absorption abilities, which seem to be beyond the natural explanation of being different from carnivorous plants.
Unfortunately, when Ye Zhi asked Wu Yuan a similar question, the reply was that it didn't know either - very few insects would choose carnivorous plants as their life seed, and divinely bestowed seeds are even rarer. Perhaps even the Flame Spider Merchant who travels between the two continents might not know about them.
This is understandable. After all, Ye Zhi thought that if there really was a "man-eating tree" in human society that could eat children, even if it did produce something, as long as it didn't have any truly irreplaceable value, no one would cultivate it as an economic crop or an ornamental plant.
Just as Ye Zhi was pondering, Qing Yuan suddenly transmitted an excited mental message: "Little guy, the corpse of Hong Yuan's giant toothed ant has been brought back. Tell your Divine Seed to prepare to absorb it!"