A skilled liar hates having his lies exposed the most, and hates being lied to the most.
Qi Ge took a look and realized that the person who loudly declared that he was a liar was an extremely muscular Ant-Man.
Like other ant-men, he has six conspicuous limbs.
A pair of strong and angular hind legs, similar in appearance to a mecha, shine like glass.
The two pairs of thick arms are like mechanical arms, connected by many elastic thin steel wires, and the four fingers are shining like metal.
The most eye-catching thing is his huge steel head and more than a dozen sharp-edged mouthparts.
He stood tall and straight, more than three meters tall, full of oppressive power.
"He's lying.
I personally captured that animal tamer from the animal tamer camp.
Many kobolds were protecting him, but he was the only one lying on the trainer's beast of burden, soundly asleep.
He must be the leader of the animal tamers, just like our queen ant, so he has the ability to resurrect corpses."
"Is there anything else?"
Qi Ge looked at Nimbas doubtfully.
Nimbas shrugged his shoulders and said:
"Ah, that's true.
Not long after I arrived here, I was surrounded by a group of weird-looking things, and they arrested me."
Nimbas shook his body and said:
"Look, the chains that tied me before were all left by them.
As for the sleep you mentioned, our strongest animal trainers generally call it meditation.
That’s how we accumulate strength.”
After Nimbas finished speaking, he glanced at Qi Ge, as if asking if there was any problem in saying so.
Qi Ge secretly gave a thumbs up, turned around and shouted openly:
"Ah, now it's good, everyone heard it.
My brother is innocent.
I feel sorry for my brother. He is surrounded by animal trainers, outnumbered, and misunderstood by you. You are so cruel.
That big boss, look, what else are you looking at, why don’t you apologize quickly.”
The big man was very angry: "No! I still don't believe it. Unless you can kill an animal trainer in front of us, I will never believe you."
"Okay! Then do as you say."
Qi Ge suddenly clapped his hands and said:
"Kill, kill now.
Where are the animal tamers? You should quickly capture an animal tamer."
For a moment, the ants were all quiet, and even the big man didn't make a sound.
Qi Ge suddenly understood that even though these ant-men screamed fiercely, they must be at a comprehensive disadvantage against the animal trainers.
This is also very logical. If the ant-men were dominant, they should not be slaves, but the tamers should be slaves.
So Qige said: "Look, it's not that I don't want to prove myself, you can't find an animal trainer at all.
In this case, we might as well prove it in another way.
To be honest, it is the first time for us brothers to come to your place, and we don’t know much about your situation.
Otherwise, please introduce your situation to us.
If we can come up with a method that can help you significantly enhance your combat effectiveness, and help you improve your combat effectiveness, it will prove that we are not the same as the animal trainers.
It's impossible for the animal trainer to help you improve your combat power to resist yourself, right?"
The Ant-Man whispered to each other for a while, and finally the big-bellied Ant-Man made up his mind:
"What you said makes sense, so I'll do as you say."
After reaching a consensus, Ant-Man was not sloppy at all, and his work efficiency was so high that Qi Ge was surprised.
Without any hesitation, they brought Seven Pigeons and Nimbas to their nursery.
All the guards in the middle seemed to understand everything instantly after the ants touched each other's tentacles, without any obstruction.
After Qi Ge inquired, he learned that ants can use pheromones emitted by their tentacles to communicate and think with each other.
This way of transmitting information is a hundred times more powerful than human language.
Because thoughts are shared directly, there will be no ambiguity, no misunderstanding, and no lies.
Qi Ge was already very surprised at first, but after arriving at the nursery, he realized that he was surprised a little too early.
In Ant-Man's nursery, Qi Ge saw something he was very familiar with - fungi, or mushrooms.
Under the command of a group of pot-bellied ant-men, ordinary ant-men carried various rocks and a strange mineral and placed them in the nursery.
The white hyphae of fungi in the nursery will quickly wrap these "foods" and absorb them quickly.
Then the Ant-Man eggs buried in the fungal hyphae will hatch and grow up at a speed visible to the naked eye, and break out of the shell.
Newborn ant-men will quickly eat the fungus around their egg shells after birth and grow up at an extremely fast speed.
As they grow, their bodies become as transparent as glass.
Qige finally discovered the secret of these ant-men's bodies - silicon-based organisms.
These ant-men only have very little soft flesh and blood tissue inside their bodies.
They have no heart, but have a developed brain similar to that of vertebrates, as well as a huge neural network of arthropods and pseudocerebral ganglia that serve as brains.
Centralization and local autonomy appeared in their bodies at the same time, and there was surprisingly no conflict between the two sides.
The hyphae eaten by them will travel along their digestive tract to the abdominal cavity, where they will be 100% converted into metallic methin and pushed to the surface of the body by the "blood vessels" filled with pistons.
In just half an hour, after being covered with layers of armor, the Ant-Man larvae, which were only as big as a fist, grew into an adult Ant-Man of nearly two meters.
This growth method is not at all like the slow growth of carbon-based organisms, but more like wearing clothes.
The young Ant-Man puts on armor layer by layer. Tens of thousands of layers of armor with different functions are superimposed and interact to form a powerful Ant-Man mecha.
The big-bellied Ant-Man walked up to the new-born Ant-Man and touched the new-born Ant-Man with his tentacles. Without any learning, the new-born Ant-Man understood his mission and tasks.
He shook his body and skillfully joined Ant-Man's moving army.
Big Belly Ant-Man introduced:
"These are the worker ants of our colony. Their main duties are to build and expand and defend the nest, collect food, and feed the young ants and the queen.
I am the master ant, responsible for thinking, storing the survival experience of the group, and passing on these experiences."
As he was talking, another larger Ant-Man egg hatched, and an ant larvae that was much larger than the worker ants appeared inside.
As soon as this ant-man larva appeared, it mercilessly ate up all the mycelium around its egg shell.
But he did not stop, but followed the hyphae and ate up a dozen unhatched Ant-Man eggs and all the hyphae near the eggs.
The big-bellied Ant-Man said in surprise:
"Oh! You are so lucky.
We haven't had any soldier ants born in several years.
Soldier ants are very special among our ant tribe.
As you can see, they have large bodies and powerful upper jaws.
They can crush solid rocks and food, and can also serve as powerful combat weapons when defending groups or attacking other threats.
They have specialized fighting abilities and usually do not participate in the construction of nests or feeding young ants.
They also participate in gathering food, but are more responsible for killing powerful prey, crushing solid rock formations, and guarding workers as they gather food.
Only when the number of soldier ants is sufficient, the excess soldier ants will be collected."
These ants are somewhat similar to the ants on the earth. They are destined to their own destiny and mission as soon as they are born.
There is no way for worker ants to turn into soldier ants, and there is no way for soldier ants to fear death and rot and turn into worker ants.
This method may be unfair to individuals, but Qi Ge calls it efficient.
The teacher ant is responsible for thinking, and the other ants do not have any ideological worries and only need to perform simple mechanical movements.
There is a high degree of division of labor, and each performs its own duties. Although it is a living thing, it is like a machine, with no internal friction and no meaningless loss of energy.
At this time, Qi Ge noticed that the fungus did not absorb all the food and left some waste materials.
On the nursery, there are also black Ant-Man egg shells left after hatching.
The worker ants are moving away the remaining waste materials and egg shells, heading in the same direction.
Qi Ge couldn't help but ask:
"What are they doing?"
Teacher Ant said:
"They are going to the breeding room. Come on, I will take you there."
Led by the teacher ants, Qige and the others followed the worker ants to the breeding room.
In the breeding room, there is another kind of black fungus spread all over the place.
Those waste materials and egg shells were all thrown into the black fungus.
In addition to waste and egg shells, there are also the corpses of some strange creatures, various rocks, leaves, soil, sludge...
Whether it is inorganic or organic matter, they are all thrown into the fungus pile by the ants.
Qi Ge even saw the corpses of several worker ants and soldier ants. They were wrapped in black mycelium and had mostly dissolved.
Teacher Ant stopped Qi Ge and the others and said:
"The breeding ground is very dangerous and must not be approached.
As long as it is caught by the culture medium, a large corrosion damage will be left.
The culture medium is special mycelium cultured in our body fluids, which can only be planted on pure silica rock.
They can digest almost anything."
The teacher ant brought Seven Pigeons and Nimbas to the bottom of the culture medium.
There is a small pool under the suspended black pure silica rock.
A steady stream of milky white juice and some strange solids continued to fall into the pool.
"These solids are the white silica that has just been absorbed by the white hyphae in the nursery."
A group of worker ants used a fishing net that carefully filtered the water to fish out the white silica. After all the milky white juice fell back into the pool, they took out the white silica.
"After this basin of milky white sap accumulates to a certain amount, it will continue to condense and eventually form the extremely precious ant royal jelly.
Only the queen ant is eligible to enjoy the royal ant jelly.
After the queen ant has enjoyed the royal ant jelly, she has a higher probability of laying soldier ant and teacher ant eggs.
If the queen ant wants to evolve, she also needs a lot of ant royal jelly.
The evolved queen ant can produce more powerful and more complex ants.
The purpose of those animal trainers to enslave us is precisely these precious ant royal jelly.
Since we were caught by the animal trainer, almost all the ant royal jelly has been taken away.
Our great queen ant can only eat mycelium like us.
Without the supplement of ant royal jelly, the queen ant can only give birth to worker ants, and the probability of soldier ants and teacher ants appearing is extremely small.
There is absolutely no possibility of evolution.”
Teacher Ant was heartbroken and burst into tears, but Qi Ge had no intention of listening to him.
Qi Ge's attention has been focused on several corpses wrapped in black mycelium.
They look like eggshells, with uneven surfaces covered with bubbles of different sizes.
These bubbles not only open and close, but also work hard to eject a little thin mist of chaos.
Ghost nest monster.
The pioneer of chaos, capable of mass-producing Chaos Demon Dogs.
Without entering the big battlefield mode, the ghost nest monster has extremely terrible resistance.
Immune to physical objects, immune to magic, and not affected by control effects.
Only the river or sea water in the Yasha world can cause harm to them.
But now, these ghost nest monsters are wrapped in black mycelium and have completely dissolved.
What surprised Qige the most was that even the mist of chaos ejected by the demons in the Ghost Nest was being stickyly captured by the black mycelium.
"No, no.
Can these black hyphae digest even the mist of chaos?
If it is really possible, then it is a good thing.
If we can find a way to bring this fungus back from the fantasy world and give it to Mirola to cultivate, maybe we can develop a powerful weapon to deal with Chaos."
Qi Ge glanced at Nimbas, who, like him, was staring at the monsters in the Ghost Nest.
Qi Ge gently patted Nimbas, and Nimbas woke up from a dream, and immediately signaled Qi Ge with his eyes to look at the monster in the Haunted Nest that was submerged in mycelium.
Obviously, they thought of going together.
Qi Ge carefully recalled that among the players who entered the Beast Tamer's Mud in their previous lives, there was no example of players bringing things out of the illusion.
"Just because they can't do it, doesn't mean I can't do it. I'm Qi Ge. Think about it carefully."
Afterwards, under the leadership of Teacher Ant, Qige and Nimbas visited the nest of the Che ant tribe in detail
The ant nest is a three-dimensional nest with six floors, divided into functional cells and ant tunnels for passage.
The overall trend of the nests of the Che ant tribe is vertical downwards, and the space is complex. What surprised Qi Ge is that the cells of these ant nests are all perfect regular hexagons.
The nest functions of the Qie ant tribe are much more than Qi Ge imagined.
In addition to the nursery room for cultivating young ants and the breeding room for making food, there are also medical rooms, high-speed ant tunnels, temperature control rooms, drainage chambers, food storage rooms...
There are twenty-six species in total, the largest of which is the queen ant house that is now empty.
There are nearly 300,000 worker ants, more than 2,000 soldier ants and 100 teacher ants in the entire nest.
According to Teacher Ant, the ratio of soldier ants to worker ants should originally be between 1:1. If there is a large-scale battle, such as the nest being invaded, this ratio will rise to 5:1 or even 10:1, that is
10 soldier ants are matched with 1 worker ant.
But now, the number of soldier ants is pitifully small.
After visiting the entire ant nest, Qi Pigeon tried his best to finally get the teacher ant to agree to visit the soldier ants fighting.
The person in charge of the demonstration was the big man who had previously identified Seven Pigeons and Nimbas.
And his opponent was an underground worm weighing 127 tons and as big as a hill.
The soldier ant's fighting style was wild. He avoided the attack of the underground worm, then lifted the whole underground worm with both hands and smashed its head against the hard rock ground.
Just hit it a hundred and sixty times, crushing the underground worm to death.
Qi Ge was dumbfounded.
The soldier ant only weighs 300 kilograms, or about 600 pounds, but he can lift a super giant worm that is 4,000 times his own weight and throw it up and down more than a hundred times.
This is equivalent to a 200-pound adult holding a commercial airliner and squatting up and down hundreds of times.
Because of their size, it is much more difficult for soldier ants to lift underground worms than for humans to lift civilian airliners.
Nimbas made an estimate and said to Seven Pigeons:
"Combat skills aside, in terms of strength, a soldier ant is about the same as a level 5 and 1 minotaur.
If what the teacher ant said is true, the ant nest had a total of 400,000 soldier ants at its peak.
This is equivalent to 400,000 minotaurs, and this military strength is almost the same as that of a large main city."
These words gave Qi Ge a deeper understanding of the trainer's strength.
Ant-Man is already so strong, and a trainer who can suppress Ant-Man and even treat Ant-Man as a slave will only become stronger.
Qi Ge was very curious about Ant-Man's experience when he was defeated and captured by the trainer. After some testing, he found that Teacher Ant didn't seem to be very disgusted with the mention of this matter, so he asked directly.
The teacher ant shook its antennae and said:
“It was a painful and unforgettable memory for us.
Tamers themselves are not very powerful, but they can control and strengthen other creatures.
We, the ant tribe, are not even afraid of underground worms that are a hundred times larger than us, but we cannot do anything about tiny swamp flies.
Bog flies are extremely fast and can quickly fly into our bodies through gaps in our mouths, ears, antennae connections, etc.
They lay eggs inside our bodies and then die.
The larvae of the bog fly eat us bit by bit from the inside and then burst out.
Our army of soldier ants was defeated by the tiny marsh flies.
Not only soldier ants, but also marsh flies are very lethal to worker ants.
After the bog flies invaded our nest, the nest quickly collapsed.
In order to save her life, the queen ant had to surrender herself and was implanted with a control chip by the animal trainer, and she also became the animal trainer's slave.
The queen ant is in the hands of the animal trainer, and we can only submit."
Qige understood when he heard this.
Instead of defeating Ant-Man head-on, the Tamer used other despicable means.
Bog flies are to ant-men what viruses are to humans.
Human beings have evolved so far that they can easily hunt giant whales using group hunting and tools, but it is still difficult to fight against viruses that have penetrated their bodies.
There is another point in Ant-Man's description that interests Qi Ge very much.
Control chip.
"Teacher Ant, what is the control chip you are talking about?"
The teacher ant shook the antennae on its head and said:
"We don't quite know, but this is a word that a teacher ant stole from an animal trainer.
According to our understanding, this should be a special kind of bog fly.
As long as the ant-man is parasitized by this kind of swamp fly called a control chip, it will be completely controlled.
Our goal is to take out the control chip from the queen ant's brain and then escape with the queen."
Nimbas asked strangely:
“Isn’t escaping resistance not resistance?
Didn't you just say that you wanted to kill the animal trainer?"
The teacher ant shook his head and replied:
"It's not that easy. If we could kill him, we would have killed him long ago.
As long as the beast tamers still have swampflies, even if we return to full strength, we will not be a match for the beast tamers.
We will be satisfied if we can rescue the queen ant and escape successfully.
Resistance is shouted to the worker ants.
If you want to save the queen ant, you will have to make a lot of sacrifices.
If the worker ants knew we were going to evacuate from the beginning, they would probably fight passively out of fear of the marsh flies.
That’s why I didn’t send our thoughts through my tentacles.”
Qi Ge:……
grass!
No matter which world it is, the ruling class is always so despicable, and those at the bottom are deceived and sacrificed.
Worker ants, you are so miserable. Worker ants, oooooooooo.
Seven Pigeons said thoughtfully to Teacher Ant:
"Actually, the core issue now is to rescue the queen ant.
The ant tribe itself has no ability to reproduce, and all ant eggs need to be produced by the queen ant.
Whether you want to resist or escape, these are all things you need to consider when rescuing the queen ant.
Hey, by the way, teacher ants, since the queen ant is in the hands of the trainer, how do you replenish your ant eggs?"
The teacher ant shook the tentacles above its head and replied:
"Every once in a while, a clan of kobolds who are also controlled by animal trainers will bring ant eggs to us.
But the ant eggs need to be exchanged for ant royal jelly.
One serving of Ant Royal Jelly can only be exchanged for 10 ant eggs.
If we don't prepare enough ant royal jelly, the kobolds will take the remaining ant eggs back."
Qige then asked:
"What does the animal trainer need your ant royal jelly for?"
"We don't know that."
Teacher Ant said:
"We only know that ant royal jelly is very valuable even among the animal tamers, and only those with the highest status among the animal tamers can enjoy it.
The troops who came to deliver the ant eggs to us were also tasked with escorting the ant royal jelly back.
They always dispatch extremely high-level kobolds to protect the ant royal jelly."
Qi Ge’s eyes lit up:
"The kobold troops will come here with the ant eggs and return with the ant royal jelly.
Doesn’t that mean that by following the kobold troops or blending into their troops, you can find the ant queen?"
The teacher ant shook his head:
"If you can't keep up, those kobolds can fly."
Qi Ge:……
God damn kobolds can fly...Flying kobolds? What kind of strange creatures are they?
But Qige didn't panic at all. He patted his chest and said:
"What a coincidence, I can fly too."
Qi Ge flicked his fingers and took out a scroll of flying thaumaturgy.
Although the mounts and followers cannot follow you in the illusion, the backpack can still be opened normally.
"Have you seen this scroll? As long as I tear it open, not only can I fly, but also all the worker ants and soldier ants in your ant nest can fly."
Teacher Ant was very excited:
"Really?"
"Of course, as long as you are willing to recognize me as Lord."
The teacher became cold for a moment and said dullly:
"It's impossible. We, the ant tribe, will never be slaves.
Seeing the strange look in Qi Ge's eyes, Teacher Ant seemed a little embarrassed and added:
"Unless the queen is caught."
Qige put away the flying magic scroll, sighed and said:
"Then there is no other way. It seems that my brother and I can only find a way to save your ant queen."
The teacher ant hummed and said:
"Look at what you said, it's as if you are already free.
Don't forget, you are still our prisoners now.
You haven't proven that you can be of any help to us in killing the ants, so we have let you go."
As soon as the teacher ant finished speaking, several soldier ants standing around the teacher ant immediately walked over in a majestic manner, showing various ferocious expressions to threaten the seven pigeons.
"Help. It's very simple. I've thought about it a long time ago."
Qi Ge clapped his hands and said:
"Nimbas, show them."
Nimbas took a step forward and clapped his hands.
The three worker ants he had just revived came over immediately.
Under Nimbas's order, the three worker ants twisted off their heads, revealing their empty bodies.
As we all know, the undead soldiers are still alive even if they remove their heads.
As long as the head is put back in time, there will be no impact.
Qi Ge said:
"The biggest impact on your ant tribe is the bog fly.
Bog flies will lay eggs inside you and eat your internal organs.
But you see, the warrior resurrected by my brother has no internal organs. How can the swamp fly eat it?
As long as you get more carcasses of worker ants and soldier ants, you can form an army that is not afraid of swamp flies.
When the time comes, will the animal trainer still be your opponent?"
"No! Of course not!
Except for Swampflies, all the Tamer’s monsters were defeated by our invincible Cut Ant Tribe!”
The teacher ant said excitedly, but then immediately lost his voice:
"However, our stock of corpses is limited.
Without the queen ant, the number of soldier ants is insufficient, and we are simply not qualified to carry out difficult hunting.
Relying only on worker ants for collection means there is too little food.
Unfortunately, we can only put all the worker ants that die from accidents or old age into breeding farms.
I don’t know how long it will take until enough Ant-Men are resurrected.
We can't just let the worker ants and soldier ants commit suicide just to revive you."
Qige's mind suddenly changed and he said:
"In that case, I have another suggestion."
Qi Ge patted Nimbas hard on the shoulder and said:
"I'm keeping my brother here with you as a hostage, and I'm going to find a way to rescue the queen.
To me, my brothers are no less important to me than the Queen Ant is to you.
You can control me like an animal tamer by controlling my brothers.
This way you don't have to worry about me escaping or surrendering to the enemy.
My brother is here and can also help you transform all the Ant-Man corpses into invincible warriors who are not afraid of swamp flies.
Kill two birds with one stone.”
"this……"
Teacher Ant was a little hesitant. It seemed that such a situation had not occurred in his database.
Qige struck while the iron was hot and then said:
"You have to think about it this way, from the beginning you only have my brother, right.
I was caught by you because I was trying to save my brother.
Now the possibility that my brother and I are animal trainers is not very high. There is a high probability that we are the enemies of animal trainers.
I went to rescue the queen ant, and my brother stayed behind.
If I had not rescued the queen ant, you would have lost nothing. You were only prepared to use my brother's life to stimulate the fighting spirit of the worker ants.
But if I succeed, you can bring the queen back.
Guaranteed profit without loss! What's there to be afraid of?"
Teacher Ant was deceived for a while, and felt that what Qi Ge said seemed to make some sense.
He discussed it with several other teachers and they all felt that there was no problem.
So, they agreed to Qige's request.
The ant tribe immediately became busy, and there were far fewer ant-men guarding the Seven Pigeons and Nimbas.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Nimbas approached Seven Pigeons and whispered:
"Master, I am the second one to enter the illusion.
The little Sylvia girl before me had already entered the illusion.
This border of chaos is so powerful that even a demigod like me cannot sense how I was pulled into the illusion.
Master, is it possible for the three of us to enter the same illusion?"
Qige nodded and replied:
"Definitely.
According to the records in the books, although the illusions produced by the Tamer Mud are all kinds of strange,
But people who enter the illusion at about the same time will only appear in the same illusion at the same time."
"That's troublesome.
Now we have searched the entire ant nest and still can't find Sylvia. She is most likely with the animal trainer.
Master, remember to pay attention when you get there."
Nimbas said.
Qige nodded and replied:
"I know, Nimbas, you must be careful here and don't lose your life.
Also, you should pay a little attention.
The three of us are already here, maybe Elena will come in too."
"Understood, Master, I will be careful."
Nimbas asked:
"Master, how can we leave the illusion?"
"There are two ways."
Qige bit her finger and said:
"The first way is to survive.
The size of the Tamer's Mud is limited. As long as we can hold on until the Silver Spirit and Sky Whale leave the Tamer's Mud, we can leave the illusion.
The second method is the strategy.
Become a figure in this illusion that everyone knows and everyone knows, and countless people notice that we are different.
In this way, we will become the masters of the illusion, and we will be able to face the chaos monsters that create the illusion.
After defeating the Chaos Monster, we can go out and conquer the Tamer's Mud at the same time."
Nimbas suddenly realized:
"Oh, I understand, no wonder Master you are so high-profile and make up the strongest animal trainer.
If everyone wants to know it, then the animal tamer must also conquer it.
According to the ants, the animal tamers are the most powerful force in this illusion.
It seems that you have to go to the animal tamer, master."
Nimbas bowed his hands with a solemn expression and said:
"I am here to wish my master victory and his triumphant return."
Qi Ge smiled and said:
"Don't be so frank, you have a mission too.
Nimbas, have you noticed those black fungi too?"
Nimbas's face became more serious:
"I was just going to tell you this.
Master, I have made a great discovery that is enough to shatter the heavens."
Qi Ge asked strangely:
"What discovery?"
"Master, you remember what I said before, the Lord of the Dragon Lich, the true god behind our Dia, found a way to transform the fog of chaos into the death energy of the undead.
Those black hyphae are almost the same as the method he found!"
"What!"
The seven pigeons cried dumbly:
"Is this happening?"
ps: The hamster tried his best, but it was too late. My daughter vomited half way through her sleep at 10 o'clock, and she was busy for an hour.
I owe 2,000 words, and my book friends are very generous.
