Giant ants are large in size and have a high appetite for food. Breeding giant ants requires a large amount of food. It is difficult to find animals in forests that have been ravaged by giant insects and white eggs. Insect trees are the only food that giant ants can find.
Considering that the insect tree will wither in a very short period of time after it matures, the queen ant must be placed in a place with more insect trees to ensure that the ant colony gets enough food. Otherwise, not only the new giant ants will starve to death due to lack of food.
The ant colony will also stagnate due to lack of food, and even the queen ant is in danger of starving to death.
There is only one insect tree in this place, and it is a nearly mature insect tree. It cannot be regarded as a breeding ground for ant colonies.
Several people returned to Ye Han. Xiao Yuan looked at the insect tree and asked: "Boss?"
Ye Han made a gesture, and Xiao Yuan took out an oversized syringe knowingly, took out half a bottle of medicine from the medicine bottle he carried with him, aimed at the weak spot at the bottom of the tree canopy, and stabbed it hard, and forcefully injected the liquid in the syringe.
tree crown.
The medicine bottle contains a powerful insecticide that can effectively kill insect eggs in the tree canopy, but it must be injected into the tree canopy to be effective. It is currently the most effective means of dealing with insect trees.
After the injection, Xiao Yuan put away the syringe and medicine bottle, nodded to Ye Han and said, "Okay." There is no need to worry about cross-infection when dealing with insect trees. A syringe can be used many times.
Everyone returned the same way, and the convoy continued to move deeper into the forest along the dirt road. The deeper it went into the forest, the more bumpy the road became. Chi Wei couldn't help complaining: "These are broken roads. It's better to just go straight to the woods."
Antongli said: "This should be the dirt road left by logging. My home is in the forest area, and there are such dirt roads everywhere in the mountains."
"Can we still cut down trees now?" Chi Wei was surprised, "Wasn't it banned long ago?"
"What the state prohibits is indiscriminate logging, but planned logging is fine." Antonli said, "According to regulations, if you build three acres of artificial forest with a survival rate of 85%, you can harvest two acres of the same type of mature forest, which is about
That’s what it means.”
"Hey, I know a lot. What does your family do?" Chi Wei asked curiously.
"Those who are doing business should save some wood," Antongli said.
Chi Wei suddenly realized: "No wonder, it comes from family background!"
Ye Han almost burst out laughing: "What nonsense, you kid is using idioms randomly again!"
"Am I wrong?" Chi Wei spread his arms innocently, his tone sounding aggrieved.
"Captain, there are many insect trees ahead!" An Dongli suddenly said.
"How?" Ye Han opened the roof and got out of the car, looked at the patch of insect trees of different heights in the distance, and nodded with satisfaction, "Brothers, let's get started!"
The soldiers took action immediately. Under the leadership of Ye Han, they approached the insect forest and carefully checked whether there were any white eggs that had not yet taken root. They searched for the giant insects hidden in the darkness. After confirming that there was no danger source that threatened the queen, several soldiers started from the truck.
Unload the box containing the queen ant and carefully carry it to the vicinity of the insect forest.
Ye Han observed carefully and roughly judged the growth time of the insect tree. He pointed to an open space and said, "Just put it there."
The soldiers carried the box to the open space, and Ye Han gestured to the soldiers to move away.
After the soldiers dispersed, Ye Han opened the lid of the box and dispersed the anesthetic gas in the box. Before the queen ant woke up, he took out an empty glass bottle, opened the lid and placed it next to the queen.
The chemicals in the glass bottle quickly awakened the queen ant. The young queen turned her tentacles and quickly regained her ability to move. She moved her long insect legs and pounced on an insect tree. Her broad and powerful jaws dug deeply into the tree.
He penetrated the tree and started eating it with big mouthfuls.
"This guy has a good appetite. This is the first time I've seen a queen ant looking for food by herself." Xiao Yuan said unexpectedly.
The queen ants sent out from the laboratory are all finished products after mating. As long as they are sent to the field, they will find a place to dig holes to lay eggs and hatch worker ants.
Ye Han thought for a while and asked, "Have all the insect trees stored in the laboratory been eaten up?" In order to cultivate giant ants to eat insect trees, the laboratory also put in many insects in the process of cultivating the queen ants in order to save limited resources.
The tree acts as fodder.
Xiao Yuan sighed: "There is nothing we can do, just wait."
The released queen ant must dig a hole into the ground to be considered successful. It is not easy to cultivate the queen ant in the laboratory. Ye Han and others must ensure the safety of the queen ant until the big ant burrows into the ground.
The queen ant's appetite was incredible. After a while, she knocked down a worm tree and jumped on the worm tree to feast.
Xiao Yuan's heart suddenly rose: "Boss, will something happen?"
The canopy of the insect tree contains a high concentration of puffed viruses. According to research from the National Biological Laboratory, this puffed virus is significantly different from the first and second generation puffed viruses. It is not yet known what impact this puffed virus has on insects.
If the queen ant is exposed to the third-generation puffed virus prematurely, uncontrolled mutations are likely to occur. Therefore, the laboratory recommends that the queen be prevented from being exposed to the virus as much as possible.
The puffed virus has the characteristic that the parents do not mutate, but the offspring mutate. As long as the queen does not have any problems, the state of the new giant ants can be guaranteed to be stable. If the queen is infected with the third generation of puffed virus, the ant eggs may not be born yet.
Affected by the third generation puffed virus, only the devil knows what was born in the end.
"Wait and see." Ye Han gritted his teeth, "Anzi, aim at the queen ant and prepare to shoot. After receiving my order, fire again."
"Understood!" Antongli agreed, and the turret on the armored vehicle turned towards the insect forest, steadily aiming at the chewing queen.
"Boss, is there no expanded virus in the trunk?" Xiao Yuan asked again.
"It doesn't seem like... I can't remember clearly either, Japan, let me ask." Ye Han angrily connected to the radio, and through the satellite receiving device, a communication was going to Beidu.
Beidu immediately contacted the laboratory and after confirming that there was no puffed virus in the trunk of the insect tree, Ye Han breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, there is no virus in the trunk. Just look at it and eat it as soon as it reaches the crown."
"Okay!" Xiao Yuan agreed, adjusted the telephoto magnification of his helmet, and pulled the queen ant in front of his eyes to observe carefully.
At this time, the queen ant had chewed off most of the tree trunk, and her eating speed gradually slowed down. Xiao Yuan carefully observed the crown of the tree to make sure that there was no damage to the crown, and then he put his heart back into his stomach.
At this moment, a low buzzing sound suddenly came from the distance, and Xiao Yuan immediately became alert: "Boss!"
"I heard it." Ye Han said, "Anzi, give me the target location!"
Antongli's eyes scanned the radar: "The target is located about 22 degrees north of east, and the distance is 320 degrees."
"Got it!" Ye Han turned his eyes to the east-north, raised his arm and shouted, "Be alert and prepare to fight!"
