I don’t know whether it was Zhou Qingfeng’s toughness that worked, or whether the queen ant recognized the reality and wanted to grab any life-saving straw. In short, the acid-loving ants compromised. They did not pursue the attitude problem of this group of foreign adventurers, but instead led them from the prison to a
Beside the pit.
This is probably the deepest part of the ant nest, cold and quiet. The luminous moss illuminates the road, and only the breath and footsteps echo as they move. Outside the deep pit, the messenger flying ants suddenly stopped and said: "Trouble is ahead, you can go there by yourselves."
Let’s see.”
Eh...
Zhou Qingfeng found that his current location was like a dividing line. There were still a large number of acidophilic ants moving behind him, but there was not a single ant in the direction of the deep pit.
What kind of existence is that thing that even countless acid-loving ants are extremely afraid of?
Everyone was puzzled and didn't know why. The queen ant didn't explain anymore, only said that she would know it by taking a look in front of the pit. Zhou Qingfeng had no choice but to say to the necromancer, "Light a fire, I want to see clearly."
The little trick ignited an eternal fire, illuminating a large pit with a diameter of more than ten meters. The mouth of the pit was dark and unfathomable. But standing at the edge of the pit, you could see a large number of ants piled inside.
To be precise...it's a huge amount of acidophilic ant corpses.
This is a huge corpse pit, filled with thousands or tens of thousands of ants. They are layered on top of each other, and the number is huge, and they are almost filling the pit. The ant corpses exude an indescribable sour smell.
It's disgusting and even more terrifying.
Xili glanced at it and turned away, and several others also frowned when they saw it. No one expected that this underground ant kingdom would be so exaggerated as to even build a corpse pit.
On the other hand, 'Jiying' poked his long monster head and asked strangely: "What's wrong with these ants? I seem to see a white and fat one, that's..."
"That's the last queen ant." The messenger ant said calmly.
The previous queen ant was huge, about the size of four or five cows. But the white body of the queen ant was covered with black spots. If you look closely, it looked like festering wounds, and some places were even dissolved.
'Jiying' was even more surprised, "Queen ant, will you grow so big? How much food will you have to eat?"
The queen ant ignored such silly questions.
Zhou Qingfeng turned around and asked: "The turmoil within you?"
"There will be no turmoil in the ant colony, we are one." said the queen ant.
"Then this is..."
"It's a plague."
As a disease priest, Old Borg interrupted. He looked up again, and everyone discovered that there were pipes leading to this place from all over the pit above the pit. From time to time, the body of an acidophilic ant would slip out of these pipes and fall down.
In a deep pit.
Mondino waved his hand, and a certain ant corpse was summoned to his eyes before it fell. Everyone watched closely - the fallen ant was not dead yet, and its tentacles were still dancing. But its body was ulcerated in many places, and its limbs
Powerless, already dying.
Is it really a plague?
Zhou Qingfeng was shocked. There was a plague in the closed space of the underground kingdom? He was so angry that he cursed, "No wonder the ant queen didn't say earlier, if I knew that there was a plague that caused such a large-scale death in this damn place, I might as well be working hard outside."
Already.'
but......
Zhou Qingfeng took a few steps away and shouted loudly: "Okay, don't be afraid. We have Old Borg here who believes in the 'Mother of Diseases'. He is the best at this. He must have a way."
The Queen Ant's tone increased slightly, "It would be great if the matter could be solved so easily, but the situation is probably worse than you think."
Old Borg also said in a deep voice: "I have never seen this kind of plague. Maybe it can be studied, but I am not sure."
Zhou Qingfeng suddenly felt a chill...
The queen ant continued: "To be precise, this is the 'curse of decay'. It has been with us since the birth of our acid-loving ant tribe. Even the queen ant cannot escape the infection of this plague. We can only endure it.
, facing death.
You see that the deep pit is not the only one in the ant nest. In fact, since we have lived in it, dozens of similar deep pits have been dug. Each deep pit can last about a year. After filling tens of thousands of ant corpses, only
You can cover it and dig another one.
In order to fight this plague, we have thought of many ways, but none of them are effective. We have long been accustomed to living with this curse. A single death is not terrible, as long as the group is still there.
The plague will screen out the old and weak individuals, but will make the entire ant clan stronger. But there is a new situation this time... Cases have also appeared in incubators that were never infected in the past, and in
Spread rapidly.
If all the ant eggs are infected, our tribe will be doomed. I will not kill you, but I will bring you in just because I hope someone can break the curse that the ant tribe has endured."
Zhou Qingfeng forcibly interrupted and asked loudly: "There was this kind of curse when the acidophilic ants were born? It has been at least decades. What you have been unable to solve for decades, can we people solve it? Isn't that what you are doing?
Do you want us to die?"
The queen ant remained calm, "Stop complaining, although I know your hope of finding a solution is slim. But I have no other choice. Don't expect a group that is about to perish to be reasonable."
"You..." Zhou Qingfeng felt really cold now. Everyone felt really cold. They were staying in an ant nest deep underground, and it was also an ant nest where a plague broke out - God knows if this plague will happen.
Can it be transmitted to people?
Because they couldn't deal with the plague, all the acidophilic ants in the entire ant nest rushed to the ground to escape? So they drove the monsters in the black forest away? So by the way, they destroyed the Harmony Village that had only been established for half a year?
This is not a fight. No matter how many times you read the files, it won't solve it. Is it possible that you can only abandon the foundation of Harmony Village and run as far as you can?
Zhou Qingfeng's mind is filled with unsolvable problems.
The queen ant said: "I don't know if you can be of use? But if you have any ideas to solve the plague of the ant colony, just ask for anything you need, and I will try my best to satisfy you.
If you can succeed, I will give you unimaginable wealth and treasures. The collections that acidophilic ants have accumulated for decades will be open for you to choose from.
But if you want to escape, or if you still can’t find any way when the pit is filled, you will also be thrown into the pit to be buried with you, and I will do what I say.”
Everyone looked at Old Berg. The dwarf witch doctor shrugged and said that he had no research on curses.
Everyone looked at Mondino again, and the Necromancer smiled bitterly and said that although he knew something about death and souls, curses were also the most mysterious part in occult science.
Everyone looked at Xili again. The elf girl shook her head slightly and said that the curse is ever-changing, some are strong and some are weak. A curse that can last for decades cannot be solved casually.
Finally, everyone looked at Zhou Qingfeng. The old man scratched his head, spread his hands and said, "At most I can kill people with a knife, but I don't know how to curse."
It’s over, no one understands. What a huge crisis!