Chapter 88 - Chapter 88: Chapter 83 Killing Pigs to Make Armor i (1/2)

Chapter 88: Chapter 83 Killing Pigs to Make Armor i

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This wasp was slightly lean and long, thinner than the robust and stout bodies of other wasps, but its body was longer.

Its head was brown, and its compound eyes looked like two bulging, strange orbs, coupled with the raised top of its head, which made it look particularly fierce.

In fact, since it had been captured, it had become extremely irritable, constantly biting around and stabbing wildly with its stinger.

Now, if a honeybee were to be put in there, it would likely be torn apart directly.

The small shields on its chest and the smaller plates behind were both extremely developed, its abdomen cylindrical and smooth, covered with extremely fine incisions. Its body had bands of yellow and black interlacing patterns.

The third ring of yellow on its abdomen, near the lower end of its belly, appeared to be a tapered V-shape.

Other common wasps did not have this feature.

It was precisely because of this that Qin Niu noticed its uniqueness at a glance and decided to capture it.

After careful identification, he obtained some data about this wasp.

[Wasp, Hymenoptera Vespidae, female (fully developed), lifespan about 1 year, special abilities, extremely ferocious, strong toxicity.]

After the identification was complete, Qin Niu grinned and showed a smile.

The value of this wasp was much higher than he had imagined.

The life span of a common wasp worker bee is usually only about one month.

Short-lived worker bees can even survive only half a month.

Qin Niu had actually caught a potential queen bee, which was definitely an unexpected surprise.

At the time, he had thought this wasp was just a better-developed worker among its kin, not expecting it to be fully developed.

Within a wasp nest, there may be several, or even more than a dozen queen bees, but their hierarchy is strictly enforced.

Only one queen bee has the right to lay eggs.

Other queens without the right to lay eggs either succeed the old queen upon her death or fly out to establish a new nest.

The one he captured was a prospective queen, meaning its value was much higher than that of a common wasp.

Moreover, this wasp even had two special abilities.

Although these two special abilities weren’t much compared to Qin Niu’s termites, they still significantly increased its value.

“Those two special Jin Chan probably won’t sell for much, this wasp should be able to sell for more than one tael of silver.”

Qin Niu pondered to himself.

With the treasure map of Green Demon in hand, he truly didn’t fancy this caliber of a special queen bee.

Moreover, having already owned a honeybee queen bee, his energy was limited, and he couldn’t possibly cultivate another nest of wasps.

Additionally, he disliked the bandit-like nature of wasps.

He found them too brutal.

Unless the special abilities of a wasp queen bee were strong enough to pique Qin Niu’s interest, he wouldn’t consider keeping it as a pet.

Industrious honeybees were his favorites, as long as they were well-kept, they could in the future produce royal jelly for him, or even special efficacy honey. Their long-term value was much higher than that of wasps.

Upon returning home, he spent thirty wen money to buy a small-eyed big fishing net, then fashioned it into a bee-catching net.

He ventured into the mountains again.

This time he made no polite gestures but directly captured the entire wasp nest with the net.

Only a few wasps that slipped through the net managed to escape, the rest were caught by him.

He specifically selected some worker bees and bee pupae to keep, to be sold in combination with the prospective queen bee. Because a queen bee typically does not have foraging abilities, they rely on worker bees to feed them.

By providing a complete package service, he could also earn a few more money when selling.

After carefully sorting through the captured nest of wasps, he caught a total of seven queen bees, including the old queen bee of the swarm.

This bee colony has so many Queen Bees.

I can understand that.

The wild survival environment is harsh, and the Queen Bee could have an accident at any time.

Having several backups can not only allow for the colony to split and expand but also serve as reserve queens, ready for unforeseen needs.

However, all these seven Queen Bees are ordinary, and no special Queen Bee has emerged.

There’s a bit of disappointment.

But it’s also within his expectations.

Special Queen Bees are extremely rare, and catching one is already hitting the jackpot.

Instead of executing these seven ordinary Queen Bees, he kept them in cages. He even provided some Worker Bees and bee pupae to ensure they could survive.

No honey was found in the beehive.

Only some remains of eaten bees were found, including many bee pupae.

Giant hornets are like a gang of bandits, specializing in profitless plundering.

They never make honey, nor do they have the skills to collect pollen and make honey.

But many Insect Masters actually prefer to raise hornets.

Because their combat power is astonishing, just a few giant hornets can slaughter an entire box of bees.

One can specifically cultivate them to help their master in battle.

It was hornets that the Green Demon was breeding.

Qin Niu directly executed ail the remaining hornets. He couldn’t keep them.

Otherwise, his bee nest could face annihilation at any moment.

“Moo~!

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Just then, he heard Xiao Nui’s call.

Turning his head towards the cliff below, not far off, his eyes lit up.

He had been worrying about what to eat for dinner.

He saw Xiao Nui facing off against several wild boars.

It wasn’t the big wild boar they had encountered yesterday, but rather a wild boar of around two hundred pounds, leading a few wild boars of various sizes out to forage.

Wild boars and cows should not interfere with each other by nature.

Because neither is on the other’s food chain.

Possibly feeling that Xiao Nui’s presence threatened the safety of the young wild boars, the large wild boar launched an attack on Xiao Nui.

Lowering its head, it charged straight at Xiao Nui.

Meanwhile, it kept making a low “grrr” sound.

Qin Niu quickly got ready to provide support.

Yesterday, just brandishing his knife had sent a several-hundred-pound wild boar running.

Today, learning from that lesson, he tried to appear weaker.

Xiao Nui’s response surprised him, it didn’t run away but instead fought with the wild boar.