Chapter 61 - Chapter 61: Chapter 56: The 4th Insect Master Technique! (2/2)

The elder spoke while stroking his beard.

“Understood!”

Yan Qi excused himself and headed straight for the fields.

As one of the plantation stewards, he managed at least hundreds of acres of land, and he also had to take care of tea cultivation and tea picking, which is one of the Yan Family’s key industries.

There was just too much to worry about.

At the moment, Qin Niu had no idea that he was being discussed by the biggest BOSS in the area.

He had exhausted a huge amount of spiritual power taming the Queen Bee, and now, with no moonlight available for cultivation, and being too afraid to enter beneath the Ancient Banyan Tree, he could only recover his depleted spiritual power through sleep.

After a deep sleep, he felt refreshed and clear-headed.

Looking out the window, the sun was setting, and night was about to fall.

It was the perfect time to clear out the pests from the fields.

He went to the fields with five Worker Ants and began his labor.

With the increasing pest extermination experience of the five Worker Ants, their efficiency in catching pests had significantly improved, especially for the fifth one, whose performance was particularly outstanding.

It now took only a matter of seconds for it to take down pests that were five or six times its size.

Locusts, being much larger and adept at jumping and flying, were beyond its capability.

Once, it grabbed onto a large locust and refused to let go, only to be taken up into the sky, prompting Qin Niu to quickly come to its rescue. It was a close call.

Since the fifth one was his only Grade Two Lightning Worker Ant, he treasured it greatly.

He truly feared it might meet with an accident.

A regular Worker Ant can produce at least ten offspring a day, so losing a few was not a big deal.

Catching that locust earlier had taken a lot of effort and thought.

He seemed to have received a prompt about acquiring a new skill, but he was too focused on rescuing the fifth one to take a close look at the time.

Now that things had calmed down, he checked his personal attributes.

Sure enough, there was a new catching technique skill added to his Insect Mastery.

Insect Mastery Skills: Insect Trace Identification 9.92/10 novice, Insect Communication 13.51/100 proficient, Insect Identification 8.97/10 novice, Catching Technique 0.01/10 novice.

The Catching Technique allows for the capture of a variety of insect creatures through certain tricks or methods, enhancing the success rate of capture, and even allowing for the insects to be caught without harm.

After grasping the catching technique, Qin Niu’s success rate in catching insects increased significantly.

He even came up with the idea of crafting tools to make catching them easier.

Back home, he made a small net similar to a fishing net, specifically designed for capturing locusts, moths, and other winged insects.

He kept busy until the moon rose, but he didn’t rush to finish the work.

Instead, he worked overtime to eradicate the pests.

He discovered that the breeding speed of the pests was extremely fast and their numbers vast. The four plots of corn seedlings he had cleaned out the day before now housed new pests, having migrated from the neighboring plot that was not yet cleared of pests.

The pests were alive and would not stay still indefinitely.

At night, they became highly active, throwing a feast among the corn fields and voraciously gnawing at the seedlings.

He had to change strategy; otherwise, no matter how hard he worked, he wouldn’t be able to clear out the pests completely.

This kept him busy the whole night.

Thanks to his efforts and those of the five Worker Ants, they managed to clean out a good half-acre of the corn field from pests.

The insect eggs filled nearly half a basket, and the insect corpses were even more exaggerated—two large pots were filled.

It was hard to imagine where all these pests came from.

“It would be great if the Worker Ants could get even stronger,” he thought.

With the insect corpses and the five Worker Ants, he finished up and went home.

The way he was removing pests now was like using the Worker Ants as hunting dogs, requiring his own effort as their master.

That was a bit backward!

Once the Worker Ants became stronger and more numerous, he as the master would truly be at ease.

He could just throw them into the field and not have to worry about them.

According to the current efficiency, if he captured pests for another night, he should be able to take care of the situation completely.

Having worked all night, the returns were quite substantial.

Insect Trace Identification, Insect Identification, Catching Technique, Pest Extermination—all four skills had gained substantial proficiency improvements.