Chapter 55 - Chapter 55: Chapter 50 Capturing the Queen Bee t (1/2)

Chapter 55: Chapter 50 Capturing the Queen Bee t

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After feeding two young worker ants with the banyan tree blood, he didn’t wait for them to regurgitate but immediately used it to feed the two soldier ants.

It had to be done this way.

Because after the young worker ants consumed the banyan tree blood, they would soon be unable to move.

Using four termites for the experiment was a bit like squandering resources.

This was equivalent to half a day’s egg-laying capacity of the Ant Queen.

He had been forced into this situation, as the banyan tree blood was about to run out, the Treasured Sword needed nurturing, the ant colony needed to evolve, and he himself was desperate to experience twenty times the cultivation speed every day.

So it was normal for him to take bigger steps.

If all four ants used for the experiment were lost, he could bear the outcome.

Just like the last time, after the two young worker ants and two young soldier ants ate the banyan tree blood, they all lay motionless. Their abdomens gradually inflated like balloons, swelling up.

They appeared to be in great pain.

To become stronger, enduring such pain was really nothing at all.

He didn’t dare to let Fourth drink the banyan tree blood again; it was not easy to evolve a Grade Two Lightning Worker Ant, and he naturally cherished it like a treasure.

Only after groping for a safe use of the banyan tree blood would he let Fourth, Fifth, and even the Ant Queen consume the banyan tree blood.

Boom!

The abdomen of one of the young worker ants exploded, and it died tragically on the spot.

He had been very careful, yet an accident had still happened.

Qin Niu’s expression was serious as he carefully analyzed the reasons for this young worker ant’s failure. It had consumed the same amount as the other worker ant.

This dosage was also the safety dosage tested using Fifth.

One young worker ant did not burst, but the other did.

It showed that each young worker ant had a different limit to what they could endure.

Just like humans, some are strong and more resistant, while others are frail and cannot withstand even the slightest hardship.

After a thorough summary, Qin Niu came up with some new grooming ideas.

He decided to conduct an experiment with another young worker ant, this time feeding it only about a tenth of the safe dosage.

Their intelligence was extremely low; they couldn’t possibly understand how much a tenth of a dose was.

Qin Niu cut off one of his hairs, then dipped the hair in a little diluted banyan tree blood to feed it. This amount was roughly about one tenth.

Their appetite was actually very small.

However, their digestion speed was very fast.

After eating, this young worker ant swayed unsteadily, spinning around on the spot like it was drunk.

This was clearly different from the other worker ants and soldier ants that lay motionless after eating.

It seemed the smaller the dosage, the safer it was.

After a while, its abdomen also swelled somewhat, but it was not significant.

It too began to lay motionless.

“Fourth, drag them in.” Qin Niu ordered, “Watch them closely, and don’t let them feed other termites.”

After becoming proficient in Insect Speech, his communication with the termites became much smoother.

Especially since Fourth and the Ant Queen possessed medium intelligence.

They could understand more complex commands.

When communicating with Fifth, he noticed that after Fifth advanced to a higher grade, its intelligence seemed to have grown as well.

This was another method to enhance the intelligence of insect pets.

That is, to help them continually advance in grade.

After dealing with the termites, he slung the basket over his shoulder and walked towards the direction of the beehive.

He brought special tools with him and after further observation, he prepared to directly poke the beehive.

However, when the beehive fell, the bee swarm would become chaotic and the hive would be greatly damaged and squashed together, making it difficult for him to find the backup Queen Bee.

Under normal circumstances, as long as he found the royal cell he would be able to capture the reserve Queen Bee.

Such a large beehive might have multiple royal cells.

Arriving at the spot where he observed the beehive yesterday, he sat down and began to carefully observe the bee colony.

A large number of worker bees were busy at work.

Occasionally, a few darker-colored honeybees would fly out, which were the drones.

Their job was to mate with a new Queen Bee.

Typically, after mating with a new Queen Bee, the drones would soon die off.

Qin Niu, based on the knowledge from the Green Demon Beekeeping Manual, carefully distinguished the bees in the colony.

For every bee he identified, his insect identification proficiency increased by

+ 0.01.

This was very good.

As an Insect Master, he must not only understand Insect Speech but also learn to identify insects.

For example, an Insect Master specializing in beekeeping could identify various bees like the back of their hand, knowing their habits, characteristics, reproduction methods, flight distance, and speed, among other things.

Qin Niu had bought the Green Demon Beekeeping Manual and was definitely seeking to follow this development path.