Chapter 44 - Chapter 44: Chapter 39 Green Demon’s Backup Plan t (2/2)

It looked like a map.

Qin Niu mulled it over in secret, wondering what the Green Demon intended by leaving this map. Was the real secret to cultivating Green Demon Bees hidden at the location marked on the map?

One thing was certain, the hidden cliff where Green Demon had once resided had definitely been scoured by others.

Though there were swarms of poison bees, for many experts this was hardly an obstacle.

Not to mention powerful Insect Masters.

For example, Qin Niu’s termites, if cultivated to be even stronger, could deal with ground insects almost effortlessly.

“Where is Hundred Leaf Town’s Black Stone Village? 1 need to ask around for information.”

One thing was certain, the final location on this map must contain something the Green Demon wanted to leave behind. It could be the real Insect Control Technique, or perhaps some other treasure.

He put the map back into the fourth-page interlayer and kept it close to his body.

His gaze turned to the black stink ant, which had already been killed by the termites, its body being dismembered and only a small part of the carcass remained.

Qin Niu fed them the bear meat he had brought.

He felt that eating bear meat should be somewhat beneficial for them. Although new powerful termites had not yet evolved, the Ant Queen had already developed the talent to breed offspring with strength attributes.

However, the probability was somewhat low, only 1%.

It might take one hundred eggs to possibly produce a termite with strength attributes.

On the other hand, the probability of producing poisonous ants was much higher, at 3%.

But he felt their venom was still very weak, providing little help in combat.

Powerful venom should be potent enough to seal the throat upon contact with blood, or rapidly paralyze an enemy upon injection, rendering them unable to fight and easy to slaughter.

Many insects have this ability, like spiders.

Their venom can paralyze prey.

A victim bitten by a spider won’t die immediately, but will experience such weakness that it can hardly move. Additionally, spider venom has a special effect of ‘preserving freshness.’

Spiders like to suck the fluids from their prey’s body, and they generally don’t consume the prey’s shell.

This requires that the prey, once trapped in the web, remains alive.

If it dies, the blood coagulates, making it difficult for spiders to suck fluids from the body. Furthermore, they prefer not to eat dead prey.

So, after being injected with spider venom, the prey may seem dead, but in reality, is just powerless and immobile.

If the prey is large and the spider can’t consume it in one meal, then the prey really suffers.

It’s as cruel as humans eating monkey brains or slicing flesh from a living donkey.

After being preyed upon once, a ‘preservative film’ forms over the wound from the spider’s saliva, sealing the wound.

The prey remains in a semi-dead state.

Waiting for the spider to suck on it the next ton.

Until it has drained all the fluids from its body.

According to Insect Masters who specialize in this area, spiders’ venom ■preservative’ effect lasts about seven days for common wild spiders that haven’t been cultivated.

If it’s a spider that has been cultivated and evolved, the ‘preservation’ time might last even longer.

Qin Niu felt it was necessary to enhance the toxicity of the termite’s venom.

After all, there was a huge nest of stink ants nearby, and today’s battle was just the beginning.

With the Ant Queen’s egg-laying skills being rather weak, striving to improve their combat abilities was the right way to go.

The Green Demon mentioned in the bee-rearing manual that the juices of many plants could also enhance a bee colony’s defense, venom potency, and flight speed.

He listed several plants’ juices, such as the juice of a lacquer tree that could strengthen the bees’ venom and the robustness of their wings. But the amount fed had to be controlled; too much would lead to the death of the colony.

There was also a colorful mushroom mentioned repeatedly by Green Demon, saying that crushed and mixed with honey to feed the bees, it led to their evolution of various special abilities.

An audacious thought emerged in Qin Niu’s mind, what would happen if he used the blood of the Ancient Banyan Tree to feed the termites?

Unfortunately, there wasn’t much left, as he had used a third of the Ancient Banyan Tree Blood to nourish his blade yesterday.

Whether it was nourishing the blade or cultivating termites, both were long-term processes.

Wanting to see significant results after just one or two feedings was almost impossible..