Chapter 11 - 11 Chapter 10 Selling Land at Sky-high Prices, Having Ant Group_2 (1/2)

11 Chapter 10 Selling Land at Sky-high Prices, Having Ant Group_2

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After the young ant metamorphosed into an adult, its body was still very soft and needed to fully contact the air, and then it slowly hardened.

Once its six legs and body had hardened, it could start to move.

“Awesome, finally there’s a mature little white ant. Hurry up and go out to find food to feed your mother! She’s about to starve to death.”

Qin Niu was anxious.

The success or failure of the ant hill hinged on this moment, as the Ant Queen currently reduced her energy consumption by feigning death, clinging to life.

She was desperately holding on to the last thread of life.

Perhaps spurred by his urging, about an hour later, the young Worker Ant finally started to move.

It first touched the Ant Queen’s body with its antennae, then, likely having received the pheromones signaling the Ant Queen’s extreme hunger, it ‘quickly’ crawled toward the entrance. Because it had just begun to learn to crawl, it resembled a baby learning to walk.

Its movements were clumsy, its path wobbly.

Upon reaching the entrance, it tumbled down due to a misstep.

Then it got up again and headed towards the entrance.

At this time, the other two young ants also showed signs of activity. Their antennae slowly unfolded, a signal that metamorphosis was nearly complete.

Seeing this, Qin Niu felt invigorated.

Having three young ants metamorphose into adults, if only the Ant Queen could hold on a little longer, success was in sight.

The first Worker Ant reached the entrance and began to work hard to dismantle the defensive barrier.

Sealing the entrance had successfully repelled the enemy’s invasion, but now, for this newly matured young ant, it was a huge obstacle.

It wanted to leave the nest to forage for food, and it needed to dig a hole big enough to squeeze through.

The body of the ant, having just metamorphosed into an adult, was thin and soft, so tearing away the mud sealing the entrance was a significant challenge.

Qin Niu broke off a small stick and brought it over, but he did not immediately step in to help.

The young ants needed to face many challenges; this was only the first.

Just like a baby naturally born through the birth canal, the process is very risky but can train the baby in all aspects of their abilities.

Directly delivering by C-section, the baby is somewhat weaker in the early stages.

Time slipped away bit by bit. Qin Niu placed a very tender leaf not far from the entrance.

That way, once the young ant came out, it could easily find food.

About half an hour later, the other two young ants also successfully metamorphosed into adult Worker Ants.

Of the last two young ants, one started to move, while the other showed almost no sign of stirring.

The two newly metamorphosed Worker Ants also touched the Ant Queen with their antennae, then quickly crawled toward the entrance.

They briefly communicated with the first young ant through antennae contact and then worked together to dig outsides.

Many hands make light work.

It is the same with termites.

With two helpers joining in, the speed at which they dismantled the defensive barrier increased significantly.

At last, a small part of the ‘lid’ covering the entrance collapsed. After continuing to widen the breach, they successfully squeezed out of that hole.

Their antennae waving nonstop, they immediately began searching for food everywhere.

They completely ignored the tender leaf Qin Niu had thrown near the entrance.

This left Qin Niu quite frustrated.

He meant to help them, yet they didn’t appreciate it.

The three Worker Ants began to act independently.

One of them headed in the direction of the centipede, making Qin Niu sweat profusely, wishing he could quickly retrieve it.

Wasn’t this seeking death?

The other two initially crawled towards the direction of the stink ant nest, but they quickly changed their course.

They seemed to sniff out the scent of the stink ants, sensing the danger in that area.

The Termite approaching the centipede’s location, when it was about to reach the rock, seemed to sense something and turned tail to flee for its life.

Qin Niu watched with a chuckle.

Very much in the style of a fine Ant Queen.