Chapter 11 - 11 Chapter 10 Selling Land at Sky-high Prices, Having Ant Group_2 (2/2)
The three Worker Ants were working hard to adapt to the environment around their nest and to everything outside.
For them, everything was new, but the three young ants were not distracted by play; they had a clear goal to find food.
One of the young ants seemed to have found something “delicious”.
It was a small sapling that had just grown two to three centimeters tall.
It looked a bit like a young camphor tree.
The young ant crawled its way all up from the base of the tree. The sapling had tiny spines that pierced into its soft body. It must have been quite painful.
But it didn’t care.
After climbing past the first leaf, it started gnawing directly at the stem of the tree.
In just a moment, it had bitten off the outer tender bark, exposing the inner layer of the stem. Liquid seeped out. This was the tree’s way of healing itself.
Just like when humans are injured, blood and lymph fluids seep out of the wound to quickly form a scab.
Trees have the same ability to heal themselves, and they are much better at it than humans.
The young ant kept sucking up the leaking fluids, its belly gradually swelling and slowly bulging.
It didn’t eat too much, though.
After nearly enough, it quickly returned the way it had come.
The other two young ants seemed to have received its signal and hurried over as well.
They, too, climbed onto the unfortunate little sapling and began sucking its sap.
The first young ant was already rapidly heading back in the direction of the nest.
Every distance it covered, it lifted its head and waved its two antennae to recognize the direction, probably afraid of getting lost.
Fortunately, it wasn’t far from the nest, so it didn’t get lost and managed to find the entrance to the nest without trouble.
Then it burrowed in.
Once inside the nest, it headed straight toward the Ant Queen. Its speed was very fast.
Qin Niu let out a sigh of relief when he saw this.
The Ant Queen had seemingly survived the hardest challenge.
The young ant crawled to the Ant Queen’s side, found the Ant Queen’s mouth, and then began to regurgitate diligently, vomiting the food from its stomach.
The glistening liquid dripped into the Ant Queen’s mouth.
As she consumed it bit by bit, her two antennae gradually started to slow in their waving, losing strength.
Qin Niu hurriedly checked the Ant Queen’s attributes.
Female Milky White Ant (Ant Queen)
Level: Grade Two order of insects, upgrade experience 100.01/1000
Lifespan: 4.2 years
Energy: 0.1
Skills: Reproduction first-stage 0.05/10, Feign Death first-stage 2/10
Talent: Medium intelligence
Colony: 4 Worker Ants, lifespan 3 months
At this point, Qin Niu felt extremely exhilarated. After longing and enduring such a hard time, he finally saw some payoff.
He finally got his first pet.
Even though it was just a weak Termite Queen, he was still very happy.
As his planting skills improved, he would be able to grow high-grade plants to feed the Ant Queen and help her become stronger.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, but he had managed to make it through the toughest initial hurdle.
A total of five ant eggs hatched, and while he didn’t expect one to die during the molting process, there were now only four Worker Ants left.
He hoped that these four Worker Ants wouldn’t encounter any more accidents.
The other two Worker Ants had also returned after having their fill.
They too crawled to the Ant Queen’s side, selflessly regurgitating their saliva to nurture the Ant Queen.
Termites, like all ants, are social creatures; they each have their own duties and there is no bullying or selfish behaviors. When an enemy invades, Soldier Ants and Worker Ants are the first to rush up and defend.
Even if they die in battle, it’s without hesitation, and they won’t retreat a single step.