A skilled liar hates having his lies exposed the most, and hates being deceived the second most.
When Qi Ge saw it, he saw that the person who loudly declared himself to be a liar was an exceptionally strong ant-man.
Like other Ant-Men, he has six prominent limbs.
A pair of strong, angular hind legs, similar in appearance to a mecha, gleaming with a glass-like luster.
The two pairs of sturdy arms were like robotic arms, connected by many elastic steel wires, and the four fingers also shone like metal.
The most eye-catching thing is his huge steel head and more than a dozen mouthparts with sharp blades.
He stood tall, more than three meters tall, full of oppression.
“He’s lying.
I captured that trainer myself from the trainer camp.
Many kobolds were protecting him, but he was the only one sleeping soundly on the trainer's pack animal.
He must be the leader among the animal trainers, just like our queen ant, so he has the ability to resurrect corpses."
"Is there anything else?"
The Seven Pigeons looked at Nimbas in confusion.
Nimbas shrugged his shoulders and said:
“Ah, yes, that is true.
Not long after I arrived here, I was surrounded by a group of strange-looking creatures and they arrested me.”
Nimbas shook his body and said:
“Look, the chains that tied me up before are still the ones they left behind.
As for the sleep you mentioned, our strongest beast trainers usually call it meditation.
That’s how we build up our strength.”
After Nimbas finished speaking, he glanced at Qi Ge, as if asking if there was anything wrong with saying this.
Seven Pigeons secretly raised a thumb, turned around and shouted openly:
"Oh, that's good now, everyone heard it.
My brother is innocent.
My poor brother, he was besieged by animal trainers, outnumbered, and was misunderstood by you. You have such cruel hearts.
That big guy, look, what are you looking at? Why don't you apologize now? "
The big guy was very angry: "No! I still don't believe it. Unless you can kill a tamer in front of us, I will never believe you."
"Okay! Then do as you say."
Qi Ge clapped his hands suddenly and said:
"Kill, kill now.
Where's the animal trainer? Hurry up and catch one."
For a moment, all the ants fell silent, even the big guy was silent.
Qi Ge immediately understood that even though these ant-men were roaring fiercely, they were definitely at a disadvantage when fighting against the animal trainer.
This is also very logical, if Ant-Man had the upper hand they shouldn't be the slaves, but the trainers should be the slaves.
So Qi Ge said, "Look, it's not that I don't want to prove myself, but you can't find a trainer at all.
In this case, let us try another method to prove it.
To be honest, this is the first time for us two brothers to come here, and we don’t know much about your situation.
Otherwise, you can introduce your situation to us.
If we can come up with a method that can significantly enhance your combat effectiveness, and help you improve your combat effectiveness, wouldn't it prove that we are not in the same group as the animal trainer?
It's impossible for the animal trainer to help you improve your fighting power to resist him, right?"
The ant men whispered to each other for a while, and finally the big-bellied ant man made the decision:
"What you said makes sense, so let's do as you say."
After reaching a consensus, the Ant Man worked very efficiently without any delay, and Qi Ge was surprised by his high efficiency.
Without any hesitation, they took Seven Pigeons and Nimbas to their nursery.
All the guards in between seemed to understand everything instantly after the ants touched each other's antennae and did not stop them at all.
After asking, Qi Ge learned that ants can use pheromones emitted by their antennae to communicate with each other.
This way of conveying information is a hundred times more powerful than human language.
Because thoughts are shared directly, there is no ambiguity, no misunderstanding, and no lies.
Qi Ge was already very surprised, but after arriving at the nursery, he realized that he was surprised too early.
In Ant-Man’s nursery, Qi Ge saw something very familiar to him—fungi, or rather, mushrooms.
Under the command of a group of big-bellied ants, ordinary ants carried various rocks and a strange mineral and placed them in the nursery.
The white hyphae of the fungi in the nursery will quickly wrap up the "food" and absorb it quickly.
Then the ant-man eggs buried in the fungal hyphae will hatch and grow at a speed visible to the naked eye and break out of the shells.
After birth, the newborn ants will quickly eat the fungi around their egg shells and grow at an extremely fast rate.
As they grow, their bodies become as transparent as glass.
Qi Ge finally discovered the secret of these ant-people's bodies - silicon-based creatures.
These ant-men have very little soft flesh and blood tissue located inside their bodies.
They have no heart, but have a developed brain similar to that of vertebrates, as well as the huge neural network and pseudo-cerebral ganglia of arthropods that serve as the brain.
Centralization and local autonomy appear in their bodies at the same time, and strangely enough, there is no conflict between the two sides.
The hyphae they eat will go along their digestive tract to the abdominal cavity, where they will be 100% converted into metal methyl butylene and pushed to the surface of the body by piston-filled "blood vessels".
In just half an hour, after being covered with layer after layer of formate, the fist-sized ant-man larva grew into an adult ant-man nearly two meters tall.
This way of growth is not at all like the slow growth of carbon-based organisms, but more like wearing clothes.
The young Ant-Man put on armor layer by layer. Tens of thousands of layers of armor with different functions were superimposed and interacted with each other to form a powerful Ant-Man mecha.
The big-bellied ant man walked up to the newborn ant man and touched him with his tentacles. Without any learning, the newborn ant man understood his mission and task.
He shook his body and skillfully joined the Ant-Man's army of movers.
The Big Belly Ant Man introduced:
“These are the worker ants of our colony, whose main duties are to build and expand the nest, to protect it, to gather food, and to feed the young ants and the queen.
I am the teacher ant, responsible for thinking, storing the survival experience of the group, and passing these experiences on."
As he was speaking, another larger ant-man egg hatched, and inside it emerged an ant larva that was much larger than the worker ant.
As soon as this ant-man larva appeared, it ruthlessly ate all the mycelium around its egg shell.
But he did not stop. Instead, he followed the mycelium and ate all the dozen or so unhatched ant-man eggs and the mycelium near the eggs.
The big-bellied ant-man said in surprise:
"Oh! You are so lucky.
We haven't had any soldier ants born in several years.
Soldier ants are very special .
As you can see, they have large bodies and powerful jaws.
They can crush hard rocks and food, and can also become powerful combat weapons when defending the group or attacking other threats.
They are specialized in fighting ability and usually do not participate in tasks such as building nests or feeding young ants.
They also participate in food gathering, but are more responsible for killing strong prey, breaking up solid rock formations, and guarding along the way while the worker ants gather food.
Only when there are enough soldier ants will the extra soldier ants start collecting."
These ant-men are somewhat similar to the ants on Earth. Their fate and mission are determined at birth.
Worker ants cannot become soldier ants, and soldier ants cannot be afraid of death and become worker ants.
This method may be unfair to individuals, but Qi Ge calls it efficient.
The teacher ant is responsible for thinking, while the other ants do not have any mental worries and only need to perform simple mechanical movements.
There is a high degree of division of labor, and each has its own function. Although it is a living organism, it is like a machine. There is no internal friction and no meaningless loss of energy.
Just at this time, Qi Ge noticed that the fungus did not absorb all the food, and some waste was left behind.
In the nursery, there are also black ant-man egg shells left after hatching.
The worker ants were carrying away the remaining waste and egg shells, heading in the same direction.
Qi Ge couldn't help but ask:
"What are they doing?"
Teacher Ant said:
"They are going to the breeding room. Come on, I'll take you there."
Under the leadership of the teacher ant, Qi Ge and his companions followed the worker ants to the breeding room.
In the cultivation room, there is another kind of black fungus everywhere.
The waste materials and egg shells were thrown into the black fungus.
In addition to waste and egg shells, there are also corpses of some strange creatures, various rocks, leaves, soil, sludge...
Whether inorganic or organic matter, it was thrown into the fungus pile by the ants.
Qi Ge even saw several corpses of worker ants and soldier ants, which were wrapped in black mycelium and had been more than half dissolved.
Teacher Ant stopped Qi Ge and the others and said:
“The breeding ground is very dangerous, you must not go near it.
Once caught by the culture medium, a large area of ​​corrosion will be left.
The culture medium is a special mycelium grown in our body fluids and can only be grown on pure silica rock.
They can digest almost anything.”
The teacher ant brought the seven pigeons and Nimbas to the bottom of the culture medium.
There is a small pool under the suspended black pure silica rock.
A steady stream of milky white juice and some strange solids kept falling into the pool.
"These solids are the white silica that has just been absorbed by the white mycelium in the nursery."
A group of worker ants used a scoop net that carefully and completely filtered out the water to fish out the white silica. They took it out only after all the milky white juice had fallen back into the pool.
“After accumulating to a certain amount, this basin of milky white juice will continue to concentrate and eventually form the extremely precious ant royal jelly.
Only the queen ant is eligible to enjoy the ant royal jelly.
Only after the queen ant has enjoyed the royal jelly will she have a higher probability of laying soldier ant and teacher ant eggs.
If the queen ant wants to evolve, she also needs a large amount of royal jelly.
The evolved queen ant can produce more powerful ants with more complex abilities.
The purpose of those animal trainers to enslave us is precisely this precious ant royal jelly.
Since we were captured by the trainer, almost all of the royal ant jelly has been taken away.
Our great queen ant can only eat mycelium like us.
Without the supplement of royal jelly, the queen ant can only produce worker ants, and the probability of soldier ants and teacher ants appearing is extremely small.
There is absolutely no possibility of evolution."
Teacher Yi was heartbroken and burst into tears, but Qi Ge had no intention of listening to him at all.
Qi Ge's attention was now focused on the several corpses wrapped in black mycelium.
They look like eggshells, with an uneven surface covered with bubbles of varying sizes.
Not only did the bubbles open and close, they also struggled to eject a little thin chaotic mist.
Haunted nest of monsters.
The pioneer of chaos, capable of mass-producing Chaos Hounds.
Without entering the large-scale battlefield mode, the ghost nest monsters have extremely terrifying resistance.
Immune to physical attacks, magical attacks, and not affected by control effects.
Only the river water or sea water in the Yasa world can cause harm to them.
But now, these ghost nest monsters have been dissolved beyond recognition under the wrapping of black mycelium.
What surprised Qi Ge the most was that even the chaotic mist ejected by the ghost nest monsters was caught by the sticky black mycelium.
"No, no.
These black hyphae can even digest the chaos mist?
If it is really possible, it would be a great thing.
If we can find a way to bring this fungus back from the fantasy world and give it to Milora to cultivate, maybe we can create a powerful weapon to fight against chaos."
Qi Ge glanced at Nimbas, who, like himself, was staring at the ghost nest monster in a trance.
Qi Ge gently patted Nimbas, and Nimbas woke up as if from a dream. He immediately signaled Qi Ge with his eyes to look at the ghost nest monster submerged by mycelium.
Obviously, they were thinking alike.
Qi Ge recalled carefully that among the players who entered the Tamer's Mud in the previous life, there was no example of a player bringing anything out of the illusion.
"Just because they can't do it doesn't mean I can't do it. I'm the Seventh Pigeon. Let me think of a solution carefully."
Afterwards, under the guidance of the teacher ant, Qi Ge and Nimbas visited the nest of the cutting ants in detail.
The nest of the cutting ants is a three-dimensional nest with 6 layers, divided into functional chambers and ant tunnels for passage.
The overall trend of the cutting ants' nests is vertically downward, and the space is relatively complex. What surprised Qi Ge is that the nest chambers of these ant nests are all perfect regular hexagons.
The functions of the cutting ant's nest chamber are much more than Qi Ge imagined.
In addition to the nursery for raising young ants and the cultivation room for making food, there are also medical rooms, high-speed ant tunnels, temperature control rooms, drainage cabins, food storage rooms...
There are twenty-six species in total, the largest of which is the now empty queen ant house.
There are nearly 300,000 worker ants, more than 2,000 soldier ants and 100 teacher ants in the entire nest.
According to the teacher ants, the ratio of soldier ants to worker ants should be 1:1. If there is a large-scale battle, such as an invasion of the nest, this ratio will rise to 5:1 or even 10:1, that is, 10 soldier ants for every 1 worker ant.
But now, the number of soldier ants is pitifully small.
After touring the entire ant nest, Qi Ge finally persuaded the teacher ant to agree to watch the soldier ants fight.
The person in charge of the demonstration was the big guy who had previously identified the Seven Pigeons and Nimbas.
His opponent is an underground worm weighing 127 tons and as big as a hill.
The soldier ant's fighting style was wild. He dodged the attack of the underground worm, then lifted the entire underground worm with both hands and smashed its head against the hard rock ground.
He smashed the worms one hundred and sixty times, killing them alive.
Qi Ge was stunned.
A soldier ant weighs only 300 kilograms, or about 600 pounds, but it can lift and throw a giant worm that is 4,000 times its own weight up and down more than a hundred times.
This is equivalent to a 200-pound adult holding a civil airliner and squatting up and down a hundred times on the spot.
Because of their size, it is much more difficult for soldier ants to lift underground worms than it is for humans to lift a commercial airliner.
Nimbas estimated and said to the seven pigeons:
“Let’s not talk about combat skills for now. If we only talk about strength, a soldier ant is about the same as a level 5, stage 1 minotaur.
If what the teacher ant said was true, the ant nest had as many as 400,000 soldier ants at its peak.
This is equivalent to 400,000 minotaurs. This military force is almost as strong as a large city."
These words gave Qi Ge a deeper understanding of the trainer's strength.
The Ant-Man is so strong. A tamer who can suppress the Ant-Man or even treat the Ant-Man as a slave will only become stronger.
Qi Ge was very curious about the experience of the Ant Man being defeated and captured by the Tamer. After probing a few times, he found that the Teacher Ant didn't seem to be averse to mentioning this matter, so he asked directly.
The teacher ant twitched its antennae and said:
“It is a painful and unforgettable memory for us.
Tamers themselves are not very powerful, but they can control and strengthen other creatures.
We, the ant-cutting tribe, are not afraid of underground worms that are a hundred times larger than us, but we are helpless against tiny swamp flies.
Swamp flies are extremely fast and can quickly fly into our bodies through gaps such as our mouths, ears, and antennae.
They lay their eggs inside our bodies and then die.
The larvae of the marsh fly will eat us from the inside out and then burst out of our body.
Our army of soldier ants was defeated by the tiny swamp flies.
Not only soldier ants, but swamp flies also have a strong killing power on worker ants.
After the swamp flies invaded our nest, the nest was quickly destroyed.
In order to save her life, the queen ant had to surrender herself and was implanted with a control chip by the trainer, becoming the trainer's slave.
The queen ant is in the hands of the tamer, and we can only submit."
Qi Ge understood when he heard this.
Instead of defeating Ant-Man head-on, the Tamer used other despicable means.
Swamp flies are to Ant-Man what viruses are to humans.
Humans have evolved to the point where they can easily hunt giant whales using group hunting and tools, but it is still difficult for them to fight viruses that have penetrated into their bodies.
There was another point in the description of Ant-Man that interested Qi Ge very much.
Control chip.
"Teacher Ant, what ?"
The teacher ant trembled the antennae on its head and said:
"We don't really know, it's a word a teacher ant stole from a trainer.
According to our understanding, this should be a special kind of swamp fly.
As long as the Ant-Man is parasitized by this swamp fly called the control chip, he will be completely controlled.
Our goal is to take the control chip out of the queen ant's brain and then escape with her."
Nimbas asked curiously:
“Isn’t fleeing resistance?
Didn't you just shout that you wanted to kill the beast trainer?"
The teacher ant shook his head and replied:
"It's not that easy, if we could kill them we would have done it long ago.
As long as the Tamer still has the Swampfly, we will not be a match for the Tamer even if we recover to our full strength.
We were satisfied if we could rescue the queen ant and escape successfully.
Resistance is a cry for the worker ants.
There will be a lot of sacrifices if you want to rescue the queen ant.
If the worker ants knew from the beginning that we were going to evacuate, they would probably fight passively out of fear of the swamp flies.
That's why I didn't use my tentacles to transmit our thoughts."
Seven Pigeons: ...
grass!
No matter which world it is, the ruling class is always so despicable, and it is the lower classes who are deceived and sacrificed.
Worker ants, you are so miserable, worker ants, wuwuwu.
Qi Ge said to Teacher Ant thoughtfully:
“In fact, the most important issue now is to rescue the queen ant.
The ant tribe has no reproductive ability of its own, and all ant eggs need to be laid by the queen ant.
Whether to resist or to escape, these are things that need to be considered after rescuing the queen ant.
Oh, by the way, teacher ants, since the queen ant is in the hands of the trainer, how do you replenish your ant eggs? "
The teacher ant shook the tentacles above his head and replied:
"Every once in a while, a group of kobolds who are also controlled by the animal trainer will bring ant eggs to us.
But ant eggs need royal jelly in exchange.
One portion of ant royal jelly can only be exchanged for 10 ant eggs.
If we don't prepare enough royal jelly, the kobolds will take the remaining ant eggs back with them."
Qi Ge then asked:
" What does the trainer want your ant royal jelly for?"
"We don't know that."
Teacher Ant said:
"We only know that even among animal trainers, the Ant Royal Jelly is extremely valuable, and only those with the highest status among animal trainers can enjoy it .
The troops that come to deliver the ant eggs to us are also tasked with escorting the ant royal plasma back.
They always send out extremely high-level kobolds to protect the Ant Royal Jelly."
Qi Ge's eyes lit up:
"The kobold troops will bring ant eggs here and return with ant royal jelly.
Doesn't that mean that by following the Kobolds' troops, or blending into their troops, we can find the Queen Ant."
The teacher ant shook his head:
"I can't keep up. Those kobolds can fly."
Seven Pigeons: ...
Holy shit, Kobolds can fly... Flying Kobolds? What kind of weird creature is that?
But Qi Ge was not panicked at all. He patted his chest and said:
"What a coincidence! I can fly too."
Qi Ge flicked his fingers and took out a scroll of flying magic.
Although the mount and followers cannot keep up in the illusion, the backpack can still be opened normally.
"See this scroll? If I tear it open, not only can I fly, but all the worker ants and soldier ants in your ant nest can also fly."
The teacher ant was very excited:
"Really?"
"Of course, as long as you are willing to acknowledge me as your Lord."
The teacher suddenly became indifferent. He said dully:
"Impossible, we, the Ant Tribe, will never be slaves.
Seeing Qi Ge's strange look, Teacher Ant seemed a little embarrassed and added:
“Unless the queen ant is caught.”
Qi Ge put away the flying magic scroll, sighed and said:
"Then there is nothing we can do. It seems that my brother and I have to find a way to save your queen ant."
The teacher ant hummed and said:
"Look at what you said, it seems like you are already free.
Don't forget, you are still our prisoners.
You haven't proven that you can be of any help to us, the Ant Clan, and we've let you go."
As soon as the teacher ant finished speaking, several soldier ants standing around the teacher ant immediately walked over in a heroic manner, revealing all kinds of ferocious expressions to threaten Qi Ge.
"Help. It's simple. I've already thought of it."
Qi Ge clapped his hands and said:
"Nimbas, show them."
Nimbas took a step forward and clapped his hands.
The three worker ants that he had just resurrected came over immediately.
At Nimbas's command, the three worker ants twisted off their skulls, revealing their empty bodies.
As we all know, the Undead can still live even if their heads are removed.
As long as you put the head back in time, there will be no impact.
Seven Pigeons said:
“The biggest influence on you ant-cutters is the swamp flies.
Swamp flies will lay their eggs inside you and eat your internal organs.
But you see, the warriors resurrected by my brothers had no internal organs, so how could the swamp flies eat them?
As long as you get more corpses of worker ants and soldier ants, you can form an army that is not afraid of swamp flies.
By then, will the beast tamer still be your opponent?"
"No! Of course not!
Except for the Swamp Fly, all the other monsters of the Tamer were defeated by our invincible Cutter Ant Tribe!"
The teacher ant said excitedly, but immediately became disappointed:
“But our stock of corpses is limited.
Without the queen ant and insufficient soldier ants, we are not qualified to conduct high-difficulty hunting.
If we rely solely on worker ants to collect food, there will be too little.
Helplessly, we have to put all the worker ants that died of accidents or old age into breeding farms.
We have to wait until enough Ant-Man are resurrected, and I don’t know how long it will take.
We can't let the worker ants and soldier ants commit suicide just to revive you."
Qi Ge thought for a moment and said:
"In that case, I have another suggestion."
Qi Ge patted Nimbas's shoulder vigorously and said:
“I’ve left my brother here as a hostage while I try to find a way to rescue the queen ant.
To me, my brothers are no less important to me than the queen ant is to you.
You can control me like a beast tamer by controlling my brothers.
This way you don't have to worry about me running away or surrendering to the enemy.
My brother is here and can help you transform all the corpses of Ant-Man into invincible warriors who are not afraid of swamp flies.
Kill two birds with one stone.”
"this……"
The teacher ant was a little hesitant, as if such a situation had never appeared in his database.
Qi Ge struck while the iron was hot and continued to deceive:
“You have to think of it this way, at the beginning you only had my brothers on your hands, right?
I was captured by you because I was trying to save my brother.
Now, the possibility that my brother and I are animal tamers is not high. We are most likely the enemies of animal tamers.
I went to rescue the queen ant, and my brother stayed behind.
If I hadn't rescued the queen ant, you wouldn't have suffered any loss. You were only planning to use my brother's life to inspire the fighting spirit of the worker ants.
But if I succeed, you can bring the queen back.
It's a guaranteed win! What's there to be afraid of? "
Teacher Ant was fooled for a while and felt that what Qi Ge said seemed to make some sense.
He discussed it with several other teachers, and they all felt that there was no problem.
So they agreed to the seven pigeons' request.
The ant-cutting tribe immediately became busy, and there were fewer ants looking after the Seven Pigeons and Nimbas.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Nimbas approached the Seven Pigeons and whispered:
"Master, I am the second person to enter the illusion.
Before me, the little girl Sylvia had already entered the fantasy world.
This Chaos Border is so powerful that even a demigod like me can’t sense how I was pulled into this illusion.
Master, is it possible for the three of us to enter the same illusion?"
Qi Ge nodded and replied:
“That’s for sure.
According to the records in the books, although the illusions created by the Tamer's Mud are bizarre,
But people who enter the illusion at about the same time will only appear in the same illusion at the same time."
“That’s troublesome.
Now we have searched the entire ant nest and still can't find Sylvia. She is very likely with the trainer.
Master, when you get there, remember to keep an eye out."
Nimbas said.
Qi Ge nodded and replied:
“I know, Nimbas, you must be careful here and don’t lose your life.
Also, you have to pay a little attention.
The three of us are here now, maybe Elena will come in too."
"Understood, Master. I will be careful."
Nimbas asked:
"Master, how can we leave the illusion?"
"There are two ways."
Qi Ge bit his finger and said:
“The first way is to survive.
The size of the Tamer's Mud is limited. As long as we can hold on until the Silver Spirit and Sky Whale leave the Tamer's Mud, we can leave the illusion.
The second method is the strategy.
Become a well-known figure in this fantasy world, and let countless people notice our uniqueness.
In this way, we will become the masters of the illusion and can face the chaotic monsters that created the illusion.
After defeating the Chaos Monsters, we can get out and conquer the Tamer's Mud at the same time."
Nimbas suddenly realized:
"Oh, I understand. No wonder you are so high-profile, making up a story about the most powerful animal trainer.
If you want to be known by everyone, then the animal tamer must conquer everyone.
According to the ants, the animal trainer is the most powerful force in this fantasy world.
It seems that you have to go to the animal trainer, Master."
Nimbas saluted solemnly and said:
"I am here to wish my master a successful start and a triumphant return."
Qi Ge smiled and said:
“Don’t be so frank, you also have a mission.
Nimbas, did you notice the black fungus as well?"
Nimbas's expression became more serious:
“I was just going to tell you this.
Master, I have a discovery that is earth-shattering."
Qi Ge asked curiously:
"What did you find?"
“Master, do you remember what I said before? The Dragon Lich Lord, the true god behind our Diya, has found a way to transform the Chaos Mist into the death energy of the undead.
Those black mycelium and the method he found have almost the same principle!"
"What!"
The seven pigeons cried out in silence:
"Is this true?"