Data Wasteland

A few days later, Chen Xing brought his equipment and went to the hatching room of the ant nest again.

He soon discovered that Suna had a few more carapace on the belly of the worm. He subconsciously scanned it with the black watch.

[Queen of mutant termites? (Normal?) Database error……]

[Vitality: 1368/1371]

[Innate ability: sickle foot, solid carapace, telepathy, spawning, evolution]

[Possible viruses: none]

Sure enough, after absorbing the corpse of the elite crypt tarantula, Suna's vitality increased a lot, and she also gained a "solid carapace" ability.

After giving Suna some snacks, he took 30 worker ants and 15 soldier ants to the underground edible fungus plantation.

After arriving at the site in a bug car, he began to order the worker ants to dig a new tunnel, bypass the last collapse point, and connect to the entrance of the plantation field.

The work of excavation takes at least a few hours. While waiting, he took out a portable screen with a large palm, connected to the black watch, and flipped through the mutant biological materials downloaded last time in Longshi Town.

[Encyclopedia of Biology after the Cataclysm]

[Eukaryotes... Animal Kingdom... Invertebrates... Arthropod, Hexapoda... Insecta, Pterygota... Blattaria... Termites...]

[Original plane type, original plane variant type, heteroplane original type...]

Chen Xing initially selected the "Intrinsic Plane Variation Type", but found no relevant information, so he went back and re-selected the "Extraplanar Primitive Type".

After flicking on the screen for a while, he found relevant information about mutant termites.

[Mutated termites, scientific name: Haunted termites]

[Origin: Plane of Underworld]

[Distribution area: Multiverse carbon life zone]

[Habits: Group Biology]

[Traits: Psionic affinity, material decomposition, telepathy]

[Introduction: This biome inhabits the soft soil layer and magma layer of the underworld, and can skillfully absorb and use psychic energy. It is an omnivorous creature with a very powerful digestive system that can decompose most substances including "fine gold", "mithril", and "black titanium".

Young worms can only move in the soft soil layer, and can enter the magma layer when they are mature, and can directly swallow the hot and scorching magma as a nutrient for survival. After igniting the "spiritual fire" in the crystal core, it can also have the ability to teleport in short distances.

According to the records of the "Drifting Ancient Books", the queen worm can further evolve into a "fully mature body", also known as the "star-eater queen ant", which can move in the rock layer and the "endless void" (no case yet).

In addition, in some special cases, in order to adapt to the environment of the current plane, the worms can "melt" with the local female creatures to produce new worms (no case yet)]

[Case: dr2251-5, Unidentified insects attacked by underground survival at No. M31 Central Wilderness. Mutant termites were discovered for the first time, and they were wiped out along the ant tunnel. dr2255-11, when excavating a backup water station at the underground survival site of the Northern Wilderness N54, the underground ant nest was dug through, an encounter occurred, and then the tunnel collapsed and the construction of the backup water station was abandoned...]

Chen Xing flipped through the materials casually, and the gaze from the corner of his eye swept to the worker ants walking around and carrying the soil from time to time.

The abdomen of these termites is not covered by a carapace, which is a very big weakness. Once a fight occurs, it is easy to get fatal injuries.

He couldn't help but think of the little vests of family pets on the earth, and then he thought of war horses in the Middle Ages. They are draped with scale armor or canvas and are not easily injured. Thinking of this, he quickly called the worker ants to stop and let them return to the ground with the cart.

Then, he designed a canvas vest that can be worn by termites overnight, plus a drape to cover the abdomen, and let the cooks in the camp use tent cloth to make a batch of them.

After finishing it, he transported it back to the ant colony in a bug cart, and put it on the soldier ants and some worker ants. As a result, their protection capabilities have been greatly improved. Moreover, with the vest and drape, you can also fix the miner’s lamp on it, or plug a few grenades into it, and become a "self-explosive soldier".

"Brother, I want to wear clothes too." Su Na yelled when seeing the babies put on new clothes.

Chen Xing went up to get a white silk scarf and hung it around Su Na's neck, which was considered a new dress. Although a little perfunctory, Su Na yelled out of joy. I have to say that her mind is still more than ten years old, which is too good to be deceived.

Next, Chen Xing took soldier and worker ants to the underground edible fungus plantation and continued to excavate.

"grumble!"

A few hours later, with a trembling worm, the tunnel was dug through.

A black spider stuck its head in and dragged the worker ant forward. Chen Xing raised his gun and fired. The bullet hit its head, and the eight red-emitting compound eyes were immediately extinguished.

"Chi Chi Chi!"

Immediately afterwards, three spider heads scrambled into the tunnel. But they are so big that only the head can come in. Chen Xing squeezed the trigger, and bullets poured out, causing three black spiders to scream and retreat.

In order to prevent the newly excavated tunnel from collapsing, Chen Xing did not dare to throw blasting grenades, but it was possible to burn grenades.

"Ding!"

Amid the crisp ring-pull sound, a red lacquered pot rolled out of the tunnel, exploded under the spiders' feet, and instantly ignited a sea of ​​flames.

Chen Xing only felt the heat wave rushing towards his face, and quickly drew back.

The crypt tarantulas screamed in pain, fled into the depths of the passage with fire all over, and disappeared into the darkness.

When the fire outside the tunnel went out, termites draped in canvas filed out. The miner's lamp tied to their backs illuminates all around.

"Go up and investigate."

Chen Xing pointed forward, and the three worker ants immediately crawled towards the depths of the passage. Two blasting grenades are tied to each of them, and once they are bitten, they will detonate.

"Boom boom boom!"

Not long after, the flames in front flashed, and several explosions sounded one after another, followed by bursts of painful neighs.

"Go again!"

Three more self-explosive worker ants rushed into the plantation field and caused an explosion again.

Next, there was no movement for a long time. It is estimated that the spider swarm was frightened and retreated. Chen Xing led the ant colony forward and soon reached the entrance of the underground plantation.

What you see is a huge arched tunnel. Both sides are low, similar to a cage or chicken coop.

Chen Xing immediately understood that this is not an edible fungus plantation, but a livestock farm.

The scale of the livestock farm is much smaller than that of the plantation. It is a place where people use edible fungi to raise livestock for food.

Looking from the left and right, the tunnel is twenty to thirty meters wide, and the flashlight in front of him can't shine, so I don't know how long.

After entering the tunnel, Chen Xing immediately dispersed the soldier ants around, kept alert, and then asked the worker ants to conduct a blanket search.

After advancing more than 20 meters, Chen Xing found a fragmented skeleton just outside the breeding pen. The bones are scattered around, but it can be seen that it is a whole human being.

Moving forward, many more were discovered. They all have a common feature-being eaten cleanly. It should have been attacked by some underground creatures, and all the meat on his body was eaten, leaving only bone scum.

Moving forward for a while, Chen Xing saw something gleaming. Pick it up, heavy, like a brick.

[East Mainland Bank 1kg general-purpose gold brick, manufactured by the process before the catastrophe, about 1000 grams, currency in circulation]

[Market price valuation: 256 gold coins (World Bank)]

Chen Xing was surprised that this kind of gold brick was made by the bank before the catastrophe. It is a currency in circulation and can be directly exchanged for gold coins. The weight of a gold coin is approximately 3.9 grams, and a gold brick is equal to two hundred and fifty-six.

Go ahead and find another two dollars. It's a huge profit!

"His hiss..."

Just as Chen Xing was drowning in ecstasy, there was a slight noise in front of him, like the sound of a poisonous snake.

Chen Xing felt a tingling pain in his scalp and immediately rolled to the side.

In the next second, masses of white objects were thrown from the top. The termites that were hit fell to the ground one after another, struggling desperately, screaming in horror.

Seeing it firmly, it was actually a mass of white filaments sticking and entangled on their bodies, seeming to be extremely tough, locking their limbs, and unable to move.

"Retreat, retreat!" Chen Xing quickly got up, shouting, and running backwards. The termites that were not entangled in the spider silk turned around and followed.