Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible

Ants and bees are rare lifelong social insects in nature and are famous for their complex social structures.

They have a large number of individuals and a clear hierarchy, forming a highly organized social group. They achieve the survival and reproduction of their own group through division of labor and cooperation.

A large ant nest or beehive can gather hundreds of thousands or even millions of individuals. However, such a large size can always maintain reasonable operation and prosperity. From this, we can see its social structure. Excellent and solid.

If insects didn't have cells for thinking and couldn't produce the ability to create wisdom, they might have already formed a civilized society that was not inferior to humans.

Judging from the current situation, on this mysterious island, after the alienation and transformation of mysterious factors, these two creatures have obviously broken through the limitations of their own races and evolved into civilized life in the true sense.

Being able to create and use tools rationally is the most basic feature of intelligent civilization.

Watching the spears and rocks falling against each other in the picture, Xu Yue looked calm. He had already made some guesses about the current situation when he learned about the effect of the mysterious factor. Now that he sees the ants and bees giving birth to wisdom, it can be regarded as... As expected.

The only thing he is worried about now is how to communicate effectively with these two groups. You must know that neither ants nor bees have vocal organs. Pheromones, movements, touches, etc. are the communication between them. means of communication.

If you finally find a civilized group, only to find that you have no ability to communicate at all, then your efforts will really be in vain.

"Master, are we leaving now?"

While thinking, Ah Fu's questioning voice came to his ears. Xu Yue's scattered thoughts regrouped. He glanced at the scene of ants and bees fighting in the picture, and he said calmly:

"There's no rush. The losses on both sides right now are not serious. When they develop into a bayonet fight, it won't be too late for us to enter the battlefield."

Although the current battle situation between the ants and the bees seems to be tense, so far, they have only used long-range attacks, which is far from the most brutal period of the fighting.

For the alienated creatures, spears and falling stones are only auxiliary after all. Only their own powerful body can be called the most powerful weapon.

Only when they begin to fight in close quarters can we say that the battle situation has truly entered a fever pitch, and that is the best time for Xu Yue to intervene.

After listening to his master's explanation, Ah Fu looked at the projection screen with a bit more understanding. Before, he thought that the battle had already reached a fever pitch, but now it seemed that it was still some distance away from the most intense moment.

After thinking about it, he used a wooden bowl to pick up the fried eggs cooked on the stone slab and handed them to Xu Yue who was standing aside.

"Since we still have to wait, let me eat something first."

The fried golden egg pieces came into view, and the alluring fragrance poured into the nose. Looking at the wooden bowl handed over by Ah Fu, Xu Yue, who had not eaten all night, immediately felt hungry in his stomach.

Just when he was about to reach out and take it, he suddenly remembered the suspicious seasoning that Ah Fu had just added and the 'craftsmanship' he had tasted in the exclusive room before.

Xu Yue's face froze, and he retracted his outstretched right hand in time, coughing dryly to cover up his embarrassment.

"Ahem, no need, I'd better do it myself."

After saying that, Xu Yue avoided Ah Fu's sight, turned and walked towards the corner where the bird eggs were placed.

After a while, both of them had eaten and drank enough, and the battle situation in the projection screen also changed. There were no longer whistling spears and falling rocks, but instead they turned into waves of swarms of bees swooping towards the ground to fight.

At this time, the battle between ants and bees has reached its climax.

"Let's go, the stage is set, it's time for us to enter."

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Mysterious Island, Maolin Lake.

The buzzing sound of flapping membrane wings echoed through the sky, but it still couldn't cover up the soaring battlefield killings. All areas around the lake were now covered by two waves of black and yellow.

The two waves were entangled and conflicting with each other, and yellow-green or amber blood was scattered and filled. The entire battlefield was constantly exuding a strong and pungent fishy smell.

A large number of alienated creatures around the battlefield began to flee crazily, and among them, two black shadows were swimming upstream, quickly approaching the core of the battlefield.

In the center of the battlefield, the sky above is filled with endless swarms of bees whose edges are hard to see. They are arranged in an orderly manner, like waves that rise and fall, and are constantly swooping downwards.

The field of vision was zoomed out, and a wasp nearly three meters in size was falling rapidly among the yellow square array. After it successfully approached the ant colony below, the spikes on its tail screamed loudly, and it stabbed down suddenly, and the spikes struck accurately. It penetrated a dark ant head and killed an enemy in an instant.

At the same time, the black spear held tightly in its front feet also thrust out with all its strength, and with the powerful kinetic energy brought by the dive, it once again pierced an enemy.

Although it failed to hit the vital point this time, the bee venom attached to the spear has invaded the target's body, and death is only a matter of time.

In just a few breaths, this wasp had already killed two enemy ants that were only slightly smaller than him. After doing all this, it did not continue to fight, but flapped its membrane wings on its back, driving its body shape. He quickly pulled up and got out of the attack range of the ants beneath him.

As the wasp took off, countless swarms around it also rose simultaneously, and another wave of swarms in the sky was ready to dive again.

As a result, the entire sky was completely enveloped by the ups and downs of yellow waves.

Flying is the biggest advantage of the bee swarm. The wasps that control the airspace will naturally not choose to fight hand-to-hand with the ant colony on the ground. Instead, they will adopt this strategy of diving to accumulate power and then retreat with one blow. While flying agility, it can also effectively kill enemies below.

Of course, with victory there will naturally be losses. Not every wasp can safely return to the airspace after swooping down.

As soon as many swarm individuals fell, their bodies were clamped by the well-prepared ants with their mouths and jaws. Once they were dragged to the ground, what was waiting for them was to be submerged and torn to pieces by countless ant colonies. No one was spared the fate.

In addition to passive counterattacks, the ants on the ground are not without other ways of attack. Some fiery red ant individuals in the black ant colony began to exert force. They gathered to form a square, and then with some black full abdomens Lift.

The next moment, a large amount of venom was shot into the sky by the group of fiery red ants. Any wasp that was touched by the venom would instantly have its body dissolved and scorched, and its whole body would twitch and become weak. They trembled and fell from the sky, and were immediately killed. The swarming ants tore it to pieces.

What's more, there were yellow-brown ants that were thrown into the sky by their companions. After reaching the highest point, the ant's body began to expand, and then exploded.

The venom exploded outwards, and all the surrounding wasps that were affected fell densely like a rainstorm.

Although the bee swarm is larger and has airspace superiority, the ant swarm has more diverse types of soldiers. Coupled with the solid carapace and powerful strength, the gap in combat power between the two sides is not huge. It can only be said that each has their own advantages. Pros and cons.

"Fire red ants, Sang's flat-headed ants..."

At the edge of the battlefield, two figures were hidden in the dense canopy of trees, quietly observing the battlefield situation.

Looking at the individual ants with different colors in the field, Xu Yue murmured in a low voice, and he recognized the two types of ants.

Ants with a fiery red body and a black tail are red imported fire ants. The venom of this ant is extremely corrosive and can cause serious damage to the body. It will also leave corrosive scars that look like flames and are difficult to remove.

This guy is known as one of the most dangerous invasive species and has quite a reputation.

The ant with a yellowish-brown body is the flat-headed ant Sans. This kind of ant also has a nickname, the self-destructing ant. Just from this name, it can reflect the characteristics of this guy. He is very good at killing his opponent.

When encountering danger, flat-headed ants will self-destruct to emit the venom in their bodies to the greatest extent. Unlike the highly corrosive nature of fire ant venom, its venom cannot directly kill the target, but it has a very strong Adhesion and paralysis, so the wasps that are infected will fall one after another.

These two kinds of ants are also famous in the entire ant family. They can be as famous as the familiar ones such as army ants and bullet ants. It is precisely because of the reputation of the other party that Xu Yue can quickly identify the other party's identity.

"Are multiple ant populations with completely different living environments mixed together? It seems that this ant civilization is larger than I imagined."

After identifying the identities of these ants, Xu Yue did not feel relaxed, but his expression became more solemn.

There are more than 11,700 ant species known to humans in nature, and there are many individuals with extremely terrifying racial talents. However, although they belong to the same ant group, they will never mix and even fight and kill each other. current situation.

For example, the flat-headed ants on the battlefield have the self-destruction ability of the opponent. It is because they cannot defeat the yellow ants, which are also members of the Formicidae family, that they have evolved this kind of fighting skill that kills them both.

As for why this phenomenon occurs, we have to talk about the social structure of ants. No matter what kind of ants they are, their social forms can be roughly divided into various classes such as queen ants, male ants, soldier ants and worker ants.

Among them, the queen ant occupies an absolutely dominant position. Because of the queen, a large ant nest can exist.

In an ant colony, there is often only one queen, and the offspring she can give birth to are undoubtedly single among queens of different groups. This also makes it impossible for ant colonies to mix and live together. They cannot tolerate it. Two kings.

But this huge ant colony on the battlefield broke this restriction. From this thinking, it is not difficult to come to a conclusion.

The queen of the ant civilization in front of her either has the ability to breed multiple ant populations, or she controls the queens of other ant populations through some method.

But no matter what the possibility is, it shows that this ant civilization may be more prosperous and powerful than he expected.

Since the ant is like this, the swarm civilization that can fight it now and faintly overwhelm it, its strength is naturally comparable.

"Master, which side should we help after we enter the field?"

Just when Xu Yue was still recalling how many special individuals there were in the Formicidae, Afu's questioning voice came to his ears again. His thoughts broke away from his memories, and Xu Yue raised his eyes to look at the battlefield situation in the distance.

Although the ant colony has strong combat effectiveness and more diverse attack methods, it is still at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Therefore, judging from the overall trend, it is still suppressed by the bee swarm occupying the airspace position. It has gradually begun to show There are no signs of spending any money.

Seeing this situation, Xu Yue lowered his eyes, golden red flames rose in his eyes, and the Xiaoyun long bow appeared in his hand.

"The icing on the cake is nothing compared to providing help in times of need. Naturally, we will help whichever side is at odds."

After saying this, he raised the long bow lightly in his hand, opened the string, condensed the arrow, and released it!

"call out!"

A subtle whistle sounded in the air, and golden light flashed away.

Over the battlefield not far away, a beam of golden light flashed out from below and reached the dense swarm in an instant.

The golden light penetrated many wasps along the way, and finally exploded violently in the center of a wasp square. Along with the roar, a large amount of golden and red flames also spread from the center of the explosion.

In the place covered by the flames, the surface of all the wasps was ignited with boiling fire. Although the wasps were different from bees, they had a furry and round body, but they also had some fluff on their bodies.

These fluffs are the best combustion accelerants. Once affected, the pure sun inflammation will spread throughout the body at an extremely fast speed. The wasps that are unlucky will soon be swallowed up by the flames and the membrane wings that are constantly flapping behind their backs. Then it fell directly from the sky and was instantly torn apart by the black tide of ants below.

And those with slightly better luck are just hanging on for a while. The adhesion of pure Yang Yan is not low, especially when dealing with these aliens.

Although the membrane wings on their backs were not burned by Yang Yan, their skin and flesh were burned through layer by layer.

In this extreme pain and torture, the wasps began to struggle and roll crazily, intending to extinguish the flames on their bodies. However, this was of no avail. Instead, in the already dense swarm, the pure Yang Yan was burned into two, and then two. Three spread out.

After a while, more than 60% of the wasps in the entire phalanx were covered in flames, and there was a tendency to gradually expand.

With just one arrow, Xu Yue almost destroyed most of the bee swarm formation, and there were at least thousands of wasps inside a formation, so the effect was quite exaggerated.

Seeing this, Xu Yue, who was hidden in the canopy, was slightly startled. The fire resistance of this bee colony was surprisingly low.

While Xu Yue was stunned, the commotion of the wasp formation quickly attracted the attention of the bee swarm leader. At the top of the bee swarm, a giant killer bee with a size of more than four meters was looking down. covering the entire battlefield.

The red oval-shaped bugs patrolled left and right. After observing the fire burning in the bee colony, the pair of red oval bugs immediately stopped.

Then the two tentacles located on its forehead began to tremble, and an invisible ripple spread throughout the swarm instantly.

"All soldiers affected by the flames immediately left the swarm and launched suicide attacks on the ant colony."

The message contained in the ripples spread without any hesitation. All the wasps entangled in the pure sun flames began to fall rapidly, using their spikes, spears, and even the flames on their bodies to launch a fearless attack on the ant colony.

Even in the process of falling, many wasps noticed the nearby lake, and no wasps deviated from their direction. They would only be absolutely loyal to their leader's orders, even at the cost of their lives.

Less than ten seconds after the command to lead the killer bees was issued, all the fire in the colony disappeared, but boiling golden-red flames began to appear in the ant colony below.

However, compared to the downy bodies of wasps, the ants covered in carapace were obviously much more resistant to fire. These sporadic fire points were quickly extinguished and failed to cause too much trouble.

In the distance, Xu Yue looked at the fire disappearing among the swarms, and drew the bowstring in his hand again.

"Boom! Boom boom..."

Soon, the roar of explosions one after another resounded in the bee swarm, large swaths of golden-red flames bloomed throughout the bee swarm, and the wasps burning with flames fell one after another.

Although the pure Yangyan that exploded did not spread as much as the first time, Xu Yue was able to kill at least hundreds of wasps with every arrow.

After a while, as the attack rhythm was disrupted, the entire bee swarm became a little chaotic. At the same time, a wasp formation broke away from the large army and flew quickly towards Xu Yue's direction.