Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible

"The existence of honeypot ants is very important to the population, especially when the Poseidon disaster is approaching. Only they can brew ordinary nectar and other substances into sweet ant honey like the bee colony, even if it costs a lifetime of Hanging all the way up the rock wall.”

"When wisdom was not awakened, this was insignificant, but for them now, it has undoubtedly become a cruel torture, but this is a necessary sacrifice. The amount of honey stored in the cave here can completely supply all ants. The food needs of the race for a whole week are the guarantee for the race’s smooth survival.”

In the cave, Xing Hei looked up at the sea of ​​stars above, and talked lightly about the reason and significance of the existence of these honeypot ants.

After saying that, it turned to look at Xu Yue beside it and continued:

"Your Excellency Xinhuo, do you want to try our clan's honey-making skills? Compared with the spiritual strengthening of the bee clan's honey, the ant honey brewed by our clan is more focused on improving physical fitness, although the magnitude is relatively small."

"That would be disrespectful."

Faced with Xing Hai's invitation, Xu Yue had no reason to refuse, and he was also quite curious about the difference between the two kinds of honey.

"Okay, please come with me."

As he spoke, the membrane wings behind Xing Hai flapped, and with a buzzing sound, it took off quickly. Behind it, the purple flame feathers behind Xu Yue also spread out, and it easily followed the opponent's figure. .

One person and one ant rose up from the ground, and soon flew to the dome of the cave, stopping next to a honeypot ant with an amber belly.

As Xing Hei gently pressed the water ball on the abdomen of the honeypot ant, the opponent's somewhat dull head slowly turned, and then a fist-sized water ball spit out from its mouth, which was firmly caught by Xing Hei.

The water sphere obviously had a thin outer membrane of gel, which made it as elastic as jelly and showed no signs of being damaged in the hands of the criminal.

After scanning the amber ant honey in the water balloon and confirming that it was of good quality, Xing Hai handed it to Xu Yue beside him.

"Your Excellency Xinhuo, this is our clan's ant honey. When drinking it, just bite open the outer film and suck the juice."

"Thank you!"

After briefly expressing his gratitude, Xu Yue took the water balloon and looked at it carefully. Compared with the golden honey he drank not long ago, the color of the two is somewhat similar, but the honey is obviously much thicker, and the ant honey has a higher water content. Outside, there is also a touch of blood inside.

【Honey ant jelly】

Origin: Mysterious Island

Quality: purple

Type: recovery products/food

Effect: After drinking, 60% of health will be quickly restored, and the health limit will be permanently increased by 5 points. When this nectar is continued to be consumed, physical strength will be slightly increased.

Tip 1: The strengthening effect of the syrup is natural nourishment and will not cause damage to the body. It can be consumed continuously without side effects. (Items that have not been notarized cannot be taken away from this world.)

Tip 2: The permanent improvement effect will decrease sharply as the amount of drinking increases, and the upper limit of improvement will be determined by the physical strength of the hunter.

Rating: 97 (Note: Purple items are rated from 71 to 150.)

Introduction: A delicacy brewed with nectar, tree sap, and blood as raw materials and using living beings as utensils. It is an excellent product. Believe me, those vampires will be obsessed with it. What a creative brewing method!

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Although they are both honey foods, the emphasis of ant honey and honey is obviously different. One focuses on spiritual energy, while the other focuses on physical fitness. This is also consistent with the characteristics of the two tribes. However, for Xu Yue, these two are both of high value and complementary to each other.

Put the water ball in your hand to your mouth, bite open the outer membrane with your teeth, and the sweet liquid immediately pours into your mouth. In addition to the sweetness, there is also a subtle sweetness inside.

Although the sweetness is obviously not as good as honey, the overall taste is slightly better, and as the syrup takes effect, I feel an indescribable comfort all over my body, and there is an obvious feeling of fullness in my stomach.

As Xing Hai said, this thing can satisfy the eating needs very well. It is not only a recovery product, but also a good food, not to mention it can permanently increase the health value.

“The taste and effect are impeccable.”

Facing the praises from its human allies, Xing Hai showed great appreciation, with a clear smile in his eyes, and trembled his forehead antennae, then flapped his membrane wings and fell downwards.

"Let's go, Your Excellency Xinhuo. Next is the last stop, the ecological plantation."

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After leaving the cave filled with honeypot ants, they didn't advance long before they reached the bottom of the nest, where the ants' ecological plantation is located.

It was a huge space formed by more than ten large chambers interconnected with each other. The top of the space was covered with many large mushrooms. Different from smaller fluorescent mushrooms, these large mushrooms emitted a light similar to sunlight. A brilliant golden light illuminated the entire space as if it were daytime.

The light passed through the glass cover used to seal off the ecological park and fell on Xu Yue, making him feel a faint sense of warmth, as if he was illuminated by real sunlight.

Beside him, Xing Hai made good use of his role as a guide and was explaining various matters about the ecological park to Xu Yue.

"This is a sun mushroom, an advanced version of fluorescent mushrooms. Different from the cold light source of fluorescent mushrooms, it can simulate a warm light source rich in ultraviolet rays, which can meet the growth needs of some special fungi. However, due to the harsh cultivation conditions, the quantity is relatively small. There are few, so it is only used on a small scale in the ecological park.”

"The ecological plantation we are currently in is just one of dozens of large-scale park nurseries. Due to the unique sterility requirements for fungal cultivation, only some special small worker ants can freely enter and exit the ecological garden. If we go inside and observe, we will Quite troublesome, the condescending perspective here is clearer..."

Following the direction pointed by Xing Hai, Xu Yue lowered his eyes and saw that inside the glazed window was a flooded red fungus field, in which a large number of small worker ants about one meter long were busy in the fungus field.

"Speaking of which, a large part of the ant tribe's fungal cultivation technology comes from human civilization in the middle of the First Age, which provides quite valuable knowledge accumulation for our technological development."

"What is cultivated in this mushroom field is an extremely nutritious meat mushroom. Only a small one can meet the eating needs of an adult soldier ant. It is also the most cultivated mushroom species. In addition, , there are also black mushrooms that can enhance carapace defense, ghost mushrooms that can increase the strength of ant poison, and oxygen-converting mushrooms..."

"Moreover, most of these special mushrooms have been eliminated from the influence of Poseidon's divine power. You can eat them with confidence. You can ask for any mushrooms you are interested in. It is within my power to give away small amounts."

"Thank you very much!"

Xu Yue did not refuse Xing Hai's kindness. He really needed these special mushrooms, especially the meat mushrooms that were used to fill his stomach. He had long been tired of eating bird eggs these days.

"It's just a small matter, Your Excellency Xinhuo, keep going, I will take you to the next ecological park."

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In the next two hours, Xu Yue, led by Xing Hai, visited dozens of ecological plantations of different styles and harvested a large bag of mushrooms of various colors. Most of the quality of these mushrooms ranged from green to purple. time, the effects are different, the only characteristic is that they are not notarized products.

You can take it out of this world, but the prerequisite is to pay a large notary fee to the park.

After visiting most of the ecological park, they returned to the middle level of the ant nest. They found a small chamber in a human style, placed their allies, let them rest for a while, and then hurriedly left. go.

Xu Yue also followed the arrangement and stayed happily. He wanted to meet the leader of the clan. This process was destined to not be too quick, and he had already been mentally prepared.

Although the chamber is small, the space is spacious enough for Xu Yue. There is a stone seat in the center of the room, and a stone bed covered with soft straw mats on the side. It is also topped with fluorescent mushrooms that cover the dome. The room The overall appearance is quite comfortable, and it can be seen that the ants really put a lot of effort into treating his alien ally.

At first glance, it was obvious that this room had just been excavated. The furniture that fit his body shape was not like the original style of the ant tribe.

Placing the large package of mushrooms in his hand on the stone table, Xu Yue sat down on one side. He first took out a few mushrooms from the package, and then transmitted them through the magic mirror to the puppet who was still capturing the puppet in the forest. Ah Fu, these few coins are enough to meet his food needs for the next few days.

After doing all this, he walked straight to the stone bed and sat cross-legged. All the memories of today began to reappear in his mind. As for the issue of 'Poseidon's hostility', he did not have too many expectations on the ant queen. I hope that if the other party really has a way, they will not be helpless in the face of four consecutive Poseidon disasters.

Although the ant tribe he saw today seemed prosperous and prosperous, whether it was a huge nest deep underground, a colony of honeypot ants hanging in caves, or a large number of ecological plantations covering a vast area, they could provide sunlight and oxygen. Special mushroom species, etc.

All the above show the fact that the ants cannot resist the sea god. They are even ready to live underground for a long time after the surface of the earth is completely submerged by the ocean.

But after all, this is nothing more than lingering on. As long as it leaves the surface, even if the ants can persist underground for ten or hundreds of years with these special mushroom species, they will eventually be unable to escape the end of destruction.

And this is a point that he can take advantage of. If he can get the support of the entire ant clan through this, and through some planning, it is not impossible for him to have a life-or-death showdown with this Poseidon.

In any case, the opponent is just a living being that has fallen into a sleeping state. The enemy is open and we are hidden. Rather than passively waiting for the Poseidon's Disaster to pursue him, he is more inclined to kill the opponent first.

As long as the paradise is not marked as invincible, it means that he has the possibility of killing the so-called Poseidon.

While he was pondering, the thick evil aura began to spread outward unconsciously, turning the whole room into a chilly state.

After an unknown amount of time, a knock on the door echoed in the quiet room. Xu Yue's closed eyes opened, and the biting chill around him instantly dissipated.

Opening the stone door of the room, as Xu Yue expected, the person who came was none other than Xing Hai.

"Lord Xinhuo, the Queen Ant invites you!"

"good."

Without saying much, Xu Yue responded and walked out of the room, following Xing Hai towards the depths of the ant nest.

After walking forward for more than ten minutes, Xing Hai stopped in front of a giant stone door that was ten meters tall. There were a large number of relief carvings on the stone door, which seemed to tell the history of the ant clan. There were many giant ant guards standing on both sides. aside.

"Your Excellency Xinhuo, the Queen Ant is in the hall, please!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the giant stone door in front of him was slowly opened by the guards. The huge movement when it was opened made Xu Yue's eyes jump. Judging from the weight of the stone door alone, the strength attributes of these guards were by no means weak. to him.

As the stone door opened, a warm golden light suddenly poured out. It seemed that the sun mushroom was also used as a light source in the hall here. , Xu Yue understood it, nodded slightly at it, and then stepped inside.

The stone door at the rear closed again, and Xu Yue also stepped into the depths of the hall. The area of ​​the entire hall was not too exaggerated, but its decoration was particularly simple and elegant. The ground was made of flat square tiles, and the surroundings were covered with The exquisite relief murals and white marble columns are somewhat similar in style to the dilapidated temple that was used as a transit point after entering the world.

Standing in the center of the hall, as the field of vision moves up, in front of Xu Yue is an elegant throne made of obsidian. The throne is carrying a breathtakingly beautiful being. She is lying on the soft cushions of the throne, her slender waist The limbs were covered by black silk gauze, but through the tiny gap, Xu Yue could still see a huge white greasy surging behind.

Even though only the upper body is exposed, the size of this half of the body is close to about four meters. It is an out-and-out behemoth. Although this being is huge, every inch is like being carved from white jade. It is extremely charming and unique. Obsidian's throne is a stark contrast.

There is no doubt that this is the queen of the ant tribe. Her overall shape is very close to that of humans. The only thing that can prove her identity as an ant tribe is the white jade beetles on her body and the slender tentacles on her forehead. The rest They are all the same as a graceful human woman.

"The fire of the human race comes to see the queen of ants!"

There is no guarantee for other attributes, but the charm attribute of this ant queen is definitely above 50 points. Even with Xu Yue's will, after seeing her true appearance, he could not help but be stunned for a moment before quickly regaining consciousness.

Ignoring all the distracting thoughts in his mind, Xu Yue bowed to the ant queen with the common etiquette of the Dragon Nest world.

On the throne, the Queen Ant's warm eyes flickered over Xu Yue below, and then she chuckled:

"There is no need to be polite. Since the first era, the relationship between our ant tribe and the human race has been harmonious for generations. What's more, you are an ally who just helped our tribe win a great victory. Just be casual."

The queen ant gently raised her jade hand to signal Xu Yue to stand up. She glanced sideways at Xuan Jun, who had been standing beside the throne, and then continued:

"Your Excellency Xinhuo, I have also heard from Xuan Jun about your situation, but now it seems that this is far from a simple matter of paying attention. Such a rich blood light, even in my inherited memory, is only the first one in my memory. In the second era, it happened to those ancestors who openly rebelled against God."

"This is not Poseidon's attention, but Poseidon's naked hostility. Even if I try to cover up such a mark of divine power, it is beyond my power with my spiritual strength. I am afraid I will disappoint you."

Listening to the Queen Ant's words quietly, Xu Yue's expression remained calm even when the other party said that he was not able to catch up. He had already expected this. After thinking about it in the rest room, his goal had long been gone. It's so easy to cover up.

"It's okay, Your Majesty the Queen Ant. The purpose of my visit is not to ask you to help cover it up, but to discuss a more important cooperation with you, a cooperation so important that it concerns all the creatures on the mysterious island."

"Oh, you might as well speak up."

Looking up at the white jade ant queen on the throne, Xu Yue said lightly:

"Discuss how to... kill gods!"

The firm word "kill the gods" echoed in the hall, but it seemed that it failed to make any waves.

The queen ant raised her eyebrows slightly, but the warm smile on her face remained unchanged.

"Oh, God Killer..."

After repeating Xu Yue's purpose meaningfully, the queen ant carefully looked at the human ally below.

"The surging murderous intention, the unruly unwillingness to give in, the arrogance that despises everything, the never-ending desire, and the recklessness that is always fearless by those who don't know. Even if the world is different, some of your human characteristics are really the same. ah."

"Your Excellency Xinhuo, maybe you don't know what kind of power Poseidon has, but I can tell you with certainty that your power and mine are too small. We are like fireflies in the sun in front of the gods, with no power to resist. .”

"We resisted in the Second Era, so only three of the ten thousand races were left. I'm curious where did you get the confidence to rival Poseidon now?"