The Man Standing at the Top of the Food Chain

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Because of Tang Cheng's various behaviors in the hunter exam, Bao Kuer failed the hunter exam and failed to become a professional hunter, and finally escaped the tragic fate of being turned into meatballs by ants. This is the so-called butterfly effect.

Then, because Tang Cheng's wanton search on the island of greed destroyed the plot first, then under the impetus of the butterfly effect, a series of chain reactions will inevitably occur, which in turn will have an impact on the fate of Xiaojie and Qi Ya.

In the original book, after clearing the island of Greed, Xiaojie and Qi Ya used the clearance rewards to come to Kate's side, intervened in the war with the ants, and indirectly caused Kate's death, but now because of Tang Cheng's relationship, everything Everything has changed... Although he doesn't know whether the two of Xiaojie finally cleared the island of greed, at least during this period of time, the two did not come to NGL, the country where the ant chaos broke out, nor did they meet Kate.

That's great, there are two less laggards.

Tang Cheng was quite satisfied with this change.

"What do you know about chimera ants?"

Kate didn't know what Tang Cheng was thinking. After introducing each other, his eyes fell on the pile of villagers' corpses, and then he picked up a large amount of wood and set it on fire.

The smell of burnt meat came from the blazing flames. Kate's face was still expressionless in the light of the fire. It was hard to see what was going on in his heart. Only his eyes looked a little heavy, and the atmosphere was quite depressing.

In fact, originally, according to the customs of this country, it is the right way for the dead to be buried in the ground.But because there is not so much time to dig holes now, and even if the corpse is buried in the ground, as long as the ants find it, they will still eat it.Instead of becoming food for ants in the end, it is better to burn it clean.

In Tang Cheng's view, Kate's approach was decisive and correct, so when he heard his question.Tang Cheng did not express his opinion, but said: "Since you are an ecological hunter and have stayed here for a long time, you should know more about that kind of thing, I would like to hear your opinion. "

"Chimera ants, also known as chimera ants, are a designated biological species designated as the first level of isolation." After a moment of silence, Kate explained the danger of this creature to Tang Cheng. "Different from ordinary creatures, chimera ants have an extremely clear class division. First of all, there is the chimera ant queen, which is the beginning of this kind of creature, and the purpose of the queen is to give birth to a king."

"To give birth to a king, the chimera ant queen must obtain enough nutrition, as long as it is alive, it can become its food. Whether it is a beast in the forest, or a bird in the sky, or even a human being!"

"At the same time, in order to allow the king to give birth smoothly, the chimera queen will also produce some engineer ants to form an army to forage and protect her, and the characteristics of the chimera ants will make the eaten creatures return It retains the characteristics of the original organism, and even the memory of life will exist, but the essence of life is completely different."

"According to the ability of the ants produced, the one with the better ability will become the captain of the army. The best will be the commander of the division. The entire army will forage for food in units of division commanders, but other than that, the Chimera ants will The queen will also give birth to a direct guard team that is far more powerful than the head of the division... Before the king is born, the guard team serves the queen. But after the king is born, the direct guard team serves the ant king as a whole. Then the ant king will Leave with the direct guards. Mate with other creatures to give birth to a new queen, and the queen will stay in the city forever, and will give birth to an ant queen every cycle..."

"Well, that's how it is." After listening to Kate's explanation, Tang Cheng nodded. In fact, he is also clear about the class of ants, but because he doesn't know whether this class has been modified by the system, it is necessary to find out thoroughly. .

Simply put, as long as the chimera queen survives, she will keep producing kings, and the outgoing queens will give birth to new queens, and the new queens will give birth to new queens...the cycle continues forever, without end !

"However, why do chimera ants appear here?"

Hearing this question, even Kate frowned, and said in a deep voice: "According to my investigation, the Chimera Ant Queen drifted to NGL after being seriously injured, but the others..."

Tang Cheng smiled slightly, "In other words, this ant was defeated by other creatures in the Dark Continent and was seriously injured, and then came to our continent for unknown reasons, right?"

"You also know about the Dark Continent?" Kate turned her head subconsciously, and looked at Tang Cheng with somewhat surprised eyes... This world is so big that it is impossible to fully explore it with all the strength of a lifetime. The world that humans are familiar with now is only a small part of the incomparably huge world, and in that farther and larger world, there are many places that humans cannot set foot in, especially the Dark Continent.

What kind of place is the Dark Continent, Kate is not clear, he has only heard that that continent is the greatest taboo and inviolable domain of human beings, but it also has inexhaustible energy and food, as well as countless Many strange creatures in the human world drifted from that dark continent.

For human beings, the Dark Continent is an outside world, which is not recognized by ordinary people. Even in the Hunter Association, only hunters with stars and above are qualified to know this world. However, no hunters are allowed to communicate with the Dark Continent. Make contact!

The reason Kate knew about the Dark Continent was also by chance, but he never expected that Tang Cheng, who had only been a hunter for more than a year, would have this name, and he also knew that the ants came from the Dark Continent.

"I just know the name, I don't know anything else." Tang Cheng shrugged and said honestly.

"Really, then forget it." Kate shook her head, he didn't want to discuss too much about the Dark Continent, and the top priority now, "In short, no matter why the Chimera Ant Queen came here, for human beings, This is an extremely powerful and threatening creature, once they are spread out, the entire human world...maybe will become the same as here."

In the gradually extinguishing flames, Kate could vaguely see the expressions of those who were about to be burnt to death.

"Kate, do you know a hunter named Jelica?" Tang Cheng asked, adding a handful of firewood to the fire.

"No, I haven't returned to the Hunter's Association for a while, what's the matter?"

"Nothing, it's just that someone told me that she was taken away by ants."

"This!" Hearing this, Kate's face immediately changed. He knew exactly what this sentence meant. If the Chimera Ant, which is already very powerful, learns to read again... the consequences will be unimaginable.

"We must act as soon as possible, immediately find the chimera ant's nest, and kill the chimera ant queen before the king is born!"

"Maybe it's too late." Tang Cheng clapped his hands and stood up, and said with a smile, "Of course, we still have to go to the ant's nest... Isn't the guy who leads the way here?"

Kate's eyes froze, and she looked at the sky in the northwest direction, "It seems that because this troop has not returned for a long time, it has attracted the attention of the other party, and sent someone to inspect... Let's hide for now."

After a while, the two hid in a dark grass, and at the same time completely concealed their aura with their swords.

Shortly thereafter, a group of ant soldiers whose lower body was humanoid but whose upper body was flies stopped over the village, looking at the fire below, and white gas was faintly emitting from the leader's body surface.

"There is no doubt that it is the ability to read!" After the group of ant soldiers left, Kate stood up from the grass, looking at the direction where the ant soldiers left, "It seems that Chimera ants have mastered the ability to learn to read. The method, and above the captain of the army can learn the ability to read... This operation will be very dangerous."

"The so-called hunter is a profession that is accompanied by danger." Tang Cheng laughed.

"Indeed, then... let's go!"

After the words fell, the two immediately chased after the team of ant soldiers.

Because when they were chasing, the two also tried their best to hide their aura, so they didn't worry about being discovered by them, and during this straight pursuit, the two didn't find the existence of the trap... on the premise of the most concealed Maintaining the fastest speed in the middle, heading straight towards the ant's nest!

"From the perspective of the size of the mind, the level of the captain is already equivalent to a formal hunter, and the level of the division commander should be around the level of a one-star hunter. Of course, the battle of the mind-capable is not the size of the mind, but the way the mind is used. ...With the strength of the two of us, as long as we are not surrounded by more than a few division commanders, we should be able to reach the lair smoothly, and then I will attract the attention of the enemy soldiers, and you will be responsible for killing the Chimera Ant Queen..."

A few hours later, the two stopped on a hillside. In front of them was a vast dense forest. A curved river lay prone in the jungle like an earthworm, stretching for kilometers. , stands a [-]-meter-high stone pile.

There is the nest of ants!

The chimera ant queen cannot give birth to an ant king, let alone give birth to more ant kings, so the chimera ant queen must die, even if she sacrifices her own life for this!

Kate made this decision, but before he finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed.

"I feel it." Tang Cheng turned his head away, and Kate's face had become very pale.

"What an evil spirit this is... a monster!" Kate's forehead broke out in cold sweat, "I can't believe it, it seems as if all the evil thoughts in this world have been condensed together... how could such a thing exist!"

"Here we come!" At the same time, Tang Cheng grinned.

Swish!

Almost at the moment when he was speaking, a figure flew towards the rock pile thousands of meters away like lightning.

"Meow!" (to be continued~^~)