The system was set three years in advance, but the universal deities still hadn't arrived.

Chapter 29 The Super-Strong Clan, Blackie
After the car registration was completed and all that was left was to be notified to come and draw the license plate number, Zeng Shen drove his Wuling RV to the Trade Building to find Li Yuqing and the others.

Not long after the car started moving, a notification sound rang in my ear.

[The host passed through the botanical garden without disturbing the powerful intelligent races and strange beasts there; survival points +10.]

"Oh, right, there's a group of intelligent races here. We happen to have nothing to do, so we can go down and take a look."

As Zeng Shen spoke, he replied to Li Yuqing that he had some business to attend to at the botanical garden, then parked his car in front of the garden gate, bought a ticket, and began to walk inside.

This botanical garden is very large and has many rare trees that are over a hundred years old.

There are quite a few people here on weekends.

However, there weren't many people in the botanical garden today, which is Tuesday.

"I wonder where those intelligent races are."

Zeng Shen wandered around the botanical garden for over an hour but couldn't find the detailed information about the intelligent race group that the system had suggested.

"The pine forest is just ahead, the last part of the park. If we can't find it here, we'll have to turn around and look again."

Zeng Shen murmured to himself and walked towards the pine forest. As he approached an ancient pine tree, a long-lost notification sound rang in his ears.

[Warning, warning! The host is approaching the Mighty Clan, an intelligent race. With the host's current strength, taking another step forward will result in being captured by their tamed beasts and ultimately becoming food. Please move away quickly.]

"Oh no, these pine trees are intelligent beings, the superhumanly strong race?"

Zeng Shen was somewhat confused.

If the ancient pine trees here belonged to an intelligent race or a race of superhuman strength, he would have no way to communicate with them or convert them into believers.

After all, even humans can't communicate with a person in a vegetative state, let alone a tree.

On the needles of this ancient pine tree, a jet-black ant looked up at Zeng Shen. Zeng Shen happened to see it, and reached out to vent all his frustration on the black ant, suppressing it.

Suddenly, a danger warning sounded.

[The host has killed the tamed beast of the fourth-tier Mighty Ant Queen, a second-tier beast called the Swift Ant Beast, gaining 10 survival points. With the host's current strength, if the host does not escape quickly, the tamed beasts and their retinue will surround and capture the host. The host is urged to escape as soon as possible.]

"What? The Queen Ant, the chief of the Mighty Tribe? Could it be that the Mighty Tribe isn't these ancient pine trees, but a group of ants?"

Hearing the notification sound in his ear, Zeng Shen instantly thought of a possibility and immediately looked around the ancient pine tree in front of him to see if there were any ant nests.

Soon, he discovered a pyramid-shaped mound of earth, about knee-high, about a meter behind the ancient pine tree.

The mound of earth had many tiny holes, and many ants were busy going in and out of these holes.

Zeng Shen's eyes lit up, and he threw a Spying Eye over.

[The Strongest Clan's Nest]

"Haha, as expected, that ancient pine tree is not some kind of superhuman strength creature. The ants in this anthill are the intelligent species that have taken over the botanical garden."

Zeng Shen was happy.

If the ancient pine tree were an intelligent species, it would be difficult for him to transplant it into his home, but if it were these ants, it would be much easier.

However, Zeng Shen did not immediately intend to move the ants from this nest back home.

His first thought was about a problem he had just considered: what would happen after moving the ant nest back?

How can he communicate with the queen ant in this anthill, make her submit to him, and then lead the ant colony to become his followers?

"How about we buy an ant box now, find out about this queen ant, and all the male and worker ants that will become intelligent, and then pack them up in the ant box and take them away?"

Think of this.

Zeng Shen glanced at the Faith (421 points of Faith) on the attribute panel and rejected the idea.

Just from the mound of earth formed by this anthill, one can imagine that the number of ants in this colony is at least several thousand, and possibly even hundreds of thousands.

Moreover, they wanted to identify, one by one, which of these ants were intelligent beings and which were strange beasts.

That's just wishful thinking; you might as well take away the whole colony of ants.

Zeng Shen frowned and pondered, feeling that the most reliable method was to start with the queen ant.

As long as he can make the queen ant fear him, eventually submit to him, and worship him as her master.

Then, by doing so, the queen ant can command all the ants to submit to her, establish herself as their god, and thus make them her followers, right?

How can I communicate with the queen ant?

"Would it work with a beast taming book? To tame it? No, beast taming techniques are useless against intelligent races, only against exotic beasts." Suddenly, Zeng Shen's lips twitched, and his eyes lit up instantly.

"Why didn't I think of that? I could have sent those ant soldiers that evolved into alien beasts to deliver my request to the queen ant."

Immediately, Zeng Shen threw down a spying eye at several of the larger worker ants near the mound.

[Intelligent Race: The Mighty Race]

[Qualification: Average]

[Tier 2: 0/1000]

[Name: Not yet chosen.]

[Skill: Not activated.]

[Believer: No Faith]

[Mood: Wary]

[Analysis: In an ant colony, all worker ants are female, and this worker ant is no exception. It is a hardworking, obedient worker ant, naturally beautiful like all the female ants, yet possessing a touch of supernatural strength.]

"Why is this analysis being used for popular science? Who are they looking down on?"

"Who doesn't know that in an ant colony, apart from a few male ants, the rest of the worker ants are all female ants, it's like a matriarchal society."

"wrong."

"How come a random ant I picked is considered an intelligent species? Could it be that there are more intelligent species in this anthill than I imagined?"

"If that's the case, then we'll be rich!"

"Once I capture the queen ant, all the beautiful and outstanding female ants in this colony will belong to me alone."

Zeng Shen's eyes lit up, but he quickly came to his senses.

"Pah, what are you thinking?"

"I'm already finding it hard to keep up with Li Yuqing every day."

With a muttered sound, Zeng Shen cast another glance and threw it at another ant that looked a little bigger.

[Insect-type creature: Rapid Giant Ant Beast]

[Qualification: Average]

[Second-order: 0/1000]

[Name: Not yet chosen.]

[Skill: Not activated.]

[Believer: No faith.]

[Mood: Anxious]

[Analysis: A Zerg-type creature, driven by the Mighty Ant Queen, is frantically relaying signals of its companion's death to her.]

"You are the one."

Zeng Shen immediately cast a beast taming spell on the swift ant beast.

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully tamed the beast and obtained the pet Rapid Ant Beast. Your Pan-Follower stats have increased by 1, and your Survival Points by 10.]

"Yosh, that was a sure hit!"

As Zeng Shen spoke, he tried to use his consciousness to send a signal to it, so that it would walk to his feet.

"come over."

In an instant, the black ant left the mound of earth and crawled to his feet.

"Twirl around."

The black ant started spinning in place.

"You are very obedient. From now on, you will be my number one general. Your master will name you Blackie."

After amusing himself for a moment, Zeng Shen began to issue a serious order: "Go and deliver a message to the Queen Ant, telling her to come out and submit to me, believe in me, and obey my commands. If she does, she will have an endless supply of delicious food; otherwise, she will suffer the wrath of the gods."

(End of this chapter)