The Great Flood of the End of Time: Female Neighbor Comes to Borrow Food

Chapter 360 Black Stone Ants, Mulberry Forest

"We named these two mutant beasts Black Stone Ant Queen and Fire Bamboo Worm King respectively." Gao Jie described the two top mutant beasts solemnly.

Liang Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Is it an ant-type or stick insect-type mutant beast?"

Gao Jie nodded immediately: "Yes, Mr. Liang."

"The black stone queen ant is a mutated black ant. It is completely black and almost impossible to distinguish in the dark. Even in rainy weather, it crawls on the ground like a huge rock and is generally difficult to detect."

"It's not just hard to detect with the naked eye, it's hard to detect with the mind either."

"What type of mutant beast is this Black Stone Ant Queen?" Liang Yuan asked.

Gao Jie said solemnly: "Dual mutation of the mental and physical types."

"Double mutation?" Dong Yan exclaimed at the side, a little surprised.

Liang Yuan was also a little surprised. It was actually a double mutation?
In other words, this Black Stone Ant Queen has at least two attributes that have reached the 50-point threshold.

"Tell me specifically what abilities you have."

"According to our observations, the Black Stone Ant Queen has two terrifying abilities. One is mental summoning. As the queen ant, it can control a large number of small mutant Black Stone Ants to attack the enemy."

"How much can you control at one time?"

"I'm not sure about that, but hundreds of them are definitely possible. And its mental defense is very high. I once tried to control it with mental illusion, but it almost backfired."

Liang Yuan frowned and asked, "What kind of ability is physical fitness?"

Gao Jie quickly said, "Its physical defense is very strong! Its skin is as hard as stone. Ordinary swords and knives cannot cut it at all, so we call it the Black Stone Ant Queen."

Liang Yuan became interested. This mutant beast was invulnerable to swords and guns and had mental defense capabilities. It was indeed difficult to deal with.

Liang Yuan suddenly thought of something and asked, "Doesn't that mean it has no natural enemies in Lingyun Slope?"

"Probably not." Gao Jie nodded. "This black stone ant queen is about the size of an adult. She is not too fast. She likes to gnaw on trees and rocks. She also eats meat. She is an omnivore."

"But it doesn't move much. It controls the mutant ants to carry food back for it to enjoy."

"Does it eat a lot?" Liang Yuan asked.

"It's not too big, but it has high requirements for food. It doesn't seem to be interested in ordinary meat or plant fruits. It only eats mutant creature meat."

After listening to this, Liang Yuan became thoughtful. When the strength reaches a certain level, ordinary food can no longer satisfy the mutant beasts at this stage.

For the Black Stone Ant Queen, the energy she can obtain from eating the flesh and blood of a mutant beast is equivalent to the energy she can obtain from eating ten ordinary creatures.

"Where is its anthill now?"

"It's in the mulberry forest west of Lingyunpo. Oh, yes, there are mutant mulberry fruits in that mulberry forest. That's why our people discovered this mutant black stone ant queen."

"It seems to be guarding the mutant mulberry fruit."

Gao Jie reminded Liang Yuan.

Liang Yuan raised his eyebrows. Mutated fruit?

"Come on, take me over there to have a look."

He immediately asked Gao Jie to lead the way to the mulberry forest.

Gao Jie immediately took Liang Yuan to the mulberry forest and introduced another top-level mutant beast.

"We found another mutant beast, the Fire Bamboo Bug King, in the Fire Bamboo Forest on Jueyunpo's side."

"Before this Fire Bamboo Insect King mutated, it should have been a type of stick insect."

"Its appearance is like a stick insect that has been magnified many times. Its entire body is stick-shaped and red in color. Its body looks like a burning bamboo. It hides in the bamboo forest. Not only is it difficult to see with the naked eye, but it is also difficult to sense with the spirit. It is a true master of camouflage."

"The Fire Bamboo Bug King has strong defenses. Its bamboo-like limbs are extremely sharp and have a strong fire poison. Once scratched by it, it will be like being burned by fire, and a large area will swell and pus will flow."

"In addition, this fire bamboo insect king has two wings and can fly at a low altitude at a very fast speed."

Gao Jie introduced the various characteristics of the Fire Bamboo Worm King to Liang Yuan with a serious look on his face.

Liang Yuan couldn't help but frown. He was a master of disguise and had a strong ability to hide.

The attack is sharp and contains poison.

Sure enough, once these mutated creatures embarked on the path of evolution, their development direction was not a single enhancement of a certain attribute.

Instead, its attributes are enhanced in many aspects, posing a huge threat.

It would be extremely difficult for humans to fight these guys alone.

Only by taking advantage of numbers and using wisdom can we deal with these mutant beasts.

However, at the moment, neither the Black Stone Ant Queen nor the Fire Bamboo Bug King can be dealt with by the human wave tactics.

The Black Stone Ant Queen can manipulate large numbers of Black Stone Ants to work for her. Large numbers of people are useless in front of her.

It can continuously produce worker ants, so it is not a pity if it dies.

But the lives of people in the shelter cannot withstand such consumption.

The Fire Bamboo Bug King is a master of camouflage and is good at flying at low altitudes, so it cannot be trapped by human wave tactics.

Even if there are too many people, it is very likely that it will hide its body and kill them one by one.

This is why the patrol team occupied Jueyunpo for so long but failed to advance their work.

Of course, it was obvious that these two mutant beasts had their own territories.

The Black Stone Ant Queen guards the mulberry forest, and her target is the mutated mulberry fruits.

The camouflage ability of the Fire Bamboo Bug King is closest to that of the Fire Bamboo. Within the range of the Fire Bamboo, it can hide 100% perfectly, but this may not be the case if it goes to other places.

So it usually does not leave the fire bamboo forest.

This gave the Yangshan patrol team the opportunity to station at Lingyunpo and build a fortress.

It also gave the various hunting teams in Yangshan the opportunity to go into the mountains to hunt other creatures.

Dong Yan asked, "Wouldn't it be dangerous for everyone to enter Lingyunpo?"

Gao Jie shook his head: "As long as we don't go to the Mulberry Forest and the Fire Bamboo Forest, we won't encounter these two mutant beasts. Without these two mutant beasts, other mutant beasts will not pose a threat to our people."

This coincides with Liang Yuan's guess.

As they were talking, the group had already arrived at a large forest of mulberry trees of different heights.

This is a mulberry forest growing along a slope.

Liang Yuan has known mulberry trees since he was a child. When he was a child, his family was poor, and he often went to pick wild fruits such as mulberries with his friends in the village.

So he was very familiar with mulberry trees, but the mulberry tree in front of him was somewhat beyond his understanding.

The huge trees in front of me are half a person's thickness, each one is more than ten meters high, with lush leaves and red and purple mulberries hanging on them.

In Liang Yuan's impression, mulberry trees are generally not very tall and basically bear fruit in summer.

Of course, mulberry trees can grow very tall if they are old, but it is a bit incredible that they can bear fruit in November.

Also, these trees are too thick. How long do they normally take to grow trunks that are half the thickness of a person?
He had climbed Lingyunpo before, but he didn't remember there was such a large mulberry forest here.

What does this mean?
This means that this mulberry forest probably began to grow rapidly after the flood.

It has only been about half a year since the flood, and the mulberry tree has grown to this size.

If we give them more time, won't the entire Lingyunpo be occupied by them?

"It seems that not only animals are evolving against the clock, but even plants are constantly expanding their living space."

Liang Yuan felt emotional and looked away from the mulberry trees to the ground.

The ground was covered with stagnant water and fallen leaves, making it difficult to see any clues.

Liang Yuan was quite surprised and asked, "How does the black stone ant queen build a nest in such a waterlogged environment?"

You know, ants usually choose high ground to build their nests, otherwise they will easily be submerged by rain.

Liang Yuan couldn't understand how the black stone ants could build their nests underground when humans had nowhere to escape during the flood.

"Mr. Liang, it's not underground, it's on the tree."

Gao Jie pointed to a large mulberry tree and reminded Liang Yuan. Liang Yuan looked in the direction of his finger and immediately saw a huge mulberry tree with fist-sized black ants lying on the trunk.

Despite the heavy rain, they remained motionless and were not affected at all.

These ants have actually broken away from the confines of the soil and moved to live on trees.

Liang Yuan looked around and saw many ants gnawing on the mulberries on the trees. They seemed to have regarded this place as their home.

"I invited Miss Song to come here. She said this mulberry forest has great economic value."

"Mulberries can be picked to make jam and wine. The bark fiber of the mulberry tree is soft and can be used as a raw material for textiles and papermaking. The wood is hard and can be used to make furniture and build houses."

"Doctor Yang also said that the leaves, roots, fruits and branches of the mulberry tree can all be used as medicine."

"It is also said that the Compendium of Materia Medica records that drinking mulberry juice can detoxify alcohol, promote diuresis, reduce swelling, nourish yin and replenish blood. It is used for liver and kidney deficiency, deficiency of essence and blood, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, premature graying of hair, etc."

Mulberries also have the effects of promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, darkening hair and improving eyesight, promoting fluid production and moistening intestines, and nourishing the skin and beautifying, and have certain beauty value. "

"Aunt Li also said that these mulberry leaves can be used to raise silkworms, and then we can try to weave silk cloth."

When Gao Jie talked about this mulberry forest, his face was full of regret.

The economic value of this mulberry forest is far beyond imagination. It can almost be said that the mulberry trees are full of treasures.

But such a good place is occupied by a group of black stone ants.

After listening to this, Liang Yuan also understood the importance of this mulberry forest.

"It seems that we must get rid of these black stone ants."

Thinking of this, Liang Yuan asked, "Have you found the location of the Black Stone Ant Queen's nest?"

Gao Jie nodded: "Captain Gu Feng brings us here for checkups every once in a while."

"Worker ants come in groups to deliver food to the Black Stone Queen Ant every day. We have already figured out the location of the Black Stone Queen Ant."

"Gu Feng is leading the team?" Liang Yuan was surprised.

Gao Jie nodded: "Captain Gu Feng's smoke can effectively block the perception of this group of black stone ants."

"By the way, Mr. Liang, before ants mutate, they transmit signals through antennae, pheromone perception, sound transmission, etc."

"After our exploration and observation over this period of time, we found that the mutated ant colonies no longer rely on pheromones and sounds to transmit signals, but can also rely on mental power to transmit signals."

"Captain Gu Feng's smoke has the ability to obscure mental power. It can effectively cut off their communication and lead us into the mulberry forest."

"It is thanks to Captain Gu Feng's ability that we are able to get close to here."

Liang Yuan suddenly realized that it seemed that the patrol team had not found nothing when exploring this area.

On the contrary, they have made a lot of efforts and obtained a lot of useful information.

Liang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "I'll go in first. You and Dong Yan wait for me outside."

He wanted to try whether his mental power could block the perception of these black stone ants.

After saying this, he flashed into the mulberry forest.

As soon as he entered, the black stone ants on the trees immediately looked up, having sensed his breath.

Liang Yuan immediately released his mental power to cover his entire body, forming a spirit turtle shield that blocked all of his pheromones.

The black stone ants that had originally raised their heads suddenly shook their heads in confusion, and sensed around for a moment, but found nothing. They slowly lowered their heads and continued to gnaw on the mulberries.

Liang Yuan immediately understood that the mental shielding was indeed effective.

He immediately returned to the outside of the forest and said to Dong Yan and Gao Jie, "The mental shield is indeed effective. You will each use the Spirit Turtle Shield Talisman Stone and follow me in."

"Gao Jie, you will be responsible for leading the way, Yanyan, you will follow my instructions."

Gao Jie and Dong Yan both nodded quickly.

Dong Yan asked, "Brother Liang, will I be a burden to you if I go in?"

Liang Yuan smiled: "No, I need you to go in and see if you can establish a mental link with the Black Stone Ant Queen and communicate with it properly."

Gao Jie was surprised and asked, "Mr. Liang, that's a mutant beast. Can we communicate with it?"

Liang Yuan chuckled: "Why not? The black-gold giant ape is also a mutant beast, can't it be used by me?"

Dong Yan's eyes lit up and she asked, "Brother Liang, do you want to subdue this Black Stone Ant Queen?"

Liang Yuan's eyes flickered as he said, "Yes, the Black Stone Ant Queen is stationed in this forest and will certainly eat these mulberries, but on the other hand, if it can be tamed, we will have a free forest ranger."

"With it here, we don't have to worry about anyone daring to come in and steal the mulberries."

Gao Jie couldn't help but ask, "What if it doesn't obey?"

Liang Yuan immediately showed a sneer on his face: "Then beat it until it obeys!"

He could tame the Black Gold Giant Ape himself, so he didn't believe that he couldn't tame the Black Stone Ant Queen.

"Let's go."

Liang Yuan took the two girls and walked into the mulberry forest.

Gao Jie and Dong Yan immediately took out a turtle-shaped talisman stone and covered themselves with it, blocking the spiritual perception of the black stone ants outside.

Gao Jie led the way and said, "The Black Stone Ant Queen is near the big tree in the center of the forest."

"The mulberry tree inside is very large, it can be called the king of trees, and the fruits on it are shining brightly."

"So we all say that the mulberries on that tree are most likely mutant fruits."

The three of them walked through the mulberry forest. The mulberry trees were like huge green umbrellas. Under the dense treetops were lush green grass.

Occasionally you can see red wild strawberries on the grass.

Dong Yan was pleasantly surprised and asked, "Can these wild strawberries be eaten?"

Gao Jie smiled and said, "Sure. We collected some of them and brought them back. After Doctor Yang and his team examined them, they confirmed that they were the mutant snake berries."

"It also contains a lot of vitamins, which can make up for the vitamin deficiency caused by eating meat for a long time without eating vegetables."

"These strawberries have been transplanted to Yangshan and Meishan by Aunt Li and her team, and have already started large-scale planting in the plantations."

Dong Yan was very surprised. Her favorite fruit was strawberry. She didn't expect that she would have the chance to eat it again after the flood.

She reached out and picked one, wiped it gently, and put it in her mouth.

After the mutation, the snakeberry became sweeter and more refreshing.

She took a bite and the fragrance lingered in her teeth. She couldn't help but brighten her eyes and said in surprise, "It's delicious."

Gao Jie smiled and said, "Aunt Li has analyzed it and said that in order to increase the efficiency of seed propagation, these mutant plants will try their best to produce fruits that are large, sweet, and rich in water."

"Why is this?" Liang Yuan was a little surprised.

Gao Jie said: "Aunt Li said that only when the fruits are big and sweet enough and have enough water can they attract mutant beasts to come and eat them."

"When mutant animals eat these fruits, the seeds are difficult to digest and will be excreted, which is equivalent to spreading the seeds of these plants."

After listening to this, Liang Yuan couldn't help but sigh: "This is the way plants evolve and survive."

"Mr. Liang, we're here."

Gao Jie suddenly stopped and reminded Liang Yuan.

Before they knew it, they had passed half of the mulberry forest and arrived at the center of the forest.

In the dense mulberry forest ahead, a huge mulberry tree stands tall.

It is as thick as four or five people, with very thick bark, and branches that reach up to the sky. The branches stretch out one by one, occupying a very large space.

Liang Yuan roughly counted and found that this mulberry tree had about three thickest branches, and there were more branches on top of the branches.

Among the dense leaves, there are about a dozen fruits hanging with sparkling light.

These fruits are piled up in egg shapes and come in four colors: black, red, green, and white.

Each sanson fruit is the size of a fist and very eye-catching!

(End of this chapter)