While experiencing the feeling of feeding "cats" with discarded garbage, Qin Xu discussed this ability to alienate termites with Old Master Qin.

Seeing that it had eaten a supporting cardboard cylinder of toilet roll paper and gnawed it into his stomach like an egg roll, Qin Xu asked with a subtle expression:

"It seems to eat a lot more. ”

At least in terms of initial processing of ingredients, the speed is significantly faster than before the nest was transformed into a "cat-shaped".

"Alienated termites are very different from the alien beasts you bred before. Old Master Qin jumped back to Qin Xu from the silver-gray "cat" and explained to him, "Ordinary termites themselves are social animals, and the alienated ant queen is just a part of the entire alienated termite colony, and more alienation abilities will be reflected in the group life of termites." ”

Before the alienation of termites, whether it was a white-fronted pink spider, a small frog, or a big cricket that loves to sing, and alienated black ants with different abilities, they were all alien beasts that could live independently.

The white-fronted pink spider gave birth to hundreds of baby spiders and did not become a social animal.

"Sounds complicated. Qin Xu looked at the half-bitten paper tube in his hand and muttered, "What makes me more curious is that it will run and jump like an ordinary cat?"

"Well, the fur on its surface is formed by special processing of various materials by alien ants. The ability of heterogeneous ants is to process different materials into different parts of the termite nest. The skin, the hair, the skeleton, of course, nothing more, cannot be as perfect as a real creature. ”

In the observation of Old Qin during this time, Master Qin's understanding of the alienated termite colony was far higher than that of Qin Xu, a careless guy, of course, the main reason was that Master Qin had lived long enough, he had seen a lot of strange beasts, he had squatted in the library for a long enough time, and the classics he had read were difficult to count.

Regarding Qin Xu's question, Old Master Qin first talked about the essence of the "nest cat", so that Qin Xu really realized that although the little guy in front of him may look like a soft-haired cat with a cute face, in essence, it is actually a simulation doll built by termites.

Therefore, although its fur and bones may be stronger than that of a real cat, it cannot be as agile as a real cat, nor does it have the temperament of a real animal. To give the most vivid example, if the same injury is also stabbed, the real cat will bleed, be injured, or even die, and its alien ants will crawl to the wound, repair it, and recover as before. ”

"Then it's still shaking its head and selling cuteness. Qin Xu poked the fat face of the silver-gray cat, which felt soft and tender, and watched it eat the last bite of the paper tube.

"It's just shaking its head and selling cuteness. Old Master Qin pointed to the big cat doll and said, "Have you noticed? ”

"What?" Qin Xu asked subconsciously.

Old Master Qin glared at Qin Xu with his big round eyes, obviously letting him think to himself.

"Well, let me think about it," Qin Xu took out a discarded toothbrush from the garbage bag, fed it to the "cat", and said, "Probably, hey, is it the range of foraging?"

Old Master Qin laughed with satisfaction, touched Qin Xu's ear encouragingly, and said, "Very correct. ”

"Termites that have been alienated will not leave within a metre of the nest, and if the nest is not damaged, they may not leave the nest at all. ”

Qin Xu found that it seemed that the alien beast had a stronger "house" attribute than ordinary animals.

The offspring of the white-fronted pink spider also have more home-loving personalities than ordinary white-fronted stilt spiders.

Although Xiao Hanwa is now in the Dongcheng District Police Station and has his own big villa, he has to run back to Qin Xu for two days every week before he can continue to work with peace of mind.

And this nest of alienated termites seems to be the same.

At the beginning, Qin Xu saw the dozens of ordinary worker ants running out of the carton, and the alien ants never seemed to leave the range of the carton.

Looking at its current posture of using waste paper as biscuits, the broken cardboard box was obviously eaten by it as a biscuit.

The hard handle of the toothbrush seems to slow down the "cat's" eating, and it chews hard, like a ......

Chew jerky.

"A termite that relies on outsiders for feeding. Qin Xu felt that this attribute was a bit strange.

"Okay, then I'll prepare something for it to eat. Qin Xu thought for a moment and put the toothbrush handle on the table.

The silver-gray cat, just like an ordinary cat with a "slow spell", squats down slowly, slowly brings its head close to the old toothbrush, slowly pushes the toothbrush to its mouth, and gnaws slowly.

Qin Xu ran to the storage room at home, took out the big pot that little pig Xiangxiang had eaten a while ago, and prepared to use it as a dinner plate for this "cat".

Qin Xu muttered to himself as he prepared.

"Most of the plastic materials have become the materials of construction, the fibers in cotton cloth and paper are very popular with it, and the old furniture is also its favorite, of course, you still have to put some ordinary food to enrich your nutrition. ”

A colony of termites that need the help of humans to feed them may sound no different from ordinary pets.

Well, the biggest difference is probably that a slow cat doesn't have to worry about it running around.

"Oh, by the way, Old Master Qin, something suddenly occurred to me. Qin Xu glanced at the plastic bag in his hand and asked, "Will it keep eating the building materials of the ant nest? If it eats too much, won't it become a giant cat?"

"Rest assured, it has its own adaptability. Old Master Qin sat on Qin Xu's shoulder and said in a good mood.

"It's unimaginable. Qin Xu looked at the sky and said, "A giant cat that has been growing up, where do I keep it so that it doesn't look weird?"

Qin Xu stuffed all the garbage at home into a courier carton, placed it next to the cat, and said: "Okay, I hope these are enough for you to eat all day, I think, I have to install a monitor in the room, otherwise I don't know anything strange things will happen to the little guy here." ”

"Forget it, let's talk about it later, I'm going to be late for work. ”

Qin Xu looked at the time, ran downstairs, and told the old people at home not to throw away the garbage, but to keep it useful for him.

The amount of food of the alienated termite colony a while ago was not particularly large, Qin Xu could handle it if he buckled it here and looked for it there.

And today, looking at the speed at which they eat garbage, Qin Xu feels that it is obviously not enough to rely on himself.

Maybe it won't be long before the garbage produced by Qin Xu's family can't satisfy its appetite.

Thinking about it like this, it's inexplicably a little sad.

Does he want to change from "Qin Ye who roars the world" to "Qin Ye who is good at raising pigs and frogs", and then to "Qin Ye who collects garbage all day long"?