Noticing Jin's small eyes, Qiao Xi coughed and explained, "I just suddenly remembered something very interesting. ”

Seeing Jin's suspicious face, Qiao Xi simply changed the topic: "Speaking of which, I haven't asked you what you are doing here?" Doesn't it mean that it's deserted? ”

At some point, Jin is also very easy to fool - of course, this is because he has already recognized Qiao Xi, so he naturally chooses not to explore what Qiao Xi doesn't want to say.

Seeing that Qiao Xi changed the topic, Jin blinked, and replied in a kind manner:

"I'm here to do research. What about you? ”

Qiao Xi glanced at him and said with a smile: "Coincidentally, I will also do research." ”

After thinking about it, he told the information about the new species that Mi Ji had discovered by the young man, but he didn't expect that he was only halfway through the story, and Jin was very surprised.

"You know about ants, too?"

Qiao Xi: "...... Anyway, that species doesn't have much in common with ants, right? ”

Jin didn't care about Qiao Xi's complaints, and he was interested.

He felt that he was really very close to the second young master of the Hakka family, he had never seen it before, but he didn't know that there were such interesting people in the Hakka family-but it was much more interesting than those killers who were more cunning than the other.

Mi Ji only roughly knows that there are new species here, and he has not personally seen what these new species look like, but according to the study of their living habits, the habits of this species are very mixed, and there is no law at all.

Qiao Xi shared a wave of Mi Ji's research with Jin, and Jin also shared his information with Qiao Xi in return.

As one of the twelve Hunters Guild, and one of the best relic hunters, Kim clearly knows more than Mi Ji knows.

But he didn't tell Qiao Xi everything - not that he was hiding his secrets, but sometimes, knowing things that you shouldn't know always brought a lot of trouble.

Qiao Xi is not an eyeless person, listening to the occasional ambiguity in Jin's narration, he does not look for the root cause, and only extracts useful information from what he says.

This statement was not until the middle of the moon, and Jin Cai still made a summary.

"I'm still learning about this species, so you can join if you're interested. However, that's all we know so far, and more in-depth investigation is needed. ”

Qiao Xi nodded, and quickly swiped the information that Jin had just said in his mind.

This creature landed suddenly from a certain coast, and after discovering it, it was named "Chimera Ant".

- The more specific source was skipped by Jin, and Qiao Xi did not ask in detail.

The Chimera ant is a special type of ant that breeds by preying on other creatures, and the offspring that produce it usually inherits the characteristics of the preded creatures - which is why Qiao Xi finds their habits very messy.

After all, the objects of predation are different, and the newly born Chimera ants will grow into different individuals according to the original habits of the predators.

There are no limits to its reproduction, as long as it is a living thing, as long as it can be eaten by the queen, then the Chimera ant species will continue to reproduce.

— just like real ants.

Worker ants are responsible for building safe, strong, and well-connected nests while finding food for the Queen.

And the queen stays in the deepest part of the anthill, responsible for eating, giving birth to ant eggs.

- It is precisely because of the social form that the Chimera ant and the ant are the same, so it is named "Chimera Ant." ”

All in all, this is a very dangerous creature, because they are not limited in their reproduction, and as long as there is a living animal, they can prey on it, and then give birth to new chimera ants.

As a result, the number of predated species is decreasing, and the number of newborn chimera ants is increasing, and they become new predators, and species often become extinct due to excessive predation of chimera ants.

At present, after research, the Hunters' Association has designated the Chimera ant as a first-class quarantine designated creature.

After Qiao Xi sorted out the information of the Chimera ant, he couldn't help but look at Jin: "You are alone in the Hunter Association?" ”

Jin nodded: "Yes, I'll come over and investigate the situation first." ”

Qiao Xi was a little puzzled: "Since you already know the danger of the Chimera ants, why don't you just send someone to destroy them?" ”

This is true-Jin Youli was speechless for a moment.

yes, why not?

Because the Hunters' Guild is also full of people like themselves who are not very interested in power.

If you want to send people, the people who can come over are some one-star hunters who make soy sauce, and when they come, they either can't even find a place, or they just deliver food.

But higher-level hunters, everyone has their own things to do, although the Chimera ant is said to be dangerous, but there are so many extinct species in this world from ancient times to the present, and the world has not developed like this?

If you really want to bring those usually unruly bigwigs over in order to protect the diversity of species, the people of the Hunters' Association have a feeling of "killing chickens with knives" or "making a big fuss".

Jin euphemistically described the internal discord within the Hunter Association, and Qiao Xi understood.

However, after realizing it, he wondered:

"Now, I said, you haven't thought about whether these chimera ants will breed human-like creatures if they eat people—didn't you say that the offspring they bred would inherit the biological characteristics of the prey?"

- Qiao Xi saw a lot of man-eating monsters in the original world, and it was common for people to become stronger and stronger themselves, so he couldn't help but ask such questions.

But Kim had never thought about it.

He was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously retorted: "Humans should be different from those preyed animals, right?" ”

Qiao Xi glanced at him: "What's the difference?" ”

- Of course it's different!

Those animals are in a position of predation in the biological chain, and humans are not.

Qiao Xi knew what he wanted to say when he looked at Jin's expression, and laughed directly:

"Aren't humans animals? Aren't there examples of humans being hunted by large carnivores? ”

Kim: "......"

Jin listened, and his brows gradually furrowed.

Qiao Xi continued to scare him:

"Isn't it that the NGL has always been very closed, and there are quite a few hunters who disappear here every year? Have you ever wondered what will happen to these missing hunters? Could it be that they have been preyed upon by Chimera ants?

Don't say that hunters have the ability to telepathize, you should have heard the saying that ants bite and kill elephants, right?

And if the hunter really caught the prey? Have you ever wondered if those newborn Chimera ants will inherit the hunter's telepathic abilities and become stronger? ”