Volume 8 Future World Chapter 51 Gold-eating Ants
Ilona is desperate now, she just accidentally dropped the dagger next to the lizard, although the lizard is retarded, but even if the retarded see the existence of a dagger in this empty space, it will definitely be curious. If it saw the existence of the dagger, it would never return the dagger to Ilona, not to mention that Ilona didn't know if she could find the location just now.
Now Ilona could only hope that the big lizard did not find the dagger that had fallen to the ground. Otherwise, Ilona really can't help it.
"Let's go back and have a look first......" Ilona ran back in the direction she had just come, in fact, Ilona didn't know where she came from just now, but she just found an approximate location according to her memory, after all, she didn't know if there was a turn or something on the way she just ran over.
After running for about ten minutes, I still didn't see anything, and there were no signs in this strange space where there was nothing to give people directions, and there were only black and white stripes.
Ilona suddenly realized something very important - Mizuki Shuyue had told her before that if she really couldn't complete the special training, she would use that dagger to cut through this space, so that she could leave. But now that Ilona has lost the dagger capital, how can she leave?
Elona's face changed and muttered, "Shouldn't I be locked up here for the rest of my life?" This space has no boundaries at all, and I have run at my speed for a day and a night without seeing the end, and even if my father comes in, he may not be able to find me......"
The most terrifying thing is that Ilona doesn't seem to die, she doesn't need to eat, drink or sleep, Ilona will stay in this space forever, and finally slowly give up thinking...... That's weird!
Ilona shook her head desperately and threw all the bad thoughts out of her head, not being able to find the dagger now does not mean that she will never be able to find the dagger, as long as there is a 1% chance of it, it is equivalent to a 50% chance, and you should be optimistic at this time.
But running around without a clue wasn't enough, and Ilona began to think about how she could find the lizard and the dagger.
Thinking about it carefully, this space is an independent space from the rest of the world created by Shui Wuyue Shuyue, but Ilona did not see the gas that Sun Yuan taught herself to see in this space, but Ilona remembered that she did see that gas in the icy and snowy world created by Shui Wuyue Shuyue last time.
It's a little weird...... According to Sun Yuan, the gas is the concrete manifestation of space, and there should be something in any space, but there is no such thing here. I had been focusing on running away and ignored this issue, but now that I think about it, it is really strange. Let's talk about Elona's confusion just now - the two of them were running at Mach 37, and the person in front could hear what the person behind was saying.
Elona didn't know how to explain it, but Elona thought that the structure of this space was amazing, so she couldn't think with normal thinking.
Since that's the case...... Ilona closed her eyes and began to try to turn off her hearing, smell, touch, etc., as Sun Yuan had taught her before, and then turned off her vision again.
When Ilona opened her eyes again, although she didn't see what she had just seen, she saw a different scene - the large lizard was lying on the ground in a daze, and in front of it was a delicate dagger. If this vision is true, then Elona's dagger is missingβat least for now.
But where is this lizard? That's the question. Elona didn't care why she saw this, but now that she knew the whereabouts of the dagger, the next thing was to find the lizard and snatch it back.
"How can you see it?" Ilona shook her head from side to side, and the scenery she saw didn't change, unlike a VR system that would follow the user's rotation.
Ilona opened her vision again, and the large lizard in front of her disappeared.
"Can you see the lizard when you turn off the sights...... Why is that?" Elona sat alone in the empty space, lost in thought.
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Reimi woke up from her sleep, she was locked up here except for sleeping, she could only do anything but see Zete and Sun Yuan when she opened her eyes, and from time to time she would see Kanako come to send a to "violate" Zete's body. Reimi couldn't help but wonder: Is this guy only interested in Zete's body? She can play so vigorously with a soulless body.
But this time the Kanako is not there, as soon as she opens her eyes, she sees Zete and Sun Yuan, and Reimi really hopes that the next time she wakes up, she can see something else, at least let Zete and Sun Yuan wake up.
But Reimi also knows that this is an unrealistic idea, and it can only be enough to think about it.
Anyway, being idle is idle, and Reimei can't take a look at any other scenery, so she can only look at the two people in front of her, both of them are wearing purple robes, and there are some dots on them that seem to be the special uniforms of their senior brothers, Reimi curiously observed the robes of the two, trying to figure out what those dots are.
Lingmei looked at Sun Yuan's robe curiously, and when she was observing just now, Lingmei noticed that there seemed to be something on top of the robe, and if she didn't look closely, she wouldn't notice it, it was a strange prototype pattern on Sun Yuan's cuffs, but there was no one on Zete's cuffs.
What is that? Although the drawing is very small, Lingmei can barely see clearly, the pattern ...... Reimi remembered that Kotohime had told her before that this was a summoning array that Zet had taught her, and that she could summon something that could help her.
But why is there this on Sun Yuan's cuffs? Could it be that Sun Yuan predicted this situation, so he drew this pattern for himself? But Reimi remembered that this summoning array seemed to be only available to the person named the "Starr" clan, even if she knew how to draw it, she couldn't use it.
But...... What if Sun Yuan gave himself the kind of thing that ordinary people can use? If that's really the case, then wouldn't it be saved? Sun Yuan shouldn't have inexplicably drawn such a pattern on the cuffs, and what if he tried it? What if he succeeded?
So Reimi tried to cut her index finger with the nail of her thumb, but it seemed that the nail was not sharp enough, and Reimei couldn't cut her index finger with all her strength.
"Uh...... What should I do?" Reimi thought about drawing a picture with blood after slashing her index finger with her thumb, but that didn't seem to work, so Reimi thought of another way.
There is no other liquid that can be used to draw pictures except for Reimi's own blood, and you need to use your fingers to draw, and more importantly, Kotohime told herself that she needs the user's blood to use this formation.
Reimi suddenly realized that the corner of the armrest of the seat she was sitting on was pointed...... I don't know if it's a coincidence or what, but I'm really lucky to have this, and Reimi pressed her index finger the sharp corner...... The finger is still not broken.
"Mother's chicken ......" Lingmei is desperate, why is it that she is always injured inexplicably when she is afraid of being injured, and now it is so difficult to make a small wound?
Lingmei put her index finger on the sharp corner and slashed hard, and finally cut a wound on her finger, Lingmei hurriedly drew a small summoning array on the armrest according to the pattern on Sun Yuan's cuffs, although it was a little small but still successful. Since the summoning array itself is drawn with blood, it should be okay to just recite the spell like this......
As for that spell, it was impossible for Reimi to forget, after all, if that spell was said in their native language, it was a very strange sentence, and Reimi would never forget how she felt when Kotohime told herself about the spell that day.
"o to ko no ko sai kou!" Although there was no one around, even Zet and Sun Yuan were only two shells so they wouldn't laugh at her, but Reimi felt that she was really ashamed to pronounce this sentence.
However, even if Reimi pronounced the summoning array, there seemed to be no reaction, Reimei sighed and said, "Sure enough, it doesn't work, it seems that it really needs someone from the Starr clan to summon it......"
However, just when Lingmei felt so, the summoning array seemed to be delayed because of network fluctuations, and now there was a reaction, and the pattern turned into a circular black circle, and a giant ant suddenly emerged from the black circle, and the ant's head was the size of half of Lingmei's palm.
The ant came out and shook its head at Reimi, and then Reimi heard a human voice from it: "Sorry, sorry, it seems to be a bit delayed here, and I just had something to do over there...... Are you calling me?"
"Speak! Oversized ants speak!" Reimi exclaimed, as if she had forgotten that she had seen a dragon.
The ant stepped on Lingmei's palm and said, "What do you mean? You summoned me and yelled there...... Aren't you from the Starr clan? When did the people of Starr become so strange?"
Lingmei hurriedly shook her head and said, "No, no, I'm not from the Starr clan......"
The ant asked, "Isn't it Starr's person?" How is it possible, this summoning array can only be used by people from the Starr clan, and you who are not Starr's person will never summon me...... Let's not talk about that, do you have anything to do with me?"
Lingmei smiled bitterly: "Can't you see this situation? I'm tied up here, can you help me get out of trouble?"
The big ant looked at Lingmei's wrist that was cuffed to the armrest and said, "That's simple, this little thing is not enough to see in front of me." β
Reimi asked, "I would venture to ask...... What kind of ant are you? Why are you so big?"
"I'm a gold-eating ant, the kind that feeds exclusively on metal. β
Lingmei put three question marks on her head and said, "Aren't gold-eating ants imaginary? β
The gold-eating ant bit Lingmei's finger without saying a word, and Lingmei screamed in pain, "Are you stupid? You can use a non-scientific summoning array to summon things that don't belong to this world, what's so strange about summoning a gold-eating ant that doesn't exist in this world? At first glance, it's the kind of person who is rare and weird, have you ever seen a dragon? β
"Yes, we've spoken, although we've only met once. β
"......" gold-eating ants bit Lingmei's fingers again, but fortunately this guy didn't use force, otherwise Lingmei would only have eight fingers now.
"No nonsense! I'm going to get to work!" the gold-eating ant said, and began to gnaw on the metal that was holding Lingmei's wrist, and it didn't take long for the gold-eating ant to gnaw a notch in the alloy.
Lingmei looked at the gold-eating ant happily, it seemed that it was really useful, and if it continued at this rate, it would take less than three minutes to be able to free one of her hands.
Unfortunately, just as the gold-eating ants were about to bite off the alloy on Reimi's right hand, the door to this room was opened, and Kanako walked in.
"Hide!" Reimi hurriedly said to the gold-eating ant, although she didn't know what the situation was, the gold-eating ant quickly got into Lingmei's clothes.
Kanako walked straight up to Zet without even looking at Reimi. Reimi squinted her eyes and pretended to be asleep, she saw Kanako start to "violate" Zete there again, this behavior Reimi has seen three times, and she has long been used to it.
After about an hour, Kanako left Zete contentedly, and then left the room without looking at Reimi.
Reimi opened her eyes when she heard the door shut, and said, "It's okay to come out, she's gone." β
The gold-eating ant came out of Lingmei's clothes and said, "Who is that guy? β
"I don't know who she is, but ...... Hmmm, do you know Zet?" Reimi said curiously.
The gold-eating ant said: "Of course, Zet has summoned me before, so we know each other, I basically know the people of the Starr clan, but this is the first time I have seen you, I guess it is an illegitimate child." β
Lingmei cried and laughed: "No, I said that I am not from the Starr clan. β
"Then tell me who your dad is. The gold-eating ant asked as he gnawed on the metal.
"I don't have a dad, I only have a mom. "Lingmei didn't have the bother to talk about this, but for the sake of this gold-eating ant to help her escape, let's talk to it.
The gold-eating ant said: "Then you must be the illegitimate son of the Starr clan, and your father is definitely a member of the Starr clan." β
Reimi explained: "I don't have a dad in the real sense of the word, I have two moms, and I was born to them. β
"How do women have children with women, you're insulting my intelligence!" said the gold-eating ant angrily.
"I've even seen a dragon and someone would lie to you?" Lingmei felt that it was time to scare this guy herself: "You don't know the power of science, the males in our world are extinct, I am a child born to my two mothers through IPS cell technology, and women in this world can have children between women." β
Hearing this, the gold-eating ant said: "Then one of your two mothers is definitely a descendant of Starr, and you do have the breath of Starr on your body, and it is very strong! β
Reimi hesitated, this gold-eating ant said so surely, Reina doubted that she was really a descendant of Starr? If it was according to what it said, then one of her two mothers would definitely be a descendant of Starr, and if she said it in this way, wouldn't Yukana be the same as herself? Both of them were born from the genes of their mothers, and if Reimei was, Yukana would definitely be.
The gold-eating ants gnawed and asked, "What's the name of your mother?" β
"Nanami Sawajo and Shinyo Mashiro, do you know?" said Reimi.
The gold-eating ant paused, shook his head again, and said, "I haven't heard of it, I haven't heard of such a person in the Starr clan......"
"Then why do you want to tell me why I'm a descendant of Starr?" Lingmei smirked, "I really wish you could give me an explanation." β
The gold-eating ant stopped paying attention to Lingmei's self-gnawing, and soon after it gnawed off all the metal that was holding Lingmei's limbs and said, "Okay, I've freed you, and I'm going back too." β
The atmosphere was so awkward that it didn't want to stay here anymore, but Reimi grabbed it and said, "Wait a minute, even if you help me untie it, I can't get out of here, you can find a way to help me get out of here." β
The gold-eating ant cried: "Don't be a strong ant, I could only gnaw on metal, and now I have done everything I can, and it's useless for you to keep me." β
Reimi pointed to her feet and said, "Since even the metal can be gnawed off...... How about you dig a tunnel for me?"
"What are you kidding!" said the gold-eating ant anxiously: "I'm a gold-eating ant and not an earth-eating ant, so I can't dig the ground or anything!"
"Do you want to do it?" Lingmei waved her hand and wiped the black circle on the armrest and said, "Now you have no way to go back, if you don't help me, I won't draw a summoning array for you to go back, you can do it yourself." β
The gold-eating ant stared at the summoning array that had been erased by Lingmei, and said entangledly: "Count you ruthless...... Let me down, I'll dig it for you!"
So Reimi let go of the gold-eating ant, and it crawled to the ground and began to gnaw on the floor without saying a word, and it didn't take long to gnaw out a circle with a diameter of more than one meter, and then continued to expand underground.
Seeing that this guy was able to eat all the metal and dirt without spitting it out, she wondered, "Why didn't you pull it out after you ate? Where did the food go?"
The gold-eating ant said angrily: "What do you care about this, and it won't do you any good to know it." β
"I'm curious...... Can you tell me?" Reimi asked.
The gold-eating ants said, "Well...... You still don't know, I'll help you dig the tunnel a little wider, don't ask. β