Zhao Qian chatted about his research results and daily life, and told the praying mantis about the advantages and disadvantages of these genes. Occasionally, I ask strange questions, such as why cats are not used to eat, but pigs can, when did pigs first exist, and why they have the value of existence.

It wasn't until he felt that the speed of their flight was starting to slow down that Zhao Qian noticed that they had come to a lush forest.

"Where is this?" When his feet fell to the ground, he looked at the dense wild jungle around him, and under the dark sun, all kinds of wild animals survived under the cover of the giant trees, but because of their arrival, they fled in panic. Zhao Qian suddenly felt that compared to the city of steel, this dangerous and wild place was more suitable for him.

"The southern part of the Dead Mountain, close to the Holy Mountain and the northern region of the Big Dipper where you lived." With its wings folded, the praying mantis took the lead towards the depths of the jungle.

"Dead Mountain! Are we in the mountains of death?! Knowing that what he was stepping on now was the land in the Dead Mountain area, Zhao Qian asked in surprise.

The praying mantis in front of him didn't answer again, but just stopped in place, kept changing directions, and sniffed the surrounding smell vigorously.

"What's wrong? Is there any danger? Seeing the praying mantis's movements like this, Zhao Gan, who knew the danger of the Death Mountain, hurriedly approached her.

After waiting for a while, until the direction was determined, the praying mantis realized that Zhao Qian was actually very close to him, "Are you afraid?" ”

"Huh? Yes! It's a little, I don't have the ability of you, if something goes wrong, I wasn't killed by you, but died in the stomach of something else, how aggrieved! Finding that his courage was a little small, Zhao Qian was not afraid of being teased by the praying mantis, and directly expressed his inner worries.

"You confess. Don't worry, this place has not yet reached the important sphere of influence of Death Mountain, there will be no major danger, and even if there is, with me, you won't have a problem! Let's go. With that, he walked towards a downhill on the left.

"Hey! Wait for me-"

Headquarters of the First Brigade of the Border Defense Department of the Big Dipper

"You said that Zhao Qian ran away with that female killer!" Li Xin, who learned of the situation, couldn't help but shout loudly.

"Yes! Sister Dagger~ Brother, you don't know the situation at that time! I carried you out, and he still has to go with the woman who handled the knife, isn't there no you in his heart! Also, the disabled Yuan Hong was also present at the time, I asked him and my aunt to chase after him, but he dared not to help! When I chased it by myself, I was blocked by the praying mantis girl because my mental power was consumed too much! You say it's not angry! ”

Lilith, who came back to convey the results, angrily picked up the big bowl in front of her and drank the pork bone broth in the bowl with a grunt.

"Zhao Qian is simply not human! There are such beautiful chicks~ Oh no! There are such dangerous people, and they don't ask me to help, but call the black monkey to go, and even if he is told to go, he actually ran away with others in the end for his research! This guy, wait for him to come back and see if I don't kill him! ”

Li Xin began to prepare to say that Zhao Gan was heavy and light on friends, but when he saw the dagger sitting next to him with his head down and did not speak, he knew that she was confused by the words of the little fox, so he wanted to open his mouth to relieve Zhao Gan.

"Who's to say it isn't! I've mentioned Brother Dagger several times, but he wants to run away with that woman for that research, and I can't help it! I'm sorry, Brother Dagger, you won't blame me! Lilith, who finished drinking the soup, looked at the dagger that didn't speak, and couldn't help but apologize to her.

Raising his head and looking at Lilith who was on the other side with a mouth full of soup and oil flowers, the dagger couldn't help but smile, but after laughing, he thought that Zhao Qian was gone, and couldn't help frowning and sighing.

Looking at the dagger and sighing, Lilith thought she was really angry, and hurriedly stepped forward and squatted down and held her hands, "I, I really did my best, Brother Dagger." I'm ......" said Lilith in tears!

Dagger hurriedly reached out to wipe the tears from Lilith's face, "I don't blame you, don't cry." Touching Lilith's seductive face, "Our Lilith turned out to be a great beauty!" I don't know which stupid one will be cheaper by then! ”

"I won't be cheap, I'm going to be with Brother Dagger all the time!" Lilith knew that the dagger was not angry with her, shrugged her nose, and couldn't help but pout.

"I know what he thinks, and I know you can't keep him. Just ......"

"It's just that you can't bear him!" Li Xin picked up a piece of pork belly on the plate on the table, chewed it, and said vaguely.

He said there was no danger, but who knew how? If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens. But what should have happened has already happened, and we can't find it if we want to. Since he said he would come back, I'm sure he would find a chance to come back. With that, he took Lilith's hand and told her to stand up.

"Beep beep, beep beep"

"Huh? It's my father's urgent news! ”

Press the ball taken out of the clothes, put it on the table, and with a "pop", three conical metal pillars protrude from the bottom of the spherical communicator, claw-shaped to stabilize the easy-to-roll spherical communicator. A virtual humanoid figure appears above the ball.

"Lilith! You're finally connected! What the hell is going on! Li Xin, who was eating on the side, couldn't help but turn his head and look over, it turned out to be Lilith's father.

"Dad, I'm fine! Not long ago, two killers came running in from the watchtower and killed many of us. I wounded a bat and cut off both of his legs, but eventually let him run away. The most important thing is not him, it is another female mantis mutant, who took advantage of my almost exhaustion of mental power and captured Zhao Gan. ”

"What do you say! Zhao Qian let them arrest ?!! Chen Quan's angry voice sounded on the other end of the communicator.

"Team Chen, don't worry, let's wait for the details to come back, it's inconvenient in the communicator." The dagger sitting on the side hurriedly took his mouth.

"Okay, we'll be back at headquarters in thirty minutes at most, let's talk about it when we get back!" After saying that, the contact was turned off over there.

"Let's go, Lilith, let's go back to Team Chen's office first, and we're going to wait for them to come back."

"Good!" Lilith walked to the back of the wheelchair and pushed the dagger out of the room.

"Hmmm! Wait for me! ”

Dead Mountain South.

"Where the hell are we going? How do I feel like I'm getting deeper and deeper into the heart of the Dead Mountain? Zhao Qian followed behind the praying mantis, and brushed aside the vine leaves that covered his vision with his hand.

"This is where it goes! Far from the center! Keep up, the road behind is not easy! Seeing that the praying mantis in front of him directly smacked with a hand knife, and the vine leaves that were in the way were cut off, Zhao Qian was very envious.

As he walked, Zhao Qian saw a special ant on the ground. Normally, we don't notice that there are ants on the ground when we walk, after all, they are so small that humans don't pay attention to them at all, but Zhao Qian noticed. It's special because of its exaggerated size.

"Wait!"

"What's wrong?" The praying mantis, whose hands were linked, turned his head back to look at Zhao Gan, who was lowering his head, and found that he was actually staring at an ant on the ground, and was about to catch it with his hands! "Stop! You don't want to live anymore! ”

With a "sigh", a swift knife qi came out of the mantis's hand, and it crossed the body of the ant on the ground straight. "Squeak~" The special ant was cut in two by this sharp knife qi, and it also let out a unique scream before dying. The dark green juice splashed like ketchup, hurtling onto the thick trunk of a tree in the distance.

"Snort!" The violent reaction corroded a palm-sized hole into the trunk of the tree where the two of them were hugging, and the bottom could not be seen from a distance!

From the time the praying mantis sent out a knife aura to cut it off, to the time its blood splashed on the trunk of the tree and corroded a hole, it didn't take more than two seconds before and after!

"Shhh This, this, this, what kind of ant! Not only is it larger than an adult mouse, but the blood is so corrosive! This, this shouldn't be~" Zhao Qian was not frightened by the mantis's knife aura, but was frightened by the ants in front of him.

"This is called the Gold Eater Ant, and it is the ant soldier in the ant colony, and there are ant guards, ant kings, and ant queens who rule the entire ant colony! It's just a solitary one, usually they feed in groups, and in the whole Dead Mountain, they are one of the biggest dangers! Anything they target will not be able to escape! ”

"Gold Eater Ant ?!!" Zhao Qian squatted down, picked up two thick branches from the leaves on the ground, and carefully picked up the back half of the deep trench drawn by the mantis knife qi, and found that there was a hole in its abdomen the size of a little finger that was bleeding dark green juice.

The approaching praying mantis also saw this hole, "No wonder your hand was only half a meter high from it just now, not only did it not attack you, but it also climbed so slowly, it turned out that it was only mortally wounded, and the remnants of the army abandoned by the ant colony were defeated." ”

"Abandoned?! Why not save it, but give it up? Zhao Qian raised his head and asked the praying mantis who walked in front of him.

"It can't be saved, the reason why it is called gold eaters is because in addition to catching prey for food, they also like to devour hard metal ores very much."

"You also saw it just now, its blood and the saliva secreted in its mouth are extremely corrosive, this is only a small soldier, if it is a higher level, it is estimated that even magic gold will not be able to support their corrosion."

"So what does this have to do with giving it up and not saving it?" Zhao Qian still didn't understand.

"That's because the reason why gold-eaters like to devour hard metal is to strengthen their skin and bones, to defend themselves, and to attack with their sharp mouthparts and claws. And the hole in the abdomen of this gold-devouring ant was too big, and it was impossible to plug the wound just by relying on its level of resilience, so it was abandoned by the tribe. ”

Looking at Zhao Gan's thoughtful look, the mantis couldn't help but shake his head.