Chapter 48: The Queen
Queens are much larger than worker ants and naturally crawl faster. Especially in this roadless environment, it is simply faster than off-road vehicles.
Fortunately, after Ye Feng fused the blade horn beast gene, his running speed has increased significantly, and he doesn't have to worry about being caught up by the queen ant. In fact, he deliberately slowed down so as not to run too fast and throw the queen off.
After chasing Ye Feng for a few kilometers, the queen's speed slowed down. It was reluctant to get too far away from the ant nest out of instinct, and seeing that it couldn't catch up with Ye Feng, it was about to give up.
Of course, Ye Feng would not allow this to happen, and when he turned around, he shot an arrow into the head of the queen ant. With a muffled sound, the arrow was ricocheted off by the queen's hard head armor, leaving only a shallow trace.
But even so, the queen ant was enraged, it opened its jaws and rubbed a harsh sound, and quickened its pace to catch up with Ye Feng.
After an arrow was fired, Ye Feng turned around and ran, leading the queen ant farther away from the nest.
After all, the queen ant is also a strange beast, and in anger, she forgets that it is safest to be with worker ants. It chased Ye Feng at full speed, gradually throwing the worker ants farther and farther away.
Ye Feng turned around from time to time and shot an arrow, provoking the queen ant to continue chasing after him. It wasn't until he couldn't see the worker ants behind him at all that Ye Feng took out the sharp arrow specially made by Hu Hao, and used his true qi to aim at the queen's head and shoot it with an arrow.
The cluster of arrows shone with a faint cyan light, and shot at the queen's head like lightning.
Ye Feng had already shot several arrows at the queen ant before, but he hadn't even shot through its hard shell. So the queen ant didn't care at all this time, and rushed towards Ye Feng at full speed.
However, the power of the sharp arrow attached to the true qi increased greatly, and with a soft "poof", it simply shot through the hard shell of the queen's head, and penetrated into the head to a depth of three inches.
However, insects have always had a strong vitality, and even after such a serious injury, the queen ant still did not stop. While rushing towards Ye Feng, it rubbed its sharp jaws and made a piercing "crunch" sound, looking very angry.
Ye Feng didn't dare to be careless, and shot several arrows in a row while running, each arrow hitting the target accurately.
The continuous injury made the queen even more crazy, and it rushed straight towards Ye Feng, no matter what obstacle it encountered, it opened its sharp jaws and bit down fiercely.
Ye Feng saw with his own eyes a big tree with a thick bowl mouth, which was bitten off by the queen ant and fell to the ground with a bang. Not even the harder rocks could stop the queen, who was crushed by its sharp jaws and turned into a pile of rubble. If a person is bitten by it, it will turn into a pile of minced meat in the blink of an eye.
This made Ye Feng secretly frightened, and he was even more afraid of the queen's jaws. Determined not to melee with this guy, he was ready to slowly consume it with a bow and arrow.
The queen ant also sensed Ye Feng's intentions, and pounced on Ye Feng more fiercely while continuing to rub her jaws to make noise.
This is also how the military ants communicate with each other, and the queen ant does this by urging the worker ants to come and help as soon as possible.
The worker ants who were left behind also heard the queen's call and rushed to this side one by one.
And when Ye Feng wanted to use his true qi to deal with the ant queen, his speed slowed down, and he was gradually caught up by the worker ants.
The queen ant, who was already showing her declining strength, also knew that her kind was getting closer and closer, and she became crazy again. It suddenly took two steps to the side to avoid a sharp arrow, all its legs shrank like springs, and suddenly jumped towards Ye Feng not far away.
Ye Feng didn't expect the queen ant to make this move, so he hurriedly performed Ling Feng's footwork, and took two steps back when there was no room for it, which was able to avoid the queen's terrifying jaws.
At such a close distance, it was impossible to use a bow and arrow. Ye Feng easily pulled out the sharp steel knife in his hand, and swept it across with a knife of true qi, directly cutting off the two tentacles of the queen ant by the roots.
The antennae are an important organ for the queen ant to perceive the outside world, and after being cut off, it is equivalent to being half blind and half deaf, and suddenly opens its jaws and bites towards Ye Feng.
However, Ye Feng had already used the Ling Feng footwork to go around to the queen ant, raised the sharp steel knife high, and performed the most powerful move in the phaseless knife technique, slashing down at the queen's thinnest waist with all his might.
Ye Feng's knife also used all his strength, and the cyan light on the knife body lingered, and the power was naturally very amazing.
And the queen ant who has lost her antennae has dull senses and has no intention of avoiding it at all. With a soft "click", the sharp steel knife simply slashed the queen's waist, dividing the beast into two parts.
"Squeak squeak...... "The queen opens and closes her jaws violently, making a screeching sound. However, the front half of its body is only connected to two legs, and no matter how much it struggles, it can't move a single bit.
Ye Feng seized this opportunity and rushed forward to slash wildly with a sharp steel knife, quickly chopping the queen's head to pieces.
The queen's terrifying jaws opened and closed one last time, and finally remained motionless.
At the same time, Ye Feng also heard the hint of the civilization fire, and he could collect new genetic samples again.
Of course, Ye Feng would not hesitate, and immediately collected the queen's genes for the analysis of the civilization fire.
The Flame of Civilization immediately reminded Ye Feng: "We have collected enough military ant genetic samples and started genetic analysis!"
Originally, this was happy good news, but when Ye Feng raised his head, he couldn't laugh anymore. The worker ants who had been left behind had already arrived and surrounded the bodies of Ye Feng and the queen ant.
Although a single worker ant is easy to deal with, there is an old saying on the ancient earth that "ants bite more than elephants", and it is difficult to deal with so many worker ants when they gather together.
Ye Feng took a deep breath and held the sharp steel knife tightly, ready to start a hard and protracted battle.
However, to Ye Feng's surprise, the worker ants did not attack him, but just stayed around stupidly for a while, and then slowly dispersed, and it didn't take long for the hundreds of army ants surrounding Ye Feng to be left.
Looking at the corpse of the ant queen, Ye Feng quickly realized. Those worker ants were all under the command of the queen ant, and now that the queen ant is dead, the other army ants all act according to their instincts, so naturally they will not take the initiative to attack Ye Feng.
After the last army ant also left, Ye Feng could finally breathe a sigh of relief, and couldn't help muttering: "Whew...... Scared me. ”
At this time, the civilization fire also spoke: "After the analysis of the military ant gene, will it be fused?"
"Old rule, wait for me to get ready to eat. Ye Feng asked the Flame of Civilization to wait for a while, and then began to prepare the food.
At present, the only thing that can be eaten is the queen ant of the army ant, Ye Feng cut off all the eight long legs of the queen ant and put them on the bonfire to roast slowly.
Although the rest of the ant is inedible, the meat in the leg is crystal white when roasted, similar to the meat in the leg of a large crab, and it is a famous delicacy.
The ant legs were quickly cooked, and the voice of civilization fire also sounded in Ye Feng's head: "Start fusing the military ant gene ......"