Chimeric ants are insects that are classified as a designated species for first-class isolation.

The organism adopts a form of reproduction called feeding mating, which is the ability to pass on the characteristics of the creature to the next generation by eating other organisms.

In the process of feeding and mating, chimeric ant queens, who are responsible for reproduction, will select species with stronger genes.

Once it has chosen a species that satisfies it, it will continue to eat it until it becomes extinct.

Therefore, feeding mating is a rather terrible way of reproducing organisms.

However, since chimeric ants are normally only 10 centimeters long, the danger of the species is within a controllable range, and it will not pose a threat to the current ecosystem or even humans.

Yes.

This is the norm.

The queen ant, which is only ten centimeters long, is really not a cause for concern.

But—

What if the queen is more than two meters long?

"You can eat humans too."

NGL, deep in a dense forest, Burst Kuer bit his thumb hard, his eyes trembled slightly, and a layer of fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.

Next to him, more than a dozen team members such as Pence, Greta, and Urtado reacted similarly to Exploding Curry, and they all couldn't hide their fear.

As a biological investigation team that is on the rise, they have worked very hard during this time, and with their excellent ability and efficiency in completing commissions, they have made a good impression on the commissioning agencies everywhere.

The results of all this are largely due to the arrangement and scheduling of the explosion of the library, as well as the integration of intelligence.

So after receiving valuable sighting information, Bomb Kuer led the team into the NGL Autonomous Region with great interest.

It is worth mentioning that information related to biological investigation is circulating, and it is generally shared among the commissioning agencies in each department, and finally provided to the team dedicated to biological investigation.

Therefore, the biological investigation team that came to the NGL Autonomous Region was not only the team of Bomb Kuer, but also five other biological investigation teams.

But......

Team Blaster has been unable to contact the other five biological investigation teams, and not long ago, they encountered a chimeric ant soldier ant.

Although in the end, there was no danger of killing the chimeric ant soldier ant, but a terrifying fact was placed in front of the Exploding Curry team.

"It's hard to imagine this kind of thing, but judging from the size of that soldier ant, the queen ant is definitely not in a good state......

Bursting Kuer raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and quickly looked around at his companions who were as frightened as him, and his voice trembled slightly:

"I hope I'm wrong, but even so, you've seen the ants hunting humans, and for that matter, it's beyond our reach."

"Then withdraw from the NGL immediately and pass on the news to the outside world."

Gretta's eyes under sunglasses were full of solemnity, and she proposed.

Pence manipulated many flockets to return to the hat, and said in disbelief: "The other investigation teams have lost contact, I'm afraid they have ...... That's why I also think I need to leave NGL as soon as possible. ”

NGL, an autonomous region that respects natural life and abandons all mechanical civilization.

Therefore, those who wish to apply for entry are not allowed to bring any machinery and equipment.

If you are caught secretly bringing contraband into the NGL, then the death penalty is the most common punishment.

This shows how seriously NGL attaches this rule.

Due to this rule, all people entering the country are not allowed to carry communication devices such as mobile phones and walkie-talkies.

However, Pence was able to use the bumblebees to deliver simple messages, which is how they communicated with other investigative teams.

However, the appearance of many chimeric ant sub-generation soldier ants, as well as the disappearance of other investigation teams, undoubtedly indicate the seriousness of the situation.

The most important thing is -

At NGL, they can't get in touch with the outside world in the first place.

This is the fundamental reason why Greta and Burns believe that they should evacuate NGL as soon as possible.

Because they are already familiar with any information about chimeric ants, they are able to deeply understand the horrors of large chimeric ants.

Now, those chimeric ant soldiers are already hunting humans......

Just by imagining the large chimeric ants that mixed the genes of humans, beasts, and insects, the group felt chills all over their bodies.

Not to mention that chimeric ants are divided into classes.

The chimeric ant they encountered not long ago was not very difficult to solve.

But it was only a soldier ant at the bottom of the hierarchy, and on top of it there were army commanders, division commanders, direct guards, and other species that had absorbed stronger genes.

Besides......

Also take into account the number of chimeric ants.

No matter what point you look at, it's warning them to leave quickly.

"Hmmm......"

Bursting Kuer took out a simple map and said with a solemn expression:

"You can ignore the possibility of encountering soldier ants for a while, and then pick a route that can reach the border the fastest."

As a professional phantom beast hunter, Blastkuer realized the heavy responsibility of their team.

He understands the many characteristics of chimeric ants.

Therefore, he knew that he had to pass on the news before the chimeric ants were fully grown, so that the special crusade team could rush to the NGL as quickly as possible, and then strangle the suspected variant of chimeric ants in the cradle.

On top of this premise, he also took into account the strength of the soldier ant he had killed not long ago.

In their squad of four telepathic beings, the risk they took when encountering small-scale soldier ants was almost acceptable.

Then, putting speed efficiency first is a natural result.

"Anything, as long as we can get out of here quickly!"

A man named Benbo in the team said with some excitement.

The biological investigation team consists of twelve people, except for Blastcuer, Greta, Pence, and Urtado, who are telepathetic people, and the others are amateur hunters like Benbo who don't know how to read.

And Benbo's strength belongs to the bottom of the entire group, and he is naturally the most insecure.

So it's understandable that there is a strong desire to leave NGL as soon as possible.

Burstcuer looked up at Benbo and didn't speak, but quickly drew a route on the improvised map.

"Let's go."

After drawing the route to be taken, Burst Kuer confirmed it, and immediately put away the map, his slightly immature face full of solemnity.

Seeing that the team was about to leave NGL, Benbo and several other insecure players barely calmed down.

Benbo took a deep breath and asked, "Which way do you ......?"

Halfway through his words, his face froze, and his eyes suddenly widened with a blank look.

Why is there no speech all of a sudden......

And why is the body suddenly so cold?

Confused, Benbo didn't realize that a piece of the back of his head was missing, and it was impossible to see the already broken red and white object inside.

The blank look in his eyes quietly froze, and the whole person fell to the ground weakly, turning into a corpse.

And at this time—

The others present were shocked.

Benbo didn't realize that he had been attacked in the back of his head until he died, but the others saw a black shadow flashing behind him with a slightly pungent fishy smell, and then they saw a bloody arrow splashing from the back of Benbo's head.

It's an enemy attack!

When the pupils of Blast, Pence, Greta, and Urtado contracted sharply, they quickly entered a combat state, opening the sperm hole and releasing the maximum amount of telekinesis attached to the surface of the body.

While the other players who did not know how to read were shocked, they also reacted one after another, adjusting their positions to put the team in a state of facing the enemy.

"That's ...... What!? ”

Pens's eyes trembled, and the bumblebees hidden in her hat seemed to sense the fear of their masters, and one by one they emerged from their hats, inciting their wings to make a buzzing sound.

Greta pulled out a blowgun made of local materials from her lower back, and her eyes behind her sunglasses swept quickly in the direction of the shadow.

Immediately after, a figure was barely reflected on his sunglasses.

"People?"

Greta was slightly stunned, but soon saw the figure for what it really was.

The other party has the same physique as a human, and has short purple hair.

But—

There was a pair of animal ears standing up in the purple hair, and there was no tissue related to humans on the curvaceous body, and there was even a tail dangling.

The most striking thing is that the other party's arm contains the biological arthropod structure of chimeric ants.

This is not a humanoid monster, but a chimeric ant that has ingested the genes of creatures such as humans and cheetahs.

“！！！”

Seeing that the other party was not a human in the sense of the word, Greta's right hand holding the blowpipe trembled suddenly, and a huge wave was set off in his heart.

They also saw the appearance of this half-human chimeric ant, and they all inevitably showed a shocked look.

"Oops, I'm going to knock him out."

The cheetah chimera ant turned around and sighed in a slightly annoyed tone.

It's just that his outstretched tongue licked the blood stains on the corners of his mouth rather mischievously.

Hearing this half-humanoid chimeric ant say the lingua franca, the group of people such as Blastku Er were suddenly even more shocked.

This......

How can it be?!

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed it.

Rustle –

"Gido, I see it...... The mouth you just had just said was completely aimed at 'fresh brains'. ”

A tall figure stepped out of the low grass and stood in the opposite direction from the cheetah chimeric ant.

The cheetah chimera ant, who was called the base by this tall figure, raised his hands and pillowed the back of his head at will, pouted and pretended to be garlic: "Then you must have read it wrong, I just accidentally overused it." ”

"Hey, they've got ...... on them"

The tall figure ignored Gidu's pretending to be garlic, but frequently looked at Pens, Brock, Greta, and Urtado, and asked in surprise, "Gidu, can you see it?" ”

"Yes."

Gidu also looked at the people who burst the Ku'er, and said curiously: "It's glowing, is that vitality?" ”

Hearing Gido's words, their hearts suddenly quickened.

What the hell are these two chimeric ants with human facial features!?

Obviously, there is only a small amount of naturally flowing qi on their bodies, and they can't even use the minimum "entanglement", but why can they see the qi......

For a moment, he felt a chill spread all over his body, and he felt a strong sense of foreboding.

A short distance away from NGL, a pickup truck was moving, and the wheels ran over the place, sending up puffs of smoke and dust flying into the sky.

In the back compartment of the truck, Kate and other people were sitting.

"Chimeric ant queens are constantly migrating according to their needs for the space, during which time the number of soldier ants increases to guard their nests and hunt for food."

"Once the chimeric ant queen finds a nest site of her choice, she will give birth to a large number of construction ants in a short period of time."

"When the nest is built by the construction ants, the queen's appetite reaches its peak, when the soldier ants leave the nest to hunt large quantities of food for the queen."

"And this sudden surge in food demand is all for the birth of the ant king."

"In addition, the queen will live in the nest until she dies of old age, after which she will give birth to a new ant queen every cycle."

"And the ants she gives birth to will split off from the racial hierarchy of chimeric ants, and then mate with various creatures as they travel, so that they can give birth to new queens."

"That is to say—"

"If you want to stop the growth and spread of chimeric ants, you must destroy the queen before she gives birth to the ant king."

Inside the carriage, a woman with long wavy red hair is telling Jay and Killua all sorts of information about chimeric ants.

This woman is a member of Kate's biological investigation team, named Shi Pina, whose main responsibility is to investigate information and intelligence integration.

Stick, who was also a member of the biological investigation team and had an exaggerated explosive head, raised his index finger and took over the conversation:

"If our previous speculation is true, then there should be a mass disappearance as the Chimeric Ant Queen's appetite increases dramatically, but it is in a place like NGL that strictly prohibits information leakage, so it is difficult for us to get accurate information in the first place."

"NGL and Variant Chimeric Ant ......"

Kate raised her hand and lowered the brim of her hat, and said in a deep voice:

"With the information we have so far, there's no worse combination than this, just in case, I've already escalated the relevant information, and there will be support soon, and our mission is to gather as much information as possible."

The same biological investigation team also came into contact with information about chimeric ants.

However, the team chose to go directly to the NGL Autonomous Region to carry out biological investigations.

Kate, on the other hand, prepared for the worst, first reported the information she had gathered and the alarmist results she had speculated to the association, and then rushed to the NGL as a pioneer force to carry out an on-the-ground investigation.

The advantages of this arrangement are:

Once he has further confirmed the danger level, the Guild will be able to respond as quickly as possible.

This kind of coping also reflects the gap called "experience" between Kate's group and the Pop Curl group.

The van drove across the sand road and stopped at the NGL's border registration office.

Kate and the others got out of the car one after another and looked at the rocky mountain forest in the distance.

Ahead –

What could happen?

"Little Bean, you mean...... The association already knows about the mutant chimeric ants? ”

In the temple on the top of the mountain, Mo You held his mobile phone and looked surprised.

On the other end of the phone, the tired voice of the bean noodle man came:

"Yes, the president has already set out to deal with the matter."

At this point, the bean-faced man paused, and his tone revealed hesitation: "Moyou, it's great that you can come back, it's ...... Can you ...... Come and help? ”

"Help? Do you mean chimeric ants? ”

Mo You's eyes condensed slightly, and without waiting for the bean-faced man to respond, he said bluntly: "I didn't plan to stay out of the matter. ”

"No, it's something else......"

The bean noodle man hurriedly said.

"Huh?"

"In recent times, a lot of strange events have happened......"

(End of chapter)