One night passed, and the sky turned white.
After all, the plastic rabbit did not give Shen Cong much of the activity he had hoped for, and the quality of its meat was not as good as that of mutant ants. I originally took this very lightly, but in the end it didn't have any impact on Shen Cong.
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Do morning exercises, repair the King Kong, collect ant legs, and then start studying the queen.
The head of the corpse of the queen ant was well preserved, and the chest and abdomen had been smashed into rotten flesh by the King Kong's bulldozer. The original appearance could be vaguely seen.
There is not much difference in structure from ordinary ants, but the chest of the queen ant is not made up of three back plates, but is made up of bony plates. One of the bony plates has a basin. Large and small, it emits strong active radiation and is obviously the active core of the queen ant.
With a click, Shen Cong pulled down this piece of plate armor, which was more active than the full-moon scimitar of the tumor pig.
This piece of plate armor can be simply modified as a shield. If it is too small, it can be embedded into the Optimus Prime 1.0 active armor and used as a breast shield, which will surely greatly improve the defense.
In addition to the active plate armor, Shen Cong also cut off the two antennae and several legs of the queen ant as food reserves, but only three and a half of the six legs were left, and the rest were eaten by the mutant ants.
After checking the head and chest, Shen Cong's eyes focused on the already pulpy abdomen.
He saw mutant ants before and took out a few ant eggs from the abdomen of the queen. He didn't know what they were used for, but they must be valuable, otherwise the mutant ants wouldn't carry one in a small group and then leave.
"Is it to hatch new queen ants?"
Open the shell of the abdomen and peel away the thick, condensed white blood - this white blood last night Shen Cong read the information, it is the blood of ants, the white pigment content is relatively high, so it appears white - you can see that the abdomen of the queen ant There are many intestines, and inside these intestines are broken ant eggs.
The force of the bulldozer's impact was so great that almost all the ant eggs were smashed, and a few intact ones were even taken away by the mutated ants.
However, Shen Cong still found three intact ant eggs under the opened shell. He wiped off the mucus on the surface and found that they were crystal clear egg-shaped eggs, not much smaller than short-lived worker ants, with some bumps on the surface. It's a little heavy to start with, and there's a black spot on one end of the egg, which is probably a fertilized egg.
After much searching, only these three intact ant eggs were left.
No crop or sting found.
After a while, the anatomy research data and illustration information about the queen ant were entered into the computer by Shen Cong.
"The queen ant is a mutated ant-like insect. It is temporarily classified as a genus of ant colony. It is speculated to be a mutation of the queen ant of the yellow-legged ant. It is huge, slow in movement and has almost no attack power. The IQ is unknown. , can see through the camouflage of active frequencies, and has the ability to command the ant colony.”
Later, Shen Cong continued to type a line of text: "The short-term ant colony should retain the living habits of the ant colony. The queen ant serves as a reproductive tool and directs the entire ant colony..."
However, after thinking about it, Shen Cong marked this paragraph in red again, and added three words at the end - there is ambiguity.
He had just read the information about ants last night. The habits given in the information were obviously different from the habits of the mutated ant colony.
According to records, the ant colony is a group with highly bonded interests. There is no distinction between individuals, only the division of labor. Rather than saying that the queen is the ruler of the colony, it is better to say that it is a relationship of mutual use. The queen is just the founder and egg-laying machine of the colony, and occasionally needs to hunt by herself.
It does not dominate the behavior of the colony as a whole. Sometimes the colony will select and kill the queen ants, and even become food for the larvae.
However, the mutant ant colony that Shen Cong encountered had traces of a hierarchical concept. The queen ant can rule other mutant ants.
It's not like ants, it's like termites.
Of course, it will definitely not be termites. The termite queen is purely an egg-laying tool and cannot move at all, just like maggots.
"Perhaps it's because the mutant ants are all produced by the mutant queen, so they obey the queen's command?"
Shake his head.
Shen Cong did not intend to delve into the inconclusive speculation for the time being.
Just record your research results.
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Driving back to the car wreckage square, Shen Cong felt a little emotional on the way.
There are too many things that need to be done, and time seems to be not enough—activities need to be studied, activities need to be ingested, weapons need to be built, food needs to be stored, and supplies need to be found. Also, the King Kong was bitten by mutant ants and had a tire that was not replaced in time. It cannot be replaced, and the tires that were bitten by a prehistoric crocodile have not yet been repaired.
After several twists and turns and crises, the activity distribution of King Kong has never reached 100%, which is a huge regret.
Fortunately, every crisis stimulates Shen Cong's understanding and mastery of activity.
The lost activity can be replenished, and the knowledge gained is priceless. This is the difference between him and the beast. The beast can desperately increase its activity, but it doesn't know how to use it. In the end, it just brings him meat.
"It would be nice if we encountered a mutant monster like a plastic rabbit again..."
Within a few minutes, we reached our target location.
The body of the mutated ant that died yesterday afternoon was still lying in the same place. Shen Cong put on the Optimus Prime 1.0 active armor, equipped himself with weapons, carried a large canvas bag, and began to harvest active cores, ant legs and crops on the ground.
The job took a full two hours.
Finally, Shen Cong counted the harvest, the total amount obtained yesterday and today.
The worker ant has 1,433 legs, 221 undamaged crops, 206 pairs of active cores on the palate, 18 pairs of active cores on the antennae, 9 active cores on nodules, and 4 active cores on stings.
The soldier ant has 357 legs, 53 unbroken crops, 52 pairs of active cores on the palate, 6 pairs of active cores on the antennae, 4 active cores on nodules, and 3 active cores on stings. There is also a short fierce soldier ant among them, which has given birth to a pair of palm-sized bony wings, and it is an active core.
The total number of corpses of the two mutated ants was probably more than 320.
However, there is only a small amount of formic acid in the crops of many mutant ants, which was probably consumed by the previous siege of the King Kong. The active core, radiation intensity and size of mutant ants are far inferior to mutant monsters such as Tairitian and Digger.
After clearing out enough materials, the King Kong set off again, away from possible dangers. The metal and corpses in the car wreckage square are likely to attract more mutant monsters, and Shen Cong doesn't want to get into trouble again. Kong has been traumatized several times and now needs time to mend.
I drove manually for an afternoon. The driving distance was not ideal and there was no smooth road. It was quite painful for a heavy truck.
Especially now, the slope of the ground is getting more and more undulating, and it has reached a hilly terrain.
When the Golden Crow fell to the west, Shen Cong's vision appeared in the ruins of human life surrounded by barren mountains. He saw the ruins of a row of houses, buried in rubble, and a complete section of the wall. You can vaguely see above that there was once a signboard with iron characters.
“Shijian Hotel.”
Shen Cong immediately recognized where this place was, Shijian Town, Wuwei County.
"You haven't left Wuwei County yet?" Shen Cong frowned. Shijian Town is more than 20 kilometers away from Chaohu City and about 20 kilometers away from Wuwei County. In other words, geniuses like Shen Cong have only been away from Wuwei County for two years. ten kilometers.
Although the driving distance is shorter than expected, knowing that this is Shijian Town, Shen Cong can easily set the correct driving route based on the map.
"The north of Shijian Town is a mountainous area, which is not easy to walk. It seems that we must find Provincial Road 208 and go straight along the provincial road."
Seeing nightfall, Shen Cong parked the King Kong at the door of Shijian Hotel and started his evening homework.