Ever since Zhao Qian agreed to provide 1,500 kilograms of yuan beast meat for the army ant queen to breed, the queen ant has entered the breeding mode. In this mode, the queen ant can only do two things, that is, eat and reproduce.
The food of the queen ant is carried to the queen by specialized worker ants, and the eggs that are reproduced are also transported by the worker ants to a special place where the eggs are stored, and are carefully taken care of by other worker ants.
Zhao Qian looked at the busy marching ants and had to admit that among all living things, ants are one of the creatures with the best coordination between individuals.
They are like machines, tireless and perform their duties.
The only thing that made Zhao Qian uncomfortable was that the queen ant, which was originally only more than ten centimeters long, would expand its abdomen to a terrifying level during the reproduction process, giving people the feeling that it might explode at any time.
In this way, time passed day by day, and half a month passed before I knew it.
In the past half month, Zhao Qian has watched the Yuan Beast meat in the ice cellar decrease little by little. Although it only decreased by a part every day, 1,500 kilograms of Yuan Beast meat was still eaten in half a month.
Zhao Qian thought about how the queen ant, which was only more than ten centimeters in length, had eaten 1,500 kilograms of beast meat in half a month, and couldn't help but marvel at the wonder of living things.
And when 1,500 kilograms of yuan beast meat was eaten, Zhao Qian got nearly 100,000 insect eggs, which is equivalent to the queen ant breeding more than 6,000 insect eggs every day.
It can be seen that the reproductive ability of the queen ant has been improved after evolution.
Moreover, perhaps due to artificial breeding, the eggs that reproduced on the first day have hatched and entered the larval stage.
Although they were larvae, Zhao Qian saw that the newly born army ant larvae were larger than ordinary worker ants and smaller than soldier ants.
It is not difficult to see that when these larvae reach the adult stage, any one of them will be larger than the soldier ants and reach a larger size.
A larger size means stronger strength and stronger attack type.
On this day...
Early in the morning, Zhao Qian took Yu out for hunting, but as soon as he walked out of the cave, a cold wind blew by, making Zhao Qian feel a bit chilly, and he couldn't help but hug his arms.
"Winter...is very cold..."
When Yu saw Zhao Qian's actions, he struggled to say three words.
In the past half month, Yu Hui's words were increasing. Although he could only say a few words each time, Zhao Qian could already roughly understand them.
"The seasons change. This is a normal natural phenomenon. Just wear more clothes when the time comes." Zhao Qian said to Yu without paying much attention.
Then, he looked towards the sea in the distance, and his eyes stayed on the black storm wall.
Originally, he thought that the storm wall would disappear soon, but it turned out that almost a month had passed and the storm wall still existed, with no sign of weakening.
Seeing this scene, he understood that this storm wall would most likely always exist and would only disappear during the few days they came here.
"If this were on Earth, it would definitely attract many people to visit!"
Zhao Qian smiled bitterly. As time went by, he was almost adapting to the life of a savage.
"Yu, let's compete to see who reaches the beach first." Zhao Qian looked at Yu and said with a smile.
"good!"
Although Yu couldn't speak complete sentences, he could barely understand and nodded vigorously.
"I won't bully you. I'll let you run a hundred meters first." Zhao Qian said.
When Yu heard this, he was not polite to Zhao Qian and jumped out directly, like a cheetah.
After Yu ran a hundred meters, Zhao Qian caught up with him. He was much faster than half a month ago.
Two figures quickly shuttled through the forest...
If it was just a matter of speed, Yu could not compete with Zhao Qian at all. Even Yu's proud agility became more and more proficient as Zhao Qian continued to climb trees.
After a while, Zhao Qian caught Yu.
"You lost. According to the agreement, I will watch your work today." Zhao Qian said to Yu.
"You... bully... a child." Yu said with some dissatisfaction: "When I... grow up... I beat you."
"That's for the future. Anyway, now I win."
Zhao Qian never felt ashamed to bully children, and even said with force: "Besides, we are all men, we are in charge... You can't make excuses when you lose, otherwise it will be very embarrassing."
"No...excuse."
Yu gritted his teeth and said.
"That's right!"
Zhao Qian patted Yu's head, then looked around the forest with a curious expression on his face, scratched his head and said, "It's really strange. Why do I always feel that something is wrong today, but I can't figure out what is wrong."
After listening to Zhao Qian's words, Yu frowned and thought for a moment, then replied: "Bird... bird..."
"bird?"
Zhao Qian was startled, then an idea flashed in his mind and he said: "Yes, there are no birds chirping. It's really strange. Why are there no birds chirping?"
Because the ecology here is very primitive, there are many birds in the forest. As long as you enter the forest, you can hear the endless calls of birds.
But today, the two of them ran all the way. Not only did they not frighten the birds, they didn't even hear the birds chirping. This is too abnormal.
"Do you know what is going on?" Zhao Qian looked at Xiang Yu and asked.
"No……"
Yu shook his head and said he didn't know.
Zhao Qian said nothing and fell into thinking.
If this situation were on Earth, he wouldn't take it seriously at all, but this is not Earth, but an ancient era full of dangers.
There are extinct Titanoboa, terrifying ancient giant apes, and huge monsters in the lake. Even the weather can easily kill people.
Therefore, he cannot ignore this phenomenon, otherwise it may bring disaster.
"Yu, we won't hunt today." Zhao Qian looked at Yu and said, "Let's go to the swamp to have a look!"
"good!"
Yu nodded and agreed without thinking.
Ever since Zhao Qian saved him from a gibbon last time, Zhao Qian has become the second most important person in his mind, second only to his father.
Next, the two people ran towards the swamp area.
The swamp area is a bit far away from the area where they live. There are two main races living there, namely primates and snakes.
In terms of strength, swamp snakes are stronger than primates, but primates know how to unite, so primates are slightly stronger than snakes.
The three most powerful creatures in the swamp before were the Gigantopithecus and the two Titanoboa.
The reason why the Gibbon captured Yu was because the Gibbon felt the aura of Titanoboa on Yu's body... And the reason why the more powerful Titanoboa rushed into the territory of the ancient giant ape was because he felt the aura of his mate.
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It's just that they don't know clearly, and it's all a misunderstanding.