By the time Su Ye had tied the ant queen, wrapped in leaves, to Xiao Gu's back, the sun was already setting in the west.
Night was approaching, and naturally, Su Ye had no intention of continuing to explore.
He quickly called out to Chi Lie and Xiao Gu, and they began to head towards their territory.
This search had been quite fruitful. Su Ye and Chi Lie had leveled up, and they had also obtained the queen of the Crimson Armor Fire Ants.
Once they got back and settled things down, Su Ye might be able to command millions of fire ants, taking down fortresses and conquering cities.
At that time, even eighth-order and ninth-order units would be turned into white bones under the onslaught of countless fire ants.
After about half an hour, the Star Territory was within sight.
The sky was already dark, and the torches on the walls of the Star Territory were lit, standing out brightly in the dim night.
They descended from the sky and entered the territory.
Eve, Su Xi'er, and Lin Yan Xi, who had already returned and heard the commotion, rushed out of the Lord's Hall.
The three of them immediately noticed the thing being carried on Xiao Gu's back, and were immediately curious.
"Su-ge, what is that?" Lin Yan Xi asked first.
Su Ye smiled and gestured to Chi Lie to take the queen off Xiao Gu's back: "This is a good thing, you'll see."
Hearing this, the three girls became even more curious.
They stared intently at the scene before them.
Soon, the queen was taken down, and Su Ye cut the vines that bound it.
The leaves scattered, and the queen's true form appeared before the three girls.
"Big brother, why did you bring a big bug back?" Su Xi'er took a few steps back, obviously a little repulsed by the queen.
What's so precious about this fleshy big bug?
Su Ye rolled his eyes, then introduced it to them: "This is the queen of the fourth-order unit, the Crimson Armor Fire Ants. The Fire Ants..."
Before Su Ye could finish, Eve interrupted him.
"You said this is the queen of the Crimson Armor Fire Ants?"
Su Ye nodded: "Yeah, is there a problem?"
Eve's face turned pale, and she took a few steps back: "Mature fire ant units, those are monsters that are even more terrifying than sixth-order units. Where did you get this thing?"
Hearing this, Su Ye told them about what happened in the jungle.
After listening, the three girls all felt a chill down their spines.
Even Su Ye, Chi Lie, and Xiao Gu were threatened, just how terrifying were these Crimson Armor Fire Ants?
It was fortunate that it was Su Ye and the others who went to explore, otherwise, if it had been Eve and the others who encountered the Crimson Armor Fire Ants, the consequences...
"Anyway, this thing is not a good guy. As long as we can train it into a unit, the disgusting one will be our enemy." Su Ye said, a sinister smile curving his lips.
The five years of experience in the last apocalypse had made him cold and decisive, especially when it came to dealing with enemies, he was merciless.
Whatever was powerful, he would strive for it. As for enemies, heh...
Eve had also experienced the cruelties of war, and she agreed with Su Ye's words: "I agree with what you said, but I don't recommend building the ant nest within the territory. These guys will hollow out the ground, which will be detrimental to our territory."
Su Ye thought for a moment and realized that Eve's words made sense.
After all, the territory was the foundation of his existence, and he couldn't afford any problems.
As for where to place the ant nest, Su Ye already had an idea of where it would be suitable.
Didn't he have two secret realms, the Purple Half-Human Centaur Secret Realm and the Blue Beastman Secret Realm? These were the most suitable places that Su Ye could think of to house the ant nest.
It would also be a good opportunity to let the Crimson Armor Fire Ants help guard the secret realm. A win-win situation, how could Su Ye possibly let it slip away?
"Tomorrow I'll take it to the Beastman Secret Realm. It should be good to place it there." Su Ye said.
The three girls exchanged glances, and had no objections.
Then, Su Ye settled the queen in the territory.
He also instructed Xiao Gu and Chi Lie to keep an eye on it, to prevent it from running off.
After that, Su Ye went to the kitchen with the three girls.
There was already a lot of food prepared.
Su Ye ate while asking: "Did you find anything?"
The three girls stopped what they were doing, and Su Xi'er spoke first: "We found a green treasure chest and got some resources."
"There is also a white secret realm, about two hours away from here, but we didn't go in." Eve added.
Lin Yan Xi coughed lightly: "Also, our levels all went up by one."
Hearing this, Su Ye nodded: "Not bad, rest well tonight, we'll continue tomorrow."
……
Early the next morning.
Su Ye woke up and the first place he went to was the flowerbed where the spirit fruit seeds had been planted.
Upon arrival, he discovered that the spirit fruit seeds had sprouted and turned into a sapling a few inches tall.
With the world datafied, sprouting had also been accelerated.
It wouldn't be long before it grew into a large tree!
After watering the sapling, Su Ye headed towards the place where he had left the queen the night before.
Upon arrival, Su Ye felt something was strange.
After a night, the queen seemed to have gotten thinner.
There were some broken eggshells on the grass nearby.
Su Ye seemed to have thought of something and looked up at Chi Lie.
The creature seemed to have a guilty conscience and turned its head away, not daring to look Su Ye in the eye.
"Are the ant eggs delicious?" Su Ye said, not amused.
Chi Lie shook its tail, looking at Su Ye with some embarrassment.
Okay, it admitted that it had eaten the thirty or so ant eggs that the queen had laid last night.
It was just that the thing was too delicious, and it couldn't resist, so...
"This is the first and last time, you understand? If I catch you doing this again, you know the consequences."
Saying that, Su Ye cracked his fingers, making a crackling sound.
Chi Lie quickly nodded, indicating that it understood.
After that, Su Ye wrapped the queen up as he had the night before, tied it to Xiao Gu's back, and then set off for the Beastman Secret Realm.