sinovels Chapter 35 Ants Swarm and Expand Their Territory
Chapter 35 Ants Swarm and Expand Their Territory
Lingyun Peak?
Liu He knew Ling Yunfeng.
The menial disciples live on Qixia Peak, while the outer and inner disciples live on Wangyue Peak. Both locations are equipped with first-order spirit-gathering arrays.
Lingyun Peak is located deeper within Qianyuan Mountain, shrouded by a second-order spirit-gathering array, and is inhabited by the sect's Foundation Establishment cultivators!
The vast Qian Yuan Holy Sect had a total of four to five hundred people involved in the foundation building and major repair work.
It seems like a lot?
Actually, very few.
The Qian Yuan Holy Sect has tens of thousands of miscellaneous servants, outer and inner disciples in the Qi Refining stage, but can only maintain four or five hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators.
A Foundation Establishment cultivator is someone who has already entered the inner sanctum of the cultivation path.
"Practicing Qi can lead to a lifespan of 110 years, while Foundation Establishment limits lifespan to 400 years."
A cycle of sixty years is equivalent to a 60-year period, and the maximum lifespan of a foundation-building and major repair is two hundred and forty years.
The fact that such a long-lived Foundation Establishment cultivator only had four or five hundred people further proves how few people and how low the probability of breaking through to Foundation Establishment is.
The miscellaneous disciples and outer disciples have come and gone, but over so many years, there have only been so many Foundation Establishment cultivators.
The Qian Yuan Holy Sect is a major sect, which is why it has so many Foundation Establishment cultivators.
In the outside world, the Foundation Establishment Cultivation Cultivation Cultivation "Ancestor" is someone who can establish a sect or school!
The leaders and clan leaders of those small sects and factions are all at the Foundation Establishment stage.
"Meng Kaizhou has a powerful backer who has undergone Foundation Establishment cultivation, no wonder he was able to break through so early."
Liu He couldn't envy other people's backgrounds.
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Wu Shao arrived.
He summoned everyone to arrange upcoming tasks; there were no other special matters.
Upon learning that Meng Kaizhou and Wang Yarong had both broken through to the second level of Qi Refining within a few days, he congratulated them with a broad smile.
Both of these were people he needed to curry favor with.
Wu Shao had been taking care of Meng Kaizhou, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
When assigning tasks, he would delegate the more troublesome and time-consuming ones to others.
They assigned an easy task to Meng Kaizhou.
However, Meng Kaizhou ignored his "care".
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After finishing his errands, Liu He returned to his forest area.
"I currently have eleven spirit stones in savings. In two months, once I've saved up fifteen spirit stones, I'll find someone to pool their money to buy Qi-boosting pills."
"Others either have talent or a privileged background, but I have an anthill!"
Liu He thought to himself.
This is the source of his confidence as he ascends to the pinnacle of immortality.
Even with the help of an anthill, he is no less than any genius.
He first patrolled the forest several times, then caught a few grasshoppers and crickets, and went to the ant nest.
The ant colony reached a size of 100,000, which is a huge number for a "single ant nest".
There are 100,000 ant soldiers, two queen ants that need to be fed, and a large number of larvae. The amount of food they consume every day is considerable.
Due to their size, ants have a limited range of movement near the anthill.
The ant colony expanded, and the ants' foraging range reached a radius of fifteen zhang (approximately 33 meters).
This is the limit; the ants cannot stray too far from the nest.
First, a round trip would take a lot of time, and second, pheromones from too far away are difficult to receive and transmit.
Because they consume a lot of food, the area with a radius of fifteen zhang centered on the ant nest has become the territory of the ant colony.
Insects of all sizes were not spared; they were all devoured.
Because of their large numbers, ants can avoid encountering things like rats and toads, which they used to try to avoid, but these animals have become food for them.
"What is that?"
As Liu He approached the ant nest, he saw a large number of ants gathered not far from the ant mound.
Like ants hunting and killing their prey, they are now in the final stages of their predation.
Upon closer inspection, it was a layer of green patterned, tattered snakeskin.
"Did the ant colony prey on a grass snake?"
Liu He estimated that the grass snake was more than a foot long, and it was not a very big grass snake.
Normal ant colonies do not prey on snakes; only large and powerful ant colonies like army ants can hunt such prey.
"I'll feed you some more."
Liu He dropped the crickets and grasshoppers he had caught.
The prey had barely landed on the ground when they were immediately spotted by the ants.
Immediately afterwards, ants from the vicinity swarmed in like a flood, instantly overwhelming their prey.
"The territory is too small, and the troops are excessive."
Liu He realized the problem with the ant colony.
"No wonder the colony size of a single ant nest is not large."
His red forest ants normally number only a few thousand, and a colony of ten thousand is considered large-scale.
In reality, the vast number of army ant colonies belong to the "migratory" ant group. They do not have fixed nests, and often stay in one area for a few days before moving on to the next area.
Wherever they went, insects were slaughtered and all the insects were devoured. Even small animals such as snakes, rats and birds were not spared.
It is precisely their migratory lifestyle that allows them to support ant colonies of millions.
Besides migratory ants, there is another type of leafcutter ant.
Leafcutter ants are also quite numerous. They don't migrate; instead, they cut leaves, cultivate fungi, and feed on them. This is a remarkable ant species that can "farm" and produce its own food.
In addition, large ant colonies are not single nests, but multiple nests covering an area.
In short, a large ant colony needs a sufficient amount of food to maintain its size.
Liu He's ant colony was too large, but its range of activity was limited. The scent of the ant colony's activity kept even the rats in the vicinity away.
Liu He needs to feed them every day so that the ants can have enough to eat.
"The best solution right now is to split the nest, and have the Queen lead a group of ant soldiers to build a new nest."
Liu He had previously had the idea of building a "sub-base".
With that in mind, he no longer hesitated and began looking for a location for the ant colony's new nest.
After searching for a while in the forest, he found a secluded area less than 100 meters away.
If a new ant nest is built here, the edges of the activity ranges of the two ant nests can be connected.
"Send forth 20,000 ant soldiers, follow me!"
Liu He personally led the Black Queen and 20,000 ant soldiers from the ant nest to their destination to build a new nest.
This was not the first time Liu He had led the ants to move and build a nest; he was already quite skilled and experienced.
Red forest ants are natural-born architects; their ability to dig and build nests is ingrained in their genes.
Twenty thousand robust ant soldiers began digging the nest, excavating piles of loose soil at a visible speed.
The ant mound gradually rose up.
The ants went in and out, digging deeper and deeper.
By the time Liu He was about to finish his shift, the ant nest had already taken shape, and the black queen had moved into the queen chamber deep inside the new nest.
"Dig a cave for me too."
Liu He confessed.
Like the Red Queen, the Black Queen is his anchor point and coordinate.
a few days later.
The newly built ant nest has become completely stable.
The ants were hunting normally nearby.
The queen ant lays her eggs in the nest chamber, while the worker ants busily store food, move the eggs, and wait for the new larvae to hatch.
"shuttle!"
"Wear it again!"
Liu He tested his ability to travel between the two coordinates.
He can travel from the mortal world to the magical artifact cave where the Red Queen resides, and then in a single thought, travel to the ant nest where the Black Queen resides.
They moved about freely, as if they were teleporting.
"With this ability, even if one ant nest is in danger, I can instantly travel to another ant nest."
"Invincible!"
he thought.