Chapter 178: Chapter 178: Red Ant

“Take a closer look at its mouthparts, there’s black blood on it. If you’re bitten, you’ll turn into a cute little thing!” Bai Xiqin said softly, “Its body is nimble and quick. If it weren’t for my control power holding it down, you’d be even cuter than you are now!”

After she finished speaking, Bai Xiqin’s fingers moved slightly, and the red ant’s legs began to exert force as if it was about to pounce the next moment!

Before it could pounce, the invisible control power acted on it again, making the red ant’s body unbelievably heavy.

Bai Yifan’s face slightly stiffened, he glanced at the red ant’s opening and closing mouthparts and silently shrank back behind Bai Xiqin.

He’s only sixteen!

Still just a kid!

In this situation, there’s no need to throw your life away.

The world has so much delicious milk powder, and he hasn’t had the chance to try it all yet!

“Brother-in-law, zap it to death quickly!”

Bai Yifan hid behind Bai Xiqin and looked at Leng Yebai expectantly.

Turning into a cute little thing, that’s too cruel.

If it turned into a cute thing like Fan Tangtang, that would be acceptable.

If it turned into a screaming cute thing, then that would be a tragedy.

Leng Yebai’s lips slightly curled up, and he sneakily glanced at Bai Xiqin.

Even though Bai Yifan always calls for help from his brother-in-law, this brother-in-law shout is still very satisfying.

But to take action, he still needs to follow Xiao Niu’s command.

“These are mutant red ants, the worker ants that come out to find food aren’t picky; they eat zombies.”

Bai Xiqin looked heavily at the black in the red ant’s mouthparts.

In an ant nest, the number of worker ants is vast.

If only one ant mutates, that’s fine; if an entire colony…

The scariest thing isn’t the mutant worker ants; it’s the Ant Queen.

If the Ant Queen mutates, its offspring will all be mutant ants.

One Ant Queen can lay tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of eggs in its lifetime.

The worker ants eat zombies, the food they bring back surely will have rotten meat.

Once the Ant Queen eats this rotten meat, the consequences are unimaginable.

“Then let’s hurry and burn it!”

Bai Yifan remembered the dense swarm of mutant rats from before and instantly got goosebumps.

“The Ant Queen’s food will be the best in the colony, and rotten meat isn’t the most delicious in its diet; the Ant Queen may not eat rotten meat.” Bai Xiqin slightly frowned.

The situation of a mutant ant colony, she hadn’t seen it in three years of the apocalypse, only heard about it.

After the energy tide, plants grew lushly, and small animals had enough fruit to eat, they wouldn’t eat those rotten meats.

Between rotten meat and fruit, ants prefer the latter.

That’s why there has been only one ant outbreak case during the apocalypse.

However, ants are different from rats; ants are lighter, more agile, and won’t die even if they fall from high.

Their numbers depend on the age of the Ant Queen; they all follow the Ant Queen’s orders, like a team of elite soldiers.

“Then why did it eat it?”

Bai Yifan poked his head out from behind Bai Xiqin, quickly glanced at the red ant, and hurriedly shrank back.

“There are always exceptions,” Bai Xiqin shrugged, “just like you, who can mess around and still be lively.”

Small animals that have eaten rotten meat won’t all turn into zombie animals, nor will they all survive.

The smaller the size, the more deadly the toxins are to them.

The ones that survive are one in a million.

“That’s just my good fortune!” Bai Yifan looked slightly smug.

His sister, the daughter of destiny.

His grandfather, the best of the best grandpas.

His grandmother, the strongest forensic doctor.

His mother, the most badass Funeral Master.

His father, born into a good lineage, married a good wife, had a good daughter.

Him, excelling beyond his father, born even better!

Bai Xiqin slightly shook her head, indeed, she had overlooked the training of her younger brother.

Bai Xiqin rubbed her chin, wondering if she should toss Xiao Fan into a zombie nest for some training someday?

“Sis, what are you thinking?”

Bai Yifan looked at his sister rubbing her chin and felt slightly apprehensive.

Whenever his sister makes this expression, someone is doomed.

He knows his sister well.

Even if in Brother Leng’s eyes, his sister is gentle and kind-hearted.

Bai Yifan is sure, his sister is the one who can unscrew his skull.

“Nothing,” Bai Xiqin said lightly and reached out towards Bai Yifan, “A piece of candy.”

Bai Yifan silently pulled out a piece of milk powder pressed tablet and placed it in Bai Xiqin’s hand.

It’s only because his sister wants it; otherwise, he wouldn’t give it to anyone else!

This was hammered out tablet by tablet by him!

The milk powder tablet emitted a strong milky aroma.

The red ant, suppressed by Bai Xiqin’s control power, reacted a bit.

The red antenna in the air rubbed back and forth twice, eager to rush over.

Even if it is a rotten meat eater, it still knows a candy tablet is the best; it can carry it back for the Ant Queen to eat.

Under Bai Yifan’s pained gaze, Bai Xiqin threw the milk tablet in front of the red ant.

The white milk tablet fell to the ground, and some white crumbs fell, making the milky aroma even stronger.

The red ant’s mouthparts opened and closed, seemingly very excited.

Bai Xiqin gradually dispelled the control device on it, not entirely, leaving some pressure on it.

Ready to crush it at any time.

The red ant is fast; if bitten carelessly, it’s troublesome.

The antenna on the red ant’s forehead moved, and instead of attacking Bai Xiqin and the others first, it went to carry the sweet-smelling milk tablet.

It is a worker ant, responsible for searching for food in the ant nest.

In any situation, food comes first.

The red mutant ant bit on the candy tablet, not even letting go of the white crumbs on the ground.

Then, the red figure turned into a shadow and swiftly ran outside.

Ants are inherently fast, and because of their small size, people instinctively overlook their speed.

A person’s small step takes ants several seconds, not because it’s slow, but because of their short legs.

Their leg exchange frequency is fast.

When the size grows bigger, the legs grow longer, the walking distance increases, moving faster!

Before leaving, Bai Xiqin collected some untouched rolls of paper and various toiletries from the warehouse.

Then, she and Leng Yebai took big steps in pursuit in one direction.

Bai Yifan bent over carrying the Crystal Core and trotted along behind Bai Xiqin.

Bai Xiqin glanced around, it’s quiet, not to mention zombies, there’s not a single human.

Bai Xiqin lightly patted the sack, and the sack filled with Crystal Cores instantly vanished.

Bai Yifan wiped sweat and trotted, trying to catch up with the two’s pace.

Without the sack, his short legs are still slightly overextending.

The red ant, like red debris, scurried out of a window.

The glass of the window is shattered with black liquid on it.

The zombies in the supermarket, hearing the noise outside, are left clawing at the window, howling.

Outside the window are several welded solid steel bars preventing the zombies inside from coming out.

Zombies can’t get out; ants can get in.

This red ant may have already treated this place as its backyard!

Not having time to let a free locksmith break it.

Bai Xiqin’s hands exuded light frost, and she effortlessly bent the welded steel outside to deform.

Crunching—

The steel bars issued a wailing sound, exposing a hole wide enough for adults to pass through.

Ready to use light to melt the steel bars, Bai Yifan:…

Ready to use a dagger to chop steel bars, Leng Yebai:…

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