In the fine ripples, groups of Vulcan Ants emerged one after another, and they were annihilated again and again. There were at least a few dozen groups of thousands of them, and only one or two lucky ones, like the "evidence" Gong Qi had captured before, escaped the interference zone of the domain fragments and the fine ripples of space-time. They came out in one piece, but in the blink of an eye, they were swept away by the howling sandstorm and crushed in another form.
Their actions were like moths flying into a flame. He had no idea what was going on.
Gong Qi observed carefully, forcing himself to calm down. It took a great deal of willpower for him to hold back from rushing over at the first moment. But his mind kept turning.
If even "ants" can pass through the interference point, there's no reason I can't pass through it … Alright, I need to calm down. Maybe it's just a tiny point. I need to widen it. What's on the other end of the interference point? He needed to investigate further.
Hmm, actually, he could guess it. It was most likely a magma space.
In recent years, research on Vulcan Ants had been a very popular field. This kind of social aberrant population, aberrant nests that could be cultivated, and the mental level that could be raised through collective consciousness. There were too many things to ponder.
Gong Qi searched his memory for relevant research papers, hoping to find more clues and verification from the habits of Vulcan Ants.
The problem was that no research had ever mentioned that Vulcan Ants could actually penetrate the space-time barrier, reach a shattered space, and come in waves to die. For an aberrant population with strict social ethics, what was the meaning of such behavior?
Most importantly, would it affect Gong Qi, who was in a hurry to return to Earth's space-time?
Just as he was pondering, the position of the space-time interference point finally changed a little after thousands of Vulcan Ants were annihilated.
The source of the change was the remains of the Vulcan Ants' shells.
In terms of size, the Vulcan Ant was considered rather large among the ant species. The different variants produced by each nest had an average length of 1.2 centimeters. The largest was even nearly 5 centimeters in size. But from a human's perspective, it was still not considered much, not to mention compared to the vast and boundless misty maze.
However, when thousands of similar gadgets surged out in a short period of time and piled up the corpses, the adjectives such as' tiny 'were no longer suitable.
Although their bodies could not resist the erosion of the sandstorm, they turned the unfavorable situation bit by bit in an even more incredible way. When the crushed remains were piled up to a certain extent, Gong Qi actually felt a very obvious "magic".
Due to the piling up of these corpses, the fine ripples in the void became somewhat chaotic. However, the indistinct space-time gap of the interference point was not affected. Instead, it expanded and stabilized.
These Fire God Ants seemed to be using their own corpses to "fill the trench"!
Their tiny shells carried amazing energy. Even if they were shattered, the energy would still remain. Also, under the effective effect of the group consciousness, they were reassembled and built a 'bridgehead' on the interference point of space and time. Although it was not yet completed, the prototype could already be seen. As long as there were no more major disturbances in the misty labyrinth, and the Fire God Ant colony had an endless supply of backup forces, it would most likely be completed.
The Mutant species were indeed peculiar and extraordinary.
The material attributes of the individual and the mental level of the group were extremely efficient in integrating together. This was how they achieved such an astonishing result.
This group of first-hand materials that could drive a Mutant Ecologist crazy was a small matter. What was truly decisive was the endlessly expanding and stabilizing narrow passageway that clearly connected Earth's space-time with the misty labyrinth.
Whether it was calculations or senses, they all verified the authenticity of the passageway.
The heavens have not forsaken me!
Gong Qi really could not hold it in any longer. The path of survival was within reach, but it had already consumed most of his mental strength. The bridgehead formed by piling up the corpses of the Fire God Ants was becoming more and more obvious. Its defense and interference rules were becoming more and more unyielding. While it was helping him resolve his problems, he could not help but worry.
If this continued, it was hard to say what sort of situation the Fire God Ant colony would stir up. In the off chance it affected the space-time structure of the interference point, it would result in the consequence of making a mistake of a thousand miles. He could only ram his head into a wall.
The Fire God Ants' strange and illogical behavior and the natural space of lava on the other side were completely unrelated to humans no matter how he looked at it. It had nothing to do with Luo Nan, who he feared the most. All he needed to do now was to return to Earth's space-time and bypass the threats of Ouyang Chen and Wu Jiong. The sky was high and the sea was wide. Nothing could stop him.
Go go go!
When Gong Qi's mind was set, the yarn of silence displayed its miraculous effect. Gong Qi's spiritual body truly seemed to become a thin mist of nothingness under the wrapping of this strange item. His powerful Extraordinary level power was hidden in formlessness. He was able to go against the flow of the narrow passageway constructed by the Fire God Ants. He intersected with the Fire God Ant colony that surged out, and he also made close contact with their group consciousness. He brushed past them.
He was truly close to the Fire God Ant colony, and his senses were even more exquisite.
This group of little things, whether they were alive or dead, did indeed have their own rules. The mental power formed by the group consciousness was both a commander and a glue. It dominated the entirety of the colony and each individual from life to death.
If he were to substitute himself as an individual in this society, then it would truly be so tight that it would suffocate him. But if he were to observe it from a detached perspective, there was no lack of errors and omissions formed by low-level instincts. And this was the most natural state.
It was precisely because of this that Gong Qi eliminated the risk and came over with peace of mind. However, he also carefully avoided disturbing them, afraid that something unexpected would happen.
The space-time rift was a highly distorted structure. It was very difficult to quantify it with something like "length". Gong Qi had to conform to the rules and regulations of the Fire God Ants, which took a lot of time. But when he truly moved out, he still deeply felt that all the hard work was worth it.
The chaotic misty maze and the monotonous cloud world were completely left behind. What replaced them were more diverse and orderly structures and colors.
In the hollow underground cavern, dark red lava gurgled, illuminating the surrounding cavern walls. It also illuminated the huge ant nest that was half trapped inside. Dark black and dark red were the main colors, mixed with the bluish-gray pieces of the rock. The state of interweaving light and shadow was filled with natural liveliness and charm.
I'm back, I'm back!
Gong Qi burst into laughter. His laughter surged in the underground lava area, stirring up waves. At this time, he was no longer afraid of anything. Even if there was a mutated nest next to him, it did not matter.
Perhaps it was because of Gong Qi's impudence that in the Fire God Ant nest a dozen meters away, the billions of Fire God Ants that were working hard became restless. These movements and reactions were quickly reflected in their group consciousness. Restlessness and hostility were like sparks and oil colliding, igniting at the slightest touch!
"Hehe, these little things!"
Gong Qi did not mind being like many research teams at all, coming to the center and bringing out the queen of the Fire God Ant colony as a captive to conduct in-depth research. From their behavior just now, they really had a lot of research value.
But in the next second, his gaze turned to the Fire God Ant nest. He suddenly felt that something was wrong. Why did the style of this nest look so familiar?
Also, the group consciousness of the Fire God Ants that had already ignited did not rush up to kill like the low-level creatures. Instead, it was accumulating and circulating the heat. In a breath's time, its influence and interference pattern had already exceeded the range of Gong Qi's judgment. It spread rapidly to a wider area, almost like a prairie fire.
"Boom … Boom boom!"
The lava beneath him stirred. Sparks from the group consciousness of the Fire God Ants splashed. The already burning fluid seemed to have peeled off a layer of old skin. The dark red layer of light on the surface, under the effect of the explosively rising heat, split into pieces. What replaced it was an even brighter and more dazzling yellow-white light.
The entire underground cavern was illuminated as bright as day by the sudden burst of light. It was so bright that Gong Qi's spirit body was penetrated by the light and became a lot fainter.
Gong Qi looked at all of this in a daze. He watched as the temperature of the lava rose abnormally. Very quickly, it exceeded the normal upper limit of the natural world. From 800 to 900 degrees, it shot up to 3,000 to 4,000 degrees. And the huge pressure that created all of this sank from the mental plane to the physical plane. Very quickly, it surged back up, forming a wonderful two-way cycle. And pressure and temperature, mental and physical, were perfectly unified, forming a stable and solid closed loop.
This series of changes originated from the effect of the Fire God Ants' group consciousness. But in the process of this effect, there was clearly an even stronger core.
Gong Qi finally reacted. He locked onto his vision and senses, staring at the huge ant nest in the turbulent lava space that connected the top and bottom of the cavern. Under the effect of high temperature and high pressure, parts of the ant nest's structure could not withstand it and fell off. However, it wrapped around the base of the coarse stone pillars. Even if it stood in the hottest lava, it did not change shape or shake at all.
Furthermore, it was absorbing the high-temperature fluid that was close to being in a gaseous and liquid state, causing it to flow through the structure of the ant nest. It became a circulating "bloodline". The energy and Qi activity thus linked up and continued to operate and upgrade.
The ant nest was like a mountain, and the lava was like water. Yet this landscape was as malevolent as hell. It integrated the group consciousness of billions of Fire God Ants and gave it an even more warped and restless quality. More importantly, there was a higher level of power here:
"Blood, blood, blood!"
"Fire, fire, fire!"
Gong Qi's expression changed. "Bloodflame Order, do you have a death wish!?"
Although that was what he said, under the extreme environment of high temperature and high pressure, the fanatical and devout power of faith was like a prairie fire. It filled all the space of consciousness that Gong Qi could sense. It possessed direct lethality, but it also contained a deep and violent venom. It burned, eroded, and entangled without care. Even Gong Qi had to fend it off in a fluster for a moment.
At this moment, an ethereal voice of laughter came through the air.
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