But …
Dreams were plentiful, but reality was harsh.
It didn't hear the expected sound of an eyeball breaking, nor did it hear that damned human's hysterical screams.
An aura that made its hair stand on end quietly appeared behind it, causing it to look over in horror. It saw that the hateful human's eyes were glowing with a faint purple light as he stared at the poisonous sting that was suspended in the air and unable to move any further.
The second bar was horrified. With its IQ that was close to that of a seven- or eight-year-old human child, although it didn't understand how this human did it, it didn't stop it from realizing that this terrifying human wasn't someone it could fight against.
Therefore, when Ding Ning reached out to put away the poisonous sting and planned to study it later, the second bar couldn't care less about its subordinates and shamelessly turned around to run.
"Want to run? No way. You killed my spirit pet, so you'll be the replacement."
The second bar only felt a gust of wind flash past, and before it could react, it was suddenly grabbed by a big hand.
Squeak, squeak, squeak!
The second bar was scared out of its wits and actually made insect-like sounds, which stunned Ding Ning. This was the first time he met an ant that could make sounds. Was this an ability after evolving to have two golden patterns?
Then, Ding Ning found that this spineless and unprincipled two bar was transmitting an extremely weak mental ripple to him. The ripple was very weak, but he clearly understood the meaning it wanted to express.
It was begging Ding Ning to spare it. As long as he could spare it, it could order all its subordinates to listen to Ding Ning, and it could even take him to the queen's nest to steal the ant jelly.
Ding Ning was amused. This guy killed his spirit pet in a flashy manner earlier, so he thought it was a guy with a backbone. It turned out that it was also a coward.
However, he was very interested in the fact that it could communicate with him spiritually before signing a master-servant contract. He tried to communicate with it using his spiritual power, asking how it knew that he was here to get the ant jelly, and to see if it could understand him.
The result made him overjoyed. It really could communicate spiritually, and its meaning was much clearer than Black Gold's. According to Gold … Alright, that was the new name Ding Ning gave it.
According to Gold, the reason why it knew that he was here to get the ant jelly was that there would be humans here every once in a while. Therefore, when it saw a human, its first reaction was that he was here to get the ant jelly again.
"You're soldier ants? Weren't they supposed to protect the tribe? Why did you sell the queen ant so easily? "
Ding Ning guessed that the human it was talking about should be a member of the Sacred Goddess Tribe, so he asked in a playful tone.
"It can't be helped. If the race wants to survive, we must learn to be patient."
Gold replied eloquently, and his words were quite philosophical.
Ding Ning couldn't help laughing. He felt that this guy's IQ seemed to be much higher than Hei Jin's. He didn't know whether it was because of the average person's IQ, or because this guy was gifted.
"How often do they come here?"
Ding Ning asked curiously. The man and the ant began to communicate in this way.
Due to Gold's strong desire to live, he answered every question he asked.
According to it, the Sacred Maiden Tribe would come to collect the ant serum about once every three years. Of course, it did not mean that they would only come every three years. Sometimes the interval would be longer, and sometimes the interval would be shorter. Moreover, the number of people who came each time was not fixed.
The reason why it was said to be three years was that the queen ant could only produce a batch of ant serum every three years. Even if someone came during this period, there would be no harvest. Therefore, the Sacred Maiden Tribe had probably figured out this pattern and basically came to harvest the ant serum at the right time.
In fact, last year was only the three-year period. The Sacred Maiden Tribe had just come here to take away the ant serum, so it was useless to come here now.
Ding Ning revealed a thoughtful look. It seemed that Ye Yingying might not know about this situation either. She thought that there would be a harvest every time she came, so she tried her best to collect the ant serum behind the back of her tribe.
But what puzzled him was what this ant serum was. Why could it help people break through to the God Martial Arts Realm?
Unfortunately, Gold could not answer this question. The ant serum was the biggest secret of every ant tribe, and only the queen ant herself knew its origin.
However, Ding Ning realized from its description that Ye Yingying did not lie to him. The ant serum really had the effect of helping people improve their strength.
Gold had evolved two golden patterns because it swallowed the ant serum, and the queen ant also relied on the ant serum to improve their strength, thereby maintaining their rule over the tribe.
Ding Ning was very curious and asked it, "Wasn't the ant serum taken away by humans? Where did the queen ant get the ant serum? "
Gold knew that it had misspoken and pretended to be deaf and dumb, refusing to answer this question. Ding Ning poked a hole in its body with his finger and forced it to sign a master-servant contract before he got the answer.
It turned out that the yellow ant tribe was a relatively ancient tribe among the ants. Many years ago, they also lived in the center of the desert. Even though they were not qualified to live in the Restricted Area, they belonged to the second echelon of powerful tribes in the Ten Thousand Ants Desert.
At that time, the ant tribe was not as respected as it was now. Instead, there was an ant king leading the tribe, and the queen ant was only a tool responsible for reproduction.
In the ant tribe, the Restricted Area had always been regarded as a holy land. The ant king of each tribe was ambitious, and their goal was to lead the tribe to live in the Restricted Area.
Just as the Yellow Ant King was building up its strength and preparing to challenge for the right to live in the Restricted Area, dozens of humans suddenly appeared in the Ten Thousand Ants Desert and happened to pass by the yellow ant tribe's territory.
To the Yellow Ant King, who had never seen humans before, this was like military food delivered to its doorstep. Thus, the Yellow Ant King made a decision that it would regret for the rest of its life. It moved out in a group and attacked these strange creatures.
The result was tragic. The humans were caught off guard and suffered greatly. The Yellow Ant King killed more than a dozen of them. Unexpectedly, after the initial panic, the humans assumed some strange postures. Then, their combat power began to skyrocket, and the Yellow Ant King was utterly defeated. Millions of corpses were lying on the ground.
The Yellow Ant King was also heavily injured. It risked its life to lead its tribe and fled. Not long after it returned, it died from its injuries.
It was also that battle that caused the Yellow Ant Tribe to decline. After all, the weak were prey to the strong. Moreover, many other ant tribes had long coveted the Yellow Ant Tribe's territory. How could they let go of this opportunity to hit them when they were down?
Thus, tragedy befell the Yellow Ant Tribe. Right after the Yellow Ant King died, the new Yellow Ant King led its defeated army to fight against the other ant tribes that had surrounded them. It was instantly killed. The Yellow Ant Tribe suffered a great defeat and fled in all directions.
At this critical moment, the Ant Queen suddenly stepped forward and organized her defeated tribe. She negotiated with the other ant tribes that had coveted their territory. In the end, they handed over their territory in exchange for the right to live.
However, the Ten Thousand Ant Desert was like a kingdom with the Forbidden Zone as its core. If the Forbidden Zone was the first ring, then the Yellow Ant Tribe's territory was the second ring. Moreover, each territory was divided according to the tribe's strength.
The Yellow Ant Tribe moved from the second ring to the third ring. However, because there was no Ant King to hold down the fort, and the Yellow Ant Tribe was tyrannical and tyrannical, the ant tribes living in the third ring began to crazily retaliate against them. At its most severe, the Yellow Ant Tribe was almost wiped out.
When the Ant Queen saw that the situation was not right, she continued to move with her tribe. However, one of the basic laws of nature was that lagging behind meant being beaten. When they reached the fourth ring, they were still bullied by the other ant tribes. Thus, the Yellow Ant Tribe continued to move … the fifth ring … the sixth ring … the seventh ring …
This continued until the entire tribe was chased out of the desert and became the losers of the Ten Thousand Ant Tribe's struggle for hegemony. They could only struggle on in the Gobi Desert.
However, even though there were no more external threats, internal disputes arose. They wanted to elect an Ant King to lead the tribe to recuperate before killing their way back to their homeland. They even wanted to settle in the Forbidden Zone.
However, a portion of the brave Guard Ants, who were responsible for protecting the Ant Queen, disagreed. They believed that although the tribe had been defeated time and time again, the Yellow Ant Tribe's survival to this day was largely due to the Ant Queen's contributions. They disagreed with electing an Ant King, and they decided to support the Ant Queen.
At this moment, the entire ant colony was in an uproar. Although they all respected the queen ant, there was never a tradition of the queen ant being the king of the colony. They were immediately met with fierce opposition, and the two sides argued endlessly with their own opinions.
In the end, the two sides came to an agreement. According to the tribe's tradition, the Ant King had to be the strongest warrior in the tribe. Both sides would send out representatives to fight, and whoever won would have the final say.
According to common sense, the Guard Ants, who were responsible for protecting the Ant Queen, would not be able to compare to the Soldier Ants, who had been fighting outside all year round. As such, no ants thought highly of the Guard Ants.
However, they did not expect that during the duel, the Guard Ants would suddenly display extremely powerful battle prowess. Those so-called elite soldiers could not even withstand a single blow from them.
In the end, the Guard Ants won seven battles without any suspense, and the tribe had no choice but to agree with them. They would no longer appoint an Ant King, and instead, they would support the Ant Queen.
Just like that, the Ant Queen became the ruler of the tribe. In order to appease the people and maintain her rule, the Ant Queen began to reward the Soldier Ants who had made great contributions to the tribe with ant jelly. This opened up the path of their evolution.
With the help of the Ant Jelly, the Yellow Ant Tribe began to quickly produce golden-patterned powerhouses. At their peak, there were even four-patterned Battle Ants.
If things had continued like this, the Yellow Ant Tribe might have been able to quickly regain its former glory and kill its way back to the center of the desert to reclaim its territory.
However, things did not go according to one's wishes. The humans who had ruined the tribe's destiny reappeared at this time, and a few of them were old acquaintances.
After all, more than a dozen of their comrades had died back then. When enemies met, their eyes blazed with hatred. Thus, a war erupted once again.
This time, the humans seemed to have come prepared. Not only did they stand in strange positions, but they also brought out powerful weapons. The Yellow Ant Tribe suffered a crushing defeat once again.
The humans were unwilling to let the Ant King escape the last time. This time, they were determined to kill every last one of the Yellow Ant Tribe. They chased after the Yellow Ant Tribe and killed their way into the Yellow Ant Tribe's nest. They wanted to exterminate the entire tribe.
On the brink of life and death, the Ant Queen was willing to exchange her Ant Jelly for the tribe's survival through their spiritual connection.
After discovering the Ant Jelly's heaven-defying abilities, the humans were tempted. Perhaps they were worried that they would no longer be able to obtain the Ant Jelly after killing the Ant Queen, so they decided to let the Yellow Ant Tribe go. From then on, they would send people to collect the Ant Jelly every three years.
The Yellow Ant Tribe acted as if they were offering sacrifices to the humans. Every three years, they would obediently hand over the Ant Queen their Ant Jelly. This continued for a long time, until suddenly, the humans did not appear for more than a dozen years. The entire tribe heaved a long sigh of relief, thinking that the humans had all died.
However, just in case, they did not dare to use the Ant Jelly that they had accumulated over the past dozen years. The Ant Queen had hidden it somewhere.
It was not until a few decades ago that the Holy Lady Tribe appeared again. However, these people did not seem to know about the agreement with the Yellow Ant Tribe. They only knew that the Ant Jelly existed, so they immediately started a war to snatch it.
This time, the Ant Queen did not dare to act rashly. She was afraid that the humans had deliberately sent people to probe them, so she pretended to flee in panic and allowed them to take the Ant Jelly away.
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