[Hunter] Kate

?Because Qi Ya and Xiaojie joined, although they left for a period of time in the middle, when the task was handed in half a month later, it was a coincidence that the originally scheduled double task amount was completed.After expressing their gratitude, the officials of Cardin State also mentioned one thing. Recently, someone brought a part of a strange creature into Sazabeth. Because it is an unregistered creature that is suspected of violating the regulations, it cannot be included in the list. , the other party intends to sell it at a high price to license hunters, so as not to be taken away by public agencies in vain.

Out of curiosity about the unknown, Kate and his party, together with Xiaojie and Qi Ya, quickly began to investigate this matter.

"There is so much dust outside, it feels like it hasn't rained here for a long time."

Layla sat on Kate's lap, sighing out the window.Those limbs were found in the sea area south of Youkexin, and now they are passing by land. Compared with flying boats and cars, they can see the terrain of this area more clearly. Leila found that although Youkexin is very luxurious, the desolate places nearby are really For example, the place 3 kilometers away from Youkexin is like a desert, dusty and desolate without even a grass.

"It looks like it hasn't been planted for several months. The weather this year is abnormal and the weather is very unstable."

Kate leaned on the window sill with one hand, and wrapped her arms around Layla's waist to prevent her from falling. Although Stike's driving skills are good, the road is not smooth enough, and bumps are inevitable.

Other people in the car are more concerned about the new species discovered this time than the weather and the dust outside the car. They speculate whether the existing species have mutated in order to survive due to the recent abnormal weather.

"You don't seem to have much energy recently?"

Qi Ya carried the hedgehog from his head to his lap. The space in the car was limited, and Layla could only sit on Kate's lap, and Liu Liu, who was Layla's brain pendant, was entrusted to him.

"Well, Yoyo doesn't have much appetite recently, and I don't bother to scream every day, and basically sleeps. But I checked over and over again, and I didn't find anything wrong with Yoyo's body. On the contrary, she has grown up a bit."

Leila wanted to touch it, but there was her brother sitting between her and Chiya, so she gave up after thinking about it, anyway, she could hold it again after getting off the car.

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Unlike the usual resort coasts, the beach in the south of Youkexin has not been developed much.It is said that when they were vying for the development rights, several economic giants failed to agree. Based on the mentality of "I don't have it, others don't want to have it!", the development of this sea area was put on hold.At present, the South Bank of Youkexin is still a public area, except for the boundless waters on the side near the sea, and the dense forest without any artificial traces behind it.

As a member of Kate's team, Banana was a little worried, "If that creature emerges from the sea and escapes into the dense forest, it will be quite difficult to find."

"That guy may not be alive."

Spina was blowing on her chewing gum, and she was not as worried as Banana. The stump they saw before was not at 01:30. After such a large part was missing, let alone whether it could be raised, it was just a matter of predation , it will be difficult for the other party to compete with other local species.

Later, using the smell left by the stump, Banana tried to get her long-haired dog to look for the creature's traces, and Xiaojie also joined in, but it was a pity, probably because there was more rain in the coastal areas, The creature's scent has been wiped clean by nature.

"Kate, there's something weird about the rocks over there."

When other people try to find traces of creatures in the vicinity based on experience, Layla uses the [circle] to find creatures by spreading her thoughts, which is more effective than looking for them herself. After all, her wild survival skills The keys are always greyed out.

"Where?"

Xiaojie couldn't help but leaned over. Just now he searched for the scent very seriously, but... nothing came of it at all!

"At ten o'clock, it's a little far from here, about one kilometer."

"One kilometer? Can your [circle] go that far? My grandfather is only 300 meters away!"

Qi Ya couldn't believe his ears.

"[Yuan]? Well, it's actually a bit unqualified."

Leila was a little embarrassed, and she explained as she took everyone to the rocky area over there that she thought was wrong.

"Generally [circle] is very full, and as long as it is in the area, it will not be missed? In my words, I didn't use so much mental power. When I was in Ambarella, I couldn't find Kate. , Even if all the thought power is used on the [circle], I can’t find it, so I just like popping a balloon to disperse the air, let the air be as slender as a willow branch, and keep swaying and spreading, so that even if the thought power is not enough, It can also detect far away places!"

"Eh? It sounds quite useful, I'll give it a try too!"

"It's fun!"

Qi Ya and Xiaojie couldn't help but tried it immediately, but they soon turned into bean eyes. It is not difficult to make the Qi thinner or spread the Qi, but it takes a lot of effort to combine it together. The control was over, and before they started to let the scattered air flow, the slender, willow-like thought power dissipated one after another.

'...It seems that it is not as simple as it sounds. '

Qi Ya and Xiaojie glanced at each other, and continued to try unbelievingly.

"It's here, uh..."

Leila couldn't help frowning, and covered her nose with her hands. The smell here was so strange, it smelled like a rotting corpse, and there was also a sour smell of spoiled liquid.

"The size of the eggs looks really disturbing."

Kate looked at the broken eggs on the top of the cave, and her face became serious. These empty shells glued to the top of the cave by mucus are each the size of an adult, and the diameter of the rupture varies from 20 centimeters to 90 centimeters. , there were no large corpses on the ground, and the first batch of soldiers should have left with the queen.

"Insect eggs?"

There was suspicion in Stick's tone. If these are insect eggs, then how amazing is the creature's body!

"It's the Chimera ant. Dongboguo has already got results. Judging from the stump of the creature, its genetic matching is very similar to that of the queen of the Chimera ant. Moreover, judging from the current situation, I think his judgment is very good." correct."

"What? It turned out to be ants after a long time!"

Steck couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Chimera ants? What's that?"

Qi Ya no longer spent his mind power meaninglessly practicing that strange [circle], but shifted his focus to this new term.

"To put it simply, it is a kind of ant, an ant identified as a designated species for first-level isolation." Kate began to popularize science, "This kind of ant adopts a special form of egg-laying called feeding ants. Queen ants By eating other creatures, the characteristics of the creature can be manifested in the next generation, and by eating various creatures, their genes can be complexly mixed together and passed on to the next generation. Because Chimera ants are cruel and insatiable in nature. , so I often eat my favorite food until it becomes extinct.”

"..."

Xiaojie felt a little dizzy when he heard it.

"To put it simply, it is what you eat and give birth to. For example, if you eat a rabbit, you will give birth to an ant in the shape of a rabbit, right?" Leila explained with her own thoughts. "And, whatever you like to eat, you'll eat it all at once."

"That's it."

Kate continued to popularize science, "However, the average queen ant is only about 10 centimeters, and it is difficult to hunt too large prey. This one here is at least 2 meters above."

"If that's the case, even humans can eat it."

Qi Ya immediately thought of the most dangerous situation. Although his tone was still so relaxed, everyone couldn't help blowing a cool breeze.

'If so, that would be too bad! '