"Ant King Summon: Can summon 1000 ants to fight for him."
"Level 3 Evolution Space opens the Talent Extraction column, allowing Apostle talents to be transplanted into the host!"
Zhou Qi looked at the constantly displayed text on the light screen, his heart filled with fervor, fantasizing about the future in his mind—who wouldn't want to obtain supernatural power, who wouldn't want eternal life... immortality!
"Can they become loyal followers once they reach Five-Tier?" Zhou Qi murmured to himself.
Then, with a thought, this Five-Tier Ants, which was a giant among ants, began to gradually crawl up Zhou Qi's arm along his finger.
"Let's try the Ant King Summon," the Five-Tier Ants raised his massive fore-mandibles.
Zhou Qi squatted on the ground, watching the ants that were originally gathered in piles, feasting on feed residue, and those that were gathering around him from various corners, like black threads.
The Five-Tier Ants jumped down from Zhou Qi's hand, like a general, facing the dense swarm of ants around Zhou Qi.
"Can the insects killed by these ants, strengthened by me, count as my Evolution Points?" No sooner said than done,
Zhou Qi immediately issued an order, telling the Five-Tier Ants to lead the army out to attack other small insects within the pig farm.
By the grass, a lone ant had just walked to the side of the summoned ant swarm when it was instantly targeted by more than a dozen ants. Their antennae trembled rapidly, sending out attack signals, and they pounced like black lightning.
The leading ant jumped onto the lone ant's back, clamping its antennae tightly with its powerful mandibles, while the other ants swarmed forward, some biting its legs, others grasping its abdomen.
The lone ant struggled wildly, its six legs flailing, throwing off a few ants, but more ants climbed onto it, biting it fiercely with their sharp mandibles.
Before long, the lone ant, exhausted, was pinned to the ground, completely losing its ability to resist.
"Ding, your dependent Five-Tier Ants killed an ant, congratulations on gaining 0.01 Evolution Points"... The prompts for gaining Evolution Points kept refreshing on the light screen.
Zhou Qi walked over and pinched the Five-Tier Ants between his fingertips; applying a little force, he felt as if he was being cut by something metallic.
With a thought, he began to strengthen it.
"Why is there no reaction?" Zhou Qi looked at the ant in his hand, but no evolutionary energy connected from his finger to the Five-Tier Ants.
He glanced at the light screen, only to see a continuous stream of light flashing on it.
Level 1 Evolution Space only supports strengthening a single insect species to Five-Tier, and the number of the same species strengthened to Five-Tier, meaning promoted to a First-Tier Apostle, cannot exceed ten.
Zhou Qi didn't think much of it at the moment and directly told the Five-Tier Ants to bring over a robust soldier ant that was several sizes larger than the surrounding ants. He pointed his finger and began to strengthen it.
"Ding, ding, ding" sounded five times consecutively. This ant inflated like a balloon, becoming the size of a broad bean, appearing robust rather than bloated.
This Five-Tier Ants also initiated the Ant King Summon, and another 1000 ants were gathered.
They began to sweep the surroundings with the army of the previous Five-Tier Ants.
Zhou Qi checked his remaining Evolution Points. He previously had 10.8 Evolution Points. Strengthening two Five-Tier Ants consumed a total of 6.2 Evolution Points, leaving him with 5.07 Evolution Points. The extra points were just gained from the ant swarm's sweep.
Zhou Qi used the remaining Evolution Points to strengthen another Five-Tier Ants, giving the command for the three Five-Tier Ants, along with the 3000 summoned ants, to begin sweeping the farming area.
Afterward, he prepared to take a shower to wash off the dirt on his body. He had been too excited earlier, constantly looking at the Evolution Space.
Now that his emotions had stabilized, smelling his own sweat and various other mixed odors, he couldn't stand it anymore.
Since graduating in June, whether through campus recruitment or his own job search, he could only find basic, dirty, and tiring jobs.
After a month of searching, Zhou Qi finally despaired and decided to return home to work at his family's pig farm.
Although he was tired every day and smelled bad, he didn't know how many times he had to shower daily.
But at least his parents gave him 12,000 yuan a month for living expenses. How many fresh graduates from vocational colleges could earn such a high salary nowadays?
Moreover, he lived and ate directly at his old home. Zhou Qi's home was in Zhoujiazhuang nearby, and their farm was conveniently located right next to the national highway.
Besides five breeding houses, Zhou Qi's family farm also had a two-story building next to the main gate.
The first floor had several guard rooms where employees could stay during night shifts, and the second floor had a few simple offices.
Zhou Qi went to his own guard room, the innermost one on the first floor. The room was small and a bit cramped.
The wooden bedside table by the bed had chipped paint, and the desk lamp was old-fashioned. The simple wardrobe opposite the bed had a sticky door track, making it hard to open and close.
The desk was pushed against the corner, with many chips and dents on its edges, and it was piled with documents and used pens. The floor was made of cheap laminate, with some areas slightly warped.
However, the small green plant on the windowsill and a few stickers on the wall added a touch of Life Qi to this somewhat simple space.
After turning on the air conditioner, Zhou Qi walked all the way inside, where there was a shower room hidden by a curtain.
He took off his dirty T-shirt and shorts, threw them directly into the old washing machine nearby, and started it. As soon as the shower was turned on, the warm water of summer poured over him, and he felt his body instantly relax.
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After showering, Zhou Qi looked at his relatively muscular physique in the mirror, feeling that his body had improved significantly since working at the farm.
Zhou Qi slumped in the chair, his stomach rumbling. He tore open the instant noodle packaging, sprinkled the seasoning, and poured in hot water, and steam instantly rose.
Three minutes later, he impatiently scooped up the noodles, slurped a large mouthful, and as the scalding noodles slid down his throat, his fatigue gradually dissipated with the satisfaction in his stomach.
He checked the time; it was only 12:50 PM, the sun in Zhongyuan Province in August was at its most scorching.
With nothing to do now, and work not starting until 3 PM, and the Five-Tier Ants still sweeping, Zhou Qi lay on the bed and unconsciously fell asleep.
Meanwhile, outside,
In a corner of the pig farm, several cockroaches were feasting on spilled pig feed. Suddenly, a worker ant passed by, its antennae twitching a few times before it quickly turned back.
In the blink of an eye, a swarm of ants surged like a black tide, instantly surrounding the cockroaches. The leading ant rushed forward first, biting a cockroach's leg tightly with its powerful mandibles.
The cockroach was startled and desperately thrashed its body, throwing off a few ants, but more ants climbed up its legs.
A larger cockroach spread its wings, buzzing, trying to scare off the ants.
The ants were fearless, crawling densely over its body, biting its wings and drilling into its abdomen.
The cockroach struggled fiercely, rolling on the ground, but more and more ants gathered.
As the battle continued, the cockroach gradually lost strength, and its movements became slower and slower.
The ants had clear divisions of labor: those biting the legs controlled movement, and those biting the body continuously attacked.
Finally, the cockroach was successfully subdued by the ants, becoming their trophy...
The sun gradually set...