From Ant to Abyssal Demon - Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Dim-Level Monster, Ant!

The slight cracking sound continued.

Su Bai seemed to hear the sound of the material enveloping him flowing, and the pressure around his body began to decrease.

Then, the sticky substance flowed out, and Su Bai dropped from it.

A breeze brought a chill.

Only then did Su Bai have the mind to observe his surroundings.

With the faint light emitted by unknown glowing fungi growing in the cave, he could clearly see his environment.

It was a dim cave.

Relative to his current size, the cave was spacious, with numerous deep tunnels connecting to other places. In this wide cave were many semi-transparent egg-shaped objects.

At this moment, many similar semi-transparent creatures were struggling out of these eggs.

Their bodies were segmented into three parts with six legs. The relatively large heads had two antennae waving and a pair of fierce mandibles occupying a quarter of their head’s area.

With just a glance, Su Bai recognized the species of these creatures.

Ants.

To be precise, they were larvae newly emerged from the ant eggs, with exoskeletons not yet hardened!

“Damn it!

“I accepted being reborn into a game, but if I can’t be reborn as a human, at least let me be a monster or something?

“What the hell is being reborn as an ant?!”

Su Bai felt like cursing loudly.

Based on his knowledge of this game world, the ant he had become wasn’t even considered a monster, just a living background…

Was he going to spend his life like this?

As a larva being fed by worker ants, then becoming a laborer, working hard to strengthen the ant family, and quietly dying after a brief life?

The thought of such a life sent shivers down Su Bai’s spine.

“Maybe…

“Attribute panel?”

Thinking of something, Su Bai silently recited in his mind.

The next moment, a semi-transparent attribute panel appeared in his vision!

【Name】: Su Bai

【Species】: Ant

【Rank】: Dim-Level

【Level】: Dim-Level

【Attributes】: Strength 0.008, Agility 0.005, Constitution 0.002, Spirit 0.03

【Talents】: Soul Point Allocation (Soul Talent), Devour Evolution (Unique Talent), Adaptability (Species Talent)

【Skills】: None

[Soul Point Allocation: Unknown, unable to analyze.]

[Devour Evolution: Even the weakest insect has infinite potential. With the Devour Evolution talent, you can gain experience through eating, and specific items can provide gene points and evolution points. Sufficient gene and evolution points can allow you to evolve from an insect to a higher life form.]

[Adaptability: You are a remarkably gifted insect. If a hundred identical insects were to survive in harsh environments, you would be the one to survive. Strong adaptability allows you to withstand various harsh conditions, with a certain chance of gaining corresponding resistances.]

“Indeed!” After reading through his attribute panel, Su Bai felt a surge of excitement.

There was always a way!

Su Bai didn’t know if other ants had attribute panels, but he knew that his attribute panel, especially the Devour Evolution talent, was his hope of shedding the identity of an ant and evolving from a lowly insect to a higher life form!

The unique Devour Evolution talent was undeniably powerful.

Given enough time and the right items to consume, he might be able to evolve from a dim-level ant into a legendary existence!

Apart from Devour Evolution, Adaptability was also an extremely powerful talent.

As an ant, Su Bai was currently extremely fragile. Not to mention the numerous powerful creatures that might exist in this world, a gust of wind, a rainstorm, or even a significant temperature change could be fatal.

Having the Adaptability talent would undoubtedly improve his chances of survival in this world.

Only by surviving could he hope to become stronger!

The only mysterious talent was the Soul Point Allocation, which even the attribute panel couldn’t analyze.

Su Bai guessed this soul talent might have come from his human soul being reborn into an ant’s body. Perhaps as he evolved, this soul talent would eventually be revealed.

Su Bai had a hunch that the Soul Point Allocation talent could be as powerful as, if not more powerful than, the Devour Evolution talent!

……

“Eat…

“Eat…”

As Su Bai was satisfied after examining his attribute panel, a black ant several times larger appeared before him.

The black ant used its two front legs to place a semi-solid ball larger than Su Bai’s head in front of him, emitting a strange smell.

Instinctively, Su Bai understood what that smell meant.

Eat.

This black ant was a worker ant in the nest, responsible for foraging and feeding the newly hatched larvae like Su Bai.

In reality, ants mainly communicate through the release of pheromones, and in this game world, their communication was represented by various smells.

Perhaps these smells were pheromones, but perceived by Su Bai as understandable scents.

“Eat…

“Eat…”

Seeing Su Bai not moving, the black worker ant emitted the smell again.

“Thank you!”

Silently thanking the worker ant, Su Bai lowered his head, and with his newly hardened mandibles, he tore off a small piece of the semi-solid ball and quickly swallowed it.

“Sweet, not bad!”

As Su Bai began eating, his attribute panel started refreshing with a lot of text.

[Feeding… gained 0.1 experience…]

[Feeding… gained 0.2 experience…]