From Ant to Abyssal Demon - Chapter 29

Chapter 29: The Terrifying Potential of the Zerg!

Choosing the worker ant and the queen ant as his subordinates and the ant species as his kin, Su Bai made this decision after careful consideration.

At present, the ant species seems incredibly weak.

Apart from Su Bai, only the worker ant and the queen ant have reached the tiny level.

It could be said that the combined strength of the entire species might not even match a level 1 monster, let alone compare with a species like goblins.

However, the ant species had potential that was hard for most to see.

Among Su Bai’s three major talents, the 【Adaptability】 talent came from the ant species.

This meant that every ant in the species had the potential to awaken the 【Adaptability】 talent. Even though this chance was extremely small, it truly existed.

One ant might not awaken the 【Adaptability】 talent, but what about a hundred?

If not a hundred, then a thousand.

If not a thousand, then ten thousand or a hundred thousand!

As long as there was enough food, a queen ant could develop the colony into tens of thousands in a short time. Under Su Bai’s control, reaching hundreds of thousands was not impossible.

Su Bai remembered the system’s description that even insects had infinite potential!

Moreover, he had some suspicions.

Choosing a tiny-level species as his kin would likely prompt the system to offer compensation for balance, enhancing the ant species.

After all, no one else would choose a tiny-level creature that isn’t even a formal monster as their kin.

Indeed, when Su Bai confirmed the ant species as his kin, the system prompt sounded.

[Ding! You have chosen ants as your kin. You can select two of the following options as species talents for the ant species.]

[1. Adaptability. The adaptability talent of the ant species is enhanced, giving each newly born ant a 0.1% chance to awaken the adaptability talent.]

[2. Rapid Digestion. Ants selected as kin gain rapid digestion, allowing them to grow faster.]

[3. Reinforced Carapace. Ants selected as kin have tougher carapaces, enabling them to withstand more damage than other insects.]

[4. Subtle Camouflage. As a species that evolved from the tiny level, ants selected as kin can blend into their surroundings more easily, significantly reducing hostility from other creatures.]

Four options, four talents.

Without hesitation, Su Bai chose the 【Adaptability】 talent and the 【Rapid Digestion】 talent.

With these two species talents, the potential of the ants was no less than that of goblins. In fact, given enough food and time to grow, this ant species could become a miracle in the game world!

Having settled his kin, Su Bai then focused on his subordinates.

Becoming the ruler of the Gloomy Forest, Su Bai’s number of subordinates was not fixed.

He could have two subordinates with warrior templates or split the warrior template subordinates into four elite template subordinates, or further split the elite template subordinates into ten advanced template subordinates.

Clearly, Gorg had chosen to split.

Thus, he had one warrior-level Goblin Priest and four elite-level Goblin Centurions under his command.

Su Bai’s strategy for his kin was group combat, overwhelming enemies with a sea of insects, so he wouldn’t randomly split his subordinates’ slots.

He directly assigned the two warrior-level attribute templates to the worker ant and the queen ant.

Similar to the kin.

Since the worker ant and the queen ant were also tiny-level creatures, not even reaching the formal monster level, when Su Bai chose them as his subordinates, the system offered several options for their talents as well.

【Identity】: Queen Ant

【Species】: Ant

【Level】: Tiny Level

【Template】: Warrior Attribute Template (HP +2000, Strength *5, Agility *1, Constitution *25, Spirit *3)

【Attributes】: Strength 0.11, Agility 0.02, Constitution 0.5, Spirit 0.08

【Talents】: Mutated Eggs (unique talent), Adaptability (species talent), Rapid Digestion (species talent)

【Skills】: Mental Network (passive skill, allows the queen ant to sense and remotely control the ant colony’s movements), Rapid Reproduction (passive skill, doubles food consumption, and doubles egg-laying speed and quantity)

【Mutated Eggs】: As the first queen ant to obtain the warrior template, this talent allows the queen ant to gain gene points while eating. When the gene points of a particular type reach a certain amount, there is a chance to lay eggs that inherit the characteristics of that creature.

Currently, the queen ant’s attribute panel is simple.

But the appearance of the 【Mutated Eggs】 talent made the queen ant one of the best subordinates!

As long as it consumed enough of a creature’s flesh, there was a chance to lay eggs inheriting that creature’s traits. Combined with the 【Adaptability】 and 【Rapid Digestion】 species talents, this almost multiplies the chances of elite ants emerging!

When these elite ants grow and their numbers accumulate, not only goblins but even hundreds or thousands of players would be overwhelmed by the insect swarm!

With the two species talents and the queen ant’s 【Mutated Eggs】 talent and 【Rapid Reproduction】 passive skill, the war potential of the ant species is already taking shape!

Lastly, the worker ant.

【Identity】: Worker Ant

【Species】: Ant

【Level】: Tiny Level

【Template】: Warrior Attribute Template (HP +2500, Strength *10, Agility *7, Constitution *10, Spirit 8)

【Attributes】: Strength 0.1, Agility 0.08, Constitution 0.05, Spirit 0.21

【Talents】: Metal Eater, Adaptability (species talent), Rapid Digestion (species talent)

【Skills】: Rapid Healing, Malice Detection

【Metal Eater】: By devouring metal, the worker ant can gain a large amount of experience and has a certain chance to obtain both strength and defense enhancements from the metal.

【Malice Detection】: Passive skill. With naturally strong mental power, you can keenly sense the emotions of other creatures and clearly feel any malice directed towards you.