SWDnovel Chapter 46: The Fruit of God Ripenes
Chapter 46: The Fruit of God Ripenes
In the tree ant kingdom, at the foot of the central nest chamber on the hillside, in the center of a specially cleared area of soil, a tall citron tree still stands lush and verdant, with countless pale yellow oval fruits dotting the lush green leaves.
A slender figure, over three meters long, stood beneath the tree, its head raised and antennae waving. The powerful aura of a Lord-level Force creature was released without reservation, deterring any birds or beasts that tried to approach.
Nearby, nearly a hundred small worker ants carried a round, white, jade-like dodecahedral stone in their mouths. Their mandibles, imbued with sharp metallic energy, rapidly shattered the stone, releasing streams of pure primal force that were greedily absorbed by the central giant tree.
When the seeds bestowed by the gods ripen, the demand for natural primal force is enormous. To ensure the quality of the fruit, it is inevitable to use primal stones to replenish the primal force.
As snow-white ore powder fell, the invisible vortex of primal force formed around the giant tree gradually subsided, and the scent of the fruit on the treetops became stable and fully ripe with the absorption of this last bit of primal force.
The king ant under the tree swayed its antennae, releasing invisible pheromones in all directions. Immediately, a group of deliberately bred "small" worker ants, each less than a meter long, stepped forward and climbed up the trunk of the giant tree.
The mandibles sever the fruit stalk connecting it to the branches and leaves, then pick up a ripe citron fruit. The worker ants descend one after another, place the fruit on a broad leaf spread on the ground in front of the citron, and continue their ascent up the tree to pick the remaining fruits.
Ye Zhi was quietly sitting on the back of the citron, her compound eyes examining the citron fruit that had been picked in front of her. It was pale yellow in color, oval in shape, and similar to some lemons that were longer and had a rougher skin. In terms of appearance alone, it wasn't very appealing.
This thing is one of the wild ancestors of lemons. It has a thick peel, not much pulp, and is extremely sour, which is not very palatable to the sweet-loving ants.
Fortunately, Ye Zhi had already thought of a solution and explained it to the King Ant in advance. At this moment, another worker ant stepped forward, regurgitated an amber-colored viscous liquid from its social stomach, and spread it evenly on another broad leaf on the ground.
A sweet aroma wafted out, and it was unclear which bee colony had fallen victim to the slender ants. Faced with a lord-level Force creature, they had no recourse unless they too were to produce a Force queen bee.
"Come on, little guy, let me see your abilities, mutated metal talent?" Wu Yuan pushed out a divinely bestowed citron fruit, its tentacles swaying as it gestured to Ye Zhi.
Ye Zhi flapped his wings and took off, landing opposite the Black Ant King. Without saying a word, he immediately pulled out an extremely fine ant thread from the end of his abdomen, swung his abdomen, and slightly adjusted his mental power to completely wrap around the divinely bestowed fruit that was larger than himself.
As the primal energy was infused into the ant silk, a faint, cold light appeared. The leaf-woven abdomen contracted, and the sharp, extremely fine ant silk "flying blades" immediately sliced the divinely bestowed citron fruit in half from the center, releasing a dense aura of primal force.
"Qingyuan is right, it is indeed a mutated metal-type talent." Wuyuan tapped its antennae. "Compared to your Weaver Ant clan's normal earth and wood talents, your territory's logistical capabilities are weakened, but you will have a greater advantage in combat."
"Perfect timing. We'll sell less of this year's wild citron seed harvest to the caravans and keep some for you to use for your future evolution. You can eat the peel and pulp first, but remember to keep the seeds."
Ye Zhi lightly tapped her antennae, then pulled out another extremely fine ant silk thread. She did the same thing, cutting the citron fruit in front of her into small pieces like lemons from her previous life. Before the primal force aura had completely dissipated, she picked it up with her jaws, dipped it in the honey beside her, and put it in her mouth to chew.
With each bite, pure primal energy surged into every part of his body, the abundant energy making his entire body feel as if it were being soaked in hot water, every cell feeling a comfortable warmth.
The Force contained in the fruit of a God-given Seed is incomparable to that produced by ordinary life-giving seeds, even for wild God-given Seeds of relatively low quality. Even the peel and pulp, which contain little Force, contain more Force in each bite than ordinary Force-infused food of the same quality.
Previously, Ye Zhi had already transformed the divinely bestowed seed "Chimera" back into its seed form and stored it in his life pouch so that he could further strengthen the divinely bestowed seed while he was eating and drinking.
Unexpectedly, even with the divinely bestowed seed "Chimera" in his life sac, he barely managed to consume all the pulp from one divinely bestowed fruit, leaving a considerable amount of thick peel that he couldn't eat.
A single divinely bestowed citron fruit was larger than the current Ye Zhi, but it contained very little flesh, with most of it being a thick peel.
These fruit peels also contain a small amount of Force. However, Ye Zhi really couldn't eat any more right now, so she had to stop temporarily, move her body, make pouncing and biting movements, and shake her abdomen to promote the Force's transformation of her body.
Previously, under Wu Yuan's orders, Zuo Wang Qing Yuan had hunted down another wild deer and placed it nearby. Ye Zhi simply pulled out two extremely fine ant-silk flying blades, stepped forward to cut the flesh, and cut off pieces of fresh flesh to eat to replenish his energy.
The citron, on the other hand, ate it much more easily. Its sharp jaws cut the divinely bestowed fruit in half, and its forelimb claws picked out the seeds and put them in a spider silk bag. Then it swallowed the remaining fruit in one gulp.
The Black Ant King swallowed the fruit whole, its soft jaws twitching as it spat out the Force seeds like watermelon seeds, placing them into a smaller spider silk bag.
Ye Zhi's arrival did not seem to achieve the desired result; instead, the pile of uneaten fruit peels on the ground only increased.
But then, a plan suddenly came to him. Amidst the questioning emotions directed at him by Wu Yuan and Qing Yuan, he took flight, circling in the air, trying to find something.
"Little guy, what are you looking for?" Wu Yuan's mental energy came through.
"Ant King, I'm thinking, my God-given Seed can digest the nutrient bodies formed from the blood and flesh of the Primal Force worker ants, so what about these excess fruit peels and pulp..." Ye Zhi said as she circled around.
A glint flashed in Wu Yuan's eyes, and its antennae immediately twitched. Two worker ants nearby immediately broke away from the group and flew towards the direction where Ye Zhi was hovering. They found a spot on the ground and immediately began to dig. Clearly, Wu Yuan, who was in charge, approved of Ye Zhi's idea.
Ye Zhi landed slowly, opened her jaws, and spat out the "Chimera," a divinely bestowed seed of the pitcher plant that was waiting to be reinforced, from the pit she had temporarily dug in the ground.
After filling the excavated soil back in, Ye Zhi took flight again, watching from afar and waiting for the "Chimera" to take root and sprout.
About ten minutes later, as two cotyledons sprouted from the soil, a questioning emotional fluctuation also emanated from the spiritual connection between Ye Zhi and her divinely bestowed seed. Undoubtedly, it came from "Chimera":
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