Drunken Insects

During the process of tidying up the second level mutated ants, Liu Lian suggested that Tom conduct an experiment to see if these mutated soldier ants are the natural enemies of centipedes. So he grabbed the bodies of the mutated soldier ant and the mutated venom ant and ran back to the 22nd floor, coming back to the pool of venom and throwing the bodies in.

As expected, the domineering venom of the mutated centipede had little effect on the skin of the mutated soldier ant. Even when pressed in and picked up, it remained intact without any signs of corrosion.

This is probably the reason why the mutated centipede is so timid. The venom cannot resist the mutated soldier ant, which has a large number. Even if the centipede mutates, it dare not be so bold.

So Tom returned to the 23rd floor and asked the big guy to collect the heads of all the ants at the scene, and if necessary, use them as armor to resist the venom of the centipede.

After collecting, they continued to climb upwards, seemingly becoming cleaner and cleaner. Mosquitoes and flies became fewer and fewer, and by the 25th floor, none of them were seen. This made Tom even more convinced that there would be a tough battle on the 28th floor of the top floor. Therefore, the climbing speed was deliberately slowed down by him, not seeking the fastest, but the most stable. The drag and drop group has two groups returning to the same group, steadily climbing upwards layer by layer.

Finally, at 4 pm, they climbed to the 28th floor.

The door leading to the outside of 28 in the safety stairwell is located in a remote corner, but it is still very clean and tidy, except for some spider webs and dense dust. A 28 story tall building does not mean that the air here is fresher and there is less dust. On the contrary, there may be more dust here than below, and the polluted air and exhaust gas will not decrease.

There is a green warning sign on the wall outside the door, with the words "emergency exit" written on it, and theoretically there will be emergency lights on it. After the entire building loses power, emergency lights will light up to indicate an escape exit for pedestrians in the darkness. However, after more than half a year of miniaturization, the urban power grid has already collapsed. The battery of the emergency light has long run out of electricity, so it can no longer fulfill its duty as emergency lighting.

Fortunately, the sun had not yet set, and Tom's convoy was driving on a smooth passage. The low honking of electric vehicle motors was so clear in the corridor.

Tom and Ouyang Haotian were on high alert at this moment. They were still sitting together in a large car wearing ant armor and did not operate the Red Crystal. Although they brought two spare Level 5 Red Crystals, they needed to use good steel on the blade.

Unlike the restaurant on the first floor, the restaurant on the top floor is not open 24 hours a day. When a mini disaster occurs, it is naturally closed.

The restaurant on the top floor of Building 1 is Japanese style. Walking through the hallway to the front, what caught everyone's attention was the antique fence door, and the long road in front of the door was actually paved with pebbles. Through the huge floor to ceiling glass window on the left side of the corridor, even a 7-centimeter person can still feel the leisurely and rustic atmosphere.

Especially the unique bamboo, flowing water, and arched bridge in the Japanese style courtyard outside the window, it looks like a paradise from afar.

The car naturally needs to slow down when driving on pebbles, and as we walked, we found some dead insects. Moving forward a bit further, I saw more and more one after another. In addition to insects such as cockroaches and mosquitoes, there are also mice, which is very similar to what they found outside the restaurant on the first floor before.

Ouyang Haotian joked optimistically about this and said, "An Shitou, it seems that there are also people in this restaurant, still awakeners. They can kill so many insects and mice, and I believe your sister is in the restaurant... Hey, why haven't you been silent since you came up the 28th floor? Are you afraid to face your sister for more than a decade?"

Tom, who was riding on his back, shook his head and said, "I feel like the situation is different. Liu Lian, did you notice?"

Sitting in the front car, Liu Lian, who was half protruding, shook his head and loudly replied, "No, it's surprisingly quiet."

"I don't think it's right either," a burly bald man agreed. He was wearing a red Jade Rabbit Type II armor, named Zhao Zijian. As the captain of the Pasha team, he led three teammates to join Tom's number one team, making little noise along the way, but he didn't resist Tom's arrangements.

I saw him jump up to the side of the male ant armor, holding a piece of the mutated ant corpse they had just killed and saying, "Did you notice anything different about this ant?"

Tom looked and saw that the head of the ant was red, as if its tail was indeed brown. It belonged to the second level mutant ant that sprayed venom. "Red headed ant? I don't understand insects," he said

"I don't know if the red color on its head is a result of mutation or if it existed before, but I know that the red headed ant is one of the largest ants in China. But at least from its appearance, it is indeed very close to the ant."

Ouyang Haotian impatiently interjected below, "So what? Aren't they mutant ants? What's the difference?"

Zhao Zijian snorted and continued, "Bowbacked ants, also known as giant mountain ants or carpenter ants, are all of the same genus of ants, commonly known as carpenter ants or carpenter ants. They prefer to dig trees that have been damaged by water, and their nests are usually placed on beams, floors, or walls, searching for food debris and insects everywhere in the house."

Tom quickly glanced around, especially at the exquisite landscape garden outside the window. Not only were bamboo planted, but also several five needle pine trees. Looking from afar, the plants planted on the rooftop seemed to be in poor health. Later, he turned his gaze back to the huge fence door ahead, and through the gap, he could vaguely see the unique decoration style of the Japanese restaurant inside.

Later, he understood the reason why Zhao Zijian mentioned this: "Japanese restaurants are mostly made of wooden materials, so it is very likely that there are arch backed ants present."

Zhao Zijian nodded and said, "Yes, I am more inclined to eat these insects and mice. It is these arched ants. I have raised two colonies of arched ants, and they have a high desire to attack among ant species. As you can see, the ones that attacked us on the 23rd floor are all mutated."

Ouyang Haotian didn't understand, "So what?"

Tom nodded solemnly and said, "The number of humans in the hotel is fixed, which determines the number of biological mutations in the hotel. I also think that the bodies here are likely to come from ants, so... we need to be careful..." After thinking for a moment, he immediately opened the horn on his armor and said loudly, "Stop moving!"

The convoy came to a stop, and then Tom ordered some soldiers to be on guard, asking another group of soldiers to remove all the flamethrowers from the supply vehicle.

Each armor is equipped with a high-pressure flamethrower, and even the left arm claw of the male ant armor is equipped with one.

Although they have encountered mutated black ants who are not afraid of fire, Tom believes that in the vast ant colony, the number of mutated individuals is limited. So these flamethrowers can still play their effective role when facing a large number of mutated ants.

Ants were originally considered as potential dangers, so Tom's team was divided into 13 flamethrowers. Apart from 5 armor, the rest were naturally assigned to the car.

The blue flames emitted by this type of flamethrower have extremely high temperatures, and the corresponding equipment is too heavy to be carried by individual soldiers. Instead, it becomes the best choice to mount it on a vehicle.

After the fleet was assembled and put back on the road, fortunately it went smoothly and arrived at the entrance of the Japanese restaurant. On a square lightbox next to the fence door, there is a cursive drunk character written on it, which looks quite charming. However, the surface of the lightbox was stained with a pool of bright red blood, forming a strong contrast with the black drunk characters.

Zhao Xin leaned over carefully and upon inspection, he found a small human skeleton behind the lightbox. Liu Lian immediately increased the scanning frequency of the sound radar and nervously monitored the movements around him.

The human skeleton is very complete. Zhao Zijian held it in front of the male ant armor sitting on the cart and handed it to Tom.

Tom recognized the bite marks on the bone at a glance, which were left by the pair of pliers like mouthparts of the ants. This also confirmed Zhao Zijian's speculation that this might be the home ground of the ants.

He waved his paw and signaled for the convoy to continue moving forward.

Because this is a five-star hotel, the supporting Japanese restaurant has adopted a wooden structure to make it more stylish. Especially at the entrance, there is no glass door added behind the fence door like in street restaurants. Therefore, even if the car cannot pass, people can still climb over the fence.

Once a person enters, opening the latch and opening the wooden door is a simple task that does not require the awakening of wooden abilities.

The convoy slowly drove into the restaurant, and the first thing that caught everyone's eye was a high wall.

Actually, this is not a high wall, it is the most commonly used entrance in Japanese decoration style. The interior floor of the restaurant is 10 centimeters higher than the outside. After guests enter, they will change their shoes in this foyer to ensure the cleanliness of the restaurant interior.

Facing the doorway, Liu Lian couldn't help but complain roast: "Fortunately, the minification disaster happened at two o'clock in the morning. Fortunately, the restaurant is not open 24 hours a day. Otherwise, it is not full of smelly shoes? Let's wear these smelly shoes, then I would rather smell the venom of the centipede."

Pan Xun, an awakened member of the Pasha team, joked on the side, "If you can afford to stay in this five-star hotel with beautiful women, even farting is fragrant. I see you really want to lick their feet and even smell centipede poison. That's bullshit."

Liu Lian stopped listening and said, "What... which one needs to lick her feet... even if it's a super queen beauty, even if it's the all-around singing god Zhao Manqing... her poop is not..."

"Shut up, listen to your voice radar!" Tom shouted from inside the ant armor, he didn't want Liu Lian to slander Zhao Manqing.

Liu Lian quickly obediently closed his mouth... No, he still had to keep his mouth open, otherwise the sound radar wouldn't be able to produce it.

10 centimeters is not considered high, and even canvas rolls are not needed. Tom directly asked another awakener under Zhao Zijian to come forward. His name is Zhang Juan. Before the Micro Shrinkage Cataclysm, he was a worker in a decoration company and often dealt with wooden boards. The ability he awakened after the Cataclysm was the ability to shape wood fibers.

Zhang Zijian placed him on the wooden floor of the foyer, and he used the ability of wood fiber shaping to create a slope, making it easy for vehicles to drive up.