Thousands of clones starting from ants

Chapter 71: Level 5 Upgrade, Specialization!
In fact, the No. 5 ant queen met the conditions for upgrading to level [-], and Du Jia's luck factor accounted for the main factor.

5 ants have been achieved after these few nights of hard work.

But 200 square meters and 3 meters high, that is, 600 cubic meters of underground space, it is really difficult to dig.

Not to mention the amount of work for the ants, it would take a lot of time even if someone else did the digging, and you have to be careful not to collapse when digging.

But Du Jia is lucky!

While digging, it suddenly became clear that an underground cave had been dug out.

As soon as the dark hole was dug out, Du Jia felt something in his heart and moved his eyes directly to it.

But nothing can be seen.

There is no light at all under the ground, and it is very difficult for even creatures like ants to walk in it.

Du Jia immediately ordered the ants to plant luminescent moss on the upper part of the hole. This thing seems to have the blessing of the consciousness of the universe, it is particularly easy to live, and it grows very fast.

The light emitted is soft enough to illuminate and satisfy daily life, reading, etc., but it will not be dazzling even if you look directly at the past.

After finishing the glow moss, Du Jia could observe the hole carefully.

This hole is an irregular oval, with an area of ​​about 300 square meters. The highest part is 5 or 6 meters, and the short part is more than 2 meters.

About one-third of the ground is stone, and the other two-thirds are soil, and the air is very humid.

And unexpectedly, there are plants.

And more than one plant.

The most widely distributed plant is a moss-like plant with no leaves, a very short layer, soft, like a carpet on the ground.

There are also some gray, brown, and black mushrooms, which are relatively rare.

Can there be plants without sunlight?

Du Jia searched for relevant information and found that there are really plants that do not need photosynthesis, such as fungi and spore plants.

Mushrooms are fungi.

Here is a cold knowledge. Strictly speaking, mushrooms are not plants, they are a type of fungi.

Hmm... like beriberi, they are both fungi. Of course, there are still big differences between the two, so please rest assured to eat them without causing psychological obstacles.

The genes of humans and cows are 80% similar, so this does not prevent humans from drinking milk, does it?
Fungal plants, like animals, do not photosynthesize, but rely on mycelium to absorb various nutrients from around them.

This can explain why there are plants in the ground.

Moreover, human beings have seldom explored the underground or even this world, and many underground plants have not been studied at all.

Where there are plants, there will be animals.

Although few, Du Jia still found two kinds.

One is a white spider, very small.

There is also something like an earthworm, but with many legs.This thing is called Malu, also known as millipede, and it is particularly disgusting, with ring-shaped patterns on its dark brown body.

Du Jia sent ants to drive them away, but the thing sprayed out a poisonous liquid, killing more than a dozen ants directly.

Du Jia became ruthless, directly entering the army, and killed all the few Malu.

It doesn't mean that if you find a cave, it's yours.

It has to be occupied.

It took Du Jia a long time to be considered occupied.

Pull over the car.

Confirm the upgrade.

In an instant, Queen No. 5 rose to level [-].

The changes of Queen Ant No. [-] are visible to the naked eye.

The most obvious change is that its body has become larger and more and more like a sphere. If someone finds it now, it is impossible to believe that it is an ant.

In this upgrade, there are still 3 options.

Options 1 and 2 are to increase combat effectiveness and productivity respectively.

Du Jia ignored it directly.

It was option 3 that caught his attention.

"Specialization, you get the function of specialized ants once, and you can evolve your ants according to your needs and the situation of existing ants!"

Specialization is a special evolutionary method of ants. When monsters attacked the city before, blind leafcutter ants and termites had specialized soldier ants, and their combat effectiveness was stronger and more targeted.

Simply put, it is the redistribution of attribute points.

Thereby, an ant with a targeted function is produced.

Du Jia chose specialization without hesitation.

Immediately, a specialized interface with ants in the background appeared.

The total attribute of new worker ants is 10 points.

Strength: 3.

Intuitively affects attack power, handling ability, etc.

Agility: 5.

Intuitively affect attack speed, dodge, accuracy, handling methods, skills, etc.

Stamina: 2.

Intuitively affects vitality, endurance and so on.

In consciousness, Du Jia knows that these values ​​are just superficial things, and in fact each value affects each other.

For example, if the agility is high, the attack power will also increase, but there is no intuitive increase in strength.

When the stamina is high, agility and strength will also increase, but not as much as they increase.

Du Jia guessed that the reason why the agility is as high as 5 is that he added the attribute of "skill improvement" to the ant colony.

With the allocation of attribute points... After the specialization function, although it can only be used once at present, Du Jia still has the additional benefit of being able to see the attribute value of the ants.

Look at the soldier ants (small).

Strength 4, Dexterity 7, Stamina 4, total attributes 15 points.

soldier ants.

Strength 7, Dexterity 12, Stamina 6, total attributes 25 points.

worker ants.

Strength 12, Dexterity 6, Stamina 7, total attributes 25 points.

From this point, it can be seen that although the general attributes of worker ants and soldier ants are the same, the division of labor is obviously different.

Moreover, there are differences between individuals. For the same middle class workers, some may only have 23 total attributes, but some have 27 or even 28 points.

25 is just a reference value and represents a normal level.

But just like people, there are always those who are particularly good and those who are particularly slow, and the same is true for ants.

Du Jia looked at Jin Shan, who was a witch ant who loved to dance. This old guy may have dropped a lot because of his age, and his total attributes were only 11 points.

But it has an added attribute of creativity.

The golden flash that loves to dance:

力量1、敏捷1、体力1、创造力8，总属性11点。

Old and frail, Jin Shan, who was sleeping, suddenly woke up, thinking, could it be that I haven't worked hard recently, and a great existence is watching me?
No, I have to get up and work.

Du Jia noticed one thing, and he asked: "The consciousness of the universe, why do my ants have no IQ attribute? Are they all fools?"

Cosmic awareness: "Ants are very strange creatures. A single ant and an ant colony can be regarded as two kinds of creatures!"

"Speaking in human language..." Du Jia couldn't understand.

"To give an inappropriate example, a single ant is a computer that has just been installed but cannot access the Internet, while an ant colony is many computers that can be connected to the Internet! Got it?"

Du Jia nodded half-understood: "After a long time of trouble, is it still cloud computing? Advanced!"

(End of this chapter)