Thousands of clones starting from ants

Chapter 93 Tinder
"Ants must obtain everything by themselves, rather than relying on generous gifts from their masters."

At first, Du Jia thought that fire or related props should be prepared for the ants.

But Anna said such a sentence.

Du Jia savored carefully and understood a lot.

Evolution requires effort, just like the animals in the zoo have no natural enemies, no worries about food and drink, even heating in winter and ice in summer, but they have lost hunting skills, reverence and sensitivity to nature.

Although Du Jia fed ants before, although the ant colony developed rapidly, it was actually counterproductive and not a healthy virtuous circle.

Anna was keenly aware of this and corrected it.

Of course, there is no precise boundary between helping and not helping, just like zoos can feed raw meat directly, or put live poultry to train animals' hunting skills.

The scale between these needs Du Jia to grasp slowly, so as to get the optimal solution.

"Is it possible to light a fire with ants alone?"

Du Jia is very curious. As a pseudo-survival enthusiast who has watched the "Survival in the Wild" and "Primitive Technology" series, when it comes to ignition, his first thought is "drilling wood to make fire".

But apparently the size of ants limits the use of this trick.

"Master is welcome to come and watch!" Anna said happily.

So Du Jia went to Guashan.

The place where the fire was lit was set by Anna in a place with light and no wind.

Anna has been waiting there for a long time.

"Owner!"

"Hmm! Ready?"

"Yes, Master, please see!"

Du Jia moved his gaze over and saw the ignition site of the ants.

A layer of tinder lay on the dry ground.

Du Jia picked up a piece of tinder, which was very dry to the touch.

Anna introduced: "This is dried bark. I let the ants beat the bark with stones to break it up, and then pull out the bark fibers. To make these tinders, 3 ants took turns working day and night. It took [-] days."

What a big project!
Du Jia sighed and continued to watch.

On the tinder, there are many stones.

Du Jia picked up a stone on it, and it felt quite smooth to the touch. He asked, "Are you going to... strike a stone to make fire?"

Perhaps some friends have seen this kind of ignition method in film and television dramas.

When two stones touch, sparks will be emitted just like a match is struck, and the sparks will be ignited when they fall on the kindling.

Anna nodded: "You are wiser than the master! These stones are siliceous rocks, also known as flints!"

Du Jia nodded and didn't ask any more questions, but said, "Then let's start!"

"it is good!"

Anna clapped her hands.

I saw hate trebuchets being pushed out more than ten meters away. They were hidden under fallen leaves, behind rocks, and in the grass before, and Du Jia didn't notice them at all.

There are a full twenty hate catapults.

These hate trebuchets were obviously modified by artisan ants, and they were much more refined than before.

The ants did some work.

Then send a message to Du Jia and Anna that they are ready.

Anna looked at Du Jia, asking for instructions.

Du Jia said: "You take charge, I will watch!"

"it is good!"

Anna immediately ordered, "Launch!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Twenty stone shells struck the flint on the tinder.

All empty.

At the moment of launch, Anna entered the fighting form, wearing a gorgeous battle suit, she flew left and right, up and down, showing her impressive speed.

She caught all the empty shells.

Then put it back next to the aggro trebuchet.

Dozens of strong workers, in cooperation with the enslaved spiders, put the ants back on the trebuchet, and then made preparations for the launch.

Anna directly helped to strike stones to make fire, so she couldn't accumulate materials and activate the technology skill tree.

But helping to pick up "cannonballs" does not affect it.

Du Jia was thinking about Anna, so when he wanted to ask, Anna knew immediately.

Anna nodded: "These 'cannonballs' are actually pyrite! The excavation found that the ants found it. I can't replace their work, but I will help them pick it up after they are fired, and it will be no problem!"

Three minutes later, another salvo was fired.

This time it was much better than before. Five rounds hit the tinder, and one hit the flint.

Another 3 minutes later, the third salvo.

10 rounds hit the tinder and 2 hit the flint.

But the success rate of striking a rock to make fire is not that high, and sparks will not burst out every time it is hit, and the sparks have to fall on the tinder just right.

the fourth time.

the fifth time.

the sixth time.

……

Du Jia couldn't count the number of times. He only remembered that the ants had changed 6 batches because of their lack of energy.

It is estimated that by the seventh batch, there will be no middle-class workers.

Every salvo now hits almost every shot, and the trajectory has been adjusted to perfection.

But still no sparks.

"emission!"

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

The "cannonball" hit the flint, making a crisp sound like hail.

Du Jia seemed to see a flash of sparks.

Anna immediately shouted: "It's now!"

A team of 50 ants, a total of 10 teams, all holding huge leaves together, appeared next to Tinder.

According to the law, they fan the wind one by one to bring fresh oxygen to the tinder.

Just when Du Jia thought that the ignition failed this time.

Suddenly, the tinder started to smoke.

He widened his eyes and watched intently.

"Wow!"

With a sound, the fire appeared.

Although I have been mentally prepared for a long time, the ants ignite!

Unbelievable!

Amazing!

Simply a miracle.

Du Jia suddenly felt something in his heart. He entered the consciousness space and received a reminder.

"Congratulations, your ant colony got fire for the first time!"

"For civilization, fire is a great discovery. It lets your ant colony bid farewell to the era of 'drinking blood'!"

"After mastering the use of fire, your ant colony will also find that using fire can drive away and eliminate many wild beasts that are much stronger than them! Thus improving their hunting productivity!"

After such a passage, Du Jia saw what he wanted to see.

"So, congratulations, you have unlocked the technology skill tree!"

Du Jia switched to the interface of the technology skill tree.

The first to unlock is Tinder.

This is the same existence as the place of evolution, and it is the foundation of the technological skill tree.

Tinder;

Each kind of fire contains the use of energy by species. Its appearance means that your civilization starts from the use of fire, which is different from other civilizations such as light energy, electric energy, and tides.

Required basic materials: 10 combustible substances.

Preconditions for evolution: Queen No. 8 is upgraded to level [-].

Evolution Ritual: Use fire to successfully improve a genetic technology.

The previous ones are easy to understand. This "evolution ritual" is the first time it has appeared. Du Jia frowned slightly, improving genetic technology?He asked Anna: "Do you understand what this means?"

(End of this chapter)