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The place where Shi Lei and his friends live can be said to be surrounded by mountains on all sides. There is only one mountain pass, with a gap like a sky, which is also the direction of the road to the outside world and the gateway to the entire countryside. A river formed by clear mountain springs flows through the entire plain until it disappears at the foot of the mountain on the other side.

This is definitely a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although these old generals, unlike real generals, they will consciously choose their resident in this territory, but their keen sense from the battlefield still make them fall in love with this place at a glance, as the place where they settle down. And they spontaneously built a wall and a thick gate at the mountain pass, which is a safer business.

Shi Lei, who was in a state of great excitement, felt naturally different when looking at these mountains and rivers. This land in his home is not only easy to defend but difficult to attack, but also has rich resources and is so remote that it will never be paid attention to. It is a suitable hiding place. As the back of his home, it is indeed the most suitable one.

Thanks to the rich natural resources here, although it will be more difficult at the beginning, it seems that as long as you settle down and want to fill your stomach, it is not as difficult as Shi Lei imagined.

When Shi Lei walked out of his small world, he found that everyone was busy. He plowed the land, built ditches, farmed the land, and hunted the land, and everyone was doing their own things in an orderly manner.

But after looking around, Shi Lei was a little depressed to find that it seemed that he was the only idle person here. Who made him the only master here and was still during the mourning period?

The housekeeper was busy assigning work to everyone, and also took charge of the guards here. The escorts of the serious Xuanjia Army were taking on the guards in high spirits. Some of them were around Shi Lei's thatched cottage, and some guarded several throat areas of the entire camp. Naturally, there were people guarding the mountain gates. On several commanding heights, you could also see fully armed guards, observing the situation outside with great duty.

When I saw Shi Lei coming out, there were a few guys who looked very talented at first sight, scattered around and followed them all the way. Even on my own territory, I still maintained a proper alert state, and my hands were habitually kept in the position that was most suitable for pulling out weapons, so I could deal with possible battles at any time.

Shi Lei actually felt that there was no need to maintain this state, but considering that this was the hard work of the butler, he might be worried that Changsun Wuji would take the lead, so Shi Lei would go with them. Anyway, he would be familiar with this state in the future.

Shi Lei, who is no longer immersed in his own world, has a more objective and comprehensive understanding of the situation of the camp. Unlike the beginning, there are so many elements that are taken for granted, the current camp allows Shi Lei to temporarily calm down. The problem of survival is not as urgent as Shi Lei thought. Such a development path can be carefully searched, and there is no need to rush for a moment.

For Shi Lei, what he needs to care most now is his first transformation object.

It is obvious that according to the limitations currently given by the animal transformation system, the size of this animal must be small enough. In order to consider the need to increase authority in the future, the animal should be of sufficient number. Things that are too rare cannot be included in the transformation plan for the time being, so insects are naturally the appropriate option.

After walking in the camp, Shi Lei had already set his goal, which was to eat gold ants.

Shi Lei, who liked watching the animal world in his previous life, was very sure that there were no ants like gold-eating ants. At least on the land in China, I have never heard of such things, even considering the common names in different places.

But now this little thing with a light golden color in my hand is indeed there. And as the butler who rushed over said, this kind of ant is indeed called a gold-eating ant according to the local customs.

According to the legend of the locals, someone accidentally found a lot of sand gold from the caves of these ants. Some people claimed that they had seen them swallowing the gold with their own eyes. The natural gold found by that lucky guy before seemed to be verifying this statement. And this matter was even recorded in the local local chronicles.

After that, there were naturally many locals who were digging out these gold-eating ants nests everywhere. I hoped that I would have such good luck and could discover some gold.

However, I don’t know if it was successful. They all chose to make a fortune in a quiet voice. After that, no similar news came out. Therefore, gradually the trend passed, leaving only such a desirable legend.

After giving Shi Lei a detailed introduction to the situation of this ant, the butler stared at Shi Lei strangely for a long time. He found that he looked very clear and he was a little worried to signal a few guards, asking them to pay more attention to Shi Lei's situation, and continued their work with some doubts.

Shi Lei's strange actions made several family members worried for a long time, and they were afraid that Shi Lei would be mentally stimulated.

Notice the actions of the butler, Shi Lei shook his head with some amusement and cried, and should continue to study the ant in his hand.

After careful observation and research, Shi Lei felt that he should have figured out the origin of these gold-eating ants. The so-called eating of gold is actually to absorb various minerals. Their formic acid is very strong, enough to corrode ordinary metals and so on. Even like termites, formic acid is so strong that even silver can be digested, turning silver into black powder.

In order to test these, Shi Lei threw a corner of silver into the ant nest in pain, and watched it get reimbursed in a short while. However, Shi Lei's gains were also great.

Not only did he understand the habits of these so-called gold-eating ants, but more importantly, Shi Lei can confirm that the legend about the origin of their names is true, of course, in addition to the fact that they eat gold, because Shi Lei really found golden sand in their nests.

Now, Shi Lei can confirm two things. First of all, these gold-eating ants do not eat gold, they only have the habit of collecting gold. Most of the gold will be contributed to queens and decorative ant nests. As for why they have this habit, only God knows.

In addition, for Shi Lei, the more important point is that it is certain that there is a gold mine underground in this ant hole. It should be a sand gold mine, and the difficulty of collecting is probably not small. Just look at the efficiency of collecting these ants, the quality of this gold mine should not be high.

Shi Lei has observed the behavior of the ants these days. It is already strange enough, so he has gained a lot of gains. He is a little strange and the guards are not aware of it.

Restraining his excitement, Shi Lei slowly walked back to the thatched cottage and sat in his father's mourning hall thinking quietly.

The gold mine matter is definitely not something that can be said to the public. Although it can basically guarantee the loyalty of these more than 300 families, they are all a family that shares life and death. But it cannot be kept from being talkative, what if it spreads out?

Although the probability is really small, we have to consider that the closed environment here is not. However, not all the soldiers and their families are here. People are unpredictable, just in case.

Besides, the original owner of Shi Lei's body naturally does not lack trust in these people. However, Shi Lei from later generations has truly seen what a person can do for money, and he really doesn't have that much confidence in others' loyalty.

After all, I have seen people laugh at the poor but not the prostitute, and I have seen everything that can be sacrificed for the sake of profit. I have also seen too many people who are not afraid and have no faith.

Since the tone of confidentiality has been set, you must always have a suitable excuse for your actions in the future. Perhaps the advertising slogans about black ants in later generations is a good rhetoric.

In addition, we should think of some ways to protect the fruits of the ants' labor, and this must also be on animals.

Humans do not have much harm to these ants, and animals are their greater threat. Sending some people over may not necessarily prevent the animals from harming them.

In the afternoon, Shi Lei drove all the guards home and started his own actions alone.

He found a big bucket, and Shi Lei poured the river water into the ant nest one by one, and stopped until the water surface was about to approach the entrance of the cave.

The reason why Shi Lei is so troublesome is that the formic acid of these gold-eating ants is too powerful, and the target he wants to transform is the queen of ant. If he goes to dig it directly, he may have his entire arm gnawed clean.

There is no way, only if the animal is caught will the transformation system recognize that it has the right to transform, and it will be kept confidential, so Shi Lei has to do it himself.

After confirming that the ant army had no threat to him, Shi Lei opened the ant nest. This time Shi Lei had to be responsible for draining the water and stretched out his sinful hand to the queen who had already recorded the approximate position. This person's figure was completely different from other ants, and it was easy to distinguish.

Not only did the bloated queens, but also the sand gold of different sizes, which also became Shi Lei's spoils. Shi Lei used the cowhide pockets that had been found long ago to clean up all the sand gold.

Shi Lei's time was very accurate, and the queen was still alive. Some other ants survived, and they were all under the queen's men, so they would not be killed.

When Shi Lei was a child, he often scattered ant nests and took bird eggs. He also had naughty things like sticky. Of course, he also felt the sourness of peeing at ant nests. This is also the reason why he treated these things so carefully. Not only was his body as hard as iron, but his formic acid was also many times stronger than gold-eating ants.

So it is a blessing to suffer losses. At least you can know that you are afraid and act less dying.
Chapter completed!