Chapter 35 Expanding the Swarm
Before setting off, Qi Yuan suddenly suggested: "Brother Qin, let's go around here."
Qi Yuan pointed to a dense red spot in the forest.
Qin Zhenjun immediately understood what he meant: "A bee colony? OK, this bee colony doesn't look big, there are less than 3,000 of them, just enough to replenish your bee colony."
After slightly changing the route, the two set off together and walked towards the depths of the forest.
On the way, Qi Yuan also found a piece of good-grade wood, which was a birch tree, but the number was very small.
After recording the location, they continued to move forward.
Soon, they came to the depths of the forest and found scattered bees. It seemed that due to the weather, the bee colony seemed a little depressed.
Looking at the style of the bee colony, it should be the same species as the tree bee, all yellow and black, relatively small in size, not very aggressive, and mainly relying on collecting honey for a living.
This made Qi Yuan feel relieved.
If there were more than 3,000 black tiger bees, there would be no need to fight. The more than 1,000 tree bee colonies he had were not enough to fill their teeth. Maybe even I will get a good beating.
Approaching the tree where the beehive is located, I finally see the specific appearance of the bee colony.
A huge beehive, hanging on a tree tens of meters high, surrounded by dense bees.
The number of bee colonies is much larger than the previous tree hole bee colony, but the strength should not be too strong.
In order to save time as much as possible, Qi Yuan does not intend to let the two groups of bee colonies fight, but directly start a fire.
That's right, burn it directly!
Under the big tree where the beehive is located, there are firewoods for burning. Because it has just snowed, it took a lot of time to find firewood.
This time it is not a simple smoke, but the whole tree is directly set on fire.
The fire ignited at the roots of the tree, and the raging fire spread on the trunk.
Because the bark is relatively dry and flammable, and the internal tree core has more moisture, it burns more slowly.
So soon, the flames spread along the trunk and all the way to the top of the tree.
Many bees close to the beehive were burned to death by the fire because they did not have time to dodge.
Qi Yuan's purpose in doing this was very simple, which was to force the queen bee out.
Not long after, a fist-sized figure flew out of the hive.
"That's it!"
Qi Yuan's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered the black tiger queen bee to lead his bee colony and rush towards the tree bee queen.
Originally thought that it could be easily solved, but unexpectedly there was still an accident.
In the bee colony, there were 3 bees that were about the same size as the queen bee, just a circle smaller than the tree bees.
Qi Yuan estimated that these 3 tree bees were probably also good-level strength.
Although the black tiger queen bee was powerful, two fists could not beat four hands, and was blocked by four good-level tree bees at once.
This made the battle situation suddenly tense.
Qi Yuan frowned and thought to himself that it was not good.
The number of his own bee colony was at a disadvantage, and the overall strength was far weaker than that of the opponent, so he could only rely on decapitation to win.
Once the time was dragged on too long, it would be very disadvantageous for his own bee colony, and it was very likely to be slowly eaten up by the opponent's bee colony that was several times larger.
"Brother Qin, it seems that I still need your help."
"Okay, no problem."
Qin Zhenjun readily agreed, took out the bow and arrow, bent the bow and shot the arrow.
Bang!
The bow and arrow shot at a good-level tree bee.
The tree bee was not directly pierced, but was knocked away dozens of meters away and fell to the ground without moving.
Qin Zhenjun was shocked: although it was just an ordinary-level bow and arrow, it could directly shoot through the wild wolf before, but it was blocked by a bee.
What a hard shell!
"It is really worthy of being a good-level beast. The gap between it and ordinary beasts is so big!" Qin Zhenjun was amazed.
Although the tree bee that was hit was probably not far from death, the hardness of its shell was incredible.
Two more bows and shots, one successful and one failed.
Another good-level tree bee fell to the ground.
Now there is only one good-level tree bee and the tree bee king left on the battlefield.
The pressure on the black tiger queen bee was greatly reduced, and she beat the tree bee queen and successfully subdued it after a while.
The battle between the two bee colonies was forced to stop after the tree bee queen was captured.
Just like last time, the group of tree bees was temporarily controlled by "holding the queen bee to command the bee colony".
If you want to really control it, you have to wait until you return to the shelter, put the bee colony into the animal pen, tame a common tree bee, and then train it into a queen bee.
This will be a relatively long process.
But for the time being, this bee colony has been controlled by Qi Yuan.
The tree bee colony has grown again, with a number of more than 2,300, and at the same time, one or two good-level tree bees have been added, and the strength has increased greatly.
As for the two tree bees that were shot down...
Qi Yuan was worried that the tree bees were too strong, and if there were two more good-level tree bees, it would be difficult to control them. So he killed them directly.
But no resource boxes were dropped.
After all the dead and injured ordinary bees on the ground were dealt with, only two ordinary resource boxes were obtained.
Qi Yuan looked at the expanding bee colony and the resource box on the ground, his mouth stretched to the back of his head.
"Brother Qin, I didn't expect that hunting wild animals would yield such a big harvest!"
"Not really, it just happened that there are more small wild animals here, and we are stronger.
For ordinary survivors, without a wild animal search scroll, without a bee colony, and with weak individual strength, let alone hunting wild animals, they dare not even walk around in the wild.
The five skinny wolves we encountered, no matter how weak they were, were not something an ordinary person could handle. "
Qin Zhenjun solemnly explained that hunting requires sufficient caution, and any thought of contempt is fatal.
Just like Qin Zhenjun himself, he was also attacked by a swarm of black tiger bees. If it weren't for Qi Yuan's healing potion, he could heal the wound and prevent the toxin from spreading throughout the body. He probably wouldn't make it through that.
Qi Yuan also nodded in approval.
Being able to run rampant in the forest today was the result of the combined strength of two people.
They are still two very good people!
Thinking of this, Qi Yuan stopped smiling, regained his cautious mood, and continued to move forward.
Twenty minutes later, the two came to a rock wall dozens of meters high. The rock wall was covered with green vines.
If you look carefully, you can vaguely feel that there is a cave behind the tree vines.
The two did not approach rashly, but hid nearby to check.
Qin Zhenjun explored the nearby environment and skillfully found a pool.
Pushing aside the snow on the ground, several footprints appeared on the soil.
"It's a wild boar!"
Qin Zhenjun and Qi Yuan recognized it at the same time, and they couldn't help but feel nervous.
The two looked at each other, silently exited the area near the cave, and returned to a relatively safe place.
Qin Zhenjun looked heavy and said: "It seems to be a wild boar cave. Wild boars generally like to live in caves or by rivers. They sleep during the day and forage at night. They should be sleeping now, so we don't have to worry too much."
But we still have to discuss whether we should take action.
You can also see the row of footprints, which are much larger than ordinary wild boars, indicating that the wild boars here are very large and very strong. "
Qi Yuan frowned in thought and asked: "Brother Qin, according to your experience, what is the strength of the wild boar?"
"If it is an adult male wild boar, it should be... top-notch good level. My current strength is probably in the middle or upper level among good levels."
Qin Zhenjun thought about it and said seriously.
Qi Yuan's heart sank. In other words, in a one-on-one fight, Brother Qin would most likely not be a match for a wild boar.
What's more, there are four heads here!