My Doomsday Bug Nest

Chapter 16: Construction of the Worker Bee Hive

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

After returning home, Ling Zixing suddenly asked, “Brother, how did you know about that soul oath?”

Ling Yichen chuckled and said, “When I awakened the talent to summon the Insect Race, information about this kind of ownership appeared in my mind. There are also insects among the demons.”

“Oh.” Ling Zixing immediately believed him.

Ling Yichen could not help but sigh. If girls were as gullible as Ling Zixing these days, then there would be no single men in the world.

It was not that Ling Yichen did not trust Ling Zixing, but in this world, there were endless kinds of abilities. There were even people who could read other people’s memories and thoughts. Ling Yichen was just being safe.

Ling Yichen looked at his attribute panel and realized that the amount of organic matter had exceeded 100 units. He could build a Worker Bee Hive now.

“Use 100 units of organic matter to build the [Working Bee Hive].”

In the Insect Nest Demiplane, when Ling Yichen issued the construction order, the organic matter was immediately mobilized.

“[Worker Bee Hive] Remaining construction time: 59 minutes 59 seconds.”

An hour wasn’t too long. The Worker Bees were in pretty good working conditions. After all, they were at Mortal Body Rank-1. Even though they weren’t of much use in combat, their stamina was pretty good and they could last for a long time.

The Worker Bee Hive was a place for worker bees to rest. Even when they rested, they would not forget to work and would produce worker honey in the Worker Bee Hive.

There was no need to specially collect pollen to produce Worker Bee Honey. In fact, when they completed the conversion of organic matter in their bodies, they were already “producing honey”.

In the body of the Worker Bees, there was another chamber. When the Worker Bees were converting animal corpses or plants, they would store some matter in this chamber. When it was full or when they reached the Worker Be Hive, they would leave the Worker Bee Honey in their home.

Leaving the Worker Bee Honey in the Worker Bee Hive was the last step in processing the Worker Bee Honey. The Worker Bee Hive could neutralize the stimulating taste of the Worker Bee Honey, making it more suitable to be used as food. Otherwise, if it was eaten directly, it would be very disgusting and would cause some damage to the human body.

It sounded quite disgusting, but wasn’t the regular wild honey also very disgusting?

Ordinary people couldn’t afford to eat bird’s nests. However, wasn’t the essence of bird nests just saliva? Another example was civet coffee…

Therefore, as long as it was clean and edible, it could be considered food.

Among the Insect Race, there were actually quite a number of edible insects, such as the [Bull Worm]. Its protein was higher than that of an actual cow. Moreover, not only was it better than ordinary beef in terms of texture or taste, but its nutritional value also far exceeded that of ordinary beef.

These insects were only for consumption. Thus, their status among the Insect Race was actually equivalent to livestock raised in captivity.

When there was enough organic matter, he could produce these edible insects and use them when there was a lack of food in the future.

There was still time. Ling Yichen left the Hidden Shadow Spider to protect Ling Zixing, who was cultivating. The situation in the apocalypse changed rapidly. No one knew if a mutated bird would break through the window and fly in to attack them.

Ling Yichen went to the house next door and knocked on the door. Ming Xianwan’s gentle and charming voice sounded from inside. She had the charm of a mature woman.

“Who is it?”

“It’s me.”

Upon hearing Ling Yichen’s voice, Ming Xianwan confirmed that it was indeed Ling Yichen through the peephole and opened the security door.

“Yichen, why did you go out just now? This is too risky.”

Ling Yichen was slightly stunned and asked, “Sister Ming, how did you know?”

Ming Xianwan had obviously gotten rid of her previous panic. She was even teasing Ling Yichen in her words. “It was posted in the household head chat. There’s a video of you fighting zombies. I didn’t expect you to be so fierce when killing zombies. Now, they all say that you’ve awakened your talent as the country says.”

“Yes, Zixing and I have both awakened.” Ling Yichen did not hide anything. There was nothing to hide. If he said it out loud, others would be afraid of him and would not find trouble with him. He was also happy to have peace and quiet.

Ming Xianwan said enviously, “Have both of you siblings awakened? No one else in the entire neighborhood has awakened their talent. I guess it’s because your genes are good.”

Then, Ling Yichen asked, “Sister Ming, do you have any plans for the future?”

When Ming Xianwan heard this, she was silent for a moment before sighing. “We can only stay at home and wait for the country to settle these monsters. After all, Yangyang and I haven’t awakened our talents. We don’t even have the ability to protect ourselves.”

Ling Yichen had a serious look on his face as he said, “What if I say that this calamity will not end and will instead become more and more intense?”

“Why do you say that?”

Ling Yichen said, “Zombies can appear anywhere. It’s the same in the various systems of the country. The army is no exception. Even if the army can clean up the internal chaos, it can’t clean up the global crisis.”

When Ming Xianwan heard this, her eyes gradually dimmed. Obviously, she also thought that what Ling Yichen said made sense.

Ling Yichen took the opportunity to say, “Sister Ming, swallowing Origin Crystals provides you with a chance to become stronger. As long as you learn the meditation technique, ordinary people can also have the ability to deal with zombies and strengthen themselves.”

Ming Xianwan was stunned and asked, “Origin Crystal? What’s that?”

“It’s extracted from the bodies of zombies and mutated creatures. Before comprehending the meditation technique, you can only rely on swallowing it. After comprehending the meditation technique, you can rely on meditation cultivation to directly absorb Origin Energy from the Origin Crystal to constantly break through your limits.”

Ming Xianwan couldn’t help but cover her beautiful lips. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She actually wanted to swallow the thing taken out of the monsters’ bodies.

Ling Yichen comforted her, “Sister Ming, don’t worry. As long as you wash it, you won’t be infected with the zombie virus.”

After saying that, Ling Yichen pretended to take something out of his pocket. He took out six Origin Crystals from the Insect Nest Demiplane and gave them to Ming Xianwan. “Sister Ming, give it a try.”

When he was young, Ming Xianwan took good care of him. They had been neighbors for many years, and he often went to Ming Xianwan’s house to play. Gu Yangyang had always been close to him, so they could be said to be very close. Ling Yichen had a good impression of the mother and daughter.

During the period when his parents had passed away, Ming Xianwan had comforted him for a long time and had always been with him and his sister. It was also at that time that Ling Yichen did not know why, but he felt that Ming Xianwan was strangely intimate. She was like a family and had the image of a sister-next-door.

To him, 100 years had passed since those memories from many years ago. However, they seemed to have been branded in the depths of his soul and could not be forgotten for a long time.

A drop of water should be repaid with a spring. This sentence sounded quite silly, but if someone had helped him before and he had the ability to help them, why shouldn’t he help them?

Ling Yichen admitted that he was not a good person, but he also knew how to repay kindness. He knew who was good to him, and he would repay them better.

To Ling Yichen, attracting another wave of zombies to kill them later would be a good choice. It would be enough to gather all the Origin Crystals he needed to cultivate for a night.

However, Ling Yichen knew how difficult it was to find a familiar and reliable person in the apocalypse.

Ming Xianwan and Gu Yangyang were obviously trustworthy people.

Even if Ling Yichen could produce insects to fight, he sometimes needed more familiar people to accompany him. Otherwise, he would easily lose himself in the cruelty of the apocalypse.

Ling Yichen had already experienced all of this, so naturally, he would not lose his mind. However, Ling Zixing did not have his experiences. Moreover, sometimes, it was difficult for a man like him to take care of a girl like Ling Zixing.