Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 360 Starred Pig Farming
Chimera ants the size of humans.

Any creature hunter with a modicum of common sense would think this is a joke.

Even if chimeric ants possess reproductive abilities such as feeding and mating that can overcome reproductive barriers, they are still limited by their innate genes...

Even if an organism ingests human or elephant genes, its body size will not change significantly.

Otherwise, humans would have driven chimeric ants to extinction long ago, instead of listing them as a first-level designated isolated species.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes—

How could Pence believe that chimeric ants could have a body size close to that of humans?

"I... I must escape NGL quickly and deliver this news..."

Peng Si carefully hid in the thick bushes, trying to suppress her inner panic, but no matter how hard she tried, her body still trembled uncontrollably.

The combination of chimeric ant and human genes.

Not only does it possess intelligence and language abilities, but it can also see the existence of "spirit energy" with the naked eye without opening its pores.

That fact alone is terrifying enough.

But what's even more terrifying is that these monsters, despite not having mastered Nen, are able to withstand the power of Nen with their bare bodies...

Peng Si learned to read.

This feeling of having her perception completely overturned made her realize the terror of these monsters even more deeply.

Extreme fear overwhelmed her reason, making it impossible for her to calm down.

If it weren't for the ability to control the Black-bellied Wasps through Nen and share their vision and key information...

Given her current state, she has probably already been discovered by the Chimera Ant team.

"How can there be so many soldier ants..."

Using the information relayed by the bumblebee, Peng Si trembled as she crawled out of the bushes and moved toward an area with fewer chimeric ants.

However, after only walking about a hundred meters, they were forced to hurriedly crawl into a dead tree stump and hide there.

Just a moment later, there was the sound of heavy objects being trampled on the leaves and dead branches.

The sound of footsteps approached from afar and then gradually faded away.

Every step felt like a heavy hammer blow to Peng Si's heart.

Among the dead trees.

Peng Si covered her mouth tightly with both hands, her eyes trembling with fear.

Only after the blood-smelling footsteps faded into the distance and Bumblebee reported that it was temporarily safe did Peng Si finally lower her hand, still feeling a lingering fear.

She looked down, her eyes filled with despair, at her hands trembling wildly.

"There's no way out, there's absolutely no way to escape..."

Peng Si weakly hugged her head with her trembling hands.

The dispersed vigilance of the Black-bellied Bumblebee creates a wide-area radar effect for her.

Conversely, it also brought her a despairing and cruel reality.

That means there are too many chimeric ants.

There were so many that it made it difficult for her to move. Just hiding was already a struggle, let alone escaping.

Peng Si curled up, clutching her head and trembling uncontrollably.

Sensing their owner's emotional fluctuations, the bumblebees emerged from their caps even during their resting period.

It seems that this action was intended to soothe the master's fear as much as possible.

I don't know how much time has passed.

Peng Sicai finally cheered up.

Despite the extreme fear in my heart, I at least don't want to give up the idea of ​​living.

"As long as we are not discovered, we will definitely be able to escape."

Peng Si slowly raised her head and looked at the rays of light that were streaming in through the cracks in the tree stump.

She cautiously had the bumblebees take turns on guard before carefully turning over the tree stump.

With real-time feedback from the bumblebees, she doesn't need to waste energy observing her surroundings.

Instead, after receiving the information, the task is to quickly devise a route that avoids any chimeric ants.

Even if this route will keep prolonging the escape journey, it's better than being discovered by the Chimera Ants.

Moreover, the bumblebee's vigilance ensures that she gets basic rest.

In this way, even if you have to take a long detour, at least you don't have to worry about running out of energy.

It could be said that it was this swarm of bumblebees that gave Peng Si the will to persevere.

However, the slight sense of security that the bumblebee brought made Pence completely abandon the idea of ​​using the bumblebee to contact other creature hunter teams.

NGL is a country that prohibits the entry of communication devices and other similar equipment.

This is actually the fundamental reason why many creature hunters are attacked but unable to transmit information in time.

From this perspective, the importance of communication is self-evident.

While Pence's bumblebees can communicate by passing notes, this method is far too inefficient.

Moreover, Peng Si had already concluded that the other creature hunter teams were likely doomed, and if the Bumblebee's note were discovered by the Chimera Ants, it would be tantamount to cutting off her own escape route.

"Damn it, my body is still shaking uncontrollably, but at least I have to control my breathing..."

Peng Si struggled forward.

Basically, every time you advance a certain distance, you need to choose a hiding place in advance.

Only after the bumblebee confirmed that there were no chimera ants in the vicinity did it dare to continue advancing.

Even if they only see human dwellings in the distance, they must immediately adjust their route to stay as far away as possible from these areas that are the primary hunting grounds for chimeric ants.

Thus, thanks to the reconnaissance-type control system of Bumblebee, Pence's forward movement was inefficient but highly safe.

In a sense, it is also because the Chimera Ants know nothing about "Nen" that they cannot imagine that Pons could use Bumblebee to share vision and information.

Therefore, the bumblebees that roam freely in the forest are like flies and mosquitoes to them.

As long as they don't bother people, they won't actively cause trouble for Bumblebee.

Pons can rely on bee swarms to avoid danger, but other creature hunters don't have that ability.

Including Pence's teammates, and other creature hunter teams that entered NGL earlier, all of them suffered at the hands of the chimeric ants.

It was only because Barbara, a user who had practiced her abilities for many years, was not wiped out by the Chimera Ants.

But there were too many chimeric ants.

Barbara didn't have Pence's wide-area reconnaissance abilities; she only managed to escape for half a day before finally getting surrounded.

In a clearing in the forest, two chimeric ant corpses lay.

A human-faced chimera ant dressed in a black robe and with coral-like antlers on its head stood not far from the corpse, looking at Barbara, who was covered in mud and holding a strange instrument.

"who is the next?"

The antler chimera ant shifted its gaze from Barbara and looked around.

Beside the large trees with their lush foliage, hundreds of chimeric ants stood, completely surrounding the central open space.

Most of these chimeric ants are lower-ranking soldiers born from the fusion of genes from various forest animals.

Only a dozen or so of them showed obvious human characteristics in their appearance.

Chimeric ants with prominent human genes are like army commanders and division commanders.

However, the chimera ants present, who possessed human-like intelligence, were all army commanders.

"I am the third one."

As the antler chimera's voice faded, a chimera ant with a human face and a body that was a fusion of chimpanzee features soon emerged.

Seeing this, the antler chimera smiled and gestured to the chimpanzee chimera.

The chimpanzee chimera ant gave a good-natured smile and strode over to Barbara.

Barbara's eyes were serious, but she felt a sense of relief.

These chimeric ants that have absorbed human genes are certainly terrifying...

However, due to the influence of "human nature," they did not pounce on their prey without hesitation, like wild beasts or swarms of insects.

On the contrary, despite having an absolute numerical advantage, they insisted on fighting one-on-one arena battles.

Or rather, they all want to enjoy the thrill of hunting and fighting to themselves, but they also possess the wisdom and rationality to arrange things in order.

"In any case, the current situation is in my favor..."

Barbara thought to herself.

Her materialization ability is called the Biological Encyclopedia. As long as sufficiently detailed biological information is entered into the encyclopedia, its optional functions can be activated.

These are the "Bio Cage" option, which can exert a powerful control effect on the target creature, and the "Execution Protocol" option, which can directly execute the target creature.

This materialization ability was originally created to serve Barbara's work needs.

Therefore, the Biological Compendium has a very strong special attack effect on creatures other than humans.

of course,

The prerequisite is that Barbara possesses a wealth of biological theories and the ability to apply those theories effectively through biological observation.

It can be said that biological atlases are the product of the combination of knowledge and power.

At this moment, it is also a powerful tool that can easily deal with the commanders of these chimeric ant armies.

“There is only one species of chimpanzee in the NGL region. Although it has incorporated human genes, it is still within the range of its abilities, which conveniently reduces the difficulty of data entry…”

Barbara held a futuristic-looking biological encyclopedia instrument in her left hand, while her right hand rested gently on the numerous keys covered in hieroglyphics, ready to input data at any moment.

She dared not enter her biological data before the other side announced the start of the battle.

After all, while these monsters might recognize the biological compendium as a weapon more powerful than firearms, they might not tolerate her breaking the rules of one-on-one combat.

If she violates the rules and causes the other party to give up the one-on-one approach, her situation will instantly become precarious.

So can't take risks.

Barbara bit her lip hard. She had to stay calm at all times; she couldn't afford to make the slightest mistake, otherwise…

Just then, the antler chimera ant shouted, "Begin!"

Barbara immediately started typing on the keyboard and began entering biological information related to the NGL black-backed orangutan.

The chimpanzee's honest smile vanished instantly, replaced by a cunning grin.

He pulled a submachine gun, which he had stolen from NGL militants, from his thick body hair, and immediately pulled the trigger at Barbara, who was entering data.

Da da da--

Gunfire erupted as scorching bullets rained down on Barbara.

Barbara already knew that these chimeric ants had learned how to use firearms.

Despite the cunning nature of the chimpanzee ant's actions, she managed to react quickly and narrowly avoid the barrage of bullets.

While evading, Barbara continued to input data at a high speed.

She had used her ability countless times and was very familiar with the process.

In less than five seconds, the data entered into the biological encyclopedia directly met the activation conditions.

Barbara immediately took a newly formed card from the glass ball on the encyclopedia display screen and inserted it into the card slot on the other side.

"Execution agreement!"

Without waiting for the voice prompt to play, Barbara immediately selected the second option, the execution protocol.

As she finished speaking, the card in the biological encyclopedia slot suddenly transformed into a red and white spiral beam of light, resembling DNA, and flew towards the chimpanzee chimera ant.

The chimpanzee chimera ant suddenly threw its submachine gun at the beam of light.

However, this beam of light, visible only to lower-ranking soldiers, bypassed the submachine gun and struck the chimpanzee chimera ant directly.

As the light faded, the chimpanzee chimera ant's body shuddered violently, its face still frozen with a hint of panic, before its massive body collapsed heavily to the ground, lifeless.

Seeing this, the antler-like chimera ant stepped forward a short distance and asked with a smile, "Who's next?"

After a brief silence, the fourth army commander, the Chimera Ant, slowly walked into the arena.

Barbara only showed an extremely solemn expression, and dared not show even the slightest sign of relaxation.

Her execution agreement was subject to a hunting ban period, requiring a cooling-off period.

However, the chimeric ants' one-on-one combat helped her overcome the negative impact of this constraint.

"As long as we take out the army commanders in order, we'll have a chance to break through!"

Barbara dared not be careless in the slightest.

Outside the encirclement of hundreds of chimeric ants.

Two chimeric ants noticed the ongoing hunting game.

These two chimeric ants are named Melena and Zailo.

"A bunch of idiots."

Dressed completely covered except for his eyes, Zairo turned and left, his hands in his pockets, muttering to himself, "That kind of weapon could probably threaten the queen ant from a distance, or even the unborn king ant. If it were a real ant..."

Zaiyi Luo didn't pay much attention to this farce.

Or rather, what the chimeric ant should do or wants to do is irrelevant to him in the present moment.

He is the underground leader of NGL, and now that he has regained his memories as a human, how could he possibly obey the orders of the Chimera Ant Queen?

He wanted to spread his unparalleled hatred to the whole world in his own way.

Another chimera ant, Melena, although she hasn't fully recovered her memories from her human days, her perceptions, viewpoints, and goals...

They all bear a striking resemblance to Zaylo.

"A bunch of idiots."

Melina wore a long dress that concealed her serpentine figure.

She was prepared to stop this farce.

But by chance, he and Zaiyi Luo exchanged glances across the distance.

Both of them suddenly stopped, staring at each other, and inexplicably sensed a kindred spirit within them.

"..."

After a brief silence, Zailuo headed towards the NGL border.

Melina frowned slightly and headed towards the hunting circle in the opposite direction.

Deep within their souls lay an unparalleled hatred for "this world".

However, their approaches were completely different.

Zailuo broke away from the ant colony to start all over again.

Melena, however, subconsciously wanted to use the Chimera Ants to launch a devastating attack on humanity.

Barbara's ability to instantly kill enemies with her special attacks made her feel threatened.

So she had to intervene in this farce to ensure that Barbara could be presented to the Queen as a high-quality food.

A location far from the hunting area.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry... I can't help you, I really can't help you..."

Peng Si avoided the hunting circle, tears streaming down her face.

Through her abilities, she saw Barbara in dire straits, but there was nothing she could do, absolutely nothing...

Two days later.

The Kite Team, including Gon and Killua, consists of five members who joined the NGL.

Because they entered the country late, they discovered the presence of chimeric ants in areas far from the ant nest.

Kate immediately decided to send the two team members back to deliver the message.

He continued to delve deeper into the story with Gon and Killua.

On the one hand, it was confirmed that the Chimera Ants' combat power was within a controllable range; on the other hand, it was necessary to prevent the birth of the Ant King.

Even if we can't stop it, we can still gather more intelligence beforehand.

This decision was made by Kate based on her extensive experience and understanding of chimeric ants.

However, Kate overlooked a crucial point.

That is, in the hierarchical structure of chimeric ants, the direct guard ants are born earlier than the queen ant, and then take on the task of guarding the queen ant's birth.

………………

Hunter Association Building.

Moro informed Netero of his intention to become a member of the expeditionary force.

Nitero did not refuse, but he also couldn't make a decision directly.

Regarding personnel arrangements, the review department needs to discuss and confirm them.

Moro can only wait for the results.

He was actually a little anxious...

He wanted to implant the "star" into the Chimera Ants as much as possible before they could all master Nen abilities.

(End of this chapter)