I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

"Insects?!" Upon hearing Rodna's words, Yuhaka, who was standing to the side, almost crushed the grub in his hand. Yuhaka was clearly incredulous that he was actually eating insects with such relish.

The others didn't notice this scene. Puxian fell silent about what Rodna knew. He hadn't expected that this creature was actually a symbiotic organism of an Elder Dragon. This meant things weren't so simple. After all, anything related to Elder Dragon monsters was rarely easy to resolve.

"Hmm...it seems things are a bit serious..." Puxian was very wary of the appearance of the grubs. He wanted to know more about the grubs and the ancient dragons that had a symbiotic relationship with them from Rodna. Rodna agreed, but she didn't know much about this kind of information. If she wanted more detailed information, she would have to go back and get a handwritten copy of the information.

Rodna also told Puxian and the others about the basic information on the rodents, and also warned them to be careful of rodent attacks, since these rodents carry a virus. They should be careful and try not to get bitten. Currently, there is no effective drug to cure this virus.

Upon hearing Rodna's words, Yuuko, who was standing to the side, seemed to realize something and then asked Yuhaka, "By the way, Yuuko, where did you catch these grubs?"

Although Yuuko asked Yuhaka this, she didn't receive a reply. A little confused, Yuuko then heard Yuhaka muttering something. Slightly puzzled, Yuuko approached and heard, "Bugs, bugs, bugs...but they taste so good! W..." Upon hearing this, Yuuko's expression changed drastically.

Toothpaste, Yoyo's gone bad! By the way, what do you mean by "tastes so good"? Have you ever tried it?!

Seeing this, Yuriko felt a sense of unease. She even suspected that Yuhaka might have eaten something wrong, especially since Yuhaka mentioned eating that thing. Yuriko suspected that Yuhaka might have developed some kind of illness from it. So, Yuriko asked Rodna, "Um, Miss Rodna, is it okay to eat these rodents?"

"???" Rodna looked at Yuuki with a shocked expression when she heard the question Yuuki asked. Rodna obviously didn't expect anyone to ask such a question.

After all, while some people catch parasites, no one would be foolish enough to eat them, since they carry viruses. How could anyone possibly eat such a thing?

Thinking of this, Rodna glanced at Yuhaka standing to the side. The other person seemed stunned, which made Rodna wonder if he had eaten a dish made with grubs.

Seeing Rodna's puzzled expression, Yuuko nodded with a sorrowful expression on her own face. Upon seeing Yuuko's nod, Rodna stared in disbelief. Rodna truly hadn't expected someone to actually harm the grubs—no, to bite them.

Why would a parasite, which looks so unappetizing, still eat its prey?!

Rodna felt quite embarrassed about grabbing the struggling parasite in her hand. Judging from its appearance, it seemed like a hunter who had come from some deep mountain forest, like a hermit living in a place where there was no human habitation. However, it did not seem to be an old man, and its voice sounded quite young. This made Rodna unable to figure out what kind of existence this strange-looking guy was.

However, Rodna did hear Yuhaka constantly muttering about insects, so she explained to him, "Uh... although rodents have 'insect' in their name, they essentially evolved from invertebrates, sharing a common ancestor with fish..."

"OwO Really?" Upon hearing Rodna's explanation, Yuhaka immediately snapped out of his daze and looked at Rodna, asking her this question. Although Rodna couldn't see Yuhaka's eyes, she knew what he was thinking from the sparkly effects around him. But seriously, does it really matter whether it's a grub or a bug?

Rodna was also quite confused about this. At this moment, Yuuko, who was standing nearby, told Rodna that it was Yuhaka who found the grubs. Hearing Yuuko's words, Rodna looked at Yuhaka with a surprised expression. After all, grubs are not simple environmental creatures that hunters can catch. They are highly aggressive group creatures, and even creatures like Rathalos and Anjanath cannot escape the attacks of grubs.

Even creatures like the Daimyo Shield Crab with its thick shell, or the Steelwrath Beast with its hard shell from her homeland, cannot escape the attacks of the Gnawing Worms. In a sense, hunters generally won't easily approach these terrifying creatures that live in small groups unless they have a way to counter them.

It could cost you your life. As mentioned before, these parasites carry a dangerous virus. If a hunter is infected, he will lose consciousness in no time. If he is surrounded by a large swarm of parasites, they will drain him dry in less than 5 minutes. I mean, in terms of bodily fluids and life force.

Although she didn't know how the other person caught the grubs, Rodna felt ashamed that the other person was eating them. Rodna asked Yuhaka what the grubs tasted like and whether they were poisonous.

As for Rodna's question, Yuhaka didn't hide anything and told Rodna about the three ways to use the grubs. As for whether it would cause poisoning... well, the joke about the original Zerg leader being poisoned is quite funny.

Upon hearing Yuhaka's theory of three ways to eat grubs, Rodna's lips twitched involuntarily. She clearly hadn't expected that Yuhaka not only ate grubs but also devised three different ways to eat them. This made Rodna feel quite impressed with Yuhaka and her stomach. However, Rodna decided to put it aside for now. The most crucial thing was to find out where the grubs were found. This was the most important thing.

Volume 5 [Slice of Life + Arknights + Another World]: Chapter 1878 [Preparing to Train New War Riders]

After Puxian and the others took out the map, Yuhaka pointed out the location where he had found the grubs to Rodna and the others. Seeing that the location of the grubs that Yuhaka found was quite a distance from Yanhuo Village, Puxian and the others breathed a sigh of relief. If those grubs had flown to Yanhuo Village, the casualties would have been heavy.

Although Flamefire Village had prepared many defensive facilities to counter the massive beast tide attack of the Hundred Dragons Night Parade, they were hardly adequate against small flying creatures like the Gnawing Worm.

If it were a small insect like a lightning bug, Fire Village could use poison to deal with it, but the problem is that the grubs are very resistant to common poisons (think about how the mutated Chameleon came to be), and their numbers are no less than swarms of lightning bugs, so it would be difficult to kill them with poison.

If something like this were to appear in Flamefire Village, it would be extremely dangerous.

Thinking of this, Puxian also decided to strengthen the village's defenses. If those things really came, Yanhuo Village would probably be in chaos, and it would be very difficult to escape.

After all, Flame Village is bordered by the sea on one side and an abandoned shrine area on the other. The only place left to escape to is the defensive position used for the Hundred Dragons Night Parade. However, that's not a good idea either. If the Hundred Dragons Night Parade happens to appear while you're running, then you'll be caught in a pincer attack.

After pointing out the location, Puxian also sent Instructor Nitai to investigate. If any unknown Elder Dragons or Gnawing Bugs were found, he was to report the situation to the village.

As for Yuhaka, after learning how the grubs got there, he naturally planned to go home. Of the Zinogre carcass he and Yuuko hunted, Yuhaka only took the meat and entrails, as these were suitable for feeding his own Jagras. He didn't want the Zinogre's raw materials, as they were inedible. However, the Hunter's Guild paid for them. Yuuko didn't intend to accept the hunting reward either, since she had only thrown a flashbang at most and hadn't caused any real damage to the Zinogre. Therefore, she didn't ask for payment.

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After Ehaka returned, Mebius in the consciousness space was also very interested in Ehaka's experiences that day. According to Ehaka, the Elder Dragon monsters were basically natural disasters in this world, which made Mebius feel that they were like Herrschers. However, the other party seemed to have various special abilities to manipulate the weather and elemental reactions, which made Mebius very curious.

Upon returning, Yuhaka arrived at the training ground where the Jaggi were kept. There, Yuhaka saw the Palicoes training the Jaggi. These Jaggi were all artificially bred and did not have much wildness. Here, the Jaggi were trained to be Palico cavalrymen, and also used as cargo transport equipment to deliver necessary supplies to Palico hunting teams.

Although it doesn't have the speed and ferocity of a Hound, the Jaggi can serve as a completely inferior alternative to the Hound. It's also easy to raise and doesn't need to eat too much; the mixed grains made by Yuhaka's cats are enough for the Jaggi.

Furthermore, due to Yhaka's influence, these ferocious jackals cannot transform into giant ferocious jackals, which also prevents them from reproducing. The eggs of the ferocious jackals under Yhaka's command are obtained from the wild, so there is basically no need for the giant ferocious jackals to produce them.

Although the Jagras is quite useful, Yuhaka also plans to increase the cats' combat power, including plans for large war beasts.

As mentioned before, when Yhaka returned from the StarCraft plane, he also took the location of the Genestealer Church on Korhal. Now, several large, bright craters on Korhal have left Valerian with a bewildered expression, clearly unaware of why the new city area and some military and research bases have disappeared.

Okay, back to the main point. After Yhwach took that part of the land, his church didn't hide anything. The foundations and buildings in the Terran Empire style were quickly demolished by the followers and replaced with something similar to the Holy City or Hallownest style of the Alita people, a combination of ancient Egyptian pyramids, Mayan altars, and ancient Indian architectural complexes. However, the style of the church's Holy City in Yhwach's church is more cyberpunk.

Although it is a city of the church, there are still many believers who have opened shops in various parts of the city. Although the church could turn the entire city into a military base, there is no need for that. After all, Yuhaka likes a lively atmosphere. The church has built its facilities according to the general city facilities of the Tyran Empire. However, the church occupies the most space in the city.

Because it's a city, the Church of Yhaka doesn't have much land available for planting. So, the church sets up planting bases on other floating islands. Creating these floating islands isn't too difficult for Yhaka, but he doesn't create too many at once. After all, creating floating islands is quite troublesome. Not only do you have to build the foundation of the island, but you also have to take care of the ecosystem on it. These troublesome things can quickly make Yhaka feel bored.

Fortunately, many members of the Church of Yhaka are engaged in colonization and ranching operations on harsh planetary environments. All Yhaka needs to do is provide them with a floating island, where they can build facilities and modify the indoor environment through large greenhouses. They can then grow crops and other plants, and even raise livestock.

Soon, the Arita tribe, seeing what the Church of Yhaka had created, had an idea and decided to cooperate with them. The Arita tribe had many elf wielders who could create floating islands like Yhaka's. However, the floating islands created by Yhaka were much larger than those created by the Arita tribe's earth elemental elf wielders, while the islands created by the elf wielders were only about one-tenth the size of those created by Yhaka.

Although one-tenth of the size is a bit small for building a large greenhouse, the elves can continue to add more land to this small floating island, and after just one day of rest, they can continue to create floating island land.

Incidentally, the size of the islands that Yuhaka created was not the full extent of her power. Creating more floating islands would not be difficult for Yuhaka; she's just a bit too lazy.

After arriving in the largest city of the Yohaka Church, Yohaka looked around at the bustling city with an "OwO" expression. Although it wasn't exactly crowded, there were a lot of cleaning robots cleaning up the garbage on the streets and holographic advertisements projected on the walls.

In addition, there were also these armored knight-like constructs on the street. These were all automatons, and the technology was provided by Bronya. The cult of the Myriad Machines was very excited about this, after all, it was a completely new research route for the cult's technicians.

However, this time Yuhaka didn't come to shop; he went to cause trouble for the Spiral Essence Cult.

At the Spiral Essence Sect's base, upon seeing Yuhaka arrive, the sect's technicians bowed to him, and the sect's bishop greeted him: "Welcome, Lord Yuhaka. Is there anything we can do for you?"

Regarding the question from the Spiral Essence Cult bishop, Yhaka explained her purpose for coming. Upon hearing that Yhaka wanted to create a war mount similar to a Hound or a Tigrex, the Spiral Essence Cult bishop readily agreed. However, the problem was that they needed the corresponding biological essence. Currently, Yhaka didn't have any creatures similar to the Hound. Of course, Zerglings could be modified into suitable mounts, but that would likely require other biological essences for modification. At present, the Spiral Essence Cult's biological essence reserves were still somewhat limited.

They also need some other biological essences. Hearing this, Yhaka also planned to go to the Old World to look for war mounts similar to Tigrex. Yhaka also has Tigrex biological essences, and he'll see if he can modify them into something else.

After Ehaka left, Mebius, in Ehaka's consciousness, was indeed very curious about this place. If his analysis was correct, this was the Herrscher of the Void's imaginary space. However, what Mebius did not expect was that Ehaka used this imaginary space as his own large nest, which was something Mebius did not expect.

However, even in their time, it was extremely difficult to create a place where humans could live in the imaginary space. After all, building a refuge for humans in the empty imaginary space was something that their technology at the time simply couldn't provide for their survival.

Mebius couldn't help but feel sorry about this, but in that situation, humanity didn't have the opportunity to make a different choice.

In the consciousness space, Mebius looked at Yuhaka and asked, "Little mouse, what kind of creature are you looking for?" Having overheard Yuhaka's conversation with the bishop of the Spiral Essence Sect, Mebius knew that Yuhaka was searching for some kind of creature. Mebius had seen the Fang Hound before, and to be honest, the creature's strength surprised him greatly. After all, for a creature the size of a large dog to be able to carry a hunter wearing heavy armor and huge weapons and perform drifting acceleration and vertical climbing of rock walls was even more outrageous than any other creature Mebius had ever seen.

Moreover, this creature is native to the Monster Hunter world. I really don't know how the hunters trained such a terrifying creature to look like a hunting dog.

“Yes, Yuu is looking for the big dog OwO~” Yuhaka nodded in agreement to Mebius’s question. Hearing Yuhaka’s answer, Mebius raised his eyebrows slightly. However, thinking of the Fang Hounds of Flamefire Village, Mebius felt that the big dog Yuhaka mentioned was probably not a simple creature, but rather some powerful monster. Unfortunately, he didn’t have a body right now and wanted to obtain some biological samples to study.

Thinking of this, Mebius couldn't help but sigh. Well... although it was a bit frustrating, at least Medea and Lily had prepared a body for him. Having a body was better than staying in Eohaka's consciousness space. After all, Mebius couldn't conduct biological research in Eohaka's space because Eohaka couldn't produce the research equipment and devices he needed.

After flying for a while, Ehaka arrived at a swamp. There, Ehaka quickly flew down, found a place to land, transformed into its first form, and jumped down. Ehaka doesn't really like using its cute star to fly and crash in such a swampy place, as it might end up covered in mud.

Upon arriving here, Yuhaka jumped up into the trees to conduct reconnaissance. After all, Yuhaka didn't like rolling around in the mud and needed a higher vantage point to find targets. So, Yuhaka searched for targets from the trees, and soon, with Yuhaka's search, he found his target.

Not far from Yuhaka, two wolf-like fanged beast monsters were wandering around, seemingly tracking some prey. Mebius, in Yuhaka's consciousness space, couldn't help but twitch his lips when he saw the monsters that were several times larger than the fanged hounds. This was more than just a big dog; it was a super-sized dog!

Upon spotting his target, Yuhaka drew the Baradion sword, which had transformed into a heavy crossbow, and fired at the wandering Fanged Beasts. A hail of bullets instantly riddled the unsuspecting Fanged Beasts with holes.

After dealing with everything, Yuhaka jumped down from the tree, stuffed the corpse into his dimensional portal, and then opened the imaginary space to leave.

Volume 5 [Slice of Life + Arknights + Another World]: Chapter 1879 [Preparation for New War Riders]

After Yuhaka returned to the Spiral Essence Cult in the Imaginary Space, he handed over the corpses of the two Fanged Beasts. The Spiral Essence Cult's technicians were very excited to receive the corpses; having new experimental samples to study was perfect for them.

Meanwhile, Mebius, who was in Yuhaka's consciousness space, couldn't help but feel envious when she saw this scene. After all, for Mebius, such unprecedented biological samples were the things that biology researchers loved the most. However, this also reminded Mebius of herself when she first saw the Honkai Beast and Herrscher corpse samples. Back then, she was also a very enthusiastic scientist... Well, she still is now.

However, without a physical body, there was nothing he could do to participate in this kind of biological research. This made Mebius feel "so angry" in Yuhaka's consciousness space, and he rolled around on the grass. Yuhaka, who was next to him, saw Mebius rolling around and showed an "OwO~" expression before joining in. The two of them got tangled up and rolled down the cliff together, leaving Mebius completely bewildered.

Of course, there's no need to worry about getting hurt in the consciousness space, but being scared to death is probably unavoidable. You see, in this consciousness space, Mebius doesn't have the powerful strength of a fusion warrior. At most, his ability is just to transform his body into the appearance of an adult. Mebius can't help but feel nostalgic for this ability. Of course, what Mebius misses is not the ability itself, but his physique. Although he looks pretty good when he's young, compared to his adult self, it's like comparing an apple to a watermelon.

Back in reality, after the Spiral Essence Cult obtained the new biological essence, they began creating the biological blueprints, while Yuhaka sat obediently in his chair waiting for the Spiral Essence Cult's technicians to show him the biological blueprints.

"Lady Yuuyu, here is your large milkshake. Please enjoy." While Yuuyu was waiting for the biological blueprint, the culinary nuns in charge of the kitchen placed a large fruit ice cream milkshake in front of her. Upon seeing the delicious dessert, Yuuyu's large tail wagged, and her face beamed with an "OwO~" expression.

After Yuhaka called out Esther, Esther sat obediently on Yuhaka's lap. Although Yuhaka and Esther were about the same size, Esther was not heavy at all for Yuhaka.

Moreover, Yuhaka doesn't mind at all. After all, the little ones at home like to sit on his lap and eat all the time, so Yuhaka is quite used to it. Besides, there have been plenty of people sitting on his lap before.

Yuhaka scooped a spoonful of fruit ice cream milk and handed it to Esther. Esther, without any hesitation, ate the fruit ice cream milk that Yuhaka handed her with a "whoosh." With a "pop," Yuhaka pulled the spoon out of Esther's little mouth and then scooped another spoonful of fruit ice cream milk into his own mouth.

The cool, refreshing taste, along with the sweet aroma and fruity scent, instantly lifted Yuhaka's spirits, making his large tail seem to swirl around.

In Eyhaka's consciousness space, Mebius, who had rolled down the cliff with Eyhaka and had long, wet green hair, stood in the pool with a gloomy expression, looking at Eyhaka floating on the surface of the water in front of him. Eyhaka, on the other hand, had a peaceful expression on his face.

Seeing the expression on Yuhaka's face, Mebius didn't hesitate to push him into the water. Immediately, the sound of bubbles popping came from the surface. After all, no one would die here, so Mebius didn't hold back. Then, Mebius saw a small hand emerge from the water, holding a cup that looked almost exactly like the fruit ice cream milkshake he saw outside. Seeing this, Mebius realized that Yuhaka had brought this out as an apology gift, and Mebius accepted it without hesitation.

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"Lord Yuyu, the biological blueprint is complete. Please take a look." The bishop of the Spiral Essence Sect handed a tablet to Yuhaka. Upon seeing the tablet, Yuhaka reached out and took it, looking at the contents on it. The bishop of the Spiral Essence Sect explained the blueprint they had researched to Yuhaka.

First, there was the war mount similar to the Fang Hound that Yuhaka needed. Based on the essence of a creature called "Screech Wolf" that Yuhaka brought back, the Spiral Essence Cult's technicians drew up a blueprint for this Fang Hound monster. Based on the content shown on the drawn structural blueprint, the Spiral Essence Cult's technicians also came up with several solutions.

The first is a war mount primarily made from the essence of the Roaring Wolf, currently simply called the [Roaring Hound]. It is about the same size as the Fang Hound, but slightly larger. Despite its smaller size, it still possesses the ability to fire air blasts like cannonballs. In addition, the Spiral Essence Cult's technicians have modified its organs into a special accessory organ. This organ allows the Roaring Beast to emit sonic resonance attacks, causing shock damage to the enemy's internal organs or some delicate equipment. Unless the opponent's defenses include sonic resonance attacks, even the thickest armor will find it difficult to withstand the roar's attack.

The second type is a war mount different from the Rumbling Wolf Essence. It mainly relies on psionic energy and is currently referred to as the "Psionic Hound". Its size is similar to that of the Fang Hound, but its neck and head are slightly larger. Because it uses psionic energy, its brain and neural spine need to be enlarged to ensure that the Psionic Hound has strong psionic abilities. However, the psionic hound's psionic energy is mainly used to counter the psionic attacks of psionicists and it also serves as an important unit for searching for psionicists.

Similarly, as psionic beings, they also possess psionic attack capabilities, making them decent damage-dealing units.

After looking at the other war mounts, Yuhaka prioritized the first and second war mounts, while considering the others later.

Then Ehaka looked at the next type of war mount, which was the war mount similar to the Tigrex that Ehaka wanted. Although the church now has super-heavy tanks as its main land force, there are still some terrains that cannot be traversed by super-heavy tanks, such as swamps, mud, snow, and deserts.

When encountering such terrain, there is a high probability that the super-heavy tank will get stuck in the soft terrain, rendering the entire super-heavy tank unable to move.

Although the super-heavy tank has anti-gravity magic, this magic cannot keep the super-heavy tank in a floating state indefinitely.

The solution, namely the brand-new super-heavy hover tank, is also under construction. However, the reason why Yhaka needs new large war beasts is similar to that of the super-heavy tank, including the fact that Yhaka may need to send troops to places without ammunition supplies. Yhaka needs some large knights who use melee weapons to solve this problem.

Soon, after searching through the tablet, Yuhaka also saw the large war beast [Roaring Killer] displayed on the tablet. It was a war beast modified from the genetic skeleton of Tigrex. Like Tigrex, it had a pair of powerful forelimbs, and its wings had been evolved into defensive biological shields. In addition, its claws were monomolecular claws that could easily tear through thick armor plates.

Furthermore, the powerful roar organ of the Tigrex has been improved, allowing it to attack in a manner similar to the previous Roaring Hound. However, compared to the Roaring Hound's attack, the improved Tigrex's roar is more than ten times stronger, and its powerful roar could easily kill enemies inside defensive bunkers.

Because of the Thunder Dragon's strong adaptability, the Spiral Essence Sect's technicians didn't have to put in much effort to modify this war mount, making it even more adaptable.

In terms of mobility, the Roaring Killer is also quite fast. Its powerful forelimbs allow it to run with a momentum and speed no less than that of a heavy tank. Even if hunters line up with long spears to block the Roaring Killer, they would only be crushed.

Hmm...probably.

Yuhaka quickly found the second large war mount, a hybrid beast made from a horned dragon and a spiny dragon – the [Spiny Horned Dragon].

This large war mount, modified based on the essence of the Diablos, is the most impactful. Among most wyverns, which primarily run on their hind legs, the Diablos gives off a battering ram-like aura, as does the Spinosaurus. Both of these wyverns are powerful and fast monsters, and no hunter would be foolish enough to engage in a head-on collision with these creatures.

Of course, players are an exception.

After improvements, the Thorn Ceratopsian's pair of wings, which were not very useful, were modified into two pairs of suitable forelimbs. One pair of forelimbs resembled wingless forearms, which were sharp claws for the Thorn Ceratopsian to use when turning. After all, with the Ceratopsian's fast running speed, it would be impossible to make sharp turns with just two legs.

The other pair consists of arms equipped with a series of symbiotic weapons, including the Death Breath, for the Thornhorst to defend against enemies trying to crawl between its legs.

In addition, after incorporating the essence of the Spinosaurus, the Spinosaurus has sharp, thorn-like protrusions on its body. These thorns are also highly poisonous. Of course, they are not poisonous under normal circumstances. Only when entering combat will the thorns produce toxins. Otherwise, if one of your own accidentally touches the Spinosaurus's thorns and is poisoned to death, he will probably become a role model for the church when he is resurrected.