Chapter 292: Gaemi Goes Hungry

Of course, her physical body was also a weakness. Mental-type extraordinary creatures and extraordinary creatures that focused on physical enhancement naturally had a relationship of mutual restraint. As long as a Mental-type extraordinary being was caught in close combat, there was basically no hope of survival. However, as long as they could maintain their distance, Mental-type extraordinary beings could achieve a victory rate of roughly eighty to ninety percent when fighting enemies.

However, Gaemi did not need to worry about the consequences of being approached now.

After her body had transformed into a pupa, it was as if she had gained a turtle shell, making her very difficult to kill.

If not for the fact that she could no longer lay eggs after transforming into a pupa, Gaemi would not have minded maintaining this form forever.

Gaemi’s low spirits could not affect Joo Joowon’s mood. After all, not all of the eggs were gone, and it was not as if Gaemi could no longer produce any more.

Therefore, Joo Joowon only gave Gaemi some simple comfort. After seeing that it had no effect, he gave up. Perhaps because of the influence of the Whispers, he felt that Gaemi’s emotional fluctuations had become a little too intense.

But this did not matter. It did not affect Gaemi’s ability to work.

Therefore, Joo Joowon simply left Gaemi with a cold and heartless back as he walked away. Before leaving, he also took the opportunity to run around the surrounding area once, and only after confirming that no creatures had come over yet did he leave with peace of mind.

Gaemi watched his back as he left, wanting to speak but stopping herself.

No, was he really not going to do any work at all? She could not lay eggs right now, so could he not at least help lay a few ant eggs himself to help make up for the loss?!

Gaemi still had not realized that she and Joo Joowon were actually not the same species.

Seeing that Joo Joowon really had no intention of doing anything else after assigning her this task, Gaemi could only resign herself to her fate.

She picked through the eggs, trying to find out whether any of the affected ant eggs could still be used. Even if they were premature ants with insufficient potential, she did not mind. At the very least, she could recover some of her losses.

The ant eggs laid by extraordinary ants were naturally not as fragile as ordinary ant eggs. However, this was actually only relative, because if the eggs were too hard, it would be difficult for the ants inside to break out. Once that happened, it would instead affect the survival rate of the little ants.

Therefore, after searching through them for a long time, Gaemi eventually sat down on the ground with lifeless eyes.

It was too sad. In just a few more days, they would have been born and could have replaced the ordinary worker ants. One of them could have been used as fifty ants. How had they just disappeared like this?

Why had she insisted on showing off her abilities?!

Looking at those stupid and clumsy worker ants again, Gaemi felt even more irritated.

Unlike ordinary ants, the ants she gave birth to would use their bloodline as the foundation to jointly establish a "regional network."

Although their individual intelligence was not particularly impressive when considered separately, once they connected to the regional network, they could use the collective intelligence of the group to accomplish things together. When they went outside to forage for food, they could judge what method they should use to find food according to the situation without needing the Ant Queen to give them orders. They were not as rigid as ordinary ants.

To be honest, if it had not been for the honey-pot ants stored in the old nest, Gaemi would absolutely have ended up going hungry three times every nine days because of how poorly these ordinary ants worked.

Things had finally started to look promising, but now that hope was gone again.

Gaemi sadly thought, Where exactly did Boss send all his worker ants? Couldn’t he at least give some of them to her? Even if they might be less obedient because they were stronger, there would definitely be no problems with sending them out to search for food. What Ant Queen lived by drinking honey? She ate meat!

Wait, Boss had not given her any meat before leaving this time either!

The more Gaemi thought about it, the sadder she became. The crab legs Joo Joowon had given her had already been completely eaten. Now, she had truly fallen into an even more miserable situation than before. Moreover, judging from the environment she could sense nearby, there was a high probability that she would still have to survive by drinking honey water.

Extraordinary creatures would not die from going hungry for a day or two, but they would still get hungry!

Even an ordinary Ant Queen would never have to go hungry.

Gaemi had completely lost the will to live. Right now, even if she saw a tiger passing by, she would dare to walk over and kick it just to have something to eat. With no hope for life left in her heart, she directed the soldier ants to carry her to the energy pool.

She needed to accumulate some energy so that she could escape from her current pupa state. In any case, her current state was not helping her situation much either.

Once she came out, she would lay eggs again and accelerate the growth of some individuals so that they could come out and work. Otherwise, relying only on these current "old, weak, sick, and disabled" ants, forget about eating until they were full, she would probably have to become a babysitter and go looking for food herself.

After arriving beside the pool, Gaemi discovered that the energy here was even more abundant than she had sensed before. Just standing at the edge, she could already feel that the pupa was showing faint signs of loosening. As for the ants carrying her over, their condition was even worse. They staggered as they walked, and some of them had even begun showing signs of "oxygen intoxication."