I am the Clone of a Death Row Inmate-Chapter 122: Honey Pot Ant

Su Ze and Mr. Ya walked at the very back of the group of new students, listening intently to the survival experience being shared by an instructor at their side.

These instructors were all old veterans who had guarded the borders for many years. Their evolution levels weren’t necessarily high, but they had a wealth of combat experience and extremely strong wilderness survival skills. What they taught were the most basic yet most practical lessons.

"You are all the top students of Dongli University, and it’s highly likely you’ll become powerful evolutionaries in the future. Therefore, in the wild, your greatest enemy won’t be the harsh natural environment, nor will it be a shortage of food and water. I believe that no storm, no matter how great, will threaten you, and you certainly won’t starve to death from lack of food.

"If you venture into the wild in the future, remember this: your greatest threat will always be other living things!

"I use the term ’living things’ because the threats you’ll face aren’t just beasts and Spiritual Plants, but also humans!"

Seeing the confused looks from many new students, the instructor explained, "You’ve probably heard about the ’Defilers’ who caused a stir online recently. They’re a bunch of scumbags who betrayed humanity. They love to ambush human evolutionaries in the wild and turn them into extracts.

"Elites from Dongli University like you are their favorite prey!"

Hearing this, a chill ran down the spines of many new students.

Su Ze’s expression remained impassive. He had encountered the Filth Earth Organization before and knew the instructor was right. ’Those sewer rats from the Filth Earth Organization love hunting human geniuses.’

The instructor continued, "Besides the Defilers, you’ll also encounter other human evolutionaries in the wild. They could be Hunters from other countries or hunting squads from major factions. You can never truly know what’s in a person’s heart, so you won’t know why they might attack you.

"They might covet your possessions, or they might just happen to hate people from Dongli. Or maybe they’ve been cooped up in the wild for too long and take a liking to your body... Don’t laugh! This can happen to anyone, male or female.

"In short, you must always be vigilant around strangers in the wild. They can be more terrifying than beasts!"

Just as the instructor was speaking, a hunting party that looked to be composed of civilian evolutionaries appeared up ahead.

The seven or eight people in the group were spattered with blood, their clothes tattered and torn. They looked utterly wretched, and several of them were injured.

The instructors and teachers all subtly moved to stand in front of the students.

One person from the hunting party gave the instructors a Dongli Army salute from a distance, indicating they were from Dongli and meant no harm.

As the group drew closer, a few of the instructors recognized them. "Mr. Fang?" one asked in surprise. "How come there are only a few of you left?"

A middle-aged man in the hunting party, his face covered in blood, sighed. "We found a Honey Pot Ant nest. There were evolved Honey Pot Ants inside..."

A Honey Pot Ant nest? Evolved Honey Pot Ants?

The instructors and teachers caught the keywords, and their eyes lit up.

"Finding a Honey Pot Ant nest is a good thing! I remember you had thirteen or fourteen people in your team when you set out. With your strength, you should have been more than capable of handling it. What happened...?"

Another Hunter in the party, a woman with a fiery temper, cursed, "Fucking hell, we were about to succeed, but who knew we’d run into a bunch of little shits! They got so many of our people killed. If someone hadn’t been protecting them, I would’ve chopped them to pieces!"

Mr. Fang waved his hand dismissively. "There’s nothing we can do. Let’s just put it behind us and count ourselves unlucky. Don’t even think about revenge. When we get back, we’ll exchange this trip’s haul for money and divide it among the families of our fallen brothers."

One of the instructors frowned and asked, "What exactly happened? Did someone attack you?"

Mr. Fang shook his head and recounted what had happened...

Mr. Fang was an experienced Hunter who lived in Fengshui City. He was at the Peak of the Cocoon-Breaking Stage. His long career as a Hunter had allowed him to meet a group of trustworthy comrades, with whom he formed a hunting party of over ten people.

This time, they had gone to the Blood Earth Forest to hunt as usual. Their entire team was composed of Cocoon Stage evolutionaries, and their teamwork was solid. As long as they didn’t venture into the core region of the Blood Earth Forest, they generally wouldn’t encounter any major dangers.

Mr. Fang and his team had been quite lucky on this trip. After hunting in the Blood Earth Forest for a few days, they stumbled upon a Honey Pot Ant nest.

Not all animals could evolve into beasts, just as not all humans could become evolutionaries.

For populous, colonial creatures like ants and bees, usually only a small portion of the group would evolve into beasts. For example, an ant colony might have hundreds or even thousands of individuals, but at most, only ten to twenty or so would evolve.

The Honey Pot Ant was a very distinctive type of ant. The larger worker ants among them would store nectar in their abdomens, causing them to swell into transparent spheres, like little honey pots, which is how they got their name.

This nectar stored in their abdomens was the food they stockpiled for the colony.

However, once these Honey Pot Ants evolved, the nectar in their abdomens would also change, becoming a precious, natural evolutionary medicine.

The unevolved ants in the nest that consumed this Evolution Honey Water over a long period would have a significantly higher chance of evolving.

Therefore, once a single Honey Pot Ant in a nest successfully evolved, the number of evolved Honey Pot Ants in the entire colony would continue to grow.

And according to research by evolution scientists, this Evolution Honey Water was also effective on humans!