Chapter 807 Bull Ant
Qi Tian was also frightened and broke into a cold sweat. He stopped immediately and did not dare to continue to stimulate the mutant echidna.
The mutant echidna has a limited number of bone spurs on its body. It takes a while for each one to grow out after it is fired.
It cherishes the weapon with one less one. When it found that the first wave of shooting failed to penetrate Qi Tian's defense, it decisively gave up wasting arrows and started digging on the spot.
The claws of the echidna are long and sharp, and it is good at digging holes.
After mutating under the stimulation of magic, its claws are further strengthened, and the efficiency of digging soil is also incredible.
In just a few seconds, the mutant echidna has dug a big pit in the soft ground, and its body has also sunk into the pit, leaving only the spikes on its back exposed on the surface.
If this momentum continues, in less than a minute, the mutant echidna will burrow deep into the soil and escape without a trace.
Qi Tian didn't want to let it go so easily, so he ran to the pit and tried to tame the mutant echidna in a hurry.
However, his "taming" skill requires face-to-face communication with wild animals, including imitating the other party's roar or expressing goodwill with body movements, before it can be implemented.
Now the mutant echidna's head has been buried deep in the soil, and it doesn't even want to look at him. How can it be tamed?
Qi Tian stretched out his hand, hesitating whether to touch the mutant echidna.
By caressing wild animals, trainers can also convey goodwill and perform "taming" skills.
However, the mutant echidna's back is full of thorns. Qi Tian looked left and right, but couldn't find a place to touch.
If he touched it rashly, it would probably anger the mutant echidna, and it would fire spikes again, piercing him into a human-shaped cactus.
Just as he was hesitant, a group of birds of paradise flew over, hovering over the pit, singing in unison.
Gao Fei and others had heard the singing voice of the bird of paradise.
Compared with the beautiful feathers, the singing voice of the bird of paradise still has a lot of room for improvement from the minimum standard of "beautiful".
The group of birds of paradise in the sky imitated the sound of the organ vividly, as if the choir was singing in the church.
Gao Fei immediately realized that the group of birds of paradise in the sky was a part of the cluster differentiated by Tang Ning, and they were singing "taming songs" in the form of birds to comfort the frightened mutant echidna.
The melodious and ethereal bird song echoed in the ears, containing a supernatural power that calmed people's mood.
Even the mutant echidna was infected by the bird chorus, stopped digging the soil, slowly poked its head out of the pit, shaking its long nose, blinking its small eyes, and its expression became particularly gentle.
Qi Tian took the opportunity to display the "taming" skill.
This time, there were no more accidents. The mutant echidna was successfully subdued and a "natural contract" was established with it.
"Natural bond" plus "natural contract", Qi Tian has collected two natural partners.
Among them, the mutant mantis is a large insect with a challenge level of 3, and the mutant echidna is a medium-sized mammal.
The mutant echidna is a new species that has not yet been included in the Tiangong database. The detailed data is unknown. It can only be determined that its challenge level is not higher than level 6, otherwise it cannot be subdued by Qi Tian, a level 6 "tamer".
Ma Yun took out the first aid kit she carried with her from the star disk, took out a syringe, and with the help of Qi Tian, drew a tube of blood from the mutant echidna's buttocks.
Xiao Ma sent the blood sample to Vida Laboratory, and soon received the analysis report of the mutant echidna and shared it to the team channel.
Gao Fei curiously opened the star disk to check the data of the mutant echidna, and found that its challenge level was the same as that of the mutant mantis, which was also level 3. The attributes were: strength 14, agility 19, constitution 16, intelligence 3, perception 15, and charm 11.
The mutant echidna is born with myopia, and mainly relies on its sensitive nose and tongue to detect the movements around it, which is equivalent to having two sensory specialties of "sensitive sense of smell" and "tremor perception".
In addition, the mutant echidna also mastered the two specialties of "alertness" and "weapon proficiency".
From the perspective of challenge level, the overall strength of the mutant echidna and the mutant mantis is similar, but their fighting styles are completely different.
The mutant mantis is proficient in surprise attacks, and the two broadswords are fierce, while the mutant echidna is better at defense and shooting.
Under normal circumstances, the mutant echidna has 4 points of natural defense, and when it curls up and stays still, the natural defense will double, like a large cactus, leaving the enemy with nowhere to bite.
The mutant echidna is covered with thorns, as if wearing a "soft hedgehog armor".
In close combat, every time the opponent tries to attack the mutant echidna, he will suffer 1d6 needles of counter-injury.
The mutant echidna is better at long-range attacks. The range of the spikes on its back is comparable to that of a crossbow. The basic damage dice is 1d6, and the agility bonus and proficiency modifier can also be calculated.
After reading the analysis report, Gao Fei was about to put away the star disk when he accidentally found a spot on the screen.
At first, he thought it was dust, but after a closer look, he saw that it was a big red and black ant, about 3 cm long from head to tail, and as thick as a ballpoint pen core.
Gao Fei had never seen such a big ant before, and out of curiosity, he planned to take a photo with his mobile phone and search what species it was.
At this time, a bird of paradise flew over, picked up the big ant, threw it on the ground, and pecked it to pieces.
As he watched, a large group of birds of paradise gathered together and turned into Tang Ning's human form again.
"Sister Tang, I thought you were going to eat that big ant just now." Gao Fei said with a smile.
Tang Ning, however, did not smile at all. She pulled out a metal bottle from her coat pocket with a stern face, shook it twice, and pressed the nozzle towards Gao Fei.
Swish!
A strong and pungent mist sprayed out, choking Gao Fei to cough. He subconsciously wanted to dodge, but was pulled back by Tang Ning.
"Don't move!"
"Sister Tang, is this insect repellent spray?" Ma Yun came over and asked.
Tang Ning nodded, sprayed it on her twice, and said seriously, "I saw a bull ant on Gao Fei's star chart just now. That little thing is very poisonous. A bite from it is no joke!"
Gao Fei had also heard of the bull ant's reputation. It is said that this is the most dangerous ant in the world. It has a very violent temperament, a sharp serrated upper palate and a stinging sting with toxins, which is toxic enough to kill an adult.
"The southern part of Irian Island is one of the main habitats of bull ants, and people are often stung by bull ants here."
"The patient trembles all over, the body temperature rises, and severe cases may even go into shock. If not treated in time, there is even a risk of death."
Tang Ning introduced the dangers of bull ants while spraying insect repellent for everyone.
"Insect repellent can only repel ordinary mosquitoes, but cannot stop mutant poisonous insects." Tang Ning then reminded his companions, "When I passed by here half a month ago, I encountered a mutant bull ant that was bigger than a dog. There may be such monsters nearby, so everyone should be more careful."
