Inside the damp cave.
Ants, like pre-programmed machines, immediately began working, moving unhatched Ant eggs to a drier area at the back.
In reality, these Ants, which appear to be young Ants, were not newly born, but rather Worker Ants that had already passed their larval stage.
After forming pupae and completing their final metamorphosis, they had entered the mature stage and began contributing their strength to the Ant colony.
And Zhang Tian was precisely one of these mature Worker Ants!
Looking at the Ants bustling back and forth, Zhang Tian felt as if struck by lightning, his brain instantly crashing. It took him a long time to recover.
"Even if I'm not human, I should at least turn into a monster, right? What in the world is an Ant!?"
At this moment, Zhang Tian felt a sense of despair and helplessness, like he had been relentlessly tormented by Sister Yu.
Let alone in the dangerous world of transcendence, where monsters run rampant, even on Blue Star before the transcendence Era, Ants were considered low-level background existences.
Although many people marvel at the structure of Ants, their social system, and their ability to lift dozens of times their own weight.
But if they themselves were to turn into an Ant, they would definitely not be smiling.
What's more, the life of an Ant is extremely short; a typical Worker Ant only lives for a few weeks after maturing. Yet, these short-lived Worker Ants are the absolute cornerstone of the Ant colony, performing various tasks such as nurturing the young, foraging, building, defending, and maintaining hygiene, before quietly dying.
"Could this… be my fate after rebirth?"
The thought of such a fate sent a shiver down Zhang Tian's spine.
Even if he possessed human intelligence, how long could an Ant separated from its colony survive?
"No! Since fate allowed me to be reborn, there must be other opportunities!"
Zhang Tian forcibly suppressed the unease and despair in his heart, gradually calming down.
After all, he should have died long ago. Even if he was reborn as an Ant, it might still be a new experience.
After calming down, he began to ponder.
Among the busy Ant colony, he, a Worker Ant standing still, seemed somewhat out of place.
However, this did not attract the attention of other Ants, nor did he suffer any so-called mental control from the Ant Queen.
Essentially, the true rulers of Ant society are not the Ant Queen, but the collective will formed by millions of nameless Worker Ants.
All actions of Worker Ants are merely spontaneous consensuses regulated by pheromones.
So, not only did no Ants attack him, but several Worker Ants even carried many insect fragments and placed them in front of Zhang Tian.
"That's right!"
Looking at the food in front of him, a thought flashed through Zhang Tian's mind.
"Since I have a human soul, perhaps…"
"attribute panel!"
Thinking of this, he immediately began to silently call out in his mind.
The next moment, a point of white light appeared before his eyes, then the white light spread, transforming into a translucent attribute panel!
"Name: Zhang Tian
Identity/Title: Ant
Life Rank: None
Level: 0
health points: 0.1/0.1
mana points: 0.03/0.03 (general term for self-energy, boosted by Intelligence × 10)
Strength: 0.002 (related to attack power, carrying capacity, muscle density, etc., will not be displayed later)
Agility: 0.002 (related to movement, attack speed, dynamic vision, neural response, etc.)
Stamina: 0.003 (related to life, defense, endurance, resistance, recovery, etc.)
Intelligence: 0.003 (related to mana points, spell damage, perception, etc.)
Charm: 0 (related to social interaction, summoning, enchantment, etc.)
Luck: 1 (special attribute, related to item drop rate, activation, crafting, etc., this attribute is extremely difficult to increase!)
Note: Standard attributes for an adult human are 5, Luck is 1. (Will not be displayed later)
Talent: Environmental Adaptation (No Level)
Skills: None]
"Environmental Adaptation: As a low-level life form that has evolved over hundreds of millions of years, it possesses a certain adaptability to various environments."
"Heaven never seals off all exits! The attribute panel actually opened!"
Zhang Tian was ecstatic.
According to the research of numerous powerhouses in his previous life, the attribute panel was exclusive to players. Aside from players, even the local powerhouses of the transcendence world who had existed for hundreds or thousands of years could not summon an attribute panel.
The advantages of the attribute panel go without saying. Just the extreme data visualization alone allows players to perfectly judge their specific strength and status, and by probing the attribute panels of native creatures, they can avoid harm, find weaknesses, and strike effectively.
Most crucially, players with an attribute panel can continuously level up and grow stronger by hunting creatures in the transcendence world!
It was precisely because of this that Blue Star humans were able to quickly establish themselves and rapidly expand after entering transcendence.
Now that he had opened the attribute panel exclusive to players, he had hope of becoming stronger and evolving. Perhaps one day, he could even shed his Ant identity and become a special existence in transcendence!
Calming his inner excitement, Zhang Tian scrolled through his attribute panel from top to bottom, bit by bit.
But after reading it once, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"The Transcendence System is truly something, to be able to materialize such trash attributes."
No one would bother to understand an Ant's attributes, after all, it's just an insect that can be crushed with a light step. But now, Zhang Tian understood it better than anyone.
No level, no life rank, and the only talent he possessed didn't even reach the lowest F-grade!
These attributes were so bad that calling them a 'three-no product' would be an overstatement. Even if he could fight monsters and level up, Zhang Tian couldn't think of a way to rise.
One must know that the weakest known monster, the 'Crippled Skeleton,' had a base attribute of 1 point.
But even that attribute was a peak Zhang Tian couldn't reach.
With 0.1 health points, even a slightly strong gust of wind could kill him. Let alone fighting monsters to level up, even standing in front of a monster would get him completely ignored.
'What should I do now? What should I do… Should I try to mobilize the power of the Ant colony, or go out and try my luck…'
Zhang Tian didn't completely despair because of this. He had already accepted his identity as an Ant, so he had naturally anticipated such extremely poor attributes.
It was just that no matter how much he racked his brain, he found it difficult to think of a way to hunt monsters with the strength of an Ant.
While thinking, Zhang Tian almost instinctively browsed his attribute panel over and over again, seemingly trying to discover some hidden information.
Just then, Zhang Tian suddenly froze, staring intently at the second-to-last entry on his attribute panel.
This entry represented his talent.
And at this moment, after "Environmental Adaptation," a talent that didn't even reach F-grade, a faint "+" sign was flashing!