After seeing the evolution function, Zhang Yang immediately felt relieved.
If he really had to be an ant for the rest of his life, Zhang Yang definitely wouldn't be willing.
He had finally transmigrated once—how could he be content with just being an ant?
Being able to evolve was great, and this ability to carry over talents—wasn't it a bit too overpowered? If he turned into an elephant in the future, having the Infinite Strength talent could multiply his own power exponentially. Wasn't that a bit perverted?
Zhang Yang felt like he could stand tall.
"System, strengthen."
"Ding, Insufficient evolution points. Host, please keep up the good work."
Zhang Yang, who had just stood tall, almost collapsed from exhaustion. Insufficient evolution points?
"System, are you joking?"
"Ding, Each use of the strengthen function requires at least ten evolution points, with no upper limit."
Zhang Yang really wanted to flip the bird, but his strength didn't allow it—he didn't have that thing.
In the end, he could only sigh inwardly: Damn!
"It's just evolution points, huh."
Grumbling, Zhang Yang glanced at the little worker ant buddies around him, then opened his storage space.
This thing was pretty sci-fi, like a game inventory, full of little slots.
In the first slot of the first row, there was a fragment: Infinite Strength Fragment (Beginner).
Infinite Strength Fragment (Beginner): Ten pieces can synthesize a Beginner Infinite Strength Talent Stone; ten Beginner Talent Stones can synthesize an Intermediate Infinite Strength Talent Stone.
"The talent can be upgraded?"
Zhang Yang's mood immediately turned from cloudy to sunny.
Beginner Infinite Strength could increase strength by one times—intermediate must be higher, right?
"It would be great if this world had dragons. I could become a dragon slayer or something. Speaking of which, there probably are, right? Didn't the system say this is some gods and demons pet beast paradise? Sounds like a pretty high-end place."
"Ding, Triggered Mission: Evolve. Mission Requirement: Evolve into a higher species, Soldier Ant. Mission Reward: Unknown."
"Evolve? Soldier Ant? Are there soldier ants here?"
Zhang Yang looked around but didn't see any sign of soldier ants.
If he wasn't mistaken, Zhang Yang knew that to qualify to evolve into a soldier ant, he had to kill one.
Zhang Yang took missions very seriously.
Because he had no choice—his lifespan was right there. He didn't want to test what would happen when his lifespan hit zero.
There was a ninety percent chance it would be a tragedy.
No, ninety-nine percent.
Though the mission reward was unknown, based on the previous completed mission, it would definitely increase his lifespan.
"There's still over a day left—I need to hurry."
Zhang Yang felt a strong sense of urgency. To evolve into a soldier ant, he first needed a large amount of evolution points. He didn't know what the limit of his current worker ant body was yet.
He had to strengthen his body to the limit before he could evolve into another species.
So, he needed to farm evolution points quickly.
Time waits for no ant.
Having made his decision, Zhang Yang immediately charged at the worker ants nearby.
And this time, as soon as he made a move, Zhang Yang felt the difference—he truly felt like he could stand tall.
"0.1 strength is actually this strong?"
No comparison, no harm. Earlier, when he rode on the unlucky one, it could still struggle. Now, he directly pinned this little worker ant brother to the ground and rubbed it in.
The kind where it couldn't even get up.
"Kid, accept your fate."
Zhang Yang was smug. His biting force had increased by a ton—one bite, and he crushed the little worker ant's head.
"My goodness, am I already this strong?"
"Ding, Killed Worker Ant. Evolution Points +1, Infinite Strength Fragment (Beginner) +1."
"How long did that take? Ten seconds or eight?"
Zhang Yang was quite satisfied with his performance.
At this rate, evolution points would be super easy to get.
The key was that these ants were a bit dumb—they didn't even dodge.
Killing them was so relaxing.
The slaughter began.
The worker ants around Zhang Yang were in for bad luck. They were disappearing at a rate of one every ten seconds.
This was because these little things had pretty strong vitality—even with their heads crushed, they could live a bit longer. Otherwise, the killing speed could be even faster.
"Evolution points are guaranteed, but talent fragments aren't—the drop rate is a bit low."
After killing over thirty worker ants, Zhang Yang sighed inwardly.
He got 33 evolution points, but only 9 talent fragments in total. The drop rate really wasn't high.
If he wanted to level up the talent, he'd need to kill at least 300 more.
But at this killing pace, it would be done soon.
"System, strengthen."
With 33 evolution points now, Zhang Yang chose to strengthen himself. He wanted to see what the limit of his ant body was, so he could allocate his time reasonably.
"Ding, Strengthening successful. Agility +0.1, Constitution +0.1. Strengthening complete. Consumed 20 evolution points. Host attributes have reached the limit. Please evolve or fuse."
Holy crap?
That's the limit already?
Zhang Yang was a bit surprised.
But he quickly accepted it.
He was just a worker ant, after all.
What? Did he expect a worker ant to defy the heavens?
Compare it to an adult human—an adult male's strength attribute is probably around 10 points, with each point corresponding to 10 jin of force.
So 0.1 strength is 1 jin of force.
With such a tiny body, a little worker ant having 1 jin of force is already a miracle, okay?
"How many evolution points for evolution? How many for fusion?"
"Ding, Evolution and fusion require at least 100 evolution points, increasing based on the strength of the evolved or fused species."
Zhang Yang nodded inwardly—it didn't seem like much.
But that wasn't what he should be thinking about now. What he needed to consider was how to find and kill a soldier ant.
Evolution points were relatively easy to farm.
Just go on a killing spree.
"Ding, Killed Worker Ant. Evolution Points +1, Infinite Strength Fragment (Beginner) +1."
The system's notification sounds were blending together in Zhang Yang's mind.
But in just five or six minutes, Zhang Yang's evolution points had reached 350, and he had gathered 100 Infinite Strength fragments.
"System, synthesize."
"Ding, Synthesis successful. Obtained Infinite Strength Stone (Beginner) +10."
"Continue synthesizing."
"Ding, Synthesis successful. Obtained Infinite Strength Stone (Intermediate) +1."
A green stone lay in Zhang Yang's inventory.
"Use."
Zhang Yang didn't hold back with this green stone at all—didn't even look at it closely, just used it directly.
The green Infinite Strength Stone turned into points of light and dissipated, ultimately merging into Zhang Yang's body.
"Ding, Infinite Strength talent upgrade successful. Strength doubling effect increased to 2 times. Host, please keep up the good work."
Zhang Yang could clearly feel his strength growing.
However, before he could vent his newfound power, the worker ants rioted.
These worker ants stood up.
Zhang Yang was startled.
It was like being in a grand theater where everyone was sitting, and suddenly everyone else stood up, leaving you sitting there awkwardly.
Zhang Yang felt a bit nervous.
"Damn, did they discover me killing those little worker ant brothers? Is this stirring up public anger?"
Though Zhang Yang's current strength could overpower any worker ant, he definitely couldn't handle their terrifying numbers.
No exaggeration—the ant nest still had at least several thousand worker ants.
If they really wanted to tear him apart and eat him, they couldn't even do it fairly. With his tiny body, not everyone could get a bite.
However, facts proved that Zhang Yang's worries were unnecessary.
"Huh? They're not coming after me."
Before Zhang Yang could finish being tense, he relaxed, because these worker ants moved, and not to attack him.
"Where are they going?"
Due to Zhang Yang's special nature, he couldn't receive the queen's commands, but the other worker ants had received the order to go out foraging, so they moved.
To avoid seeming too unusual, Zhang Yang followed the worker ants' steps outward.
Zhang Yang also wanted to see what this gods and demons pet beast paradise looked like.
Of course, mainly because he was afraid of dying.
What if they really treated him as an outlier?
And, what if he could encounter a soldier ant, right?
After Zhang Yang followed the worker ants out of the ant nest, he understood why he had come out. Probably some little buddy had found a huge amount of food, and these little worker ants were responsible for transporting the food back to the nest.
Zhang Yang had no interest in food whatsoever. Instead, he was very interested in those guys who were clearly a size bigger than him.
If he wasn't mistaken, those were soldier ants, right?