Controlling the Swarm

Finding a suitable place for beekeeping is difficult, and finding a place suitable for raising Hornets is even more so.

You wouldn't believe it, but Zhang Chen actually found a spot. There was a dry area at the top of the cave, and that place was extremely narrow, completely inaccessible to ordinary people.

The most crucial thing was that the place was very suitable for Hornets to build their nests.

"But how can I find nectar to lure the Hornets over to build a nest?" Countless thoughts churned in Zhang Chen's mind. Nectar was a rare and precious commodity; ordinary people didn't even have a chance to see honey.

"Perhaps there's another way, which is to find a patch of flowers with many bees, and then order the bees to collect nectar for me for an hour. As long as they collect nectar for an hour every day, it won won't take many days to collect enough honey to use as bait to entice the Hornets to rebuild their honeycomb." Thinking of this, Zhang Chen stopped making gunpowder and instead wandered through the mountains.

Hornets are very aggressive and are natural enemies of bees. Within ten miles of where Hornets are located, it's impossible for there to be bee honeycombs.

Zhang Chen could only continue walking deeper into the mountains. The mountains were now a primeval forest, with no small paths, a place where few people ventured. If not for the gunpowder protecting him, Zhang Chen would never dare to enter here casually.

From a distance, he saw a large area of trees, covered in dense small flowers, somewhat resembling the Osmanthus trees of his previous life.

In the forest, there were countless small bees, buzzing diligently as they collected honey.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen chose a suitable location, ensuring that the hundred-meter radius covered the largest possible area of Osmanthus trees. Then, without hesitation, he immediately cast the Beast Control Technique.

As Zhang Chen cast the technique, countless bright spots within a hundred-meter radius were reflected in his mind. He saw the bees flying through the jungle, probably several hundred of them.

He saw venomous snakes hidden in the tree trunks and birds hidden in the branches.

Zhang Chen's heart stirred, and hundreds of bees were captured by him. Then, Zhang Chen was not in a hurry to order the bees to collect nectar, but instead moved quickly through the mountains. As Zhang Chen moved, the several bees followed closely behind him. Some bees, as Zhang Chen's domain shifted, continuously flew into Zhang Chen's domain and were directly captured by Zhang Chen's domain.

There were many bees in the mountains. Zhang Chen walked for ten minutes and probably captured over a thousand bees. Then he came to a Locust Flower Forest. As Zhang Chen's thoughts turned, the bees began to diligently collect nectar among the flowers.

Of course, during the process of collecting nectar, Zhang Chen did not stop moving, but moved at a slow speed, just to capture more bees.

At this time, a ceramic pot that had been prepared earlier appeared in Zhang Chen's hand. He only needed to wait for the right time later to harvest a large amount of honey.

As Zhang Chen continuously moved, countless bees were captured by him. After half an hour, several thousand bees had become diligent workers under Zhang Chen.

As the density of the bee swarm increased, the speed of nectar collection also accelerated. To maintain the efficiency of nectar collection, Zhang Chen had to constantly move to ensure that more fresh flowers were covered and rotated, thus maintaining the efficiency of nectar collection.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhang Chen ordered the small bees to pour the collected honey into the pot. Then, he saw a swarm of bees扑过来, swarming into Zhang Chen's pot, diligently leaving the honey, and then flying away with flapping wings.

After all the bees had left, Zhang Chen looked at the puddle of honey in the pot and couldn't help but smile: "I seem to have discovered an amazing skill! Perhaps I can consider changing professions in the future?"

There was a good amount of honey in the pot. If measured with a bottle cap from a bottle of mineral water, there were probably seven or eight caps full.

Several thousand bees collecting honey, only seven or eight caps is not much, mainly because the collection time was too short. If he had half a day, a whole pot could be filled.

"Enough for me! Calculating the time, it should be the season for Hornets to separate their honeycombs now, and a new queen should be born."

Zhang Chen returned to the cave, looking at the place he had chosen for the Hornets to build their nest. However, the top of the cave was ten zhang high, and even if Zhang Chen was killed, he couldn't reach it.

"This place has sufficient light and is well-ventilated, making it a good place to build a honeycomb." Zhang Chen carefully examined it for a while, and the more he looked, the more he felt that the place he had chosen was very subtle.

However, how to smear the honey on the cave still required some thought.

"There's no stick that long." Zhang Chen looked for a long time, but still couldn't find a way to smear the honey on.

After pondering for a long time, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Zhang Chen's mind, and he had an idea: "I don't have wings, so of course I can't reach the honeycomb, but I can summon birds with wings, smear honey on the birds' wings, and then smear the honey on."

"I'm really a little genius." Zhang Chen thought for a long time, and then continued to make gunpowder with a smile.

When the sun was setting, Zhang Chen sealed the honey and placed it in the cave. Then Zhang Chen carried his basket down the mountain to check the traps.

Today's harvest was good; he actually caught two Roe Deer.

However, when Zhang Chen returned to the foot of the mountain, he did not see the Fox Spirit and Zhang Chen in front of the gate, and couldn't help but feel secretly surprised: "Could that Fox Spirit have changed her nature? Before, she would wait for me eagerly in front of the gate every day, but why is she gone these past two days?"

Zhang Chen returned to the house and casually threw the Roe Deer on the ground. However, when his gaze swept over the wall, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Strange!"

The two wild chickens he had hung on the wall yesterday had not been touched by the Fox Spirit at all.

"How could this be? Could that Fox Spirit have changed her nature? Can that beast change her nature?" Zhang Chen stood there dumbfounded, his eyes fixed on the wild chickens hanging on the wall, his expression showing a hint of incomprehension, confusion, and disbelief. He had already adapted to the mode of being exploited by the Fox Spirit, but why had the Fox Spirit changed her nature now?

"Why? Would the Fox Spirit be kind enough to change her nature and stop exploiting me?" Zhang Chen's eyes widened, filled with bewilderment.

Just then, a flash of light flickered next door, and he saw the white-dressed girl poke her head out from next door with a smug look on her face, looking at the dumbfounded Zhang Chen from a distance, her big eyes full of triumph. She thought to herself: "Are you surprised? Your grandma is in trouble now, so I can't exploit you too much. If you just leave, your grandma will be in big trouble!"

The Fox Spirit had thought about it all day today and decided not to exploit Zhang Chen anymore. At least until the trouble in the Ancient Tomb was resolved, it was better not to continue exploiting him. If this kid ran away, what would she and Zhang Chen do?

Seeing that some people are still using Fox Spirit to spray me, the Fox Spirit will die! Will die!

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