Lin Qiye and the other two exchanged glances. "So?"
"For an ant colony, Worker Ants carry all the food they gather back to the nest. Only after the Queen Ant has eaten do they eat whatever remains. Since this Worker Ant came out hunting on an empty stomach, that means... their food may have already run out."
Lin Qiye seemed to realize something, and his brows furrowed slightly.
Baili Pangpang, however, still looked utterly bewildered. "And then?"
"If the food in the nest has run out, these Worker Ants will inevitably search frantically for food nearby. Otherwise, once the Queen Ant starves to death, the entire colony is finished," Lin Qiye said slowly.
"And this is an uninhabited primeval forest. If these Worker Ants want to obtain enough food to sustain the entire colony, they can only keep exploring outward and expanding their hunting range...
"That's also why we ran into a Worker Ant not long after entering the forest. Keep in mind, we're still a full two hours away from where the 'Mystery' was first sighted."
Cao Yuan frowned. "You mean these Worker Ants might head toward the towns?"
"Not necessarily." An Qingyu shook his head. "Expanding their search range doesn't mean they'll all move toward the towns. Their nest should be deep within this vast primeval forest. Even if they expand outward in a broad circle, they may not necessarily happen to go in the direction of the towns."
"But it's still possible, and the odds aren't low." Lin Qiye glanced at the Worker Ant's corpse on the ground. "After all, we just picked a route at random and happened to run into one. Unless we were incredibly lucky... that can only mean this Giant Ant Colony has a very large number of Worker Ants."
"Then wouldn't the