Chapter 1845: with translation of chapter title

【Stage reward: treasure hunt time 10 minutes.】

【You can freely search for treasures in the nearby area and take them away; every blade of grass, tree, grain of sand, and stone here could be a treasure, whether you find a peerless treasure depends entirely on luck.】

【Since you are the first group to clear the first layer challenge of the Origin Secret Realm, treasure hunt time is increased by an extra 3 minutes.】

【Countdown, start!】

The system's voice played continuously, and right after came a 13-minute countdown that began counting down seconds.

"Treasure hunt?"

"The reward actually depends on luck to obtain……"

Both were somewhat taken aback.

Feng Feng Shi's knowledge of the Origin Secret Realm mainly concerned the "purpose" level; she didn't know the specific challenge details or rewards, only knowing she needed to reach the summit to revive.

Upon hearing this reminder, the two instinctively glanced at each other, then immediately said in unison: "Split up to search!" Their thoughts coincided.

If they searched together, finding a treasure would be hard to divide; searching separately is more suitable.

Although they would thus separate, they might not meet again in the mist, but this stage is already over; at worst they can just quit.

"Yeah, let's go!"

Xiao Feng nodded slightly, then turned and walked straight into the depths of the mist.

Feng Feng Shi turned her back to him and walked off in another direction.

"Treasure hunt, treasure hunt, big bro I'll help you!"

The Tian Tian Bao Nang is now lively; hearing there are treasures to find, it jumped out on its own, opened its mouth, and vigorously sucked in the surrounding mist, swallowing it all into its belly.

"Silly treasure, what are you doing?" Xiao Feng laughed and cried at the sight.

"If you eat the mist, you can see the surroundings!" Little Treasure explained.

However, the mist around was too much; it couldn't possibly eat it all.

This isn't physical mist but a law-based vision obstruction; otherwise, with Xiao Feng and Feng Feng Shi's strength, a single big skill would have completely cleared the area.

"Don't be silly, help me sense the treasure aura around; that's about right." Xiao Feng said helplessly.

"Like that? Then okay……" Little Treasure replied in a dejected tone, stopping the absorption of mist.

The surroundings were a vast expanse of white earth and blue-stone pavement, with nothing at all, and no idea where the treasures lay.

Xiao Feng walked quickly, his mind highly focused; even tempering his will and comprehending the law ceased, leaving only the Xian Xia Li Ti cultivation continuing, his mind split between two tasks, hoping to find something good.

As the highest-level map of the Myriad Heavens Battlefield, the Origin Secret Realm's value goes without saying.

Although this is merely the Mountain Base checkpoint area, not the true Origin Secret Realm, the surroundings surely also have many good things, and it's quite possible to discover Supreme Treasures of rank 7 or higher!

Otherwise, given the difficulty of the first stage, such a treasure hunt reward would be too stingy.

"Silly bird, come help!"

One person's treasure hunt efficiency is a bit low, so Xiao Feng summoned He Xianzi as well, temporarily separating her from Qing Nü.

He Xianzi was just summoned and still a bit dissatisfied, but upon hearing it was a treasure hunt, she immediately became enthusiastic and helped, splitting off from Xiao Feng to search elsewhere.

Countdown 12 minutes.

Xiao Feng's Divine Sense sensed that nearby seemed to transmit some special vibration.

After carefully discerning the direction, he immediately flickered his body to approach!

All he saw was on the blue-stone floor, a group of ants busily carrying small fragments of stone imbued with spiritual power.

These ants are somewhat larger than ordinary ants, about the size of a wasp; they crawl quickly, their shells gleam, and they look extremely hard.

"What's the origin of these ants?"

He tried to read the information of the little ants.

But in this treasure hunt segment, the information reading function was inexplicably blocked; he couldn't see anything!

Fortunately, he still had a knowledgeable treasure on him!

The Heaven-Shaking Arrow emerged from the Tian Tian Bao Nang, floating beside him, and said lightly: "Star-Eating Ants, an ancient bloodline of the Holy Insect Clan, they love to consume spirit-infused rocks, have strong reproductive ability, a single individual can grow to Upper God realm, tenacious vitality, a nest can have hundreds of thousands; even Ancestral Gods would get a headache upon encountering them, and once surrounded, they are almost certain to die."

Nice partner!

Upper God-level little ants!

"Jian Ge is impressive—does this thing benefit me?" Xiao Feng asked.

As he spoke, two ants had already crawled onto his instep, directly biting open his shoe and beginning to gnaw at his toenail caps!

Even a Divine King's toenail is a gemstone imbued with spiritual power!

"Hiss, it really hurts!"

Xiao Feng winced in pain, a burst of divine power erupted, and he directly obliterated that little black ant.

The Heaven-Shaking Arrow explained: "If you can find the ant queen and enslave her with your Divine Sense, you can endlessly produce Star-Eating Ant swarms. Previously, a certain lord did this; at his peak he commanded millions of soldier ants. But later he couldn't afford to keep them, suffered backlash, Chengshi sustained severe damage, and he had to personally send them away."

By the time he finished his first sentence, Xiao Feng had already begun following the ants' movement trail to search for the queen.

However, upon hearing the three words "can't afford to keep", he shook his head vigorously again.

Ancient lords couldn't afford to keep them; he probably can't either!

Although he is quite wealthy now, it's probably also hard to sustain long-term keeping.

The Heaven-Shaking Arrow reminded: "You can just keep a pair of ant queen and king, or add a few attendants to serve them. When the queen lays eggs, directly take them away and seal them, preventing hatching, thus controlling the ant population. When war is needed, concentrate on hatching them out, then they can be deployed in battle. The soldier ants of Star-Eating Ants have short lifespans, living only one month; after the fight, you don't need to worry about them."

Upon hearing that, Xiao Feng again began searching along the ant trail, and asked by the way: "Can the just-hatched ant colony grow in time?"

Jian Ge explained: "When they lay eggs, their strength is fixed; after hatching, they reach peak strength within one hour. What can grow is the queen; the queen's rank determines the soldier ants' rank. This group of Star-Eating Ants should be mature; the queen is at least a Divine King, so subduing her would be quite difficult."

Such a growth speed is simply unstoppable; storing millions of eggs and hatching them all at once would be terrifying beyond imagination!

Star-Eating Ants are tiny, hard to detect, and numerous, allowing them to silently infiltrate enemy territory.

For Xiao Feng himself it might not be of much use, but if employed to defend or attack a city, it would definitely be a powerful weapon!

There's an even more important point!

Star-devouring ants are the original inhabitants of Origin Mi Jing; they definitely know this place extremely well and will be of great help to Xiao Feng's treasure-hunting process!

But……the Upper God-level soldier ants, the mother queen is actually a God King?

This is somewhat troublesome.

Trying to enslave the soul of a God King is indeed quite difficult!

He has only just stepped into the God King Realm, and he lacks full confidence.