Chapter 335 - 190: The Ferocious Poison Bee King’s Unique Trait: Taming the Entire Swarm

Chapter 335: Chapter 190: The Ferocious Poison Bee King’s Unique Trait: Taming the Entire Swarm

Although Chen Chong knew that a raptor like the Rock Armor Eagle was a natural counter to Fierce Poisonous Bees, he hadn’t expected it to be of much help. After all, it was still in its growth phase, and he wasn’t sure if it would be effective.

The rainy-day buff was enough on its own.

The only reason he brought it out was because it had insisted on coming along.

But to his surprise, it had been a huge help.

While he couldn’t say capturing the Ferocious Poison Bee King would have failed without the Rock Armor Eagle, it definitely wouldn’t have been this easy.

They might have had to engage in a chase through the jungle, which would have been incredibly troublesome.

Recalling how the Rock Armor Eagle looked like a featherless chicken when it first hatched, doing nothing but eating and sleeping all day, Chen Chong felt extremely gratified. Suddenly, he had the feeling of a child finally growing up...

The Rock Armor Eagle cried out twice more, as if expressing its feelings.

Then it hopped and burrowed into Chen Chong’s rain poncho, sheltering from the rain.

But it still poked its head out, staring fixedly outside to intimidate the swarm of Fierce Poisonous Bees...

"Holy hell... After all that effort, we finally caught it. So this is the Ferocious Poison Bee King?"

Xu Jun, his face covered in muddy water, leaned in with a curious expression.

It wasn’t just him; Jia Wen, Qi Zhen, and even Chen Chong were in no better shape.

Digging through mud in this downpour, their rain ponchos had long since become useless. They were covered head to toe in wet mud, looking as miserable as could be.

But thankfully, the result was worth it...

"My lord, what should we do about these bee swarms?" Qi Zhen asked.

Chen Chong looked around.

Aside from the Fierce Poisonous Bees lying on the ground, having lost their stingers during the attack, the entire area was swarmed by more of them.

They feared the Rock Armor Eagle’s aura but didn’t dare stray far from their king, so they could only surround the perimeter, vibrating their wings and clicking their mandibles as a threat.

"Kill them? Or drive them away?" Jia Wen suggested.

Qi Zhen and Xu Jun also looked at Chen Chong, awaiting his command.

They didn’t know about Chen Chong’s full plan for the Fierce Poisonous Bees. All they knew was that the mission was to capture them. Seeing the Ferocious Poison Bee King restrained, they assumed the other swarms were now useless...

"Kill them? What a waste." Chen Chong slowly pulled a Card from his pocket.

The Card emanated a purple glow, and etched on its surface was a box-shaped object.

It was none other than the A-Level Extraordinary Architecture he had obtained earlier... the Extraordinary Beehive!

Ever since obtaining this Card, Chen Chong hadn’t used it, saving it precisely for this day.

The Extraordinary Beehive had the ability to forcibly control a bee king. If he had set it up at home, he could have brought the bee king back from the jungle to control it there, but it was hard to say what might happen to the swarm along the way.

Suicide attacks?

Escaping?

Or getting lost in the jungle...

Even the king’s condition might have been affected by its constant struggling.

But using it on the spot would have a completely different effect.

As the Card dissolved into a stream of light and vanished, a wooden box, a full two meters high and three meters wide, appeared before them.

Though it was called a wooden box, Chen Chong couldn’t tell what material it was actually made of.

It felt like wood but was exceptionally tough. At the very least, an ordinary knife or axe wouldn’t leave a single scratch on it.

On the beehive, there were several slits of varying depths, large enough for the bees to enter.

He couldn’t make out any more details.

But he figured that since there were slits, the environment inside must be perfectly suited for a bee swarm’s habitat.

"It’s a bit small..."

The size of the beehive made Chen Chong frown slightly.

Although the beehive was already about the size of a wardrobe, compared to the mud tower the Fierce Poisonous Bees had inhabited before, it still seemed a little inadequate.

He didn’t know if it could accommodate all the Fierce Poisonous Bees.

Even though the initial swarm of nearly a thousand Fierce Poisonous Bees had lost several hundred during the commotion, there were still quite a lot left...

’Whatever, I’ll deal with that later. First, I’ll tame the king!’

Without another word, Chen Chong moved the Ferocious Poison Bee King toward the beehive.

The Card’s description had said that he only needed to put the bee king into the beehive to establish a connection with it as the beehive’s owner, forcibly controlling it and turning it into a docile subordinate, like a pet.

At first, the Ferocious Poison Bee King resisted fiercely, refusing to go in no matter what, and showed clear signs of aggression.

But when the Rock Armor Eagle let out a cry, it instantly turned tail and hid inside, not daring to poke its head out again.

The four men and the dog just squatted by the beehive, staring at the entrance...

"And then?"

After waiting for several minutes without the slightest movement, Chen Chong was dumbfounded.

’Wasn’t it supposed to establish a connection and bring it under control as soon as I put it in?’

’I don’t feel anything!’

’And... where’s the king?’

’Did it go in and decide not to come out?’

Xu Jun, Jia Wen, and Qi Zhen looked at Chen Chong, their gazes filled with confusion and expectation.

It was as if they were waiting for Chen Chong to make his next move.

"..."

Chen Chong’s expression grew increasingly grim.

’Goddammit, did I mess up a step somewhere?’

’Did the taming fail?’

’If the Ferocious Poison Bee King doesn’t come out, am I supposed to smash this beehive open?’

Another ten minutes passed.

Chen Chong’s patience had completely run out.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

He smacked the beehive, trying to shake the Ferocious Poison Bee King out.

And it actually worked.

The Ferocious Poison Bee King’s head peeked out a little from the entrance, but it made no further moves.

’A perfect chance!’ Chen Chong thought.

Just as he was about to grab it and try the process again, he saw a line of tiny text appear next to the Ferocious Poison Bee King’s head...

[Loyalty Value: Ferocious Poison Bee King · 100]

Huh?

’It... it’s already tamed?’

’And with a perfect score of 100, right off the bat?’

Chen Chong was floored. This Loyalty Value was the highest starting value he had ever seen among all the people and creatures he had recruited. There was no room for it to go up.

Although the Loyalty Values of the Tiger Striped Dog, Lion-headed Goose, Assassin Insect, and even Wang Biao, Qi Zhen, and the others were also at 100, that was the result of them spending time together day and night, constantly building rapport.

But the Ferocious Poison Bee King started at 100. Was the Extraordinary Beehive’s taming effect just that powerful, or was it because insects weren’t very intelligent, and for them, submission meant full loyalty?

Chen Chong didn’t dwell on it, but a question arose in his mind.

Since the Ferocious Poison Bee King had already been tamed and submitted to him, why was it still hiding in the beehive, unwilling to come out?

As he pondered, Chen Chong’s gaze shifted slightly downward and landed on the Rock Armor Eagle in his poncho, which had half its head poking out and was staring intently at the beehive.

’Alright, problem solved...’

It’s like your dad is calling you to come outside, but there’s a snarling tiger with bared fangs guarding the door. You wouldn’t go out either.

The fact that it could brave the pressure and poke out half its head already made it a very filial son...

"Go play with Wang Biao!"

Although the Rock Armor Eagle was reluctant, it obeyed its master’s command and flew off into the rain.

After the Rock Armor Eagle left, the Ferocious Poison Bee King did indeed emerge, flying directly into Chen Chong’s palm.

Although it just stood there quietly, its mandibles clicking together to produce a sound similar to a happy Assassin Insect, Chen Chong could clearly sense that the Ferocious Poison Bee King felt very close to him, no longer bearing the ferocious, murderous look it had when he first captured it.

Just then, Xu Jun cried out.

"Holy crap! Brother Chong, the Rock Armor Eagle is gone! We can’t keep these Fierce Poisonous Bees in check!"

The hundreds of Fierce Poisonous Bees swarming around them began to buzz furiously, their flight patterns growing more chaotic. They looked as if they were about to charge forward to rescue their king and kill the intruders.

Qi Zhen stepped in front of Chen Chong, his fists already clenched.

If this swarm of Fierce Poisonous Bees really dared to attack, he wouldn’t hesitate to kill a great number of them with his bare fists.

Chen Chong looked at the king. "You can understand me, right? Tell your swarm not to attack us. Not just now, but ever."

Chen Chong wasn’t sure if he could communicate with ordinary creatures, but the Ferocious Poison Bee King was a Pseudo-Extraordinary Creature. Even if it was "pseudo," it still had one foot in that domain, so its intelligence was bound to be higher than that of a normal creature.

The Terror Wolf King back then had considerable intelligence. As an anomaly within its swarm, the Ferocious Poison Bee King shouldn’t be much different.

Sure enough.

As Chen Chong gave the order, the Ferocious Poison Bee King seemed to understand. It vibrated its wings and flew into the air.

Although it didn’t seem to be doing anything to the men, the increasingly agitated swarm visibly calmed down and began to gather toward Chen Chong...

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