*reader's discretion alert, do not be deceived by the childish title.
As Sky is busy with the forging in the basement, everyone else is busy with their own things as well, including Chris. Chris is squatting outside the Secret Base building with Ruby and observing a colony of ants transporting food into a small protruding nest a few meters away from the entrance of the Secret Base. Ben who had noticed Chris's weird attitude walked out of the building to see what he is doing.
"May I know what are you doing at here?" Ben asked, a bit curious instead of angry.
"Hmm... Do you recall seeing any ant nest here?" Chris asked instead of answering Ben's question.
"Ant nest? I don't think so. The reason we chose this place is due to the stability of the land, thus, by right there shouldn't be anything like an ant nest here. Did you spot an ant nest nearby?" Ben asked.
Chris nodded and pointed at the small ant nest a few meters away from him.
"Hmm? Ah, that is indeed an ant nest. But that's weird, I remembered it wasn't there yesterday." said Ben, rather surprised to see that ant nest.
"Well, yeah, but that's not the weirdest. Have a look at these tiny chunks carried by these ants, don't you think it looks a bit familiar? Like tiny bits of human flesh?" said Chris, who surprisingly sounds excited.
Hearing this from Chris, Ben immediately crouched down and observed the ant with Ruby. After a short observation, he frowned.
"You are right, the tiny chunks carried by the ants are indeed tiny bits of human flesh, or more accurately, fresh human flesh. Seriously, where did they get that? Did they just attack someone nearby?" said Ben, a bit troubled.
Chris shrugged without saying anything.
"Uhm... Don't you even curious and feels like finding out anything about that? This could be a potential disaster.
"Maybe a little bit. I think might be able to find the ant's 'food source' by following the track of these any colonies." said Chris.
"Yes, sounds like a good idea, let's get Jason to go with us later." said Ben.
Chris nodded.
Just as they are about to return back to the building, Silvia clumsily ran out after realizing that Ben is not in the building.
"Dr. Ben, what are you doing out he..."
"Hey, Silvia! Watch out for the..."
"Huh?... Ah!..."
".... ants. Yes."
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A while later.
Secret Base, lounge.
"You are very certain that you have got rid of all the ants from your body, right? I have to remind you those ants could be feeding on human flesh, alright?" Ben nagged, he sounds worried.
"Don't worry, Dr. Ben. Everything is perfectly okay." said Silvia with an okay hand sign.
"Alright. I trusted you for this. We will be going out now, take care of the place. And if you need any help, get those three from the basement." said Ben before heading out with Chris and Jason.
With this, they started their slightly childish yet adventurous adventure...
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Alliance Kapis sub-quarter.
C-760 is preparing a pot of milk tea and a slice of apple pie in a small kitchen. Suddenly, K walked in with a mug and a sachet of instant three-in-one coffee. K is slightly surprised and confused by what C-760 is doing.
"Sergeant, I believe you do remember that we have an important job after this, right? I don't think you would be able to monitor their training today." said K as starting to make a drink for himself.
"Yes, I remembered, I am just preparing snacks for the ladies later, as instructed by Dr. Ben." said C-760.
"Hmm... You know you can always get someone else to do so. Let's be honest, are you interested in that girl?" K asked, rather straightforward.
"No, I don't think that's the case here. I wondered if it has anything to do with the cell donor for the C group or what, she gave me a special family vibe. But don't worry, that wouldn't affect my work efficiency." said C-760, who is also quite straightforward.
"I see. Anyway, whatever it is, I hope that you can just keep that feeling for yourself, you know the reason well, don't you?" said K in a serious tone.
C-760 nodded...
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Meanwhile, after tracking the track of the ants, Chris, Ben, and Jason reached a tall tree which is a kilometer away from the Secret Base building. They looked up to the tree as ants are climbing down from it with the suspicious chunks of meat. On a thick branch of the tree, they saw a small tree house, blood can be seen oozing from the gap between the wooden base of the tree house. But surprisingly, there aren't any unpleasant smells around the tree.
"Looks like we had found their 'food source'." said Ben as he adjusted his glasses.
"Should we go check out that tree house? I can use my levitating wind to send us up there easily." said Jason.
"Yeah! Sure!" said Chris who actually sounds quite excited.
And so, Jason waved his hand a bit and the three of them slowly levitated up by a strong yet gentle airflow. As they finally reached the same level of the tree house, they are greeted by a disgusting and awful sight.
The door of the tree house is wide open, and a lady in light armor can be seen sitting quietly at the corner of the tree house and leaning on the wall. Countless of bumpy rashes can be seen covering her face, torso, and limbs, particularly her face where blood and puss can be seen oozing out from the bumps as some ants squeezed themselves out from the bumps...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might cause the writer to stop writing."
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