Chapter 73: Dear Queen Bee, You Wouldn't Want Your Swarm to Be...

[Insect Species: Poisonous Golden-Ringed Wasp Beast]

[Qualification: Common]

[Second Tier: 0/1000]

[Name: Not Named.]

[Skill: Not Activated.]

[Believer: No Faith.]

[Mood: Joyful, Agitated]

[Analysis: A mutated poisonous golden-ringed wasp beast derived from a golden-ringed wasp, possessing a toxic ability, and currently indulging in a feast.]

"These five hornets, although of common qualification, are still quite decent as they can be tamed and survive beyond three years as mythical beasts," Zeng Shen thought with satisfaction. He focused his mind, taming the five hornets but refrained from sending them to attack the bee hive. 

He wanted to use a swarming tactic to intimidate the queen bee into submission, serving him willingly. If the queen refused, he would have the hornets infiltrate and force her out.

Thus, Zeng Shen commanded the five hornets, "Take me to your hive."

The hornets responded, their wings buzzing loudly as they flew toward the wall of the Gui Jin abandoned building.

Zeng Shen closed the trunk, turned invisible, and used his flight ability to follow closely behind them.

After about half a minute of flying, they approached a low shrub, and a familiar warning sounded.

[Warning, warning, the host is about to enter the territory of the poisonous golden-ringed wasp beast. Please retreat quickly.]

"This must be the place," Zeng Shen murmured, continuing to follow the hornets. Soon, he saw a hive hanging under a dead tree.

The hive wasn't large, resembling a dirt-covered stone bowl, with an estimated twenty hornets inside.

As the five hornets approached, the hive buzzed, and twenty hornets flew out to intercept them.

Learning from his previous experience with the bee hive, Zeng Shen knew these hornets intended to expel or even kill the intruders.

He quickly focused, casting his Beast Taming spell repeatedly.

[Congratulations to the host, successful taming, pet poisonous golden-ringed wasp beast acquired, generic follower +1, survival points +10.]

[Congratulations to the host, successful taming, pet poisonous golden-ringed wasp beast acquired.]

[Congratulations to the host, successful taming...]

[The host cannot tame the carcass of a deceased mythical beast, taming failed.]

Out of twenty hornets, fifteen were successfully tamed, while the other five, deemed deceased by the system, were untamable carcasses.

For these untamable hornets, Zeng Shen showed no mercy, focusing on them. 

The five hornets, confused, were quickly surrounded and killed by the others.

With the errant hornets dealt with, Zeng Shen turned his attention to the hive's queen hornet.

He grasped the bowl-shaped hive, gently prying it open to reveal a queen hornet slightly larger than the others, with nearly atrophied wings, attempting to flee.

Focusing, Zeng Shen cast a taming spell.

[Taming failed.]

"Hmm?" Zeng Shen was puzzled. The usually reliable taming spell had failed.

What was going on?

Curious, Zeng Shen cast an Eye of Insight on the queen hornet.

[Insect Species: Poisonous Golden-Ringed Wasp Queen]

[Qualification: Lord]

[Fourth Tier: 0/100000]

[Name: Not Named.]

[Skill: Not Activated.]

[Believer: No Faith.]

[Mood: Agitated, Angry]

[Analysis: Among a swarm of 100,000 poisonous golden-ringed wasps, a lord-qualified wasp queen may emerge, possessing formidable fourth-tier power. In its agitated and angry state, it is not easily tamed.]

Understanding the queen hornet's details, Zeng Shen realized he was dealing with a lord-qualified hornet queen.

The taming failure was due to its high qualification and tier, coupled with its foul mood, making it difficult to tame.

"You need to be in the right mood to become my pet, huh?" Zeng Shen quipped, focusing his mind and casting taming spells one after another.

He refused to believe that persistence wouldn't pay off.

After about twenty taming attempts, a notification finally sounded.

[Congratulations to the host, successful taming, pet poisonous golden-ringed wasp queen acquired, generic follower +1.]

"Ha ha, finally successful!" Zeng Shen laughed, wiping sweat from his forehead. He then tamed the ten hornet larvae still in cocoons within the hive.

Naming the queen hornet "Big Golden Flower," Zeng Shen carried the bowl-shaped hive back to the RV, escorted by twenty hornets.

Returning to the RV, he placed the hive atop the eleven pots of bee orchids.

The fragrance of the orchids lured the wasp queen out, peering curiously.

Upon seeing the bee carcasses left by the hornets, it quickly crawled out to feast.

"Big Golden Flower, as long as you follow me, there will always be plenty of delicacies," Zeng Shen said to the queen hornet with a smile.

Hearing this, the queen hornet's small wings fluttered slightly, emitting a soft white light that flew towards him.

[Congratulations to the host, your pet, lured by your promise of delicacies, has grown fond of you and become a true believer.]

"Really? Just like that?" Zeng Shen exclaimed, pleasantly surprised by the unexpected gain.

He then instructed the twenty hornets to feed on the bee carcasses, repeating his earlier promise.

However, the hornets did not become true believers like the queen.

Disappointed, Zeng Shen halted their feeding, closed the trunk, and marched them toward the bee hive, ready for retribution.

In an instant, the twenty hornets buzzed ahead, their noise like a fleet of bombers, resonating far and wide.

Approaching ten meters from the bee hive, the guard bees grew restless at the sound of the hornets' wings.

Zeng Shen focused, instructing the hornets, "Tell the queen bee to come out and pledge allegiance to me, or else... Dear queen, you wouldn't want your swarm to be devoured by hornets, would you?"

Receiving Zeng Shen's signal, the hornets swiftly landed on the wax comb of the bee hive, resembling twenty bombers transforming into giant robots, shaking the bees to their core.

Instantly, chaos erupted among the bees.

Dozens of guard bees rushed to fend off the hornets.

Yet as they neared, the hornets easily decapitated them, their bodies dropping lifelessly into the grass, a gruesome sight.

With the guard bees eliminated, no other bees dared approach the twenty hornets, who now relayed Zeng Shen's message to the queen bee inside.

Zeng Shen stood by, patiently observing.

But in the next moment, a deafening buzz erupted from the hive.

One by one, small bees emerged from the depths, swarming towards the hornets.

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