Looking at Han Qianqian about to use her true energy to twist the key, the red ant queen was unusually worried, and even raised her hands involuntarily in the shape of surrender.
From her expression Han Qianqian could feel her desperation and helplessness at this time.
“As long as you don’t open it, I …… I’ll do anything you say.” The queen ant saw Han Qianqian stop, so her tone changed to a softer and more begging tone.
Han Qianqian frowned and did not speak for a moment.
Just a short while ago, this Ant Queen still looked like you were going to die and I was going to live, but in the blink of an eye, this attitude had made a 180 degree turn.
This was really surprising, but at the same time, it also made Han Qianqian understand the unusual situation at hand.
“Why are you so nervous here?” Han Qianqian looked at her in confusion.
She hesitated slightly, but eventually lowered her head and refused to explain, as if there was something unspeakable.
“I’ve been entrusted with this, and if you won’t explain what’s at stake, then there’s nothing I can do but continue doing what I have to do. So the key I will activate.”
“But if you are willing to speak up, I will weigh the pros and cons and perhaps make a different choice.”
With those words, Han Qianqian looked at the Ant Queen indifferently.
The Queen Ant smiled, thought for a moment, and raised her eyes to look at Han Qianqian. In fact, what Han Qianqian said was not without reason, but the question was whether Han Qianqian was worth trusting.
This question could not be answered at the moment, but whether or not there was an answer, she understood one thing.
This was her only option.
“Okay, I can tell you what it is that someone wants you to come here and find.”
“What kind of something?”
“A dragon egg, or rather, an ant egg.”
“What do you mean? Another dragon egg and another ant egg.”
She laughed coldly, “You only hear that dragons give birth to nine sons, but you don’t know that dragons have not only nine sons, but ten thousand sons, right?”
“The so-called nine, to some extent, does represent the numerical nine, but in reality it is more of a metaphor for infinity.”
Although Han Qianqian was slightly shocked, he knew that the ancient one’s nine was the meaning of innumerable. After it reminded him of this, he felt that there was some truth to it.
“The dragon ants are one of them. So, you now understand what is meant by dragon eggs, or ant eggs?”
“But, unfortunately, all kinds of species produced by dragons and other species have become famous, but only dragon ants can never be born.”
“Why?” Han Qianqian wondered.
“I don’t know, the dragon is the strongest thing and the ant is the smallest thing, the dragon tribe enticed my ant queen under the banner that all things are equal, I’m afraid even the heavens could not bear to see it, so a strange dragon and ant egg was born as a punishment.”
“This dragon ant egg is fiery red and incredibly hot, not to mention how many years it has been unborn, just the fact that it has not been born has brought us endless disaster.”
“You came from the crater of the volcano, you should know how much time it took to reach us, right?”
On this point, Han Qianqian, however, had to admit that it had indeed taken him and Su Yingxia quite some time to come in, and this was proof enough of just how deep the City of Earth and Fire was hidden.
“Many years ago, in fact, we were only a few metres away from the top of the mountain.” The Ant Queen laughed bitterly, “It was all because of it that we kept sinking and sinking.”
“Maybe, you count yourself lucky, at least you can still find us, if in a hundred years and a thousand years, a lot of things then would be unknown too.”
Han Qianqian frowned slightly, “You mean that the City of Earth and Fire keeps sinking? Even including this swamp?”
“Not bad.”
“Moreover, these sinkings, if I heard correctly, have something to do with that dragon ant egg?” Han Qianqian said curiously.
“It’s not related, but it’s completely and utterly possible to say that it’s because of it.” The ant queen affirmed.
Hearing this, Han Qianqian’s brow furrowed even tighter for a moment, and his entire being couldn’t help but be completely piqued because of this bizarre dragon ant egg.
An egg that had remained unborn was strange enough, but moreover, it had directly caused the entire City of Earthfire and the Swamp Lands to drop at least a few thousand metres and nearly ten thousand metres.
This was just too far-fetched, wasn’t it?
Han Qianqian really wanted to know what kind of egg this was, and why this egg had created such a “feat”.
Thinking of this, Han Qianqian looked at the queen ……