Living in Hunter x Hunter

Chapter 376 The Cage

Regarding the nest.

No matter how the chimeric ants absorbed the fog, the fog remained unchanged except for some changes outside the nest area.

Pouf frowned. Even the most powerful Emission-type ability has its limits.

Or is this ability not as simple as he thought?

It seems we need to thoroughly explore this area. Pouf is planning to send a clone to investigate.

But suddenly, something changed within the fog; it transformed into a strange, grotesque figure, which slowly solidified.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Lucci was constantly writing the word "God".

"It feels like some kind of formation!" Lucci thought it was quite interesting.

The powerful wind blades instantly killed several chimera ants that were absorbing the mist.

These strangely shaped figures would not be surprising at all if they appeared in the Basen Rainforest, because they are all elemental spirit beasts.

However, they do not have a physical form; they are manifested by Lucci using the word "god."

Those chimera ants, specially bred by Puff, did not possess any other powerful abilities, nor were they particularly intelligent.

Faced with this sudden attack, being killed is a simple possibility.

Neferpitou was the first to sense it.

"Something's changed in the fog. That guy's probably done something again." Under Neferpitou's Ensensibility, many strange creatures appeared in the fog.

If Mo Laowu's Nian Rabbit could previously confuse people by using the life force contained in "Qi", then the creature in the mist now deserves serious attention.

Because these creatures possess a strong aura, meaning they have combat capabilities.

Puff and his team quickly gathered enough information.

The creatures that appeared in the mist were some kind of spirit beasts, and powerful ones at that, controlling various elemental powers.

Any chimera ant that enters the fog will be attacked.

And its attack power is not weak.

Ordinary chimeric ants may be killed.

Moreover, these mist beasts, even if killed, will revive again within the mist.

Even if you use the power of exorcism, it will be the same.

Although there are still reserves in the nest, it is not good news for the chimeric ants.

This means that only chimera ants with sufficient strength can go out to find food; those with weak strength are simply courting death.

However, it's impossible to keep them in the nest indefinitely, because the food in the nest belongs to the queen ant.

Even chimeric ants need to eat.

Netero and his group quickly discovered the situation and came looking for them.

"Didn't you say you weren't going to get involved?"

"After all, I caused some changes, and now I'm just trying to bring the situation under control."

Now Lucci has finally figured out Pouf's "modification" ability.

It was indeed modified using Nen abilities.

His ability to manipulate his own cells reached a genetic level.

This is a terrifying ability, but fortunately, the other party doesn't have much opportunity to learn it right now.

Otherwise, Shayapov would be just another "Ant King".

By manipulating their own cells to influence others, chimeric ants can help other chimeric ants develop their abilities. Similarly, by influencing cellular genes, humans can be transformed into chimeric ants.

Even in the anime, it appears that the ability to "lay eggs" is used.

Did the chimeric ant queen acquire other genes and develop her own abilities?

It is clear that Puff has not yet realized how terrifying his abilities are.

However, Lucci guessed that such an ability must also have limitations.

After all, judging from the anime alone, Pum is simply a combination of human and chimeric ant genes, without any other powerful genes mixed in.

"While this may temporarily hinder them and reduce the number of Chimera Ants, it will also make them stronger."

After all, fighting the Mist Beast is a way to improve combat experience.

"These are not problems," Netero, wearing glasses, said nonchalantly.

His gaze, however, was fixed on the battle within the mist, for the glasses allowed him to see the fighting clearly.

The battle with the minions and chimeras could not activate his body.

It also reduced their workload.

Lucci's approach.

The chimeric ants also responded quickly.

They did not choose to reduce the number of chimeric ants to ensure a sufficient food supply.

To be fair, chimeric ants are incredibly powerful; they can even eat rocks and soil, though these are devoid of nutrition and don't taste good.

Even Kate's corpse was used by Neferpitou to make the soldier ants fight against Kate's corpse.

A training program that increases combat experience while also improving Nen abilities.

Pouf is not stupid. Even if he looks down on these weak Chimera Ants, they are valuable in the face of external enemies.

Even so, the situation with chimeric ants is still not good.

Even if they could attack through the Nen beasts in the mist, there were still Netero and others outside, but only Netero made a move.

"Why drag it out when you could just kill him with one blow?" Lucci didn't quite understand.

"He's old after all. In his current state, he can't fully unleash the Hundred Forms of Kannon." Netero understood himself better and could make that judgment.

Because of Netero's existence.

Each time the chimeric ants venture out, they lose manpower, and the food they bring back consists only of animals, never a single human.

The number of chimeric ants is decreasing.

The queen ant is breeding the king ant, and can no longer increase the number of chimeric ants.

Mentutu Youpi was born after about twenty days.

With all three Royal Guardians now born, the Chimera Ants are likely to make some moves again.

However, all of this could not be hidden from Lucci.

One day, Netero caught a division commander who was out on the move.

It is a bird-shaped chimeric ant.

He was about to kill the other party directly.

"Wait a minute, Chairman!" To distinguish between the two Neteros, Lucci addressed one as "Master" and the other as "Chairman."

Lucky recognized this chimeric ant, or rather, he was deeply impressed by it.

The deaths of some of the hunters left a deep impression on Lucci.

One is Skull from the old anime, who only showed his abilities in the Gunkanjima exam, and then died at Illumi's hands in the next exam.

Next up are the two children from the Chimera Ant arc; they were the first humans to die at the hands of the Chimera Ants.

This also made the queen ant aware of what humans "delicious".

Then came Pons and Pokkuru. One was killed and eaten by the minion ants, without even a chance to be "reincarnated".

One was discovered by Catwoman and turned into an experimental machine, eventually being made into "meatballs".

Then came the sycamore tree.

Just as Corrudo tried to get up, he was knocked down by the force of gravity.

"In fact, the chimeric ants born from the queen ant possess human genes and memories."

This is one of the reasons why Lucci stopped him.

In the anime, some chimera ants surrendered and promised not to eat humans anymore, which wasn't depicted. But in reality, in their cases, they would only end up being targeted by certain people.