As Peter scanned with his divine sense, he easily found their traces within the Divine Domain. On the branches and leaves of various plants, these worms gathered in groups ranging from dozens to hundreds. They lived by sucking the sap of plants, laid a great number of eggs, and the growth of their larvae was also very rapid. They managed to hold a place in Peter's Divine Domain solely by virtue of their large numbers and were the prey of all species within the Divine Domain. "These are just enlarged aphids." Peter looked at these densely packed aphids and recalled the information about aphids from his previous life. They should be a kind of insect with extremely fast reproductive ability, capable of breeding 30 generations in a year. They fed on plant sap, could secrete honeydew containing sugar, and could form a harmonious symbiotic relationship with ants. Although he didn't know how many of the characteristics of these worms overlapped with those of aphids, just based on their current appearance and the characteristics of being herbivorous and having a fast reproduction rate, they were妥妥的养殖业牲口模板. It seemed that the food problem that Peter had been worried about before should not pose an obstacle to the development of the insect group in the short term. Perhaps after he had some free time, he could conduct a detailed investigation of these large aphids. Peter immediately waved his hand and recorded this idea on the light screen that popped up. Now he should first give the genetic adjustment, the divine characteristic brought about by his soul's time travel, a try. He probed his divine sense into the body of the queen ant. In just this short period of time, the queen ant's body had already stored the genes of several species. Peter immediately selected the simplest one among them. It should be the gene of a locust, an omnivorous insect with wings for flight and strong hind legs for excellent jumping ability. As Peter focused his divine sense on the locust gene, he immediately activated the genetic adjustment characteristic, and the power of faith began to be consumed at a rate of 10 points per second. The locust genes, which had just been a jumbled mess, became clear in Peter's eyes. All the genes were neatly arranged in front of him according to a specific pattern. Under his observation, the number of genes of this locust species just exceeded 30,000. Then Peter selected one of them and delved deeper with his divine sense to observe and analyze the function of this gene in the locust's body. When he started observing and analyzing a single gene, the consumption of the power of faith suddenly increased threefold, reaching 30 points per second. Peter remained undeterred and continued with the analysis work. Five minutes later, the analysis was finally completed. The function of this gene was to control the green color of the locust's body surface. Although this gene had this control function, a single gene could not complete this task on its own. He also needed many other genes to work together, such as genes controlling the skin, genes managing metabolism, genes providing pigments, and so on. To perfectly graft the advantages of a species onto his believers, he had to analyze all the genes of the entire species. In just five minutes, Peter consumed nearly 10,000 points of the power of faith to analyze this gene. Calculated according to the current consumption rate. At a consumption rate of 30 points per second, each gene taking five minutes, and with a total of more than 30,000 genes, to analyze all the genes of this locust completely, it would require more than 270 million points of the power of faith, and Peter would have to work sleeplessly for 10 days. "Whoosh." Peter took a deep breath, wearing an expression of forced calmness, and immediately conducted experiments on the genes of other remaining species. The result was that there was no worst, only worse. The number of genes in mammals was generally around 8.1 million, and the consumption for analysis was more than two or three times higher than that of insects. Other insects also had varying numbers of genes, ranging from 370,000. The locust gene he had chosen was indeed the one with the least consumption and the fewest number of genes in the gene pool. The problem of the consumption of the power of faith would gradually be solved as the group gradually expanded, but for now, he could only do the work of analyzing genes by himself. "Damn it! I died of overwork in my last life. Am I going to follow the same path in this life? Being a god is really so damn憋屈!" Peter looked at the increasing number of species genes in the queen ant's body with a look of despair. The corners of his mouth began to twitch wildly, and he had deeply felt the malice of this world. "God, did I do something wrong?" Sensing the thought and the uneasy emotion transmitted by the queen ant through the line of faith. Peter immediately gathered his thoughts. Just now, because he had been too focused on the increase in the number of genes in the queen ant's body, his emotions had affected the queen ant through his divine sense. "It's okay. You didn't do anything wrong. Just focus on developing the group. You're great." Peter directly transmitted such a thought to the queen ant and also gave an emotion of comfort by the way. As Peter's thought was transmitted to the queen ant, her emotion immediately changed from uneasiness to joy, and she started shaking the two antennae on her head again. Considering that he was very likely to become an extreme workaholic in the future, the kind who worked 24 hours without rest. Peter really didn't have the mood to play the role of a mysterious god anymore. Anyway, they were already zealots, and whether the believers had the so-called awe didn't really matter that much. It would be nice if they could get along more relaxedly. He was planning to stay in the Divine Domain for all the time except for eating, drinking, going to the toilet in the real world. Currently, in the ant group, the queen ant was the only unit with intelligence, and her intelligence wasn't very high either, only at the level of a human child at most. It was really beyond Peter's ability to play games like bestowing divine grace or punishment, using both kindness and power, maintaining mystery, and creating a sense of distance with the only intelligent individual among the core believers according to the knowledge he had learned from his memories. What seemed extremely correct and reasonable to those who had received orthodox education in this world made this soul from another world feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. Since analyzing genes was a long process and required a huge amount of the power of faith, Peter decided to put this matter aside for now and focus on increasing the number of the ant group. At this stage, the number of the ant group wasn't large, and their activity range was limited to about three kilometers around the ant nest. As a kind of carnivorous insect, besides the large aphids that Peter had seen before, various small mammals within their activity range were also their main sources of food. Peter observed a group of worker ants preparing to hunt a nest of mice collectively. First, one worker ant discovered the mouse hole and lingered around the entrance, collecting the pheromones nearby. When it determined that there were mice in the hole by collecting the nearby information and smells, this worker ant didn't immediately enter the hole. Instead, it started to wander in a large area with the entrance of the hole as the center and left pheromones along the way. After a period of time, finally, a second worker ant obtained the information that there was prey here through the pheromones left by the first one and moved forward along the discovered track. The two worker ants successfully met and touched their antennae to communicate with each other.
