Under Mulan's sneak attack, the root of one of the wings of the mantis was damaged, and it could no longer maintain its flying posture. It spun from the air and fell to the ground, landing not far in front of the protagonist.
The protagonist was stunned by the sudden change at first. He didn't even realize how Hua Mulan climbed up when the mantis wasn't paying attention.
But when he saw the mantis falling to the ground, the protagonist immediately reacted and rushed forward quickly.
The mantis landed on its back and struggled to get up. First it was severely thrown over the shoulder by the protagonist, and now it fell from a high altitude. It suffered serious internal injuries and was unable to turn over for a while.
Hua Mulan was thrown away by the inertia, but she shook her head and stood up again, seemingly fine.
The protagonist ran in front of the mantis in an instant. He clenched the tarsal feet of his forelimbs into fists and smashed them hard on the joint between the mantis's mid-thorax and hind-thorax.
There was a "click" sound, and the carapace at the mantis' joints was shattered, and green liquid oozed out.
The upper body of the mantis shook violently as if it had been electrocuted, and a pair of large knives were swung aimlessly in the sky, but there was no movement on the middle feet, hind feet and abdomen below the chest.
The protagonist injured the central nervous system of the mantis, and its lower body was paralyzed.
Light green tissue fluid and internal organ fragments flowed from the mouthparts of the seriously injured mantis. Although the tentacles and broadsword on its upper body are still working hard to drive away the surrounding soldier ants, and its wings are also trying to flap, it can no longer fly and is unable to parry more and more soldier ants.
The protagonist did not end the life of the mantis immediately. He stepped aside and watched his soldier ants attack it. The soldier ants avoid the mantis's sword and attack from all the weak points in its body.
Soon, the wings of the mantis were dismantled, pairs of limbs were dismembered, and the abdomen was torn open one after another. The ants emptied the internal organs of the mantis' abdomen while it was still alive.
Finally, a few soldier ants bit open the large compound eyes of the mantis and sucked the eye pulp inside. The mantis finally stopped moving, and the former god of death returned to where it belonged.
The ambush completes the twist in dramatic fashion. After losing three soldier ants, the protagonist successfully eliminated a major hidden danger near "Dongyang City" and also eliminated a period of inner demons.
The worker ants in the nest climbed back to the ground. They helped to dismantle the mantis's body, discarding the inedible shell full of chitin, and carrying all the edible parts to the drying yard to dry. The place where this mantis once served as its canteen is now its home.
The protagonist saw the ants discarding the mantis's head and a pair of forefoot swords that had hollowed out the muscles. After thinking about it, he ordered a few ants to carry the mantis's triangular head and a pair of large knives into the conference room, embedded them in the wall, and then fixed them with ant glue.
In this way, a pair of broadswords formed an X-shaped shape on the wall, and the mantis' triangular head that had lost its eyes was fixed above the X-shape. It has become a decoration in the conference room.
After the mantis was eliminated, the hunting team in "Dongyang City" never encountered the threat of ferocious beasts again. The development of the entire nest is on the right track.
Hunting teams can bring back dozens of mealworm carcasses and some mealworm eggs from the northern depression every day.
The scale of the mealworm farm has also gradually expanded. There are already hundreds of large and small mealworm larvae living in it, and they are carefully taken care of by the ants.
Ten days later, the young ants produced by the 43 pavement ant eggs had emerged from the pupae and turned into adult worker ants. Since they have lived in "Dongyang City" since childhood and have the same smell as other residents, the big-headed ants and these pavement ants regard each other as companions, and there is no problem of incompatibility that the protagonist is worried about.
On the contrary, the male ants found a protagonist for this. They didn't quite understand how the pavement ants, who were clearly enemies visually, became companions in smell and reality. The protagonist took the opportunity to spread some knowledge to them, but I don't know if they can understand it.
About five days later, the first batch of more than 7,000 ant eggs laid by the big-headed ant queens have hatched, emerged from pupae and matured. Among them, there are fifty male ants that the protagonist specially requested to give birth to, and the remaining soldier ants and worker ants are roughly in a ratio of 1:6. And there will be three to four hundred soldier ants and worker ants reaching adulthood every day.
"Dongyang City" ushered in an explosive growth of ant colonies, from more than a thousand to nearly 10,000.
With a large amount of labor force, various infrastructure projects in "Dongyang City" were completed very quickly, and more than half of the construction work in the large combustion chamber was completed.
Other expansion projects within "Dongyang City" have been completed. This expansion mainly involves building a new mealworm breeding farm, building a separate two-bedroom apartment for all male ants, renovating and building some rest rooms and granaries for soldier ants and worker ants.
After the number of soldier ants and worker ants increased significantly, the food supply changed from a large abundance to a balance of payments. The protagonist begins to organize soldier ants and worker ants again.
The formation created by the protagonist is not limited to wartime, but can also be used in peacetime. Grouping is divided into five categories:
The first category is the standing army squad commanded by thirty-one male ants such as Gun, with a total of 31 squads.
Each team consists of thirty soldier ants and twenty worker ants. Compared with previous regular combat teams, the standing army team in "Dongyang City" has more soldier ants (the regular combat team consists of ten soldier ants and forty worker ants).
Moreover, the standing army squad is not temporarily established when there is a combat mission, but also exists on weekdays, and is mainly responsible for hunting. This can improve the tacit understanding among team members in daily training and work, and can also continuously train tactics. If there are vacancies in the standing army squads, they will be filled promptly.
The second category is the construction team, which has 30 teams.
The construction team is composed entirely of worker ants, with one team of fifty workers per team, commanded by the oldest and most experienced worker among them. These commanders are actually the former worker ants in the Army of the Divine Envoy King, who have now switched careers to engage in construction work.
The main work at present is to complete the construction of the combustion chamber. There is also the construction work of the martyrs cemetery on the ground and the construction and maintenance of the nest headquarters. Also assists with other tasks when there are no construction tasks.
The third category is the food collection team, each team has two soldier ants and forty-eight worker ants, a total of 100 teams.
These food collection teams are responsible for collecting food, grazing aphids, and assisting the standing army squads in hunting within the sphere of influence of "Dongyang City". At the same time, it can be used as a reserve team to fight.
The fourth category is the breeding team, which has five teams.
Four of the squadrons had fifty workers of Big-headed ants each, and the other squadron had forty-three Pavement ant workers and seven workers of Big-headed ants.
Their job is to look after the mealworms in the farm and collect organic matter that the ants don't need to feed the livestock.
In addition, they are also responsible for planting and transplanting fluorescent bacteria.
The fifth category is the handyman team. Soldier ants and worker ants that are not included in the previous four categories are considered as handymen. They are responsible for taking care of the ant eggs, larvae and pupae, taking care of the daily life of the queen and male ants, cleaning up garbage and feces, etc. .
