The protagonist leads the Army of the God Envoy King to head south in a hurry, preparing to intercept the sudden appearance of the parasitic ant army.
According to intelligence, the enemy is hunting and killing the people of "Dongyang City" along the way. If they are not stopped in time, heavy losses will be caused.
Although this army under the protagonist's command is still called the Angel King's Legion, 70% of the ants among them had not participated in yesterday's battle with the parasitic ants, and did not understand the tactics used by the Angel King's Legion.
Fortunately, it is very easy for ants to learn new knowledge. As long as the information package delivered is detailed enough and within the scope of the ant's understanding, they can quickly master it. However, it takes more practice and practice to use it proficiently.
During the march, in accordance with the orders issued by the protagonist, the kings of each team passed the corresponding tactical information packages to their subordinates.
Not long after the God's Envoy King's army set off, they discovered the enemy.
Seven to eight hundred parasitic ants, grouped into groups of thirty or forty, were scattered across a large open space, chasing down the ants that attacked the "Dongyang City" they encountered.
This open space is mainly composed of salt-rich gravel land, with occasional scattered weeds and shrubs, and not much vegetation. Because of the salt content here, it has become an important salt mine for ants.
In addition, many insects that need to supplement salt will also venture here, so this is also an important hunting ground for ants.
At this moment, hundreds of ants working in the salt mine are spontaneously resisting the attack of the parasitic ant army. The disadvantaged "Dongyang City" ants are already littered with corpses, and the remaining ones don't seem to be able to hold on for long.
The protagonist immediately ordered the God Envoy King's legion to go into battle and save as many surviving members of his race as possible.
The enemy had spread out and was operating in small groups, with no large-scale concentration. The protagonist asked the Divine Envoy King's legion to be divided into four groups, with seven legions in each group, to launch attacks from different directions, forming a strength advantage in every battlefield.
The protagonist's vision is far superior to that of parasitic ants, and he completes troop grouping and tactical arrangements where the enemy cannot observe.
Therefore, when the Divine Envoy King's army almost killed them in front of the parasitic ants, they knew that the defenders had arrived.
The first round of raids caught the parasitic ants off guard. The four teams near the northern edge were all wiped out immediately, leaving no one alive. Even the thread-parasitic bacteria that were good at hiding in dark places and making sneak attacks were all found and killed.
The Divine Envoy King's army also paid the price of three ants dying in battle and two ants being parasitized. Because there are too many recruits in the legion, even if the protagonist repeatedly warns when delivering the information package, many ants still ignore the enemy's strength and the sneak attack of the thread parasite during the battle. This is the main reason for the losses.
This parasitic ant army attacking "Dongyang City" is obviously commanded, and it is completely different from the chaotic parasitic ant army that the protagonist has fought before.
After sensing that they were being attacked, the parasitic ants began to make familiar scratching sounds one after another. This was a signal used by the big-headed ants to ask for help.
The parasitic ants gave up the prey in front of them one after another. They began to gather towards the center, and the formation began to become tight.
After hearing the familiar command, the soldiers of the God Envoy King's Legion instinctively wanted to obey the command of the signal sound and get closer to each other to support each other. Thanks to the efforts of the team commander, these simple-minded worker ants and soldier ants could barely maintain their formation.
The enemy's signal sound was the same as the order of the Divine Envoy King's legion, which almost caused many legion soldiers to mishear the signal. Fortunately, the grassroots commanders are still able to control the situation effectively.
After the four groups of assault troops defeated and annihilated several parasitic ant squads directly opposite, they finally met the main force of the parasitic ant army.
The four groups of commandos merged again and resumed their usual formation, fighting the enemy with worker ants in front and soldier ants in the back.
After being commanded, these parasitic ants no longer behave like zombies smelling the smell of blood. They only know how to chase the scent of prey and attack instinctively.
The parasitic ants now behave more like ordinary ants, knowing how to form a formation and engage in tug-of-war in the form of a battle line.
The three-dimensional attack tactics of the Angel King's army are still sharp. The soldier ants in the back row can always stand high and kill the enemy on the opposite side with one blow. However, due to the lack of experience of most ant warriors, the power of tactics cannot be fully utilized.
The parasitic ants also performed well. Since their individual strength was much stronger than that of the soldiers of the Divine Envoy King's Legion, many of the first row of worker ants in the Divine Envoy King's Legion were killed instantly without even being able to contain the enemy. The second row of soldier ants were unable to sneak attack. Achievements can only be passively transferred to frontal wrestling.
The thread-parasitic fungi on parasitic ants are also quite threatening, like secretive poisonous snakes. Through their sense of smell and touch, they can keenly sense the smell of nearby potential hosts, and then unexpectedly cause harm to the new host.
Both sides have their own strengths. During the battle, the exchange ratio between the two sides was almost one to one. The loss rate of the God's Envoy King's army in this battle was even higher than yesterday's defeat.
It can also be seen from this that the individual combat effectiveness of big-headed ants parasitized by silk thread parasites is not only greatly increased, but also their collective combat effectiveness is extremely terrifying after being commanded.
The protagonist estimated that, except for the Angel King's army, no other army in the Big-headed Ant Kingdom could defeat this parasitic ant army with the same strength. Even the police and the troops under the King of the West who had learned from the experience of the Divine Envoy King's Legion could not do it.
Fortunately, this parasitic ant army only has a strength of seven or eight hundred, and the Angel King's army relies on its home field to fight. Even if it suffers losses, it can quickly return to the nest to replenish it, and the protagonist does not care about the battle losses.
After nearly an hour of consumption, the Divine Envoy King's army finally exhausted the enemy. After paying the heavy price of more than 500 ants being killed and 40 ants being parasitized, the parasitic ant army was completely wiped out.
After the battle ended, it was still the routine aftermath work of cleaning up the battlefield, summarizing gains and losses, and treating the injured. The protagonist handed over the work to Gun and Lambert, and took a nap.
After defeating this attack, the protagonist thought that the parasitic ants would not attack again in the short term, and let all the ants go out to work normally the next day.
After all, the parasitic ant nest is a full five or six hours' walk from "Dongyang City". Even if the parasitic ant army sets out early in the morning, it is impossible to return to its nest that day.
Coupled with the defense of the Angel King's army and the dangerous outdoor environment at night, this parasitic ant army would definitely die if it stayed out overnight, and the probability of returning to the nest was extremely slim.
The protagonist obviously cannot understand the thoughts of the ruler of this mysterious ant nest. On the afternoon of the next day, the protagonist received an alarm again. Another army of parasitic ants appeared in the south of "Dongyang City", with the number still at seven or eight hundred.
As if poking a hornet's nest, the protagonist has a premonition that the enemy's attacks will seem endless...
