Soon a scout discovered unusual movement.
By tracking the rhythmic vibrations coming from under their feet, the scouts discovered that there was the sound of digging soil from under a piece of land not far away.
The protagonist immediately rushed over with his troops. When he arrived, a small passage had been dug out of the land, and a parasitic ant was trying hard to crawl out of the narrow hole.
A small group of soldiers from the God's Envoy King Army immediately surrounded them and bit them to death a few parasitic ants that had just crawled out.
The protagonist noticed that the thread-parasitic bacteria on the backs of the enemies who crawled out seemed to be dormant, without any movement at all, and did not leave their bodies even if the host died. It is unknown whether the cause of this situation is the smoke or the night, but the protagonist is more inclined to the former.
This is good news. It was dark at night. The protagonist was worried that the thread parasitic bacteria would cause heavy casualties when fighting in this environment. Now you don't have to worry about this problem.
This small temporary passage did not cause much trouble to the defenders on the ground, because the passage was too narrow, and the parasitic ants that could crawl out were no match for the numerous and well-formed warriors of the God's Envoy King Legion.
What's more, when these parasitic ants crawl out, they are often so dizzy that they can't figure out what happened and die.
Black smoke billowed out from the escape passage opened by the parasitic ants. This was the only exit found after the poisonous smoke spread in the underground ant nest.
When the black smoke reaches a certain level, no parasitic ants will crawl out of this escape tunnel, because they will be fainted by the poisonous smoke before they can climb to the entrance of the hole.
New escape channels were opened one after another, and the protagonist led the Angel King's army to attack everywhere to eliminate the parasitic ants that dared to escape.
At the same time, for some "chimneys" where no enemies have come out, the protagonist carries stones of appropriate size to seal them again - the fire in the combustion chamber is not big, and the smoke-generating ability is not strong. If the smoke outlet is too large, If there are more, the poisonous smoke from the underground parasitic ant nest will become thinner.
Although the sporadic parasitic ants that broke out could not pose a threat to the Angel King's army, occasionally the scouts failed to discover it in time, and a large number of enemy troops poured out of the new escape channel.
At this time, the Divine Envoy King's Legion needs to fight a tough battle, striving to completely eliminate the enemy and block the escape routes. Fortunately, this situation is rare.
The protagonist has been extremely wary of the main force commanded by the Great Danjin Worker Ant breaking out, but he did not encounter this force all night long. Was such a powerful army completely wiped out in the poisonous smoke?
This battle, like a game of whack-a-mole, lasted all night. When the sky turned white, the protagonist gave the order to retreat.
Before retreating, the Angel King's army extinguished the fire, pulled out the horsetail pipe and hid it in the nearby grass, and then blocked the entrance to the combustion chamber with large rocks. So as not to let the enemy see any clues.
Then the squadron of the Divine Messenger King's first legion returned to the fortress and dispersed to rest.
Overnight, the First Legion lost more than twenty soldier ants, which was a negligible loss. The casualties of the parasitic ants are estimated to be relatively heavy, although the protagonist cannot calculate specific data.
There were hundreds of parasitic ants that broke out to the ground and were killed. It is estimated that the number of people killed by poisonous fumes underground will be even higher.
But even so, the protagonist estimates that the smoke attack only weakened part of the strength of the parasitic ant nest, and did not cause unbearable huge losses to the opponent.
After all, the smoke-generating ability of a hastily built combustion chamber is weak, and the space of the ant nest is large. In addition, the smoke will gather upward, and the bottom of the ant nest will generally be free of toxic smoke. Most parasitic ants can escape by hiding at the bottom of the nest as long as they are not dizzy.
The structure of a parasitic ant nest is the same as that of an ordinary big-headed ant nest. The most important facilities, such as the queen's nest, are located near the bottom.
If the parasitic queen is fine, she will be able to make up for last night's losses very quickly if there is enough food.
The protagonist also ran to catch up on his sleep. Before going to bed, he told Hua Mulan not to wake her up until the enemy attacked the city.
——I am the dividing line——
The protagonist slept until noon before getting up. He came to the top of the fortress and looked around, but no trace of the enemy appeared again.
What is very unusual is that the enemy did not make any movement throughout the morning.
After the protagonist woke up, he learned that ten flying knights had arrived at the fortress, so he immediately ordered two of the flying knights to take off for reconnaissance.
Soon the flying knights were rewarded. By reading the information packet, the protagonist discovered that the parasitic ants were busy opening the entrance to the original nest and piling the bodies of thousands of parasitic ants that died last night to the location of the original "ant corpse pyramid".
At the same time, they also built more than ten new vents. It seems that they are still worried about the bizarre gas incident last night.
Strangely, the flying knights did not find the main army of parasitic ants commanded by the pale golden big-headed ants that disappeared yesterday. Where did they go?
The protagonist does not believe that such a huge army, with its cunning commander, will be completely wiped out by the poisonous gas last night. If this force still existed, where would they be? Did he not return to the ant nest at all last night? What on earth did they do?
All kinds of conjectures and questions lingered in the protagonist's mind, making him feel heavy.
Finally, the protagonist ordered ten flying knights to set off and search in different directions, making sure to find any clues about the enemy.
——I am the dividing line——
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the protagonist finally got his reward.
A flying knight flew back from the southeast and reported to the protagonist: He found traces of the main force of the parasitic ants. The enemy was less than an hour away from the fortress. They were numerous and very strange.
very strange? The protagonist is very curious about the news reported by the Flying Knight. What kind of things would make the Flying Knight feel very strange?
So the protagonist puts his tentacles on the flying knight's tentacles and reads the information packet.
Through the flying knight's perspective, the protagonist saw an army of parasitic ants appearing in the shape of a long snake marching under the flying knight.
They were climbing over a small hill and heading straight towards the Stump Fortress. It won't be long before they arrive at the fortress and fight again.
The protagonist roughly estimated the number of enemy troops, which was basically the same as the second batch of enemy troops yesterday. These were the enemy troops that mysteriously retreated and disappeared yesterday. There were also large pale gold worker ants in the army.
Even if this army launches an attack again, the protagonist will not be too worried. Yesterday, the fortress has defeated them once by relying on the complete fortress defense facilities, and it has already gained a psychological advantage.
But after observing the anomalies among the enemy troops, the protagonist doesn't think so...
