Although a small river crab was repelled by the heroic ants, more crabs were still digging and enjoying a rare meal.
In the "Salt City" where the nest was destroyed, ants kept rushing out and trying to fight back. However, in the face of the huge monster, their siege tactics suffered heavy casualties but were difficult to achieve.
The protagonist and Xiao Qing II stopped on a nearby tree, looking anxiously at the tragic scene on the ground. He couldn't tell which ants were his subordinates. They were the worker ants and soldier ants brought to "Yancheng" by Zhuzi. These were the protagonist's old subordinates who had been trained in "Dongyang City" for more than a year and were familiar with the territory of the God Envoy King. There are unique jobs within the company, and he would be sad to lose any one of them.
He looked up at the sky. In fact, the sun was already setting in the west, and it would be dusk soon.
River crabs are originally nocturnal creatures, but in this world without natural predators, river crabs have become accustomed to foraging during the day when food is abundant and resting at night. As long as the ants can tolerate hiding for a while longer, the river crabs will retreat and return to the lake to rest.
However, ants are still pouring out of "Salt City", trying to repel these invading monsters regardless of casualties.
More and more ants came out, and it seemed that they were not just passive counterattacks by the alarmed ants, but an organized attempt to attack the monster.
The protagonist is very anxious. He thinks that the king of "Salt City" may be organizing the ants to fight back. Perhaps facing ordinary enemies, this approach can be called heroic. But facing a group of monsters with almost no flaws and trying to solve them with force is reckless.
The protagonist has no good impression of the king of "Yancheng". He previously suggested not to provoke these river crabs, but the king did not listen. By the time he realized that the situation was not good, it was already too late, attracting many river crabs to siege the city. Now he is making stupid moves again, haphazardly directing the attack, sacrificing the heroic ants in vain, and causing even more tragic losses.
The protagonist originally planned to wait until dusk and the river crabs recede before entering "Salt City" and directing the soldiers and civilians inside to evacuate. This would be safer. This nest has been targeted by crabs. These monsters will definitely not let go of the food inside and come back every day to look for food. "Salt City" is destined to be ruined. It is better to stop losses in time and build a new city or wait for the crabs to come back after the breeding season. city.
But now, he felt that he had to enter the nest in advance to stop the ants' meaningless counterattack.
Although the ground is infested with river crabs, the protagonist is sure to reach "Yancheng" unscathed. There were more than a dozen of those crabs, and they focused on using the ants close to them as food. As long as you keep a safe distance from them, and with plenty of food, they won't bother to move to attack an ant walking around them.
The protagonist's vision is better than that of river crabs and ants, and he can completely chart a safe path for himself. Even if he encounters an urgent situation, the protagonist can enter the state of "God descends to earth". At this time, no river crab is his opponent. Of course, the sequelae of "God descending to earth" are also very serious, and the protagonist does not want to use this life-saving technique unless it is a last resort.
So, the protagonist tied the reins of Xiao Qing II to a leaf stalk beside him and climbed down along the branches and trunk.
Seeing the rider leave, Xiaoqing II didn't know whether he wanted to follow him or experience the rare freedom of flying. He immediately spread his wings and prepared to soar into the sky. But it was immediately pulled back by the reins, and the leaves on the petiole didn't even move. The failed Xiaoqing II can only continue to crawl within a small area, quietly waiting for the protagonist to return.
The protagonist quickly climbed down from the ground, crossed the undulating ground and vegetation blocking the road, and quickly arrived near "Salt City".
Vegetation and debris will be cleared around the entrances and exits of all ant nests, leaving a flat piece of land as a playground for the ants to gather and dry their food. "Yancheng" was no exception. However, at this time, the originally flat grassland had been occupied by more than a dozen river crabs, and the ground was dug into uneven places.
There are big-headed soldier ants and worker ants running around everywhere. They are attracted by the smell of river crabs and attack them in groups, but with little effect. The giant river crab is waving its equally huge claws, and is eating non-stop except for occasionally being wary of ants trying to attack its eyes. Every time a crab claw is raised to its mouth, an ant dies.
The protagonist flexibly changes the route forward, trying to pass through several river crabs while always staying outside the attack range of the crab claws. Occasionally, when I have to venture through, I always find the gap where the river crabs are eating. Soon, he had advanced half the distance.
As he advanced, he used his vocal organs and air glands to issue retreat commands, trying to reduce the losses of the ants.
There was no king commanding the scene. Zhuzi was probably strictly following the protagonist's orders and was hiding underground. And the local king of "Yancheng" seemed to have no intention of personally risking his life and coming to the ground after ordering his subordinates to fight back heroically.
The ants on the ground are all fighting back instinctively. There is no command or division of labor. They pounce on any river crab they catch and bite them. Such an attack would naturally achieve half the result with twice the effort and would be difficult to achieve.
As the only king on the ground, the smell commands emitted by the protagonist have higher authority. The ants that received the sound and smell signals also sent out the same signals in response, and then retreated behind the protagonist.
The protagonist does not expect to be able to save too many ants. After all, hundreds of ants and dozens of river crabs are distributed in a wide open area, the fighting is extremely fierce, and the ants are basically unorganized. There must be some ants who cannot accept the retreat. The command.
When the protagonist is about to arrive at the entrance to "Salt City", he discovers something that was not planned, putting himself and the retreating ants behind him in danger.
A huge river crab was at the entrance of the original "Yancheng" that had been dug out. Ants were constantly pouring out from the ground here. It seemed to have identified the place with the most abundant food. It drove away other members of its clan and dominated this place. A "buffet meal".
This giant river crab lies across here. Any ant trying to enter or exit the half-ruined "Salt City" will have to risk walking under the giant crab's claws.
As the protagonist's retreat signal spreads, ants underground have received the order, and fewer and fewer ants emerge from the underground.
In this way, the protagonist and the hundreds of ants behind him who are preparing to return to the nest appear extremely eye-catching.
While eating, he used his compound eyes to observe the giant river crabs around him. He quickly locked onto the protagonist's team, turned his body, and was heading towards the protagonist!
The protagonist is immediately in great danger!
