The Angel King's army is already familiar with attacking underground nests, especially attacking such a sub-nest with few ant colonies is not difficult at all.
But now this is not an ordinary secondary nest, but a secondary nest infected by parasitic bacteria. Fortunately, although this nest has a huge threat of parasitic bacteria, it is obvious that there are not too many infected ants. In the ground battle just now, the infected ants who heard the news were all wiped out, so the God Envoy King's army was There was little resistance underground.
The underground ant defenders seemed to have lost their command. The uninfected ants had no intention of resisting. After being asked by their fellow big-headed ants to leave their nests and assemble (disarm) on the ground, they complied obediently.
The few infected ants that were too scattered were quickly eliminated without causing any disturbance.
But the protagonist failed to catch the only dominant male ant in this nest and ask what happened.
The body of this male ant was found in his chamber. It seemed that he had been dead for several days and the body had shriveled up.
In other words, the nest actually continued to operate for several days relying on instinct and inertia without male ant management. If the Divine Envoy King's legion does not arrive just in time, given time, the parasitic bacteria will be able to completely control this sub-nest through the host, and then spread to the surrounding areas.
The only queen in the nest was also missing, and according to reports from healthy workers who surrendered, there was only one queen in the nest. But yesterday, the queen left the nest, guarded by a swarm of worker ants, but they didn't notice which direction the queen was going.
This series of abnormal movements reminded the protagonist of the previous changes in "Dongyang City".
After the protagonist left "Dongyang City" and went to the main nest "Qingqiu City" because he was looking for fire, things happened one after another in "Dongyang City".
Lao Wang was killed, and Gun and his group of male ants who went to the main nest to participate in the wedding ceremony were attacked by large worker ants of the same race. After returning to "Dongyang City", they found that the city had become an empty city and all the ants were missing.
If you also include the fact that the protagonist's batch of hatched male ants has an unusually large number, far exceeding the average; and the emergence of unusual ant species such as Xiao Mi and other large worker ants in "Dongyang City".
The mysteries surrounding the parasite and the missing nest continue unabated.
The protagonist always feels that he must figure out this mystery as soon as possible, as if it is a matter of life and death.
——I am the dividing line——
The protagonist returned to the main nest "Qingqiu City" to take charge. The flying knights took off in an emergency and headed to the infected sub-nest that had just been conquered to look for traces of the ant queen and her entourage who had left the day before.
The protagonist feels that these ants, including the queen, must know something. Whether they left voluntarily or acted instinctively after being infected, to learn more about the parasitic bacteria, they can only be found first.
Rambotu's legion stayed in the area, searching for further information. At the same time, they were responsible for eliminating all remaining parasitic bacteria, leaving no hidden dangers.
——I am the dividing line——
Half a day later, the flying knights discovered a line of strange ants in the shade of a tree and quickly reported to the protagonist.
There are about fifty or sixty ants in this row, mainly worker ants, mixed with a small number of soldier ants, and a queen ant among them.
The reason why the flying knight found it strange was that during this time of war and chaos, no queen ant would go out.
In the past, there were only two situations for queen ant transfer in the big-headed ant kingdom:
First, before winter comes, queens from secondary nests that may be invaded by pavement ants must be transferred back to the main nest to spend the winter to avoid losses. After all, the fertility rate of big-headed ants is not as high as that of pavement ants. Queen ants that can live for many years and continuously lay eggs are important strategic resources.
Second, after the nest is recovered or conquered, queen ants will be selected from the queens in the main nest to station there to ensure long-term control of the newly conquered area.
Now that the main nest "Qingqiu City" is firmly in the hands of the protagonist, the flying knights also know that the queen has not been mobilized in the main nest recently. And the queen ants obviously will not be transferred between the sub-nests.
So this group of ants is obviously very suspicious, and it is in line with the protagonist's order to find a suspected infected queen and her followers.
The flying knights lowered their height and tried to observe closely, but the opponent's vision was surprisingly sharp. Many ants opened their jaws towards the sky and jumped one after another. Although it was ridiculous, it could be seen that they wanted to jump up and attack the flying knights in the air. knight.
The flying knights did not dare to risk falling too low, so they could only conduct reconnaissance at a half-height distance and then quickly return to report.
The protagonist can see something strange from the information package brought back by the flying knight: the huge and uneven abdomen of the queen ant is not as smooth and bloated as a healthy body, but is similar to the abdomen of the queen ant infected by parasitic bacteria that she has seen before. .
Moreover, normal queen ants will stop laying eggs before they need to travel long distances, and their abdomen will gradually return to normal size before they can travel long distances.
But the belly of this parasitic ant queen was as swollen as that of a termite queen, and she was unable to move on her own. The ants accompanying her were carrying her around.
Now that this group of suspected "infected people" has been discovered, the protagonist quickly mobilizes Rambotu's troops, and he also goes to the rendezvous, personally sits in charge, and chases all the way. After spending a night in the wild, he catches up with this "infected person" in the afternoon of the next day. "team".
Taking a closer look, the protagonist resisted the desire to vomit: the queen ant opposite her had lost her ant shape, her huge abdomen was covered with tumors, and she was constantly squirming.
A large number of buds of parasitic fungi have emerged from the gaps in the queen's carapace, and the worker ants and soldier ants around her have all been infected without exception.
The infected parasitic ants have very sharp eyesight, and they are tired of being followed and harassed by the flying knights. After discovering the protagonist's pursuers, they immediately abandon the inconvenient queen ants and kill the Angel King's army in a chaotic manner.
The God Envoy King's legion quickly and efficiently eliminated this small group of enemies and captured the immobile queen ant.
The protagonist comes to the ant queen, maintains a safe distance, and sends a worker ant forward, carrying the protagonist's information package, in an attempt to communicate with the queen.
Although this queen ant has become very scary in appearance, the parasitic bacteria on her body have just emerged, and she may still be conscious. The protagonist hopes to learn something from her.
But the protagonist was disappointed. The queen ant tried to bite the warrior of the Envoy King in front of her, twisting her body wildly and unable to move.
The Divine Envoy King warrior nimbly avoided the attack and quickly climbed onto the ant queen's back.
Fortunately, the parasitic bacteria on the queen ant are not yet mature and will not be contagious. The God's Envoy King warrior forcibly touched her with his tentacles from behind, and then quickly returned.
The protagonist hurriedly read the information package she brought back.
