Having fought against parasitic ants before, the protagonist knows very well that the zombie virus-like infectivity and threat of this kind of ant cannot be overemphasized.
The parasitic ant's desperate attempt to throw himself into the lake made the protagonist relax his vigilance and return to the mountain when the situation was favorable, which was like letting Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong escape in the Chariot Gorge.
But it's too late to say this now. The parasitic ants have only been peaceful for more than a year, and they are ready to move again, and they look menacing. The protagonist has to make plans early.
There must be some secret hidden in that swamp to make it a shelter for parasitic ants. The whereabouts of the parasitic ants in all the protagonist's information seem to be gathered in this area. Maybe that’s where the parasitic bacteria originate, or is a very important resource for them?
The protagonist is determined to explore the secrets of the swamp, and even plans to enter the swamp to fight and eliminate the threat of parasitic ants once and for all.
However, if a large number of ground troops are sent there, they will inevitably pass through the territory of the indigenous ant-hunting tribe in the southern hilly area, causing a war.
Although the Divine Envoy King's army is powerful enough to overwhelm the indigenous ant-hunting scythe coalition. However, at present, the two sides are actually still in the same camp against parasitic ants, and the outbreak of war is beneficial and harmless.
Once a war breaks out, the Divine Envoy King's army will be weakened, and at the same time it will lose a de facto ally. The hunting scythe ants will no longer be able to serve as an early warning and a buffer for delaying the parasitic ants.
You know, before there was no legion of the Angel King, the parasitic ants seemed not to be able to wreak havoc. Perhaps it was the credit of these indigenous scythe-hunting ferocious ants.
Although in the history known to the protagonist, there is no history of parasitic ants wreaking havoc on the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, the historical information packets passed down orally by the male ants within the Big-headed Ant Kingdom can only be traced back to a thousand years at most, and are not the same as the history of human beings. Likewise, the further you go, the more things will be lost, and the more things will resemble myths. After all, information packets are also a kind of memory, and there is also the risk of loss and confusion. The more times there are exchanges, the more distortion there will be.
What the protagonist feels he can be relatively sure of is the history of two hundred years ago. The absence of parasitic ants in the past two hundred years does not mean that it will be safe within three or four hundred years, nor does it mean that it will be safe forever.
From the male ant "Kite", the protagonist even learned about a "prophetic" information package from the ant tribe. The information package said: "Every five hundred years, the Scythe Hunters must unite to face an apocalyptic war."
Although the information package only exaggerated the heavy casualties of the doomsday battle and the fighting will of the sickle-hunting ants, it did not specify the target of the war. But now, it seems that the last battle recorded in their information package that almost led to the annihilation of the genus was almost five hundred years ago. Combined with the natural aversion of the hunter ants to the parasitic ants, it is obvious who their target is. .
Therefore, the protagonist currently regards dealing with the hunting ants in the southern swamps as a top priority, and all military expansions are in preparation for a possible war with parasitic ants. Although the external threats to the Angel King's army are not limited to parasitic ants, after unifying the south bank of the river, the protagonist has no way to gain more security.
There are a large number of indigenous scythe-hunting ant tribes in the middle. The protagonist's ground troops cannot be dispatched directly for the time being. What he can dispatch now is the flying knight troops.
However, these flying knights themselves have weak combat capabilities, and it is impossible for them to enter the swamp to perform combat missions.
Not to mention the unknown number of parasitic ants, but also the numerous dragonflies in the swamp, which forced the flying knights to move in groups and not dare to get too close to the edge of the swamp area.
Dragonflies are harmless to humans, but to many flying insects they are the absolute "kings of the air". This insect has already revealed its cruel and murderous character when it is a larvae.
After adulthood, because they need water to reproduce - "dragonfly spots water" is actually dragonflies laying eggs on the water - dragonflies like to live in areas such as swamps.
They are not interested in insects crawling on the ground, but they will never show mercy to any insects smaller than themselves flying in the air, and will grab them without hesitation and tear them apart with their big jaws.
Even the Bee Flying Knights can hardly resist the deft and swift aerial attacks of these air overlords.
After paying a certain price, the flying knights operating in the airspace near swamp areas were replaced by bee flying knights operating in swarms. Only when the number reaches more than ten can the covetousness of the dragonflies be basically eliminated. Even if occasionally a hungry dragonfly attacks, it can still resist with its numerical superiority.
In addition to dragonflies, their smaller relatives, the damselflies, are also a threat. This primitive insect is also carnivorous and bloodthirsty, and will also attack any flying insect smaller than itself.
The sky over the entire swamp area is ruled by dragonflies and damselflies.
However, although the flying knights made certain sacrifices, they did not find nothing in their peripheral reconnaissance of the swamp area.
Their investigation revealed that there were not only land and air routes from the territory of the Angel King's Legion to the swamp area, but also a water route.
[Dongyang City] The large lake to the east used to be the natural boundary of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom. On the other side of the lake are rolling hills and mountains. Neither the Big-headed Ants nor the protagonist understand the situation on the other side of the lake.
Previously, the protagonist knew that the Great Lake had a northward waterway that flowed into the Great River. The mouth of the river was just east of [Linshui City]. It was also the natural boundary of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom and the easternmost boundary of the alliance territory organized by the old-fashioned King.
After the flying knight's investigation, the protagonist finally discovered that from the perspective of the human world, this large lake is about the size of a medium-sized reservoir. The surrounding water system is rich, and a large number of streams originating from the southern swamps are poured into it to replenish water.
In the southeast of the big lake, there is another waterway. Due to the high and low terrain, it flows all the way to several small lakes in the valleys between the hilly areas. After passing through a series of complex and tortuous water connections, it finally flows into the lake where the parasitic ants are located. Swamp area.
Although the flying knights cannot enter the swamp to continue exploring the waterways, it has been confirmed that from the large lake east of [Dongyang City], they can bypass all the ants' territories through the waterways and reach the nest of the parasitic ants.
But what makes the protagonist speechless is that the ants do not use waterways to move. We cannot let the soldiers of the God Envoy King's Legion just lie on the water and drift with the current like the parasitic ants at the beginning.
When the parasitic ants were forced to dive, they only floated for two or three days and already suffered heavy losses. And from the big lake to the swamp, optimistic estimates suggest that it would take a week if the wind and water flow smoothly. If you dare to do this, your entire army will basically be wiped out.
It seems that it is necessary to use human experience to study how to use waterways.
