The protagonist was dumbfounded when he saw such a large-scale "ant relocation" in [Bread City]. The protagonist himself did not expect that the parasitic ants were so afraid of poisonous smoke that they were forced to move their entire family.
Although this tactic was very effective when used in the southern hilly areas, the local parasitic ant nests were not removed. I don’t know if it’s because corn ants are more sensitive to poisonous smoke, or if the local parasitic ants have no place to retreat and have to stick to it.
At least judging from previous experience, poisonous smoke will cause the rapid death of thread-parasitic bacteria, which can be said to be the nemesis of parasitic bacteria.
During this move, the protagonist also discovered that there were obviously many queens in this group of parasitic corn ants, and they were not the single-queen system that is usually thought of.
But after all, they are ants in this world and have been parasitized. Any abnormalities are actually normal and not surprising.
In any case, the parasitic corn ants in Bun Hill escaped, and the protagonist easily occupied this huge ant nest. If it's a head-to-head confrontation, then I don't know how long it will take the monkey year and the horse month to completely conquer this place.
In the evening of that day, after the parasitic army that came from afar to participate in the siege retreated, the protagonist couldn't wait to order the warriors of the God Envoy King to search the abandoned parasitic ant nest. When it was completely dark, the leading exploration troops returned safely.
The soldiers of the God Envoy King reported that the entire parasitic ant nest had been searched from top to bottom. Except for a few dying parasitic ants and a large number of corpses, the ant nest was indeed empty, including food and ant eggs. There was nothing left, just an empty nest.
The protagonist was very happy. Although it was not captured, the ant nest on the bun hill itself was the best loot. Its geographical location is quite advantageous, surrounded by water on three sides, with only a narrow land bridge connecting other places, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The hill itself is hundreds of square meters in size. Although the soil layer is not thick, it is enough to be used as farmland for the ants. The internal scale of the ant nest is also very large. It can accommodate hundreds of thousands of ants without any pressure, and there is still a lot of space to build a breeding farm.
This is simply the most suitable place to establish a core stronghold in the swamp area: safe, fertile, and large.
Under the order of the protagonist, except for a small number of defenders who stayed behind in [Bread City], other warriors of the God's Envoy King came out in full force, including those who participated in the battle during the day, and began to clean up this abandoned parasitic ant on a large scale. nest.
A large number of corpses of parasitic corn hair ants and thread-parasitic fungi were moved out of the nest. The warriors of the God's King found a garbage dump of parasitic ants on the northern shore, but the warriors of the God's King obviously did not like these corpses and parasitic fungi piled away from the nest. Very close, just throw them all into the water to feed shrimps, crabs and aquatic insects.
This nest is generally very clean. Even if the corn ants are parasitized, they still maintain the most basic physiological needs of the ants and maintain a clean and tidy environment.
What troubled the conquerors was that there were still many traces of thread-parasitic bacteria left in this nest, although the upper part of the nest was already safe due to the "disinfection" effect of the poisonous smoke.
But when the warriors of the Angel King searched the lower part of the lair that they had not set foot in before, they found a small amount of living thread parasitic fungi and a large number of parasitic fungus spores because no poisonous smoke entered.
These living thread-parasitic fungi were shed from the parasitic corn ants for various reasons. Before they had time to find a new host, the parasitic ants moved away collectively and could only stay in place.
These mature thread-parasitic fungi cannot survive long without their host. If it were not for the dark and moist underground, they would have died long ago. The warriors of the God's Envoy King dealt with these thread-parasitic fungi mercilessly, mincing them into pieces and throwing them into the water.
But there are still a large number of spores of thread-parasitic fungi throughout the nest. Once these spores are found in decaying corpses, leftover food or even the ants' garbage piles, they will quickly grow and become mature strains that can infect ants, eventually infecting them completely. Destroy a nest.
The spores are not immediately obvious, but the ants became aware of their existence when they discovered the newly emerging strains in some moist places.
The protagonist does not dare to risk letting the army move into this spore-filled lair. These spores must be eliminated first. Fortunately, strains and spores are very sensitive to fire. The warriors of the God's Envoy King worked together to carry torches and bake them several times in the nest to ensure 100% destruction.
The next day, no parasitic army came to besiege [Bread City] again. This was not the first time that this phenomenon had occurred. Previously in [Stump City] and [Bridgehead], whenever the Angel King's army conquered the nearby parasitic ant nests, this phenomenon The parasitic ants and parasitic war beasts in the area will withdraw, and they will no longer continue to launch attacks in vain.
This time, the protagonist was not in a hurry to move forward to build a new fortress, and followed the retreating parasitic army step by step. This time, he planned to make good use of the huge nest he had just captured. It was more suitable than [Swamp City] as a winter base in the swamp area.
The protagonist asked the bee flying knights to report to [Dongyang City] and let the next fleet carry the queen and more worker ants, without sending a new legion.
According to the weather changes and the speed of the walnut ship fleet, the walnut ship fleet can only make two more trips at most. Since there is no intention to continue the pursuit, it is more useful to dispatch worker ants suitable for building nests and queen ants capable of breeding new generation ants than new army soldiers.
The terrain of Bun Hill and [Bread City] is dangerous, and the road leading to the rear is guarded by a man in charge. Only one or two legions need to be stationed here to safely cover the rear.
The protagonist plans to station Rambowan and Rambore's troops in these two places, and have Wolf Spider's legions stationed in [Swamp City], [Bridgehead] and [Stump City] respectively.
Before the arrival of the worker ants, the protagonist asked the rear [Swamp City] to dispatch a group of newly hatched worker ants to participate in the construction of the new city on the Bun Hill.
Before that, the warriors of the God's Envoy King also played a guest role as builders, racing against time before winter to rebuild this huge lair according to the standards of the God's Envoy King's legion's lair, which was comparable in size to [Qingqiu City].
Day and night, the originally bloody battlefield turned into a noisy construction site. Countless loose soil was transported to the surface and piled up near the entrance and exit of the nest to form ant mounds, walls and other defensive measures.
There are also large groups of ants foraging and hunting nearby, hoarding food for the upcoming winter.
Although the nearby land area is not large, the waters are rich in products. In addition to catching aquatic insects with nets and fish pots, there are also some lotus seeds, water chestnuts and other foods that accidentally come to the shore floating in the water.
