The bee flying knight formation began to follow the protagonist down, circling and lowering the altitude. After all, bees cannot hover in the air like dragonflies and rise and fall almost vertically. If they want to keep rising and falling in place, they can only hover around.
In this cloudy weather, the large swarm of bees and the noisy "buzzing" wingbeats in the sky were extremely obvious. The Destroyers who were crossing the river raised their heads and noticed something strange above their heads.
The Destroyers have very good eyesight, and they quickly recognized that this was no ordinary bee swarm. Sitting on the back of the bee was the current enemy, the Big-headed Ant.
Some of the Destroyers raised their jaws toward the sky to threaten, while others jumped three feet high in an attempt to drag down the source of the annoying noise in the sky.
These destroyers can jump very high. Although they are huge, their jumping ability is not inferior to that of hunting ants.
This is the first time the protagonist sees the bounce of the Destroyers. In the previous battles, the Destroyers have always flowed on the floor and their bounce has never been shown.
However, no matter how high the Destroyers jump, they cannot reach the height of the Bee Flying Knights. The protagonist and the Flying Knights are both safe.
The river was unusually empty, with an unobstructed view. It was not like in the forest where you had to be wary of the Destroyer climbing up the trees to make a sneak attack. The parasitic ants had ambushed the Flying Knight like this.
As long as the Bee Flying Knights maintain a certain height, they are not afraid of the enemy's jumping attacks.
When they lowered to a certain height, the flying knights formed a group of four. The first two controlled the mount to rise slightly, and the last two kept the height unchanged. The nut shell was pulled by the rope into a posture that was high in front and low in back.
As the bees flew in circles, the charcoal ash in the nut shells was scattered from the umbilical opening of the tail and fell onto this small piece of ice, covering the crystal white ice with a dark layer.
Some Destroyers also had charcoal ash poured on them, and they hurriedly shook the charcoal ash off their bodies. Some Destroyers had their blowholes blocked, and they hurriedly cleaned it with their mouths and tentacles.
After discovering that the falling charcoal ash was harmless to them and that they could not reach the enemies flying in the air, the Destroyers immediately gave up and started trekking toward the south bank again on the ice.
The flying knights returned after dumping the charcoal ash.
On this day, the flying knights made four round trips and sprinkled a large amount of charcoal ash. The charcoal ash accumulated in the combustion chamber for a whole winter was no longer enough. Lamborghini even had to organize worker ants to dig up the previous garbage pile. Pull out all the charcoal ash that was dumped before.
At the end of the day, the flying knights threw a layer of charcoal ash about one or two centimeters wide and more than ten meters long along the ice of the river before calling it a day and returning to their nest.
The next day, the dust-sprinkling operation continued, and the protagonist also flew over the river.
It will still be cloudy today, but the sun will peek out from time to time. When there is sunlight, the ice surface sprinkled with charcoal ash melts almost at a speed visible to the naked eye.
At first, the Destroyers dared to step across the ice covered by charcoal ash, but soon, water began to accumulate on the ice in this area. Even the Destroyers were unwilling to touch such ice water. That's deadly, taking away precious heat at extremely fast enemy speeds, leaving the ants frozen to death.
A person thrown into a glacier without preparation can only live for a few minutes, while cold-blooded animals like ants will die faster.
At noon, when the protagonist flew over for the second time, he found that cracks had appeared on part of the ice, and more water seeped onto the ice from bottom to top.
This ice layer was actually very thin to begin with, less than two centimeters thick. It was only due to the small amount of water in the river after the beginning of spring, the slow flow of water, and the late spring cold that it did not break.
The large amount of charcoal ash sprinkled by the flying knights absorbed a large amount of heat from the sun, which quickly accelerated the melting of the ice.
Now, the Destroyers had to bypass the more than ten meters long charcoal ash belt and areas with cracks and large amounts of ice water. The distance they needed to travel to cross the river increased several times.
The Destroyers are not afraid of the cold, but the mysterious balls in their bodies can provide constant heating.
However, trekking on the glacier consumes far more heat than the mysterious ball can supply, so the Destroyers chose the shortest path across the river [to the West City] to minimize the time of hypothermia.
After having to take a detour, the Bee Flying Knights, while working, discovered that some of the Destroyers were frozen on the road and failed to reach the south bank.
There are also some Destroyers who are hesitating on the north bank of the river, apparently feeling that crossing the river in this way is too dangerous.
This result makes the protagonist very satisfied.
I am the dividing line
Returning to the main nest [Qingqiu City], the protagonist listened to battle reports from various places.
To the west of [Trench City], the main force of the Destroyer has not launched an attack, but they are still gathering in a steady stream, and there are currently six thousand people.
On the southern battlefield, [Sitong City] has received support from troops and materials, and is stepping up the construction of the nest's defenses.
In addition to sending a small number of troops to test the attack, the main force of the Destroyer Force is still stationed in the area of [Xuanhuahuacheng] and is constantly gathering troops. Based on the summary and analysis of various intelligence, the protagonist feels that there are roughly four enemy troops here. Five thousand people.
The river is about to thaw, and the Destroyers are desperately recruiting reinforcements. Both sides know that when the Destroyers are assembled, the real decisive battle will begin.
The Divine Envoy King Bureau Corps is also working hard. New troops formed according to the protagonist's plan are being formed one after another. Although they still lack equipment, they are also a great help.
I am the dividing line
The "Open River Project" has achieved good results, and the protagonist will naturally continue to work hard.
The next day, the Flying Knights set out again to scatter ashes, and the protagonist followed.
But as soon as he went out today, the protagonist felt a chill in the air. He looked up at the sky and saw that it was covered with clouds and not a trace of sunlight could shine through.
The protagonist's heart sank, but he still took a chance and didn't say anything.
The flying knights all carry warm babies. Such a cloudy day will not make them unable to fly, so they continue to perform their tasks.
The protagonist noticed that Destroyers began to cross the river again. Part of the ice that melted yesterday froze again during the night. The Destroyers took the risk of passing through those areas that looked relatively dry and solid. They no longer maintained their round formation and began to become longer and narrower.
The protagonist was anxious and ordered the flying knights to sprinkle ashes on the areas where the Destroyers passed. The Destroyers were showered with ashes all over their bodies and faces.
But until noon, the clouds had not dissipated, the sun still could not shine through, and the ice had not melted again. The Destroyers accelerated their pace across the river even more arrogantly, quickly taking a safe road through several layers of charcoal. Cross the danger zone.
The protagonist sighed inwardly, if such cloudy weather lasts for a few days, the "River Opening Plan" will fail!
What can be done to stop the Destroyer from crossing the river?
