The sunshine is quiet, the water vapor is dense, the green leaves are like clouds, and the shade of the trees covers the ground.
This is a land composed of swamps, mire and rock piles, with dense vegetation, most of which are aquatic plants adapted to the local area, but shrubs, vines and a few trees also grow tenaciously. The green leaves overlap each other like thick clouds, completely blocking the ground.
Many years ago, this was a shallow lake connected to a large river. However, after the connection with the big river silted up, the water level here could only be replenished by rainwater. The lake level gradually dropped and disappeared, turning into scattered swamps and silt-filled mire, and many areas were barren sand and pebbles.
Now, the loss and gain of water in this area have finally balanced out, forming a unique geography.
This place is located on the south bank of the river, roughly distributed in the vast area east of [To the West City], west of [Linshui City], northwest of [Liangmo City], and northeast of [Moat City].
In this area, there is no secondary nest of the Divine Envoy King's Legion.
Because this place is too barren, even more barren than many remote mountainous areas. In swampy areas, where water levels rise and fall with the seasons, there is little perennially dry land on which to nest.
Moreover, all kinds of plants flourish here, breeding a large number of poisonous and ferocious insects. Even the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom nominally rules the land on the south bank of the river, but in fact it has almost never set foot here.
The ant tunnel of the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom goes around the southern part of the swamp jungle, with several nests scattered along the way. In the narrow strip of land near the river in the northern part of the swamp jungle, there are also several secondary nests standing alone in strips, making it inconvenient to communicate with each other.
This swamp jungle is like the desert inside the kingdom. It is both a natural chasm and a blind spot that is ignored by people.
In the past, the Destroyer always attacked the front line of [Linshui City] during the southern expedition, and they also suffered the loss of accidentally entering the swamp jungle. During the civil war between the Divine Envoy King's Legion and the King's Council Faction and the Ant Queen's Succession Faction, this place was not affected.
After the main force of the Destroyer on the opposite side of Trench City disappeared, the protagonist was worried that they would attack along the narrow passage along the south bank of the river and north of the swamp jungle. Even though that area was a steep river bank, it was extremely barren and the road was difficult to pass. , but the protagonist still strengthened the defense there and asked the flying knights to strengthen their investigation.
But the Destroyer's army, numbering in the thousands, seemed to have disappeared under the eyes of the Flying Knight, without a trace at all.
But if the flying knights dare to fly into the swamp jungle, risk being attacked by dragonflies and damselflies, risking being ambushed by praying mantises, risking straying into spider webs, and risking all kinds of life risks to lower their altitude, they might be able to see something in the swamp. The Destroyers trudging through.
The protagonist has heard the legend of this swamp and regards it as an insurmountable place. Even if he is cautious, there are occasionally groups of flying knights passing quickly from high altitude, but the detection effect is very poor. He was completely kept in the dark and had no idea that such a large army was still halfway through the swamp.
Did the Destroyers wander into this swamp? Or do you intend to travel through here? No one except the Destroyer's commander knew its original intention and destination.
I saw the Destroyers marching in a long array in the swamp area. In the leading array, a huge Radar Destroyer was extremely eye-catching.
The tentacles of the Radar Destroyer were swinging everywhere, as if looking for something. But the antennae, which are so useful when searching for large ants, are not so effective in this inaccessible area.
The Destroyers also had to send some small troops to explore the path. This was reconnaissance work that they rarely did before. In the past, relying on their unique sensing capabilities, the Destroyers could always find the path through the enemy's position and actions.
There are very few ant traces in this swamp, but it is not without ants. There are some very homely ant races here. They are scattered into multiple tribes and never leave the swamp. They struggle to survive in this area full of fierce insects.
These are some black-headed ants, which are distant relatives of the black-headed ants in the forest area on the north bank of the river. Since the river changed its course, the two sides have been separated and have lived independently of each other for thousands of years.
Unlike those on the north bank of the river that like to roam in groups and wait for opportunities to rob, the black-headed ant colonies here are smaller and more timid. They huddle in the swamps all year round and dare not go out.
But in the face of the destroyers who invaded their territory, these black-headed ants still showed their will to defend their homeland.
In the past few days, the Destroyer's troops have been attacked by black-headed stinky ants from time to time.
There were dozens of these black-headed acid ants in groups, dragging their big white bellies and suddenly appeared from behind the plant leaves, spraying towards the destroyer who was very close at hand, and the thick acid mist immediately enveloped the destroyer.
This acid mist has no effect on the Destroyer's thick carapace, but it can also make its compound eyes and mouth stained with acid extremely painful.
These black-headed sour ants are timid by nature and immediately run away after spraying the acid. They walk on the vines and trees in the swamp and can always flexibly escape the pursuit of the destroyer.
But although the Destroyer's revenge may be late, it will never be absent.
With the assistance of the radar destroyers, the angry destroyers destroyed all the tree nests of black-headed sour ants found along the way, forcing some colonies to flee eastward.
The Destroyers followed behind these refugees and headed east.
Compared to the black-headed sour ants, those poisonous insects and beasts are a greater threat to the Destroyer.
Even hordes of destroyers can suffer casualties when faced with mantises, katydids, scorpions, centipedes, spiders, and wasps, all dominant overlords in a competitive swamp.
Moreover, there are traces of parasitic beasts appearing here. The radar destroyers can always find those parasitic beasts that are already close, and the destroyers will immediately rush over to eliminate them.
Even if they don't pass by, the parasitic beasts will take the initiative to come over and fight.
Once, more than a dozen parasitic locusts suddenly descended upon them, and the Radar Destroyer had no time to warn them. The locusts rushed left and right in the Destroyer's team, and their saw-like sharp hind legs could cut the Destroyer in half directly once it kicked it. The parasitic locusts killed hundreds of Destroyers before being completely killed by them.
Even the Legion of the Divine Envoy King didn't know that there were so many parasitic beasts hidden in an area so close to the main nest [Qingqiu City].
Because these parasitic beasts never leave this area for some reason. Only those hyphae that occasionally spread out become clues to the story of the ghostly parasitic fungi that appear and disappear in this land.
In addition to enemies and ferocious beasts, what makes the Destroyers even more unbearable is the dense vegetation here, making it difficult for them to find a place to bask in the sun!
