As long as an open space can be found, traces of sunlight can be seen from the shadows of dense leaves and the mist that emerges from time to time, forming round spots on the ground, then a large group of Destroyers will surround it.
They take turns stretching their bodies in the sun, letting the sunlight dissipate the fatigue and discomfort in their bodies. This is their habit.
Ordinary destroyers don't like this gloomy swamp at all, and the sunny wilderness is more suitable for them.
After all the Destroyers had basked in the sun, the Destroyer Commander urged his subordinates to continue on their way.
Precisely because of the constant need to bask in the sun, the Destroyer army moves very slowly.
During the march, the Radar Destroyer was still guarded at the front of the team. Its tentacles were constantly searching, looking for some target with its weak induction.
There is something in this swamp, or rather behind it, that attracts the Radar Destroyer.
After walking through the winding path between the two pools, the next obstacle that stood in front of the Destroyer was a piece of rotten wood lying in front of it.
The surface of the rotten wood is covered with moss and has a slippery surface formed by long-term corrosion. The Radar Destroyer is not good at climbing, and its large body and long, obstructive tentacles are a liability.
The Destroyers had to push and pull to get the big man over the slimy rotten wood.
After walking for a while, there was no road ahead again, and muddy swamps covered the visible range.
The large army of Destroyers stopped, and a small force had to be sent out to explore the way.
The Destroyers were groping on the surface, which was dim during the day, and encountered a sneak attack from an unknown beetle hiding in a mud pit. They managed to kill the enemy, but two Destroyers were stuck in the mud pit, struggling. If he couldn't get out, he was soon covered in mud and couldn't be saved.
After paying a certain price, the Destroyers found a complicated path composed of vines and shrubs to cross the mire.
This group of destroyers has been wandering in this area for several days, and has already passed through the swamp jungle at a normal pace. But the complex terrain keeps them stuck.
After an unknown amount of time and several rounds of day and night, the Radar Destroyer finally sensed a strong signal.
The Destroyers stopped, and a nearly square hill covered with green plants appeared in front of them.
In front of the hill, in a huge dark cave, there are constant noises of "thirst and thud".
The Destroyers did not hesitate and immediately lined up into the dark and lightless cave, as if they were stepping into the entrance to hell.
I am the dividing line
The protagonist does not know everything that is happening in the swamp jungle not far from the ant track in the north.
He continued to supervise the attack on [Xuanhuahuacheng], but the progress was slow, which frustrated him.
After the explosion tactics did not achieve much results, in order to save precious mysterious balls, the protagonist reduced the amount of explosions.
The alternative method is to detonate one or two mysterious balls at a time to loosen a piece of land a little, and then the God's Envoy King warriors go up to dig out the soil, dig out some new passages, and then lure some nearby Destroyers to come outside and kill them.
One can imagine the efficiency of such a siege. After two days, on April 10th, the legions of the King of Gods besieging the city had killed a total of a hundred Destroyers, and only relied on blasting and excavation to destroy the [Spin] Flower City] about one-tenth of the area close to the surface.
It seems that it is still too early to completely conquer [Swiveling Flower City].
The protagonist did not expect that the nest that the Destroyers were determined to defend would be so difficult to gnaw out. The attack capabilities of the God Envoy King's army were completely unable to cope with such a battle situation.
Perhaps, we will have to develop some weapons for siege in the future. The weapons required to attack the ants' underground nests are different from human siege weapons, which gives the protagonist another headache.
As the siege of the city dragged on, the army of the Envoy King began to run out of food.
All the military rations previously stored in [Sitong City] have been transported to the camp, but they are almost exhausted.
The road that continues to transport food from the main nest [Qingqiu City] to the front line via [Sitong City] is the lifeline of the Divine Envoy King's army. Although the transportation team has beetles and packages and the transportation capacity has greatly increased, [Qingqiu City] There is also a large army stationed inside, and the food reserves are rapidly declining at a speed visible to the naked eye. There is not much that can be squeezed out to provide here.
There are still about a week or two until the first harvest from the farm, and nearly a month until the first batch of grass seeds are received from the farmland. At present, ants everywhere can only rely on honeydew and the most primitive gathering and hunting to supplement their supply. Food, in this barren spring after two cold springs, is really limited.
In order to reduce the logistical pressure, the protagonist had to detach many siege troops to forage nearby.
[Inula Flower City] got its name because there is a large sea of inula flowers around it. This sea of flowers was just withered grass stems connected vertically and horizontally in winter. Now it has revived. Although it has not bloomed yet, the grass is green.
There are many insects lurking in this sea of flowers, and they can overwinter here.
The warriors of the God's Envoy King, who were short of food, formed a long queue, swept across the border like rakes, and even surrounded a large sea of flowers and pushed inside. Except for those bugs that can fly, most others fall prey.
But even fishing in this dry lake is not enough to make up for all the food gaps.
The ants even started to dig up the roots of Inula, which is a pitted thing that looks like taro. It contains a certain amount of starch, but it tastes bad. Ants usually don't eat this.
But now that there is no food, the ants can only dig out the grass roots, clean them, and cut them into pieces.
Many soldiers were given a small piece of grass root, and they painstakingly ground it into a paste with their jaws and mouthparts, overcoming the bitter taste and swallowing it to replenish their physical strength.
Eating grass roots for a long time is not a problem. The protagonist asked the flying knights to go to various sub-nests to inquire about the food storage situation. Finally, with great difficulty, he pieced together a batch of military rations and waited for the transport team to arrive.
The protagonist looked at the [Twisting Flower City] from a distance. The land enclosed by the siege wall was in a mess. The pits on the surface were all traces of blasting and excavation. The underground chambers and passages were exposed everywhere.
But the protagonist has no way to deal with the destroyers hidden inside. They can't get out, making it impossible for the protagonist to escape and destroy the opponent.
The protagonist is so looking forward to a rain now, so that the long wall surrounding the city will be like a dam. By building a few water diversion ditches, all the nearby rainwater can be directed into the "Spiral Flower City" for water attack.
The Divine Envoy King's Legion has basically completed the relevant projects, but the spring rain has not yet fallen.
During this season, there is only a sprinkling of precipitation in early spring, and the plants rely more on the melting water from winter snowfall to grow.
The protagonist suddenly realizes: there is really little precipitation this year!
