A drop of water, a crystal clear drop of water, slowly slides on the dark green leaves.
If you look at this drop of water from a different angle, you can see the light flickering, and the surrounding scenes are reflected in the form of reflections: the clear sky, green vegetation, and insects.
The water droplets slid faster and faster, causing the leaves to droop slightly, which accelerated the rolling down of the water droplets. The water droplets only lingered for a moment when passing the leaf tips, and then threw themselves into the embrace of gravity without hesitation, until they were The ground was smashed to pieces.
Before the water droplets shattered, they reflected the strange appearance of a large group of insects under the tree.
This is a huge army of insects, composed of various insects or other arthropods. Carnivorous bugs and herbivorous bugs coexist harmoniously.
What these bugs have in common is that there are more or less fungi growing out of the cracks in their carapace. They are a group of parasitic war beasts.
At this moment, they did not have the domineering spirit they had during the fierce battle with the Destroyer. Instead, they gathered together sluggishly, hiding under their subordinates or in the cracks of rocks, staying as far away from the unpreventable falling water drops as possible.
These water droplets continued to fall one after another, a typical scene just after the rain.
It has been more than a day since the continuous rain first came. Although the rain finally stopped, the water droplets remaining on the plants continued to drip, causing great trouble to these parasitic beasts.
A furry parasitic spider huddled next to the parasitic dung beetle. The bristles were covered with fine water droplets. It had to resist the laziness brought by the slowly cooling body temperature, while wiping its body from time to time to try to keep it clean. Wipe dry to avoid hypothermia. But the constantly dripping water drops will always impose new moisture on its body, especially the dung beetle next to it. The water drops rolling down from its smooth and round carapace will always pour on its head. If it had emotions, it might have become furious!
Compared to some small parasitic war beasts, this spider is lucky.
A dozen parasitic flies huddled together for warmth, but their location was not very good. A huge half-open magnolia flower above their heads was destroyed by the rain, but before it was destroyed, the magnolia bowl-shaped flowers stored A lot of rainwater poured down like a flood. The half-frozen flies below had no time to escape, and soon struggled in the puddle for a few times and became motionless, floating in the puddle, lifeless.
The parasitized bugs gathered together due to the influence of the parasitic fungus. Although they instinctively knew that they should avoid the rain, under the control of the parasitic fungus, their desire to stick together was actually greater than their desire to survive.
These parasitic war beasts just barely hid in a drier place under the tree and resigned themselves to their fate. The spiders did not go to the back of the leaves to hide from the rain, and the scorpions did not dig holes but huddled in the open air. They were all using their bodies and lives to challenge the power of nature. .
After all, although there are many parasitic war beasts here, they lack the soul species of parasitic ants.
In swamp areas, parasitic war beasts always adhere to parasitic ants. In addition to foraging, parasitic ants can provide almost all necessary services to other parasitic war beasts, such as comfortable residence, cleaning the body, etc.
Without the parasitic ants, this group of parasitic beasts was powerful but unable to take care of themselves. That's why they were at a loss in the spring rain and ended up in this situation.
——I am the dividing line——
A large group of dark ants moved quickly across the land after the rain. They passed through the grass and open fields, and were stained by water drops and mud.
But this group of destroyers is determined. They just lick the dirt on their bodies as they move, trying to keep their bodies clean and dry. They are not as embarrassed as the parasitic war beasts at all.
This is a main force of up to 5,000 Destroyers. They filed out from the occupied [New Salt City] and other places, gathered together, and then moved towards the salt marsh according to the guidance of the Radar Destroyer.
Unlike parasitic war beasts that can only rely on their own bodies to withstand heavy rain, these destroyers hide in warm and comfortable nests built by big-headed ants. There is a thick rainproof layer and a complete drainage system. The underground is dry and warm, allowing the destroyers to We survived the rainy day without any damage, and after the sun came out today, we got enough sunshine, and then we started to move forward.
——I am the dividing line——
Two days ago, the sudden appearance of the parasitic war beast really caught the Destroyer off guard at first.
The Destroyer's physiological structure has an overwhelming advantage against most ants. They are larger, stronger, have stronger carapace, and sharper jaws.
However, when faced with all kinds of bugs, they lose all their advantages. The scorpion is bigger than them, the dung beetle is stronger than them, the carapace is stronger than them, and the katydid's jaws are sharper than them.
The destroyers can only use their numbers and organizational capabilities to fight like other ordinary ants against fierce insects.
This time, unlike on the north bank of the river, parasitic war beasts appeared sporadically. Even powerful parasitic katydids or parasitic wasps, the Destroyers could use siege to fight with double-digit losses. way to destroy the enemy.
When hundreds of clusters of parasitic war beasts attack, their power is terrifying, and a battle formation of five hundred groups of Destroyers can hardly resist it.
The parasitic war beasts charged over, and all kinds of beetles and scorpions were like assault chariots, smashing and crushing the Destroyer's team. This assault force was far more powerful than the beetle legion of the God Envoy King's legion.
Although the insects following behind did not have such terrifying ability to break formations, their various tactics made the Destroyers who lost their formation even more at a loss as to what to do. Facing the parasitic war beasts, the powerful destroyers performed no better than the warriors of the Envoy King, and they did not have artifacts such as protective nets and ballistae.
The parasitic warbeast uses its jaws, its spikes and stings, its venom and acid, any weapon to fight.
In the past two days, the Destroyers had lost nearly four figures in strength in the wild and had to temporarily shrink back into their lair.
But the parasitic war beasts seemed to have no intention of letting go of these old enemies. The parasitic crabs and parasitic scorpions used their large pincers to destroy the ant mounds. The parasitic mole crickets were waiting to dig holes, and the parasitic spiders blocked the entrance and exit with newly woven spider webs.
If it hadn't been for a timely heavy rain that drove away the parasitic war beasts, I'm afraid the Destroyers would still have a hard time.
Now, after the rain, the parasitic beasts are most vulnerable. The Destroyers know this very well. Their war with the parasitic fungi has lasted for countless years!
A large group of Destroyers gathered together, got out of their lair, passed through the remains of spider webs that were broken by rain and could no longer seal the entrance to the cave, basked in the sun, formed a battle formation, and quickly set off.
A decisive battle between the Destroyer and the Parasitic War Beast is about to break out that the creatures on the south bank of the river have never seen before!
