Looking to the southwest, the dark clouds on the horizon are getting thicker and thicker, getting closer and closer.
It has already reached the season of heavy rain, and what is floating in the sky is a cumulonimbus cloud, coming from the southwest to the northeast at a very fast speed. It is about to cover the head of [Dongyang City], and the raindrops are gradually falling. Gradually dense into rain lines.
The team of the Divine Envoy King's Legion, who were busy moving to [Great Lake City], sensed that the rain was coming, so they had to suspend their work and hid in their lairs in two places in advance to prepare for shelter from the rain.
Today is May 15, the first day of the second phase of the "Tinder Plan".
Previously, the legion of the God's Envoy King who had evacuated by water had arrived in the swamp area and settled there.
The main force of the overland evacuation also arrived at the swamp shore and was building a rope bridge to cross the river. Although many companions were lost along the way, it was generally considered smooth.
Now, it's the turn of the small remaining troops to retreat in the second batch.
Three days ago, the second walnut boat fleet was completed and launched, and began loading supplies and ants. Yesterday the first fleet of walnut boats returned [to Great Lakes City] from the swamp, and the time was ripe for evacuation from the water.
There are not many ants left behind in [Dongyang City], and many large pieces of equipment that were previously difficult to move have been moved to [Great Lake City] in advance. The troops left behind here are staying behind to guard against the pursuit of the Destroyer.
However, the God Envoy King's army's tactic of fighting poison with poison was very successful. The Destroyers were trapped in a quagmire of fighting with parasitic bacteria and could not escape. They never launched an attack on [Dongyang City], and there was a short-term peace here.
Even as far away as the north bank of the river, parasitic war beasts and parasitic ants began to launch sporadic attacks. Such an effect was unexpected by the protagonist, and it also gave the Divine Envoy King's army precious time to adjust.
The protagonist even had an opportunity to take advantage of the battle between the Destroyer and the Parasitic Fungus, and he held on to the illusion of staying in [Dongyang City] for a long time, until two things broke his illusion.
The first thing was that tens of thousands of Destroyers arrived on the south bank of the river.
They did not return or slow down because of the outbreaks of parasitic bacteria in the rear. They only left some small troops on the north bank of the river and other places to quell the disturbances.
The large force soon arrived at [New Yancheng] and other places to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the parasitic war beasts in the salt marsh.
Under the almost crazy offensive of the Destroyer army, the parasitic war beasts suffered heavy losses. With the loss of crabs and other aquatic war beasts, the parasitic ants and war beasts in the mountains on the south coast of the salt marsh are also unable to reach the north shore.
After finally getting rid of the constraints of the parasitic bacteria, the Destroyer finally began to attack the Angel King's army.
On the 14th, that is, yesterday, the Destroyer occupied several abandoned sub-nests to the west of [Dongyang City] without any blood, and was already within easy reach of [Dongyang City].
The protagonist knows that the defenders staying in [Dongyang City] are no match for the tens of thousands of Destroyers who are attacking fiercely. Fortunately, the troops have already made preparations for evacuation. Starting yesterday, the troops were ordered to begin to gradually withdraw to [Great Lake City] Get ready to get on board.
It's just that because of today's rain, the Destroyer's offensive was stopped, and the evacuation of the last troops of the God's Envoy King's legion could only be suspended.
The second thing is that the released parasitic bacteria are indeed out of control. In just half a month, these parasitic bacteria have spread wildly.
The natural spread of parasitic fungi in nature is not so rapid. For example, although swamp areas are the hardest hit areas by parasitic fungi, the density of insects there is limited and there are natural water barriers. In addition, infected bugs have a natural tendency to gather. , but less spread outward.
As for the outbreaks of parasitic bacteria in other places, they are generally caused by sporadic individual infections, with a limited scope of impact and may not lead to an outbreak every time.
However, the parasitic bacteria intentionally spread by the Divine Envoy King's Legion were all young and adult strains, which had strong infection capabilities and spread simultaneously in multiple insect-dense places, which resulted in such a situation.
Now, the parasitic ants and parasitic war beasts in the southern hilly area have occupied the abandoned [Southern City] and other places, and there are signs of moving north to threaten [Dongyang City].
It means that now [Dongyang City] is facing threats from both destroyers and parasitic bacteria. No matter how confident the protagonist is, he does not think that the remaining warriors of the God Envoy King can defend this place of prosperity.
As for the current plan, it is better to retreat to the swamp area to recuperate according to the previous plan, wait for the destroyers and the parasitic bacteria to consume each other, and then choose the opportunity to counterattack the mainland... No, counterattack the south bank of the river...
The Destroyer Ants are numerous and unstoppable, but the ability to spread parasitic fungus infection is strong, and they have already established a foothold in the southern hills. There is bound to be a fight between the two forces.
The only thing that the protagonist is reluctant to part with is [Dongyang City].
As the place where I was reborn and traveled through, it is also the place where I started. Every passage and every nest in [Dongyang City] is very familiar to me. Now it must be given up!
As the heavy rain begins to pour down outside, and the dense rain lines separate the ground and underground into two worlds, the protagonist inspects the lair for the last time.
This is the protagonist's bedroom, a nest with two rooms and one living room. All the pottery and furniture inside have been moved or demolished, and now only a ball of ant silk is left as a bed.
This is also a resting place that the protagonist found when he first traveled through the chrysalis and was not used to staying with other male ants. It was later expanded.
At that time, the protagonist conquered his first subordinate, Hua Mulan. But now Hua Mulan has died in the battle with the Destroyer, and things are really different.
Walking a little further up, the protagonist looked at the Male Ant Academy, which is a place for training and educating the new generation of male ants, right next to the conference room.
Originally, this male ant academy was the palace of Lao Wang. After Lao Wang died, it should be used by the highest-status male ants in [Dongyang City]. However, the protagonist did not want to live here, so he changed its use.
The protagonist does not have a close relationship with Lao Wang, but it was a big deal that all the ants headed by Lao Wang disappeared in the entire [Dongyang City]. Later evidence showed that the place was infected by parasitic bacteria, and all the parasitic ants moved away. Went to the south.
The protagonist couldn't help but be afraid when he thought about it. If he had not gone to the main nest [Qingqiu City] in advance out of curiosity at that time, but had set off with Gun and the others, he might have been killed by a few infected ants who had mixed up with the team on the way. .
If you stay in the nest and don't participate in the wedding flight ceremony, you may be infected before you realize it, ending your short time travel career.
Unexpectedly, now, I still can't avoid the parasite. On the one hand, I have to use the parasite to weaken the Destroyer, and on the other hand, I have to run to the swamp area to face the threat of the parasite!
After inspecting the lair, the protagonist waited quietly for the heavy rain to stop and prepared to take the last batch of troops on the evacuation road.
