The incident happened not far from the protagonist's location. Even at night, under the moonlight, he could see it very clearly.
At this moment, there are many Divine Envoy King warriors elsewhere who are attacking or trying to attack the carnivorous snails. They don't know that this seemingly defenseless and slow-moving snail has a strange weapon.
In nature, colorful colors often mean warnings, especially for Honda poisons. The protagonist didn't expect it before, but now he saw more and more soldiers dying from the poison, and he realized it. Now, soldiers are still being poisoned and then eaten.
The protagonist is very anxious. There is no queen ant in the team now. Every soldier is precious and cannot be replenished. In particular, these warriors are veterans who have survived countless battles. They have rich experience and skilled combat skills and cannot be lost easily.
The protagonist hurriedly asked the messenger to give the order to retreat. It seems that there is no good way to deal with these snails at the moment, so it is better to retreat.
Warned by the smell and sound, the ants retreated back to the ant mound from all directions. The carnivorous snails, who had tasted the sweetness, slowly followed behind, dragging a long trail all the way to the ant mound, as if they had not eaten enough.
Without the obstruction of the ants, the vegetarian snails continued to gather around and try to continue eating the concrete.
Hundreds of snails eat together at an astonishing speed. If the carcass of a fish is surrounded by snails, only the skeleton will be left in less than half a day. The protagonist looks at it and feels that if this continues, the anthill may not survive tomorrow morning.
Once the anthill is broken, the carnivorous snails can rush in and start a killing spree. These almost invulnerable carnivorous snails have a huge appetite and can even swallow stones to taste the saltiness. They are truly gluttonous snails.
The protagonist asked the ants to quickly fetch many torches from the combustion chamber and throw them from the top of the ant mound. These torches are all simple hay. There are no oil-rich branches on this island. Torches made from hay are not as flame-resistant as oil tree torches and are easily extinguished. Some are extinguished when they fall, and some burn for a while after falling to the ground. went out.
But they couldn't handle the large number. The ants had collected a lot of hay before, leaving only grass stems and roots that were relatively flame-resistant. At this time, there was no need to worry about saving food. A large number of straw torches were sent to the combustion chamber to be lit, and then they were carried to the top of the ant mound and thrown down.
Soon, a small circle of dotted flames appeared around the anthill.
Snails are still afraid of flames. Even carnivorous snails that are not afraid of pain will retreat when they detect flames.
Those snails that were directly thrown by the torch immediately retracted into their shells as fast as a jumping locust. These snails even gave up their intention to stay here, and even retracted the mucus that fixed them. They huddled in their shells and rolled away along the outer wall of the ant mound, wishing they could just roll back to the beach.
But these grass torches extinguished too quickly, and the embers of the torches soon lost their heat in the night wind. Some snails that were not directly threatened by the torches were still feasting. They will even eat extinguished torches, which are food after all. Carnivorous snails continue to prey on other snails after losing the trace of ants.
The gluttonous feast next to the ant mound is still going on, and the ants have to go around to rescue them. Wherever the ant mound is most threatened, they throw torches in the direction where the ant mound is most threatened.
Fortunately, by some strange combination of circumstances, the thrown torch attracted the attention of the vegetarian snails more than the concrete of the ant mound after it was extinguished, causing them to give up their intention of continuing to eat the outer wall of the ant mound, which also relieved the pressure.
The hay in the ant nest is not endless. Just when the protagonist receives the news that the inventory of hay stems and grass roots has been consumed more than half, the southeast begins to show signs of whitening before sunrise.
At this time, the snails also began to leave. They seemed to have sensed the change in the sky. They did not miss the uneaten food and retreated in the direction they came from.
When retreating, these snails walked on the crystal trails left by the previous arrival, and their speed was even faster.
Snails are also afraid of sunlight during the day. If they are not hiding in water or moist tidal flats, these aquatic snails will be dried out by the sun. Only at night do these snails dare to climb onto land in search of richer food than in the water.
The snails finally retreated, and the protagonist and the Divine Envoy King's army finally breathed a sigh of relief. The battle at night resulted in the loss of more than twenty warriors from the Divine Envoy King's army. Although it was not a heavy loss, these snails were even more difficult to deal with than the Destroyers.
To deal with the Destroyer, the weapons of the God Envoy King Legion can at least inflict damage. To deal with these snails with hard shells like copper walls and iron walls, the ants really have no good way.
The protagonist knows that if the mysterious ball is detonated, it will definitely kill these snails, but the mysterious ball is an important strategic material, and it would be too wasteful to use it to deal with these wild creatures.
We must find some way to eliminate the threat of snails to ant mounds. Although these creatures are primitive, once you taste the sweetness here, you will definitely come back again!
At sunrise, the ants continue to work, some repair the damaged ant mound, and some continue to collect food.
Some ants found a small number of dead snail carcasses outside the ant mound, all of which were medium-sized black snails. The carcasses of the small pointed snails were all eaten by carnivorous snails. The black snail is so big that if it retracts into its shell before it dies, there is nothing the carnivorous snail can do.
These dead black snails all had burn marks on their bodies, and they seemed to have died of serious injuries. The ants carried the body back to the nest, where it was dug out and dried. The shell was also a good container, much larger than the existing clay pots of the Divine Envoy King's army, and could be used to store water.
But that's all we gained from last night's battle.
The protagonist led the guard team to the cliff bank to inspect the location where the snails crawled last night.
Fortunately, these snails live on another tidal flat with shallower water and did not crawl from where the walnut boat was moored. Otherwise, with their feeding habits, they would probably climb onto the fleet and eat up all the ant silk ropes connecting the boat components.
The protagonist quickly found the snail's daytime habitat, which was a very shallow wetland. The water below was not mud, but mainly rock. Therefore, the water here was very clear, unlike the muddy place where the Walnut Fleet was anchored.
Snails live among the rocks, some above the water and some submerged. Although this reef is clear and meets the living needs of snails, it also has very little food. In addition to the countless prey for carnivorous snails, vegetarian snails can only snatch a little algae or drifting organic matter to feed.
No wonder these snails come ashore at night to look for food. They are really under great pressure to survive.
There were thousands of snails in front of me, but the number of snails that besieged the ant mound last night was no more than a hundred. The protagonist knows that it is impossible to eliminate so many indigenous snails, so he can only think of other ways to protect the nest!
