The protagonist pokes his head in from the entrance of the nest to take a look.
This is a rather large nest chamber, in the shape of a flat oval. The floor of the nest room was covered with soft ant silk and plant fibers, and a large number of white, translucent oval ant eggs were piled up in several places, hundreds in total.
These eggs vary in size, with the largest ones larger than sesame seeds and the smaller ones less than the size of white granulated sugar. Some are still pure white and transparent, and most of them already have some large and small black spots inside, which are the young ants that are taking shape.
"Found the target!"
The protagonist also noticed that there were a lot of Bachie ants in this nest, all of which were medium or small worker ants, and there were about ten of them.
They are taking care of the ant eggs, turning them out from time to time, using their forelimbs and antennae to rotate the eggs while licking them. There are also some ant eggs that are about to hatch, with large black spots already visible inside. They will be taken away by the worker ants from another gap. They are probably sent to the incubation room to wait for hatching into young ants. This process is similar to that of big-headed ants. .
There are hundreds of ant eggs in this nest chamber, ranging in size. The largest one only has four eggs. They are most likely the eggs of the queen or male ants.
The protagonist decided to choose the ant eggs in this nest! At present, the infiltration operation has not been detected, but if it is delayed, there will be too many variables, and we can no longer hesitate.
So the protagonist issued an attack command using smell and friction sounds. The Bachie ants in the nest also heard the strange movement, stopped what they were doing, and looked at the entrance where the sound came from.
In the darkness, they cautiously groped towards the entrance with their tentacles. At this time, they felt a strong wind blowing towards their faces. In an instant, the first two medium-sized worker ants had been beheaded by the protagonist with two swords, without any delay.
At this time, the remaining worker ants finally realized their murderous intent. This was an invasion! They rubbed and made noises to warn their companions nearby, and then several small and medium-sized worker ants came forward to fight fiercely.
Without the need for the soldiers behind to take action or entering the state of "gods descending from heaven", the protagonist quickly killed several workers who resisted with his own strength. However, 3 medium-sized worker ants still took the opportunity to escape. After all, the terrain in the nest was It was complicated, and the warriors of the God's Envoy King could not surround it.
The protagonist doesn't chase him either, and he can't catch him even if he chases him. There are so many Bachie ants in this nest, and the protagonist knows that once he launches an attack, it is impossible not to alert the snake, and he can only fight quickly.
His tentacles were pressed against the wall, and there were noisy footsteps inside. The Bachie ants had been alerted and were approaching the warning place, but it would take a while before they could get over in a hurry.
The warriors of the Divine Envoy King behind them had already begun to snatch the ant eggs, carrying one ant at a time, picking them up with their big jaws, and then retreated. The protagonist asked them to carry away the four largest ant eggs, and some of the other ant eggs.
In less than two minutes, dozens of soldiers have retreated with 80 eggs. A few soldiers who did not carry eggs opened the way in front, and the protagonist personally cut off the rear.
At this time, the crawling sound of ants in the wall was getting louder and louder, and the Bachie ant defenders were approaching quickly.
The protagonist picked up a large ball of mixture of ant silk and plant fiber, blocked the opening at the back, and then moved away - this obstacle could hinder Bachie ants for a while.
As for the forks in the road during the retreat, the protagonist has no time and no suitable materials to block them one by one. He can only hope that the enemy will pursue them slower.
When the protagonist arrives at the entrance of the nest where miniature leaf-cutter ants were previously located, the two soldiers left behind are resisting the defenders rushing out from inside and covering the retreat of the large army.
These are small worker ants that rush out, not the originally numerous mini ants inside. Although the small worker ants are fierce, the exit is narrow. Two well-trained and well-armed warriors of the God Envoy King hold the opening on the left and right, and the defenders cannot rush out.
When the protagonist was fighting just now, he also discovered that the individual combat effectiveness of these leaf-cutting ants is not as good as that of the pavement ants, and they are not good at fighting. Anyway, it is not the fighting ability of the leaf-cutting ants that the protagonist is interested in.
The protagonist put aside his distracting thoughts, picked up the pieces of wood nearby, and blocked half of the opening. Although there was still a gap that could allow the defenders to squeeze through, there was no problem in delaying it for a while.
The protagonist calls on the remaining warriors to leave quickly, but he still cuts off the rear. At this time, without the need to use tentacles, countless footsteps can be heard coming from all directions. The walls of the wooden passage are like loudspeakers, gathering all the enemy's voices.
Following the way he came, he retreated to the tree outside the nest without any danger. But the danger has not been eliminated. The last protagonist who emerged has heard that the chasing Bachie ants are not far behind.
Tianxian and another team were already guarding outside. The protagonist glanced at them and saw that they were all in good order and had not suffered any losses. They were carrying a bacterial bed and a small amount of strains.
The protagonist motioned for them to follow the large group and quickly return to the ship to prepare for escape.
The protagonist himself wanted to cut off a piece of bark from the nearby tree to block the entrance of the cave to block the approaching pursuers.
The bark of the manchurian ash tree is a large piece of vertically split, tough and difficult to dig out. When the first Bachie ant came out of the hole, the unwilling protagonist had to give up.
He stabbed the Bachie ant's head with a knife. The Bachie ant struggled violently for a while, but it didn't die immediately.
The pursuers behind pushed the dying companion out, and the body fell down and disappeared in the deepening darkness.
The protagonist ran away, with pursuers pouring out from behind. When the protagonist looked back, he saw that there were hundreds of Bachie ant warriors, large and small, following him up the branches, chasing after him, and enemies kept pouring out. .
Bachie ants move faster in trees than big-headed ants, and the big-headed ants also carry trophies and run slower. The protagonist quickly caught up with the troops, but saw that the pursuers were also very close.
The large army is passing through the connection between two trees. It is a few connected leaves and twigs, held together by ant glue and plant fibers - this is not done by the warriors of the God's Envoy King. It has been done before, and it is obviously Ba Leaf-cutter ants work to facilitate their movement.
The large army carefully passed through the shaking joint, and the speed was even slower.
The protagonist had to organize a dozen soldiers who did not carry any trophies to fight back and fight for a while, temporarily repelling the pursuers.
These Bachie ants were indeed vulnerable. They were clearly on a familiar tree and there were many of them, but they were repelled instantly, leaving more than a dozen corpses behind. None of the warriors of the God's Envoy King died, only one of them injured one of his tentacles.
The Bachie ants quickly recovered from the rout and resumed their pursuit.
At this time, the protagonist has led the rear troops to retreat to another tree.
In order to prevent the faster Bach leaf ants from pursuing, the protagonist holds an obsidian jaw knife and struggles to cut the ant glue and leaves that connect the two trees.
