The protagonist's pair of compound eyes suddenly flashed with light. If you look carefully, you can see that there is a faint reddish luster in his single eye. It is not obvious in the dark night, but ordinary ants certainly don't have this kind of gaze.
This seems to be the source of the unique night vision ability of the protagonist, the Magic Soldier Ant, and the Magic Worker Ant, which is very similar to the light of an infrared night vision device.
At this time, the protagonist, who regarded the night as day, was filled with surprise when he saw this scene.
In his sight, the black turtle ants that jumped off the branches did not fall straight into the water as he thought.
Instead, these black turtle ants flexibly swung their abdomens and jointed limbs in the air, and the trajectory of their fall changed. One by one, they twisted and landed on the trunk of another nearby tree.
They were not committing suicide, but running away successfully.
Although many black turtle ants did not control their landing points well and gathered a little far away from the rest of the group, none of the black turtle ants fell into the water. Then the black-clothed turtle ants gathered together and made noise, attracting their lone companions.
All this happened in the blink of an eye. In just a few seconds, dozens of black turtle ants had "flyed" or glided to other trees.
The protagonist has never seen such "flying" ants. They obviously deliberately lured the pursuers to this seemingly dangerous branch, and then used their own gliding skills to escape from the danger by pressing on the bottom of the box.
This move is very effective. If the pursuer is chasing on foot and has to go down the tree and then up the tree to pursue again, he will definitely be lost.
Fortunately, the flying knights can fly. The protagonist takes the lead and leads the flying knights, driving the mount to avoid the interference of leaves and continuing the pursuit.
The flying knights followed closely. This time, after the protagonist stopped using weapons, they all just chased and did not launch an attack. The protagonist is very interested in these ants and plans to follow them to their nest.
The turtle ants in black realized from the flapping of bees' wings that they had not escaped from their pursuers as usual, and then they repeated their same trick before climbing up a willow tree and crawling back to their tribe's nest in the tree.
This nest is located on a thick, nearly vertical branched trunk in the upper part of a willow tree. There is a small tree hole that only allows one ant to enter and exit, hidden in the cracks of the bark. It looks ordinary and can be easily ignored.
The turtles and ants in black filed into the tree hole, while the flying knights flew around the outside to maintain pressure.
I saw that the last black turtle ant that got into the hole did not hide deep in the tree hole. Instead, it turned around and pressed its head against the hole. Its thick and wide shield-shaped head almost sealed the hole tightly - this It is a door-blocking method unique to the turtle and ant clan.
The protagonist understands clearly that with the black turtle ants blocking the door, even if there are many ants outside, it will be difficult for them to break in.
The opening of the tree hole is so big that it is impossible to squeeze through the remaining gap. Moreover, the trees are strong and it is unrealistic to expand the hole in a short time.
It is also difficult to kill the black turtle ants blocking the door face to face. The carapace on their heads is obviously very thick and strong. The ants' jaws cannot break the defense. Perhaps even the iron jaw knives equipped by the warriors of the God's Envoy King cannot bite them. open.
No wonder they are called turtle ants!
The only way seemed to be to wrestle with the turtle ants in black blocking the door and push it open. Not to mention whether the black turtle ants can push it away with their size and strength, even if they get into the hole, there will be other black turtle ants inside blocking other intersections. It's really difficult to attack by force.
There are ways to deal with the God Envoy King's army. They can use fire attacks and explosions to break through the defenses. The flying knights have prepared fire bombs and slings, but the protagonist did not give an order.
He lowered his height and took a closer look at the cave entrance, thinking about it in his mind.
As if aware of the protagonist's approach, some thin yellow-green gas emerged from the cracks at the entrance of the cave, and then a stench climbed up the protagonist's tentacles. Both the protagonist and his mount "Ah Huang" could not bear the stench and hurriedly flew away to avoid it.
These black turtle ants seem to have a lot of special skills. They can travel at night and "fly". They also have door-blocking tactics and foul-smelling secretions. Any ant clan who wants to deal with them will feel like "mosquitoes bite beetles - there is no way to bite them." "Bar…
The protagonist watched from a distance for a while, then took the flying knights back to the campsite just now, met up with the giant dragonfly who stayed behind, set up the night watch, and everyone continued to rest.
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The next day, the protagonist returned to the country with his guards and followers, arrived at [Pioneer City], and then transferred to the main nest [Xinyang City].
The next day, representatives of various ethnic groups summoned by the protagonist held a meeting in the main nest [Xinyang City].
At the meeting, the protagonist instructed a representative of the Military Staff Office to report on this reconnaissance operation to the lower reaches of the Qinghe River, saying that the plan to expand significantly downstream was no longer feasible and the original plan was terminated.
The small number of colonization teams that have been organized and the six legions that are ready for mobilization maintain the status quo. The protagonist King of the Gods proposes to carry out small-scale development in the swamp area and the highlands of the lower reaches of the Qinghe River. These troops and the colonization team are responsible for implementation.
The proposal was immediately adopted.
Representatives of all ethnic groups are also very concerned about where the Ant Alliance will turn in its expansion direction after giving up large-scale development of the lower reaches of the Qinghe River.
Most ants are aggressive by nature, and they desire constant expansion and development from their genes. In the past, ants relied on marriage and flying to expand their genes to all parts of the world, but today's powerful ant empires rely on military conquest to expand.
Although the Ant Alliance is still a new force, its strength is already impressive. The current 10 square kilometers of land on both sides of the Qinghe River can no longer accommodate the ignited ambitions of representatives of all ethnic groups.
The protagonist has not thought about this issue. He said that it needs to be jointly studied by the Ministry of Military Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and other departments. This issue will not be discussed at this meeting.
In fact, the protagonist already has a goal in mind, but he hasn't thought it through yet, and there are many consequences that need to be considered, making it difficult for him to make up his mind for a while...
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That night, in the not-so-spacious internal conference room of the Divine Envoy King's palace, more than a dozen ants including the protagonist, Spade Elephant, Centipede Python, Xiaohua, Gun II, and Rambo Fei II were gathering here. Some of them were A high-ranking male ant, or a magical worker ant, a magical soldier ant that the protagonist values, or a rising star in the Divine Envoy King's legion.
These ants are the nobles who can truly decide the national policy of the ant alliance. As for the United Nations Conference, it is just a symbolic institution in the protagonist's mind.
He was supposed to come to the meeting today with Jianiu's qualifications, but he is not in good health now, and Ant's poor medical level can't give him any help, so it has been delayed for a month. The protagonist went to visit yesterday. It seems that the time of the armored cow is running out...
The only three male ants who followed the protagonist from their homeland may soon be down to two, which makes the protagonist a little sad...
