The moment the bridge was overturned, King "Black Coal" who was not far away was standing on a high place and could see clearly.
He immediately sensed something was wrong, and dozens of messengers set out immediately to convey anxious instructions to repair the bridge quickly.
The enemy is expected to be lenient. King "Black Coal" does not think that these parasitic flying insects appear alone. There must be dangers on the other side of the Black River. The fallen ants may want to eat the more than 20,000 warriors who have just crossed the stream. They are in the midst of a dangerous situation. A very dangerous situation.
The danger on the other side has not yet appeared, but a few parasitic wasps are eyeing the "Black Coal" King. The scene where the soldiers were ordered to disperse just now was too obvious.
Some parasitic wasps were hovering above the head of the "black coal" king, "buzzing" and issuing death threats. King "Black Coal" did not flinch, and the guards around him clung to him for fear of something unexpected happening.
Several groups of ants and red fire ant warriors belonging to the commander's guards had already approached, sticking out their bellies and facing the sky.
The parasitic wasps swooped down several times, and each time they were hit with a hail of formic acid, successfully driving them back.
Parasitic wasps fly dexterously, and most of them were not injured by formic acid. Instead, some ants on the ground were accidentally doused with formic acid, which was inevitable.
These ants immediately rolled on the soil and wiped off the formic acid on their bodies. Generally, they were fine. The few who were unfortunate enough to have their compound eyes and antennae were seriously injured and hurriedly left the area.
Ants on the ground are relatively passive in the face of air attacks, but with their numbers here, a few parasitic wasps have no chance to take advantage of them and fly away.
Above the stream, there are still a large number of parasitic flying insects attacking the black fire ant army soldiers who are trying to repair the bridge.
Many ants from the black fire ant army are trying to fish out the fallen bridge boards from the shallow water, or push the newly tied bridges up to build new bridges.
The parasitic flying insects are deliberately obstructing this process, making King "Black Coal" even more convinced that the fallen ants on the other side have a conspiracy.
A large number of client ants with the ability to shoot into the air were sent up, using dense formic acid shots to block the dive of the parasitic flying insects, and many smaller parasitic flying insects were contained.
There are only some large parasitic dragonflies and migratory locusts that use their carapace to charge forward and repeatedly hit the bridge, or they grab the bridge, lift it up and throw it away. This is the biggest threat to the bridge.
The ants fought desperately with the parasitic flying insects. A large number of ants clung to the bridge boards with their big jaws at two sections of the bridge, and clung to the slippery rocks with their six limbs. Some warriors opened their jaws on the bridge, trying to take a bite when the parasitic flying insects attacked, even if they were knocked into the water the next second.
More ants are rushing to repair the bridge, making the attacks of the parasitic speeders useless.
Under the full protection of the black fire ant army, several bridges were not destroyed. A large number of ant warriors took the opportunity to reinforce the west bank during each air raid.
At this time, the enemy troops on the west bank that King "Black Coal" was worried about finally appeared, and a large number of parasitic dung beetles arrived at the shore carrying thousands of parasitic ants on their backs.
After seeing the black fire ant army waiting on the shore, and ant warriors continuing to arrive on the black stream, the brain behind the parasitic ants on the opposite side understood - the parasitic flying insects in the air obviously failed to prevent them from crossing the river as planned.
The brain that controlled this group of parasitic dung beetles and ants hesitated for a moment. Soon, the parasitic ants climbed off the oily brown back wings of the parasitic dung beetles and went down to the ground to launch an attack.
This attack was tentative. When the black fire ant army resisted fiercely, the parasitic ants did not take advantage. The parasitic dung beetles, which are very fast but lack the attack ability, cannot break through the formation and can only wander outside the formation. The few wandering parasitic hyphae do not pose much of a threat.
Under the command of the parasitic brain behind the scenes, these parasitic ants did not hesitate to fight, and quickly withdrew from the battlefield, climbed onto the back of the parasitic dung beetle, and disappeared into the grass on the shore as quickly as they came.
Seeing this, the parasitic flying insects in the air began to retreat. The black fire ant army did not pursue the parasitic dung beetles rashly, but continued to stabilize their positions and bridges.
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In the afternoon, the entire black fire ant army crossed the Black Creek and camped in a dry area three meters away from the creek.
Beside the bridge, some harvester ant and burrowing ant slaves began to build ant mounds on the rocks. This was the order of King Black Coal. He planned to leave 18 legions of troops to guard this transportation artery to avoid being cut off from the mainland. connect.
Not only is he building bridgeheads on both sides of the Black Creek, he also plans to include all the bridge decks in the ant concrete structure to create the appearance of a covered bridge, so that there is no need to worry about damage from parasitic flying insects. This is inspired by the tree-building style of leafcutter ants and hairy forest ants.
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When the black fire ant army crossed the Black Creek, the parasitic ants finally responded.
The parasitic army that has just arrived on this land from its mother nest, even if it is constantly replenished along the way, has been seriously reduced due to the continuous battles and climate. They are actually in a relatively weak stage now, and they still need time and purified ants to restore their strength. .
Therefore, after defeating the defenders of the western border of the Black Fire Ant Country, they did not rush to directly attack the hinterland of the Black Fire Ant Country because there was a large amount of dry wasteland on the west bank of the Black Creek. Instead, they sent troops to expand in other suitable directions.
The Black Fire Ant Nation thought that the main force of the parasitic army was still in the Western Territory, but in fact, there were not many troops left in the Western Territory, only some troops under the direct jurisdiction of the "Parasite Roll".
In addition to investing in the attack on the northern and southern borders of the Black Fire Ant Country, most of the troops also dispersed and launched attacks on thousands of indigenous tribes outside the Black Fire Ant Country.
The strength of these indigenous tribes is scattered, but the area they control is very large, and the ant colonies add up to a large number. Once a large number of ant colonies are purified, they will greatly make up for the losses of the parasitic army.
The active counterattack of the black fire ant army was also quite unexpected by "Parasite Roll". On the way out of the mother nest, countless ants had stubbornly resisted purification, but few dared to directly fight back against the parasitic army.
On the contrary, the changeable weather, low temperatures in winter, and floods in summer caused more losses to the parasitic army.
This time, an evolved brain has been lost in the north, which made the other brains very angry. Now the enemy dared to come and kill them, making the "Parasite Roll" guarding here even more angry.
Anger, this is one of the few emotions it still retains after purification and evolution!
Under the order of "Parasite Roll", some troops closer to Black Creek went to intercept, and a flying insect commanded by the brain also went to contain them, but they were out of strength and all failed.
"Parasite Roll" immediately ordered the direct parasitic army remaining in the Western Region to assemble. Many parasitic brains who were relatively close also received instructions and led their troops to move closer to the "Parasite Roll" department.
Once assembled, the parasitic army will number 500,000 people, and they will challenge the local overlord black fire ant army head-on!
