This rain has both the slenderness of spring rain and the majesty of summer rain. The water from the sky pours down, like the great flood of creation. It accumulates for several days. The waves sweep across the earth world, and the low-lying areas are already covered with water. There is a vast expanse of land, and even the high places are extremely damp.
At this time, countless ant races were forced to put aside their disputes and face the power of nature together. They were either shivering, struggling tenaciously, crying out loud, or struggling to survive in this heavy rain that should not belong to this season.
In front of Tianwei, even intelligent life appears to be extremely weak at this time.
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On the south bank of Qinghe River, [Tianhuang City].
Zhu Jue stood on the high ant mound and looked at the construction site of the south bank canal in the north of the city that had been partially connected but had not yet been connected to water.
The canal has been forced to open to water, and the waves on this section of the river are rough. The raindrops splash on the water like continuous rain bubbles, like boiling soup pots.
All the ants in the city have retreated into their nests. The ants in the ant mounds on the ground are okay. The nests can be kept warm and dry. However, there are many water seepages in the underground nests. The worker ants who are rescuing materials and young ants are like mud monkeys inside. shuttle.
As a last resort, the ants took the initiative to move some ants and materials that were afraid of moisture and fragile into the ant mound, making the ant mound overcrowded. This was better than being soaked in mud and water underground.
Zhu Jue originally came to South Bank to inspect the new weapons of the Scientific Research Department, but he was stopped at South Bank by the rain. He was unable to return to [Xinyang City] and could not do many tasks. He was in a daze facing the rain outside the cave entrance.
He knew that [Xinyang City] was like a microcosm of the Ant Alliance at this time, and every nest was fighting against this untimely and extremely violent flood.
Nests with ant mounds are not foolproof. Ant concrete will crack and dissolve under long-term erosion and soaking, requiring constant repairs. The drainage system of the underground nest is also unable to cope with such rain, and water will definitely enter and cause damage.
Some nests in lower-lying areas are expected to be in bad luck if they encounter this kind of spring flood that never happens in a century. Fortunately, there are not many such nests. They are usually in remote and barren places with few ant colonies.
I hope that after the rainy season, the Ant Alliance can retain a little more strength!
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This spring flood is not only a disaster for the ant alliance, all ants are treated equally in front of nature.
In the southern border of the Black Fire Ant Country, after the West Route Army and the South Route Army of the Black Fire Ant Army merged, they were forced to move to high areas in the wasteland. They endured hunger among the rocks and built temporary shelters in order to survive the rain. .
It is difficult to find soil between the cracks in the rocks, so only a few independent nest chambers can be built to provide a little warmth for the freezing male ants. Other ants can only huddle together in the cracks of rocks to reduce heat loss and suffer in the cold rain.
Once the wind direction changes, sometimes rain and cold wind pour in from the entrance of the stone crevices, making the originally dry stone crevices quickly become wet. At this time, there are always frozen ants falling into the mud at the bottom, making it difficult to get up again.
Along with the cold rain comes hunger. The troops under King "Black Coal" did not have much rations, and the Southern Route Army did not have much rations. Within a few days, the soldiers were forced to feed on their comrades who had frozen to death. If they don't eat food, the ants will be even less able to withstand the bad weather.
Another black fire ant army, the Northern Route Army commanded by "Flying Eagle", would like to thank the sudden early rainy season.
The parasitic army that besieged [Hawthorn Tree City] had been forced to evacuate. Although the defenders in the city did not have much supplies, they could still last ten days and a half. The tree nest was relatively dry, warm, flood-proof, and less affected by rain.
This allowed "Flying Eagle", who was already in dire straits, to survive. He and his subordinates firmly believed that "Flying Eagle" was an envoy king blessed by the gods, and cheered for this timely rain!
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The opponents of the black fire ant army, the invading parasites, also have a difficult time.
This heavy rain is too cold, even for parasitic bacteria that love moisture. Parasitic ants, like ordinary ants, shrink and suffer in various nests they occupy.
Many occupied nests have been damaged by war, and drainage and other facilities are blocked. The condition of these nests is often not as good as ordinary nests of various tribes, and more energy is required to repair and maintain.
Most of the parasitic beasts cannot enter the underground ant nests. They hide in stone crevices, tree holes, the backs of leaves, etc. in the same way as ordinary insects do to avoid rain. Such an environment is worse than a nest with water seeping underground. Many insects are unable to carry it through. Their bodies fall and are swept away by the water flow, rejoining the ecological cycle of nature.
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The leafcutter ants initially watched the rain with indifference. Living in tree nests, they were not afraid of floods and suffered little damage.
Some other arboreal species, such as the red forest ants, the bell ants, and the corn hairy ants scattered all over the country, also thought the same way at first.
Some indigenous tree-dwelling ant tribes are even secretly planning to take the opportunity to cause trouble to their old enemy, the ground-dwelling ant tribe, after the heavy rain stops, and eliminate or plunder them. This is a common routine after the rainy season every year.
However, with days of rain that barely stopped for a moment, the arboreal ants were unable to forage and encountered difficulties.
The leaf-cutter ants, the guardians of the sacred tree, rely almost entirely on the fungus cultivation industry for their food supply. Due to the heavy rains in recent days, they were unable to collect leaves, and the fungus gardens that lacked culture media began to die in large areas.
The leaf-cutting ants had to temporarily replace the leaf culture medium with chewed soft wood materials and feces to try to maintain the survival of part of the bacterial garden. At the same time, the whole family began to tighten their stomachs and live frugally.
The powerful civilized ant tribe still lacks food after the beginning of spring, let alone the indigenous tribes who struggle to survive on weekdays. Famine spread rapidly across the region like heavy rain…
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The Pavement Ant Empire had no shortage of food and grass, but the heavy rain made its "three kings" and "six kings" extremely angry.
Last winter, even though there were troops capable of outdoor activities in winter, the Pavement Ant Empire Army gradually fell into a disadvantage in the war with the Demon Ant Destroyer.
Since the beginning of spring, the northern Alfalfa Hills have been completely occupied, but the Pavement Ant Imperial Army has taken the opportunity to shorten the supply line, assembled an army of more than 2 million, and is planning a counterattack.
In a large-scale battle that just ended, the 2 million Pavement Ant Empire troops used almost perfect tactics to surround 300,000 Destroyers in a familiar and advantageous terrain, and also eliminated more than 100,000 Destroyers.
The Destroyers who invaded the Pavement Ant Empire early on were almost wiped out in one fell swoop, and were about to be wiped out by the continuous offensive.
However, a heavy rain ruined the plan of encirclement and annihilation of the Pavement Ant Empire Army, and they had no choice but to rescue themselves from the rain. The Destroyers seemed to be much less afraid of rain. They paid a certain price and quickly evacuated to the north in the rain before the ground torrents became rampant.
