This kind of calling voice, or message, appeared directly in the depths of my mind, with no sense of direction or distance, and it seemed to come from everywhere, and I couldn't figure out its source at all.
This call feels very ethereal, like the tinkling sound of mountain springs in the mist, a foundational text coming out of the dust, or the breeze when the snow melts.
This kind of call was very attractive. In a daze, Zhu Jue felt that his consciousness was rising following the call, penetrating the walls inside the fortress, and almost floating outside to see the bright moon in late spring.
At this time, the look in Zhu Jue's compound eyes changed again. He woke up and shook his head in confusion, as if he had just had a tired dream and could not remember the details.
When he fell asleep again, everything was quiet and everything just now disappeared, as if it had never happened...
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On May 25, two days after the parasitic army arrived on the north bank of Black Creek, it finally launched its first large-scale attack.
Previously, the parasitic army sent out air, ground and water scouts, braving sporadic artillery fire to intercept, and had already explored the nearby terrain.
The parasitic army was well prepared for this offensive.
After sunrise that day, in the continuous campsites on the north bank of Black Creek, countless parasites of all sizes emerged from numerous channels, large and small.
The parasitic ants are well organized and arrange large and small phalanxes according to the ant clan in front of the camp entrance. Parasite beasts, regardless of species, find their own position by finding their way between the ant formations. For a time, the roar, footsteps, and collisions of the insect swarm were extremely noisy, approaching the south bank.
In the sky, as countless parasitic flying insects took off, the insects danced wildly, covering the sky and the sun like a dust storm.
On the water surface, a large number of parasitic water insects that arrived yesterday were stationed in the upper reaches. At this time, the insect swarms were so noisy downstream that they almost cut off the water surface of the river.
Zhu Jue stayed in the safe conference room and received the information package from the front line through the cobblestone telegraph line. This was also the first time he had seen a parasitic army of this size.
Because of the high proportion of parasitic beasts, this parasitic army is even more menacing than the previous Imperial Army of Millions of Pavement Ants.
Warnings have been sent out within the civilized ant coalition. Orders from the joint meeting were quickly transmitted through the cobblestone telegraph lines, and countless coalition troops entered the predetermined defense line.
The ants are all good at fighting. They were not intimidated at this time. They deployed their defenses with good command and fought to the death against these legendary fallen ants that destroyed their tribes and countries!
The flying knights heard the news and took off from the second-line base in the rear. In the sky occupied by parasitic flying insects, they took back a large area of airspace that should belong to the coalition forces.
The air battle was also the prelude to this great war, fierce and chaotic.
Tens of thousands of parasitic flying insects and thousands of flying knights broke out in the sky over Black Creek, perhaps the most massive and brutal air battle in the ant world.
The sky was filled with scenes of flying and fighting. At this time, a cluster of combat flying knights composed of three teams was climbing in a cone-shaped formation to gain altitude.
They originally planned to form a flying geese battle formation, but under the squeeze of parasitic flying insects from all directions, they had no space, so they could only temporarily crowd together and climb up first.
Parasitic wasps that are extremely fast and move sporadically are constantly attacking from the side. Sometimes they are confused in front of the dense flying formation and lose their target. Sometimes the sneak attackers are killed under the counterattack of the flying knights.
But there are constantly flying knights on the edge being caught, killed, or shot down.
The combat flying knights finally climbed to a certain height and began to fly levelly to find the target.
At this time, most of the parasitic flying insects were still flying at low altitudes, braving anti-aircraft fire and going deep into the south bank of the Black Creek, frantically attacking the civilized ant coalition assembled on the ground, or attacking the flying knights flying at low altitudes. Still fighting against the nets of the anti-aircraft positions.
Then, the combat flying knights aimed at a large group of parasitic moths and butterflies gathered together and launched a dive.
These parasitic moths and butterflies are not lethal in themselves. The wings of various colors and patterns are mixed together, and they look very beautiful, as if they should not appear on this cruel battlefield.
However, these parasitic moths and butterflies are flying across the stream carrying a small number of parasitic ants, hoping to land on the south bank. This is the first time the coalition forces have seen the cooperation between parasitic flying insects and ground parasitic ants.
The commander of the Flying Knights made a prompt decision to annihilate this enemy force first.
Except for some parasitic dragonflies, wasps, and nymphs that were close enough to launch a limited counterattack, most of the parasitic flying insects that were scattered in the battle did not deliberately cover the air transport force.
Parasitic moths and butterflies suffered heavy losses due to the rain of fire bombs dropped by the flying knights and the subsequent thrusts from lances. Their beautiful wings were almost all over the water below, and the parasitic ants that fell into the water were also struggling in vain.
This small victory temporarily deterred the parasitic ants from trying to "hitchhike" onto the southern shore.
But in the entire airspace, parasitic flying insects and flying knights are basically equally divided. There were too many parasitic flying insects today. Thousands of casualties in a short period of time did not seem to affect the density of parasitic flying insects in the air.
The losses on the Flying Knights' side were about one-third of the parasitic flying insects. In order to cover the Flying Knights, all anti-aircraft artillery fire has been put into battle, firing ammunition at the fastest speed. Those gravels that were shot into the sky and then fell to the ground without hitting the target caused a sand rain in the sky from time to time.
At the same time, there was a rain of corpses, parasitic flying insects, flying knights and mounts, all of which continued to hit the ground. The injured were still struggling, and the dead no longer needed to worry about this cruel battlefield world.
On the ground, a large number of coalition ants are gathering outside the protective net. The space inside the protective net is not enough for all the defenders who need to enter the defense line to complete the assembly.
Outside the protective net, they must face attacks that may be launched at any time by parasitic flying insects. The impact and flapping of a parasitic dragonfly's wings are enough to temporarily destroy half an army's formation.
The vassal warriors of the black fire ant family, such as ant ants and red forest ants, provide auxiliary anti-aircraft firepower to the warriors exposed outdoors, and formic acid shots are better than nothing.
The Divine Envoy King's Legion also dispatched a small team composed of red forest ants and abdominal ants from the country, spreading out to assist in air defense.
The battle in the air was extremely fierce, and soon there were countless corpses on the ground. The parasitic army on the other side of the Black Creek, as well as the parasitic water bugs in the water, also began to mobilize on a large scale.
As hundreds of parasitic dragon lice crawled ashore from the water, some parasitic ants carried sticks and branches to build a bridge.
The real ground battle is coming!
