Thanks to the shelter of the reef and its location relatively far away from the fortress, the artillery threat from the Angel King's Legion was greatly reduced. The pontoon bridge composed of floating objects and themselves built by parasitic ants is getting closer to the land on the south bank and is still widening.
This caused the parasites gathered on the north shore to fall into an uncontrollable mania. Yesterday's frustrating battle made the parasitic brain behind the scenes very anxious. Now that it can finally sting the enemy ants, its fanatical and bellicose mood has long been passed on to the ordinary parasitic life forms under its control.
The parasitic corn ants were swaying back and forth in groups at a high frequency, and occasionally touching their heads with their fellow ants around them. This was their pre-war ritual, the same as their habit before they were parasitized.
The entire colony of parasitic corn hair ants exudes a strong pheromone smell that represents combat - they will be the vanguard of the parasitic army and will be the first to attack after the pontoon bridge is built!
Other parasitic ant groups also formed a group and gathered at the back to serve as second-line troops, preparing to follow the vanguard to expand the results.
Due to their size and weight, the parasite beasts are unable to pass through this simple pontoon floating on the water, so they are waiting in the rear and will not participate in the attack for the time being.
On the south bank, the artillery unit of the Divine Envoy Corps is still moving to the temporary field artillery position. A few lightweight millet cannons have been deployed first and have begun firing. However, the firepower is better than nothing for the big goal of destroying the bridge.
A blocking force composed of civilized ant tribes allied forces was already in place, and some stragglers composed of ants capable of long-range attacks came forward and dispersed onto the muddy land on the bank of the stream, preparing to take the lead in engaging the enemy.
These tidal flats are not suitable for large armies and can easily get trapped by mud and obstacles, but skirmishers composed of nimble individual ants can still move freely.
If the parasitic ants want to attack the shore through the pontoon bridge, they must first overcome this muddy terrain. The defenders' forward skirmishers will take the opportunity to delay and kill them.
Seeing that the parasitic ants building the pontoon bridge had entered the shooting range, in the skirmish line, the warriors of the Angel King of the Ant Alliance began to fire slings and fire bomb slings, and the slave ant slave warriors of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom occupied some high places and fired formic acid. The acid mist sprays of bombs and burrowing ant slave warriors are too close to be used. In addition, there are a few other ants that can attack from a distance and join the shooting queue.
Such long-range attacks only slowed down the extension of the pontoon a little. The parasites rushed into the water regardless of casualties, and used the transported building materials and even their own corpses to form part of the pontoon!
When the tentacles of the first parasitic ant came into contact with a grass tip above the water on the south bank, it immediately bit it tightly and acted as a hook for the pontoon to dock.
Soon, the colony of parasitic corn ants in the rear was alerted by the news. Tens of thousands of parasitic corn ants formed a long queue and stepped onto the pontoon to kill towards the south.
So many ants stepped onto the pontoon bridge, causing the pontoon bridge that was originally only undulating slowly to rise and fall violently. Some ants on the edge were thrown into the water and immediately bit the objects around them tightly. Instead of trying to climb up, they turned themselves into Widen the building materials of the pontoon to allow other ants to trample across.
The artillery and long-range firepower of the Divine Envoy Army began to attack the approaching parasitic ants, but could not stop the rapid approach of these crazy creatures who were not afraid of death.
The first batch of parasitic ants approached the south bank, reached the end of the pontoon, and jumped off immediately.
This is a tidal flat, with streams lapping over it from time to time, immediately sweeping away dozens of parasitic corn ants. Other ants soon found themselves trapped in puddles and mud that reached the base of their antennae.
These leading parasitic corn ants struggled for a while and were soon forced to give up. Under the constant trampling of their kin who arrived from behind, their corpses became pedals, forcibly using up the lives of thousands of parasitic corn ants. A smooth road has been paved.
The parasitic corn ants finally broke through the shallows and stepped onto the relatively dry shore. The skirmishers of the civilized ant alliance began to retreat, chasing the crazy parasitic ants behind them.
Some of the burrowing ant warriors at the back began to spray acid mist frantically to stop the enemy. A large amount of acid gushes out from the glands near their anus and liquefies into mist through the narrow slit of the exit. There is so much acid, and the range is so close. It is enveloped by both itself and nearby enemy ants. It is a lose-lose weapon. No wonder the burrowing ants rarely spray formic acid unless absolutely necessary.
After spraying formic acid, the fast-moving burrowing ants also began to retreat, but some were too late to leave the battlefield.
A parasitic corn ant that was corroded beyond recognition rushed out of the acid mist. The parasites on its body had just retracted into its body and were not harmed. Regardless of the host being seriously injured and its two compound eyes were almost blind, it still moved it. go ahead.
This parasitic corn ant used its tentacles to touch the burrowing ant warrior that had just injured itself. The burrowing ant warrior sprayed for a longer time, which also delayed his own life.
I saw the parasitic corn ant approaching, opening its ugly and ferocious jaws, and biting down hard. Without visual aid, it failed to bite the opponent's neck or other weak spots, but instead bit one side of the burrowing ant's jaws. This parasitic corn ant still bites hard, and the two creatures are wrestling like a tug-of-war.
At this time, the parasitic bacteria noticed the new target nearby, began to break away from the badly injured host, and approached the target. The burrowing ants seemed not to be seen, still trying to regain their jaws so they could retreat.
Soon after, the parasitic corn ant suddenly used all six limbs and its mandibles to pull out half of the burrowing ant's mandible with a "snap". The bloody burrowing ants writhed in pain, as if a human tooth had been broken in half by a hammer at once.
This one, a burrowing ant next to it approached, originally seemed to want to rescue its companions. Seeing this scene, she hesitated for a moment, then aimed it here and sprayed acid mist frantically.
The acid mist shrouded both the parasitic corn ants and the burrowing ants. The parasitic corn ant, which was already seriously injured, collapsed, and the burrowing ant also inhaled a large amount of acid and collapsed, freed from extreme pain.
The parasitic hyphae that were ready to fish in troubled waters were also affected. Without the protection of the host's flesh, their fragile bodies quickly fell apart in the acid mist.
Such brutal battles continued to take place on the beachhead. Most of the skirmishers of the Civilized Ant Alliance returned to their own formation, and a few were damaged on the beachhead.
At this time, the main force of the parasitic corn ants was like the tide of the Black Creek, forming a team to attack the coalition positions. Behind them, more and more parasitic ants are passing through the pontoon!
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