The leaf-cutting ants' fear of parasitic organisms was not so strong just half a year ago.
When parasitic organisms invaded the black fire ant country on a large scale, the leaf-cutting ant family was somewhat gloating about the misfortune. After all, before the ant alliance, the black fire ant country was the most disrespectful ally to the leaf-cutter ant country, the "guardian of the sacred tree."
The leaf-cutter ant nation was happy to see the black fire ant nation suffer, but they still had the consciousness of being the "guardians of the sacred tree" in the region. When the Civilized Ant Tribe Conference decided that it was necessary to unite the power of all civilized ant tribes to fight back against the fallen ants, the leaf-cutting ants The country agreed and provided a lot of support to the coalition forces.
And after sending a large army on an expedition and providing a large amount of materials to support the Black Creek front line, the intelligence that was constantly sent back made the attitude of the leaf-cutter ants toward parasitic organisms gradually change from indifference to attention, and from attention to fear, and they are constantly changing!
In the months-long battle, in several head-to-head battles of blood and fire, the huge number of parasitic organisms, their fearlessness of death, as well as those strange creatures and tactics made the leaf-cutter ant army on the front line... The commander's eyes widened and he gradually became frightened.
The leafcutter ant army's combat effectiveness already has shortcomings, and the battles on the Black Creek front are mostly ground battles that the leafcutter ant soldiers are not good at. In several battles, the leaf-cutting ant army in front was often wiped out in a short time, and the proportion of battle losses ranked first among all tribes.
The battle damage would at most make the top leaders of the Leafcutter Ant Nation dissatisfied, but what would happen next would make them fearful and terrified.
Those leaf-cutting ant soldiers who were lucky enough to survive the battlefield were likely to have been infected by parasitic bacteria. Although they may not be unable to survive under fire therapy, the death rate due to infection and treatment has always been high.
It may be related to the racial physiology of leaf-cutting ants. They are the ant group with the highest mortality rate after being infected and treated.
Ants are not afraid of dying on the battlefield, but after the war, the ants that seemed to be "alive and alive" died under fire therapy after being diagnosed. In particular, some of the death methods are very miserable. They often die from the hyphae that have grown to a certain extent and break out of the body under the heat, leaving the body devastated and terrifying.
This situation has greatly affected the frontline leaf-cutter ant queens and female ant commanders. Such sentiments were transmitted back to the country, causing the queen ant conference and the female ant conference to panic.
In particular, when the parasite even lurked into the Black Creek defense line and suddenly attacked, a female leafcutter ant also became a victim. She was parasitized by parasitic ants that suddenly rebelled. She was found after the war and died during treatment. Her death was extremely painful, violent and horrific.
According to the practice of the leaf-cutter ant clan, the corpses of the worker ants can be disposed of on site, but the corpses of the queen and female ants have to be transported back to [Holy Tree City] to rest in peace.
The corpse of the completely disinfected female ant was carried back to the country by the star beetle, and then gave a huge shock to the queen ant and the female ants who came to pay their respects.
Moreover, the ant queen left an information package full of fear before she died. The ant that was an ally one second suddenly bites itself ferociously the next, causing countless hyphae to burrow painfully into the body, followed by extremely painful treatment and death. These situations and emotions are all recorded truthfully, making all recipients feel the same and be afraid!
Almost from then on, leafcutter ant queens and female ants changed their mood when they talked about parasitic fungi. They were very afraid of this elusive creature that could take away their lives inexplicably.
Although there is still an army of leafcutter ants fighting on the front line, the leafcutter ant nation is no longer willing to provide troops and supplies for the war, and is eager to hide behind other ant tribes. This may be a factor.
The queen ant conference in the leafcutter ant country even secretly reached a resolution, and informed the frontline commanders and gained a tacit understanding - after the war, the ant warriors who participated in the war were not allowed to return home, to avoid hiding infected people.
Queen ants and female ants can return, but the queen ant conference also requires them to stay away from the front lines to avoid being infected.
Therefore, when these leaf-cutter ant executives, who became distraught at the smell of parasites, suddenly discovered that there were thousands of parasites lurking in their territory, and there may even be more, the feeling of collapse is self-evident. .
The queen ant conference and the female ant conference heatedly discussed this matter. It was the consensus of both conferences that these parasites must be eliminated as soon as possible. They were afraid that if they were not strictly controlled, the parasites would soon threaten the main nest [Holy Tree City].
The leaf-cutting ant army is also powerful enough to eliminate the budding parasite tides that have not yet caused a serious problem. They can easily mobilize an army of one million domestically, and can easily pull out more than 100,000 worker ants near the epidemic area. At present, most parasitic organisms appear sporadically and are not organized!
However, everything is ready, but no queen or female ant is willing to go out to fight...
Perhaps facing enemy ants as powerful as fire ants or pavement ants that can be measured with common sense, such a lack of commanders will not arise. But now the parasitic creatures have been consciously demonized in [Holy Tree City], as if just getting closer to them will cause them to be infected and killed without anyone noticing. Then no senior commander would be willing to direct this military operation.
As a last resort, the leaf-cutter ant kingdom can only order some nearby nests to organize their own troops to encircle and suppress them. The queens and female ants in these remote places are not well-informed and have not been frightened by the latest news. They have not been able to mobilize.
However, this is only a temporary measure. When an entire infected nest is discovered, the Queen Ant Assembly and the Female Ant Assembly no longer trust the ants in the local nest:
If there is one, there are two. Who knows if there are infected people in these nests responsible for encirclement and suppression? Even the queen ants and female ants responsible for the operation may not be infected! Even if they are not infected now, they are on the front line and there is no guarantee that they will be infected at any time!
Not daring to send commanders and reinforcements from the main nest, but also distrusting the local commanders and troops, the top leaders of the Leafcutter Ant Nation were in a dilemma.
In the end, they chose to send envoys to the Black Creek front line, hoping to transfer the leaf-cutting ant army back to the front line, so that these troops, who had originally planned to give up, could quell the disaster in the country.
At the same time, the Leafcutter Ant Nation hopes that the Civilized Ant Alliance can lend a helping hand and send experienced allied commanders to direct this operation.
The leafcutter ant nation has even prepared to draw a piece of land as an isolation zone, with some natural terrain as a barrier. Outside this range, the leafcutter ant nation will organize military patrols to prevent the invasion of all parasitic organisms.
Within the scope, the civilized ant alliance will be allowed to go their own way until the parasites are completely eliminated. At that time, all the allies within this scope will be sent out, and the domestic ants will be abandoned to avoid future troubles forever!
For this reason, the Leafcutter Ant Nation is even willing to immediately deliver the previously owed food and supplies to the Civilized Ant Alliance.
A few days ago, Zhu Jue would have definitely agreed. But now, Zhu Jue and the civilized ant tribe are facing a new problem: in the nests of the Black Creek Defense Line, the ant mite epidemic has been spreading at a rapid rate in recent days!
