Ant mites like moist and decaying environments, and the Black Creek Defense Line is right next to a stream with a high water table, which meets this condition.
Before and after the flood season, ant mites have already appeared inside several fortress groups with the rain. They may have been brought by some civilized ant armies.
These nasty little bugs exist in almost every ant tribe. They are so stubborn that they are difficult to eradicate and can only be suppressed. Then, the ant mites will arrive at new places together with the migration of ants. Once the conditions are suitable, they will explode quickly!
Before the last battle, the ant mite epidemic in the Black Creek Defense Line was already quite serious. The Ant United Nation and the Black Fire Ant Nation each used a large amount of domestically produced mite repellents to barely control it.
However, the good times did not last long. After the parasites were withdrawn, the frequency of outings of the civilized ant coalition decreased. A large number of ants gathered underground for a long time. The density of ant colonies in the nest was very high, and the temperature and humidity conditions were suitable, which led to a large-scale infestation of ant mites. The outbreak provides an excellent breeding ground.
In the past few days, almost all the important information Zhu Jue received every day was about ants and mites. There are more and more ants infected with ant mites, and the nests infected by ant mites are spreading more and more, almost to almost all campsites.
Even when Zhu Jue was resting in his temporary palace yesterday, his sharp eyes suddenly discovered that ant mites appeared on the body of the guards who were taking care of him!
After finally controlling these magic soldier ants, which had a certain sense of ant mites, to eliminate the parasites on their own, Zhu Jue had to think about countermeasures.
Just like parasitic fungi, ordinary worker ants tend to ignore the existence of ant mites, and must be led by a commander to eliminate ant mites.
How can we eradicate these rampant creatures?
Nowadays, a lot of the mite repellent chemicals stocked on the front line have been consumed long ago. The Ant United States is far away from the front line. New chemicals are on the way, but it will take a few days to be delivered.
The black fire ant country has fewer more effective anti-mite pesticides. After losing a large amount of territory, it is now difficult for the black fire ant country to obtain the spices and physalis plants needed to prepare the pesticides, and the production of pharmaceuticals has dropped significantly.
Faced with the threat of ant mites, Zhu Jue had no choice but to order the troops of the civilized ant tribe alliance to gradually evacuate the fortress groups with serious mite infestations from the next day, spread out to find relatively dry highlands to build nests, and then use only Some pesticides are combined with the native methods of ant workers to eliminate mites, trying to control the spread of mites first.
When the Leafcutter Ant Nation asked for reinforcements at this time, Zhu Jue had no energy to take care of them for the time being. What's more, in Zhu Jue's view, the Leafcutter Ant Nation is fully capable of dealing with this small threat on its own.
Recently, the flying knights of the Divine Envoy King's Legion also conducted reconnaissance on the other side of the Qinghe River with the permission of the Leaf-Cutter Ant Nation. Based on the intelligence, Zhu Jue felt that the parasites in the territory of the leafcutter ant country had not spread and were far from critical. They just needed to be strictly guarded and the actual threat was not great for the time being.
At this time, the "madman" of the thief ant clan came to Zhu Jue. Rumors had spread that the leaf-cutter ant country was threatened by parasitic organisms. The "madman" expressed that his clan was willing to go to the territory of the leaf-cutter ant country to help in the war.
Zhu Jue knew that the commander of the allied forces who came from afar was a militant. After receiving the giant locust weapons and equipment provided by the Ant Alliance, he became addicted to fighting and wanted to fight every day.
In the battle with the parasitic organisms, the parasitic flying insects had little ability to challenge the air supremacy of the civilized ant coalition in the later stage, which made the "madman" not happy!
Now that the parasitic army has retreated, the "madman" is not satisfied with killing enough. This time I heard that a new parasite epidemic was discovered in the leaf-cutter ant country, and there may be a battle, so I couldn't hold it back!
Zhu Jue immediately agreed. The Leafcutter Ant Nation had already begun to replenish the supplies it owed, and the Civilized Ant Alliance also needed to show some respect.
In addition to agreeing to transfer back the troops originally belonging to the leaf-cutter ant country, since the "madman" is willing to help in the war, let him lead the war beast army of the thieves ants.
It just so happens that the giant locusts of the thief ant family have good air control capabilities and long battery life. They can use air control to control water and cut off parasitic organisms from the source to float across the river. This is more effective than sending flying knights with insufficient endurance all the way to control the air.
After Zhu Jue thought about it, he sent a messenger to ask the two supporting armies of the Stone Desert Archback Ant Empire and the Bullet Ant Mother Clan in the rear if they were willing to go together to support the Leaf Cutter Ant Nation.
The reinforcements from these two tribes arrived in the area a long time ago and consumed a lot of supplies provided by the local civilized ant tribe. However, they were not used at all in the war and were still "recharging their strength" at the rear.
Now that the parasitic army has retreated, Zhu Jue even feels that based on his relationship with "Gun", maybe this war will not continue. The parasitic creature's behavior of rashly cutting the leaves of the ant country may still be a misunderstanding, or not for Controlled by "roll".
As long as he can reach an agreement with "Gun" and work together to deal with the Destroyer in the future, Zhu Jue doesn't mind letting parasites control the homeland of the Black Fire Ant Country on the north bank of the Black Creek, let alone sacrificing the interests of the Black Fire Ant Country, which is already somewhat difficult to deal with.
Therefore, the war with parasitic organisms may not resume in the future, which makes Zhu Jue feel a little resentful towards the idle Stone Desert Ant Empire and Bullet Ant Mother Clan for supporting them in vain.
In this case, you should go to the Leafcutter Ant Nation and do your part. If you cause trouble, the Leafcutter Ant Nation will have to wipe your ass!
When the "madman" organized his own warriors with extremely high efficiency, he drove giant locusts and other war beasts to fly to the leaf-cutting ant country on his own.
The expeditionary army of the leaf-cutting ants, commanded by the leaf-cutting ant queen and female ants, has also moved southeast along the land route. They will pass through the territory of the Black Fire Ant Country and the Ant Alliance Country, then reach the north shore via the pontoon bridge in the [Hardware City] section, and then return to the Leafcutter Ant Country.
Zhu Jue has prioritized the use of limited mite repellent agents for this unit to prevent ant mites from spreading to the hinterlands of various countries along their marching route.
As for the messengers sent to the Stone Desert Campoback Ant Empire and the Bullet Ant Mother Colony, the former quickly brought a reply. The Stone Desert Campoback Ant Empire stated that it had accumulated a certain amount of troops and also received a set of "Japanese weapons" flown from its country. Divine Artifact" and is willing to go on an expedition to join the war.
But the messenger who went to the bullet ant mother clan has not returned yet, and there is no news at all.
Zhu Jue didn't take it seriously at first. Maybe he was delayed on the road, or in the worst case scenario, he encountered a fierce insect or a natural disaster and died on the road. He just sent a messenger to contact them. Unlike in the Ant Alliance, important communications were carried out separately by the three ants to ensure that they were conveyed in place.
Zhu Jue sent another flying knight messenger, but he still didn't get a reply that day, and the messenger didn't even come back until the next day!
This made Zhu Jue feel that something was wrong!
