Western leafcutter ant country.
Faced with the spread of parasitic bacteria, the country's main hive [Holy Tree City] was panicked and did nothing. It only ordered the local deputy hives to do their best to extinguish it.
However, the strength of each sub-nest is scattered, they fight independently, and they lack experience in facing parasites. As a result, only some parasites are discovered and killed. There are also many sources of parasitic infection scattered in the wild, continuing to infect local people. Biological threats are spreading quietly.
In addition, some sub-nests caused soldiers to be infected during battles, and the source of infection was quietly brought back to the nest. Gradually, some sub-nests themselves became the base camp of parasitic organisms, and the entire nest fell.
When the leafcutter ant nation's eagerly awaited army retreated from the Black Creek front line entered the country in mid- to late September, they were immediately ordered not to return to [Holy Tree City]. Instead, they marched directly along the north bank of the Qinghe River to attack the epidemic in the west. district.
There are also special considerations for the queen ant conference and the female ant conference. They are afraid that there are undiscovered infected people in the army that has been fighting parasites on the front line of Black Creek for several months, and they dare not let them return to the main nest.
This army, which the leaf-cutting ant country has high hopes for, has also become an outcast of its own country. It is really ironic!
The arrival of the leaf-cutter ant army temporarily curbed the spread of the parasite, but in some areas, the parasite's power has grown to the point where it dares to openly attack working leaf-cutter ants in the wild.
Such attacks are very scattered, with the number of attackers generally ranging from dozens to hundreds. Most sub-nests are not powerful enough to deal with these parasites.
The army of leafcutter ants that arrived at the local Black Creek front line was mostly used to pacify the sub-nests of their own species that were occupied by parasitic fungi. At the same time, they had to constantly divide their troops to suppress the attacks of parasitic organisms one after another, and were exhausted as "firefighters". team members".
Parasites, using such guerrilla tactics, are constantly weakening the leaf-cutter ant army.
At the same time, in late September, reinforcements from the Stone Desert Campoback Ant Empire and the Thief Ant Clan arrived. The two tribes' armies were small in number, but they were both capable and unwilling to be controlled by the Leafcutter Ant Kingdom. action.
Under the leadership of their commander "Madman", the thief ant clan established a temporary base in a safe area. They took turns taking off giant locust squads every day to specifically attack stowaway parasitic snails, intending to cut off the stowaway route of the source of parasitic infection.
The Stone Desert Campoback Ant Empire sent hundreds of warriors, carrying a sun god artifact shipped from the mainland last month, to search for traces of parasitic organisms and eliminate them.
When the weather is clear and the terrain is open, the power of the Sun God Artifact is still very strong, enough to kill any powerful parasitic creature at a medium distance in a short period of time.
The arrival of reinforcements from these two tribes has alleviated the pressure on the leaf-cutting ant nation to a certain extent.
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24 Central Asian ants are working together to carry the huge sun artifact and move westward on the low-tide tidal flat between the Qinghe River and the woods.
Dozens of Central Asian ants and Sand ant ants guarded the team carrying the Sun God artifact. On the Sun God artifact, the commander of the Phenomenon ants and the assistants of the tribe's ants were resting next to the artifact body.
This team is the colonial force of the Stone Desert Archipelago Ant Empire. Today, they plan to move to an area further west where parasites are more rampant to fight.
Before setting off, the "baboon" performed a divination with the sun god, and the result showed that it would be sunny in the next few days and suitable for fighting.
This sun god artifact, carefully cared for by the ant, is composed of two parts:
One part is a wooden base, made of straight twigs and tough ropes, resembling a wooden tower or lookout.
And on top of the tower is the body of the Sun God artifact. This is an oblate and transparent object. It is a perfect circle when viewed from the front and can see the scenery on the opposite side. It is approximately elliptical when viewed from the side.
In fact, this is a glass convex lens with good light transmittance and a very smooth surface. I don’t know how the Stone Desert Ant Empire made such good quality glass.
The glass "Sun God Artifact" is placed on a flexible bracket, and the angle can be flexibly adjusted in both horizontal and vertical dimensions.
At this time, in order to prevent accidental injury, the "Sun God Artifact" was covered with a piece of black felt.
This team has the "Sun God Artifact" as its core. It is not fast, but moves very firmly.
Suddenly, a Central Asian ant that was on alert at the outermost perimeter noticed something strange.
In the shadows of the woods, a mixed army of parasitic war beasts composed of more than a dozen cryptids, earwigs and katydids were rapidly approaching.
Following the friction sounds and breath commands of the Central Asian Argonaut ant commander and ant king "狋", the Central Asian Argonaut ants carrying the base of the Sun God artifact immediately placed it on a relatively flat ground, and then joined the others. The comrades formed a circle formation to protect the artifact.
On the base, the Phenotopus ants immediately lifted the curtain and adjusted the angle of the "Sun God Artifact".
The male ant commander and king ant "Baboon" of Camponotus fischeri took a look at the sun and the direction of the enemy army. Very good! It was noon at this time, the sun was due south, and the enemy came from the north, which was the angle from which the artifact could exert its maximum power.
The sun is up!
Under the command of the commander, the ant king "Baboon", the "Sun God Artifact" was quickly adjusted to its angle, and a cone-shaped beam of light immediately shone on the incoming insect swarm.
These bugs covered by the light spots only feel that they are enveloped in a ball of bright light. They cannot see anything clearly in their compound eyes, and they cannot distinguish between east, west, north and south. At the same time, his body temperature began to rise rapidly, making these cold-blooded creatures feel full of vitality at first.
But then, the body temperature began to rise higher, exceeding the warning value, making these bugs feel uncomfortable and began to instinctively fear.
Although their nerves are simple, their instinct tells these bugs that they must stop their current situation and find a cool place to cool down, otherwise they will die!
Yes, we have entered a distance of about 3 meters from the "Sun God Artifact". At this time, the light spot has shrunk to only the size of a peanut. The core temperature is very high. The speed of the parasite beast that is running around cannot escape the light spot.
Shrouded in this small spot of light, these parasitic beasts became unable to move every few seconds, black smoke emitted from their bodies, and they were burned to death.
Such an attack made other parasitic creatures instinctively fearful. This small group of parasitic beasts had only traveled more than half of the way, and they were already panicking and collapsing before they could reach the front of the Stone Desert Ant Empire army formation.
The "Sun God Artifact" continued to chase the escaped parasite beast Shine, and the elite Sands Archback Ant Warriors, led by the commander and ant king "Lion", together with the Central Asian Archback Ant Warriors, also began to counterattack!
