The divination results were very accurate. Around noon, the clouds gradually dispersed and the sun's rays directly covered the earth. This was the favorite weather of the Sun God inheritance clan.
Especially in autumn like this, in this gloomy forest, being able to bask in the sunshine from the south in the open space along the river is a rare and pleasant time on the boring battlefield.
The Troops of the Stone Desert Archipelago Ant Empire, which had been marching for about 2 hours, were gradually warming up and their morale was high. They carried the tall Sun God artifact and headed towards their destination.
"Ao" noticed at this time that for some reason, after the sun came out, "Baboon" standing silently on the artifact was shaking a little, as if he was exhausted or encountered the cold.
"Baboon" is a little strange, the sun is just right now, "Baboon" is basking in the sun, and has been being carried around on the artifact without difficulty, so why does he act a little weak. Is it possible that the dew chill in the morning hasn't recovered yet?
Thinking of this, "Ao" also climbed onto the artifact and asked "Baboon" with his tentacles in concern.
The emotion conveyed by "Baboon" was very anxious. He denied that he was uncomfortable, and then eagerly drove "Ao" off the platform of the artifact.
"Ao" has no choice. He is also the ant king of the Stone Desert Archback Ant Empire, but "Ao" has the lowest status. He cannot disobey the "baboon"'s instructions. Even the "lion" can suppress him. Especially on the platform of the sun god's artifact, "baboon" as a priest has unchallenged power, and "baboon" immediately obeyed and climbed down.
This small force composed of hundreds of ants and a Sun God artifact arrived at their destination in the afternoon after a long journey.
This is a tree nest, located on an almond tree not far from the river bank. It consists of a tree hole nest and several leaf ball nests hanging outside.
This was once a medium-sized auxiliary nest of the leaf-cutting ant kingdom, but now it has become a paradise for parasitic leaf-cutting ants. There are also a few parasitic beasts that are still lingering in this nest.
Under the tree nest and on several nearby trees, the leafcutter ant army has laid down layers of blockades to prevent the swarms of parasites here from escaping to other places and forming new sources of infection.
This expeditionary force of the leaf-cutting ant clan, which has returned all the way from the Black Creek front line, looks very tired from the recent non-stop fighting in the Western Territory.
At least after the arrival of the Stone Desert Campoback Ant Empire troops, "Ao" and "Lion" were sent to deal with the other party's leading female ant, and they could sense the fatigue hidden deep in the other party's tentacles.
The leaf-cutter ant army targeted and surrounded this nest a few days ago, but could not attack it for a long time. The parasites resisted very fiercely here. Every leaf round nest and nests inside the trees have complex structures and narrow passages.
The leaf-cutting ant army, which was not good at attacking, failed and had to ask for help from the Stone Desert Archback Ant Imperial Army. As for the thieves ants who are also fighting in this area, there is no hope because their commander "Madman" prefers aerial combat.
In fact, this small army of the Stone Desert Archback Ant Empire was also very tired. After their support, they maintained an average frequency of one or two battles per day. If it weren't for the Sun God's artifact that was so effective in the autumn when the sun was shining brightly most of the time, they would have been as exhausted as the leaf-cutting ant army who often needed to fight hand-to-hand.
"Lion" and "Ao" briefly decided on the division of labor with the queen and female ants of the leaf-cutter ant fungus, and then went back to make their own arrangements.
On the side of the Stone Desert Archback Ant Imperial Army, they found an open low hill in a suitable position in the southwest and placed the Sun God Artifact on it. Here, the Sun Artifact's beam can be pointed directly at the light source and then focused on the target tree nest.
The leaf-cutting ant army gathered nearby and prepared for close combat.
About an hour later, there were still about an hour or two before the sun went down. The Stone Desert Ant Empire Army felt that they could not wait any longer, otherwise they would miss today's sunshine.
As a result, the black felt cloth on the Sun God artifact was removed, and under the personal command of "Baboon", some worker ants of Phytophthora fischeri were dexterously turning the components on the Sun God artifact.
The sunlight first shines on a concave mirror behind the Sun God artifact that can reflect light. This is an auxiliary prop used when the angle of the attack target is not suitable. It is composed of glass, coating and control structure.
The sunlight is then reflected onto the giant glass lens in the ant's eye - a symbol of Apollo - and quickly forms a focused beam on the other side of the lens.
This beam of light shone on the bark of the apricot tree and became a small bright spot. The bright spot quickly burned out a line of white smoke, and the core temperature was extremely high.
Under the control of the ants, the light beam moved slowly as the lens angle shifted, and slowly and accurately aimed at the outermost ant-made leaf ball nest hanging from the branch.
The outside of this ball nest is full of dry leaves, and the inside is made of ant silk and various fiber structures. It is hanging under the dense branches and leaves of the almond tree, protected from wind and rain, and very dry.
Such a dry target is suitable for the Sun God Artifact to launch an attack. After the concave mirror and lens continued to shift their angles, the beam finally moved to the leaf ball nest.
Immediately, the two mirrors on the Sun God artifact were fixed, and the sunlight was reflected and refracted, turning into a small hot spot on the surface of the ball nest.
Within two minutes, thick smoke came out, and at the same time, the flames ignited and quickly engulfed the surface of the ball nest. However, because the ball nest is flammable but not resistant to burning, the fire only lasted for a short time. After quickly licking the surface of the nest, it turned into scattered slow-burning fire spots, and large clumps of ashes began to fall.
In the leaf ball nest that was under attack, the parasites fled in panic as they felt the triple threat of flames, high temperatures and thick smoke. There were nearly a hundred parasitic leaf-cutting ants and a few parasitic beasts.
The parasites scurry into nearby ball nests or simply into nests inside tree trunks.
The surrounding leaf-cutter ant army did not move. They were only restricting the parasites from escaping the tree nest, and had no intention of taking advantage of the situation to launch an attack yet.
During the rest of the day, the Sun God Artifact continued to adjust its angle and shift its position, chasing the sun and the direction of the target, igniting the leaf ball nests hanging outside the tree nest one by one, killing the parasites inside. Gradually, they were all forced into their nests inside the tree trunks.
Some parasitic organisms were dizzy from the thick smoke and tried to escape from the ground or branches. The leaf-cutter ant army, which was waiting for them, eliminated these breakouts, and cooperated with the Imperial Army of Stone Desert Archipelago Ants to drive the parasitic organisms into their final nests. .
As the sky faded, the Stone Desert Archback Ant Imperial Army and the Leafcutter Ant Army began to withdraw their troops, set up camp near the target nest, rest for the night, and prepare to launch a general attack the next day!
