Several Destroyers poked their heads around the cracks in the rocks, and kept extending their long tentacles into the cracks, but they couldn't find anything except stones and some plants growing in the cracks.
Zhu Jue led the rescue team and support troops and lurked in the bushes not far from the stone crevice, waiting quietly for the Destroyer to leave.
It was just getting dark at this time, and I thought it would be a good time to sneak across, but the Destroyer on the opposite side seemed to be sleepless. Since the early morning, patrols passed by from time to time.
Every Destroyer patrol seems to be very interested in this stone crevice, and their tentacles have been groping into the stone crevice, exploring as they go. Judging from the actions of the Destroyers, they are very contradictory. They are groping firmly, but they also seem to be afraid. Their bodies are close to the ground and they do not dare to get too close. I wonder if they are afraid of falling in.
After the Destroyers left, Zhu Jue decided not to wait any longer. There was a soft friction sound, and a support team composed of dozens of big-headed worker ants immediately emerged from the bushes and ran towards the defense line in the stone crevices.
In the air, the flying knights are hovering at a higher position. The current trajectory shows that the Destroyer is not close yet, but the Destroyer's patrol team is very dense, leaving limited time for the worker ants.
The worker ants arrived at the stone seam. The position they were in was exactly where the rope bridge was destroyed by the honeypot ants. Except for the wooden piles fixed into the ground at both ends of the stone gap, the original bridge deck has disappeared and has been transferred into the dark gap.
I saw these worker ants busy using the fibers and ant glue they carried, preparing to build a temporary bridge at the narrowest part of the stone gap for the rescue team to use.
The three flying knights each carried a worker ant and flew to the other side of the stone crevice and landed on the other side. One of the worker ants was still holding a thin ant wire, and as soon as it landed, they hurriedly fixed it to the wooden pile of the original bridge.
At this time, the flying knight in the sky drew an early warning signal, and the busy worker ants kept their eyes on the sky, and hurriedly fled back to hide in the grass. The worker ants on the other side quickly climbed up behind the flying knight and were carried back.
Soon, several Destroyers appeared. As usual, they poked their heads into the cracks in the rocks and left, but did not find the thin thread hanging above the cracks in the rocks.
Taking advantage of the opportunity for the Destroyer to leave again, the worker ants climbed over the thin ant wire to the opposite side, and then used a thin wire to pull a thicker rope to fix it, and the simple bridge was built.
When the worker ants retreated, Zhu Jue looked up at the sky. The flying knights signaled that everything was normal and the Destroyer was not close yet.
Zhu Jue took the lead, riding a flying tiger and quickly passed the narrow rope bridge. The 50 fly-tiger knights followed closely behind and passed through the stone chasm extremely quickly. This bridge with only one rope seems to be a broad avenue in the eyes of flies and tigers.
After the rescue team passed, the worker ants untied the ropes wrapped around the fixed wooden stakes on the south side of the stone crevice, and let the ropes of the rope bridge fall into the stone crevice. However, the end of the fallen rope is still tied with a thin thread, which extends into the grass on the south side of the stone gap. If necessary, the worker ants of the support team can quickly pull the rope back and repair the bridge again.
After rushing to the north side of the stone crevice, we have entered a war zone full of dangers. This land is loosely controlled by the Destroyers. According to previous intelligence, there are only one large cluster of more than 10,000 people and 4 medium-sized clusters of more than 1,000 people. , mostly dispersed into small clusters of dozens or hundreds of individuals.
In the middle of the Destroyer cluster, there is indeed a large amount of empty space for the rescue team to maneuver, but the Destroyer team is moving all the time, so careful planning is needed to make good use of these gaps.
Zhu Jue looked up at the sky and directed his Fly Tiger Knights to move forward quickly according to the direction guided by the Flying Knights. Fortunately, with the "compound eyes" of the Flying Knight, the rescue team can always slip through the enemy's gaps easily.
The fly tiger knights move quickly. The eight-legged fly tiger mounts are extremely fast and can climb and move on various vertical surfaces. They have good eyesight and a high IQ. The knights only need to provide a general direction, and these mounts can autonomously Choosing the quickest route saves a lot of trouble.
Sometimes, the Destroyer team passed by not far away, and the rescue team, which had already been warned by the flying knights, knew that it could not be avoided, so they immediately hibernated on the spot, hiding in the shadows or grass. The knights and mounts were well-trained Stay still and wait quietly for the enemy to leave.
Just like this, the rescue team quickly approached the target nest without any surprises.
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The target lair was not far from the crevice. In the morning, the rescue team had already sneaked all the way to the vicinity.
At this time, Zhu Jue and "Zorro", the captain of the Fly Tiger Squad, were lying on the top of a rye grass plant, observing the enemy's situation.
Only half of the Destroyers surrounding the nest are left, about 100, and the rest are missing. This is a good thing, because it means that the Fly Tiger Knights will encounter less resistance when attacking.
Moreover, less than half of these destroyers are concentrated near the entrance of the nest, and the others are farther away. As long as the obstruction is broken, the rescue team can rush in.
Zhu Jue made a brief plan and ordered "Zorro" to notify the Fly Tiger Knights who were waiting in the grass behind.
As Zhu Jue sent out the friction sound and smell that signaled an attack, 50 fly-tiger knights burst out of the shadows of the vegetation in an instant, rushing straight towards the target lair like a rolling torrent.
The Destroyers on the periphery were the first to react, and they tried to counterattack in twos and threes, as if they didn't know what disadvantage was, what fear was, and what death was.
Zhu Jue controlled the reins with his middle limbs and wielded long wooden sticks with his forelimbs, riding in the lead.
He did not arrive at the Thin-footed Ant Kingdom with the copper stick and mace he was accustomed to. He just found this dense wooden stick last night and polished it as a weapon.
Although they were not very advantageous, with the blessing of huge power, the heads of the Destroyers that were defeated sporadically exploded one by one, and they were killed by Zhu Jue one by one.
Occasionally, if a fish slips through the net, the well-trained fly tiger knights behind it will also swarm up. They will first use spider silk bombs to bind the six limbs of the enemy ants, and then use long guns or fire bombs to kill them.
Using preparedness versus unpreparedness, groups versus individuals, the rescue team quickly broke through the sporadic resistance on the periphery of the Destroyer and was about to reach the entrance to the target lair.
There, about 30 Destroyers had already reacted. They crowded together and launched a countercharge towards the Fly Tiger Knights.
In a moment, the two sides were close. One side threw spider silk bombs, fire bombs, and stone bombs down the wind, while the other side had several destroyers spitting out mucus and acid.
But these long-range attacks can't prevent the two sides from colliding with each other. In the end, the winner will have to be determined by hand-to-hand combat!
