This is not the first rain this year, but it is indeed the most violent since the beginning of spring. The civilized ant coalition is not in a safe and well-equipped nest at this time. The drainage facilities of the [West Stone Fort] fortress are limited. There is little that can be done against such heavy rain.
If the fortress hadn't been on a higher terrain, it would not only have been surrounded by floods, but would have definitely suffered a disaster. It is not yet submerged. There is only excessive water seepage in the underground part. The troops stationed underground have given up the rescue and have rushed into the ant mounds on the ground to take refuge.
The already crowded ant mound on the ground was even more infested with ants. Almost all passages and nest chambers were filled with ants, making it difficult to move even two steps. If the rainwater that continuously washes away the shell of the ant mound can continue to take away heat, the heat alone can suffocate many ants.
Faced with such a natural disaster, Zhu Jue could only give up resistance. In addition to ordering some ants with good eyesight to continue to observe the rising water level to avoid catastrophe, he could only wait for the heavy rain to pass.
This was not the first flood that Zhu Jue encountered. The flood did not submerge the tall ant mounds. The cracks in the rocks acted as floodways, ensuring the safety of the [West Stone Fort] Fortress.
The disaster will eventually pass. The next day, as the rays of the rising sun penetrated the thick clouds, making the earth appear bright, the rain that had fallen all night slowly stopped, and nature returned to life.
The civilized ant coalition was finally able to leave the nest for some air, but then they plunged into disaster relief that was more intense than fighting.
The rain and floods last night severely damaged the outer walls and underground facilities of [West Stone Castle], and also caused considerable losses in supplies. The situation at [East Stone Castle] and [Hou Stone Castle] was similar. The civilized ant coalition must rescue usable supplies as soon as possible, repair the city walls, drain the underground water with ant power, and restore the three fortresses as soon as possible to prevent the Destroyer from taking the opportunity to attack.
Fortunately, the flying knights' urgent investigation found that the destroyers living in various nests in the original honeypot ant kingdom also suffered heavy losses in the heavy rain. The drowned corpses were taken out of the nests and spread on the ground. With such a thick layer, it should be impossible to launch an attack in a short period of time.
The losses suffered by the Destroyers in front of Zhu Jue were actually several times greater than the casualties suffered by the civilized ant tribe coalition forces in yesterday's battle at [West Stone Castle]. The power and ruthlessness of nature are cruel but fair to both sides of the war.
In the southwest, the hundreds of thousands of the Thin-footed Ant Army's main force also suffered heavy losses in the rain. In particular, almost all the stored materials were soaked. As soon as the rain stopped, disaster relief began. At the same time, for the convenience of eating, they could only concentrate The army dispersed. Their Destroyer of yesteryear wasn't much better.
The three parties in this war were unanimously forced to suspend military operations after the rain.
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Zhu Jue stood on the edge of the big rock gap, holding on to the dry and exposed root of a wild grass, and carefully looked towards the bottom.
Yesterday, due to the special topography of the large rock crevices, it seemed like a natural drainage pipe and reservoir, which attracted all the accumulated water in the surrounding area. The water flow fell into the rock crevices, as spectacular as a waterfall.
At this time, thanks to the water storage capacity of the stone crevices, the accumulated water around the [West Stone Castle] and [East Stone Castle] fortresses quickly drained away, without causing the underground parts of the fortress to be soaked for a long time.
Zhu Jue thought again of the arm that was raised in the crack of the rock to grab the extra-large Destroyer. After arranging the disaster relief, he came to check it out in person.
The stone crevice was still dark and bottomless. Even Zhu Jue could not see clearly the deepest part of the stone crevice, as if it went straight to the ground.
Yesterday, there was obviously so much rainwater pouring into the cracks in the big rocks, but now except for the damp stone walls, there is no trace of accumulated water, as if yesterday's heavy rain had not happened. Zhu Jue could only explain that there was a passage at the bottom of the stone crevice leading to the distance, but he did not know whether it was the underground cave or the distant rivers and lakes that had such a strong drainage capacity.
Zhu Jue didn't see anything unusual, and the human arm that had waved so fiercely in Zhu Jue's heart didn't appear again. Zhu Jue bit his jaw and once sent the flying knights to fly down to check, but after flying for a while, they could not reach the bottom. Moreover, the surrounding area became darker and darker, the space became narrower, the wind increased, and it was not suitable for flying. The flying knights could only return.
Without solving the mystery of the stone seam and the human arm, Zhu Jue could only give up, but the faint uneasiness lingered in Zhu Jue's heart!
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To the north of [West Stone Castle], about half a month's journey is beyond the control of the original honeypot ant country. It has reached the junction of the civilized ant area and the adjacent civilized ant area. It is also the God's Envoy The flying knights of the King's Army cannot reach the place even through long-distance reconnaissance.
There was also heavy rain here, and it seemed that the intensity and duration were far greater than where Zhu Jue was. The ground was devastated, and everything was like a marsh country. The flat land turned into a swamp, the depressions turned into pools, and the highlands turned into isolated islands.
At this time, somewhere on the low ground, in a pool of water, gurgling bubbles kept popping up like boiling water. Soon, there were more and more bubbles, and undercurrents surged under the water, and a huge body like a durian emerged from the water.
What a body this is!
As if it were a collection of all the ugliness, obscenity, and evil in the world, the carapace of this crab-like creature with only eight legs was covered with a thick layer of foul-smelling sludge-like substance, but these substances were not coverings, but Body tissue growing on its carapace.
The filthy murky water flows down from the body, and gradually the coverings become visible like foul-smelling sludge. When it completely emerged from the water and climbed ashore, the water washed away the dirt on its body, revealing its original color, which was orange and resembled the color of semi-rotten rotten meat.
This "orange crab" emerged from the water, and soon, destroyers were approaching it from all directions.
The Destroyers did not come to besiege the "Orange Crab". They dragged the bodies of the drowned Destroyers one by one and threw them to the "Orange Crab". There were also some corpses of ants that had been transported over long distances.
There are countless hollow pipe-like tentacles under the body of the "Orange Crab". As soon as the body was thrown aside, it was immediately sucked in, and the "Huan Lun Lun" was sucked into the inside of the body. In a short period of time, thousands of corpses were absorbed, but this "orange crab" still did not stop, and no matter how many corpses it absorbed, its body did not swell.
As more and more of the corpse was absorbed by the "orange crab", its body shook slightly, and dense holes appeared on the orange shell tissue that looked like rotten meat, and translucent tissue like lotus seeds quickly appeared in the holes. Taken into shape, this image is enough to make even the mildest trypophobia patient so uncomfortable that they would rather self-harm.
