In the preset battlefield nest with flesh and blood splattered and shells flying, and no tentacles visible when looking up, three honeypot ant workers were groping forward fearfully.
They lowered their bodies, basically crawling forward in a six-body posture. For ants, this position is very uncomfortable and slow. But compared with life, this discomfort is nothing.
There were supposed to be six honeypot ants in this batch, but one of them had his head crushed by a ballista that was fired slightly lower because he raised his head too much during transportation. The two honeypot ants next to it touched its headless body and became even more frightened and did not dare to get up.
These honeypot ant workers are responsible for cleaning the battlefield. Although the narrow battlefield of the preset nest is most conducive to the use of the crossbow firepower of the Angel King's army, it is difficult for even the most vicious destroyers to overcome. But the place was too narrow after all, and the corpses of the dead Destroyers in front soon became thickly covered, and even piled up in some places, hindering the firing of artillery shells.
Although the subsequent Destroyers did not specifically use the corpses in front to avoid bullets, objectively they did weaken the power of the ballista.
Fortunately, the Divine Envoy King Legion had experience in using preset battlefield nests in their homeland. In addition to arranging multiple preset battlefield nests, they also arranged ants on each battlefield to clean them.
Honeypot ants are responsible for performing this task. There are 18 honeypot ant workers in this nest chamber, divided into three groups and taking turns to come forward. They crawled on the ground and moved forward in the dark. Once their tentacles touched a larger corpse, they bit it with their jaws and dragged it back to their position. They handed it over to the worker ants who transported it behind and dumped the corpse into the deep ditch they dug.
This is a dangerous job. This batch of 6 honeypot ant workers only performed two tasks, and half of them died. Fortunately, ants are constantly being dispatched from the rear to replenish them. Once this batch of honeypot ants completes their work, they will be replenished.
What brings danger to the work of the honeypot ant workers is accidental damage from our own fire. These ballistae trajectories are straight, and the shooting height has been set in advance. Logically speaking, the honeypot ant workers will be fine as long as they lower their bodies to save them. .
However, the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and plans designed in advance cannot be perfect. If some ballistae fire is slightly lower, the danger to honeypot ant workers will be greatly increased; some cannonballs hit themselves during the ricochet; and sometimes workers accidentally raise their bodies, causing casualties.
For honeypot ants at work, the greater danger comes from destroyers. In the pitch-black battlefield, neither the compound eyes nor the single eye are of use, and one can only rely on the touch and hearing of the tentacles.
However, the battlefield is also noisy. The sound of ballistas being cocked and fired, the sound of shells hitting and rebounding, the sound of fighting at close range, and the sound of twitching and rubbing the carapace with all their strength before death, will all cover up the footsteps of the destroyer. live.
The other two honeypot ants in this batch of ants died at the mouth of the Destroyer who suddenly appeared in front of them.
The tentacles of a honeypot ant worker suddenly touched the destroyer's tentacles. The other party reacted faster. Before the honeypot ant could turn around and escape, a saw-like jaw clamped its head. In one bite, the honeypot ant's skull was ruptured, its brains were leaking out, and it was dead.
The other honeypot ant worker died slower, more painfully, and more heroically! She discovered the Destroyer first, but before she could escape, she was bitten in half by the waist. In the darkness, the Destroyer then attacked her lower body, which was twitching and making more noise. However, her upper body, which was still barely alive, ignored her imminent death after reacting. Instead, she immediately worked hard to make a sound and guide her body. The ballistae fires here.
The honeypot ants in the military formation heard the meaning of this crisp friction sound, and guided the artillery to fire. In the four consecutive rounds of artillery shells, the dying honeypot ants and the hideous and ugly destroyer both died together!
The companions suffered heavy casualties, but the remaining honeypot ants are still resolutely performing their tasks. They are ants who have lost their homes and are abandoned by the top management. Only Zhu Jue and the Angel King's Legion have given them shelter, and they will also become civilized ants. As a warrior of the ethnic alliance, he fought against the invaders to the last drop of blood.
At this time, cleaning the battlefield is also a battle in itself, a battle with high casualties!
This honeypot ant is moving forward cautiously, groping the ground with its tentacles, trying to distinguish any suspicious sounds in the surrounding noise. Such caution allowed her to successfully avoid several Destroyers and drag back several corpses.
This time, she found a Destroyer's corpse that was full of the smell of death's oily acid. Only the head of this corpse was damaged, and the whole body was generally intact, lying limply on the ground. After the honeypot ant workers groped with their tentacles, they immediately bit the nearest arthropod and moved toward the formation with all their strength.
Ants are very strong and can lift objects much heavier than themselves, but this strength cannot be used all the time. Excessive power output for a long time can cause injury to the ants themselves. And this destroyer corpse was obviously much larger and heavier than the honeypot ant itself. In addition, the honeypot ant couldn't exert its strength while lying on the ground, so her return speed was very slow.
While dragging it hard, he also had to use his tentacles to identify the pheromones left on the ground to avoid getting lost in the dark and running to the Destroyer. The honeypot ant even missed the opportunity to seek reinforcements from its neighbors.
Seeing that the remaining two companions were returning with smaller corpses, and hearing that the sound was coming from a place beyond the reach of its tentacles, this honeypot ant had no helpers, but still did not give up on dragging half of the corpse.
After a while, about two or three minutes, a fast-running Destroyer just fell to the ground next to it. At this time, the honeypot ant noticed that there were tentacles groping on its body.
She was shocked, quickly dropped the body, turned around and groped for him!
Fortunately, it’s the scent of a companion! This is also a honeypot ant, not from the same batch as myself. It is obviously the four honeypot ants from the next batch that have come to take over. Their tentacles intersected, and they quickly reached an agreement, and together they dragged the huge corpse.
But just after walking a few steps, suddenly, a huge force came from the opposite direction. The two honeypot ants and worker ants combined could not match this huge force, and they both staggered.
At this time, a little Destroyer came from behind the corpse!
The two honeypot ants did not touch the little destroyer at all. They were at a loss for a moment, not knowing what happened, and then they were ready to continue dragging the body back.
Although this little destroyer also has no tentacles to contact it, her compound eyes seem to be able to see. Her head and mandibles are pointed straight at the two honeypot ants. Her steps are light and quiet, like a bird hunting in the dark. The mantis is slowly approaching its prey!
