The light rain began to fall miserably, as if it was bringing an end to the war.
After a whole night of fierce fighting, the civilized ant coalition forces arrived one after another and completely annihilated the Destroyers who were surrounded in the narrow passage between the big rocks and weakened twice by bombs and "arms".
No one among the more than 60,000 Destroyers was spared. In addition to those who were killed, many others were either unable to stand due to the crowd, or were forced to fall into the unfathomable abyss of the cracks in the rocks...
But even with the dual advantages of terrain and troops, in order to win, the civilized ant coalition itself suffered nearly 70,000 casualties. The victors still suffered an equal proportion of casualties. The terror of the Destroyer is evident!
At the end of the battle, sporadic raindrops fell, the sky became gloomy, the air pressure changed, and it was obvious that a new round of rain was coming. But both sides of the battle were furious. Until one side's entire army was wiped out, the other side hurriedly found a place to take shelter from the rain.
After daybreak, the rain slowly increased, turning from fine raindrops to continuous raindrops. The civilized ant coalition forces did not bother to clean the battlefield, and hurriedly dispersed to take shelter from the rain. One army after another looked for a higher shelter nearby, or Hide under plant leaves or in natural stone caves and tree holes. More than 500,000 ants are crowded in several places, huddled together to survive the rain.
Zhu Jue took shelter from the rain on the cliff where the artillery position was located. The artillery was now left alone outside, enjoying the baptism of rain. Zhu Jue and a few ants took shelter from the rain in a small hole bored by borers in the stem of a thick shrub. It was relatively safe, while most of the other ants could only lie on the back of the leaves that were constantly swayed by the rain.
From where Zhu Jue was, he could just see the crack in the big stone. Zhu Jue, out of boredom, kept staring there, as if he could see something.
Zhu Jue was still thinking about the "arm". According to the text description, it was a "bionic household insect-killing robot" made by humans. It was originally hidden at the bottom of the crack in the rock.
Under the cracks in the rocks, there must be relics left by other humans. Otherwise, an ordinary household robot without energy and maintenance would not be able to survive intact for such a long time.
But what secrets are hidden under the cracks in the rocks? ?
Zhu Jue really wanted to sit on a fly mount and fly down to find out. But he just thought about it. Regarding the fait accompliment of the demise of human civilization, his desire to solve the mystery is not that strong now, and it is not even as strong as his desire to annihilate the current destroyer.
Living in the present, Destroyers are the biggest threat Zhu Jue currently faces, and there are still 60,000 to 70,000 Destroyers, who are still watching from outside the [East Stone Castle] fortress not far away! Zhu Jue was not allowed to take risks for something he didn't want to do.
Maybe in some peaceful time in the future, when safety can be ensured, Zhu Jue will come back and take the flying knights down to the cracks in the rocks to find out. But definitely not now!
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The rain has been falling intermittently all day long, with no signs of stopping completely.
Taking advantage of the brief lull in the rain at noon, the civilized ant coalition left the rain shelter, regrouped, and moved towards the [West Stone Castle] fortress, intending to avoid this annoying rain in the well-equipped fortress. , and find another wave of trouble for the Destroyer.
But when they were still half a day away from the [Xishibao] fortress, the ants noticed a sudden change in air pressure, and a new round of heavy rainfall was imminent!
The army had to find a nearby high-lying barren rock pool, dispersed and urgently built nests, and excavated countless simple underground nests under the rubble piles, hoping that the higher terrain here would not be submerged and would be enough to provide shelter. The ants survive the heavy rain.
Halfway through the construction of the camp, huge raindrops were already falling down one after another. The ants still on the ground were hit by the huge raindrops and were knocked away one by one. Many ants were injured or choked on the water.
The ants didn't care that the camp was not yet repaired or tidied up. They crowded into the ground one after another, gathering together one by one, with almost no room to turn around. But it's better than being hit directly by the rain on the ground.
Fortunately, the terrain here is favorable, and the rainwater does not seep into the underground lair too much. Most of the rainwater flows along the gravel ground to the low-lying areas, especially the large rock cracks close at hand, which absorb countless running water and shelter nearby creatures.
It rained intermittently for more than a day. It wasn't until August 3 that the rain subsided, but it became foggy again.
At this time, many troops of the Civilized Ant Tribe Alliance had already run out of food. It was not that there was not enough food and grass, but that a lot of military food was concentrated in several camps. Other camps had no time to carry food while they were rushing to take shelter from the rain, and a lot of food was discarded on the ground. I don’t know where it was washed away by the rain.
Seeing that the rain had subsided and the air pressure returned to normal, the army began to emerge from the camp, cleaning up the corpses and distributing food. This heavy rain cost the civilized ant coalition forces another nearly 10,000 ants in casualties, which can be said to be a heavy loss.
Fortunately, the main force of the coalition force still exists, and the army is preparing to return to the [West Stone Fort] Fortress, where they will rest and recuperate before making next plans. As for the original plan to annihilate another group of destroyers, three days have passed and no one knows what the situation is over there. Maybe this group of destroyers has already taken the opportunity to escape.
Zhu Jue originally expected the flying knight to deliver the latest military information in a timely manner, but the moment he emerged from the ground, he knew it was unrealistic.
It was clearly noon, but the sky was dim, the ground was shrouded in a gray mist, and the tall trees a few meters away could not be seen clearly.
The sky and the earth were shrouded in a vast white and gray fog. The fog was so thick that Zhu Jue stretched out his forelimbs and bent his tarsal feet, as if he could grab water with a gentle grip.
Such a thick fog can't even be dispersed by the sunshine at noon, and I don't know how long it will take to dissipate normally.
In such weather, even if the Flying Knights risk taking off, it will be difficult to find traces of the army on the ground. They are probably on standby in the fortress base at this time and will not take risks in vain.
Zhu Jue could only lead the army to move forward gropingly, relying on the occasional surviving pheromone marks and the direction of the extension of the large stone cracks on the ground that was completely washed away by the rain, to reach the [Western Stone Castle] Fortress.
In such a foggy day, Zhu Jue was even worried that if another group of destroyers was moving nearby, the two sides might meet unexpectedly and it would be another fierce battle, which would be very detrimental to the civilized ant coalition.
Fortunately, the ground scouts discovered that there are many newly formed swamps in the rain in all directions. It is very difficult for creatures of the size of ants to pass through. Only the relatively dry areas near large rock crevices can pass through.
You should not encounter the Destroyer under such terrain and weather obstacles!
