Zhu Jue's current location is about a hundred kilometers away from the civilized ant area where the Ant Alliance is located, and is located in a mountainous area.
The ecology in the mountains is very different from that in the United Kingdom. Even though it is summer, the temperature of the tentacles at noon is only about 20 degrees. The mountains have undulating peaks, green pines and cypresses, the occasional gurgling stream, and various insects roaming among them. The scenery is beautiful, but to those ants who like the plains, it looks like a wilderness.
Previously, Zhu Jue suddenly received a secret report, and then led a small number of "confidants" to ride on the only wasp mount in the Flying Knight Legion and headed northwest. The flight lasted three days. Although we had to constantly avoid tall trees and undulating terrain, we had to rest and find our way around obstacles. But at the speed of the wasp, after three days, it was already far away from the base area.
The mountains and rivers are foreign. Along the way, the protagonist and his party even crossed a civilized ant tribe area adjacent to the north, passing countless places that they had never visited or even heard of. The civilized ant tribe in this adjacent area was basically wiped out by the "natural disaster" invaded by the Destroyer. Only a few remote nests are left to survive. With their scale and resources, it is expected that even if they can barely keep the magic talisman, it is highly likely that they will degenerate into savage ants. .
After arriving at another civilized ant tribe area, which is located in a mountainous area, Zhu Jue flew all the way along the narrow and winding valley. There were constant support and guidance along the way, and he successfully found his destination without wasting too much time.
This is an intermountain basin where three valley passages meet. The basin occupies a small area, but it is enough to accommodate a large and medium-sized ant force to develop here. There is indeed a relatively developed indigenous civilization here, but at this time its territory seems to be in a mess and desolate, with wars and wars everywhere.
The vegetation visible to the naked eye on the valley floor is sparser than that on the surrounding mountains. There are almost no tall trees, only some weeds scattered here and there. On the contrary, there are cone-shaped, cylindrical, or stone platform-shaped mounds protruding from the ground full of gravel and coarse soil.
These mounds have the distinctive characteristics of termite nests, with a large number of vents and entrances and exits on the surface. However, at this time, no termites can be seen on the surface of most mounds. Instead, large and small parasitic organisms are walking back and forth.
Most of this valley has been conquered by the parasitic army, and Zhu Jue also hurriedly arrived at the invitation of the parasitic brain to help in the battle.
Previously, after the Battle of the Great Wall, the parasitic army chased the Destroyer all the way. The Destroyer was defeated and quickly dispersed into the mountains of the region.
The parasitic army has also suffered heavy losses in continuous battles and pursuits, and is in urgent need of replenishing its troops. In the previously civilized ant areas, because the ant power was basically destroyed and the surviving ant colonies were scarce, the parasitic army only supplemented the number of parasitic beasts. Parasitism is very critical. Ants and parasitic ant-based parasitic brains are still in short supply.
After entering the mountains, due to the local environment, the ant density was not high. The parasitic army just followed the valley and conquered a few tribes and small civilized ant tribes, gaining a population of more than 100,000 ants. They then pursued the Destroyer, but were led to this basin.
There is a strange-looking civilization in the basin. It is actually a symbiotic ant civilization of carved leaf-cutting ants and some kind of termites. Zhu Jue was also very surprised when he heard about it, because the carved leaf-cutting ants seem to be carnivorous ants. Normally, they have a predator-prey relationship with termites. How can they live together in symbiosis? Ants and termites are not the same species in terms of form. They are united together like a country in the human world that was founded by humans and pigs. What a strange thing!
However, facts speak louder than words, and the information about the parasitic army is correct. These two insects, which are not the same species at all, live here in peace and mutual benefit.
Judging from the situation in the ant mounds conquered by the parasitic army, the carved leaf-cutting ants have a more developed civilization and belong to the civilized ant tribe. They have magical talismans. According to Zhu Jue's identification, they are similar to the insect god talismans inherited by the sharp-tailed ants. place. Termites are much less civilized than most savage ants. However, the status of the two groups should be equal, and there is no evidence that the termites or ants are unilaterally enslaved.
Looking at the economic basis of the union between the two tribes, it should be that the leaf-cutter ants provide the technology to cut down large trees and provide food raw materials for the termites. The termites build nests. At the same time, some sweet fungi cultured on the termite feces serve as food supplements for the ants. . This basin civilization realized internal circulation based on this.
This strange-shaped united civilization has dual racial advantages. No wonder it has completely unified the basin, and its power shows signs of expanding outside the basin and onto the hills. But now, with the arrival of the parasitic army, this civilization is about to be strangled.
Seeing that there are millions of ants and tens of millions of termites here, the parasitic army temporarily gave up the pursuit of the Destroyer troops and prepared to conquer this place to expand the size of the army.
Although the civilization in the basin has a large number of ant colonies, it has been invincible and peaceful in the surrounding area for a long time. In addition, the parasitic army has a large number of powerful insect beasts to help it fight, so the tall ant mounds built by termites have been destroyed one after another.
Although the ant mound is huge in size, it is also very solid, with narrow entrances and exits. Generally speaking, only troops of comparable size can be used to attack the fortress, but the parasitic army does not have enough ant soldiers. However, Parasitic Gun and other brains have mastered the crossbow technology originated from the old God Envoy King's legion, and most of the time there is no need to take risks at all.
After cutting down the trees on the spot and killing several insect beasts to collect the tendons, a series of rough but huge crossbows were built. The parasitic ants commanded the insect beasts to wind the bow. Cannonballs as big as broad beans can shatter the outer wall of the ant mound two to three meters away. .
Most of the soldiers and civilians in the ant mounds in the basin do not need to wait until the ant mound is completely destroyed. They will panic and actively come out to fight, and then be eliminated or transformed. The parasitic army snowballed all the way as the battle progressed, and the number of troops increased. Seeing that they were invincible, they encountered a fortified city blocking their way!
This nest is a large ant mound. The outer shell is not the usual brick red color, but is dark and shiny. Even the floor of this lair is black and glassy, with ice cracks in many places.
The outer shell of the black lair is so strong that even a huge ballista shell will bounce off it, leaving at most a few cracks. The parasitic army besieged them day and night, raining bullets. It has been 20 days now, and there is still nothing they can do. And this nest is very critical, protecting the remaining territory in the rear. A large number of ant nests of the two tribes, the carved leaf-cutting ants and the termites, fled into the city and the rear.
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Zhu Jue owed favor to the parasitic creature in the previous battle on the Great Wall. This time he was summoned by the parasitic roll, hoping that he, the wise man, would come up with a plan to break the city.
According to Parasitic Roll, it has a premonition that a war is about to break out with the main force of the Destroyers. The parasitic army needs to completely annex the basin civilization before it has enough strength to fight!
