There are many species of ants, at least more than 10,000 species in the world, but there are not too many of them living in China, and they are only enough for the average, about nearly 600 species.

Because the individual is too small, in the natural world, in addition to relying on numbers to maintain reproduction, this kind of creature has never been valued by other creatures, because they are too small and weak! But the 'marching ant' is definitely the most impressive one in the ant world.

It lives mainly in the Amazon basin of South America, and there are some variants in Africa and Asia, but they are not common.

The reason why the marching ant is remembered is related to a legend:

During World War II, a German team of more than 1,800 people was ordered by Rommel to cross the primeval jungle and prepare to make a detour to the rear of the British army to carry out a surprise attack in order to redeem the defeat of the Desert Fox in Africa.

As a result, as soon as the team went, there was no more news!

So Rommel ordered to search for the whereabouts of this team, and after many twists and turns, the search team finally found this army by an unknown lake!

However, what they saw was not a living person, but a skeleton in military uniform! Thousands of skeletons lay in a radius of three or four kilometers, and most of the skeletons were still extremely intact, and only a few were scattered!

Although the military uniform is also somewhat damaged, it is basically quite complete, just the skeleton wrapped in the military uniform, except for the smooth and round bones, there is no tissue residue from other parts of the human body, even the hair and nails are not listed, all are gone!

In the end, the team of 1,801 recovered 1,764 remains, and the whereabouts of the remaining 37 people are unknown!

At the scene, the searchers found that the soldiers' uniforms, equipment, and belongings were all in the vicinity of everyone, and all of them were intact, while all the food related to protein and cellulose was missing.

They wondered what had caused the entire team to be killed. Later, upon closer inspection, a common feature was revealed: all the skeletons were found to have the corpses of ants in the vicinity, which looked like they had been killed by the deceased before they died!

The suspicious team leader took the opportunity to collect a few ants, both alive and dead, and brought them back to the headquarters.

Through identification, this thing is an omnivorous army ant living in the African jungle, a very aggressive creature, no matter how big the prey is, how strong the combat effectiveness, once surrounded or entangled by their group army, usually only resigned to fate.

The main weapons of this army ant are formic acid and ant venom, these two things not only have strong corrosiveness, but also have the effect of paralyzing nerves, a single or even dozens of hundreds of toxins are not enough to pose much of a threat, but if thousands of them attack at the same time, even if it is a male lion or a giant python, the final result can only be a pile of white bones—— they are the king of the killer!

There is a similar legend about marching ants in China, and it is rumored that they once wiped out a small detachment of Japanese soldiers in Henan.

Legends are legends after all, and if I haven't seen them in person, of course I won't believe it, and I won't care too much, after all, this thing is really pitiful!

However, the size of the ant in front of me is quite exaggerated, more than twice the size of the marching ant I know, its body length is almost more than 5 centimeters—— the largest individual of the marching ant in South America is only 2.5 centimeters!

However, Gu Xin's reaction surprised me a little: unless he had really seen the power of the marching ants, he would never have such a big reaction!

"Is this really powerful?" I frowned.

"Let's talk about it later! Hurry up and rush out now, it's too late!" Gu Xin had no time to talk to me in detail, and ran away after helping Hong Kaiyuan.

I had no choice but to keep up.

However, after a moment of talking, countless ants sprang up from the top of those sand piles, like a spring, densely packed, like a tide!

Gu Xin shouted loudly: "Hurry up, it doesn't matter if you are bitten by them a few times, but you must not be trapped by them!

Hong Kaiyuan had already broken free from Gu Xin's support and rushed out of the wall at the fastest speed, faster than Gu Xin.

Seeing this, where did I dare to be lazy, I quickly took a deep breath, held my strength and tiptoed and immediately followed.

Although the ants were not fast, as soon as our feet hit the ground, some of them immediately climbed onto their feet. Thinking of Gu Xin's advice and his own life, despite being bitten a lot, we still rushed out of the wall in one go!

I just wanted to stop and clean up the ants on my feet, but I saw that Gu Xin was still running forward, and he was shouting: "Can't stay, they will catch up soon!"

Looking back,, they actually knew that the ant army ——that was following us had already turned around and drove towards where we were!

Although ants have a sensitive sense of touch and smell, and can rely on the sun for positioning, their sense of smell is mainly recognized by pheromones secreted by their companions, so their range of discrimination should be limited, as long as they leave this range, they should not be able to find the north!

However, when we looked back after a long distance, they were still following behind, but the distance was getting wider and wider!

Can they still tell the direction of their prey by the shaking of the ground?

We almost ran back to Wen Jing and the others in one breath, looking at the black pressure ant colony in the distance, although it was still approaching, but this distance could not be passed by them for a while and a half!

Wen Jing saw that we were returning in a panic, and immediately wanted to ask me.

I gasped and waved at her, "I'll talk about it later!" and sat down on the sand, scrambling up my trouser legs.

I had more than a dozen ants on almost every one of my legs!

I couldn't get angry, and I put my hands together and stroking hard, and in just two strokes, all these horrible little things were killed. Looking at the place where they had bitten, the red and swollen wound was not only bigger than a grain of rice, but also showed signs of festering! Not only that, but a pair of legs had begun to go numb a little!

What a toxin!, I exclaimed.

Wen Jing had already seen it in her eyes, squatted down and looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "This is an ant bite?!"

I nodded: "Hurry up and find some emergency medicine, we have to hurry up!"

"What are those things?!" Ji Wushuang had already seen the ant colony in the distance, standing there with his hands on the pergola, and said loudly: "It seems to be coming towards us!"

At this moment, Gu Xin and Hong Kaiyuan also cleaned up, and they all stood up.

"Old man, hurry up, we have to hurry!" Hong Kaiyuan clearly didn't want Ablizi to know what happened to us.

"What happened to you guys?" Ablizi was not blind.

"It's okay, I was bitten by ants a few times, it's not in the way!" Hong Kaiyuan laughed dryly and continued: "While it's still early, let's go east for a while!"

"Are they the things that came along?!" the old man looked suspicious, staring at the ant colony in the distance.

"Yes, his grandmother's, I guess these guys haven't eaten for a long time!" Hong Kaiyuan grinned.

It is estimated that seeing Hong Kaiyuan's reaction as usual, Ablizi didn't say anything more, and got on the camel first.

At this time, Wen Jing had already turned out some medicines and handed them to me: "These are all anti-mosquito bites!" She didn't want Ji Wushuang to see that we were too close.

"Thank you!" I hurriedly took it, quickly smeared it, and then transferred it to Gu Xin and Hong Kaiyuan.

Seeing that I had finished dealing with it, Wen Jing took the opportunity of me to help her get on the camel and asked, "Are those marching ants?!"

I was surprised: "How do you know?"

"Usually let you read and be disobedient. Wen Jingwan smiled, got on the camel, and didn't even bother to look at it, so I followed Abuliz forward.

I'll go, when will this girl learn to be poor!

(End of chapter)