Chapter 64: The Trap (1)
The protagonist really can't stand these disgusting, nasty, and fated cockroaches that should die early every day swaying outside their nests, and from time to time they stretch their long dark red tentacles in to harass them. In particular, these parasitic cockroaches are still trying to corrode and gnaw through the exterior walls, and the disgusting smell of corrosive liquid often wafts into the room.
At night, when I was finally able to go out, I was surprised to find that the ground was full of foul-smelling excrement left by cockroaches, and it was also carrying deadly germs.
These cockroaches are simply synonymous with filth, disease, and death. Cockroaches are the most disgusting existence in any world, and God created this species to disgust other creatures!
The protagonist regrets a little, since there are no parasitic dragon lice today, and there is no threat of water cannons, he should go out to fight with the army of the god envoy king, at least kill or drive away these cockroaches, and don't have to endure their harassment all the time.
But because he was worried about battle damage, especially because he was worried that the parasitic dragon lice would not know where to hide and would appear at any time, the protagonist did not risk leading the army into battle.
It's not a thing to let the parasitic beasts toss every day, and when the protagonist inspects the outer wall of the ant mound at night, he finds that some of the sections have been seriously damaged, especially those repaired with new ant concrete, which are often damaged because of their fragility and softness, and they can't be repaired at all.
It seems that in the absence of a fire to speed up the drying process of the patch, the deterioration of the anthill will only get worse.
This is also an important reason for what countermeasures must be taken by the determined protagonist.
During the day, the protagonist who is forced to be trapped in the ant mound is not idle, he rummages around the nest warehouse for available supplies, and when he sees a pile of rich materials, the protagonist thinks of a solution.
Among the few materials stored in [Swamp City], there are many ropes woven with plant fibers or ant silk, or this is the only material in [Swamp City] that is not in short supply, after all, some plants around the island, such as humulus, can also be collected as rope materials, and ants themselves can also secrete slime to make ant silk.
The protagonist plans to use these ropes to create some improvised traps.
In the ignorance period of human beings, primitive people only had fire and simple and rough stone tools, and the hunting efficiency was still very low, and it was difficult to start some large prey.
When modern humans survive in the wild, they can also use local materials and use ropes, wood, stones, etc. to make simple traps to obtain food.
This kind of trap has the advantages of being simple, practical and easy to make, and is divided into hanging neck traps, rope traps, spike traps, falling wood (falling rock) traps, traps, etc., from the type of prey, it can be roughly divided into large prey traps, bird traps, fishing traps, etc.
The small fish cage made by the protagonist with the Divine Angel King warrior to catch aquatic insects is a kind of fishing trap, but there are no more fish in this world... Can only be used to catch small aquatic insects.
Now, the prey that the protagonist needs to catch is huge, and it can only be used with traps that are suitable for catching large prey, and small neck traps are eliminated first.
The small island where [Swamp City] is located is small, and there is no place to dig a large enough pit. In addition, vegetation is scarce, especially wood, and stone is not abundant, and the only abundant is silt and clay.
In the face of various adverse conditions, the protagonist finally thinks that it is better to build the simplest rope trap, which is so simple that only a rope is required.
This kind of rope trap is a fixed rope looper, if the prey passes by the leg accidentally stepped into the rope loop, and then raised the leg forward, the rope loop will tighten and wrap around the leg, the more it struggles, the tighter it gets. Although it does not have the ability to kill or damage its prey, it can restrain its movement and wait for hunters to come and capture it.
If this type of trap is used for hunting, then it needs to be placed in the path of the prey, such as water sources, feeding grounds, near the nest, etc., or use food bait to lure the prey closer, otherwise the catch rate is very low.
But the protagonist doesn't need this, the island of [Swamp City] is so large, and the parasitic beasts come every day, and all you need to do is set up the trap and there will always be unlucky eggs who will be caught.
What needs to be worried is that these parasitic beasts generally have a great increase in strength after being parasitized, and whether the rope trap will be broken free by the enemy.
But the protagonist thinks that when he was a child, he grabbed the dragonfly and wrapped a cotton thread around the dragonfly's feet, and the dragonfly could not get rid of it. Now that I have on hand, these ropes woven with hemp fibers and ant silk are more durable and durable, and there should be no problem.
So, one night, the protagonist commanded the Divine Messenger King warriors to make up rope circles, these soldier ant warriors are not as dexterous as worker ants, but they can't stand the many ants, and after half a night, they also made more than a dozen rope rings.
In the second half of the night, the protagonist took two squads of Divine Envoy King warriors to set a trap.
These loops must be attached to fixed objects such as trees to be effective, and the small island where [Everglade City] is located is small, vegetation is scarce, and the newly built ant mounds are even bare.
The protagonist can only take the ants to fix a dozen rope traps on the roots of plants on the water's edge, these humulus and calamus look very stout, and it is definitely impossible for the prey to tear these plants off.
More than a dozen rope traps are lined up around the bottom of the ant mound, and the protagonist goes back to make up for sleep with satisfaction, looking forward to tomorrow's results.
- I'm the dividing line -
The next day, the army of parasitic beasts attacked again, this time, parasitic dragon lice and parasitic cockroaches appeared together, but the parasitic locusts and parasitic dragonflies were gone.
All day long, the protagonist continued to take the defenders and couldn't shrink out, anyway, there were parasitic dragon lice, and going out was also a head.
Endured until the evening, when the enemy withdrew, and the protagonist led the team out. Ignoring the devastated exterior walls of the ant mounds, the protagonist first checks the traps.
To the protagonist's surprise, the trap not only catches a parasitic cockroach, but also a parasitic dragon lice!
The parasitic cockroach was trapped in the trap on the shore, two of its six arthropods were trapped in ropes, constantly struggling, and trying to break the ropes with their mouthparts and corrosive fluid. But the rope loops made of hemp and ant silk have also withstood the test and show no signs of breaking.
And the parasitic dragon lice was too close when it sprayed the water cannon, and the water it sprayed washed the rope loop tied to the iris on the shore into the water, and then accidentally got trapped, it was really no zuo no die...
The protagonist immediately directs the troops to rush up, and soon kills the parasitic cockroach that can't move.
Then, the ants started trying to pull the ropes and pull the damn parasitic dragon lice ashore!