Chapter 100: Flee in a hurry
Judging from the information fed back by the team that entered the reconnaissance first, at least in the place where the poisonous smoke on the upper part of the parasitic ant nest is most dense, the enemy has suffered heavy casualties, and no survivors have been found so far, only corpses scattered all over the ground.
The protagonist orders more warriors to enter, searching the various passages crisscrossed by the ant nest.
These warriors quickly found some surviving parasitic corn hairy ants in some corner nests and passages, these few enemies hid in the sheltered space, but because of the lack of air circulation, their bodies were weak and their combat power was greatly reduced, so they were naturally not the opponents of the fierce Divine Envoy King warriors, and they were quickly exterminated.
However, the warriors of the Divine Envoy King have not found any trace of the large group of enemies, nor have they found many corpses of pale gold workers and parasitic queens, which is obviously not normal, and there will definitely be a large number of pale gold workers and parasitic queens in this parasitic ant nest.
At this time, a god envoy king warrior reported that they found that a passage in the lower part of the lair was deliberately blocked by a large amount of dirt, and the protagonist immediately came to the scene with his guards.
It was a passage large enough for five or six ants to pass through at once, and although the underground was dark and unlit by fluorescent bacteria, the protagonist was able to see as if it were day, and he could see that the soil that filled the passage was still fresh.
Apparently, there are enemies alive down here, and they are clever enough to block the passage between the upper and lower parts of the nest with dirt to block the infiltration of toxic smoke.
The protagonist didn't take the liberty of digging up these mounds, God knows how many enemies are alive behind it, and if a large group of enemies suddenly pops up after digging through, it will be difficult for this legion under his command to retreat in a complex underground environment. No one knows how many parasitic ants still survive in this nest, and it is better to overestimate than underestimate.
It's still early, and the protagonist asks the Divine Envoy King warriors to keep a close watch over the place, and then asks some of the warriors to continue collecting fuel, smoke, and knotweeds - since the parasitic ants are so afraid of poisonous smoke, give them another wave.
This time, the protagonist chooses a large nest in the parasitic nest, which is close to the vent and close to the blocked passage, as the combustion chamber, using one of its two entrances as a smoke outlet and one as the feed port.
The knotted grass pipes were connected to the dirt-blocked passages.
The fire is lit again, and the protagonist gives the order, and the warriors of the god king struggle to tear open the mound of dirt that blocks the way, and then stuff the top of the knotted grass pipe that has not yet smoked into it.
Sure enough, there were a large number of lively enemies on the opposite side, and the actions of the Divine Envoy King warriors were like stabbing a bee's nest, and a large group of parasitic ants were alarmed.
Some parasitic corn ants crawled out of the narrow passages and tried to attack the Divine Envoy King, while many more were biting at the advancing knotted grass pipes or trying to refill their fellow paths.
As a burst of scorching and pungent black poisonous smoke poured out from the knotted grass pipes, these parasitic ants who were still struggling to fight back immediately collapsed to the ground like candles that melted in the heat, and those who still had the ability to move quickly fled one after another, and the originally arrogant and stubborn parasitic ant defense line collapsed in an instant.
Some of the poisonous smoke also drifted to the location of the Divine Envoy King's legion, and the Divine Envoy King's warriors tried to reseal the passage, but many of the soldiers were injured by the poisonous smoke and were sent back to recuperate - fortunately, healthy ants were much more resistant to poisonous smoke than parasitic ants, at least no one died.
After another night of tossing and turning, the god ordered the royal army to continue to pour a large amount of poisonous smoke into the lower half of the parasitic ant nest before withdrawing.
- I'm the dividing line -
During the daylight of the next day, the defenders in [the city of bread] witnessed a spectacular scene.
There were very few parasitic ants and parasitic war beasts that came from afar to participate in the siege that day, and the parasitic corn ants in the round bread hills did not show up at first.
It wasn't until the afternoon that the bee flying knight, who had been controlling air supremacy outside, suddenly turned back and reported that he had found a large swarm of parasitic ants pouring out of the parasitic ant nest.
The protagonist hurriedly informs the defenders to prepare for battle, it seems that the enemy cannot be completely destroyed by relying only on the poisonous smoke, and these parasitic ants have already learned how to fill and block the main passage to defend against the poisonous smoke, so they will not be driven out by the poisonous smoke.
Soon, a large swarm of parasitic ants rushed down from the round bread hills, and the scale was not worse than the first two days.
You must know that the poisonous smoke attack of the Divine Envoy King Legion for several nights in a row must have killed a large number of parasitic ants, and there are still a large number of parasitic ants in this nest, God knows how big this nest is, and how many parasitic ants live.
The protagonist thinks that the enemy has been annoyed by the poisonous smoke offensive for many nights, and wants to launch a large-scale revenge, and hurriedly prepares to send the messenger to call the rest of the legion to respond.
But soon, the protagonist discovers that there is no need for this.
Those "aggressive" parasitic ants did not attack [Bread City], but circled the city and moved quickly into the distance.
It's not so much "aggressive" as it looks more like "running for your life".
The protagonist soon becomes aware that there are a large number of parasitic corn hairy ants passing by the city with food, eggs, larvae, and chrysalis in their mouths.
Soon, several more parasitic corn hairy ant queens with huge and bloated bellies like termite queens appeared in the team, these queens had swollen bellies and were covered with parasitic bacteria, looking like hairy zombies, disgusting and terrifying.
A large colony of parasitic ants surrounded the parasitic ants, and under the command of the light gold workers, they quickly moved towards the depths of the swamp.
Only then did the protagonist realize that this large group of parasitic ants was "moving".
It turned out that the sudden poisonous smoke at night for many days and nights caused heavy losses to the parasitic ants, and the parasitic queen ant and the light gold worker ant have not figured out the source of the poisonous smoke.
In the end, the parasitic ants were apparently frightened by this mysterious attack, and any unknown thing always brings the greatest fear, and the parasitic ants actually migrated in a group.
This group of parasitic ants obviously has a clear destination, and the protagonist guesses that they have a "main nest", which is not a round bread hill as the protagonist previously guessed, otherwise no ant of any race would dare to give up the main nest easily.
And now, the direction in which the large swarm of parasitic ants is heading may be their "base camp".
The protagonist hurriedly orders the Flying Knight to follow him in order to find the location of the "main lair".
But in the evening, the flying knights reported that they had encountered a lot of flying parasitic war beasts while tracking the parasitic ants, and they could only turn back and did not complete the task.
At this time, the large army of parasitic ants passing under [Bread City] had all left.