The protagonist carefully thinks about the existing supplies and conditions in the fortress, roughly formulates a targeted defense plan, and then calls the legion commanders and orders this and this.

There is less than an hour left for them to prepare. And an hour later, there will be a fierce battle.

- I'm the dividing line -

The sun scorched the earth, and during the summer rainy season, when it wasn't raining, the ground seemed to be on top of a steamer. Only at noon, when the sun is at its strongest, will the long-lasting mist in the hills and valleys be expelled by the sun, and at this time, the steamer is replaced by an oven, which continues to torment the earth.

But not all creatures hate this weather.

Plants love the scorching summer sun and abundant precipitation, and the green branches and leaves are chasing the sun in every dirt field, crawling all over the open space little by little, occupying every corner where the sun shines. In the invisible underground, the dark root system is also expanding wildly, hungry to absorb every drop of water that can be reached.

Insects also love this weather.

As cold-blooded animals, an insect's body temperature generally depends on the environment it is in, while a higher ambient temperature can give them more vitality. The suitable temperature zone for insects is generally between 8~40 °C, and the most suitable temperature zone for insect growth, development and reproduction is generally between 22~30 °C. Although the summer temperature is a little high, you can still see a large number of active insects in the shade at any time.

The Stump Fortress is shrouded in a layer of greenery. The weeds grow at an astonishing rate, and in order to maintain the fortress's defenses, the protagonist has ordered the Divine Envoy King's legion to remove all weeds within a meter of the fortress.

Thus, beyond the fortress, there was a large expanse of lush weeds and shrubs, and only the land occupied by scattered stones was exposed, forming a clearing, and even the wasteland, which had been covered with rough gravel a few days before, grew a large number of tenacious vegetation.

Near the fortress, however, the cleared surface was the color of yellow mud like a desert, and in the middle of a circle of yellow mud was a towering stump fortress surrounded by a moat.

At the top of the stump fortress, inside the two rings of the wall, the originally rugged stake fault has been built into a slightly sloping platform with "ant concrete" connected to the drainage outlet. There are more than a dozen entrances and exits around the platform, connecting the vast facilities inside the fortress.

From time to time, a flying knight riding a fly lands on the platform to report the military situation to a male ant with a unique temperament who is waiting on the platform.

This male ant is naturally the protagonist, and his unique life experience gives him a different temperament and demeanor from other ants, even if he is hidden in a large group of ants, he is as eye-catching as a chicken.

As the Flying Knights return more and more frequently, the protagonist knows that the enemy forces are getting closer and closer to the fortress.

This is an enemy army like no other, with three giant parasitic dung beetles, an opponent that has never been encountered on the battlefield for the Divine Messenger King's legions. However, the defenders of the fortress have made targeted preparations according to the layout of the protagonist, and now let the war decide who wins!

The protagonist ascends the south wall and stands on the inner wall of the higher second level, looking to the south.

Over there, a meter away, there are just growing decimeter-tall weeds, which are already a forest that covers the sky and the sun for ants.

At this moment, some blades of grass are shaking irregularly in the forest from time to time. It's not a wave of grass brought by a breeze, but a shake caused by some animal crawling over the grass floor and hitting the grass stem. From the traces of the shaking of the blades of grass, the protagonist is able to roughly grasp the movements of the enemy army, especially the movements of the three large parasitic dung beetles.

Soon, the first parasitic ants crawled out of the gloomy grass and appeared in the clearing outside the fortress. They didn't stop, but continued in a haphazard manner - the rugged grassy forest had disrupted the marching formation of the parasitic ant army.

More and more parasitic ants emerge from the grass, and their numbers seem to be endless, gradually covering the surface of the open field with a dark carpet.

Although the pale gold worker ant can only see things within half a meter accurately, its blurred vision is farther. At this moment, although separated by a distance of one meter, the light gold worker ant can already see the wheel corridor of the stump fortress. The last time I fought here, the Tarjin Worker Ant knew that there was an enemy of parasitic ants in it.

So, under the command of the Legion Commander, the parasitic ants began to stop their advance, and instead extended their encirclement horizontally, like a black chain, little by little, and finally closed, completely encircling the entire stump fortress.

The parasitic dung beetles are almost the last to emerge from the grass.

These huge war beasts were one-tenth the height of a stump fortress just lying on the ground, and their six long arthropods, once they crawled quickly, could climb to the top of the fortress that looked high in a few steps.

There are a large number of parasitic ants next to these parasitic dung beetles, maybe they are Gong Wei, maybe they are supervising the war. The protagonist can see that several large parasitic worker ants are not the team leader, but stay behind the parasitic dung beetles, and they occasionally stab the soft abdomen of the parasitic dung beetles with their large jaws, and then the war beasts will change the direction of movement.

It seems that this is how the parasitic ants command the war beasts, although primitive but effective. As for why they were able to domesticate war beasts, maybe only God knows, but it must be inseparable from the silk thread parasite.

The three parasitic dung beetles, which appeared to be clumsy but were in fact incredibly nimble, turned around and entered the predetermined starting position. Each parasitic dung beetle was spaced one hundred and eighty degrees apart, encircling the fortress from three directions.

The parasitic ants are still adjusting their formations, marching in the grass and communicating with each other is inconvenient, and many of the squads are scattered, and they need to readjust their teams before they can attack.

In the fortress, the Divine Envoy King's legion is also ready to defend.

The second and third legions were responsible for the defense of the walls, while the first legion stood by inside the fortress as a reserve. Eighteen ranged squads were evenly distributed across the second layer of walls.

The trenches around the fortress were filled with freshly placed hay and dead branches, and some of the fuel was mixed with fresh or pickled insect fat.

Around the remote team, half of the clay bombs were coated with a mixture of insect fat and charcoal, and their silk-like slings were covered with a layer of wet mud. On the second level of the wall, there are small charcoal piles at intervals, protected from makeshift stoves with windproof leaves, and the red charcoal blocks have a smoldering fire.

Both sides are in place, and the battle of spear and shield is about to be decided.