I'm sorry, I went to dinner with someone yesterday, and I didn't care about the update ~( ̄▽ ̄~)~

- I'm the dividing line -

The black-headed sour ant tribe is rapidly retreating, and the old battalion guards the ant queen, carrying the loot, marching in the middle of the ranks.

The troops behind the palace had already engaged the pursuing Paving Ant Barbarian Army, and in the face of the organized acid spray and the thick acid mist that followed, the red-eyed Paving Ant Barbarian Army had to suspend the pursuit.

At the front of the line are the elite scouts, who do not carry loot and have plenty of formic acid, who are responsible for finding the way back based on the pheromones they have arrived, and reinforcing the wayfinding markers with new pheromones to help the army retreat.

It was also these elite scouts who were the first to discover the second paving ant barbarian army that was waiting to outflank their own rear road.

Ants generally do not have good eyesight, and they rely heavily on signals like pheromones for long marches. Although the pheromones of ants vary from one species to another and even from nest to nest, experienced ants can still roughly tell what it is, and will not mistake it for a trace of nature that emits a strange smell.

Having seized on the weakness of the Black-headed Sour Ant Tribe's need to retreat along pheromones, the scouts of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army searched for pheromones they had left behind when they passed through this place not long ago, and succeeded in finding them.

The Paving Ant Barbarian Army then intervened and set up a line of defense here, ready to flank and wipe out this annoying enemy from both sides.

After learning the information, the queen ant who accompanied the army of the black-headed sour ant tribe immediately realized that she was in great danger, which did not require much rational judgment, and was already frantically warning by instinct.

The black-headed sour ant queen immediately organized a wave of elite soldiers with sufficient formic acid and launched a decisive assault forward, trying to open a way for the large army to survive.

These elite warriors cut the way with acid. Unlike in the past, under the orders of the queen ant and stimulated by another scent message she secretes, these elite warriors appear to be fearless of death, which is completely different from the previous style of opportunism and life.

After spraying the acid, these black-headed sour ant warriors rushed directly into the newly formed acid mist, regardless of the fact that long-term exposure to high-concentration acid mist was also harmful to themselves.

In the acid mist, the paving ant barbarian warriors who were directly attacked by the acid were struggling in pain, while the lightly injured and unaffected warriors were retreating, preparing to regroup in places that the acid mist could not affect.

The commander of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army knows that the opponent's formic acid is limited, as long as he abandons some of the fighters and consumes the enemy's formic acid reserves, the remaining enemies are definitely not elite and warlike paving ant opponents.

But in a white, foggy, and sour mist that exuded a heavy sour smell, the black-headed sour ant warrior had already pounced.

These worker ants of the black-headed sour ants ignored the struggles of the seriously injured and ignored the fact that the outer carapace was being corroded little by little under the high concentration of acid mist.

As the acid mist ahead became thinner and thinner, the organization of the paving ant barbarian army became more and more tight, and the death squad of the black-headed sour ant encountered more and more resistance.

They had to use what little acid they had left, and the battlefield was shrouded in a new acid mist.

The sour mist is home to the black-headed sour ant warriors, and even if they stay here for long periods of time, they can also cause damage to these warriors, especially the delicate and exposed organs such as compound eyes, antennae, and mouth. However, in the end, their resistance to their own acid is much stronger than that of the paver ants, and in this environment, the combat power they can exert is also higher than that of the other party. And if it is changed to an ordinary battlefield, the black-headed sour ant army, which is not accustomed to fighting in formations and is one size smaller, is definitely not the opponent of the same number of paving ant barbarian army.

These black-headed sour ant warriors have shown unparalleled bravery, and some fighters will even take the initiative to take the cover of the acid mist, allowing the large jaws of multiple enemies to bite their bodies, and before they are torn apart, the warrior will turn their abdomen towards the sky and spew out all the acid.

Formic acid rained down on a small area nearby, and a white acid mist rose in an instant, enveloping the wounded and dying black-headed sour ant warriors and the nearby paving ants.

Often, this kind of suicide attack by a few black-headed sour ant warriors can break through the defense line of a small team of paving ant barbarian army, causing it to collapse.

Under the brave assault of the death squad, the defending paving ant barbarian army fell into an unexpected bitter battle.

Even if you know that this is just a counterattack by the black-headed sour ant tribe, as long as you can hold on, you can usher in victory. Another paving ant barbarian army was already on its way, and the black-headed sour ant warriors behind the palace had run out of acid and collapsed.

However, the commander of this army of paving ants who cut off the back roads of the black-headed sour ant tribe can now only watch the troops fight separately, counting on them to hold the line on their own.

Another side effect of the black-headed sour ant's acid attack was that the battlefield was shrouded in a strong sour smell, which seriously interfered with the paver ant commander's scent signal.

The ants rely primarily on smells, sounds, and messengers to command their troops.

Among them, messenger summons are the most accurate, but they are slower and have a limited number of targets. The different combinations of smell and sound are the best way to command a large area of troops, when the commander releases the smell and sound, the ordinary soldiers who receive the command will also release the same sound and smell signal, and in this way, the commander's order is quickly transmitted to the entire military formation.

Now, the acid severely interferes with the transmission of the odor signal, and the sound signal alone is meaningless.

The Paving Ant Barbarian Army in the defensive array can only rely on previous orders, each holding their own position, or carrying out a limited degree of evasion or counterattack under the orders of the squad commander.

However, due to the lack of new orders, most of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army's teams could only stand by in place, and even if they were broken through at one point, the nearby teams would rarely come to fill the gap due to the lack of orders and obstructed sight.

This ushered in a ray of life for the black-headed sour ant tribe.

After paying a huge sacrifice, the death squad finally opened a small gap in the defense line of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army in the form of a suicide attack.

The old camp got the news immediately, and they quickly guarded the queen, carrying the booty, and staggered out of the gap.

Behind him, the pursuers are getting closer and closer, and around them, the acid mist is getting lighter and lighter. The time left for the black-headed sour ant tribe to escape for their lives is very short!