Over the course of two days, the scout team observed several battles between the Paving Ant Barbarian Army and the Native Ants up close.

The Japanese Black Brown Ant and the Black-headed Sour Ant are two types of ants that the protagonist has never seen before, and they also have their own characteristics in their fighting style, and the protagonist deems it necessary to record them.

This is because the location of the "bridgehead" is also technically in the middle of the transition from plains to dense forests, and it is also the environment that these two indigenous ants like to inhabit.

The Japanese black brown ant is relatively peaceful, but the black-headed sour ant is a migratory colony that does not have a permanent nest for a long time, and is likely to wander near the "bridgehead" in the future and clash with the defenders.

The Japanese black brown ant colony is generally a few hundred individuals, they like to nest in dead wood, they are very adaptable, they can be found in both dry and humid environments, from the cool of the morning to the scorching sun of the noon. They also have a variety of diets, sucking a variety of honeydew and hunting as their main food sources.

Fights between Japanese black brown ants and paver ants often erupt over honeydew resources.

Almost all ants are addicted to honeydew, and paver ants are no exception. Because there are many plants that aphids and scale insects like in the area near the woods at the edge of the paver ant's territory, there are many aphids and scale insects stocked here.

Paving ants, like big-headed ants, release aphids and scale insects, come to feed on honeydow during the day, and go back to rest at night. This leaves an opportunity for the Japanese black brown ant to take advantage of.

The Japanese black brown ant is one of the few ants that can move at night, and they will take advantage of the night to sneak the aphids that are stocked by the paver ants to move them to the vicinity of their nests.

However, after a long time, the paver ants discovered the loss of aphids.

Under the orders of the king of the secondary nest, the paver ant search team searched everywhere and soon found an anomaly near the nest of the Japanese black brown ants.

The limited number of Japanese black-brown ant colonies and the long hours of activity mean that there are only a dozen or so worker ants that go out at any one time, and this number obviously does not stop the paver ant search team.

When an army of paver ant barbarians who find the location of the thief comes to retaliate, these Japanese black brown ants will resist, and when they find that they are invincible, the black brown ants will cover the queen ant and the ant eggs to break through and find another nest.

The battle between the paving ant barbarian army and the Japanese black brown ant is generally boring, the Japanese black brown ant will rely on flexible pace to wander around the periphery of the paving ant barbarian army formation, from time to time to rush up and take a bite, but never get into the entanglement, they will continue to attract the paving ant barbarian army to change the direction of progress, just to contain the action of the paving ant barbarian army.

When the queen ant in the nest and the eggs were almost transferred, these Japanese black brown ant warriors who were in charge of containment immediately fled with slender steps.

The scout team stopped on a nearby branch and observed the battle in the shadow of the leaves, which lasted for two hours from noon, and the Paving Ant Barbarian Army took advantage of nothing.

In the end, there were almost no casualties on both sides, and the paver ants recaptured their own aphids, while the Japanese black brown ants also kept the colony, and both sides were satisfied, what a strange battle.

In contrast, the battle between the sour ants and the paver ants on the second day was larger and more interesting.

On the first night, the reconnaissance team led by the protagonist stopped at a high place in a tree trunk and burrowed into a natural tree hole to make do with the night.

The next day, after the sun had fully risen, the reconnaissance team set off again, and then witnessed a large-scale battle.

In direct sunlight, the surface temperature rises rapidly, and some ants begin to avoid going outside when the temperature is high.

However, the protagonist discovers that on the ground litter, there is an unusually striking black-gray torrent advancing.

The torrent was about ten meters long, and it suddenly broke and merged, leapfrogging all obstacles on the ground and rushing in one direction.

The protagonist lowers the flight altitude and quickly confirms that this is an army of black-headed sour ants.

These ants have brownish, dark maroon, or black heads, and brownish-yellow or yellowish-white underparts, both of which are distinctly colored. When put together in clusters, they appear off-white tones.

They are about the same size as the paver ants and worker ants, and even slightly smaller. These small ants have no discomfort in the hot surface, and they move quickly and lightly with a clear goal.

In front of the dense army of black-headed sour ants, thin lines stretched out, like branches branching, which was the scouts in front of them constantly giving back to the military situation.

The reconnaissance team flying in the air immediately picked up speed and followed the route of the black-headed sour ant scouts to find the target of their trip, a secondary nest of paving ant barbarians near the woods.

This secondary nest is located on the edge of woodland and is surrounded by dense shrubs. There are already sporadic firefights between paving ant warriors and black-headed sour ant scouts near the secondary nest.

The black-headed sour ant actually dared to take the initiative to provoke and attack the paving ant barbarian army? This conclusion surprises the protagonist a little.

There are about 10,000 black-headed sour ants in this wave, and the queen ant is also among them, all members of a sour ant tribe. Numerically, they are not superior to members of a secondary nest of paver ants. If there is a normal confrontation, the two sides will inevitably be a lose-lose situation.

The protagonist can't think of any reason for the black-headed sour ant to pay a huge price to capture the secondary nest of a paver ant.

Ants are realistic animals, and black-headed sour ants dare to come to the territory of paving ants, so they naturally have something to rely on.

The protagonist sees that the scouts of the black-headed sour ant have been spotted by the paving ant warriors, and the paving ant warriors immediately assemble their team and begin to hunt down the black-headed sour ant scouts.

The black-headed sour ant scout did not fight hard, and fought and retreated, flexibly escaping the pursuit of the paving ant warriors.

When they are in danger and cannot escape, the Blackhead Sour Ant Warrior will spray liquids in all directions, and when these liquids splash on the paver ants or on the ground, they will emit a puff of smoke.

The Pioneer Ant Warrior immediately writhed in pain, and the black-headed sour ant scout took the opportunity to escape.

Relying on their unique formic acid weapons, the black-headed sour ants have the upper hand in the scout war.

The army of black-headed sour ants is rapidly approaching the secondary nest of the pavering ants, and their target is gradually becoming clear, which is the aphid pasture near the secondary nest.

The nest was built in this area close to the woods because of the large number of plants that aphids like in the vicinity, and tens of thousands of aphids are grazing in the area. These aphids are an irresistible temptation for sour ants, especially those with a sweet tooth.

A large number of black-headed sour ant warriors approached the secondary nest, and the paving ant warriors in the secondary nest also received the enemy attack alarm and swarmed out.

Seeing that a big war is imminent.