Chapter 26: The "Weak" Degenerate
It is precisely because of the traditional system of the hunting sickle ant race that the male ants have a low status and are discriminated against, so that the kite finally defected to the alien Divine Envoy King Legion without any psychological barriers, and it was also reused because of the blessing in disguise.
It is precisely because the male ant has another identity as a historical inheritor in the scythe hunting ant family, that the kite can learn many ancient stories that ordinary indigenous scythe hunters do not know.
For example, about the "degenerate" parasitic ants, they are almost like the shadows of the hunting sickle ants, and they will also exist in the times and places where there are hunting sickle ants, and they will follow them like shadows and cannot be driven away.
Although many distant packets have become difficult to read, and even have to be supported by the paraphrasing of newer packets, important information such as the appearance of the "Fallen" is often placed in the most important position in the packet, which also facilitates the kite's query.
It also illustrates how common the presence of "degenerates" is. Also in the eyes of ants, the fallen are a plague, a zombie, a disaster. But in the bigger picture, could this also be part of the ecosystem?
Judging from the historical information packet, the "Doomsday War" is also frequent, and the last "Doomsday War" is not as long ago as most scythe hunters imagine. About every three or five generations of male ants will leave a message in the message pack of "Doomsday War".
If you calculate according to the average lifespan of the indigenous hunting sickle ant males, that is, about 20 years, a "doomsday war" will break out. After all, the age in which the kite is now is in the outbreak of the "Doomsday War" - the last "Doomsday" battle broke out at the time of the first three generations of male ants.
However, what does not match the information in the information package handed down from the old era, and what does not match the memory of the kite is that the wave of "Fallen" that has just been eliminated, as well as the large number of small-scale parasitic ants encountered by the "Holy Allies" for a while, show very low combat effectiveness, and even less powerful than the "Fallen" encountered near their old tribes in the past, which is not like the legendary "Doomsday War" when the "Fallen" were dense and turbulent, and even the most heroic warriors felt desperate.
This group of exterminated "degenerates" includes both infected degenerates who belong to the same family of scythe-hunting ants, as well as degenerates from other "outsiders", such as big-headed ants and paving ants like the Divine Envoy King Legion to which they now belong, or ants that are more common in hilly areas such as bellied ants and corn hairy ants.
These ants came from different races, but they were all infected, hundreds of them were mixed together, but there was no conscious tactical cooperation between them to play the fighting talents of different races, and they did not complement each other at all, but just swarmed in a chaotic manner.
In the past, warriors who have fought with the "Fallen" have said that when facing their own Fallen, they can clearly feel that the opponent's strength is far greater than that of ordinary warriors, which is a terrifying trait of the "Fallen", and any ant infected with the Fallen can gain more power.
However, among the small army of the Fallen eliminated this time, the dozen or so Scythe Hunter Ant Fallen were very weak, and their strength was not even enough to match the ordinary Scythe Hunter Ant Warrior.
Kite does not know the specific situation of the "Last Battle" in the past, and the male ants hiding in the rear can provide very limited information, they can only record a large number of their own warriors who have rushed to the battlefield and died, a large number of tribes have been destroyed, and large areas of hilly areas have fallen into the control of the degenerate.
They have no way of knowing or recording the specific feelings of the fighters in battle. There is no clue as to the enemy's strategy and tactics, and how they were defeated in the end.
In the past, Kite didn't understand the suspense, but after the protagonist asked him about the "Doomsday War" and raised the above questions, Kite also felt that something was wrong.
- I'm the dividing line -
That night, in the loose coalition garrison of the "Holy Allies", when the other scythe ants had rested and no longer left the comfortable underground burrow, a male ant poked his head out of his nest and carefully probed the hazy and clear surroundings in the bright moonlight.
After making sure that there was nothing unusual in the vicinity, that there was no threat from predators, and that there were no other indigenous scythe-hunting warriors, the male ant quickly left the underground nest, followed by three warriors.
The male ant was a kite, and he led his guard cautiously in the shadows of the moonlight, and lay dormant for the time being at the slightest hint of the wind.
But fortunately, the Allied warriors obviously don't like to go out at night, and the fierce insects that infest at night are not everywhere, especially these fierce insects are not willing to provoke a large number of hunting sickle fierce ants, and they have long been away from this area.
So, the kites and the guards made it all the way to their destination, an elm tree not far outside the camp, higher up in the hills.
The kite climbed up with ease, and found his target in a hollow in a branch in the middle and upper part of the trunk, a large worker ant belonging to the Legion of the Divine King.
The large worker ant belonged to the Flying Knights, and she and several other companions took turns connecting with the kites every three days at night.
The kite will give the three-day intelligence synthesis packet to the flying knight, who will rest in the tree hole for a short night and fly back the next day.
Whether the protagonist is in [Dongyang City], [Shizhu City], or [Great Lake City], he can get the news from the south as soon as possible.
With intelligence support, the protagonist is also constantly stepping up preparations for war against parasitic ants.
After confirming that the coalition of native scythes is sufficient to deal with the constant spawning parasites in the swamp, the protagonist is able to assemble his fleet and stock up on supplies.
At present, more than half of the walnut fleet has been built, and a large number of walnut ships have been coated with some toxic vegetable oil, and then buried under the gravel to reduce the threat of wind, sun, rain and insects.
When all the walnut ships have been built, the ships will be gradually launched and connected together to form a chain of ships.
The first legions to fly in the fleet have also been chosen, and the 4th Legion of the Rambotu has been selected for its expertise in defensive operations. After all, the first task of the vanguard is to build a beachhead in the swamp for the follow-up troops and hold it, and the defense capability is the most urgently needed.
At this time, the 4th Army Corps had already settled in [Great Lakes City] to conduct water training on the first experimental walnut ship.