Chapter 21: Stealing Eggs (2)
The protagonist peeks in through the mouth of the nest.
It is a rather large nest chamber with a flat oval shape. The floor of the nest room is padded with soft ant silk and plant fibers, and a large number of white and translucent oval ant eggs are stacked in several places, there are hundreds of them.
These eggs vary in size, the largest ones are larger than sesame seeds, and the smaller ones are less than the size of white sugar grains. Some are still pure white and transparent, and most of them already have some large and small black spots inside, that is, the larvae that are taking shape.
"Found your target!"
The protagonist also notices that there are a large number of Barcheleaf ants in this nest, all of which are medium or small occupational ants, and there are about a dozen of them.
They are taking care of the eggs, turning them out from time to time and licking them with their forelimbs and antennae as they rotate them. There are also some ant eggs that are about to hatch that can already see large black spots inside, which will be taken away by the ants from another gap, presumably sent to the hatchery room to wait for hatching into larvae, which is similar to the process of big-headed ants.
There are hundreds of eggs in this nest, large and small, the largest of which is only four, and it is likely that they are eggs of the queen ant or male.
The protagonist decides to choose the eggs in this nest! At present, the infiltration operation has not been discovered, but there are too many variables to delay and there is no longer any hesitation.
So the protagonist gives the offensive command with scents and friction sounds. The Barcheleaf ants in the nest also heard the movement, and they all stopped what they were doing and looked at the entrance where the sound came.
In the dark, they cautiously groped their tentacles towards the entrance, and then they felt a strong wind blowing in their faces, and in an instant, the first two medium-sized professional ants had been beheaded by the protagonist with two knives, without any mud and water.
At this time, the remaining professional ants finally sensed the killing intent, this is an invasion! They rubbed and made noises, warning their nearby companions, and then several small and medium-sized professional ants came up to fight fiercely.
There is no need for the warriors behind to make a move, and there is no need to enter the state of "God descends to earth" The protagonist quickly killed a few resisting professional ants with his own strength, but there were still 3 medium-sized professional ants who took the opportunity to escape, after all, the terrain in the nest room was complicated, and the gods made the king warriors unable to surround it.
The protagonist doesn't chase either, and he can't catch up. There are so many Barche leaf ants in this nest room, and the protagonist knows that once he attacks, it is impossible not to startle the snakes, and he can only solve them quickly.
His tentacles were pressed against the wall, and there was a cacophony of footsteps from inside, and the Bacheleaf ants were already alarmed, and were approaching the place where there was a warning, but it would take a little while to rush over.
The warriors of the god envoy king behind him have already begun to rush to transport the ant eggs, one ant moves, and retreats with their big jaws. The protagonist asks them to take all four of the largest eggs, and hold a little like the eggs of all other sizes.
In less than two minutes, dozens of fighters have already retreated with 80 eggs, and several fighters who did not carry eggs open the way in front, and the protagonist himself breaks the back.
At this time, the crawling sound of ants in the wall was getting louder and louder, and the defenders of the Bacheleaf ants were rapidly approaching.
The protagonist picks up a large mixture of ant silk and plant fibers, blocks the opening in the back, and then withdraws - how can this obstacle hinder the Barcisphic ants for a while.
As for the forks in the road along the way of retreat, the protagonist has no time and no suitable materials to block them one by one, so he can only expect the enemy to chase slower.
When the protagonist arrives at the mouth of the nest where there was a miniature leafcutter ant, the two warriors left behind are fending off the defenders rushing out of it, covering the retreat of the large army.
These are small professional ants, not the original large number of mini ants. Although the small professional ants are fierce, the exit is narrow, and the two well-trained and well-armed god king warriors hold the mouth on the left and right, and the defenders just can't rush out.
When the protagonist was fighting just now, he also discovered that the individual combat effectiveness of these Barcifer Ants is not as good as that of the Paving Ants, and they are not good at fighting - anyway, the protagonist is not interested in the Leaf Cutting Ant Clan.
The protagonist dismisses the distractions, picks up the broken wood next to him, and also plugs the opening halfway, although there are still gaps that can make the defenders barely squeeze over, but it is no problem to delay the time.
The protagonist beckons the rest of the warriors to leave, and he is still broken. At this time, without the use of tentacles, countless footsteps could be heard coming from all directions, and the four walls of the wooden passage were like megaphones, gathering all the voices of the enemy.
Following the way he came, he retreated to the tree outside the nest without danger. But the danger is not over, and the last protagonist to come out has already heard the pursuing Bacheleaf ant not far behind.
Immortal and another team were already guarding outside, and the protagonist glanced at them, and they were neatly staffed, without any losses, and were holding on to the fungus bed and a small number of strains.
The protagonist motions for them to follow the large group and hurry back to the ship to prepare for escape.
The protagonist himself wants to cut off a piece of bark next to it to block the hole and block the approaching pursuers.
The bark of the ash tree is a large piece of longitudinal cracking, and it is tough and difficult to pick, and when the first Barche leaf ant burrows out of the hole, the unwilling protagonist is forced to give up.
He stabbed the head of the Bacliche ant, who struggled violently for a while, but was not immediately dead.
The pursuers behind pushed the dying companion out, and the body fell, disappearing in the dark.
The protagonist looks back and sees that there are already hundreds of Bacheleaf ant warriors, large and small, following him up the branches, chasing after him, and there are constantly enemies pouring out.
Barchet leaf ants move faster in trees than big-headed ants, and they also carry trophies, so they run more slowly. The protagonist quickly catches up with the troops, but sees that the pursuers are also close.
The large army was passing through the junction of two trees, which were connected by a few leaves and twigs, connected by ant glue and plant fibers—this was not done by the Divine Angel King warriors, it had been done before, apparently by the Bache leaf ants for ease of movement.
The large force cautiously passed through the shaking junctions, and the speed was a little slower.
The protagonist had to organize a dozen or so fighters who did not carry the loot to reflexively charge and kill for a while, temporarily repelling the pursuers.
These Barche leaf ants were really vulnerable, obviously on the trees they were familiar with, and there were many of them, but they were repelled at once, leaving more than a dozen corpses. None of the Divine Envoy King's warriors died, only one of them was wounded.
The Barcheleaf ants quickly recovered from the rout and resumed their pursuit.
At this time, the protagonist has retreated to another tree with the troops behind the palace.
In order to prevent the faster Barchet leaf ants from chasing, the protagonist holds an obsidian jaw knife and struggles to cut the ant glue and leaves that connect the two trees.