Chapter 22: Egg Stealing (3)
There is only one place between the two trees, which can be described as a "bridge".
And unlike other "bridges" that are mainly naturally connected, this "bridge" may not be suitable for natural growth, but the location is good, so it was rebuilt by the Bache leaf ants, which also gave the protagonist the opportunity to destroy.
Under the brute force of the protagonist, the leaves at the "bridge" are broken, the branches are broken, the ant glue is cut, and the two trees are separated.
Although the closest place between the two trees is less than two centimeters wide, and it seems that they can come by a slight jump, the Barcheleaf ant, like most ants, can only crawl and has no bounce power at all, unlike the hunting sickle ant, which is a good jumper, they can only look at the protagonist very closely, grinning and sighing.
The protagonist smugly glances at the restless but helpless pursuers, turns around and disappears into the darkness, and pursues the large army.
The Bache leaf ant pursuer hesitated for a while, but no longer stopped in vain, and turned away decisively. It's not that they've given up the pursuit, and the aggressive and vengeful ants will never let go of these hateful invaders easily, not to mention, they have also stolen some precious ant eggs.
As natives, the Barcheleaf ants know every tree here, the branches and foliage of the trees are criss-crossed, and they know that there are other roads leading to the opposite tree, all of which are pheromone marked, easy to find, so they interrupt the detour and chase them.
The protagonist soon catches up with the large army, which does not go far and is lining up to climb down the tree trunk.
The trunk of this tree was straight, the bark was smooth, and the god holding the ant eggs made the king warrior bear a heavy load, change his center of gravity, and hinder his movements, causing his pace to be unsteady, and he could only tremble and slide down, and the speed of retreat had to be slowed down for safety.
The protagonist catches up with the large army, and when he sees this scene, he is anxious, and he also knows that in this wood, the branches are in all directions, and there are roads everywhere, and the pursuers are familiar with the terrain and will be able to catch up again sooner or later.
For every minute that the warriors of the Divine Envoy King were slow, the enemy had more time to catch up, and the danger was greater.
The loot cannot be given up, and the protagonist can only urge those warriors who do not carry the loot to assist the other fighters, and climb down this short vertical path as soon as possible, and climb a branch below.
By the time all the troops had finally moved down, nearly ten minutes had passed.
The protagonist always looks around vigilantly, and in the deep night, in the faint light environment under the dense canopy of the water forest, the protagonist's compound eyes that see objects in the dark like day are the best warning.
But his eyesight was also trapped by the dense foliage, and he could only see a small area nearby, and the enemy was probably not far away, but he couldn't see it yet.
The large army climbed up another tree from the branches, and only by passing by this and another tree could they reach the metasequoia where the fleet was moored.
At this time, the protagonist hears the footsteps of the pursuers, looks over there, and through the gap in the leaves, the protagonist sees the Bacheleaf ant chasing after the road.
This time, the number of Barche leaf ants was larger, and they joined the troops in the other nests and chased after them. Under the cover of leaves, the protagonist can't see the exact number of each other.
The protagonist didn't expect the enemy to chase so quickly, and the Divine Envoy King warriors only delayed for a short time, and the enemy had already made a detour and climbed the tree just now.
The "bridge" that the protagonist laboriously destroys has won about ten minutes.
The protagonist hurriedly urges the large army to hurry up, this road does not feel far away and difficult to walk, and now that there are pursuers, it feels extremely remote and rugged.
The protagonist still wants to continue to thwart the pursuers, but this time the "bridge" between the two trees is a natural two branches, and there are many intersections, and the protagonist has a small stone knife at hand, which must be impossible and too late to destroy.
But the protagonist already has an idea, and he enters the state of "gods descend to earth" and waits for the arrival of his pursuers.
Large and small Barche leaf ants quickly chased along the trunk and branches, their movements were very neat and regular, always in a straight line on the tree, no overtaking, no chaos, ants of different sizes all maintained the same pace, crawling like a snake, its organization is tight, it is really worthy of the overlord ant on the tree.
The pursuer has already stepped on the branch connected to the tree where the protagonist is located, which is a small branch, only the thickness of chopsticks, about a meter long.
The enemies are a meter away, and the protagonist can already see their sleek red heart-shaped heads, dark compound eyes, large jagged jaws, and whip-like antennae.
The Barcheleaf ants also seemed to sense by the smell that those damned intruders had just passed by, and not far ahead, they were even more angry and angry, and they were speeding up to kill.
One meter, half a meter! One decimeter, half a decimeter! Two centimeters, one centimeter!
The protagonist does not move, his hind limbs hook the bark, and he firmly anchors himself to the branch on this side.
The Bacher Leaf Ants finally realized that there was an enemy in front of them, and they did not wonder why this enemy was alone and did not flee. The anger of the hormones caused the Barcheleaf ants to rush forward in unison, trying to tear the intruder to shreds.
They didn't realize that the branches under their feet were more crooked than ever.
The large jaws of the cold, sharp Barche leaf ant, most recently, are less than a centimeter away from the protagonist.
Only then did he suddenly let go of his forelimbs, which were tightly gripping the opposite branch.
Pulled down by the tremendous force of the "Heavenly Gods", the opposite branch of the tight bow arm finally broke free from the restraint and rebounded violently like a vengeance.
The Bache leaf ant chasers who were speeding on the branches of the trees were defenseless, and only felt a huge force under their feet, which was much stronger than the heavy force.
Dozens of Barchet leaf ants were caught off guard and were thrown off by the elastic force, and luckily landed on the branches and leaves of nearby trees, but more fell into the water.
Although a small percentage of these overboard leaf ants are able to be rescued as quickly as possible by instinctively approaching the trunk, most of them will still die. The protagonist destroys a squad of enemies in one fell swoop.
The protagonist himself is not comfortable, although he grabbed the branch under his feet hard and was not thrown away, but the huge reaction force made his internal organs swing back and forth with his body and branches several times, especially because of inertia, the swing of internal organs is slower than the body, and a strong discomfort, dizziness, and nausea immediately envelop the whole body.
The protagonist retched twice, and didn't bother to look at the pursuers on the opposite side, so he quickly staggered and fled.
In less than two minutes, when the branches on both sides stop swinging, the pursuers can continue to pursue from this "bridge", and the protagonist will not dare to swing like this again.
This uncomfortable feeling, it seems that the internal organs have been injured, it is really a thousand self-damage to kill the enemy, the protagonist trembles, and quickly takes the opportunity to escape to find a large army.