Chapter 44: The Battle of the Canyon

Wilderness Gobi, Breaking Wind Canyon.

The bottom of the valley is about 30~50 meters from the top, and a huge cave is hidden in it, the entrance of the cave is quite high, but the inside is not too deep.

Black figures swam through the canyon, constantly shuttling back and forth, patrolling the valley floor.

Gu Beimo's car came to the entrance of the canyon and stopped.

"This is it?" Ding Xiu asked.

"That's right." Shen You nodded and said, "With the IQ of the bullet ant, it is unlikely that he will lie." ”

"Let's be careful." Gu Beimo nodded.

The canyon is located on the Gobi Desert, which is a special landform formed when the speed of ground uplift is coordinated with the downcut. The bullet ants chose their new nest here, which has to be said to be very wise.

The car entered the canyon, and Shen You began to release pheromones from his simulated bullet ants. The first thing she released was the pheromones of the worker ants, which soon attracted a few large bugs.

The insects were a little different from the bullet ants in the previous colony, they were larger, and they also had a pair of cut jaws. The antennae on the top of their heads have mutated into two spike-shaped horns, and the six legs that support their bodies are thinner and longer, which makes them more agile in their movements.

"What kind of bugs are these? Is it also a bullet ant? Ding Xiu asked.

"yes, you two reach for it." Shen You nodded and said, "This is the soldier ant I told you." ”

The ant wandered around the car for a while, the horns above their heads poking at the body of the car from time to time.

"Bastard, don't row Lao Tzu's car." Hearing the friction sound of "creaking" on the body, Gu Beimo felt distressed for a while.

A soldier ant suddenly left the car and crawled towards the depths of the canyon, Shen You's face changed, and he hurriedly shouted: "Don't let it go, it wants to go to the queen ant, if you let it tell the queen ant that a worker ant is back, our disguise will be exposed." ”

"Leave it to me." Ding Xiu rushed out of the car with a long knife, and the soldier ants next to the car immediately erected the horns above their heads, which was a sign that their bodies had entered a combat state.

Ding Xiu didn't care about them, but chased straight towards the soldier ant who left, and Gu Beimo also drove a car behind him.

The soldier ant who went back to report the news was not fast, and it was chased behind by Ding Xiu before it reacted. Ding Xiu slashed sideways with a knife, and the soldier ants only had time to block the blade with their horns.

The horns are only a part of the exoskeleton of the soldier ants, and while they are hard enough to easily pierce the bodies of many creatures, they are not enough to look at in front of the alloy blades.

The long knife in Ding Xiu's hand cut off its horns and slashed into his body. The ant slumped to the ground, its six slender feet twitching a few times before moving.

The soldier ants who had surrounded the car chased after them, and Ding Xiu drew his long knife from the corpse and turned to block their way to the depths of the canyon. The actions of those soldier ants were also very simple, and they all pounced on Ding Xiu with their horns on their backs.

Soldier ants are indeed much more effective than worker ants, and their larger size means that they have a thicker exoskeleton, and the flexibility of the angular process is much better than that of the pincers of the upper jaw.

Those horns were like long swords stabbing at them, and Ding Xiu used the long knife to slash them away as he dodged.

The horns are sharp and sharp, if a normal person is stabbed, there must be at least a fist-sized hole in his body, and only a person like Zhang Zhixiong with the ability of "armoring" can resist a burst of damage.

Ding Xiu doesn't have the ability to "armor", but he can change his reaction ability by activating the war paint.

The battle intent in his heart accumulated, and the tattoo on his chest suddenly emitted a faint golden light, and the soldier ant's sudden thrust attack with horns slowed down in his eyes instantly.

Just as Ding Xiu and the soldiers were fighting, there were suddenly a few more black spots in the sky, and Ding Xiu's attention was focused on his surroundings, and he didn't notice the situation above his head.

"Old Gu, those are male ants!" Shen You's face changed suddenly, and he pointed to the flying ants that appeared in the sky and said.

Ding Xiu cut off the horns of those soldier ants, and the long blade was suddenly bitten by a soldier ant with a cut jaw, this soldier ant bit his weapon, and the other companions next to him seemed to be inspired.

Just as Ding Xiu was about to draw the blade, several more soldier ants bit his long knife together. If Ding Xiu had a gun in his hand at this time, he only needed to use the gun to shoot the soldiers in front of him one by one, but because he was afraid that the sound would disturb the other bullet ants in the canyon, he still chose a cold weapon as a weapon when he got out of the car.

The black dots that appeared in the air quickly approached, and the fastest one swooped down in an instant, pouting the long needle on its tail and stabbing it at Ding Xiu's back.

Males are the only flying ants in the colony, their wings are strong and powerful, because they need to balance in the air, so their foreheads are different from those of soldier ants and worker ants, and their large pincers and horns are degenerated, and their weapons are stingers on their tails.

The males in the mutant bullet ants look like oversized wasps, but they are all black, which makes them even more hideous.

The stinger on their tail is unusually sharp, but it's not so much because it's sharp, it's because of the toxins in the stinger.

In the old world, bullet ants were less than the size of a fingernail, but at that time, if a person was injured by their stinger, the pain was equal to the degree of being hit by a bullet, hence the name bullet ants.

After the mutated bullet ants, the toxins in the stinger are not known how many times stronger. If you are stung in a bite, the pain is not something that the human nervous system can bear.

Although Ding Xiu's reaction was fast, the premise of his reaction was to be seen. His attention was on the soldiers beside him who were besieging him, and the long knife in his hand was also bitten by several soldiers.

Just as he was about to draw the knife, Ding Xiu heard a "bang" sound from the direction of the car, and a black mist suddenly erupted above his head, which was the remains of male ants that had been blown into pieces.

Gu Beimo's figure appeared next to the car in the distance, he was holding a large-caliber shotgun in his hand, the body of the gun was dark gray, and green smoke was emitting from the muzzle.

"Damn, I can't help it." Gu Beimo sighed, looking a little helpless, using guns here is the worst plan, because of the terrain of the canyon, the sound of gunfire will travel far inside.

Gu Beimo wanted to save Ding Xiu, so he had no choice, the male ant that suddenly appeared found the gap in Ding Xiu's vision, if he was successfully attacked by it, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Gu Beimo's shotgun is called "Fate", which is a personal weapon that has followed him for many years, and it is usually placed under the seat of the car, and it is only used when it is most critical.

"Fate" can be loaded with a variety of bullets, Gu Beimo is well versed in its performance, so he has done a lot of preparation work in the loading of ammunition.

What hit the target just now was a burst bullet, which was super fast, accurate, and powerful, so it instantly killed the male ant that swooped down.

The male ant shattered into powder made Ding Xiu finally realize the danger from above his head, and the moment he looked up, he immediately let go of the hand holding the hilt of the knife, and then moved his body sideways, avoiding the swooping of the other male ants.

It was too late to draw the knife at this moment just now, so Ding Xiu could only decisively abandon the weapon and give priority to avoiding danger.

"Ding Xiu, go on!" Gu Beimo took out Ding Xiu's gun from the car, sprinted two steps, and threw it at him vigorously.

Ding Xiu's eyes were quick, and after abandoning the knife, he jumped out of the encirclement and flew to catch the gun thrown by Gu Beimo.

"Let go of the fight, they've already heard the gunshots!" Gu Beimo shouted at him.

Ding Xiu received the gun and then fought again, he shuttled through the gap between the soldiers' bodies, and the muzzle of the gun kept spitting tongues of fire at their heads.

"Awesome!" Gu Beimo was carrying out fire support in the distance, and when he saw Ding Xiu holding an automatic rifle but rushing back to the ant colony to fight in close combat, he was surprised and admired.

Ding Xiu killed several soldier ants one after another, dodged their companion's horns and cutting-type huge mouthparts, approached the soldier ants biting the long knife, and touched the handle of the knife again with his left hand.

Draw the knife, turn around, shoot, dodge, the swift action is not muddy, under the promotion of the war paint, Ding Xiu has brought the integration of attack and defense to the extreme.

Gu Beimo's fire support on the outside line also provided Ding Xiu with great help, at least the male ants in the air were contained.

The sound of "rustling" suddenly appeared in the canyon, and just after Ding Xiu and Gu Beimo killed the surrounding soldiers and male ants, the two didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, and a large number of black insects gushed out from the depths of the canyon and on the high ground on both sides.

They were soldier ants, shaking the horns on the top of their heads, and the cut mouthparts on their jaws opened and closed, making a "hissing" sound from within.

"Ding Xiu, get in the car!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Gu Beimo threw a smoke bomb in the direction where the soldier ant colony came from, and then hurriedly returned to the car.

Smoke grenades slightly slowed down the pursuit of the lower colony.

Ding Xiu took the opportunity to run towards the car and rushed to the door when the car started.

"The terrain below the canyon is not good for us, so we will retreat to the outside of the mouth first, and we will fight if we can, and we can run away if we can't."

Gu Beimo said as he helped Ding Xiu open the car door and let him get into the car.

Shen You saw the posture of the ant colony rushing towards him, and his little face turned pale with fright: "Oh no, my pheromones don't work now, it should be the queen ant who forcibly ordered them to destroy us." ”

The queen ant is the king of the ant colony and the guarantee of the continued development of the ant colony. She controls the life and death of any individual in the entire group. The soldier ants protect it, the males mate with it, and the worker ants go out to forage for food and bring back food for the colony.

The queen ant is cautious, and the sound of gunfire is already a danger signal for it to penetrate deep into the bone marrow. So when the gunshots rang out, all the soldier ants swimming in the canyon gathered at the call of the queen ant and pounced on Ding Xiu and them.

The male flies back to the queen's side and is responsible for keeping an eye on the queen, as well as carrying the queen away from the nest before danger comes.

"Old Gu, are there any more powerful bullets?" Ding Xiu observed the situation on the cliffs on both sides of the canyon and asked Gu Beimo.

"Yes."

"Shoot at those places!" Ding Xiu pointed to a few positions ahead.

"You hold the steering wheel for me." Gu Beimo said as he took his hand off the steering wheel, then took out a few thick bullets and replaced them into the gun.