The soldiers circled around the crowd, blocked the hole, and raised their huge palates to make a "click" sound. Everyone was shocked, thinking that they had exposed their feet, and they were all a little at a loss. King Peter hurriedly explained in a whisper: "Don't worry, we are smeared with the smell of worker ants, and these soldier ants are asking us what we have found!" ”

Zhao Zixuan raised the harpoon in his hand and said, "What you said is not true!" That's an exaggeration! It's just some ants. Would they be so responsible? ”

Peter Wang said: "Boy, don't underestimate these insects, they appeared on the earth hundreds of millions of years earlier than us humans, and evolved the strongest discipline and the most complex group on the earth, in which the complex group management method has always been the focus of scientists. ”

Zhang Xiaohu asked, "If that's the case, what should we do?" ”

"Whoever has food in their backpack, take it out!" King Peter said, "We can pretend to be worker ants who go out in search of food. ”

Hearing this, Yan Dacang took out a large piece of jerky from the backpack behind him, and said with a wry smile: "And then? ”

"Lift it up and shake it."

Yan Cannon held the jerky with one hand and shook it on his head, and the soldier ants smelled the food, shook their huge heads, and retreated with a slight swing of their tentacles, giving way to the hole. Everyone did not hesitate, and all of them walked into the anthill.

Zhang Xiaohu didn't expect to be able to enter the anthill so easily, according to his original idea, there should be a desperate battle before it was possible to break in. Unexpectedly, according to King Peter's method, the crowd could achieve the first goal so easily. It really confirms the famous saying "Knowledge is power!" ”。

Yan Dacang cried and sighed, "me!" How did Lao Tzu become a native master! This time it's going to be a hole again. ”

"Uncle Yan, don't you like to go into the cave?" Zhang Xiaohu asked. They had been in that cave for seven or eight days before, and they had never seen Yan Cannon so disgusted.

"In my hometown, the most incompetent people go to the ground, steal dead people's things, and damage yin morality! My old Yan is also a person who has died once, and this time I began to feel uncomfortable when I saw these dark places! ”

The passage in the anthill is straight, first diagonally upwards, then diagonally into the ground, and continues to the center of the earth. This is a small design made by the ants to prevent rainwater from pouring into the hole.

Zhang Xiaohu lit the torch he was carrying, and it could be seen from the strength of the flame that the ventilation in the anthill was very good, and this group of giant ants had built their nest very comfortably and perfectly.

Not far from the cave, a black ant sensed the temperature of the flames, and quickly climbed up from below, Zhao Zixuan immediately made a decision, a harpoon pierced the ant's head, and the worker ant fell weakly into the darkness below.

Zhang Xiaohu looked at Liu Fang and asked, "Which direction are they in?" ”

Liu Fang recognized it and said, "Go down, there is a three-way intersection not far ahead, and I left a mark there." ”

The team picked up speed, and a few minutes later, a three-way intersection appeared in the firelight, where several ants of different colors came in and out.

Yan Cannon rushed over first, using the torch in his hand to disperse the nearby ants, Liu Fang walked there to identify it, suddenly his face changed, and he was shocked: "It's not good, the mark I made is gone." ”

Zhang Xiaohu was surprised: "How come! Look for it! ”

Liu Fang touched the smooth wall of the cave and said in despair: "I obviously carved an arrow on this wall at that time." Why not now! ”

King Peter stepped forward, inspected it, stretched out his hand and pinched some dirt, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and said, "This layer of soil is new, and it should have been after you left, and some ants found the traces you left behind, and treated the broken parts." ”

"If you remember it again, there are only three intersections in total, and in such a short period of time, you can't remember where you came from?" Zhao Zixuan looked at Liu Fang, who was dazed, and his tone was a little impatient.

"It was a crisis, a swarm of ants chasing us, and there was no light, I really couldn't recognize it."

"You can do it!" Zhao Zixuan complained: "It's good now, I don't even know which direction to go, and how to save people." ”

"That's it! Lao Zhao, don't say it, let her think about it! Zhang Xiaohu was also a little worried, but he knew that now was not the time to complain to each other, and he had to find a way to find the right one from these three channels as soon as possible.

"What do you hear from that?" Master Wang suddenly leaned on the wall and pressed his ear against the soil to confirm the source of the sound.

"Rustle!" They noticed that there were strange noises coming from all three passages, as if a lot of ants were rushing in their direction.

"Did the ants find us?" Zhao Zixuan hurriedly said, "King Peter, why doesn't your method work?" ”

King Peter immediately fell into deep thought, according to his method, the ants should not have discovered these invaders so quickly, he suddenly saw that everyone was sweating, and immediately understood the reason, and said helplessly: "I know! We've been covered in sweat all the way through. The smell outside the cave was not particularly obvious just now, but now in this passage, the smell of sweat should have already dispersed! ”

At this time, the situation is very serious, the three passages in front of them are all blocked, they must find the right entrance as soon as possible, break through with all their strength, find someone and rush out, it is easier said than done, in fact, they need to risk their lives.

Zhang Xiaohu looked at Liu Fang and instructed: "You are here to remember well, we are responsible for buying you time!" He hurriedly divided the group into three teams, each responsible for blocking the ants coming out of the three holes, and he himself was responsible for the direction of the entrance when they came, preventing the ants from killing from behind.

At the entrance of the cave where Yan Cannon was in charge, there was a roar first, then the entrance of the cave that Xu Haitao was in charge of, and then the entrance of Zhao Zixuan's cave, and there was already a battle with ants in the three caves. Everyone relied on the advantage of weapons to constantly hit the ants that came up, but the reaction arc of the insects is completely different from that of humans, and the ants are still aggressive after being hit hard, and they will not immediately lose their ability to act, so everyone does not dare to take it lightly, fortunately, the passage space in the cave is limited, and the advantage of the number of ants is not reflected, and the two sides fell into a stalemate for a while.

Zhao Zixuan's loud voice resounded in the cave, "Lao Zhang, what's wrong, I can't stand it anymore!" ”

Zhang Xiaohu looked at Liu Fang, tried his best to control his tone, and asked, "How is it, do you remember anything?" ”

Liu Fang shook her head in despair.

Suddenly, in the middle passage, Xu Haitao's voice rang out, "Zhang Xiaohu, in my cave, there seems to be someone shouting, come in and take a look!" ”

Liu Fang took off his bow and arrows and said, "You go and see, I'm here to guard you." ”

Zhang Xiaohu walked into the middle passage and found that there were swarms of red ants swarming forward not far in front of him, Xu Haitao and the three of them held shields to block the sprayed formic acid, and at the same time fought back with the weapons in their hands, and five or six ants had been killed on the ground.

Among the many chaotic voices, Zhang Xiaohu vaguely heard someone shouting in the depths, but he couldn't hear it clearly. However, in this anthill, there will be no one else except Chenyi, so this passage should be the correct one. He withdrew to the three forks and shouted to the other two passages, "Exit and find the entrance!" ”

Zhang Xiaohu took out two large packages of white powder wrapped in oiled paper from his backpack, which were carefully prepared by Chenyi, which were mixed with white phosphorus, magnesium powder, sulfur powder, wax and other flammable substances, and could continue to burn for a long time. He carefully sprinkled the powder at the mouth of the two passages, and lit it with a fire, and a blinding white light flashed, and the flames were four colors, burning the few ants that rushed to the front into charcoal.

"Quick! Hurry in and help! Zhang Xiaohu looked at the retreating crowd and pointed to the passage in the middle.

The tide of red soldiers and ants faithfully fulfilled their obligations, resolutely not allowing everyone to take a step forward, and at the same time, the flames at the other two passages were about to be extinguished, and soon everyone was going to be annihilated in the ant tide.