A dark passage leads deep underground.

The girl Hagi and her party didn't know how long they had been walking, but finally there was some light ahead.

Along the way, behind them, there was a constant roar of insect battles, and in the underground passage that extended in all directions, new ant-like insects were constantly pouring out, and they were not afraid to stop the pursuing monsters behind, constantly buying time for their group to evacuate.

"Cross the underground river ahead!" I'll send the kids to pick you up......" a hazy female voice sounded in her head again.

The girl Hagi carefully crossed the underground river in front of her, and then wondered, "Who are you?"

"Are you manipulating these bugs?"

Creak.

The rock in front of him suddenly cracked, and then a huge male ant appeared in front of him, and unlike the ant-like creatures in front of him, this male ant was quite large, it was about seven or eight feet long, six feet high in the front section, and weighed more than 1,500 pounds.

"The queen ant is waiting for you!" Suddenly, the huge male ant in front of him spoke.

Its claws are very flexible, like human fingers, and it even makes an inviting gesture at the moment.

"It's incredible! ants can talk!" Behind the girl Hagi, the little wanderer was surprised.

At this time, the male ant in front turned his head, the tentacles on the top of it swayed slightly, and he stared at him with his pupils for a long time before he said slowly: "We are the Zela ant clan...... Not ants ......"

"Humans. ”

"We've lived on this planet longer than you......"

A giant ant not only speaks, but also uses a lingua franca.

This literally turned the other people's perceptions upside down, and one of the wanderers muttered, "Zela Ant, why have I never heard of this race?"

The hazy female voice sounded again.

"Of course you haven't seen us. Because our empire is built in the deepest part of this planet! I'm afraid only some of the dwarven elders are vaguely aware of our existence......"

The hazy female voice let out a sigh, and then said, "Zemi! escort them into the nest." ”

"Humans. ”

"I may need a little help from you...... The Death Omen Star has invaded our realm...... We are losing ground under His onslaught...... What's even more terrifying is that he is corrupting and extracting the genes of our Zela ant-clan......"

"This ancient evil creature is incubating a new army of monsters......

Hearing the telepathic message from the queen ant, Hagi's heart suddenly chuckled.

"New monsters?"

"Is it the monster we encountered outside?" asked the girl.

The hazy female voice paused, and then said slowly: "Those are just the lowest-level demonic ants, and it is impossible to defeat the ant nest with these things alone. The Death Omen Star is hatching some even more terrifying monsters......"

"He has captured our Empress...... He's extracting the genes of the swarm......"

A swarm?

Hearing the other party's words, although Hagi was still a little incomprehensible, a very bad feeling rose in his heart.

"The Zela Ant Clan is an offshoot of the Starry Sky Ant Clan. ”

"Our race once explored the endless sea of stars, and finally the first Ant Empress chose this planet as our habitat. Since then, we have been building our own kingdom beneath this planet......" a voice sounded like a memory.

The girl Hagi suddenly interrupted the other party's words, and wondered, "Since you came to the moon so early, why didn't we know about your existence at all?"

The opposite seems to hesitate.

Then, a hazy female voice sighed, "Child." There's a lot going on here. ”

"At that time, the Quarter Moon was still a colony of some powerful wizards, and humanity had only just set foot on this planet...... The ant colony fought a terrible war with them...... In the end we failed...... Retreat to the deepest part of the underground ......"

"But what we didn't expect was that these crazy ancient wizards actually brought something terrible to the String Moon......"

"These horrible things have destroyed them. ”

"The era after this is the history you are familiar with...... But at that time, the ant colony had already established our own kingdom deep underground, and it was rare for us to appear in front of you again......"

How many years ago was this?

Three thousand years ago?

Five thousand years ago?

Everyone else present couldn't help but be surprised, as if they didn't expect that dusty history would be uncovered in this dark underground.

"Is the Omen Star attacking your realm? when did it start, and why didn't you show up in the Dark Years?" a high-ranking warrior monk suddenly spoke.

The hazy female voice sounded again: "Our kingdom has fallen. ”

"By the time the Empress was captured by him, the nest had fallen. ”

"The Year of Darkness?"

"Was it the year He broke free from the seal and woke up, and when His roots invaded the ground, the war between the Ant Hive and Him began...... We struggled to support ...... But in the end, it failed......"

As if something had been thought of.

The girl Hagi suddenly looked up and said, "Do those strange burrowing bugs that invaded the Earth Spirit Canyon last time have anything to do with you? Why haven't we seen such monsters before?"

A hazy female voice said, "Drill worms?"

"That could be the gene of the swarm...... Ant tribes are derived from insect colonies...... However, only the Empress's body has the real swarm gene...... Ancient evils are extracting and corrupting these genes...... He wants to create some even more terrible monsters to destroy all resistance......"

After passing through a dark passage, everything in front of me suddenly became clear.

The maiden Hagi stared in amazement at everything in front of them, as they saw a majestic underground complex, more spectacular than the dwarven fortress built in the mountains. Tens of thousands of humanoid worker ants were busy in front of them, and among them were larger soldier ants, as well as ant overseers who exuded psionic fluctuations.

"This is our makeshift nest. Let Zemi bring you here. A hazy female voice disappeared from her mind.

The dense crowd of worker ants separated a passageway, and then led by the sturdy male ant, Hagi and his party walked towards the most majestic building underground.

There are many worker ants on both sides of the road who are carrying stones, these small worker ants are quite amazingly powerful, easily lifting heavy stones, and on the edge of the grand nest, you can see many ant clan overseers directing the worker ants to build some heavy defenses.

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