Chapter 62: The Giant Tree
Quickly straightened his clothes and pants, and didn't care about his image, Han Bai quickly stood up and chased after the mutant ant in the direction of movement before.
However, although he had reacted immediately, the mutant ant was moving too fast, and when he looked over again, there was no shadow.
Han Bai gritted his teeth and thought about it, squatted down, carefully inspected the ground under him, and was pleasantly surprised to find a clue from it!
Fortunately, although the mutant ants were lost, their dense footprints are still there. This was unimaginable two days ago, when a person stepped on the ground without a mark on it, and an ant walked by and left footprints. But when you think about it, it's not surprising. Although the size of ants is still smaller than that of humans, the weight is not necessarily inferior to that of humans, and besides, the contact area between ants' feet and the ground is much smaller than that of humans, and the more force they can bear, it is not surprising that they will make a mark.
In particular, the second-order red fire ant, the largest in the team, left a larger footprint and clearer.
So, Han Bai followed the footsteps left by the mutant ants and carefully followed them all the way, making some marks on the trees or roads along the way to ensure that he could still find a place when he came next time.
In this way, after carefully following for about half an hour, he finally returned to the place he passed by that day, and the evidence was that the mutant ants and spider corpses were all over the mountains, one place and another!
Even though I was mentally prepared, I was still greatly shocked by the scene in front of me!
There were so many insect corpses piled up in the open grassland in front of him, and it was indeed the only time he had ever seen them in his life! Within a hundred meters of his footsteps, nearly 100 insect corpses could be piled up, especially the corpses of mutant ants.
After carefully checking and making sure that there were no mutant ants or spiders guarding the surroundings, he slowly walked into the insect corpse group.
The smell of mutant ants and spiders rotting was not as much as expected, and Han Bai could only smell a slight rancid smell when he put on the mask he had prepared in advance. However, in the grassland in early summer, the flies and mosquitoes were still not eroded by the β virus, and the number was very large, especially around this corpse group, the number was quite annoying, Han Bai walked all the way, and the exposed face, ears and hair were affected by the mosquitoes.
He could only move on like an ox, swinging his arms to drive them away.
When he came to the corpse of a fiery red ant, he stopped. If memory serves, this should only be a second-order fire ant that has died, he looked all the way, and the corpse of a second-order ant rarely appears in the mutant ant camp, but he doesn't know how it just died?
As soon as curiosity came up, Han Bai stiffened, dragged one foot of the corpse of the fire ant and pulled it outside. Along the way, he also saw the corpse of a second-order spider, and dragged it out with him.
Finally, after walking far enough and the annoying mosquitoes disappeared, Han Bai put the corpses of the two mutated insects that were sinking to death on the ground. As a biology student, I have done a lot of things like dissecting mice, and even killed a lot of zombies with brains, so naturally I won't feel sick to my stomach for a few dead insects.
He crouched down and summoned a spirit knife to turn over the two insect corpses and study them, and in a short time he found out the different causes of their deaths. Among them, the cause of death of the second-order spider is quite obvious, the tender flesh in the belly is turned out, and the internal organs inside are exploded, which is undoubtedly caused by a certain ant or a group of ants who directly tore open the abdomen.
Seeing this, Han Bai tried to completely cut its abdomen directly with the spirit knife to see what was going on, but only after trying it did he realize his innocence. Although this abdomen is indeed one of the weakest parts of the mutant spider's body, as a second-order existence, no part of its body can be cut open casually.
Seeing that there was no response after a few cuts, Han Bai didn't care about it, but fortunately went directly to see the corpse of the second-order mutant ant. Compared to the spider just now, the way this ant died is quite interesting. First of all, its pair of large, powerful forefeet are wrapped in layers of white silk threads, presumably made by the spiders fighting with it to restrain it. Secondly, its fiery red body showed signs of corrosion, as if it had been exposed to some kind of strong acidic acid, and some parts of it had been corroded clean. In the end, the scar that directly caused the death of this second-order fire ant was that its head was directly screwed off!
Han Bai stood up and silently looked at the two dead second-order mutant insects, quickly sorting out a few pieces of information about them.
First, there are at least three methods of attack for spiders. Silk winding, acid jetting and direct nibbling. The first two can delay or even kill the opponent from a long distance, and the latter is equally terrifying when used in close hand-to-hand combat.
Second, the ant's attack method seems to be very simple, and the only way to do hand-to-hand combat is to use the powerful forefoot and bite the roof of the mouth.
Third, the soft underbelly of the spider is in the abdomen, and if you want to kill it, you have to start from the abdomen. The weakness of ants lies in the "nodes" that connect the body, such as the connection point between the neck and the body, the connection point between one section of the body and another section, and only by moving the knife towards these positions can it be possible to split the body of the second-order fire ant .
Thinking of this, Han Bai frowned instead and showed a bitter smile.
He shook his head mockingly, and asked himself, "Well, what's the use of figuring this out?" Even if it's one-on-one, I'm afraid there is still no chance of winning. The high speed and high explosion of second-order mutant ants, the various attack methods of mutant spiders, almost every one of them will lose half a life if they are touched by a little, and if I want to hurt others, I must attack to the best position at the perfect time. It's really unfair, but how can there be so much fairness in heaven and earth......"
Fortunately, he is not a negative person, and after a few casual complaints, the light of confidence shines in his eyes again.
"Thankfully, it's not out of the question. Compared to those mutant bugs, at least I'm wise. Secondly...... The more kills and more absorbs, the stronger I become. When the time comes, you will not be afraid of losing your chances of winning! ”
After thinking about all this, he threw the corpses of the two bugs in place and continued to dive in the direction of the mutant ants.
After walking for a while, he found that the surrounding environment began to become strange, and the weeds that had grown wildly all the way had decreased little by little when he arrived here!
Until he walked a few dozen steps forward, he was surprised to find that he couldn't see even the slightest trace of green around him!
Yes, further on, there are patches of dry earth where not even a single weed or tree can be seen!
No, wait!
Han Bai's gaze was suddenly attracted by something, and he was directly stunned on the spot.
At this moment, he kind of wanted to slap himself.
He was right in his previous sentence, there was indeed not a single weed to be seen in the vicinity for a few hundred meters, however...... It's not like there's not a single tree that can't be seen......
Just one or two hundred meters in front of him, there was a huge tree with straight and straight branches and leaves!
The giant tree can be about ten meters high, the trunk is about four or five people hugging each other, and the canopy is dense, like a huge ceremonial flower frozen in the air, dense and warm! Such a tree, even if Han Bai wandered around this wilderness for several hours, he had never seen one!
And before, the mutant ant team that Han Bai had followed all the way was guarding only ten meters next to the giant tree at this moment!