The attack came and went suddenly.

The hustle and bustle had not yet dissipated, and the giant beast embedded in the ground broke free and crawled. Four golden eyes looked angrily at Keller through the smoke and dust, but turned away. When it left, it naturally stepped on a road to heaven in the mountains and forests. Keller did not order the pursuit, but the general frowned deeply and seemed preoccupied.

This sudden attack, the front line of the battle array almost gave the giant beast a rush. If it weren't for Keller, a general, the consequences would be unimaginable. After the war, there were more than 30 dead, and more than 100 were seriously injured. The most tragic of them were the soldiers who were sprayed with the poisonous water of the giant beasts, and the nameplates on their bodies even melted into iron juice, and they could not even identify them. Keller had no choice but to have the bodies buried together. By the time these things were done, it was already dusk.

In the wooden shed, Kuru stared blankly at the work area at the bottom of the lake. In the reddish light of dusk, the silt in the lake resembles a dark red magma. Kuru sighed, the excavation of the ruins was thwarted one after another, as if there was something in the dark that would not allow him to unravel the mystery of the ruins.

Footsteps sounded, and Kuru saw a pair of mud-stained iron boots stepping into the wooden shed. When I looked up again, I saw Keller with a wry smile on his face. Keller sat down beside Kuru and said, "I have something to discuss with you, Mr. Kuru. ”

"Please."

"I have a gut feeling that from the snake plague a few days ago to today's giant beast, none of this is accidental." Keller narrowed his eyes and said, "I always feel that behind these things, there is an invisible hand pushing them to happen." If we don't address it at the source, I'm sure there will be more things like today. ”

Kuru let out an "oh" and nodded, "General Keller and I have thought of it." I was just wondering that there are lords all over the empire, so is there a lord in a place like the Savage Highlands? ”

"Lord? Do you mean some kind of beast? ”

"Judging from the current situation, it may be a fierce beast with some kind of intelligence."

Keller gasped, "Is there such a thing?" It's not Irinare, the primeval forest where the garden called Nemesis is located, that would have such a murderous thing......"

"Who knows, the world is in a state of constant change. The Savage Highlands are sparsely populated, and even if there is a murderous creature of that level, it is not surprising that it will regard the Highlands as its lair. Kuru took a sip of ale and shook his head and smiled, "That's the most plausible explanation, we're like a bunch of invaders to the highland lords we've never met." I don't think General Keller will be a stranger to invaders, right? ”

"If that's the case, then I have a proposal." Keller said solemnly: "Tomorrow I want to leave with four hundred elite soldiers, and follow the traces left by the giant beast to find the so-called highland lord, if there is one." Hell, I'm assuming there's such a thing, then we're going to have to annihilate it. Otherwise, the next time it sends a giant beast or a fierce creature like that, it will be in trouble. Don't forget, as it stands, the ruins seem to be in the belly of the mountain. It's not difficult for a giant beast like the one that attacked us today to crash into a mountain......"

"Imagine if we were investigating the ruins and the beast suddenly attacked and crashed into the mountain, I don't think Mr. Kuru would want to encounter it, right?"

Kuru shuddered and said with a wry smile, "Who wants to be buried alive." Okay, General Keller, please address this danger at the source. We won't enter the ruins until you return. ”

Keller nodded, still uneasy, and said, "If you encounter another beast attack, Mr. Kuru, I will have someone send you out of the high ground if necessary." ”

"I know."

That night, Kuru slept restlessly. He was awakened in his sleep, fearing that the daytime beasts would attack the camp again. Fortunately, during the day, the camp was calm. Keller organized an army of 400 men, mixed several arms, and left the camp with his troops. As he had promised yesterday, Kuru did not rush into the ruins to investigate.

Whether it was Keller or Kuru, they didn't know that although the ground was calm at the moment, it was very lively underground. Some high-toothed ants are advancing underground, and these ants are densely packed and numbered in the thousands. If you pry the ground open, you will find that there is a high density of ants underground. The sea of ants divided into more than a dozen rivers, rolling along the natural fissures in the ground to the mountain where the ruins were located.

It didn't take long for the ant colony to enter the inner space of the Imperial Serpent base. This is the beginning of the ant colony, as if there is an invisible will directing them, and the iron-toothed ants that are diverted out are like an army, with a clear goal to go to all parts of the base. They entered the weapons warehouse, the main control room, the power room, and other rooms that were still intact. Then came destruction, and the ant colony bit off energy pipes, brains, cables, everything that was still functioning. In the process, ants are constantly blown up by the electric current, and their tiny bodies are splashed with corrosive acid, which increases the damage and turns the base into a veritable ruin.

Throughout the process, the colony's division of labor is clear and efficient. If anyone saw this, they would shudder. The work continued for a day, and by the time the colony had retreated, there was nothing of value left in the base. At this point, even if Kuru was able to enter the base, he would not be able to obtain any information or knowledge.

But at this moment, Kuru did not know that the earth-shattering changes had taken place in the ruins, and he was still in the wooden shed fantasizing about opening the ruins and obtaining all kinds of unimaginable ancient knowledge. He didn't know that everything he hoped for had been destroyed by the ant colony.

Keller made his way through the jungle, and the trail of the behemoth was palpable. Ancient trees that had been flattened along the way, rocks that had been shattered, and even the feces left behind by the beasts that the team had found along the way, all guided Keller and his army deeper and deeper into the northwest of the highlands. In the evening, Keller and the others set up camp on a high slope. Not far in front of the high slope is a natural valley, where traces of the behemoth disappear.

If there were no accidents, the behemoth should have entered the valley. This valley Keller doesn't know how deep it can hold a giant beast, and he knows how small it is. In the direction of the valley from the camp, Keller always had the feeling of being watched, as if a pair of eyes were staring at him in the depths of the valley.

A pair of eyes full of wisdom.