The Final Evolution of Slaughter! Hunting Ground of Iron and Blood! Chapter 22: Deep Into the Ant Nest

In Fang Senyan's world, according to some common sense he learned, the habits of ants in each region are also different.

Ants in Africa like to live in "buildings".

Even if there are no conditions, these guys will use trees as skeletons to build majestic anthills on their own. The anthills are several meters high, ranging from several meters to more than ten meters, and they are so hard that an adult can chop them up with a big ax, and they are actually Mars. Splashing around will not damage its appearance at all.

Most ants like to live underground.

Compared with their small size, the building area of ​​underground ant nests can even reach tens of square meters, similar to storage rooms, nursery nests, queen rooms, tunnels, cells, residences...with different divisions of labor and various supporting facilities. The facilities are so complete that, in fashionable terms, they surpass those of the CBD.

As for the group of one-horned flying ants on the planet Epros, they have habits of both.

Its worker ants all build their nests on mushroom rocks, because if they do this, they can take full advantage of being at a commanding height, living high up and seeing far away, monitoring their entire territory like sentinels, and swarming in case of any accidents. The team swarmed out.

The queen and male bodyguards of the one-horned flying ant live comfortably in a magnificent underground nest under the mushroom rock. They are warm in winter and cool in summer, and are supported by the worker ants.

If half of the mushroom rock hadn't collapsed and the two to three hundred worker ants hiding inside had not been wiped out, it would have been impossible for Sheyan and his party to come here and carry out such a clean-up work on the sacred nest of the ant colony.

Although Aldaris had only fled for his life in a hurry before and had never gone so deep under the mushroom rock. But this did not prevent him from quickly finding the entrance to the underground ant nest, because these one-horned flying ants crawl here all day long. Although they fly when hunting, when they bring food to feed male ants and queens, But crawling in and out. So as long as you see where there is no grass and is as smooth as a trail, just walk along it.

The entrance to the underground ant nest is just below the rocky mountain at the base of the mushroom rock. Because the size of the flying ants is similar to that of a lion, the entrance to the cave is also tall and spacious, and is very smooth and flat with no bad smell. It looks dark.

At this point in the battle, Paul's powerful metal puppet Hercules is still taking the lead. The surface of this huge puppet has also been corroded by a lot of formic acid sprayed out. The originally smooth surface is also pitted.

More importantly, there are many magic arrays engraved on the surface of the metal puppet. Once activated, the energy of those magic arrays will quickly show signs of network flow, emitting bursts of red light, and exerting the "power of the wild bull". ", "anti-gravity" and other functions.

At this time, after being corroded by formic acid, most of the magic array on the metal puppet was also destroyed. When it walked, it obviously felt a lot heavier. The joints will also make harsh creaking sounds, as if they are not oiled, and the movement speed is also extremely cumbersome.

Paul has to support the operation of the metal puppet at this time, which consumes a lot of mental energy. After arriving here. I could only watch the two of them make a helpless gesture. Sheyan and Sheyan knew that he must have some trump cards, but after all, it was Paul who had put in a lot of effort in fighting all the way, and it was impossible to be harsh on him at this time.

So without saying a word, Sheyan asked Paul to take in his metal puppet Hercules, and then asked Ramtas to come out and block it.

In fact, this is where Paul’s scheming lies. He deliberately proposed that his metal puppet Hercules would take the lead in order to let his puppet experience a relatively low-intensity but long-lasting battle.

And no one knows how powerful the ant queen is. It is very likely that there will be a crazy attack, causing the metal puppet Hercules to be completely destroyed, so it is natural and logical to act helpless before facing the ant queen.

Sheyan was of course very clear about his calculations, but because he was an MT himself, he didn't care about Paul's actions. After all, there is a saying that tolerance leads to greatness, and you can't ask everyone to contribute selflessly to you. , in short, as long as it does not exceed certain bottom lines, then his behavior can be tolerated.

Because the ant colony relies on touch and pheromones to move within the nest, the nest is dark and there are no luminous objects. However, before setting off, humans in the future have long anticipated the possibility of cave adventures, so they give them In the configuration menu, a special detector called "Ladybug" is listed.

This high-energy special detector is about the size of a tennis ball. It uses gravity countermeasures technology to float in the air. It can fly dexterously at high speeds, and can spread ultrasonic network exploration and mapping rays up to fifty meters long around it to accurately map the cave. Geological conditions and associated organisms. (Well, it’s actually the thing in Prometheus)

Because ladybugs are also quite expensive, Fang Sheyan and the others only used one ladybug and flew thirty places ahead while doing lighting work. After walking about forty meters into the ant nest, I felt that the air quality was still very good, and there was still wind coming from time to time.

Although the claw marks of the worker ants on the cave wall are clearly visible, they also appear quite smooth. Although they certainly cannot be compared with human buildings, if you look closely, the wall is like a layer of glaze, hard and smooth. If you tap it gently with your fingers, it will even make a dull "shell shell shell" sound. Even if you pour water on it, it will flow down directly without soaking in.

After walking about a hundred meters, everyone felt that the front was suddenly open. The passage of the ant nest was originally the size of a train tunnel, and now it seemed like entering a temporary stop platform. "Ladybug" also flew directly to the air 20 to 30 meters, illuminating the whole place, and it can be clearly seen that this should be the storage room of the ant nest.

There are many plant roots and fruits, and of course the corpses of wild animals piled up in different categories. Fur and other things are divided into a pile. The edible meat is clamped into fist size by the worker ants, and it is dehydrated and dried like beef jerky and piled together. You have to get very close to smell the rotten smell.

Looking at the dense crawling traces on the ground, everyone felt a sense of fear in their hearts. If this was an ant trap, and dozens of worker ants suddenly rushed out from all directions to surround them, then they would be skinned alive.

The most regrettable thing here is that the fur of many wild animals is quite precious. Unfortunately, they were corroded by formic acid when they were killed. Otherwise, it would be a huge fortune. Although it is still valuable now, considering the huge cost of bringing these damaged items back to the Alpine Base No. 7 from the planet Epros, there may even be more and better spoils that need to occupy space in future adventures, so they can only give up.

Continuing forward from the storage room, a three-way intersection appeared in front of them. At this time, Ramtas's fat nose wings kept twitching, and then he excitedly aimed at the road on the left and began to roar, and also made continuous pig snorts, as if there was a female wild boar in heat inside.

Fang Senyan originally planned to take the largest intersection, but under this guy's strong request, he had to change his route.

But this time, when they walked about fifty meters into the passage, they smelled an indescribable smell, which was like the smell of washing urine scale in a urinal with hydrochloric acid. It was so sour and suffocating, and the smell became stronger as they walked deeper. Both Aldaris and Paul couldn't help but put on gas masks.

When they reached the end of the passage, there was also a spacious hall. Many grid-like caves were dug out in the hall. After entering this hall, Fang Senyan was relieved. It seemed that this ant colony had indeed reached the end of the road and had no tricks, because no ant colony could afford the cost of confusing the enemy like this.

This is the nursery of the ant colony.

When the queen ant lays eggs, the worker ants carry the eggs here for hatching, and they also take care of the hatched larvae.

Because almost all the worker ants died, it can be said that this place has been in a state of disorder for a long time.

According to the information provided by Man-Man No. 1, after the larvae of the unicorn flying ant are born, they will eat nearly ten times a day (24 hours), all of which are fed by worker ants. According to the orders given by the queen ant using pheromones, they will be fed different foods.

Most of the larvae will be fed with "chyme" processed by the worker ants with their powerful jaws. After the worker ants chew the fruits of plants and a large amount of meat, they will mix it with their own saliva and store it in the crop to feed the larvae. They will eat at least four kilograms at a time to be full. The larvae that eat "chyme" will eventually hatch into worker ants.

A small number of larvae will be fed "ant dew" at least once a day while being fed "chyme". This thing is similar to royal jelly and is usually the exclusive food of the queen ant. These larvae will be hatched into male ants for job transfer, fighting and breeding.

Only when the queen ant dies or the ant colony splits, will the larvae enjoy the qualification of eating all the "ant dew". Once it is hatched, it will be the queen ant.

At this time, the hatchery had been without the care of the worker ants for at least dozens of hours. Driven by instinct, the hungry larvae naturally attacked the eggs and brothers around them. Oh no, it should be eaten... The smell of the rotting larvae or eggs was the source of the stench that Fang Senyan and the others smelled. (){Piaotia Literature www.piaotia.com thanks all the book friends for their support. Your support is our greatest motivation}