I Am the Swarm

Chapter 57: steal home

In fact, Rowan didn't want to do things right now. The longer it took, the more powerful it would be for him. It takes time for the accumulation of the swarm to turn into a force. But through the last two days of observation, the scale of the Red Ant Allied Forces on the front line has reached more than 500,000, and the areas near the border have been swept away excessively by them, with serious overdrafts, and they have gradually been unable to maintain their daily consumption.

Rowan saw that the red ants in several teams attacked the black ants in the team to eat.

The situation has reached the most dangerous moment, and now the red ant coalition can either choose to attack or retreat. But the probability of retreat is very low, so a full-scale war between the two sides is imminent.

Time waits for no one, there are more than 50,000 digging ants, every 500 of them ride a transport worm.

There are more than 5,000 small soldier ants accompanying the team to **** them. They are small in size, and one transport worm can carry eight or nine hundred.

In addition, the team also brought a small number of big-eyed scout bugs and spy bugs.

Under the leadership of Rowan, more than 100 transport bugs marched fast towards the enemy-occupied area with their long legs, bypassing some eyelines on the way.

An hour later, the troops arrived at the designated location.

This is the edge of the river bank closest to the red ant's nest. From here, it is about 600 meters away from the red ant's nest.

Without much delay, Rowan began to dig a canal at a distance of half a meter from the river bank. His huge body is like a giant excavator, and he hastily opened a gully on the ground, extending towards the red ant's nest.

The digging ants are responsible for following Rowan, carrying out the soil in the gully, and then expanding, leveling and grinding it.

The big-eyed scouts and the little soldier ants are scattered around the team and are responsible for the vigilance work. The transport insects climb on the surrounding vegetation and start trimming.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, and the digging speed was progressing very quickly. After all, Rowan did the most difficult work alone. His big digging was enough to dig the hard ground, which could save a lot of physical strength of the digging ants behind him.

The plan went smoothly, and occasionally a few passing enemy scouts were quickly resolved, providing the team with a little protein reserve.

However, as the excavation work got closer and closer to the enemy's nest, the number of enemy troops encountered became larger and larger.

However, the little soldier ants still had an absolute numerical advantage, and at the same time, the transport bugs were also sent over. They are faster and more agile, and are responsible for loitering around the periphery of the battlefield, chasing down escaping foes in case they get their message across. Spy bugs clean up the pheromones they spread.

However, when it was only more than 20 meters away from the enemy's nest, the team's whereabouts were still exposed.

Due to the serious physical loss of the troops due to the long-term battle, and the fact that this place is very close to the enemy's nest, the enemy's activities here are very frequent.

Although the insect swarm still has an advantage in terms of overall military strength, it has been unable to intercept all the enemy's defeated troops, and finally it was leaked.

Fortunately, there is only a little distance left, and the communication efficiency of the ants is not very high.

Rowan, who is well aware of the regularity of the ant nest's operation, knew that although a few deserters were leaked, it would take some time for the red ants to react.

He seized this free time, instead of hiding, he started to dig with all his strength towards the "little volcano" in front of him.

At the same time, 20 transport worms and 10,000 diggers quickly left the battlefield and returned to the river bank. They had to go back and dig the half-meter-wide barrier of the river and the ditches.

Leaving one-fifth of the labor force slightly slowed down the progress of the excavation, but the impact was not too great.

More than ten minutes later, under the desperate cover of the little soldier ants, Rowan dug up the wall of the "Little Volcano", and a large hole appeared on it, revealing the dark and winding tunnel of the ant nest inside.

This time, like poking a hornet's nest, a large number of red and black ants poured out from the gap.

At this time, Rowan was tired and exhausted. It was a bit too reluctant for him to dig a 600-meter canal. In the last ten meters, he was completely digging out of his breath.

At this time, the task was finally completed, and his heart was relieved. All the fatigue came up, and he didn't even have the strength to lift it up.

However, staying here at this time is completely courting death. He held up his last strength and retreated some distance.

The digging ants behind him passed over him and covered him to retreat. A large number of red and black ants rushed over like a two-color torrent, and the digging ants stretched their butts forward, posing a standard jet shape.

Formic acid solution spray!

In the first round, thousands of digging ants shot their own formic acid solution at the breach at the same time, and the enemy's vanguard was directly stunned by this wave of long-range saturation attacks.

A digging ant does not carry much formic acid solution, but the amount of formic acid accumulated by thousands of ants should not be underestimated. The acid solution flows to the ground before it even penetrates into the soil. The hole flows into the depths of the ant nest.

Many enemy troops didn't even react, and their tentacles and arthropods were dissolved by formic acid. UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com lost their ability to move.

Rowan withdrew to the rear and immediately began to command. He first ordered a few worker ants to carry some ant fragments to the nearby battlefield, and he needed to replenish his physical strength.

Afterwards, 20,000 digging ants were assigned to climb to the "crater" and block it. Whenever an enemy army emerged, they would spray formic acid solution inside.

The rest of the digging ants defended the gap they just dug. If the enemy rushes out, the same formic acid solution will serve them.

The remaining small soldier ants and transport ants are protected on the two wings of the team. Now the large army of the ant nest is blocked in the nest and has not come out. The small soldier ants can withstand it for the time being with the patrol team outside.

About half an hour later, the ant nest organized several charges, all of which were sprayed back by the formic acid solution.

Formic acid solution spray is used to block this kind of hole, and the lethality is increased geometrically, far exceeding their performance on a large-scale battlefield.

However, these rounds of suicide charges are not ineffective, they have consumed a large amount of formic acid solution reserves of the digging ants. Another charge of the enemy forces, it is estimated that the reserves will be exhausted.

But at this moment, a series of clattering sounds of water came from a distance, and a stream of water appeared in the aqueduct in the distance.

In the blink of an eye, the stream of water rushed to the front, carrying the corpse of the excavation ants floating above, and pierced through the gap of the ant nest.

Rowan understands that the respiratory system of insects is not very resistant to flooding. Digging the last barrier of the canal and the river is very dangerous. If you don't dodge a little, you will be submerged by water.

You can dig out the size of the ants. It is easier said than done to dodge in time. This is a suicidal task.

However, their sacrifices were not in vain.

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