I Am the Swarm

The formic acid solution in the trench gradually passed away and dried up. And the number of troops of the big-headed ants is also gradually decreasing. Although they have always had a small amount of reinforcements coming to the battlefield through the bridge, the amount is only a drop in the bucket.

When the big-headed ant army crossed the trench again and joined the battlefield, the number of big-headed ants that used to be more than half a million here was already less than 100,000.

When the enemy reinforcements arrive, the swarm forces retreat while fighting, and the same routine will be performed again when the number of big-headed ants crossing the trench reaches a certain number.

The two pulls consumed about one million troops of the big-headed ants, but unfortunately the acid reserve of the swarm worker ants did not allow the third pull.

Fortunately, there were no more troops pouring out of the big-headed ant nest at this time, and those on the ground should be all their possessions. Rowan roughly estimated that the number was about four million.

And the insect swarm lost about 100,000 troops in the two pulls just now, and there are still about 2.9 million remaining.

2.9 million vs. 4 million

Considering that there are many miniature combat units on the big head ant side, this battle still has to be fought. However, the next step is really tough.

The battle process was very tragic, and Rowan even went into battle himself. He was a unique giant on the battlefield. He could kill many big-headed ants just by smashing his claws on the ground. Of course, this move is an indiscriminate attack, and it is easy to accidentally injure friendly troops.

But at this time, he couldn't care about too many details. He could only take advantage of the length of his hands to avoid allies as much as possible. At the same time, his body was covered with soldier ants, which helped him defend against blind spots such as his back.

Every time the claws smashed down, there were always a few bodies that flexibly climbed onto him along his claws. At this time, he needs the soldier ants on him to solve them.

However, the big-headed ant is still more concerned with martial arts, and there is no such bad problem as poisoning. Generally speaking, it is not a big threat to Rowan, of course, only a small amount.

The battle went on for a day and a night. It was a war that had no technical content and was completely head-to-head.

At the end of the battle, the Insect Swarm won by a narrow margin.

Rowan did some statistics and found that there was only one giant scorpion left in the giant combat unit, and the rest were all killed. Soldier ants and worker ants also died in seven or eighty-eight ways, but not many were left.

Of the 10,000 transport worms, because of their relative flexibility and good eyesight, more than 3,000 were killed in battle. However, among them, there are more than 2,000 who have been irreparably injured and whose mobility has been affected. The swarm does not raise worthless living creatures, and they are all recycled later.

In the last count, of the 2.9 million insect swarm troops, there were only less than 100,000 left alive and complete. Most of them are functional units, such as slime worms, which have no combat power, accounting for 5,000.

The battlefield was full of corpses, and in this small area, nearly 7 million bugs were buried.

Rowan was not very distressed when the troops were defeated. As long as the battle was won, the winner would get everything.

With these corpses, with the foundation of the 3,000 queen ants in the swarm, it only takes one growth cycle to replenish all the troops, and even surpass them.

At the same time, the big-headed ants lost more than 7 million before and after the battle. How did they manage to support so many troops with one nest? The secret lost its guardian, waiting for Rowan to lift the veil that lay upon it.

However, Rowan did not rush to excavate in the early stage. Although the big-headed ants were defeated, no one knew what was in their nest. He had just ended a war on his side, and he was exhausted, and his troops were seriously insufficient.

Anyway, the big-headed ant nest can't escape there, so now we need to deal with the spoils first.

Ordering the only remaining troops to guard the spoils, Rowan forced his tired body to return to the front line station.

Arranged several teams of signal troops to go to all the nearby bases. Let them send half of their bases to support. Then, without rest, Rowan hurried back to the battlefield with more than 200 queen ants and all the other bugs in the station, about 50,000 or 60,000.

The time is short, and the battlefield is no different.

Most of the bugs that stayed at the station were digging ants. At this time, it came in handy, and cooperated with the only remaining giant scorpion to dig a cave on the spot.

The queen ant immediately began to use the worms on the ground and began to produce eggs.

In the next two days, with the continuous support of the territory in the rear, the swarm troops on the battlefield gathered again in numbers of 500,000. After two days of sleepless work, the worms also cleaned the battlefield, and most of the spoils were transported back to the territory by the transport worms. A small portion is left in place for the queens to digest.

At this time, with the troops around him, Rowan has a lot of confidence.

With an order, the worms surrounded the big-headed ant nest.

The big-headed ant nest has too many exits, and there are numerous holes at the top of which the purpose is unknown. Rowan did not disperse the troops, and arranged for the team to find a passage to enter at random, while he waited outside the cave.

The progress was quite smooth. The big-headed ants really finished all the troops, and the swarms basically did not encounter any resistance in the ant nest. This can be seen from the number of damages when they came out.

In addition to bringing the queen of the big-headed ant to Rowan, the bugs also brought something special.

This is a piece that looks like the leaves are chewed and mixed with saliva~www.readwn.com~ and then air-dried. In some places, the veins of the leaves can be seen. This thing is covered with some white, intertwined fibrous material.

Rowan scratched his head a little, not knowing what it was for, but looking at the faint veins of the leaves, he knew that this was the secret hidden by the big-headed ants.

Just looking at this can't tell anything, Rowan thought about it, called the digger ants and giant scorpions, and then did it himself, they helped.

An hour later, Rowan dug a section of the ant nest, which would allow him to better observe the situation inside the ant nest, hoping to analyze some clues through the special structures and storage locations of mysterious substances.

The structure of the big-headed ant nest is different from other ant species that Rowan has seen, and it is more complicated. It generally presents a spiral structure, the passages meander down in circles, and the spiral becomes larger as it goes down, similar to a circular pyramid shape.

On this spiral passage, every small distance, a room will be dug out of the originally narrow passage. And in each room was that leaf-like thing and a white mesh, glued together and filled with hollows like honeycombs.

In the spiral passage room deep underground, eggs, larvae and pupae are hidden in the sea in a white honeycomb structure.

"It looks like a plantation." Rowan analyzed. He seemed to have heard before that some smart ants would grow their own food to eat. Maybe the big-headed ant is such a smart ant.

Although, their big heads are full of muscles.

Whether it's true or not, you'll find out after a test.

The queen of the big-headed ant was still alive, and Rowan put it back.

He wanted to observe the habits of the big-headed ants.

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