Edge of the Apocalypse Chapter 169: Reconnaissance

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Halfway through, the knife ant suddenly stopped. The two tentacles in front of the head touched the ground, and I felt the ground vibrate regularly. This kind of vibration is obviously not caused by the same kind. The Knife Ant immediately turned around and looked alertly, a pair of compound eyes were filled with gray arcs.

The canine bone knife cuts through the jaw of the knife ant, tearing open its mouthparts, head, brain and many nerves all the way. Finally, the shell broke out from the top of the head, and the tip of the knife took up flying meat and ant blood, and sprinkled a straight mark on the ground. Allen took the knife, put the corpse of the knife ant on the ground, and then dragged it behind a dirt bag. Reached into the knife ant wound, smeared the ant blood on his face, underarms and several exposed parts of his body. In this way, the breath he exudes is no different from that of a knife ant. Coupled with the smell of scorched earth on the body, as long as they are not directly exposed to the sight of the knife ants, those dangerous species will only regard them as the same kind.

Only less than a hundred meters away from the ant nest, this distance is only two breaths under Alan's feet. He came to the left side of the hill where the ant nest was located. The hill was almost perpendicular to the ground with two openings in it. The entrance of the cave is deep, and there is a dim red light. Allen used the protruding part of the mountain as a borrowing point, climbing up and swimming like a gecko.

For a while, he has come to a cave about fifteen or six meters above the ground. Allen poked his head out carefully and looked into the cave. When the cave extends into Michel, there is a turning point, and I don't know where it leads to. The faint red light came out from the turning point. The temperature in the cave is obviously higher than that outside the cave, and it doesn't feel cold at all. Seeing that there were no knives and ants infested, Allen sprang up quietly and got into the hole.

The cave is very dry, and the rock wall feels warm to the touch. Allen took a breath, and there was no other peculiar smell in the air except for the peculiar sulfur-like pungent smell of Pluto. It was the dry and hot air that made Alan's throat hot. Using his hands and feet together, he crawled down the cave passage. After climbing seven or eight meters, the passage has come to an end. Poke out the small half of his head and look down, it is a complicated space.

The knife ant seems to hollow out the mountain, presenting a complex structure with many spatial passages. At a glance, I couldn't get a full view of the panorama. I only saw a relatively wide mountainside, about tens of square meters, surrounded by acupuncture points leading to it. There are forty or fifty knives ants in the belly of the mountain. The ants piled on top of each other, and they actually built a hill. Knives and ants swarmed, and the scene looked numb.

There was a faintly sharp insect cry from a certain acupoint. Allen remembered where he heard it, but he couldn't remember it for a while. He held his breath and touched the source of the sound. There was firelight from the bottom of the mountain, and the firelight shone up along the cracks in the mountain wall. It seemed that there was a volcano at the bottom of the mountain. This is not the case, but the Blood Eagle Highland is adjacent to the Abyss of Fury. Although this place is not within the range of the Abyss, it is difficult to guarantee that there is no lava flowing underground. If the knife ants dig deep, making the stratum thinner, and the underground magma flame temperature rises through the rocks, this is not impossible.

Through the dim firelight in the belly of the mountain, Allen smoothly touched the acupuncture path where the insects scream came. It climbed tens of meters around the curve, during which it passed through two large bends like a roller coaster track, before arriving at the exit. The air from the outlet smelled more fishy, ​​and Allen quietly poked his head out, and suddenly a strange head swayed in front of him. He hurriedly backed away, his hand already touching the grip of the fangs.

That is a burrower.

No eyes or nose, only a big mouth full of broken teeth, but this burrower didn't seem to find Alan. But there was a whine, and he fell powerlessly. Allen explored again, only to see that the cliffs of the mountain under the acupuncture path were covered with worm blood. This earth-boring insect fell to the ground more than ten meters below. Seeing this situation, it was trying to escape desperately just now. Comparing the size of the burrower, Allen suddenly felt that these complicated passages might have been dug out by these worms.

Look at the giant worm that fell to the ground, twisting its body, and then dying immediately. At this time, some giant ants with small heads and dark shells, with their forefoot blades bent like sickles, crawled out of the ground tunnels. These black ants should also be a kind of sword ants, but their source of energy is much thicker than ordinary sword ants. Those two compound eyes exuded a dark red and fishy light, and they looked terrifying.

A dozen of these black ants attacked the burrower with their mouthparts or sickle feet, but they did not seem to kill it, but they stimulated the giant worm to twist desperately and drilled into one of the passages. During this period, the giant insects were supposed to rush in other directions, but black ants quickly blocked them. Depending on the situation, they actually let the earth boring insects enter their designated passages.

What will be behind the channel?

After both the burrower and the black ants entered the passage, Allen waited for a while to make sure that no other sword ants appeared, then swam down the ground from the passage, and then entered the hole chosen by the giant black ant. There are not many twists and turns in this passage, and it has walked about seven or eight meters, and it has come to an end. At the end, the fire was even worse, and Allen approached the exit against the shadow of the road. The short probe looked out, it was an open space.

The stomach foot of the mountain here has a hundred square meters, and the mountain is hollowed out on all sides, and the rock wall of the mountain is covered with large holes about a meter long and wide. I don’t know what it does. The stratum in the center of the mountain belly is extremely thin, and hot magma emerges from time to time in the center, and then flows around. When it encounters the air, it gradually cools down and turns into black mud with flames. At the end of the mountainside, there was a huge monster lying on its head.

The body is as tall as a hill, with a very disproportionate little head. The structure of the head is similar to that of an ordinary Sword Ant, except that there is an extra compound eye in the center of the forehead. This big guy is lying on the ground, as if heating up with geothermal heat. From time to time, there are two pairs of insect wings flapping as thin as cicada wings, but the insect wings are small and thin, and probably have more decorative meaning than practical use.

The forefoot is not like an ordinary sword ant with a blade, and the feet are no different from an ordinary ant. The three pairs of feet are all in the first section of the body, which makes it look stupid and ridiculous. Especially it is still dragging a chubby belly. Allen just bet that this thing will never climb out of the belly of the mountain, so I don't know how it got in.

A miserable sound of insects made Allen withdraw his attention from the strange ant, swiping in the belly of the mountain, and saw the burrowing insect. The worm was driven by the black ant to come under the big guy's nose, and then the black ant was not welcome anymore. A dozen black ants swarmed up, moving their mouths and feet, biting and tearing, tearing the burrower to pieces in twos or twos.

The grease, blood, and meat of the insects fell all over the floor. At this time, the tentacles on the big ant's head moved, and all three compound eyes rolled up. Then he opened his mouth, and there was an organ like a straw protruding from the mouth. When the thing fell on the ground, it sucked the oil and blood of the boring worm. Some black ants tore off the worm's skin into pieces, and then sent it to the big guy, looking like it was feeding it.

There is no doubt that it is the queen. As for the black ants, they should be the guards of the queen. This can be seen from the fact that there is no ordinary knife ant in the belly of the mountain, and the status of these black ants in the ant colony is not low.

With a general understanding of the situation of the Worm's Nest, Allen didn't want to stay for long, and walked back and forth lightly. After a short while, he withdrew from this cave, and just about to climb up the rock wall, two spots of scarlet were suddenly turned up in the shadow in front of him. A black ant rubbed its feet against each other, squeaked, and moved out of the shadows, staring at Alan closely.

Allen took a deep breath, and as soon as his hand touched the handle of the fangs, the black ants had already rushed at high speed.

The gray light circulates, the fangs are out of the sheath, and a beautiful arc is drawn to the black ant's head. To Allen's surprise, the black ant suddenly slid strangely, causing him to slash in the air. Allen said, "Huh", the black ant's agility and speed are better than the ordinary sword ant. He snorted, turned his wrist, and cut his fangs again, pulling out a gray moon wheel across the space.

This time, the black ants couldn't avoid it any more, but they bent their feet and shook Allen with a knife.

When there was a sound, the black ant slashed him backwards. Allen himself was shocked, but he also gave the black ant a shock. He was astonished in his heart. At this moment, he heard the sound of worm feet moving from the side of the mountain, knowing that it would not take a few seconds before the other guards of the queen would be watching.

You must fight quickly!

With a move of heart, the internal energy roared, and Allen's eyes lit up with bursts of light, which was very photogenic. He gave a soft drink and threw his sword together. With the fangs drawn, the moon wheels suddenly fell, and the blade covered most of the black ant's body, and bursts of explosions sounded. The black ant didn't know how many knives had been hit in an instant, but except for the gaps at the worm nodes, there was only a crack left after the knives were hit in the rest of the place, but it didn't hurt the key.

The worm shells of these queen ant guards are very hard, even though ordinary machine guns can't help them. Fortunately, the worms are not covered by black armor, and they are extremely soft. Even ordinary swords can be easily torn apart, not to mention the second-grade magic weapon like fangs. Grasping the weakness of the black ants, Allen slipped on his feet to avoid the black ants sickle their feet. At the same time, dragging the knife and cutting out, a gray light flashed between the two black ants.

The black ant immediately spewed bluish-yellow blood and fell to the ground. The worm's knot wound was large and deep, and the body and nerves were severed by Allen. Although he died immediately, he was unable to pursue Allen. Allen immediately retreated and climbed up the rock wall. At this time, other black ant guards rushed out of the cave and followed Allen. Alan used his hands and feet together, quickly got into the passage when he came in, and casually removed a hand/thunder around his waist, and threw it back without looking, while the person rushed forward with all his strength.

In an instant, an ear-splitting explosion sounded behind him, and the shock wave carried a hot air current over his back and whizzed over his head. When Allen raised his head, the flames curled up behind him, and several black ants curled up on fire, causing their worms' feet to curl up. They were already dead.

He took the opportunity to leave.

In a moment, the knife ants were already gathered here, but Alan was already far away, and his body was coated with ant blood and lime to disguise the smell. This left the knife ants wanting nowhere to chase, and eventually they scattered.

After leaving the ant nest, Allen hurried back to the low **** where the team had been before. Several other teams had already gathered on the slope. They saw Naz’s contact signal rushing over. Hearing that Alan was going to scout the ant nest alone, several non-commissioned officers could not help but worry. Only Hubble looked indifferent and sneered from time to time looking at the direction of the ant nest. r1058

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