The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 149 Prehistoric Tank Battle

Mentioning this, a strange sense of déjà vu suddenly emerged in Lin Yi's consciousness - since the prototype of the new class is a Tiger Beetle, and its positioning is similar to later tanks, can it be called Tiger for short?

The newly born entity shook its huge, hook-shaped head with curved jaws and curved compound eyes, as if Lin Yi, who was controlling it, got rid of the strange thoughts in his mind and continued to adapt to the new level of control.

Although this name is a classic in later generations, in the era when Lin Yi lived in his previous life, the concept was outdated. Today's new level, the design concept is almost entirely based on modern main battle tanks.

So in the end, Lin Yi named the new grade the main battle armor - the name of the corresponding Dreadnought comes from the dreadnoughts across the era in the history of naval warfare, and the name of the new grade comes from the modern main battle tank.

In fact, there are still some gaps between the current main battle armor and the complete one envisioned by Lin Yi. For example, the only means of killing hard targets is melee attack, and there is no structure compatible with launching projectiles.

But considering that at present, the enemies faced by the main battle armor will still be mainly composed of massive ancient web-winged cockroaches and large numbers of mid-throat spiders, followed by a small number of giant horseshoe crab spiders. Hard targets have weak lethality, which is not unacceptable. The problem.

But soon, Lin Yi discovered that he had underestimated the opponent's explosive speed.

In the field of view of the flying reconnaissance aircraft, a large number of huge figures moved their eight appendages and took heavy steps through the primitive vascular plants. The sharp-edged exoskeleton and a pair of compound eyes and a pair of single eyes flashed in the perception system. luster.

It's a giant horseshoe crab spider. At this time, their number far exceeded any before, and it was also the first time they appeared in an area far away from the mounds.

At this time, a large number of ancient web-winged cockroaches were clinging to the abdomen of the giant horseshoe crab spider's huge body. More other ancient web-winged cockroaches were accompanying the giant horseshoe crab. Their formation and behavior reminded Lin Yi of a species from later generations. Ant-dissimilar blind leaf-cutting ants.

The iconic feature of this kind of ant is its hierarchical differentiation with an astonishing size difference. The size difference between the largest specialized soldier ant and the smallest worker ant is more than hundreds of times, which is somewhat like a hive mind.

During their actions, the smallest worker ants will cling to the specialized soldier ants, hitching a ride to save energy and at the same time guard against attacks by parasitic flies, giving it a sense of step-tank collaboration.

Nowadays, the body size difference between the mesoscythid spider and the ancient web-winged cockroach far exceeds the differentiation of the completely different blind leaf-cutting ants, but they have also evolved such tactics without any knowledge.

There are also a large number of ancient net-winged cockroaches spread out in a fan shape, fluttering their wings and flying past at low altitude. They spread out into thin streams, like the branches of a tree, and search in all directions.

It goes without saying what they are searching for, it is naturally Lin Yi's nest.

When the flying reconnaissance cockroach appeared in the field of view of the ancient net-winged cockroach, the opponent immediately became excited. A large number of ancient web-winged cockroaches flapped their wings and flew high into the sky, trying to intercept the flying reconnaissance cockroach.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Lin Yi felt that the flying ability of these ancient net-winged cockroaches seemed to be stronger than the last time he saw it, and their flying height and flying speed were both higher than last time. However, it still couldn't catch up with the flying reconnaissance fly. It circled in the air and flew in a direction where there was no mother nest. When it flew out of the sight of the ancient net-winged cockroach, it turned around and flew towards a certain river. .

At the same time, the newly produced main battle armor from the nearby broods and the large number of previously accumulated crazy-toothed saw ants quickly gathered together and moved towards the enemy's army under Lin Yi's control.

Also mobilized were a large number of mortar spiders - in order to test the combat effectiveness of the main battle armor, the mortar spiders would not attack easily in this battle, but Lin Yi still mobilized them just in case.

Once the situation begins to go to a disadvantage, the Mortal Cannon Spider will take action, covering the firepower indiscriminately, using precision-guided biological semi-armor-piercing projectiles to blast the bodies of each giant horseshoe spider to pieces.

The body of the flying reconnaissance snake circled around and returned to the battlefield again, and began to hover, scanning the earth with its well-developed compound eyes.

Behind them, the mortar spiders have found a suitable position for fire output with the help of flying reconnaissance drones. Their eight appendages are stretched out around the body, fixed in the soil like artillery hoes.

The flat abdomen is spread flat on the ground, the head is raised, the gun barrel and the jaw structure filled with hydraulic muscles move slowly, and the locking mechanism fixes the head at a specific angle, ready to support the battlefield at any time.

And ahead, the crazy-toothed saw ants at the front of the formation had also come face-to-face with the leading ancient web-winged cockroaches. Those ancient web-winged cockroaches immediately jumped up, fluttering their two pairs of wings, and charged forward.

A few Crazy-toothed Saw Ants were unwilling to fight and quickly withdrew towards the rear of the battlefield. At the rear, more Ancient Reticulata also began to gather, gradually killing towards the direction where the Crazy-Toothed Saw Ants were discovered.

Under the guidance of the ancient web-winged cockroach, the Mesoporus and the Giant Horseshoe Spider also followed closely to kill - this time, seemingly to avoid the artillery fire, the Mesozoa and the Giant Horseshoe Spider moved a little more obviously. Be cautious, no longer charging forward blankly, but advancing in an S-shape.

The learning ability of eusocial nests is undoubtedly obvious. Maybe they don't understand how those shells landed on their heads, but they know how to avoid these fatal blows - although it is of no use in the face of precision-guided shells. That's it

But this time, they do not need to face the terrifying firepower of the Mortar Spider. However, this time, what they will face is the King of Land War whose design concept comes from 400 million years in the future.

Surrounded by the crazy-toothed saw ants, the huge body of the main battle armor appeared, swinging a pair of huge axe-like claw blades, moving its six legs to kill the giant horseshoe spiders in front, and a pair of large jaws opened Together, the sharp cutting edge on the inner edge shone with cold light.

Such a body structure can be said to be absolutely built for combat. Lin Yi is confident that in the nearly 400 million years since animals landed and humans invented thermal weapons, no creature can be the opponent of the main battle armor.

What's more, the infantry-tank collaborative assault tactics used by the Crazy-toothed Saw Ants were far ahead of their time. There were even mortars and spiders at the rear, ready to provide fire support at any time.

In comparison, the configuration of the Giant Horseshoe Spider is a bit plain and simple. For a normal predator, although this design is a bit conservative, it is better than stable. But for the hive level individuals, it seems a bit mediocre.

Even the other party has found that it is difficult to be of great use to the spiders and the ancient web-winged cockroaches. The strange arthrothoracic insect that is no longer sent to the battlefield is becoming less and less of a threat and cannot even pose a threat. In any case, this is the first time in history that In a "tank battle", the advantage lies with Lin Yi.

(End of this chapter)