The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 158 On the eve of the war

Among the vascular plants, countless saw-toothed saw ants shuttled rapidly. Wherever they passed, the roots of those primitive vascular plants fell to the ground, and the roots of the sturdy stems that had not evolved yet broke, leaving a mess on the ground. .

In the sky, countless long-winged divers flapped their hind wings and flew past, casting shadows. Pairs of well-developed compound eyes scanned the earth, providing guidance for the saw-toothed saw ants below.

In front of them, there are a large number of giant horseshoe crab spiders and mesoterrestrial spiders, and the figures of ancient web-winged cockroaches are overwhelming. Seeing the figure of the Kuai-Wing Diver, they scattered one after another, trying to avoid the air attack.

But it was of no use. The figure of the swooping man flew down, the end of his abdomen was curved, and several armor-piercing rockets were fired one after another, directly towards the huge giant horseshoe crab spiders.

One warhead after another sank into the exoskeleton of the giant horseshoe crab, and then exploded. Blue blood splashed out along with the minced meat. The biological armor-piercing rocket that exploded in the body directly blew half of its body to pieces.

From behind, more giant-winged divers roared down, and one after another bio-armor-piercing rockets were fired at the giant horseshoe crabs below, blasting the bodies of each giant horseshoe crab to pieces, along with the nearby mid-tank spiders. The group of terrifying spiders were also frightened and scattered in all directions.

Another group of tall-winged divers swooped down with ear-piercing screams, and then several biological aerial bombs roared down - but they were not high-explosive anti-personnel aerial bombs used to bomb the mounds, but specially designed for these medium-sized sudden terrors. Airburst shrapnel designed by the Spider Swarm.

Like the shrapnel shells of the mortar spiders, they exploded in mid-air, and a large number of small projectiles shot out, shooting at the spiders from mid-air, and shooting the spiders into sieves.

After two rounds of bombings, the army of crazy-toothed saw ants quickly pressed forward, waving their claws and mandibles, and killed the terrestrial spiders and the remaining giant horseshoe crabs. Their abdomens curved and rounds of projectiles shot out. Come out and shoot at the spiders.

The bullets were mixed with armor-piercing single-point bullets, and they were shot directly at the giant horseshoe crabs that had survived the aerial attack. Although some were bounced away, more were embedded in the exoskeleton and exploded, killing them on the spot.

The blue blood splashed out and splashed on the trampled mess of vascular plants, which was particularly hideous.

Perhaps watered with blood, these vascular plants will grow more densely in the coming year until they evolve lignin and grow into the first generation of towering trees. Eventually, they will sequester a large amount of carbon without enough decomposers, triggering the next An extinction event.

But now, all this is a thing for the future, and it will take a long time for all this to happen.

At present, the most important task is to eliminate the hostile terrestrial arthropod nests as soon as possible and seek the next step of development.

Among the broken bodies all over the place, an overwhelming number of ancient net-winged cockroaches flapped their membrane wings and pounced towards them. On Lin Yi's side, among the army of crazy-toothed saw ants, the figure of the fire-breathing saw ant stepped on the remains of the ground, bent its abdomen, and sprayed out a blazing orange-red fire pillar.

As the flames surged, the bodies of countless ancient web-winged cockroaches that rushed forward were burned into charcoal. The smell of burnt wafted away with a crackling sound, and the remains of the flaming bodies fell like raindrops, leaving a trail of wakes.

Even the bodies of countless Mesozoa spiders were burned to death by the flames of the fire-breathing saw ants. Even if they were not killed on the spot, their exoskeletons became brittle under the heat of the flames, and under the influence of the projectiles shot by other ordinary saw-toothed saw ants. torn to pieces.

Among the charred corpses, minced meat and blood spattered, the bodies of the crazy-toothed saw ants were like the gods of death coming to the world, waving their claws, picking, stabbing, splitting, and poking, killing each and every spider. But there were no casualties. Ahead, the towering shadows of the mounds have appeared in the compound eyes and single eyes of the saw-toothed saw ants. In the sky, the soaring long-winged divers have also come forward, fluttering their broad hind wings and flying past.

They are not the previous biological attack aircraft loaded with semi-armor-piercing biological rockets aimed at giant horseshoe crabs. The magazines of these long-winged divers are, without exception, filled with heavy biological aerial bombs aimed at the mounds. This time I went to plan to raze those mounds to the ground.

All around, the army of crazy-toothed saw ants spread out, and some climbed up to the higher slopes, looking at the mounds in the distance, preparing to confirm the bombing results of the Kuai-Wing Diver.

Amidst the screams, the first group of Kuai-winged divers swooped down, bent their abdomens, and threw out the heavy biological bombs at the end of their abdomens, falling from the sky, trying to smash those towering mounds.

In the loud explosion, the mound collapsed, and clods of soil, lichen, and the remains of wingless cockroaches flew out, along with the fragments of the enemy's nest and tissue fluid.

Among the mounds, countless wingless cockroaches fled in panic, and a large group of ancient web-winged cockroaches rose into the sky in a black mass, trying to intercept the bombing of the swooping bird. But with their small bodies, if they want to intercept the attack of the Kui-Wing Diver, they must also grow a biological jet propulsion system.

But soon, Lin Yi discovered that in the group of ancient net-winged cockroaches, several figures that were much larger than the ancient net-winged cockroaches, but similar in appearance, broke away from the group of ancient net-winged cockroaches like black clouds looming over the city. They continued to climb upwards, and at the end of their abdomens, there was a faint trail!

Obviously, this is a new level of the opponent, and it is likely to use the same jet propulsion system as Lin Yi's current one, so it can continue to climb in an attempt to intercept the Kuaiyi Diver.

Seeing this, Lin Yi had no intention of fighting, and immediately controlled the Kuaiyi Diver to activate the jet propulsion system and accelerate his withdrawal from the battlefield.

All around, the army of crazy-toothed saw ants quickly swarmed up, and the fire-breathing saw ants mixed in among them shook their abdomens and faced the black cloud-like army of ancient web-winged cockroaches, preparing to fight a bloody path among them.

The emergence of the enemy's new grade made Lin Yi somewhat firm in his suspicions - the opponent was indeed holding back a big one, and at this time, this big one, whether it was a new mass-produced grade or a decisive battle like "Kraken" The weapons are all completed.

This means that the final battle between Lin Yi and the other party is about to begin. And this battle must not be taken lightly - from the rear, the main battle armor, hammer armor, mortar spiders and swoopers began to mobilize on a large scale, along with the fearless soldiers and pioneering mothers in the water.

A large number of land-grade preparations were quickly concentrated on the front line by the pioneering mothers, who were transported through the river water network. At the same time, countless long-winged divers began to replace the new ammunition at the mother's nest, preparing to deal with all kinds of enemies that might appear. enemy.

Lin Yi had a hunch that this was likely to be the same as the final battle in which the "Kraken" appeared, and would bring the final end to his battle with the hostile terrestrial arthropod nests.

While Lin Yi was making all these adjustments, in the sight of the Saw Ant, among the towering mounds, the land began to slowly crack, as if something was about to break out of the ground.

(End of this chapter)