The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 199 Killing the Infected Worm

In the sky, the giant-winged divers flew by - this group of giant-winged divers carried biological incendiary bombs. These grease-filled sac structures separated from the end of the abdomen as the modular structure was cut off, roaring toward the ground. Smash it.

The unguided bag structure hit the fern forest in front of the leaf-clawed worm and exploded immediately. The charge inside exploded and ignited the spreading grease. Immediately, the fire was blazing.

In an instant, the direction in which the leaf-clawed worms were escaping turned into a sea of ​​fire. The flames spread, swallowing everything nearby. Many vines and trees that had died under the attack of special chemicals became excellent fuel, allowing the flames to continue burning.

The leaf-clawed worm's huge body was not spared. It was covered in grease, and flames immediately rose from its thick exoskeleton, causing it to shake its head in pain and struggle.

The damage to the armor structure on its back made it temporarily unable to burrow into the ground to avoid the flames. It could only carry the flames and continue to flee towards the forest.

A large number of crazy-toothed saw ants moved their six limbs, shuttled between the sea of ​​​​fire, and stopped in front of the leaf-clawed worm, trying to block its pace and buy time for the following giant-winged divers to drop bombs.

The barrage composed of armor-piercing single-point bullets hit the Leaf Claw Worm head-on. It painfully shook its burning head twice, opened its appendages, and a pair of nozzles rotated again, and two jets of flames spurted out. , and made a wave to sweep towards the Crazy-toothed Saw Ants ahead.

The flames swept across, and the original stem of the fern tree finally couldn't bear the continuous burning. It broke and collapsed with a harsh creaking sound, hitting the exoskeleton of the leaf-clawed worm.

The pair of appendages on both sides of the completely crazy leaf-claw worm's head opened wide, knocking down the burning ferns along the way like a sickle, and then swung its head randomly, laying the tree trunks burning with blazing flames across the space. , trying to stop the steps of the Crazy-toothed Saw Ants.

In the sky, another group of tall-winged divers roared past - these were individuals carrying biological armor-piercing aerial bombs. The armor-piercing bomb at the end of the abdomen broke away and smashed down, hitting the back exoskeleton of the Leaf Claw Worm's huge body that was still burning with flames.

Amidst bursts of explosions, the leaf-clawed worm's huge body trembled in the shock waves. Every time an aerial bomb hit, it would cause a bloody hole in its huge body. Oil and flames seeped into it, burning the flesh and blood at the wound.

At this time, the Kui-winged divers had basically finished dropping their bombs, and they were flapping their hind wings and returning. But the second batch of attacks followed closely - from the sky, a large number of biological semi-armor-piercing bullets roared down, slamming into the body of the Leaf Claw Worm!

In the rear, as the leaf-claw worms fled, the mortar spiders that had been dispersed from their formation had re-established their fire position with the assistance of a large number of workers, and launched another deadly salvo.

Several rounds of unguided incendiary bombs opened the way ahead, burning the fern forest in front of the Leaf Claw Worm. Then, more biological semi-armor-piercing bullets whizzed down, swinging the bullet wings with specialized appendages, adjusting their positions, and penetrated fiercely.

Although the power of a single shot is not as powerful as the armor-piercing aerial bomb of the King-Wing Diver, the amount of firepower projected is far greater than that of the King-Wing Diver. A large number of biological semi-armor-piercing bombs roared down and hit the exoskeleton of the Leaf Claw Worm.

The extremely penetrating bullet was poured from the top of the head, ruthlessly tearing bleeding holes in the leaf-claw worm's exoskeleton - this shot was hitting the organ that stores special liquids in the leaf-claw worm's body, and the bursting liquid contained A small amount of enzyme activates these special liquids.

The huge body exploded from it, and the azure worm blood splashed out along with the minced meat. The leaf-clawed worm's huge body immediately broke into two parts, and a long inner shell was completely pulled out, as if it had been torn out. spine.

At this point, even if the centipede worm is dead but not stiff, the leaf-clawed worm has no chance of survival. At the fracture, muscle fiber tissue mixed with hyphae was clearly present. The gray-white hyphae were mixed with normal muscle fibers, making it particularly ferocious.

It can be seen that the degree of parasitism of these fungi on leaf-claw worms is much higher than that of ordinary spiders or giant horseshoe crabs. All structures are transferred into the body to prevent the hyphae on the body surface from being burned by their own flames and causing insecurity. necessary losses.

The leaf-clawed worm is dead, and the remaining terrestrial spiders and giant horseshoe crabs no longer pose a threat. Just a large number of scattered saw-toothed saw ants can easily solve the battle.

Behind, in a large number of undamaged underground storage structures connected to the fungus carpet root structure, nutrients began to flow upward to repair the turret structure, mother nest, fungus carpet, etc.

At the same time, the mortar spiders also began to fire some special ammunition - after these shells exploded in mid-air, they splashed out a large amount of viscous liquid and poured it onto the ground, extinguishing the raging flames still burning in front.

This is a special fire extinguishing bomb developed by Lin Yi based on the special liquid sprayed by those scorpion-shaped giant insects, specifically used to deal with such a mess.

Immediately, the fungus carpet proliferation bomb followed closely, inserted into the soil, and unfolded the exoskeleton structure on the body. The carpet spores began to pour out and began to multiply on the ground covered with viscous liquid and plant ash.

Soon, a large number of bacteria carpets in the rear began to recover, and quickly continued to proliferate forward, merging with the newly proliferating bacteria carpets in the front, and the internal structures were quickly connected and integrated.

After the leaf-clawed worm dies, normally there is no threat within the range of the brood colony.

A large number of crazy-toothed saw ants, fire-breathing saw ants, and warrior-level individuals went deep into the dense forest and began to wreak havoc. Behind them, the Mortar Terror and the Great-Winged Diver dropped chemical substances and fungi proliferation bombs, allowing the hive to further expand its sphere of influence.

at this time. Lin Yi also has a mature method of quickly destroying these fern forests - first a round of incendiary bombs or chemical leaf bombs to open the way, then a fire extinguishing bomb composed of viscous liquid to extinguish the flames, and then a carpet multiplication bomb to expand over a long distance Creep, complete the final occupation.

The fungus carpet gradually encroached on the sphere of influence that originally belonged to the fern forest, and although the enemy still had teams composed of terrestrial spiders, giant horseshoe crabs, and ancient web-winged cockroaches coming to die from time to time, no leaf-clawed worms appeared anymore. .

Now, in order to prevent the leaf-clawed worms from continuing to attack, Lin Yi has arranged several ejection structures of the King-winged Divers and the firepower positions of the Mortar Terror Spiders, which are at odds with each other. If one place is breached by the leaf-clawed worms, The remaining areas can still cover the breached area with firepower to attack the Leaf Claw Worms.

At the same time, Lin Yi was a little dissatisfied with such a passive defense. He needed to proactively discover and threaten the leaf-clawed worms underground. At this time, he already had some clues about all this and was preparing to deal with it. be implemented.

(End of this chapter)