Tokyo underground city

Chapter 18 Ant Nest

Lin Huaien had a feeling before.

He thinks cicada-eating ants are quite disgusting.

Let's talk about the appearance first. This thing was completely different from the ant in his impression. It was covered in bristles, with acid dripping from its mouth. It stood upright and looked directly at humans with black crystal eyes, unable to feel any emotion.

Secondly, this thing will parasitize the giant cicada monkeys, using them as food and incubators for the larvae, causing great pain to the giant cicada monkeys, turning them into violent cicada monkeys that cannot eat, and brutally attack all enemies in sight.

And when the Violent Cicada Monkey is severely injured, or the time reaches a certain period, the cicada-eating ant eggs in the Violent Cicada Monkey will actively expand and split the Violent Cicada Monkey's body and break away from it.

At that time, they were even more disgusting than usual, and the bristles all over their bodies were covered with greasy mucus. The black mucus on the violent cicada monkeys that was extremely rancid due to suppuration made them even more ferocious.

But everything that happened before made Lin Huai'en feel a little out of place at this time.

Because he saw some scenes even more disgusting than that in the Blood Vine Cave ahead.

"It's an ant nest. Don't disturb them. Let's go back."

Lin Huai'en calmed down, took a few steps back slowly, walked to a position near the pioneer scout, and explained the situation in a low voice.

Because of his invisibility skills, Lin Huai'en couldn't see the expression on the scout's face.

But he could feel that after a slight hesitation, the other party followed his wishes and began to retreat.

Lin Huai'en didn't mind his curiosity and wanted to see what was going on in the cave himself, but it was obvious that neither he nor the other party felt it was necessary.

Perhaps it's because Lin Huai'en added a lot of talent points to his nerve reflexes in order to defeat the curse. At least in terms of "perception", Lin Huai'en did not do as bad as other scouts.

Returning to the Trail Blazers team dozens of meters away, Lin Huai'en quickly reported to Sen Yan:

"It's an ant nest, we have to stop."

"Ant nest?" After hearing Lin Huaien's report, Sen Yan was stunned for a moment and frowned: "When we passed here last time, was there an ant nest? Neil, bring the map."

"Okay, Sister Sen!" A bright voice echoed from behind Sen Yan.

A familiar girl in white robe took out the map on the third floor again.

Lin Huai'en remembered her as the mage lady who used fireball to smash the violent cicada monkey, preventing the frontline from collapsing due to the violent cicada monkey's self-destruction.

Sen Yan didn't pay attention to Lin Huai'en's gaze. She frowned and unfolded the map on the third floor. While looking at it, she murmured to herself: "...could it be that we took the wrong path? But it's not right...we are taking the right path." Route A...or it's hatching...but it's only been a day...are these ants expanding so fast?"

Thinking of this, Sen Yan put away the map and looked at Lin Huai'en and the white-armored scouts:

"Please describe to me the situation in the ant nest!"

The white-armored scout hesitated for a moment and looked at Lin Huaien: "He was walking in front. After seeing the ant nest, he asked me to retreat. He was the only one who saw what the ant nest looked like."

Sen Yan frowned when she heard what the white-armored scout said, but said nothing more. She nodded and looked at Lin Huai'en again: "Can you please describe it?"

Lin Huai'en thought for a while and sorted out his thoughts. To be honest, because there were cicada-eating ant guards not far away, he didn't observe them for a long time in total, but his general impression was quite profound:

"The first is the number of cicada-eating ants. As far as I can see, there are probably dozens of them."

Hearing what Lin Huai'en said, there was a commotion among the pioneers, but his words continued: "The entire ant nest is about 50 to 60 meters wide."

"In addition to the cicada-eating ants, there are seven or eight violent cicada monkeys in the nest, but most of them have their appendages bitten off and are lying on the ground. They seem to have become living incubators."

"In addition to the cicada-eating ants and the violent cicada monkeys, there is also a very strange creature."

"There is another very strange creature?" Senyan repeated subconsciously.

"Yes." Lin Huai'en clicked, "How should I put it...these monsters look like cicada-eating ants? I'm not sure because I only saw a very small part..."

"From my perspective, the entire ant nest is filled with two or three huge, green water tanks."

Lin Huai'en repeatedly recalled his remaining impressions: "The entire ant nest is built around these giant water tanks. These water tanks are in mid-air, supported by some obsidian-like ant secretions, and the ground is full of sticky There is a putrid stench in the air——"

Lin Huai'en thought about every detail carefully, and suddenly an idea came to him: "That's right! There seems to be a faint smell of wine!"

"Smell of wine?" Hearing what Lin Huai'en said, the others were stunned for a moment. Sen Yan quickly opened the Wilderness House APP and entered "smell of wine" and "ant" to search.

Unfortunately nothing was found.

"Cicada-eating ants and giant cicada monkeys are new monsters that appear in Changying dungeon. Except for the high-level explorers who come up from the main tunnel, there is no detailed information about them in Wilderness House." Yuan Xiaole has been standing behind Lin Huai'en. , reminded her in a low voice.

"...I know." Senyan subconsciously flipped through her phone again, then gave up and lowered her hand: "What do you think we should do?"

"I think the top priority is to put aside the redundant information and come in little by little."

Yuan Xiaole was the first to speak: "In the deep dungeon, there are countless native species that no explorer has ever seen. Even if you have identification skills, it is useless. Identification skills rely on the common knowledge base established by all explorers and the use of skills. With his own cognitive theory, when he is completely unfamiliar with the enemy, he can only look for opportunities to try and make mistakes."

"And my suggestion is simple. Send out scouts to see how many guards can be lured out at once. Kill them and lure out another group. Once all the monsters are eliminated, it's not too late to investigate the cause!"

"That's it for 'Ula'!" The Fat Knight also interjected, "After all, it's just a monster on the third level. No matter how 'unknown' the situation is, the threat level is still limited!"

"...I understand, just do what you want."

Senyan thought for a moment and made a quick decision: "Neil, Lagrange, you go and set up an ambush circle, Thirteen, Xiao, and..."

Sen Yan looked at Lin Huaien and hesitated for a moment.

"Lin Huaien, you can call me Lin." Lin Huaien nodded.

"Okay, Mr. Lin." Sen Yan nodded, "It's up to you to form a lure team. Please control the number of cicada-eating ants you lure out at one time to less than 10. You can do it as little as possible. Try not to have too many. If it exceeds 20 , or there are more than three violent cicada monkeys, please give us a warning immediately so that I can lead the team to retreat."

"Then let's make a deal." Lin Huai'en thought for a while and made a gesture with his hand: "If I raise my fist, it means success. There are less than 5 monsters, or 5 to 10 - for you, you can easily solve it. .”

"If I raise my fist but swing it widely, it means that there are more than 10 monsters, less than 15, and there are 2 to 3 violent cicada monkeys. It is already quite difficult for you."

"And if I raise my palm and wave it in a big way, please run away immediately and leave me alone. I will figure it out myself."

At this point, Lin Huai'en couldn't help but smile: "Of course, if I die, please take my body back, and the resurrection fee will be yours."

"No problem, it's already agreed in the contract."

Sen Yan nodded.

"In that case, it's up to me to take the lead."

Now that Senyan agreed to his plan, Lin Huai'en no longer had it. He turned his attention to the two scouts around him: "First of all, I am familiar with the situation in the ant nest. Secondly, the stealth skills you have are not used casually. In this case, save what you can and save it for critical times.”

The two scout explorers looked at each other and nodded: "Then I'll leave it to you."

Lin Huai'en smiled, not surprised by the attitude of the two people.

He is said to be an explorer of a listed company, but he is just a newcomer to the workplace who has just graduated from college for one or two years. He is no different from his former colleagues.

Now that he had gathered all his energy, Lin Huai'en shook his shoulders expectantly——

"So many cicada-eating ants, how much experience can they give me in the end?"

Thanks to Lazy Yinglong, White Bear Eating Watermelon, Ali Su, Li Kesi, and Lu Niang for their tips.

Thanks to Lich Lich, Wu Wuhuqiu, Wenwen Wen'er, Lix, Seed of the Blue Sky, Ali Su, Huang Huang, Alwolf, Weird Old Spirit Shou, Book Friends 20181003123512417, aimless, lazy Recommended votes for Ying Long, Fraudulent Qi Zha Er, Guang Zhi Zhi, and House of Flying Daggers

In response to the call of Lu Niang (aimless) with obsessive-compulsive disorder, I changed the odd-numbered chapters into even-numbered chapters, and there is another chapter at 10pm.