The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 150 Prehistoric Tank Battle (2)

The moment the main battle soldier's body appeared in the opponent's compound eyes, whether it was an illusion or not, Lin Yi felt a trace of astonishment flash across the opponent's compound eyes. Perhaps the other party didn't expect that Lin Yi could suppress a new level of combat so quickly.

But this did not affect the speed of the opponent's charge at all - the giant horseshoe spider's huge body swung its feet and charged forward. Shaped like a horned spider, its angular body was propelled by its strong steps and burst out with considerable speed, rushing straight towards the main battle armor.

At this time, Lin Yi noticed that the structure of these giant horseshoe crabs was somewhat different from the giant horseshoe crabs he had killed before.

The Giant Horseshoe Spider has ten legs, to be precise, eight legs and two pedipalps, and these two pedipalps are the difference.

The pedipalps are the most thoroughly specialized structure of the Arachnida except for the chelicerae. The pedipalps of the scorpion are specialized into a second pair of chelicerae in addition to the original chelicerae, while the pedipalps of the whip spider are between The structure between the sickle limb of the feather-winged horseshoe crab and the catching foot of the mantis, etc.

Among them, the pedipalp structure of later generations of sun-avoiding spiders evolved into a pair of longer "racquet sticks" with suction cups. Although the exaggerated structure of the whip spider is much inferior to that of the scorpion, it is not inferior in terms of practicality.

This pair of pedipalps can not only play a pathfinding role similar to a blind stick, but also assist in subduing prey at critical moments, and can even pull flying insects directly from the air.

Now, the ends of these giant horseshoe spiders' pedipalps suddenly show a suction cup-like structure, and their special structure shows that they can lift and pop out their pedipalps, slam them down, and suck in the enemy's body. live.

As for whether such a structure is suitable for combat, it depends on the actual combat link.

At this time, the long-range firepower of both sides had entered each other's range and began to shoot at each other.

The Crazy-toothed Saw Ants accompanying the main battle armor move bent their abdomens one by one, and ejected warheads from the end of their abdomens - they were all armor-piercing single-headed projectiles. Each shot hit the vital point and could kill a giant horseshoe crab. spider.

The warheads flew past and hit the giant horseshoe crab's body with loud explosions. Some of them penetrated the giant horseshoe crab's solid exoskeleton, embedded deeply into its body, and then exploded. Some 2 did not penetrate, but bounced off the thick part of the exoskeleton. Others, although they penetrated, did not detonate in vital parts, and failed to kill with one hit.

But this round of shooting still had a considerable interference effect, causing the opponent's formation to become somewhat chaotic.

Seeing this, the ancient web-winged cockroaches on the giant horseshoe crabs also jumped up one after another, facing the Crazy-toothed Saw Ants and the main battle armor guarding the center. On the destroyed giant horseshoe crab, the ancient web-winged cockroach fluttered and jumped up crazily, heading straight towards the main battle armor.

Seeing this, the main battle armors opened their upper jaws one after another, and blazing pillars of fire spurted out. Compared with the fire-breathing saw ant, which is a derivative of the crazy-toothed saw ant, the fire pillars spewed out by the main battle armor were a whole circle thicker. The range is also longer, like a wall of fire.

The flying ancient web-winged cockroaches hit the wall of fire and were immediately burned into charcoal in the flames like moths rushing to the flames.

In the scorching smell, the fire pillars sprayed directly on the giant horseshoe crab spiders and the teratophore spiders. The huge figures that could make spider phobia patients die on the spot struggled in the raging fire, which was extremely painful.

The relatively small spiders could not withstand the fire pillars spewed out by the main battle armor, which were more powerful than the fire-breathing saw ants. The burning smell accompanied by crackling sounds represented their presence. Burnt by the fire, it turned into a charred corpse. Only the Giant Horseshoe Spiders' thick exoskeletons prevented them from being fatally injured for a while, but the viscous and flammable liquid like gangrene still caused the flames to adhere to their exoskeletons and burn them, which was extremely painful.

But in such severe pain, these giant horseshoe crabs still swung their feet, their bodies burning with blazing flames, rushing out of the sea of ​​fire and approaching the main battle armor.

A pair of racket-like pedipalps immediately slapped down hard. The fine sensory bristles above it had been burned clean by the flames, but they still slapped down hard with undiminished power.

Once the shot was taken, the suction cup at the end was firmly attached to the smooth exoskeleton of the main battle armor and would not let go. The flames still burning above made the pair of racket poles seem to be enchanted with flames, making them even more ferocious.

However, the exoskeleton of the main combat armor has been specially treated and has a certain degree of heat insulation and fire resistance. It is not so easy to burn through, let alone just a little residual flame contaminated with flammable liquid.

At this time, the axe-like claw blade of the main battle armor moved, and the sharp blade-like edge was slashed hard. The weak tentacles were broken off with the sound, and the remaining half was still attached to the main battle armor. on the exoskeleton, but the end is already hanging down weakly.

Immediately, under the control of Lin Yi, the main battle armor pursued the victory, and a pair of claw blades slashed forward fiercely. The hook-shaped ends were immediately embedded into the exoskeleton of the giant horseshoe crab that had been burned by the flames and became brittle. Then he pulled back and pulled him to his side.

After the claw blades fixed the opponent's body, regardless of the opponent's desperate struggle, a pair of large jaws bit hard at the connection between the thorax and abdomen where the exoskeleton of the giant horseshoe crab was relatively weak. Then, a pair of claw blades opened left and right, biting the giant horseshoe crab spider's body. All eight appendages were cut off.

Then, without even looking at the giant horseshoe crab that had been cut into a spider stick and was still struggling painfully on the ground, it waved its claw blade and continued to kill other giant horseshoe crabs.

The mixed Saw Ants around have dispersed - when the strength of the opponent's "infantry" is not very good, the Saw Ants can confidently and boldly attack from behind. From the side and rear, the Giant Horseshoe Spider's armor is relatively weak, and its internal organs are relatively weak. The organs are also shot at relatively concentrated locations in order to cause greater damage.

One by one, the giant horseshoe crabs died under the coordinated attack of Butan. Each one was torn to pieces, or the entire back abdomen exploded, and the corpses were scattered in pieces here and there, which was extremely miserable.

And under the blazing flames, the Mesophora and the ancient web-winged cockroaches couldn't get along. They died on the spot one after another under the burning, leaving only charred corpses on the ground.

But in such a tragic scene, the main battle armor with its jaws wide open and its claws raised high looked as if the god of death had come to this world, and was extremely ferocious. Coupled with the scorched black marks on the jaws and claw blades and the stained azure insect blood, it looks even more aura like a murderous god.

This earliest tank battle in history came to an end with one side retreating quickly, the other side almost unscathed, and a complete victory, proving the power of the main battle armor class.

But Lin Yi is not only satisfied with this - at this time, in the rear, he has already had inspiration for more structural improvement designs of the main battle armor. Now after being tested in actual combat, he has a lot of ideas. Waiting for the opportunity to implement.

(End of this chapter)