The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 198 Infection with Leaf Claw Worms (2)

As expected, the armor-piercing single-ended projectile of the Saw Ant was still unable to penetrate the exoskeleton of the leaf-clawed worm.

Although the exoskeleton composition of the warhead has been improved, the exoskeleton of the leaf claw worm seems to have also been improved. The result of the upgrades of the offense and defense is that it remains the same.

However, the arrival of a large number of saw-toothed saw ants is to contain the leaf-clawed worms and give the remaining surviving mortar spiders time to evacuate and deploy their fire positions again.

In mid-air, the King-Winged Divers screamed and circled, but at this time, most of them carried biological high-explosive aerial bombs or incendiary bombs. Moreover, at this time, those ejection take-off structures that were close to the mortar spider fire positions were also destroyed. Destruction, preventing other Kuaiwing Divers from taking off.

Therefore, currently, if you want to kill this Leaf Claw Worm, you can only wait for the Queenwing Divers from other brood groups to arrive with biological armor-piercing aerial bombs and attack it.

Now, what we have to do is to contain the leaf claw worms as much as possible and control the damage.

In a sense, the battlefield on the mushroom carpet is not without its advantages - at least, the remaining corpses will not be wasted at all, but will all be absorbed by the mushroom carpet, waiting to become nutrients for the proliferation of the brood after the war.

From behind, a large number of mesoscythid spiders and giant horseshoe crabs came forward to try to support the leaf-claw worms who were fighting alone, but what they didn't know just now was that a brand new obstacle was right in front of them.

Since the leaf-clawed worms appear directly at the core of the mother nest group by burrowing into the ground, the brand-new turret structure does not even have time to come into play - their inner shell structure is not a rotating axis after all and cannot support a 360-degree rotation. Behind them are these A blind spot in the fort structure.

Because the fixed structure can accommodate more ammunition and more muscles for loading the ammunition, although it uses the same kind of biological ammunition, it is better than the Saw Ant in terms of rate of fire and firepower sustainability.

Then, with steps, the leaf-clawed worm's huge body twisted and twisted directly, and a pair of appendages on both sides of its long head came forward.

At this time, the Leaf Claw Worm, which was still entangled with the Crazy-toothed Saw Ants, also noticed the situation behind it. It moved its feet, slowly turned around, raised its head, and two more blazing flames spurted out.

Explosions echoed rhythmically, and with the sound, huge blood holes immediately appeared on the bodies of countless mid-throat spiders and giant horseshoe crabs, and then they all exploded, killing them on the spot.

Intense firepower hit them all over the body, almost forming a wall, killing the advancing Zhongtu Terror Spider and Giant Horseshoe Crab Spider one after another.

But although a few forts had their underground structures damaged by leaf-claw worms, most of the forts remained intact. At this time, the Terrestrial Horrible Spider and the Giant Horseshoe Crab Spider were approaching, and it was time for them to show off their power.

The two streams of flames merged into one, and once again swept across the fungus carpet, directly scorching large areas of the fungus carpet. Those fort structures were also destroyed in the flames.

The pair of appendages that looked like giant holodont clamped hard, and then pulled upwards as the head was raised. The sharp thorns on the appendages penetrated into the exoskeleton of the turret structure, and then pulled out straightly. .

The blue worm blood splashed out along with the liquid propellant structure and sprinkled on the head of the leaf-clawed worm, making it look even more ferocious.

But the next second, more intensive firepower hit the body of the Leaf Claw Worm - attacking the turret, causing half of its body to penetrate into the shooting range of other turrets. At this time, the remaining turrets turned their direction and poured their firepower on the huge body of the leaf-clawed worm. A water armor-piercing single-head bullet roared in and hit the solid exoskeleton, making bursts of noise.

It has to be said that the exoskeleton of the leaf claw worm is really thick, and the armor-piercing single-head bullet that can easily penetrate the exoskeleton of the giant horseshoe crab will only make a shallow dent in its body.

But even so, such intensive firepower still made the Leaf Claw Worm unable to bear it. It shook its head and plunged into the ground from the charred carpet.

Immediately, in his mind, a signal came from the fort structure, indicating that the underground structure was damaged - it was a leaf-clawed worm. After a pair of appendages were closed, the outer edge was used to dig out the soil, easily twisting the fragile underground part of the fort structure. broken.

Then came the second one, the third one... The leaf-clawed worm's huge body drilled holes almost around the outside of the fungus blanket, destroying the root system, underground parts of the fort structure, etc. wherever it passed.

But at this moment, a familiar scream came from the sky. Immediately, figures flew past, and several smaller black dots roared down with a sound of breaking through the air, hitting the ground hard!

It's a swooper from another brood colony location. At this time, the heavy armor-piercing biological bombs they carried were roaring down and hitting the soil hard.

The powerful kinetic energy and sharp warhead exoskeleton allow these special biological bombs to immediately penetrate the soft soil that has been stirred up by leaf claw worms, and explode!

A muffled sound was heard, and along with the soil flying out, the Leaf Claw Worm's huge body was once again exposed to the blow from the air.

More long-winged divers circled and flew down, dropping the biological aerial bombs carried at the end of their abdomen, slamming into the huge body of the leaf-clawed worm.

Even the leaf claw worm's thick exoskeleton was no longer indestructible in the face of biological armor-piercing aerial bombs with upgraded warhead exoskeleton components - one part of the exoskeleton finally shattered, exposing the fragile muscle tissue underneath.

The situation was instantly reversed with the arrival of the Big-Winged Diver. The leaf-clawed worm, which was originally in a no-man's land, immediately became a bereaved dog and fled.

Blue insect blood surged out and dyed the nearby soil blue. More aerial bombs roared down, mixed with biological armor-piercing rockets with smaller charges, but no less armor-piercing capabilities.

Amidst the bursts of explosions, the armor-like structure on the side of the leaf-clawed worm cracked, completely cutting off the possibility of it continuing to drill into the ground and evade fire strikes.

The steps beneath him moved, causing the leaf-clawed worm's huge body to flee straight towards the dense fern forest behind. In the rear, the Celestial Spider and the Giant Horseshoe Spider were desperately covering the area, allowing the leaf-clawed worms to escape towards the forest.

In the sky behind, the King-Winged Diver is chasing after him - the Leaf Claw Worm must not be allowed to escape the scene. Once it escapes into the dense forest, things will become troublesome.

Among them, there are also mixed in the previous long-winged divers carrying biological incendiary bombs, preparing to set fire to the forest so that the leaf-clawed worms will have no way to escape.

On the ground, the Crazy-toothed Saw Ant and the main battle armor also followed behind, killing the Mid-Throttle Spider and the Giant Horseshoe Spider that were cut off from behind. Almost all the troops were attacking the fleeing leaf-clawed worm.

According to the practice of terrestrial arthropod nest colonies in those days, killing a leaf-clawed worm meant that the mother nest colony was no longer a threat!

(End of this chapter)