The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 326 F2-A
All the raiders in the entire radiation zone seemed to have gathered together, attacking the advancing swarm of crazy saw ants from the front and back, but it was useless. They were shot to death one by one, and acid blood splattered on the spot.

However, the pursuers did not appear from beginning to end. I don’t know whether the pursuers were hit too badly by the previous anti-aircraft firepower network and were short of manpower at this time, or the other side was afraid. In short, those suicidal ancient web-winged flying insects were never used again.

The reconnaissance-type ancient web-winged flying insects have locked onto the location of the opponent's nest entrance and transmitted the coordinates back in real time through space synapses to locate the large troops in the rear. The remaining suicide-type ancient web-winged flying insects remain on guard nearby.

A large group of Crazy-toothed Saw-ants advanced rapidly, and under the guidance of the hovering ancient web-winged flying insects, they took the shortest route to the opponent's nest. Their strong six limbs and well-developed tarsal claws allowed them to move forward in the rugged underground world as if walking on flat ground.

The strange cave soon appeared in the field of vision. Under Lin Yi's control, the first Crazy Tooth Saw Ant hissed and stepped into the cave entrance, killing its way inside. In the sky, the ancient web-winged flying insects that followed it also poured in one by one.

The entrance of the cave is relatively narrow, but it is enough for the Crazy Tooth Saw Ant to enter. The interior is open after walking a few dozen steps. Not to mention a few Crazy Tooth Saw Ants, most of the planet's grades except for the Gastrocysts can pass through it - well, the Kui Winged Diver may need to be carried through.
Above, the end of the abdomen of the ancient web-winged flying insect emits a faint bioluminescence, illuminating the environment of the cave. The normal compound eyes or simple eyes of some crazy-toothed saw ants also take the opportunity to look around the environment inside the cave.

Previously, the sensory signals sent back by the pursuers were not clear due to the structure of their sensory systems. At this time, everything attached to the inner wall, whether it was the fungal tissue or the various structures based on it, were clearly visible.

On the ground, the layer of attached fungus-like tissue appeared an astonishing purple-red color in the compound eyes, and the texture of the surface was completely different from that of ordinary fungal tissue, as if it was not a fungus close to the plant form, but the flesh and blood of an animal!
This is different from the fungal blanket tissue of the nest - the basis of the fungal blanket tissue is still a texture between plants and fungi, and only various proliferating tissues have structures similar to flesh and blood or exoskeletons.

Moreover, most of the various structures of the fungal mat are darker gray-black with a slight hint of deep purple, so as to absorb a wider spectrum to achieve photosynthesis and take into account radiation synthesis, rather than this bright red with purple, strange color that looks like flesh and blood.

The sampling ancient web-winged insects have already carried out tissue sampling and analysis, while more crazy-toothed saw-ants continue to move forward on this layer of wriggling tissue that looks like flesh and blood. Under the faint light emitted by the ancient web-winged insects, the endless cave is like the esophagus of a giant beast, swallowing everything.

On the cave walls, there are some structures that release clouds of mist as the crazy saw-toothed ants arrive. Once inhaled by the respiratory system of the high-grade individuals, they try to spread quickly and attack the nervous system.

But now, the circulatory systems of hive-level individuals are basically equipped with a symbiotic immune system composed of a variety of microscopic combat levels, and these microscopic level attack methods are ineffective.

Some ancient web-winged flies followed closely behind, launching their own revenge. The fungal spores splashed down, quickly eroding the layer of structural tissue on the cave wall and trying to penetrate into it.

A battle at the microscopic level broke out, and some of the splashing insects even fell directly to the ground, rapidly multiplying fungal mat tissue all over their bodies, becoming the core of nearby tissues and beginning to spread in all directions.

The other types of ancient web-winged insects moved forward with the crazy saw-toothed ants, using their night vision compound eyes, echolocation systems and light emitters to guide the crazy saw-toothed ants and prepare for the next attack. A huge tentacle suddenly slapped down, and a huge clamp-like catcher opened wide to clamp the ancient web-winged insect in the front, but the insect itself quickly vibrated its membrane wings and avoided the fatal attack.

The tentacles, which looked like an enlarged version of the sea apple plant, and the huge catcher at the end were undoubtedly the Venus flytrap structures that the pursuers had seen before. At this moment, they all swung their arms with all their might, trying to attack the ancient web-winged flying insects and the crazy saw-toothed ants below.

The first few Crazy-toothed Saw Ants quickly slowed down, spread out their formation, bent their abdomens, and approached the position of the giant Venus flytraps in the field of vision - the abdomens of these Crazy-toothed Saw Ants had a pair of familiar protrusions that were flashing with electric sparks.

A fiery red streak gushed out from the end of the abdomen, sweeping across with a burning sound. Flames immediately blazed on the bodies of those huge "Flytraps", and the thick tentacles twisted and flapped in pain, trying to put it out.

But this fire, like a thorn in the flesh, still clung to it until the huge tentacles fell down with miserable and piercing screams, and several ancient web-winged flying insects above once again sprinkled a special liquid, and then it slowly extinguished.

The fire-breathing saw-ant, a sub-grade of the mad-toothed saw-ant originally used to deal with swarms of ancient web-winged cockroaches, has once again become a battlefield support soldier that controls flames after undergoing the same series of improvements, and has shown miraculous results at this time.

The improvements to them mainly lie in two aspects. One is the fuel ratio. After improving the composition of oil secretions and adding some phosphorus compounds and rubber-like secretions, this napalm-like fuel can make the flame difficult to extinguish once it adheres to the target surface.

Secondly, the original method of air pressurized injection was replaced by gunpowder-powered injection similar to that of the leaf-claw worm - to be precise, it was based on the liquid chemical reaction launch system, using the high-temperature and high-pressure gas produced by the reaction of two liquids and enzymes for propulsion.

Due to the liquid propellant, the biggest disadvantage of gunpowder powered jet, that is, the uncontrollable shooting time, no longer exists. The propellant reaction in the reaction chamber can be stopped at any time, thereby achieving free launch control.

This makes them more powerful than ever in any environment with oxygen, and is extremely effective against enemies like the Giant Venus Flytrap, whose skin doesn't look like it would be resistant to burning, and actually is.

Leaving behind these freshly grilled tentacles that still emit a strong smell, the barbecue master, no, the fire-breathing saw ants continued to advance forward, and under the guidance of the ancient web-winged flying insects in the sky, they killed more food targets in front of them.

These huge Venus flytrap structures cannot pose any threat to the current nest, but the opponent may have other tricks up his sleeve ahead. Lin Yi still remains quite vigilant and moves forward steadily.

(End of this chapter)