The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 64: Division of troops and attack
  At this moment, the miniaturized spy who was exploring the front saw an astonishing scene again in his field of vision.

A huge honeycomb-like structure with a straight helical stone shell extending in six directions appeared in view, surrounded by countless straight helical stones and a large toilet pusher that could not be seen to be a octopus stone or an ordinary filter-feeding horned stone - obviously another person. A floating nest.

After this other floating mother's nest appeared, several filter-feeding hornstones containing snail eggs broke away from the formation beside the first mother's nest and entered the formation beside the second mother's nest.

Subsequently, the two floating mother nests were slowly separated and moved in different directions, driven by the adult helical stones wrapped around their bodies.

Fortunately, Lin Yi did not keep the reconnaissance mother away from the battlefield, but hung it far away from the sight of the straight spiral stone nest group, just in case.

Now, this is what happens. The reconnaissance mother immediately accelerated forward under his control, preparing to release another miniaturized spy, attached to the shell of the second floating mother's nest.

After some familiar operations, the micronized spy once again attached itself to the extended shell part of the right helical stone mother nest, and continued to position itself for the subsequent army.

At the same time, at the rear, the army headed by the fearless soldiers also divided into two groups under the control of Lin Yi, preparing to move towards the two right-angled stone nests at the same time.

This time, the expedition force consisted of three fearless soldiers, two pioneering mothers, and more than 300 ordinary soldiers.

At this time, one group was led by two fearless soldiers and one pioneering mother, and the remaining two hundred ordinary soldiers were led by one fearless soldier and one pioneering mother. .

But the other party still seems to have not discovered the existence of the micron spy and the reconnaissance mother. Driven by the adult body of the orthospirite, they parted ways again, heading in two directions.

At the rear, the huge body of the fearless soldier, propelled by the water jet propulsion system, chased after him closely.

Due to the existence of the floating mother nest, the opponent's speed is slightly slower than Lin Yi. However, Lin Yi can directly provide food resources to other individuals by opening up the hose structure of the mother's nest to connect the core supply bag. However, the right spiral stone nest group can Some troubles further widened the gap.

During this period, the opponent sent out rear-cutting troops more than once to try to block Lin Yi's pursuit, but they were quickly slaughtered with the cooperation of fearless soldiers and ordinary soldiers.

The gourd boy's repeated suicide attempts to save his grandfather succeeded in delaying Lin Yi for a short period of time. However, the nutrients stored in the body of the pioneer mother are quite rich, enough to support the army's long-term pursuit.

The two nests continued to move in two different directions. At first, Lin Yi didn't pay much attention.

But until one of the floating brood nests turned a corner and entered a relatively narrow waterway, driven by the adult form of the right helical stone, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Such a seaway inexplicably reminded him of a similarly narrow waterway in North America during the Mesozoic Era, which was the Western Inland Seaway known as the "Aquarium of Hell."

Although these days, not to mention the ancestors of those notorious species are still playing with mud and rubbing their jaws in the trench, even if they really traveled through time, they are no match for my fearless soldier.

But this name could not help but remind him that in human wars, whether it is land or naval battles, small areas are the most vulnerable places to be ambushed. Even in an offensive and defensive battle without an ambush, the defender can easily block it and defeat more powerful enemies with the help of geographical advantages.

And these straight spiral stones arrived here first. Could it be that they wanted to take advantage of the geographical advantages here to escape the pursuit of the fearless soldiers, or even complete the counterattack?

But soon, Lin Yi felt that the other party probably did not have such ability.

After all, it is impossible for the Straight-Helical Stone Nest Group to have shore-based sea strike weapons to assist in blocking the strait. As old soft-bodied orthocephalopod creatures, even if they want to go ashore, they don't have the ability. The King Lu Squid in a certain future rhapsody is a bit too ahead of his time.
  But once he started to think about it, Lin Yi's thoughts started to spread out.

He thought of the Youxujiao Stone from before. Although the appearance is the same as that of a large toilet pusher like the filter-feeding corner stone, it can be regarded as a brand new grade after all, and this grade is targeted.

The target is naturally the micron torpedo. The adult form of the Orthospermum is powerless against small and numerous enemies, and the disadvantage that the larvae can only move forward to intercept them was perfectly filled after the emergence of the Utopias.

Unexpectedly, he didn't wait for the micron torpedo, but he happened to encounter the leader of the ancient jaw army for the first time in actual combat. However, the soft body of the leader Gu Jaw was even more unbearable when faced with the huge abyss mouth of the Youxujiao Stone and the dense thorns on the inside.

But Lin Yi didn't know whether the other party developed the Youxiaojie Stone to deal with Lin Yi's soldiers and wolf pack tactics after the battle between the second-generation soldiers and the Zhiluojiao Stone Group, or whether he was facing the swarm of micronized torpedoes. The octopus horn stone was developed only after the Han Dynasty.

If it's the former, it's not bad. After all, after the Nether Cuckoo Corner Stone was developed, Lin Yi already had the fearless soldier as a killer weapon and no longer relied entirely on ordinary soldiers. When encountering difficult-to-gnaw hard bones such as the Nether Cuckoo Corner Stone, the fearless soldiers can take action.

But if it is the latter, it means that the other party's development speed of new grades is astonishing. The development of targeted grades and tactics was completed quite quickly.

This also leads to a possibility that Lin Yi is unwilling to face - the micron torpedo worm appeared at the same time as the fearless soldier worm and the second-generation pioneer mother worm.

And does this mean that the Straight Spiral Stone Nest Group has not only developed grades for micronized torpedoes, but also developed grades for behemoths such as fearless soldiers?
  War has always been the best means to promote the development of science and technology. Now, the battle between nest groups may also become the best help to promote evolution.

Although Lin Yi has confidence in his proud work - the fearless soldier, he is also unsure about the evolution speed of the spiral stone nest group - it is always easier to destroy than to prevent the destruction.

Thinking about it, with an attitude of rather trusting it than trusting it, he began to think about retreating.

But at this moment, ahead, the microspy spy sensed that the movement speed of the floating mother nest suddenly slowed down. The funnels of several adult helical stones rotated and sprayed out water in the opposite direction, causing the floating mother nest to move. Stop the car slowly.

At the same time, further ahead, there seemed to be more straight helical stones with their arms wide open. The water jet propulsion system was operating at full strength. The conical shells crossed the water lines and headed straight towards Lin Yi's army.

But what neither party noticed was that in the distance, a tiny figure was swinging the fin-like structure on its side, and a thoughtful light flashed in its three compound eyes.

(End of this chapter)