Li Hao listened intently and marveled at the movement nearby.
Chen Yu explained with a smile: "The mutated ant colony will regard all living creatures near the nest as food sources."
"The ant king beast, which is transforming from the first generation to the second generation, has decided to change to a new pasture."
"That means there are no living creatures in this forest!"
Song Yue on the side took over the conversation: "Is that right, we are almost at the nest of the Ant King Beast?"
"Almost!" Chen Yu nodded.
At this time, Chen Yu and his group of six people were walking through a deep mountain and old forest.
According to the situation of the doomsday catastrophe, mutant beasts should be rampant in this old mountain forest, and there should be a restricted area for living people.
But now, not only Chen Yu and others were not attacked after entering.
In fact, there was no sound at all in the entire forest.
Except for the rustle of the valley wind through the treetops, there was no sound of any animals.
The deathly silence is terrifying!
This is one of the three major hazards of the apocalypse, the terrifying aspect of mutant ant colonies.
The place where the mutated ant colony exists is the dead zone!
After the ant colony raged, the forest was safer than before the apocalypse. It was so safe that it was scary.
Chen Yu and others have been walking around in the woods for almost three hours.
From the time we entered the forest to now, we have gone deep for at least six or seven kilometers.
On the ground, traces of mutated ant activity were already densely packed, covering the entire ground.
In short, at a glance, they are all scratches made by ants' limbs, and it is impossible to distinguish the movement trajectory and direction of the mutated ants.
But this also shows that the mountain forest beneath everyone's feet was once the core area of mutant ant colony activity.
The Ant King Beast's nest is nearby.
Unfortunately, there were many trees and weeds in the forest, blocking everyone's view, so it was not possible to find it for a while.
Chen Yu didn't find any similar aura in his combat intuition.
The situation at the military area station is critical.
If a headless fly wanders around like this, rescue will definitely be delayed.
Chen Yu chose to activate the ‘Intuition Strengthening’ ability.
The crystal core was crushed in his hand, and Chen Yu's perception was immediately greatly improved. He could control the surrounding environment and even lock on the floating traces of a particle of dust in the air.
The perceptible range has been further expanded, and a broader three-dimensional picture has been constructed in the mind. However, there is still no trace of the Ant King Beast's nest.
"It seems that the scale of this mutated ant colony is indeed not small. The core activity area is so vast!"
"I'm afraid the number of mutated ants is close to one hundred thousand!"
"The pressure at the military area station is huge!"
"I hope Shen Yu and the others' support can arrive in time."
Chen Yu made further reasoning in his mind based on the clues, and couldn't help but feel that the situation was extremely unobjective.
Then, Chen Yu began to change the scope of his induction.
Combat intuition, which has a circular sensing range, began to stretch toward a flat strip with Chen Yu as the center under the influence of the enhanced 'intuition strengthening' ability.
Soon, one was only about two meters wide.
However, the sensing distance was extended by ten times, and a 'scanning rod' was formed.
Like the scanning wave of a radar screen, Chen Yu closed his eyes slightly, controlled the 'scanning rod', and began to rotate and scan with himself as the center of the circle.
Going around in a circle, the perceived area expands dozens of times in one breath.
This is ‘intuition strengthening’. After the second strengthening, it brings innovative changes to Chen Yu’s tactics.
In terms of cooperation, Chen Yuxin acquired the sixth ability of 'invisibility'.
If Chen Yu didn't poke the double-headed red-eyed tiger's ass, he would be sorry for his improvement in strength.
"Over there!" Chen Yu opened his eyes and pointed to a hill.
The nest of the mutant ant colony ant king beast has been locked by Chen Yu's enhanced perception!
Everyone immediately looked for directions and quickly explored the past.
Because no mutant ants were found nearby, it was basically concluded that the nest was empty.
A group of six people, and Chen Yu's combat intuition and early warning.
So I ran all the way, letting go of my hands and feet very quickly.
After climbing over the hills, a valley came into view.
The valley has an unobstructed view and is extremely desolate.
Not a single tree, green vegetation, or even stones had been cleared away. Stones larger than the size of a fist were all cleared into the col on the opposite side of the valley.
The entire valley has been completely transformed into a crater-like existence.
In the center of the valley, there is a huge sinkhole with a diameter of more than ten meters.
That is actually the ant nest and entrance of the mutated ant colony.
"It's all empty!"
Li Hao looked around, but there was no trace of a mutated ant, as if the place had been completely abandoned.
"Go, get down!"
Chen Yu's face was serious, his eyes flickering, and he raised his feet and walked towards the entrance of the ant nest.
Liu Xingzhong, Qu Chenhao, Li Hao, Song Yue, and Bai Zijian spread out, formed a battle formation according to each other's abilities, and followed Chen Yu closely.
Arriving at the entrance of the cave, an unpleasant "fishy smell" of earth spread to the nostrils.
Everyone frowned.
This unpleasant smell is a reaction caused by the pheromones secreted by mutant ants in large quantities, mixed with the soil in the ant nest, and accumulated.
Song Yue, covered in silver-white metal, was lying at the entrance of the ant nest, making a loud sound and asking Chen Yu:
"It's pitch black, Brother Yu, you're not going to go down there anymore, are you?"
Chen Yu stared at the dark entrance of the ant nest, thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "You guys stay at the entrance of the cave, I'll go down and have a look."
With that said, Chen Yu had already jumped down from the cave entrance.
The cave of the mutated ant colony is very wide, like a tunnel.
Adults can stand and walk without worrying about touching their heads or being unable to penetrate deeply.
However, the habits of ant colonies cannot be like human mines, where the passages have gentle slopes.
Most of the passages in the ant nest go straight up and down, with a slope of nearly 90 degrees, and various forks bloom in all directions.
Chen Yu could only hold the gold-tooth dagger with both hands, inserting it into the cave wall from time to time to maintain balance and move quickly in the cave.
The cave in the dark cannot be seen directly.
However, Chen Yu has the assistance of combat intuition, so his movements are not restricted.
After Chen Yu entered the ant nest, he had a clear goal.
No matter how the ant nest passage turned and forked, Chen Yu always identified the target in the sensor and advanced quickly.
Seven or eight minutes later, Chen Yu fell straight down from a vertical passage of more than ten meters.
Then, we entered a huge, empty space.
A dark red light exploded in the cave.
Chen Yu waved his hand and threw several fluorescent lighting rods to various places in the huge space.
The light flashed through the air, and the images flying across the area were fleeting in Chen Yu's eyes.
Although it was short-lived, it was enough for Chen Yu to see clearly what was in the cave.
The fluorescent lighting rod fell, and each independent bright area was processed and reorganized by Chen Yu's brain to match the fleeting scene just now.
In this huge cave, countless giant ant eggs lie quietly.
