Just as everyone was divided into four teams to start searching, voices rang out from deep inside a cave in the search area.
"The blood pool is full and there is no need for sacrifices. The adults are already on their way here. Once the blood pool is fully functional, the adults should be here. Next, there is only one task, which is to guard this place. You go and notify
Queen Ant, let her summon all her sons and grandsons back to guard the blood pool and welcome the adults."
The speaker was wearing a black robe, and his whole person was hidden in the black robe, so outsiders could not see his true face.
Next to the man in black robe was a huge ant with two wings on its back. The two-winged ant was two meters long and half a meter high, with black armor on its head and back.
After the man in black robe finished speaking, the two-winged ant seemed to understand what the man in black robe said, nodded, and ran away quickly.
The man in black robe stood on the edge of a huge pool.
The pool was filled not with water, but with blood.
Inside the cave, blood and energy surged to the sky.
There are also many snow-white bones floating in the blood pool.
Looking at the shapes of the bones and heads, there are some big and small. The big ones are mostly the bones of adults, and the small ones are mostly the bones of children.
This blood pool was actually made of human flesh and blood. The scene inside the blood pool was horrific.
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In the lofty mountains, Zhang Yao, Li Nanjia, and Cai Wenhan continued to go deep and carefully explore the nearby mountains and forests.
Three hours have passed, but Zhang Yao and the others have not found any valuable clues.
Click!
At this moment, a sound came from the front.
Zhang Yao, Li Nanjia, and Cai Wenhan looked at each other and quickly and quietly rushed over to investigate the situation.
When they came to the place where the sound came from, the three of them found a trampled branch. Not far away, the grass was shaking, as if something was moving away.
Zhang Yao and the others cautiously pursued it again, only to see a huge ant running through the grass and quickly moving away into the distance.
The black ant that was fading away in front stood upright and was taller than a normal adult. It was obvious that it was an awakened creature.
Cai Wenhan made a gesture of wiping Zhang Yao's neck, which meant that this big black ant was only in the realm of martial arts, so he should take action or not?
Zhang Yao pondered for a while and shook his head slightly.
This was Zhang Yao's first encounter with the Awakening Creature Ant. But judging from normal ants, generally ants are social animals.
If you find an ant, follow that ant and you will often find a nest of ants.
In addition, when an ant is killed, its body will emit a certain smell that cannot be picked up by the human sense of smell. This smell will remind other ants that it is dead and there is danger here. If the awakened ant still has the
With this ability, killing the ant in front will definitely make other ants wary.
If the real culprit that caused the disappearance of the villagers was the ant colony, killing the ant in front of them would probably alert the enemy.
Zhang Yao made arrangements with hand gestures. The three of them followed the ants together. Zhang Yao was responsible for not losing track, Li Nanjia was responsible for the movements on the left and right sides, and Cai Wenhan was responsible for the movements at the rear.
According to common sense, when an ant appears, there are probably other ants nearby.
They must follow this ant, but don't be followed by other ants while tracking the ant.
The ant moved forward very quickly. Zhang Yao and the others did not dare to follow too closely, lest they be discovered by it and almost lose it along the way.
After half a day, Zhang Yao and the others stopped following.
Ahead is a huge rock cave.
They followed the ant here, and the ant had already penetrated deep into the rock cave.
In addition, there are many similar ants coming from all directions and pouring into the dark rock cave.
Cai Wenhan was shocked. It turned out to be a nest of awakened living ants. Fortunately, he didn't do anything before. Otherwise, he would have frightened the snake.
Looking at Zhang Yao, Cai Wenhan thought to himself that Zhang Yao might have thought of this before.
Cai Wenhan subconsciously took out his mobile phone and prepared to contact others. As soon as he touched the mobile phone, he suddenly remembered that after everyone went deep into the forest, the mobile phone signal had long been lost.
At this moment, Li Nanjia noticed something and pointed to the side of Zhang Yao and Cai Wenhan, meaning that something was approaching over there.
Zhang Yao immediately made a retreat gesture, and the three of them retreated quietly for a distance.
I saw two black ants walking past the place where the three of them had just been hiding.
"Are the ants patrolling?" Cai Wenhan whispered after the two ants walked away.
Zhang Yao nodded. The two ants looked a bit like patrollers, but Zhang Yao was not sure whether they were.
"Gather before dark, don't leave in a hurry, and then observe." Zhang Yao said.
Ten minutes later, two more big black ants walked past the sight of Zhang Yao and the others along the path that the two ants had walked before.
Ten minutes later, another two big black ants walked by.
Zhang Yao, Cai Wenhan, and Li Nanjia were now 100% sure that the ants were indeed patrolling outside the entrance to the nest.
After the awakened creature awakens, its wisdom will also change, usually becoming more intelligent. Although Zhang Yao and the others were surprised when they were sure that the ants were patrolling, they could still accept it.
After observing for a while, the three of them found that no ants came out of the ant nest, but ants walked into the ant nest.
"withdraw!"
If they continued to observe, they would miss the meeting time, so Zhang Yao and the others quietly left.
Before it got dark, Zhang Yao and the others arrived at the meeting place. Tan Jiangxu and others had already arrived, only Luo Qingshan had not returned yet.
Everyone gathered together to discuss what they had learned from searching the forest today. Zhang Yao and the others told Tan Jiangxu and others about the discovery of the ant nest.
"You also discovered the ant nest!" Wan Zhongyi, Xu Cefeng, and Xia Qingming looked surprised.
"Did you also discover the ant nest?" Cai Wenhan asked.
Wan Zhongyi, Xu Cefeng, and Xia Qingming nodded one after another.
Zhang Yao took out the map, marked the location of the ant nest discovered by the three of them, and then handed the map to Wan Zhongyi and the others.
Wan Zhongyi, Xu Cefeng, and Xia Qingming took the map and marked the entrance to the ant nest they discovered on the map.
The entrance to the ant nest discovered by both parties was not the same.
Zhang Yao, Wan Zhongyi and others looked at Tan Jiangxu's three-man team.
"We found nothing." Tan Jiangxu, Su Yuxuan, and Mu Yunye said.
At this time, a figure flashed over, it was Luo Qingshan.
"How is it?" Luo Qingshan asked.
"We divided into three teams and found two ant nest entrances." Zhang Yao said, handing the map to Luo Qingshan for review.
Luo Qingshan glanced at everyone and found that the nine people did not form a search team according to his instructions, but divided into three teams to search.
In this regard, Luo Qingshan didn't say much. He asked nine people to form a team, which was just a suggestion, not an order. The nine people had their own ideas and decisions, which was normal. Moreover, the nine people were divided into three teams to investigate and search the forest.
, it is also a good thing to have a larger search area within the same time period.
More importantly, Zhang Yao and others made a discovery. Luo Qingshan searched this day and found nothing of value.
After taking a look at the map, Luo Qingshan pondered for a moment, spread the map on the ground, and said to Zhang Yao and others: "Everyone, please mark the areas you searched today."
Zhang Yao and others stepped forward and quickly marked the areas that their teams had searched during the day.
The search area of Tan Jiangxu and others is the largest, followed by the search area of Wan Zhongyi and others, and the search area of Zhang Yao and others is the smallest.
The search areas of the three teams slightly overlapped.
After Zhang Yao and others completed marking, Luo Qingshan also marked the areas searched during the day.
Everyone was divided into four teams, and the search area of Zhang Yao and others was connected into one area. Luo Qingshan's search area was a separate area.
The two large areas do not overlap. If the two areas overlap, there are still two areas in the middle that need to be searched.
"Tomorrow you will be responsible for this unsearched area, and leave the other area to me. After the search is completed, everyone will gather here." Luo Qingshan determined a new gathering place based on the distribution of the ant nest entrances.
"Those ants will also patrol." Zhang Yao told everyone the details he observed during the day.
After Zhang Yao and the others discovered the entrance to the ant nest, they did not leave immediately, but observed the place for a long time.
After Wan Zhongyi and others discovered the entrance to the ant nest, they did not stay too long. Instead, they bypassed the ant nest and continued to search the forest.
Tan Jiangxu and others did not find the ant nest, so they did not have any time to stay.
Therefore, among the three teams, Tan Jiangxu and others searched the largest area, followed by Wan Zhongyi and others, and Zhang Yao and others ranked last. However, Zhang Yao and others also made the most discoveries.
Everyone was surprised when they heard Zhang Yao's words, and Luo Qingshan was also surprised.
"Are you sure?" Luo Qingshan asked.
Zhang Yao and the others told everyone what they saw during the day.
Everyone frowned in thought, and it seemed that the ants were indeed patrolling.
"It's a patrol, that's right." Luo Qingshan nodded and warned: "If you find the entrance to the ant nest again tomorrow, be careful not to be discovered by the patrol."
A night of silence.
The next day, everyone dispersed again.
Luo Qingshan searched an area alone. Zhang Yao and others divided into three teams and divided the entire unsearched area into three parts.
When night fell, everyone rushed to the gathering point.
After a day of searching, Zhang Yao and the other nine people found nothing new, but Luo Qingshan also found the entrance to an ant nest.
The entrance to the ant nest discovered by Luo Qingshan was marked on the map, but it was not the same entrance to the ant nest discovered by Zhang Yao, Tan Jiangxu and others.
The entire suspicious area has been completely searched, and a total of three ant nest openings have been found.
Luo Qingshan put away the map, smiled, and said to everyone: "Everyone has done a good job. We will rest here tonight. Everyone will go out tomorrow. I will handle the rest of the things here. Don't worry, this level five mission has been completed."
Everyone’s name will definitely be on the list of candidates.”
Luo Qingshan will definitely enter the ant nest to investigate, which will be a very dangerous thing. Although the strongest ants found so far are only at the first level, there must be more powerful ants deep in the ant nest.
Everyone looked at each other, not doubting Luo Qingshan's words at all, but the fifth-level mission was completed just like that?
Everyone always feels uncomfortable.
Now it is almost certain that the disappearance of the villagers is related to the ants in the ant nest!
What happened to the more than a thousand villagers? Are they still alive? If they are killed, these stinky ants will all die!