At first, it was just as they thought; large numbers of giant ants were choked by the thick smoke and began to scatter.

But just as the Asada tribe was trying to take this opportunity to quickly pass through the smoke-filled passage, the giant ants that had already left returned.

They experienced only a brief period of chaos, and quickly reorganized. The giant ants began to move the stones and soil that they could lift.

A single giant ant can only carry a limited amount of supplies, but there are countless giant ants here. Currently, some worker ants are responsible for collecting rubble and soil nearby.

The other giant ants placed all the gravel and soil brought back by the worker ants on the highway they had built.

A large amount of soil and gravel were rapidly passed between the giant ants, looking as if the soil and gravel were moving on a conveyor belt, but at a considerable speed.

However, there were too many giant ants, and soon they began piling large amounts of gravel and soil onto the burning fire.

At first, the giant ant colony did not dare to get too close to the fires, as the extremely high heat radiation could kill them instantly.

The giant ant colony first built a mound of earth next to the fire. This way, even if there was heat radiation from the fire, most of it could be absorbed by the mound.

The giant ant colony hiding behind the mound of earth will also be safer.

With this mound of earth as a foundation, the rest became much easier. They simply needed to continuously transport large amounts of soil and gravel into the inner part of the mound using a "conveyor belt."

The fallen rubble and soil would naturally and slowly cover the burning fire. The giant ant colony was very efficient; it took them less than an hour to cover the fire with a large amount of soil and rubble.

The fire, deprived of oxygen, soon emitted a larger plume of white smoke, which quickly thinned out and disappeared completely, extinguishing the flames.

This wasn't the first time the Asada tribe had encountered giant ants, but they generally avoided conflict with these insects. This was their first time officially dealing with them.

No one expected that these giant ants would be unafraid of fire, and that they would effectively organize their forces to extinguish the fires with mud and gravel in the first instance.

For a group of giant ants with simple brain structures who act primarily on instinct, extinguishing a fire using such a strategic method is already quite remarkable.

Now it's the Asada tribe chief's turn to have a headache. These things aren't even afraid of fire, so what other way is there to control them?

You should know that in this rainforest, if it claims to be second, no other animal dares to claim to be first.

Even in a world inhabited by dinosaurs, these giant ants would be no match for those massive creatures weighing several tons.

If you encounter a giant ant, the only way to survive is to run away beforehand; there is no other way.

The giant ant's world has no concept of three dimensions; no matter how big an animal is, it is just a two-dimensional plane filled with food in their eyes.

But the problem still needs to be solved. The eastern battlefield needs the support of the Asaida tribe. They can't be confined here by a group of giant ants forever.

What they didn't know was that giant ants weren't inflexible; they would usually avoid forest fires instead of expending a lot of effort to extinguish them.

This is mainly related to the scent information left by Haru on this path. Now, this huge giant ant colony is waiting to start a war with another mysterious giant ant colony.

Before they officially start fighting, these giant ants will stay until the scent signals have completely dissipated before they resume their activities.

However, it was clear that the Asada tribe could not wait for them to leave on their own. The Asada tribe's leader was also a clever man; when one plan failed, he immediately changed his strategy.

Since a direct, forceful approach won't work, let's try a softer one, a diversionary tactic.

The chief of the Asada tribe knew that these giant ant colonies consumed a huge amount of energy every day, and if they stayed here for two days in a row, replenishing their food supply would definitely become a major problem.

Now, if we can lure a section of the giant ant colony with food, their "high-speed passage" will inevitably break down, and that will be the best time for the colony to pass through quickly.

Hunting is not a difficult task for Asidar warriors, especially with so many Asidar warriors together now. Hunting a suitable prey is a piece of cake.

Under the command of the Asidar chief, dozens of Asidar warriors formed hunting squads and began searching for animal tracks in the vicinity.

They soon discovered traces of wild animal activity, based on the footprints.

This must be a group of adult wild boars. The Asaida warriors were pleased. In their eyes, these adult wild boars were similar to rabbits, the kind that were relatively easy to catch.

After all, under normal circumstances, the warriors of the Asaida tribe preferred to use velociraptors to hunt larger dinosaurs for food.

The main advantage is convenience; a single hunting trip can provide the tribe with food for a long time.

Like the Mira tribe, the Asada tribe are natural hunters. They also possess a set of skills for tracking prey, and this time they were lucky.

Judging from the freshness of the wild boar droppings left along the way, the group of wild boars did not go very far.

Immediately under the leader's command, dozens of Asedar warriors began to form a pocket shape according to their pre-determined route and began to search and track the footprints.

Soon one of the Asaida warriors made a discovery, making a series of tapping sounds, which sounded like a woodpecker pecking at a tree trunk.

This sound is the language used by the hunters of the Asaida tribe to communicate. They can convey the number, size, and exact location of their prey from the frequency and location of the tapping.

Another advantage of doing this is that it won't scare away the wild boars. To the wild boars, the clattering sound is just birds pecking at tree trunks in the forest, and there's nothing to be alarmed about it.

If the wild boars had known from the beginning that the natives were after them, they would have run away much faster than they would have when encountering other predators.

It's important to know how terrifying these two-legged creatures are; they are beings that even large beasts fear, let alone those that are merely lower down the food chain.

Upon hearing this coded signal, all the Asaida warriors made a knocking sound with their mouths to indicate that they had received the message.

Following the clues, about twenty meters to their left and front, there were five adult wild boars foraging for food.

The group began to disperse again according to the plan, based on the direction of the wild boars, and formed a large circle, gradually closing in on the five wild boars.