Chapter 454 [(*^▽^*)]
Lin Leyou was unaware that she and Xue Rui were pressed together. "Yes, that's definitely right. Although it looks like just a pile of rocks, have you noticed that there are no plants growing in the entire area of this pile of rocks?"
"Look over here again. Although it's the middle of the night and there's no light, you can still see a little bit in the footage from this surveillance camera. Do you see these little black dots? They're the ones crawling out from the cracks at the edge of this pile of rocks. Although there are very few of them, they're hard to spot..."
Xue Rui hadn't noticed it before; in fact, if he hadn't been staring intently at that corner, he wouldn't have noticed it at all. This shows that Lin Leyou's eyesight is truly excellent.
He only saw something moving, but couldn't see it clearly. But that's okay. Now that he'd discovered it, he could make the monitoring ball fly closer so he could see it more clearly.
Xue Rui quickly confirmed that these were indeed black poison ants, and... if they weren't mistaken, the black poison ants in this nest were twice the size of those in the previous nest!
Lin Leyou said, "With such a large black ant nest, I estimate that the queen ant inside must be even more powerful, which is why these black ants are also quite large. So, is the venom of these ants also somewhat different?"
The venom of the previous black poison ant seemed to be specifically for tracking purposes, so what about this one that has been discovered now?
Lin Leyou opened the map and looked at it. "The map has indeed been updated with the black poison ant nest. The location of this nest is right on the road we are going to Xiushan Village."
Xue Rui frowned slightly. "So, if we strictly follow the route marked on the map, we'll pass through the black ant's nest?"
Lin Leyou nodded and then shook his head. "It's not exactly passing through directly, but just passing by the side. But I think it's still very dangerous to pass by like that. Just look at what those black poisonous ants did before."
What happened to Roman's body is now unknown, but it is 100% certain that a large swarm of black ants went to Roman's location after they left.
What were a large group of ants doing when they went to a corpse? It's obvious without even thinking about it: they were after food. In other words, Roman's body must have been broken into pieces by these ants and taken back. Maybe they can still see some of Roman's bones left in that tree hole when they go back now.
Lin Leyou, "Should we send a surveillance camera to check the location of Roman's death?"
Xue Rui paused for a moment, then nodded, "Sure, it might be worth a look, maybe..."
All the monitoring spheres were originally intended to go to the newly discovered black ant nest to scavenge, but now one of the monitoring spheres has been separated and flown to the place where Xue Rui killed Roman.
When Roman reappeared on the surveillance footage, Lin Leyou and Xue Rui were both surprised. They thought Roman must have been eaten away by ants, leaving only a pile of bones, or even that the bones had been crushed and carried away. But the corpse that appeared in front of them was still intact... Wait!
Lin Leyou stared at it carefully for a while before asking solemnly, "Did the skin on this side of the neck move? It felt like something was moving under the skin?"
Xue Rui: "I didn't notice it just now, but we can take a closer look."
The monitoring ball slowly approached, and at that moment, something was indeed moving under Roman's skin. Upon closer inspection, it became clearer; it looked like some white things.
Just then, some black ants appeared next to the corpse. They piled up in layers, as if they wanted to touch the monitoring ball. Did they think the monitoring ball was something dangerous?
Xue Rui immediately controlled the monitoring ball to fly much higher and farther away. Just by looking at Roman's body from a distance, he could actually see a lot of things.
Although the black ants below triggered the alarm, they did not leave. Instead, they lingered around Roman's body, occasionally crawling towards the location of the monitoring ball.
Lin Leyou let out a long sigh, "It seems that Roman's corpse was used as a tool to raise insect eggs, but... would the queen of these black poison ants actually come here to lay eggs herself? Or..."
Or is it that the queen ant didn't come in person, but rather these black ants carried the eggs over and put them into the corpse?
Xue Rui: "It's definitely inconvenient for the queen ant to come out, so it should be the second method."
Lin Leyou said, "Let's put the surveillance sphere back over there. We should focus our attention on this newly discovered nest now... By the way, Xiao Rui, what do you think about us going through it again? This time, let's leave very clear traces for these people, so they can follow the path we took to this new nest!"
Xue Rui was slightly taken aback, then his eyes lit up. "This is a great idea, let's do it this way."
They acted on their thoughts without hesitation, and stopped hunting other lone individuals. No matter how many people they killed, it was not as important as luring all the others to the Black Poison Ant Nest.
They packed their things and returned overnight. Then, in a more open area, they began to clear a path, cutting down all the weeds and branches along the way.
Of course, they didn't make it too obvious. As long as it was obvious at a glance that someone had walked through, that was enough. But that wasn't enough. Lin Leyou grinned and took out a piece of paper from his backpack. Then, based on the map that Jiang Changdong had distributed earlier, he added a route to it. The destination of this route was not the newly discovered black ant nest, but rather a place beyond the nest where there was a river.
"Xiao Rui, what do you think of the map I drew?"
Xue Rui took a look and realized that the black ant nest was originally just along the way and not passed by, but Lin Leyou changed it, so if you followed the map, you would have to walk through this pile of rocks yourself.
Xue Rui's lips curled into a smile. "This is good. Let's do it this way. So how do we deliver this to those bandits?"
Lin Leyou had ill intentions. "Why do we need to deliver them? We can just casually discard them on their usual route. Of course, we'll have to use some tricks."
They then drew up similar maps, folded each map, and had the monitoring ball drop them to various locations. These locations weren't chosen randomly; someone was supposed to drop them in nearby areas.
The place where it was lost was quite conspicuous. As long as the survivors weren't stupid or blind, they could usually find it by carefully observing their surroundings as they walked forward.
If they couldn't even notice this? Then we can only say they were lucky to escape, but people with such poor observation skills probably wouldn't survive long in these deep mountains.
As for the hundred new bandits who came after them? That's easy to handle. The path ahead is predetermined. They just need to follow the route taken by the people in front of them, and they will naturally see the neatly folded piece of paper that the two of them left by the roadside.
To make it look like it had fallen there a couple of days ago, Lin Leyou even put some dirt on it, folded it several times to create many creases, and even stepped on a footprint on the edge of the paper.
Lin Leyou: "Hehe, in this way, we can reap the benefits without lifting a finger."
Now, they can no longer wander around freely, so they use various monitoring devices to keep an eye on the people behind them, and of course, they rely more on the maps they have.
Lin Leyou suddenly said, "If we use a map to monitor them, and they have surveillance equipment, can we detect it?"
Xue Rui stared at the green dot representing Lin Leyou on the map, then asked, "Brother Lin, take a look at the prop on your wrist."
Lin Leyou subconsciously looked down and saw a red dot. After Xue Rui stopped staring at the green dot, the red dot on Lin Leyou's side went out and the blue dot lit up. "Red. It seems that map surveillance can also be detected."
Xue Rui said, "It's okay. We're not monitoring you 24/7. We can also use other monitoring equipment, like this."
Looking at the surveillance camera, Lin Leyou felt a little envious. "This surveillance camera belongs to Li Qianqian... right? It's something she left behind, something you couldn't take with you after you killed her."
Xue Rui nodded, "That's right, it's really good. I guess Li Qianqian went through a lot of trouble to get it, but it's a good deal for me."
Lin Leyou: "Did you cause him any trouble?"
Xue Rui shook his head. "No, it's not the right time yet. I know him. That guy is used to being arrogant. He can hold back for a short time, but he will definitely be exposed in the long run."
Lin Leyou said, "His name is Xue Qian, right? Xue Qian's personality doesn't seem like he can tolerate things. And he's been holding back for so long, I guess he might do something amazing once he explodes."
Xue Rui: "It's okay, I'll keep an eye on him."
Or rather, Xue Rui had been secretly watching Xue Qian all along, and as soon as he made a mistake, he would immediately take photos of the evidence, notify the Bureau of Public Security to arrest him, and lock him up in a special prison.
This is Xue Rui's real goal. If he reports it now, the other party will only be taken to the Administration Bureau for registration and then have to comply with management and reporting procedures. In this way, Xue Qian might abide by the rules in order to avoid being arrested, and then his goal would be impossible to achieve.
If he's going to do something, he'll do it thoroughly! Killing is out of the question, he absolutely will not kill anyone, but if he encounters Xue Qian in the dungeon world, he will definitely not be polite!
They had surveillance cameras secretly monitoring all the places where the maps were lost. As dawn broke, the two men, who had been working all night, were not sleepy at all, their eyes fixed on the situation on the surveillance screen.
They threw out a total of fifteen maps, and after a morning, fourteen of them were found. It seemed that they believed them and were even following the route they had drawn.
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