In the mining area of ​​the camp, the atmosphere suddenly became tense as the fire ants reappeared.

"Tell them to stop and evacuate all the miners in the mine."

Lin Hao's eyes narrowed slightly and he gave the order.

Kuang Tie nodded, and then shouted in a deep voice: "Stop, everyone gather outside!!"

For a moment, the originally restless scene gradually calmed down.

"Ant King, come out."

Upon hearing Lin Hao's command, the two pincers on the Ant King's mouthparts easily clamped the iron cage apart.

Immediately, its body moved and suddenly turned into a beam of fire, rushing into the mine.

“So fast!”

When he saw the Ant King's amazing speed, Kuang Tie's eyes widened and a look of horror appeared on his face.

During this wait, about ten breaths later, a red ant shadow appeared at the entrance of the mine.

In its mouth, it held the remains of a slightly larger fire ant.

Judging from its appearance, it seems to be the Ant King that had caused headaches for many Berserkers before.

Immediately afterwards, the rustling sounds of crawling were heard frequently.

Ants continuously poured out of the hole.

They were densely packed with fire ants.

There were such a terrifying number, at least hundreds of thousands, almost covering the entire mine!

"this……"

The pupils of Kuangtie and others suddenly shrank, and they looked at the scene with shocked expressions.

Although they had often fought against fire ants recently, they had never seen such a large ant colony.

"Everyone on alert!"

Immediately, Kuang Tie's expression tensed and he roared hurriedly.

As soon as the voice fell, he ran to a huge water tank nearby, and immediately activated his frenzied combat mode. With his amazing arm strength, he lifted the water tank that weighed hundreds of pounds.

That action was undoubtedly intended to immerse the ant colony.

After a period of research, they found that fire ants are very afraid of water. Although they cannot be killed, they can be used to drive them away.

"Don't be nervous, they have been tamed."

Lin Hao said calmly.

"Subdue?!"

Upon hearing this, Kuang Tie and the others were shocked and hurriedly stopped the attack they were about to launch, but they felt a little unbelievable about it.

I just walked around in the mine and I conquered such a large group of fire ants? !

Looking at the ant colony that looked like a large army of ants, Lin Hao had roughly guessed that the skill used by the Ant King this time was Ant Beast Summoning.

Only under the control of his mental force field was he able to subdue this group of fire ants of the same species.

"When the Xingyu Empire's army comes to attack, this group of fire ants may be able to play a role."

A smile appeared on Lin Hao's lips, and he was thinking about the value of the ant colony.

Add to that the Ant King's Hokage clone, such a lineup is truly powerful!

After evaluation, he found that among the pets he currently owns, none of them could compete with the Ant King alone in terms of comprehensive strength.

At this time, the ant king used his mouthparts to chew and swallowed all the remaining body of the ant king into his stomach.

"My Lord, how should we deal with these fire ants?"

Seeing that the ant colony was indeed subdued, Kuang Tie suppressed his excitement and asked Lin Hao for instructions.

What he meant was undoubtedly that he intended to completely eliminate the ant colony and completely put an end to future troubles.

How could Lin Hao not understand what Kuang Tie meant? He said calmly, "Don't worry about these. I will take care of these fire ants myself."

Immediately, his mind moved slightly, "Evacuate the ant colony and don't let them devour the Lingyang Stone veins again."

The ant king received the order and began to execute it immediately.

But I saw the two tentacles on its forehead shaking slightly.

Lin Hao could clearly sense an invisible mental power fluctuation, which quickly spread out in the form of ripples as the two tentacles trembled.

Swish!

In an instant, the large group of ants that had been standing still suddenly changed direction and marched away from the area in an orderly manner under the control of the Ant King's mental power.

At this point, this group of fire ants has become Lin Hao's pet army in disguise.

"After we get back, I will ask Bai Lin to buy some meat. You can arrange a few men to go to the mountains regularly to feed them."

Lin Hao turned his gaze to Kuang Tie and gave orders.

"Yes, my lord."

Kuangtie's face turned slightly grim and he nodded quickly.

At this moment, he was quite surprised.

After all, conquering the ant colony undoubtedly means solving the problem of their mining of the Lingyang Stone mines.

Just like that, in the following period of time, relying on the identities of the two fake envoys, Lin Hao and his team once again gained ten days of development progress.

However, the truth will eventually come out.

Half a month later, the Xingyu Empire apparently felt something was wrong and sent two more envoys to investigate.

However, the situation was not unexpected. The two envoys still did not return, which completely made the top leaders of the Xingyu Empire realize their mistake and became extremely angry.

All of a sudden, the Xingyu Empire began to mobilize troops and implement the plan to capture the Territory of Chaos.

After receiving the intelligence, the City Lord's Mansion in the Territory of Chaos also issued a corresponding order.

"The city lord has ordered that the spiritual mines must be excavated as quickly as possible. There is no need to hide it anymore!"

Now that the Xingyu Empire has decided to send troops to attack, the Lingyang Stone mine will undoubtedly be exposed soon, and the excavation process will naturally no longer need to be concealed as before.

“Clang! Clang!!”

“Bang!!”

…

For a time, in the mineral vein area of ​​the Mad Clan camp, a large number of miners joined forces to mine rapidly and enthusiastically.

Almost every moment, a large amount of Lingyang Stones are transported up in large bags.

It has been nearly three months since the mining began, and about 200,000 Lingyang Stones have been mined.

Even so, after exploration, it was found that only a small part of the vein had been excavated.

It is conceivable how huge and terrifying the content area of ​​this Lingyang Stone vein is!

While the mining speed of the mineral veins was accelerated, the entire Territory of Chaos also activated emergency preparations for war.

Arrows, incendiary bombs, catapults, and various consumable weapons were all transported to the top of the city wall, ready for the impending war!

…

Three days later at dusk.

A hundred thousand troops are approaching.

This enemy army is none other than the Xingyu Empire's army, the 'Thunder Tiger Army'.

Although the name of the army sounds majestic and domineering, in terms of equipment and military strength, it is only a third-rate army.

In their opinion, it was not enough to dispatch regular troops of second-rate level or above to deal with a small chaotic territory.

However, when the Thunder Tiger Army arrived here, they did not immediately initiate a war. Instead, they stationed their troops across the river, a hundred miles away from the Territory of Chaos.

Perhaps because the messengers they sent the previous two times were killed, they no longer sent messengers to die, and instead sent a pigeon to deliver a letter to the Leader of Chaos.

There was no threat or intimidation in the letter, but it was an invitation to Lin Hao to negotiate.

The intention behind this is hard to guess.