"It should be five months now! It should be January of next year!"
“Oh, a New Year baby? That’s pretty good! It’s 2033!” Zhou Keke said while looking at her phone.
The two chatted casually as the car slowly moved forward. Suddenly, Lu Yuan saw through the rearview mirror that the cars behind them had stopped, having driven quite a distance.
Lu Yuan quickly picked up the walkie-talkie to ask what was going on: "What happened to the others? Why didn't they keep up?"
At that moment, Chu Jialin's voice came through the walkie-talkie: "One of the fuel vehicles in Wang Zhen's convoy is overheating, and we're currently working to cool it down!"
"Oh! We'll wait for you for a bit! Come back as soon as you're done!"
"No need! We'll have the main force follow you! This vehicle can stay behind alone! It won't cause any delay!"
"Okay! It's better to be careful! We absolutely cannot have any more problems!"
"Don't worry! I know what I'm doing! You all be careful too!"
Lu Yuan hummed in agreement and then hung up the call.
However, he always had a vague feeling that something was about to happen.
Just then, Zhou Keke pointed ahead and said, "Old Tian, watch out ahead!"
Lu Yuan immediately stepped on the brakes. He saw a ditch about 300 meters ahead. The depth of the ditch was not clear at the moment. He could only see a dense swarm of termites crawling out of it.
Like a piece of cake that has been smothered, the termite swarm rises up like snow-white cream.
"What's going on?"
Zhou Keke swallowed hard: "I'll take some people over to check it out!"
"Okay! Be careful!"
Lu Yuan did not refuse the other party's request; it would be safer for him to stay in the car.
So, Zhou Keke quickly followed the people behind the car to check their equipment. After confirming that her equipment was in good condition, she immediately opened the car door and jumped out.
Then they closed the car door.
The group of seven slowly walked forward. Termites on the ground kept trying to climb up their boots, but the specially treated protective suits were so smooth that the termites couldn't climb up at all.
Then the group turned on their searchlights and walked forward. When they reached the edge of the ravine, they immediately stopped and the searchlights came on.
After checking the ditch several times, Zhou Keke pressed the intercom.
"Old Tian, there's a termite nest ahead, teeming with termites and countless termite eggs! The trench is about five meters deep and five meters wide!"
Lu Yuan nodded: "Okay! I understand! See if you can get through from another place!"
"Understood, let's check if there are any other passages!"
So Zhou Keke led a few people out along the edge of the ravine.
After a while, Zhou Keke suddenly froze, then waved to the other people, and the other six people immediately ran over.
When they saw what was inside the ravine, they were all stunned; none of them had ever seen anything like it.
After seeing their reaction, Lu Yuan immediately pressed the call button while sitting in the car.
"What was discovered?"
Zhou Keke's voice trembled slightly: "We...we think we've discovered a queen ant!"
"What? The queen ant has been discovered?"
"That's right! This queen ant is about ten meters long! Her body is very bloated, just like... a large worm, and she is constantly laying eggs!"
Before he could finish speaking, a startled exclamation suddenly came from the walkie-talkie.
"Oh no! Run!"
The group immediately turned and ran.
Suddenly, countless soldier ants emerged from the distant ravine. Each soldier ant was over ten centimeters long and had fluttering white wings.
Lu Yuan could even hear a loud noise coming from the distant ravine.
Then a cloud of white mist suddenly surged out of the ravine.
"Oh no! Run! It's a swarm of soldier ants!"
Lu Yuan felt a chill run down his spine. The sight before him made his heart race. These winged soldier ants swept in like a thick fog.
Zhou Keke led six people and rushed desperately toward the car.
Suddenly, a team member named Duan Shen accidentally stepped into a ditch and fell to the ground uncontrollably.
Zhou Keke and the others immediately stopped to prepare to rescue the person, just as the swarm of termites flew over.
Lu Yuan frantically shouted into the walkie-talkie, "Stop saving people! Run! Duan Shen, get up quickly! Don't waste time!"
However, when Duan Shen pressed the call button, a piercing scream came from the walkie-talkie channel.
Immediately afterwards, Duan Shen began to cover his head and howl. He stood up and tried desperately to take off his helmet, but the sturdy helmet was very difficult to remove, and he failed several times.
Finally, when he faced Lu Yuan directly, Lu Yuan saw a crack in the other man's helmet, which was teeming with termites.
Then Duan Shen let out a scream and collapsed to the ground.
Zhou Keke glanced at Duan Shen's miserable state and immediately quickened her pace.
Lu Yuan gripped the communicator and shouted desperately, "Run! Run!"
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