At Lu Yuan's command, everyone eagerly shouldered their equipment and began to advance deeper into the ant nest.
At the very front of the group were the team members carrying flamethrowers. They turned their flashlights on full blast, and the surrounding craters began to widen.
“Mr. Lu, we’ve found a lot of dents ahead.”
A voice suddenly came from the team member at the front, and Lu Yuan quickly stretched out his hand, signaling the team to stop moving forward.
"Keep an eye out and see if there are any giant pythons nearby."
As Lu Yuan called out, everyone shone their flashlights toward the cratered spot in the distance.
Lu Yuan glanced at it privately and spotted a relatively high rock, so he quickly stood on the rock and observed the distance.
In the distance, something seemed to be wriggling in the deep pit. Suddenly, a colorful tail emerged from it. Lu Yuan's heart skipped a beat, so he quickly rubbed his eyes and took a closer look.
"That's right, it's a giant python! I didn't expect them to be so fast; they arrived at the ant nest in such a short time!"
So Lu Yuan shouted to the team members around him, "Everyone be careful. The giant python is currently fighting with these queen ants in the giant pit. We just need to eliminate the soldier ants nearby and be careful."
So the flamethrower team members raised their flamethrowers and began spraying the swarms of soldier ants that appeared in all directions.
However, the soldier ants did not attack the group with much force; instead, they began to attack the giant pythons in the pit.
However, these giant pythons, relying on their hard scales, were not afraid of the soldier ants' attacks at all.
The group moved forward slowly, but it was a very safe way to do so.
Team members nearby began using detectors to examine the nearby crater.
The main reason for the inspection was that Lu Yuan was worried that the rock layers nearby were not solid enough. After all, there were two thousand people and such a heavy weight in these rock layers. If a collapse occurred, the consequences would be unimaginable.
After a thorough inspection, the technical team members rushed over and handed the test data to Lu Yuan.
"Mr. Lu, we've already checked it. The color layer here is about five meters thick, which is more than enough to support our weight!"
Lu Yuan glanced at the test results with his flashlight and then asked, "Is this the thickness of the rock layer? Or the thickness of the ant nest?"
"It's the thickness of the rock layer; there are almost no ant nests below!"
Lu Yuan nodded slightly, then his gaze swept over everyone: "All team members, advance forward and try to wipe out these termites!"
So everyone picked up their weapons and began to charge forward along the road ahead.
The group formed a fan shape and began to close the ant nests together.
The purpose of this was to ensure that no termite queen was missed, and Lu Yuan specifically instructed several teams to observe the direction of the sky above.
The main reason is that Lu Yuan had previously witnessed these soldier ants gathering in groups of thousands to drag their queens into the air in order to protect them.
If a termite queen is released, their future work will become much more difficult, and these termites have a very strong desire for revenge.
The terrible state of the middle layer was caused by their attack on these termite colonies.
The team advanced slowly, eliminating all the soldier and worker ants in their path. However, they did not find any sign of a termite queen. The puddles of sticky liquid left on the ground seemed to be the corpses of these termite queens.
Lu Yuan squatted down and then gently dug a hole in the ground with a small iron spoon.
In an instant, the iron spoon melted upon contact with the viscous liquid, just like a spoon made of glutinous rice that melts upon contact with water.
Upon seeing the sticky liquid on the ground, Lu Yuan was immediately alarmed. He then shouted to his teammates behind him, "Be careful! The slime on the ground is extremely corrosive. Our boots might not be able to withstand this acidic slime. Everyone be careful and don't fall into the pit!"
So everyone continued forward, trying to avoid the potholes in the ground, but a few team members accidentally touched the liquid and their boots were corroded, leaving huge holes.
Several team members were still injured, but fortunately, Lu Yuan had also arranged a logistics team in the squad. They carried spare protective suits and protective acupoints. When they saw that some team members had been burned by the corrosive liquid, they quickly ran over and replaced their equipment.
After more than three hours of hard work, the temperature inside the pit suddenly increased.
This is the temperature left by the flamethrower team members as they continuously heated the termites in the pit. This high temperature was constant, and because there was not enough ventilation, everyone felt that their protective suits were soaked through.
However, there's no way to remove the protective suit now, because if it were removed, the acidic gases and termites inside would pose a huge threat to human health.
Lu Yuan shone his flashlight around and found that the entire pit was full of his team members. He looked down at the time and realized that three and a half hours had passed, which was about the time they had calculated. So Lu Yuan quickly asked them what was going on.
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