By continuously producing spray insects.
Zhao Zian also noticed its depletion.
The production worker ants consume three times as much food.
Just like the consumption of flying ants.
After producing some jet bugs, Zhao Zian immediately began to test their combat capabilities.
They summoned a few worker ants to act as a hypothetical enemy.
First, have two worker ants attack the sprayer together.
When encountering an enemy, the formic acid in the jet bug's body quickly kicks in.
The carapace surrounding the glands suddenly contracted, coordinating with the muscle movements to violently eject formic acid from the body.
Although ants have acid-resistant genes, they are not completely invincible.
The tentacles and weak joints also suffered some damage after being exposed to a large amount of acid corrosion.
The worker ant had several legs broken off and its antennae corroded away, but it was not fatally injured despite the protection of its thick carapace.
However, they have also lost the ability to move, thus rendering them unable to fight.
However, there were two worker ants that attacked.
So as soon as the sprayer kills one worker ant, another worker ant pounces on it.
The sprayer insects have weak defenses; their bodies are easily bitten by worker ants after just a couple of bites.
Zhao Zian immediately called a halt to the experiment.
The spray bug's defenses are indeed too weak, similar to the bees from before.
Its defense is almost zero; it can't withstand two bites.
He then had the sprayer shoot at maximum force towards a distance to test the furthest attack range.
Watching a circular parabola shoot into the distance.
Ultimately, the jet bug's maximum attack range reached one meter.
However, the accuracy of the attack cannot be controlled.
Previously, when the sprayer ants and worker ants were pitted against each other, the distance between them was 30 centimeters.
30 centimeters is just right for accurately hitting the enemy; any further and there will be deviation.
Once you get to a meter away, you can only focus on the distance and can't care about accuracy at all.
However, accuracy is not a concern.
In the future, with more long-range units, we can just use firepower to cover them; accuracy won't matter anyway.
The amount of formic acid in the reservoir is about one milliliter.
For a sprayer of this size, containing one milliliter is already a lot.
It is only about one centimeter long.
The specialized glands on its back that store formic acid are already an incredibly remarkable feature.
If you use a normal test tube to drip water.
About a dozen drops of water can fill one milliliter.
Test results may vary depending on environmental factors.
It could be due to the test tube, or impurities in the water, or differences in consistency, which might cause a slight deviation, around ten or twenty drops. The deviation shouldn't be too significant.
Each sprayer can only spray about one drop of water, and it will stop working after about ten sprays.
Zhao Zian was already very satisfied with this data.
If we could give the enemy a barrage of fire before each battle, it would definitely cause a lot of casualties.
Moreover, after a rest, they can launch another attack.
The sprayer bug can replenish its ammunition and regenerate one milliliter of formic acid in about an hour.
However, producing formic acid also requires energy and food.
...
Zhao Zian grabbed a bag of snacks and lay down on the bed to eat them.
He has gradually learned to multitask.
It is entirely possible to perform simple actions in the real world while simultaneously transferring a portion of one's consciousness to another world for manipulation.
The temporary ant colony has now developed its military strength to a near-complete stage. If there is still a small amount of food left, then production of units will cease for now.
And quite a bit of time has passed.
The situation is very tense.
The fragrance of the elixir was growing stronger.
Moreover, even this fragrance has amazing effects.
Zhao Zian could clearly sense that the ants nearby, even if they did nothing, were slowly getting stronger.
Perhaps it's because ants are inherently weak that the improvement is more noticeable?
The powerful creatures inside were extremely tense, confronting each other.
They were afraid that someone else would be the first to rush forward and snatch the mature elixir.
Zhao Zian originally intended to play it safe and wait until all the major battles had fully erupted before going out to find some food.
After all, he had already obtained so many goblin corpses, and he was already quite satisfied with these opportunities.
But as luck would have it, the red imported fire ants seemed to know that their companions had run into trouble here.
Or perhaps they just happened to be wandering around nearby.
The red imported fire ants, which were originally scattered around searching for food, gradually gathered together.
Perhaps they are fighting against a powerful enemy, or perhaps they are hunting weaker creatures.
But they all stopped what they were doing.
Each unit has a size of ten to twenty thousand, or even thirty thousand.
The red imported fire ants that fought the black beetle earlier were also part of them.
In short, a large number of red imported fire ants gathered in this direction.
There are hundreds of thousands of them.
Moreover, the place where they gathered happened to be near several temporary nests.
Zhao Zian was a little dumbfounded.
So, after your luck improves, your luck starts to turn bad, right?
He really didn't want to fight.
Could it be that they really came here for revenge?
But insects probably don't have that much intelligence.
Often, when a companion dies, that's it; if they're starving, they might even eat their own companion.
Could it really be a coincidence?
Zhao Zian believed that the protection of the temporary ant nest was quite good.
All traces of ants entering and leaving, or pheromones, have been cleared away.
If it were just a coincidence, there would be absolutely no way to discover such traces.
unless……
After the large army of red imported fire ants assembled, the worker ants scattered in all directions.
It turned out they were deliberately conducting a thorough, door-to-door search.
Looking at the orderly formation of the red imported fire ants and their constant exploration of their surroundings...
They didn't seem like mindless insects at all; they were more like an army with a commander and very strict discipline.
However, Zhao Zian had such a large army of ants.
Although the disguise was very good, if the other party was determined to find it, they would definitely only be able to find some clues.
Under a rotten leaf, a red imported fire ant scurried around, seemingly searching.
Then he suddenly looked up and ran back to the main group.
Zhao Zian had long realized that something was wrong with the enemy.
He had already prepared all the ants for battle at any time.
At this moment, the red imported fire ants seemed to have sensed Zhao Zian's temporary nest.
The main force moved towards the temporary ant nest.
Several soldier ants were leading the way, constantly exploring ahead.
Good grief, they still managed to find us.
Zhao Zian's eyes flickered uncertainly as he made a plan.
Although I don't know why these red imported fire ants are behaving so strangely.
But he was absolutely not afraid of these ants.
Strike first and you'll have the upper hand; strike later and you'll suffer the consequences.
Since we have to fight now, we have to make the first move.
Many spray bugs have already been produced.
The current number of units is as follows:
500,000 worker ants.
60,000 soldier ants.
60,000 flying ants.
50,000 spray insects.
Because the spray bugs are newly produced, there will be relatively fewer of them.
However, this thing has a very important function.
Zhao Zian smiled crookedly.
My bomber program can finally begin!
Let the flying ant catch a sprayer.
Then send the sprayers flying into the sky and spraying wildly.
The enemy units on the ground could only howl in despair, but there was nothing they could do.
The scene was so beautiful that Zhao Zian was incredibly excited just thinking about it.
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