Such a massive size also means that the water ants still possess strength several times greater than themselves. Coupled with such a terrifying number, the overall strength of the water ants may have surpassed that of ordinary beasts.
Faced with the swarm of water ants that suddenly emerged from the ground, everyone in the team was panicked. After all, such a large number of ants with such a huge size would make anyone feel a sense of despair.
"Don't panic! They seem to be trying to escape."
As Li Yu spoke, she raised her hand to stop the few people beside her who were already terrified and even preparing to pick up weapons to fight back.
Suddenly realizing that his body was slowly retreating, Li Yu discovered that, without his knowledge, Xiao Hei had already carried him and Fu Xiyao quietly back to the middle of the crowd.
It's easy to tell from Xiao Hei's nervous expression that it is also afraid of so many water ants.
And just as Li Yu said, the water ants completely ignored the humans right in front of them. They protected the tiny new queen ant in the center and quickly left, as if they had a more important mission to complete.
About ten minutes later, the army of water ants that had filed out finally disappeared into the heavy rain.
Everyone then felt a wave of fear. If these water ants had really been heading for their group, even if Commander Li Yu was incredibly powerful, he probably wouldn't have been able to save them.
Ma Yuanbai's tense nerves finally relaxed as he watched the swarm of water ants gradually disappear into the distance, vanishing into the misty distance. He let out a long sigh and sighed inwardly.
That was incredibly close!
If they had walked even a little faster today and happened to walk right in front of the group of water ants, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
When faced with the onrushing water ants, the team will not only suffer casualties, but may even face total annihilation.
Although he doesn't really believe in luck, they were indeed lucky today.
At the same time, Ma Yuanbai was also filled with doubts. According to the habits of water ants, these creatures usually build nests in very deep underground places and rarely appear on the surface.
Even if they occasionally show up, it's impossible for them to gather together on such a large scale as they did just now.
"unless..."
Ma Yuanbai suddenly thought of a possibility: unless these water ants, like their group, were forced to migrate in order to escape some kind of danger or disaster.
He wondered what kind of force could compel the water ants to migrate to the ground.
Although it was just a guess, it still gave Ma Yuanbai a bad feeling.
If it can affect underground life, then the danger is probably quite significant.
The strong tremor caused by the water ants also attracted a squad of awakened individuals from the vicinity.
Although Fu Xiyao had already noticed these people, Li Yu didn't bother with them, as long as they didn't block the way for his team.
The Awakened Squad in the distance was also drawn to the swarming water ants.
As the torrent receded, their attention returned to Li Yu and the others.
Among the Awakened Squad was a burly, one-eyed man wielding a machete.
Upon seeing so many people, the one-eyed man showed no fear; instead, his iris gleamed with ill intent.
After a moment's thought, the one-eyed man turned his head slightly and asked in a low voice to the ragged, haggard-looking old man beside him:
"Tie Gua, take a look quickly, can we rob these guys?"
Although the one-eyed man had lowered his voice, he could not hide the excitement and greed in his heart.
If it's feasible, he'll go back and get help immediately.
For them, robbing such a large group of people was undoubtedly one of the fastest ways to obtain supplies.
The old man, whom the one-eyed man called Iron Diviner, did not answer immediately. He simply took out a worn bronze divination tube from his robes with trembling hands.
The container of divination sticks is covered with fine cracks, and black viscous liquid seeps out from each crack.
As the iron trigram was shaken vigorously, a whimpering sound, similar to a baby crying, came from inside the tube.
After a soft splashing sound, a crisp "snap" was heard, and a bamboo skewer quietly slid out and fell straight into the rainwater.
Tie Gua bent down and picked up the bamboo stick. The black viscous liquid that was originally attached to the bamboo stick solidified rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, eventually forming two large characters - "Great Misfortune!"
"A terrible omen... This is bad!"
But when he saw the black slime condense into the character for "death," Tie Gua's legs went weak, and he sat down on the rain-soaked ground.
The one-eyed man next to him frowned upon seeing this and kicked the iron goblet sitting on the ground in displeasure.
"Stop playing dead! I'm asking you a question: are you going to rob me or not?"
Faced with the one-eyed man's questioning and rebuke, Tie Gua looked up at him in terror:
"You're insane!"
Then Tie Gua suddenly turned around and shouted at the others:
"Run!"
Before he finished speaking, Tie Gua leaped up and ran away into the distance without looking back.
"Hey, are you a rabbit? You run so fast!"
One-Eyed stared wide-eyed at Tie Gua's disheveled retreating figure and spat.
Despite One-Eye's sarcastic remarks and mockery of Tie Gua, who claimed to be as timid as a mouse, he actually believed most of it in his heart.
One-Eyed turned around and glanced back at Li Yu's group with some reluctance.
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