The weather in the rainforest was like a child's face. The sunny weather just now had turned gloomy in the blink of an eye. Black clouds were piled up in the sky, and the faint rumbling of thunder could be heard as heavy rain began to fall.
The dense black clouds seemed to press down on the hearts of these Maya's Forsaken God Clan members. Everyone's eyes were fixated on their surroundings, any movement would cause them to lose their minds. Everyone knew that this storm was just the prelude to one of greater ferocity. The rain had washed away the houses and could be rebuilt, but the man-eating ants had taken their lives and there was nothing they could do about it.
The storm grew more and more violent, and the electric snakes began to dance in the air. The trees around the village were blown away by the wind, and the raindrops that were the size of a copper coin began to fall with a pitter patter. In just a short moment, the rain fell down from the sky like a curtain of pearls; it was incomparably vast.
"Miss Yi Lan, if there's really no other way, you and Lin Bai can leave the Rain Forest. After all, this is the business of our Maya. Even if the heavens are angry, it's still only aimed at us, it has nothing to do with the two of you. " The Great Clan Elder turned to look at the swaying plants in the rain, and said to Sima Yilan.
Sima Yilan chuckled and said softly: "The Cursed Land is greatly related to our Sima Family. Furthermore, even without considering the relationship between our ancestor and the Great Clan Elder, we cannot leave the Rain Forest because of the care you have shown us during this period!"
"I hope the light of the sun god will appear a little later in the sky. This way, we can have some more time. it would also give Lin Xiaoyou more time to study more. " The Great Clan Elder sighed, turned and looked at Lin Bai who was patrolling around the village, and said.
At this moment, everyone knew clearly in their hearts that as soon as the heavy rain ended, those ants that avoided the rain would appear once more. Furthermore, they had reached the end of the line. If anything went wrong, they would be buried in ants.
"We Chinese have a saying, one man wins the heavens! I believe that as long as we work hard, we will definitely be able to resolve this ant disaster. Lin Bai will also definitely come up with a way to solve this crisis, we need to believe in him! " Sima Yilan nodded, and said solemnly.
The more dangerous the situation, the more he must not abandon the conviction in his heart. Moreover, in this kind of crisis, if there was no hope, then he would have already lost before he had even fought with the colony of ants.
"Great Clan Elder, let me ask you something that you shouldn't have, if the man-eating ants attack us in large numbers and we can't find a way to deal with them, what is your Maya clan planning to do?" Sima Yilan asked the Great Clan Elder after a moment of silence.
The Great Elder shook his head with a bitter smile, "Our clansmen have already agreed that we will live and die with this place. Our ancestors have planted their roots here, and the rainforest is our last resting place. We cannot give up."
The torrential rain in the forest came and left as quickly as it came. Not long after, the gathering dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and a faint sunlight began to appear in the sky. The trees looked especially green after the rain, but everyone knew that this was probably the last time they would show such an extreme beauty.
"Grand Elder, they're here!" Thirteenth Elder said as he turned his head towards the deeper parts of the rainforest.
With that, the rainforest in front of the village began to shrink rapidly. As the green disappeared, a particularly eye-catching black tide pushed forward.
The black tide was strange, endless. It was as if the rainforest was about to be submerged by the black tide. The sour smell was getting stronger and stronger. Clearly, the black tide was the appearance of the man-eating ants that gathered together.
At that moment, everyone in the village could clearly see the black tide heading towards the village at an extremely fast speed. Moreover, this black tide was not a straight line, but a circular arc. It formed an encirclement, evidently wanting to finish off this village in one go.
The mountains were covered with black waves. They were man-eating ants, like a torrent in a rainforest, or waves on a sea. The most despairing thing was that the black tide was simply endless. An endless black ocean was forming and spreading, but no one knew where it ended.
In this lifetime, regardless of whether it was the Maya's remnants, or Sima Yilan, they would never be able to forget this scene. The endless black tide formed from man-eating ants swept towards them like a tidal wave. As they attacked, what remained was a barren land.
"How could there be so many?!" Isn't there only a dozen or so ant nests in the Cursed Land?! " The Thirteenth Elder had difficulty hiding the panic in his heart, he turned and looked at the endless man-eating ant wave, his mouth agape as he muttered.
"Perhaps the ants' nests are filled with ant eggs. They are also waiting for the moment the Cursed Land will be broken open. They have accumulated thousands of years of resources, and only now can they burst out!" After the Great Clan Elder sighed, he turned to Thirteenth Elder and asked, "Have the canals you had ordered been constructed?"
"It's all fixed, but we never thought that there would be so many man-eating ants! Even though there was water and fire hindering it, I'm afraid it was still unable to stop them! " Thirteenth Elder anxiously said as he reached out to wipe the sweat on his forehead.
Sima Yilan frowned, and said: "How wide and deep are those ditches?"
"The width is about three meters, and the depth is about two meters. Time is too tight, and we don't have enough manpower, so that's the limit." The Thirteenth Elder hesitated for a while, then said: "I'm afraid the fire oil in the village isn't enough, no one would have expected such a situation to occur, so I wasn't prepared previously, I think we'll run out after two waves!"
"As long as I can hold on for a while!" We can also use firewood to light it up and stop it! " Sima Yilan said in a low voice as her brain worked quickly, calculating all kinds of data. After a long while, she said, "Let's persevere, now we can only look at Lin Bai. If he can't find a way, then we …"
Sima Yilan did not finish his words, but everyone knew what he was trying to say. If Lin Bai did not find a way to resolve this crisis, then the only thing waiting for them was death!
"Let's go, we will do our best to listen to the will of heaven. Everything will depend on little friend Lin Bai!" Clansmen, guard our territory well, and do not let those man-eating ants take even half a step inside! " Great Clan Elder looked around at the Maya clansmen, waved his hand, and said fiercely.
Regardless of whether it was the old people or the children who had just picked up their hoes, the remnants of the Maya Clan were all ready to fight against the ants. They stood in front of the ditches dug around the village with an expression as if they were facing death.
In front of them, there were two ditches. This was an emergency dug while it was raining, to stop the termites' attack. The first channel was filled with water from the river surrounding the village, while the other was filled with fire oil. These channels had turned the village into a small island.
He looked at the dug ditches and the expressions of the Maya's survivors on their faces. Sima Yilan felt extremely regretful in his heart. Maybe, when the Water Mirror Village fought with the people that Ai Weier had sent, they were also like that. Everyone fought bravely against the berserk tigers and leopards in order to protect their homeland.
At this moment, the village was extremely quiet. Everyone was standing on one side of the ditch. No one was willing to make a sound, because they knew that what they needed the most right now was to gather their strength. What awaited them was a fierce battle, a battle that was either you or me, without a second choice.
Creak creak creak. The creepy sound was getting closer, and the sour smell in the air was getting stronger and stronger. Everyone's expression froze. The human eating ants could be vaguely seen with the naked eye. They were the size of two adult fists, and their teeth were constantly grinding. They were getting closer and closer to each other like a tide.
The trees continued to break as they gnawed at them, and the cries of the animals continued to resound through the forest. However, these sounds soon disappeared like a tide of man-eating ants. Not a single plant remained.
Seeing the miserable scene in front of them, the people of Maya started to panic, and even Sima Yilan started to panic. Although she had experienced the power of these man-eating ants before, the waves this time was many times more than last time, to the point where she could not believe what she had just seen.
100 meters, 10 meters, 5 meters, 3 meters
As these man-eating ants got closer, their true appearances became clearer and clearer. His upper jaw was like scissors, and his feet were as thick as the branches of plants. He could even see the white fur on them.
Closer and closer! Closer and closer! Finally, the tide of ants surged to the front of the ditches. The loud creaking sounds were deafening, and the sour smell made one want to vomit.
At this moment, two deep ditches were dug around the village by the Maya survivors. One of the canals was connected to the water flow around the village, and the other was filled with fire oil. As long as these man-eating ants rushed over, they would have to go through a baptism of fire and water!