Chapter 58: The Home Raid Ends
The water flowed continuously into the breach in the ant nest for a full two minutes. The surging current carried with it soil and a torrent of Red and Black Ants, sweeping them out of the tunnels.
At the entrance, the turbulent waters clashed back and forth before eventually stabilizing. The water level inside the nest equalized with the outside, and the surface of the water gradually calmed.
Near the entrance, the water was littered with countless Red and Black Ants. Most of them had not drowned immediately and were still desperately struggling on the surface.
Some of the luckier ones managed to climb onto the bodies of their companions and painstakingly make their way to the riverbank, where they struggled to crawl ashore.
However, what awaited them on land were the Burrower Ants, standing ready to strike.
The terrain inside the nest was complex, and only a small fraction of the ants had been swept out by the water; the majority had perished below. This raid on the enemy’s Brood Nest exterminated tens of thousands of Red and Black Ants, at the very least. Most importantly, their stockpiled food reserves in the nest were completely destroyed.
This blow exacerbated their already strained front-line supply situation.
After eliminating the lucky survivors who made it ashore, the ants in the water stopped struggling one by one and began to float silently on the surface.
Luo Wen ordered the Burrower Ants to turn back and support the Small Soldier Ants, using up the last of their acidic reserves.