Chapter 75: Clash with the Big-headed Ants (1)
Luo Wen painstakingly orchestrated this situation of overwhelming numbers, not for a fair fight, but to crush the Big-headed Ants decisively. With the swarm’s 2.2 million-strong army versus the Big-headed Ants’ 500,000-strong force, fairness was never on the table.
In reality, each Ultra-Giant Soldier Ant on the Big-headed Ants’ side faced at least three opponents of equivalent size and strength. This was only because Luo Wen’s swarm had just 200 Ultra-Giants—not due to a lack of desire but the lengthy growth cycle of these massive units.
Additionally, both the Ultra-Giants and the Giant Soldier Ants were products of new genetic templates. Before their creation, the more than 2,000 Queen Ants already in service were incapable of producing these specialized units.
These 200 Ultra-Giants and 500 Giants were only developed after the Brood Nest completed the production of 500 additional Queen Ants. It worked overtime to produce and nurture these massive units to their current size before deploying them to the front lines.
Thus, in sheer numbers of ultra-sized units, the swarm might still lag behind the Big-headed Ants. However, such disadvantages could easily be mitigated with tactics, as demonstrated here.
The massive combat units of both sides locked horns immediately upon engagement. The smaller units perched atop these giants used their bodies as bridges to attack the enemy.
Unfortunately for the Big-headed Ants, their individual unit strength was already inferior to that of the swarm’s counterparts. Adding to this, they were vastly outnumbered, and to make matters worse, the swarm’s Small Soldier Ants employed venom!
Perhaps in favoring size and muscle during their evolution, the Big-headed Ants had forsaken venomous variants among their combat units. While their experience with Red Ants made them less vulnerable to venomous foes, they were unprepared for this scenario. Red Ants lacked comparable giant units, and these titanic Big-headed Ants were always well-guarded by smaller auxiliaries, preventing venomous foes from getting close.
Now, however, they finally tasted the terror of venomous stingers.