Chapter 63: Army Ants
Zhang Tuohai has already barked, what else can Xiao Ai say?
Just drive.
The car turned into the second road from the right.
After seeing the conversation between Zhang Tuohai and Lu Hai, other players would not choose the first road from the right no matter how they thought about it.
Only a fool would go over to watch the fun.
Of course, some people with ulterior motives, hoping to fish in troubled waters and attempt to take advantage of the situation, might sneak in.
Zhang Tuohai had no sympathy for these people and could only say that they deserved it.
When Zhang Tuohai first drove up the fork in the road he had chosen, it seemed no different from the previous road.
The same asphalt road, the same unchanging desert landscape, and the same scorching hot air.
However , after turning a few corners, a rumbling sound was heard in the sky.
Zhang Tuohai looked up and saw that it was a large transport plane flying over from high altitude. The plane circled in the air for a few circles, opened the cabin door, and a box was pushed down. In mid-air, the box opened its parachute autonomously, and floated away like a dandelion.
"airdrop!"
After entering the racing track, this was the first time Zhang Tuohai saw a supply box, and it was an airdropped supply box.
"There are so few supply boxes, the value of the things inside should be higher."
According to the game's habits, when there are fewer supply boxes, the value of the items inside is usually higher.
Zhang Tuohai looked at the direction where the box fell. It should be just in front of this road.
"Drive over and take a look." Zhang Tuohai ordered Xiao Ai.
"Roger that, Commander."
The car accelerated and drove towards the direction where the supply box fell.
The car drove for another ten minutes before finally finding the parachute landing site.
Zhang Tuohai felt a little toothache when he looked at the landing point of the parachute.
Because the supply box fell right on a pile of dirt.
That mound of earth was no ordinary mound of earth, but an ant hill.
On the pile of earth, there are countless tiny ant holes, and ants as small as little fingers are constantly going in and out.
People who watch this are almost suffering from trypophobia.
"What kind of ant is this? Why is it so big ?"
Zhang Tuohai took a look at the densely packed ants and instinctively felt a little scared.
If it was a lion, tiger or something, he could just use Remington to deal with it.
What to do with so many ants?
At a glance, there are tens of thousands of them.
Even if he made all the materials into bullets, he might not be able to kill these ants.
He wanted to ask what was in the box. If it was just ordinary food and drink, he would not bother these ants.
[Desert army ants are carnivorous insects that can kill animals much larger than themselves. If you don't want to turn into a pile of bones, don't mess with them easily. ]
Hint system gives hints.
"Damn, it's actually this thing." Zhang Tuohai likes to read some popular science and knows some rumors about army ants. It is said that this thing is very scary. Even if a cow is placed here, it will be eaten up by the army ants in an instant.
Zhang Tuohai doesn't want to provoke these evil stars.
"By the way, what's in the supply box?" Zhang Tuohai asked out of curiosity.
[The supply box contains a car refrigerator. ]
"Commander, do we want to leave here?" asked Xiao Ai.
" of course not!"
When Zhang Tuohai heard the words "car refrigerator", he couldn't sit still.
This thing is a refrigerator.
If we have this thing, fresh meat can be preserved.
He also doesn't have to make sausages to prevent the fresh meat from spoiling.
With a refrigerator, he can even make some simple popsicles, ice cream, etc.
If this thing is made, maybe I can make some money again.
For this thing, it seems worth taking a risk.
Zhang Tuohai looked at the supply box, wondering how to get this thing.
The supply box falls on top of the ant hill.
The height of this ant hill is about three meters. If Zhang Tuohai wants to climb over and get the supply box, he will definitely alert the army ants. He is not sure he can escape from the siege of so many army ants.
If the car was surrounded by army ants, he would have no place to cry.
"How on earth are we supposed to delay these things?"
Zhang Tuohai looked at the ant hill and pondered for a long time, and suddenly he had a good idea.
He found an engineer shovel from the car and started digging a trench one meter away from the ant hill.
The army ants came and went, and at most they just took a look and then left.
It seems that these army ants are neutral units . As long as you don't actively attack them, you won't face their counterattack.
Zhang Tuohai, who vaguely sensed the pattern, worked faster.
Soon, a half-foot deep and one-foot wide trench around the ant hill was dug out.
After digging the trench, Zhang Tuohai took out some sugar from the seasonings he had saved.
He exchanged this for a piece of braised meat from someone else.
I originally planned to use it to make braised pork, but unfortunately, now I have to use it here.
However, it's worth it in exchange for a refrigerator.
Zhang Tuohai used some water to dissolve the sugar, and then carefully sprinkled it into the trench.
Some people say that human history is the history of pursuing sweetness.
In fact, this sentence also applies to the animal kingdom.
Sweetness is irresistible to most animals.
After smelling the sweet smell, a large number of army ants gathered in the trenches.
The sweet water began to seep into the ground, and the army ants dug downwards desperately to get the sweetness.
In addition, a large number of messengers were dispatched to call back all the worker ants that were scattered around looking for food, and dig together.
Soon, all the army ants scattered around gathered together.
Seeing the army ants gathering together, Zhang Tuohai felt relieved, knowing that his plan was half successful.
He tried to get closer to the ant hill, but as soon as he moved towards the ant hill, a group of army ants immediately surrounded him.
Seeing this, Zhang Tuohai quickly took two steps back, and the ants retreated again.
Zhang Tuohai changed direction and tried twice more, and the results were exactly the same as before.
Whenever he tried to get close to the ant hill, army ants would stop him.
"Okay, you ate my food and you still refuse to give way? In that case, don't blame me for being rude." Zhang Tuohai angrily took out two barrels of gasoline from the car, unscrewed the lids, and poured the gasoline into the trench.
The gurgling gasoline quickly filled the trench.
Seeing the rushing gasoline, the army ants instinctively felt that something was wrong and became agitated.
"Since you are unwilling to resolve the issue peacefully, don't blame me for being ruthless." Zhang Tuohai said as he lit a windproof lighter and ignited the gasoline.
