Chapter 389: Ant Swarm Attack

Everyone gathered at the entrance of the 402nd ant tunnel and couldn't help but frown. A pungent smell like disinfectant radiated from inside, rushing straight into their nasal cavities.

After inhaling it, everyone felt a burning pain in their lungs, as uncomfortable as swallowing a piece of burning charcoal.

Shan Yong hurriedly reminded everyone: "This is the smell of the ant acid secreted by the Titan Ants mixed into the air. The acidity of this ant acid is extremely high and can easily corrode flesh, bone, and stone. Everyone had better try to hold their breath."

For high-level ability users, holding their breath for a long time is not a difficult task. They can easily inhale several cubic meters, or even dozens of cubic meters, of air into their lungs instantly for compression and storage.

The higher the physical strength, the more air can be compressed into the lungs.

With Chen Fan's physique, he could easily go without breathing for more than ten hours.

But this is limited to the daily state. If in the process of fighting, the consumption of oxygen will increase sharply, and I'm afraid it will be necessary to change air in less than a quarter of an hour.

At this time, many ability users around Chen Fan changed their expressions. In this temporary team, except for the two captains from the military, among the others, only two were Tier 7 ability users on the surface, and most of the others were Tier 6 or even Tier 5 ability users.

Their breath-holding time could only be maintained at the hour level, and in battle, I'm afraid they would have to change air every few dozen seconds.

Although this ant acid wouldn't kill them in a short time, having their lungs burning with pain all the time was not a solution, and it would ultimately affect their performance in battle.

Shan Yong smiled and took off the military backpack behind him, taking out ten gas masks that had been prepared long ago.

He distributed them to everyone one by one.

"Everyone, these were specially customized by General Ji for this operation. Precious medicinal herbs have been added to the filter element inside, which can neutralize the ant acid in the air. Don't look at this as just a small gas mask; the cost is as high as ten million."

Everyone took them, immediately showing expressions of gratitude. This time, everyone no longer had superficial flattery, and there was more sincerity in their eyes.

"Thank you, Captain."

"Thank you, General Ji."

Shan Yong looked at everyone and grinned. This was a plan Ji Yuan had formulated long ago: first, don't tell everyone about the ant acid, and when everyone discovered the awkward situation of the ant acid and fell into a passive situation, the captains of each team would take out the gas masks that had been prepared long ago.

Compared to distributing the gas masks to everyone in advance, this could better highlight the captain's core leadership role in solving sudden problems and could quickly establish the captain's right to speak in the team.

Chen Fan looked at Shan Yong's clumsy acting and smiled indifferently in his heart. He had also learned this trick in the military command course at the Jiangcai Camp.

Everyone put on the masks and followed Shan Yong carefully into the ant tunnel in front of them.

The ant tunnel was ten meters in diameter, so it wasn't crowded for everyone to enter, but there were chaotic stones of all sizes everywhere in the ant tunnel, which seriously affected the speed at which everyone moved forward.

After going deep for a hundred meters, they didn't find any traces of Titan Ants, but the light from the outside could hardly shine here, and it was dark and damp, and almost pitch black.

A thin, dry youth took out a headlamp, put it on his head, and turned on the switch. A fierce white light shot toward the depths of the ant tunnel.

Just as he was feeling proud of illuminating the road for everyone, a shout sounded, followed by a silver dagger shooting straight at the thin, dry youth's brow against the light.

The thin, dry youth looked terrified, but the speed of the silver dagger was too fast, and he couldn't dodge it at all.

But fortunately, the dagger wasn't aimed at him; it just shattered the glass in front of the headlamp and finally stuck in the middle of the headlamp.

"Who told you to turn on the light!" Deputy Captain Han Liang's low roar sounded beside everyone.

The thin, dry man was startled, but quickly reacted and started shouting loudly.

"I turned on the light to illuminate you all, and not only are you not grateful, but you want to kill me?"

"Killing you is light!" Han Liang glared at the other party.

"When General Ji made the tactical mobilization at the square, didn't you listen? Titan Ants are extremely sensitive to light. You idiot actually used this kind of long-range flashlight to shine into the depths of the tunnel. If you suddenly attracted a large number of Titan Ants, our small team would be wiped out!"

Han Liang gritted his teeth. If it weren't for the consideration of his identity as a soldier, he really wanted to kill the man in front of him.

"I... I didn't hear it." The thin, dry man was startled and hurriedly spoke tremblingly.

"You'd better pray that you didn't disturb too many Titan Ants, otherwise I'll stab you to death!" Han Liang held the dagger against the thin, dry man's neck, glaring at him.

"Alright, alright, Old Han, put away the dagger. Brother Wu Shuang didn't mean it, don't hurt the harmony."

Shan Yong on the side hurriedly came over to be a peacemaker.

Li Chao bumped Chen Fan's shoulder with his shoulder, with a playful look on his face.

Chen Fan understood this expression, which meant 'Look, these people are really stupid, they still have to fight among themselves at this time, there's nothing as harmonious as my God Cult'.

Chen Fan smiled and didn't commit himself.

But the next moment, his eyes narrowed.

His vision far exceeded that of everyone else. In the depths of the ant tunnel, countless Titan Ants the size of calves were rushing toward them.

The dense Titan Ants made Chen Fan's scalp tingle.

But he didn't alarm everyone. After all, he had hidden his identity and only had Tier 6 mid-stage strength on the outside. If he were the first to discover the abnormality, wouldn't that reveal his flaws?

A moment later, Li Chao also discovered the abnormality. His eyes narrowed for a moment, but quickly returned to normal.

After a while, a rumbling sound came from the ant tunnel, and only then did Shan Yong and the others realize it.

"It's Titan Ants!"

"There are so many!"

Everyone couldn't tell how many Titan Ants there were, but that black mass was at least a thousand!

"Damn it, you still attracted the Titan Ants." Han Liang cursed in a low voice and kicked Wu Shuang in the abdomen.

Wu Shuang's body hit the stone wall, his face was livid, but he didn't dare to act up.

"Alright, prepare to fight!" Shan Yong immediately took down a bronze war hammer from his back.

"Captain, there are too many Titan Ants, let's withdraw from the ant tunnel first to avoid the edge." Many people suggested nervously.

"No! Once we withdraw, we won't be able to get back in!" Shan Yong roared and actually took the war hammer to meet the Titan Ant swarm like a tide.

"Damn it, everyone go up, whoever dares to take a step back, I'll kill him first." Han Liang blocked the back of the crowd, staring coldly at everyone.

The ability users who originally wanted to escape could only grit their teeth and take out their weapons.

At the very front of the ant tunnel, Shan Yong had already met the vanguard of the Titan Ant swarm.

He was worthy of his name and was indeed brave. The war hammer hit the Titan Ants, directly smashing them into meat paste.

He stood alone at the pass, blocking most of the rushing Titan Ants, and only a small part passed through his blockade and rushed to the front of others.

"Go up!" Han Liang kicked Wu Shuang's butt and kicked him in front of a Copper-Skinned Titan Ant.

Copper-Skinned Titan Ants are equivalent to Tier 6 ability users among humans, and their entire exoskeleton presents a brass color.

Its face was hideous and terrifying, and a pair of sharp horns grew on its head. At this time, it was fiercely butting toward Wu Shuang.

Wu Shuang is a Tier 7 late-stage ability user. Facing a Copper-Skinned Titan Ant, he wouldn't have been too embarrassed, but he was kicked over when caught off guard, and he couldn't resist at all.

Just as this pair of sharp giant horns was about to pierce his chest, a palm firmly grabbed the Titan Ant's horns. ===== CHAPTER 390 =====