Chapter 504: Invading the Ant Nest

After more than 20 days of hunting, the number of soldier ants in the ant nest has shrunk significantly, and now there are less than one-third left.

In this situation, if another team is sent out to hunt humans, it will probably be wiped out by Moyu and Netero in less than a week.

Perhaps considering this possibility, the ant nest suddenly adopted a strategy of holding on.

It happened that Kangzai and Dora, two reinforcement reinforcements, arrived, so Moyu thought the time was almost right.

And judging from the current strength of the ant nest, launching a general attack at this time, at least there is no need to worry about the risk of being "killed by human wave tactics" due to the disparity in strength.

In fact, this is also the fundamental reason why Netero insisted on implementing the weakening plan.

"There is still plenty of time, why rush to attack?"

Hearing Moyu's attack proposal, Nob was puzzled at the first time.

Mo Laowu did not speak, but he and Nob agreed.

The plan is currently going smoothly. Not only has it reduced most of the ant nest's strength, but as expected, it has forced the ant nest to hold on.

So the next step is to surround without attacking, and the chimera ants inside the ant nest will begin to die slowly.

If the opponent chooses to take the initiative, then continue the previous action plan, first divide the battlefield, and then eat up the attacking chimera ants one by one.

At this juncture, attacking in advance is tantamount to giving away the accumulated advantages.

Mo Laowu couldn't understand this approach.

Netero looked at Moyu with a serious face with deep meaning, and did not respond, but wanted to see how Moyu answered Nob's question.

As for Kangzai and Dora who had just arrived, they were not clear about the current mission situation, so they could only watch and see.

However, their eyes were mostly focused on Moyu.

Kangzai was because of acquaintances, and Dora was because of professional relationships.

As a professional hunter who had worked hard in the Hunter Association for many years and finally obtained the one-star title, Dora was well-known for Moyu's reputation and achievements.

Now that they finally met up close, they naturally paid close attention to Moyu.

"The opinions held by the experts are based on the biological intelligence of the 'known chimera ants', but don't forget that what we are facing now... is not the 'known' chimera ants, so we must take into account the possible 'variables'."

Moyu tilted his head and looked at Nob.

Only speaking of this chimera ant incident, the opinions of the experts are pure pitfalls.

The chimera ant expedition team in the original book was misled by the experts' opinions, thinking that the ant king would be born in two months, but the birth time was actually one month earlier, causing the situation to get out of control.

Now-

Moyu doesn't want to see the ant king born, so he has been desperately helping to reduce the number of troops in the ant nest during this period.

The purpose is to be able to mobilize Netero and others to attack the ant nest in one fell swoop before the ant king is born, and greatly reduce the difficulty and obstacles of the attack.

After all, there are too many soldier ants, and they have generally mastered the mind.

If you don't reduce the troops first and attack rashly...

What's the difference between that and committing suicide?

"Variables?"

Nob raised his finger to the frame, thought for a moment, and then shook his head and said, "I don't object to taking 'variables' into account, but there are still about forty days before the birth of the ant king, so there is no need to rush for success."

"That's right."

Mo Laowu on the side took up the topic and said calmly, "Moyou, the ants on the hot pot should be anxious now, not us who are adding fuel to the fire."

"..."

Moyou was silent for a moment after hearing this.

From the perspective of Nob and Mo Laowu, there is nothing wrong with what they said.

If Moyou was not a time traveler, he would definitely make the same decision.

After all--

Completing the task as perfectly as possible with the lowest risk is the specialty of professional hunters who are proficient in "hunting".

As far as the current situation is concerned, how to convince teammates to abandon the "advantage" and choose the "worst" approach is also a very difficult thing.

I can't confess to them that I'm a time traveler, so I know that the ant king will be born a month earlier. If I want to do something, I have to do it now. If possible, it's better to try to get a rose and then blow up the entire ant nest.

But if it's that simple, then Moyu wouldn't have to work so hard.

"The plan went too smoothly... There is no suitable entry point to persuade them to change their course of action. I'm afraid it won't work just by relying on the timely joining of Zaikang and Dora."

Moyu was silent and thinking in his heart.

When a perfect action is about to succeed, who can shake the pursuit and fun of professional hunters who want their prey to fall into the trap step by step according to the predetermined route?

Facing professional hunters like Nobu and Mo Laowu, there is basically no possibility of persuading them.

But——

If it's Netero, sometimes it's easier to deal with it.

Without refuting Nobu and Mo Laowu's statements, Moyu suddenly looked at Netero who seemed to be watching the show on the side.

Noticing Moyu's gaze, Netero's eyebrows twitched imperceptibly.

Moyu stared into Netero's eyes and said seriously: "Old man, do you believe me?"

"Huh?"

Netero raised his eyebrows, and for a moment he couldn't figure out what Moyu meant.

Moyu was very clear about one thing at this moment.

Sometimes being too persistent in reasoning will only make things difficult.

"Trust me, launch a general attack on the ant nest now!"

Moyu's tone was full of solemnity, and the look he gave Netero was unprecedentedly serious.

Netero looked at Moyu's reaction, and a wave of emotion suddenly rose in his heart.

According to his understanding of Moyu, he knew that Moyu would not be aimless at this critical moment.

The argument that he was just trying to kill the variables was really unconvincing.

So what exactly made Moyu insist on launching a general attack at this point in time?

No trace can be found.

Normally speaking, from any angle, Netero should have decisively rejected Moyu's proposal.

In the eyes of Nobu and Mo Laowu, Netero would only react in this way.

Because they felt that at the most critical juncture of the plan, Moyu's proposal was really unreasonable.

Kangzai's eyes moved around the people in the field.

He had just arrived today and was not clear about the current status of the mission, so it was difficult for him to express his opinion.

But watching from the side, I can see some clues.

I think Moyu's decision was rejected.

"I believe in Moyu's decision-making ability."

So Kangzai suddenly spoke and briefly stated his views on Moyu.

As the person who has worked with Moyu the most times in the field, from the initial Swamp Man incident to the trip to the Dark Continent in the past year, he can be said to have unreserved faith in Moyu's ability in all aspects.

Maybe in his heart...

Even President Netero can't replace Moyu's position.

Hearing Kangzai's speech without any signs, everyone in the field couldn't help but look over.

Mo Laowu shook his head slightly, thinking that no one would question Moyu's ability, but speaking of the matter, the proposal to launch a general attack in advance was inappropriate in itself.

Nob lowered his eyes and said nothing.

In his opinion, as the initiator of the plan, President Netero would never agree to Moyu's unreasonable proposal.

So after he said what he should say, he no longer had the mind to continue this topic.

Now we just need to wait for President Netero to reject Moyu's proposal, and this episode will be over.

Just as Nob was thinking this, Netero's words immediately followed, causing his index finger on the frame to exert force, almost knocking the glasses off his head.

"Wow, then let's set the time for the general attack today."

Netero raised his hand and stroked his beard, and finally accepted Moyu's proposal.

Although he didn't know why Moyu was obsessed with attacking in advance, his "intuition" pointed to the result of accepting Moyu's proposal.

"President, are you serious?"

Nob's face changed, and he looked at Netero in disbelief.

Mo Laowu frowned and waited patiently for Netero's answer.

Netero laughed, but did not explain much, but nodded to Nob to show that he was serious.

"Why?"

Nob felt that this decision was too unreasonable.

"Intuition."

Netero's subsequent answer left Nob speechless.

Moyu was relieved when he saw Netero agreed to the proposal.

The current strength of the ant nest is less than one-third, and with the addition of Kangzai and Dora, the success rate of attacking the ant nest is very high.

It may be difficult to deal with the three direct guards gathered together, but as long as they can successfully attack the ant nest, it will not be difficult to deal with the queen.

After making the decision to launch a general attack, the entire Chimera Ant Crusade Squad did not delay and marched directly towards the ant nest.

At this moment.

The Chimera Ants, including the division commander, are all guarding in the ant nest.

Facing the hunting operation of Moyu and Netero that lasted for half a month, there were originally more than 30 division commander teams, but now only nine are left...

Although the loss was extremely tragic, Owl Yapfu and Neferpido did not care.

"Oh?"

Owl Yapfu, who was in the ant nest, suddenly noticed something, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Through the countless powder-like clones scattered around the ant nest, he sensed the Chimera Ants expeditionary team heading straight for the ant nest.

The countermeasure of "holding the city" was implemented only today...

Owl Yapfu thought that this group of humans who were planning to gradually encroach would be very patient and wait and see for a while.

But he didn't expect that they would attack so suddenly.

What's the reason?

Forget it...

Such a development is easier to deal with.

Just get rid of all the enemies who are trying to attack.

Thinking of this, Owl Yapfu first controlled some clones to find Yupi stationed outside the ant nest, and then the main body went to find Neferpido.

On the top outside the ant nest.

Yupi sat here, with a total of more than a dozen eyes on various parts of his body, constantly scanning the surrounding situation.

At this moment, a small string of pink crystal-like things flew in front of Yupi, and then merged together at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon turned into a miniature version of Owl Yapfu that was only the size of a thumbnail.

This is an avatar that Owl Yapfu created using the ability of "Lord of the Flies".

"Youpi, there are five enemies approaching in front of you on the left."

The avatar of Owl Yapfu informed Youpi of the movements of Moyu and others in a slightly shrill voice.

Yupi stood up suddenly after hearing this, and his dozen compound eyes looked towards the left front. His strong red body exuded a terrifying aura that was as solid as a substance and contained murderous intent.

The people who were running fast in the forest felt the aura coming from the anthill at the first time.

"Good guy..."

Kangzai's face changed.

Although he had learned about the threat level of the direct guards from Moyu and others before setting off, now that he felt the aura from Youpi in person, he felt that this feeling could not be explained in words alone.

However, Kangzai had been in the Dark Continent for a year after all, and he soon calmed down.

In contrast, Dora, who was also a reinforcement, showed her fear without reservation.

"How could there be such an aura..."

Never having seen such a surging and malicious aura, Dora's fighting spirit was hit unprecedentedly, and her pace, which should have been at the forefront, subconsciously slowed down a lot.

Moyu and the others all noticed Dora's change of mentality, but no one would laugh at Dora.

Because——

The terrifying aura coming from above will indeed bring people an irresistible deterrent force.

Without full psychological preparation, it is difficult to deal with it normally in a short period of time.

"That——"

Netero, who was at the front of the team, looked up at the top of the anthill and said slowly: "Leave it to me."

Judging from the strength of the aura alone, he is probably the only one in the entire team who can handle it.

Hearing Netero's words, everyone naturally had no objection.

On the top of the anthill.

Youpi could clearly feel the approach of the Chimera Ant Crusade Team, and he was a little restless.

Owl Yapfu's clone was suspended next to Youpi, monitoring and locking the movements of the Chimera Ant Crusade Team through a large number of clones' vision.

"Among the five humans, the most threatening one... is that old man."

Thinking, Owl Yapfu's clone flew to Yupi's ear and said, "Yupi, don't let them get too close."

"I know."

Yupi couldn't hold back any longer.

This reaction might be related to the monster gene in his body.

But it was more because of --

Netero's superficial tit-for-tat aura!

Yupi only "recognized" the existence of Netero's aura, and instinctively knew what to do at this moment.

Can't let this aura get too close to the ant nest!

Boom!

So, Yupi's red body shot down from top to bottom like a sharp arrow towards Netero, who was about to cross the red line.

But at this time-

A black sharp arrow shot up from bottom to top towards the height of the ant nest, passing Yupi on the way.

This sharp arrow was actually Moyu's shadow arrow.

The timing of the launch was also aimed at the opportunity given by Yupi's active attack.

"Huh?!"

Youpi was slightly startled when he glanced at the black arrow that flashed by. Before he could think about what was going on, a dazzling golden light entered his eyes.

Bang!

Hundred-style Guanyin slapped Youpi, who was running at high speed, into the ground with her palm like slapping a fly.

At the same time.

The shadow arrow was inserted high on the outer wall of the ant nest.

Swish——

The next moment, Moyu came in a formless shadow.

In this way, he stepped over the cordon of the ant nest in one fell swoop!

When I was reading the comics, in the early stage of the Chimera Ants, what puzzled me was that Netero and his team allowed the Chimera Ants to capture NGL humans for a month in order to implement the plan of defeating them one by one.

Although Mr. Togashi gave a statement in the comics that NGL people advocate natural evolution, from the perspective of a righteous person like Mo Laowu, it is obviously not convincing.

Later, I referred to the scene where Netero took a month to clear half of the division commander's team, and the conclusion I can draw is...

The number of Chimera Ants' soldiers is too large, and due to the disparity in strength, it's not that Mo Laowu didn't stop them, but that he simply couldn't do it.

My speculation basically solved this doubt, and another doubt naturally emerged.

Why didn't Netero bring more high-end combat power?

I don't know, and I can't ignore this, so there is a plot development in which the Dark Continent disaster caused the association to be short of manpower.