Dawn Spider

Dark clouds covered the entire northern part of Ivory Island.

Heavy rains covering most of the island have been falling for half a month.

This is a natural disaster. The flowering period of all the plants with the power of the force is delayed, the fruiting period is also delayed, and even the fruit falls and rots.

……

Wilderness and forests

Jin led Xiangling on their way through the rain.

In the distance, a dark shadow streaked across the sky, then turned around and sped toward the strong wind.

A dragonfly warrior, entirely black with blue metallic sheen on its veined wings.

After a brief exchange in the air, the two dragonflies plummeted together, hovering vertically at a low altitude of 100 meters.

"Boss Jin!"

"Boss Jin, this is the Black Winged Dragonfly warrior from Jiujie Mountain, who coexists with the Narrow Arrow Mantis tribe. You know him, right?"

"Of course. We've met several times."

Jin asked, "Black Gold, why are you traveling in the rain? Is something urgent?"

"A fog surge is about to erupt!"

The Lord of Black Gold Mountain replied, explaining in detail: "Knowing that the fog tide was about to erupt, I have been guarding Wuchao Mountain awaiting news. The Sumeru Insect King has been guarding the vicinity of the Fog Sea, constantly monitoring its movements. The Sumeru Insect King sent back a message confirming that the fog tide will erupt within the next 10 to 30 days. I returned to Jiujie Mountain to inform everyone to prepare for the event."

"Boss Jin, and this warrior from the Flame Spider tribe, you two shouldn't be out and about for the next month. It's too dangerous!"

"Okay! Got it! Thanks for reminding me!"

Jin politely thanked him and instructed, "Dafeng, hurry to Yangjiao Mountain and complete the harvesting and trading of the Divine Seed of the Hanging Golden Dragon Vine. I'll take Xiangling to Ebony Mountain to avoid trouble for a while, and then I'll go straight back to the Red-Headed Termite Kingdom."

"Ok."

Dafeng agreed and asked, "Boss Jin, are there 6 God-given Seeds left? I'll run them all and then go back to the Termite Kingdom to meet you."

"Row."

Jin reminded him, "Be careful! Also, remember to remind Silver and Taro to go hide on Sea Lemon Peak."

"Okay. Got it."

"Mr. Jin, you should be careful too."

The strong winds traveled the same route as the Black Gold Mountain Lord and set off together.

Jin led Xiangling and turned south at breakneck speed.

...

...

Red-headed termite kingdom
The secret order ant king and cluster flower ant queen raised four million soldier ants to cope with the impact of the fog tide and the ferocious spirits that would flood the area after the fog tide passed.

The news came.

The dispersed ant army contracted, with 3 million soldier ants stationed in a ring-shaped defensive array, forming a battle group of 300 soldier ants within a 20-kilometer radius centered on Apple Mountain.

Another million soldier ants, led by the secret order queen, guard the main nest on Apple Hill, with 400,000 elite ants.

Fire Tong and Firethorn each led 30 elite troops to construct a second line of defense 15 kilometers east of Apple Mountain.

There are also nearly three million worker ants, which are unable to fight and have all retreated to the main nest on Apple Hill.

The red-headed termite kingdom is located closest to the fog sea and is most severely affected by the fog tide.

This is not a battle. This is war.

Electromagnetic signals resonate and interact back and forth in the mountains and forests.

The air was thick with a tense and heavy pheromone scent.

Jin returned to Dafeng Mountain and immediately summoned the round purple flame spiders from the foot of the mountain to hide in the mountain cave.

Jin stayed on the mountain.

...

The heavy rain that had been falling for half a month finally stopped.

In the tropical region of the northern part of the island, near the equator, the sun blazes down, and the rainforest is shrouded in mist that never dissipates. When the wind blows, white clouds roll close to the mountains and forests.

The stuffy, oppressive, and humid air we breathe in is half water vapor.

12 month 3 day,
After completing the cooperative transaction for the divinely bestowed food, Da Feng hurriedly returned to the termite kingdom.

The wind was strong, and the speed was fast. It immediately went into combat work and was responsible for aerial reconnaissance.

Suddenly one day,
As night fell, Jin was distributing food to the small flame spiders that lived in the cave. He keenly noticed that the pheromones of the termite colony were rising sharply in the air, and the electromagnetic signals were also becoming intense.

Upon leaving the nest to investigate, the army of termites guarding the area around Dafeng Mountain was restless, wandering aimlessly in groups of three or five through the woodland.

A bluish-green light streaked across the dark night sky, and a strong wind rushed back.

"Boss Jin, the fog surge is coming! It's already made landfall! Be careful."

After saying that, he transformed into a streak of light and rushed towards Apple Mountain to urgently report the situation to the Secret Order Ant King.

"A foggy tide is coming!"

"A foggy tide is coming!"

"Stop looking! Let's go back to the cave!"

"Go back to the cave and hide!"

"Hey you guys over there, what are you doing? Get back to your cave right now!"

"..."

The golden spider rubbed its chelicerae together, making a sound, and chased all the little flame spiders that were climbing and playing near the cave entrance back to the cave's living room.

Is the fog tide coming?

Is the fog tide really that severe?

"What's there to be afraid of?"

"Isn't that old spider too cowardly?" "Doesn't the old spider have fighting abilities? Go for it!"

"..."

The little spiders were not convinced and rubbed their chelicerae together to make noise.

Jin ignored him and remained motionless, blocking the entrance to the cave.

After waiting for a while,
A surge of primal force emanated from afar.

In an instant, the Force surge erupted.

"The war has started. I'm going up the mountain to check. You stay hidden and don't run around!"

Jin glanced at the little flame spider inside the cave, gave it a warning, and then disappeared, flashing twice to reach the mountaintop.

Looking out from a high place,

To the due east, the blazing flames illuminated and dyed the night sky red.

A fierce battle between a million lord-level termite soldiers and millions of lord-level mist spirits.

Waves of Force energy, carrying the intense scent of flames and water mist, rolled in one after another.

The mist spirits in this location are all at the lord level, pure energy entities. Each mist spirit contains a vast amount of water-based primal energy. When they are killed, the primal energy disintegrates and dissipates as water-based primal force.

Thousands upon thousands of Mist Spirits were killed, and the concentration of Force in the surrounding area rose steadily with the surging Force fluctuations.

Soon,
Flames shot into the sky in both the north and south.

The fog crept onto the island and spread rapidly. Simultaneously, the fighting quickly extended westward, gradually forming a circular battle zone with a radius of 20 kilometers centered on Apple Hill.

Attracted by the primal force fluctuations of the battle, the Mist Spirits instinctively drifted and converged in the direction of the battle.

The confrontation is escalating, and the defensive perimeter is shrinking.

Soon they reached the second line of defense, a 15-kilometer radius stronghold where Firecannon and Firethorn were stationed. The rainforest was ablaze, and in the darkness illuminated by the firelight, large swarms of termite soldiers could be vaguely seen flapping their fiery wings and taking off. Large swaths of fire rained down from the sky, shooting down into the rolling thick fog below.

The soldier ants of the red-headed termite inherit fire-type abilities from both the king and queen, and can inherit a total of four abilities.

The first, and inevitably comprehended, racial innate ability is called 'Sunrise'. Primal energy gathers between the jaws, unleashing a beam of extremely high-temperature, highly penetrating flame between them.

Secondly, the primal energy gathers into tentacles, condensing into a long whip of flames, which is then wielded in battle.

Third, the primal energy converges on the carapace to generate biomimetic flame-like membrane wings, granting the ability to fly.

Fourth, based on the third ability, he can wave his flame-like membrane wings to release a continuously burning 'fire rain' from between the membrane wings.

The number and type of abilities that soldier ants can inherit are uncertain. Those soldier ants that successfully inherit the ability of flame membrane wings and fire rain, and have the ability to fight in the air, are called 'elite soldier ants'.

The fog sea is located on the east side of the island, and the fog tide lands on the east side of the island, so the eastern defense line suffers the most severe impact.

With 600,000 elite ant soldiers under the command of Firethorn and Firecannon joining the battle, the intensity of the war has escalated once again.

The large number of Mist Spirits that landed on the islands were also drawn there.

The firelight on the south, north, and west sides of the battlefield gradually dimmed.

The arc-shaped battle line on the eastern side of the battlefield gradually straightened out.

Jin withdrew his gaze and observed carefully.

A large number of soldier ants withdrew from the front line. At the same time, 40 elite soldier ants guarding the ant nest were mobilized. Two to three thousand of them formed a fighting group and dispersed into the mountains and forests in all directions.

Scattered and dense bursts of fire erupted in the nearby woods, as they targeted the Mist Spirits who had intruded into the Prunus mume plantation.

Battle information is constantly being transmitted via electromagnetic signals and pheromone signals.

Looking at the eastern defense line, the situation seemed dire. Fewer and fewer soldier ants were flying in the air, and the straightened battle line was constantly shrinking and retreating.

Judging from its appearance, it seemed to be suppressed by the fog and slowly shrank into a ball.

—The evil spirits within a radius of hundreds of kilometers were all drawn there, and the fire tubes and firethorns were starting to give out.

Jin watched with growing concern that the situation was turning sour.

A vertical flame shot into the sky, followed closely by a large swarm of soldier ants that flapped their wings and flew swiftly toward the eastern front.

Did the Secret Order Ant King personally join the battle?
It's not the Queen of the Secret Order Ants, since the Queen of the Secret Order Ants doesn't have the ability to produce flames and membranous wings. Could it be the Queen of the Cluster Flower Ants?
Surrounded by a legion of flying soldier ants, a ball of crimson flame expanded continuously, transforming into a giant fire ant that soared through the sky. Its membranous wings, over a kilometer long, flapped up and down, and large numbers of fiery meteors plummeted from the sky.

Under the scorching heat, the dense gray fog, surging like a tsunami, rapidly disintegrated.

The giant ant flapped its wings and soared, and wherever it passed, crimson flames rose below, illuminating the thick clouds in the night sky like blood.

"!!!"

Jin never expected that the Queen of the Clustered Flower Ants, who never showed herself in the deep underground royal nest, would possess such terrifying combat power.

The queen termite extended her claws, relieving the termite army that had been continuously compressed and besieged by the fog, and the defense line was reopened.

From the east, towards the sea of ​​fog, an endless stream of fog spirits came riding the wind.

From all directions, countless mist spirits were drawn by the intense fluctuations of primal force and instinctively converged toward the defensive line.

The thick gray fog cannot be dispelled, and the fog spirits cannot be eradicated.

Having exhausted their Force due to the fierce battle, the ant army, which had returned to their main nest to rest and recuperate, resumed their journey to the front lines.

Similarly, the ant army, having exhausted their Force during the battle, retreated in an orderly fashion to their main nest on Apple Hill to recover.

The ant army on the defensive line kept retreating and was constantly replenished.

The war entered a stalemate.

Fires occasionally lit up the woodlands near Dafeng Mountain. Mist Spirits broke through the ant army's blockade from other directions and approached Dafeng Mountain, only to be discovered and swiftly killed by the patrolling soldier ants that the Secret Order Ant King had specially arranged to guard the area near Dafeng Mountain.

This isn't the first time the red-headed termite kingdom has faced a foggy tide; judging from the situation, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Jin Shan returned to his cave and focused intently on guarding the entrance.

In the wee hours,

A bluish-yellow light flashed by, and a strong wind swirled around the mountaintop. The messenger announced, "Boss Jin, the fog has ended. But the danger is not over yet. There are still many malevolent spirits in the forest that have been parasitized by the fog spirits. Be careful not to let the little spiders run around."

"clear."

Jin agreed, waving his paw to signal Dafeng to go about his business. (End of Chapter)