Ordinary people can also be extraordinary

Zhang Chen quietly came to the entrance of the valley and observed for a while. He found that the valley was quite quiet. It seemed that there was nothing there. It was just an ordinary forest. If Zhang Chen had not been there, he would not have known that the entire forest in the valley was full of ants and insects.

Zhang Chen had just escaped from the ant colony's nest. The place must be heavily guarded at this moment, and it would be even more dangerous to go in.

"We have to think of a way to divert the ants' attention, otherwise going in now would be like walking into a trap."

Zhang Chen looked at the gloomy atmosphere in the valley and started to think. Then he looked at the surrounding environment and found that the entrance of the valley was like a trumpet, small on the outside and large on the inside. There were high mountains on both sides of the valley. A strong wind blew in from outside the valley, swaying the big trees in the valley. Suddenly, he had an idea.

So he started to go outside the valley to collect wood and weeds, and piled them all at the entrance of the valley. Although it was the entrance of the valley, there was a gap of more than 100 meters. Zhang Chen kept collecting wood, and finally the workload was too heavy, so Zhang Chen asked Xiaobai to join in. Although Xiaobai didn't quite understand why he did this, he did it anyway.

Even with Xiaobai's participation, it still took Zhang Chen two full days to pile up the wood at the entrance of the valley to a height of ten meters. Then Zhang Chen poured water on the wood and began to wait.

Soon Zhang Chen felt a strong wind coming. Zhang Chen was delighted and immediately used the fireball spell to ignite the wood piled at the entrance of the valley. The wood began to burn. Because Zhang Chen had poured water on the wood, it did not burn completely and began to emit thick smoke. With the help of the wind, the smoke began to blow into the valley.

Zhang Chen couldn't help but feel happy as he saw that everything was going well. As time passed, more and more smoke blew into the forest in the valley. The smoke continued to spread and was about to reach the center of the forest.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Chen immediately took Xiaobai to the cave where they had escaped before.

"Xiaobai, I'll go in first, and you carry the load from behind."

Zhang Chen gave some instructions and then went in. Soon Xiaobai also came in, obviously looking a little excited. He used his huge snake head to support Zhang Chen's feet and moved forward at a very fast speed. The smoke was limited in time, so they had to hurry.

Zhang Chen felt that they had almost walked half the distance, so he immediately asked Xiaobai to slow down and move forward slowly. This passage was discovered by the ant colony last time, and Zhang Chen was worried that there might be an ambush ahead.

It was not until they passed a passage filled with water that Zhang Chen began to discover traces left by the ant colony. It seemed that they were blocked by the water last time. Thinking of this, Zhang Chen immediately used his storage bag to collect a lot of water. If he was chased by the ant colony, this would be a good way to stop the enemy.

After walking forward for a distance, Zhang Chen saw a lot of ants in front of him. However, the passage was narrow and they could not take advantage of their numbers. They were quickly dealt with by Zhang Chen. Their corpses blocked the passage. Zhang Chen made room, and Xiaobai stepped forward and ate all the corpses.

After walking forward for a distance, when there were less than 500 meters left, Zhang Chen stopped and told Xiaobai to stay where he was. He then used the Earth Sinking Technique to soften the ground above his head, and then slowly raised his head to check what was going on.

As soon as he emerged from the ground, Zhang Chen felt thick smoke that had enveloped the place. Zhang Chen looked around and found that the ant colony had disappeared. Zhang Chen looked at the traces underground and it seemed that they had migrated into the forest.

"It looks like the plan is going well."

Zhang Chen smiled happily, then returned to the passage and told Xiaobai to keep moving forward. When there were still a hundred meters left to the place where he escaped last time, Zhang Chen found that the passage ahead was riddled with holes, and there were dense holes everywhere. Zhang Chen vaguely saw the figures of ants and insects in those holes.

Zhang Chen knew that it was impossible to reach the ant colony's nest without making any noise, so he raised his head above the ground again and observed the situation outside. He found that the thick smoke had reached here and there seemed to be no ants on the ground. Looking at the castle in the distance, there was no longer the dense ant colony that Zhang Chen saw last time.

"Have they all migrated further inside? Or have they been forced underground? There are still many larvae in that castle. They definitely don't have time to evacuate."

Zhang Chen began to speculate, remembering the densely packed holes he had just seen underground. It seemed that a large part of them must have hidden underground.

"If they all hide underground, that gives me a chance."

Zhang Chen returned to the underground, gave Xiaobai a few words of advice, and then came out. Thick smoke was billowing on the ground. Zhang Chen tore off a piece of clothing, soaked it with water and tied it on his face, then walked carefully towards the castle.

There was a lot of smoke on the ground, and Zhang Chen could only try his best to control himself and reduce his breathing. Soon Zhang Chen came to the outside of the castle. Due to the thick smoke, Zhang Chen could not see the whole picture of the castle until he was within ten meters of the castle.

Last time I only passively saw it from the side, but now I can see it clearly. The castle is dozens of meters high. Most people’s buildings are rarely this high. It looks incredible.

Zhang Chen came closer, took out his magic sword, and slashed out with several sword beams, leaving deep sword marks on the castle. However, for this huge castle, it was nothing to be afraid of.

Knowing that this was not a solution, Zhang Chen found a secret door. After cutting a gap with his magic sword, he saw a dense swarm of insects inside.

The swarm of insects did not come out to attack, but quickly blocked the gap with soil to prevent the thick smoke from pouring in. However, there was no way Zhang Chen would let them do as they wished.

He used the magic sword to cut a gap again, and while the gap had not been blocked yet, he immediately cast the fireball spell and threw fireballs into the gap continuously, burning the ants and insects in the gap and making them retreat continuously. Then he continued to expand the gap, and soon a hole big enough for Zhang Chen to enter appeared.

Watching the thick smoke pouring in and the ants inside becoming restless and spinning back and forth, Zhang Chen knew that this method was effective, so he cast the fireball spell again and kept throwing it into the ant colony. A large number of ants were burned to death, and the rest could only keep retreating until they turned a corner that Zhang Chen could not see.

Zhang Chen followed the same method and kept creating gaps around the castle, allowing thick smoke to enter the castle from all directions. Soon Zhang Chen felt a commotion in the castle. A large number of ants rushed out from different directions. They did not attack Zhang Chen, but instead used their bodies to block the gaps, preventing the thick smoke from continuing to pour into the castle.

How could Zhang Chen let them succeed? He immediately cast fireballs at the insect swarm, burning them to death one by one. However, the insect swarm was unafraid of death. After one group was burned to death, another group rushed out and continued to block the gap with their bodies. Zhang Chen also became ruthless and kept casting fireballs.

As time went by, Zhang Chen didn't know how many ants were burned to death. Until he felt the thick smoke in the forest began to thin, Zhang Chen knew that he didn't have much time, so he quickly ran back to the passage and let Xiaobai and he continue to move forward.