 Hello everybody and welcome back to our favorite little creatures in the dark. The eyes of the undergrowth! And today we're checking out a new and I assume a limited time game for the Lunar New Year. As you can see we've got the little Chinese lantern here. So if we click this Lunar New Year seasonal level. Uh, you know we'll do medium because we're not going to do hard because I'll lose. Kind of interesting to see what ants have to do with the new year, it's not even any of the animals right? Only three days is the new year. In the depths of the jungle, the ants are preparing for a great celebration. Okay, famous hotpot! Right, interesting so we need to get spices for the hotpot. Uh, wow, okay. I love it, they put into loads of detail for this, wow that's kind of crazy. We are now in China apparently. So we've got to get, what is this going on? Why do we have this whole maze? So collect all the hotpot ingredients. Szechuan peppercorns, fennel seeds, dried trilly flakes, star anise and cinnamon stick? A festive firecracker? Wait, what do we do with that? I don't know where the firecracker went. Oh, he's just got it! Oh, so it's just a worker that has a firecracker, cool. Good host of firehounds should take some time out of their busy schedules to retrieve them. Right, so in order for me to get that, I need to go around all this way. Oh, these ants that I need, oh, these are friends, okay. No, they died, okay, never mind. Okay, you guys aren't, no, don't stop. What's this, oh my god, every which way I go has like some sort of danger? Can I not just like pick scraps up somewhere? This can't be dangerous, surely not. Yeah, we're dead. All right, so we can't dig that out, we can't dig any of this out. Okay, you know what, this guy's got like a firecracker. I'm going to send him in by himself and maybe he'll blow up and kill him all. It's kind of what I'm hoping is going to happen here. Go then, go on, get ready, get ready to blow up. Go on, no, no, yes, go on, yes! Oh, that is brilliant. Firecrackers turn out to be quite useful, yes they are. Where's my little suicide bombers then? Then get all of those and then run over to other things to blow them up. Right, okay, they're all here, yes, there's loads of them. Right, these are big boys, so we're going to need to, yeah, go, go, go! Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Predators aren't losing the nest, don't worry, they're dead. Perhaps the ants could use this to their advantage. Wait, the nest wall's unstable? Wait, what's unstable? I have no idea. I'm saying purple, but I think purple must be the firecrackers. The workers, we can't make any soldiers, that's interesting. Okay, we need that hotpot, we need it to be great. Okay, so we've got a couple of explosions to do. Where, I mean, I used maybe a bit too many firecrackers there, I think we only needed one. So, without a mind, yeah, you grab that one, aha, you stay here. And what we're going to do is hopefully, hopefully... Oh my god, just one, just one, please kill them all. Just kill them all. Oh my god, I didn't kill them all! Oh god, no, oh no. No, I died again, no. Well, we've got this squad, they've got two firecrackers, and we can get into here. I don't know exactly what these things are. This is really big, really big, really bad, I think. Oh no, hold on, no, it's not so bad, I don't think actually. I think, wait, they grabbed them all? Oh my god, sake. I didn't want them all lit off. One, two, three, four, five firecrackers, yes. Gorgeous. So now we can blow some stuff up, yes. I kind of want to blow this thing up, I don't even know what this is, but I want to blow that up. There we go, there we go. Go, go, go, go, go. All of you, not all of you. Okay, maybe all of you. Oh, that was terrible. Okay, so we're going to restart because we'll run away by the time they explode. I love this. Oh, there's a thing to not pick up the firecrackers. Oh, okay, maybe we should have done that. Yo, sweet. Okay, so we're going to have this nest, never collect them. Okay, that's great. And then we'll have the three collect this, and they don't collect any food. I guess they can fight, I suppose. I think that's what sets them off. Okay, so that's two firecrackers. I think that's probably enough to kill these guys. So if we dig down here, and risk in the biscuit, I feel like two firecrackers is enough. We're about to find out. Here we go, here we go. Get ready for death! No! Okay, so the tactic is that I just get multiple little squads of ants and then I can just like send them in as when I need them. Okay, we got one. We got one. That's all I needed. I just needed the one. Yes! Okay, now we will make strides towards this area. Okay, we got this. We're working it out. We're working it out. Here we go. Get ready. Get ready. And here he goes! All right, great. I've got three squads that I can independently control. So I'm gonna have this third squad dig out this one and they can have that load of firecrackers. Um, and then we've got this squad here. They can have that. Cause there's only... Oh no, no, hold on. We'll put those in there. We'll put you back in here. Cause there's only two in this one so they can have those two. There you go. Yes! Great! Okay, so we've got a lot. Um, what's the next... I mean this is really the next one I really want to dig to. I'm gonna dig straight down. And here is where it can get interesting. We'll have backup team in the outside. Or at least... Well, he's got one firecracker at the back. That's fine. Actually, tell you what. No, he can go in. Backup team can have the three up there because it gets hairy. Eh! Hey, bless me. Right. Look at him go. There's only one of them. That's fine. He will do great. At least they'll be hit once. They're gonna completely complode with the next lot I'm gonna send in though. Here we go. So send him in. That's great. And he goes... Boom! And then now... Yep. Here we go. Yes! No! He blew up the... Oh, he's good. He's good. Woo! That was close. Right. Right, you can be the food collectors. You can get all of that stuff. Ho, ho, ho! Right. We need the foods. That was a brilliant victory. Okay, so squad two. Squad one. You're now going to pick up... Oh, we already have one. Yeah, we already have one. Okay, so squad one actually already has a firecracker. That's fine. Squad two then. We'll go for the... Okay. I don't know who that is. I don't know who's picked that one up. Squad two. Squad one. And squad three. And then we'll know who's picked up what. Okay. So squad two's got one. Squad one? I'm so confused. Squad one, go over there. Squad one's got two. Okay. Right, squad one's got two. And squad two's got one. Good, good, good, good, good. Good to know. Squad one and two then. You're going to go over here. One of you is just going to pick up another cracker, and then we're going to go over here, destroy that, and then finally we'll go over here and get the biggest exclamation mark because I'm, I'm assuming we're going to need a lot of explosions. There you go. Yes. Right. Okay. Squad two, hold back. Squad one, you will go in and deliver the first payload. Squad two, stay outside. Stand by. Stand by. I don't know what this thing is. Maybe it's a big... Oh, it's whiff spiders. Oh God. Yeah. Go ahead and blow up. There we go. Okay. Maybe we didn't need three explosions, right? Oh yes. Okay. So there we go. We're picking up some of those. That's good. There's still three more so we can send blue team in to get some. Team two have just one so far. And then, I don't know how big this thing is. It could be, could be pretty dangerous. Spoon stores are full. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, they're not going to be much longer. Not after they get all upgraded. Yes. Good. Good. Good. Okay. Okay. All right. So we do have like twenty-twenty of that. I don't need to worry about that. We've got, you know, two, you have one in. So, you know what? Going for it. Number one, be on standby. And number three, be on standby down here. Number two, you need to go in. You need to go in number two. Oh, there we go. There we go. Yes. If anyone comes through. Yes. Yes. That's it. Just the last one. Oh, oh my God. It actually worked. That was amazing. I don't know how many we lost that. We still got like one, two, three, four firecrackers. Oh, that's brilliant. Okay. And then now we've got a whole unit of them. Everybody get as many firecrackers as you can hold. Yes. Oh, that's brilliant. I think we definitely lost some. They've all got firecrackers. Now I need to be really careful about how I use these. Right. Any duties, they just come over here. Right. Let's clean up. Clean this place up. Oh, we can get star anise now too. Woohoo. I need a collection crew, actually. So this will be the collection crew. We're going to have a bunch of ants in here. And these guys's job will just be to collect resources, not to hold any firecrackers. Don't pick up firecrackers. Don't attack. Just collect food. You guys just don't eat. Yep. Don't eat. And you only collect. Yes. So you're basically the same. The nest group and four will be the same. So if I need to gather any foods, I can just place a waypoint here for those guys. Then go grab them. Also, there's one firecracker left. Okay. So we do have a couple of firecrackers here and there. Every now and again. Also got these things. The quest. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. Oh, brilliant. Okay. So I need 10 of them and there's only nine here. Great. I don't know what this is. Can't dig to it. We're going to have to go round. By going round. Oh my God. There's so many. Some key spices that the Queen needs for the hotpot have been found. The ants should gather them quickly. I'm hoping to. See, what you do is you you cook your rice and you put a star anise in with a knob of butter. And it's gorgeous. There you go. Plop it in. It's changing. Can I save this at all? No. Oh, no. I don't want to mess it up though. What's supposed to be the easy way? Is it this way? This supposed to be easy? You go down here. Take on all this. You go all this in the firecrackers. I don't know. Right. Okay. Okay. So. Really? We need to get to this. So we're going to take on all these. Dig this way. Yeah. So we need to go through here. Okay. Okay. Oh, where are all the star anise? Oh, fantastic. I still can only get workers though. Hatching is free. Oh, sweet. I mean, I don't really have any ants, but all right. Sure. All right. I have a dig around. Yes. Look at them go. I mean, there's one big thing in here. We'll have number three on standby just in case. Just in case things get truly hairy. I'm going to dig as far as I can just so it'll give me some time. Just in case things do go bad. That's it. That's it. Okay. One more. Come on. One more. There it is. There's the big thing. Okay. Here we go. Here we go. Boom. Okay. Yes. I thought it was going to get hairy. Number three. Move in. Oh God. Okay. Okay. Number two. Wherever you are. Number two. I've also got this thing as well. Oh God. Number two. Where are you? Number two. Number two. Oh God. There they are. Oh God. They're going to kill all my ants. There we go. There we go. There we go. Yes. Okay. Right. We need to dig this out. Number two. Number two. Get in here. We've got that guy. We've got that guy. Probably only one firecracker would we need to take him on. I suppose. Number two. Number two. Yes. Go number two. Go number two. And then off you go. Only one of you. That's all we need. Just one firecracker. Go. Number two. Go. Look at him. What a legend. Sacrificing himself for the greater good. Woo. Brilliant. Okay. Off you go. Right. So we got through a little bit and we've also got a whole plethora of firecrackers here. So pretty much everybody off you go. I love how they bypass the food and just want the firecrackers instead. All right. All right. All right. Go on. You go. Go collect the food that's there. Right. So we're getting somewhere. We still just need these cinnamon sticks. In order to get those we need to, we need to dig through this way. Right. Number one on standby. Number two on super standby. And number three will be the one going through the hole. This be dangerous. Like just, just try your best. Oh, number three is only got one firecracker. Oh dear. Go on number three. You need to get through. Yes. There we go. That's it. Just dig through the bottom. That's all we need. Whatever this is, and it's going to be bad, I feel. With that being said. Okay. Number two, go here. Number one, go here. Slowly move through. Is there any other firecrackers that we can get anywhere? Technically, there's one here, I suppose. You guys can dig that out. Is there any other firecrackers? So it's all purple. So we've got a firecracker there. We've got a firecracker there. And we've got one. Okay. So we do have a few firecrackers dotted about. I don't know if they're respawning or not, but maybe they are. I'm hoping they are. Okay. So the first, the first of many. Here we go. Okay. Number two is the backup. Here we go. Here we go. Blow it up, whatever it is. Oh, it's still not broken. It will now though. Oh God, it's not. Oh God, it's not. What is it? What is it? Oh God, it will now. Oh no. Okay, I'm already... Oh my God. They blow up and he didn't even take any of them with him. Go. Go my dudes. All right. Number one. Right. Number two, you need to go grab some of this. Number three. The closest one is probably this. Go, go, go, go. Because we're not going to be able to contain this out, this breach. You're going to go here. Go on two, go on two. Have you grabbed it? Have you grabbed it? He's almost got it. Number three's almost got it. Number three. Where's number three? Okay, number two has almost got theirs. Yes, there we go. Number three. Number three's in. Number two's got one. Number three. Okay, number one. Number one, go grab that one. Number three's got one. Number three's coming. Right, yep, yep. They're slowly making their way. They're slowly making their way. This could be death. Oh no. We'll see. Number two. You kill them. You kill them. But these guys, oh my god, they're deadly. They- these guys are very deadly. Yep, okay, we're gonna pop this guy. Okay, okay, okay, um, let me- Yes, you guys are gonna have to all go into one. And it's gonna have to be this one. Uh, we're running low on food now, we can't block them off. Um, is there any other explosives? Any? Any? Oh my god, uh, uh, yes, yes, um, okay. Oh god, they're dying. They- they are- Okay, number three, go, go, go. Go, go, go, you're gonna have to pick up that. Yes. Yes! Come on! Grab it! Okay, go, go, go, go, go. Go, go, go. Here we go, here we go. They're only workers! They're only workers! It's fine, it's fine. Number four. Oh god, you're gonna blow up our tiles on you. You're gonna blow up our tiles. Oh, number four? Attack. Oh god. Oh god. Someone pick it up, someone pick it up. One of yous, go for it. Go get the firecracker. It's right there. Oh god, we're not making this. I don't know where we're gonna be able to get more firecrackers from. I haven't released anything. There's too many. Did the firecracker- there it is. Whoa, whoa, whoa! Oh, you're not even near. Why were you no one- oh god. Okay, okay. Um, there's really- There's no hope. This is so hard, like- The fact that you can't really control them makes this almost impossible. Well, attack at least, you know. Oh, maybe that's why we're not doing any good. We're not even attacking them. That's bad. I mean, I killed a lot of them. It's just- what are we supposed to do? Okay, we're just gonna reassure you. We definitely lost that one. I mean, I assume we want to go this way? Because this is to the mystery? And that's the only thing that's there? Oh, did we do it? What do we get? What are those? Those termites? Okay, so what do these guys do? Right, so they run it and they're like, little termite ants. Look at them go. They've got huge heads. Three big-headed ant-tiles remaining. Oh! Now that they're strength-backed, they will repay your kindness. Whoa. Or do I get four free-tiles? Okay, they cost a hundred. Okay, so that was the good tunnel, I assume. Because the others don't lead anywhere. Right. So that means that these must also be friendlies. Okay, okay, group two or group three. Make sure you go and blow them up. Yes! Woohoo! Are you still alive? Okay, I'm not out of firecrackers, but- oh no, number two is over there. But I kind of want to see these things. Yeah, these ones. Go kill it! I don't know what- are you headbutting? Oh, you ram! Oh, you killed it! Come on, in you get- yep, yep, yep. Just all blow up here. Okay, you didn't do too much. That's fine though, that's fine. Number two can come in now. Okay, he's too quick. Oh well, his friend's dead. Right, okay. Number three, you've got at least- Oh, you've got three! Brilliant! Oh, this is not so good. Rammers. I don't even know where I put the rammers. There they come. Brilliant! Oh, it's so nice to actually have something that can fight back. Alright then, everybody, another restock. Because we now- oh, we can- so we can use the firecrackers to break through walls. That's interesting. I kind of- I want two here. I want three here as well. Just because if I can- if I can just blow through this bit here, I'm good. Like, it's smooth sailing all the way. I don't know what this is. Oh, it's just millipedes. Yep, he's gonna blow. The blowing commences. Yes! We did it! We broke through! Okay, so now, we can pretty much just go all the way and get our friends. Wait, we're on a timer? No, we're not. This is progression. That's what's happening. Ah! So what we could have done is like, when pass them, picked up the bombs and then instantly exploded and got through. That's what we could have done when I was a bit of a stupid head. Yes! Ah, look at them go! Mmm, put that in some mulled wine. It'll be beautiful. Or a hot pot. You know, that too. Food is worth double! Alright, so what we got here? We got trap jaws? Trap jaws. They're not the best kind of vans, but I guess they'll do. Right, so apparently food is worth double now. So, if we, you know, just try, just go over here and just blow up everybody. Yes! So we've got trap jaws here now. We're gonna have a full party! Right, so let's dig out the trap jaws. I don't think we're gonna get too many of these ones, because they are expensive. 140 each? Okay, so I don't have the star anise anymore. They, it was here? I remember the star anise being here. Oh, so they switch them around all the time. Oh, that's kinda cool. Oh, the green venomous spiders. Okay, so I wanna get the star anise. Apparently I need to go through a whole tunnel in order to get to get that. The journey of a thousand miles. Is that what this is? They're calling out their journey of a thousand miles. How about this one then? This one doesn't seem so bad. I've never had these things before. I want all of them. More! They're so good. Look at them go. They just tear apart everything. They're what they are. They'll tear my heads. Oh, God. Oh, God, they're coming. They're coming. They're coming. They're coming. I know what they're doing. Okay, yeah. Let's go, let's go, let's go. We can take them on. We can take them on. We got loads of ram heads. Oh, my God. We can stun them. Not bad. Not bad. You know, not bad at all. You all died. Did they trip over? I think they do. They trip over their giant heads. That's interesting. Time until dinner. Oh, my God. I didn't realize there was a timer. Okay, so I've got to be quick now. Right. Did not know I had a timer. There's gonna be a lot of things in here, but we need to explode it. Ah! Yes! Boom! Okay, now to slowly kill... Oh, set my hand over there. Okay, right. I think we need to surround them. So we're gonna have to retreat for a second, but literally just for a second. All right, all right, all right. You guys aren't collecting food. We're here for one thing, and that's to collect that. Actually, you know what? You guys can collect food, I suppose. You can go here. You can collect food. These guys don't have that on the menu. I don't like these. For the fire ants? I don't think it's worth it. Collect all the hot pot ingredients, and that's pretty much it. Whether people come to the hot pot, we've already got some. It's fine. And let's do extra damage. Oh, heck yeah. Here comes the army. Extra damages! Oh, this is brilliant. Oh, wow. We just killed them. Everyone get up here, and then when you get up here, we grab the ingredients, and then we just need two more. Everyone needs to get up here, because if they don't, they're gonna collect from this pile of dead bodies. If we're not careful. Time is not on our side. I was lucky that I got that damage boost while I took this on, because I think, apart from that, maybe these? I don't know which one's gonna be the hardest, really. Okay, okay, okay. We got a lot, we got a lot. Okay, okay, okay, okay. Next one, next one. I don't know what this is. Oh my god, that's the journey of a thousand miles. Ants are very fast. Oh, that's brilliant, yes! I mean, I'm assuming do you need leaf cutters to break that out? You just attack that, and then you come up here. Okay, that seems to be the easiest one. It's literally just break through this fence. We could just put like four separate ones, and then have them go for it. Oh, look at the speed, they're blurry. So we'll put those guys onto here, just to see what they got. Okay, so this would be the next mission. It's just, it's the front. My worry is that it's gonna take ages to get back to. I mean, there's only 10. One, two, three, four, five. Okay, there's just one more. We can go back. Go, go, go, go, go, go. Everyone who's in here, turn back around. Oh god, yep. No, we're not gonna be able to do it. Like this is ridiculous. Some of them have just cleared the halfway point there. The first one got out. Yeah, look at you go, you did it. You cleared the crystal maze. Okay, and there's a lot of deadly stuff here now. Like, it's just gotten worse the longer this has went on. My god. Well, I did it right. Like, I got the speed power up at the right time. Yeah, it's kind of a bit tricky. The queen lost face in front of her guests. And the ants would have to go to bed. I agree. We've got some. Some of the, some of the hot point wasn't all empty. There was like a cinnamon stick in there and something else. I'm gonna leave it here guys. But good luck doing this one. I think if I was thinking about another shot I probably would be able to do it. But dude, I do not have time to spend like another like two or three hours on it. I'm just like a single level. But it's loads of fun. If you try this video and leave a like until next time, I'll see you cuties later. Oh, buh-bye.