The protagonist feels that it is necessary to return to "Dongyang City". Since the beginning of winter, the protagonist has not been back for almost four months.
He immediately handed over the affairs of "Linshui City" to Gun for the time being, and handed over the defense of the "Bridgehead" on the north bank of the river to Lambert.
Although Gun is a bit reckless, the protagonist will not stay in "Dongyang City" for too long. Gun should not go wrong in such a short period of time, and there is also Rambo Fo to assist him. Rambo Fo has assisted Rambo in managing the lair. rich experience.
Rambotu himself is a prudent and defensive commander. Even if the north bank of the river is suddenly besieged, I believe that with his ability, relying on the combat power of the Fourth Army and the "bridgehead", he can persist until reinforcements arrive.
After arranging these tasks, the protagonist rides on Xiaoqing II and prepares to return to "Dongyang City".
What the protagonist didn't expect was that after not seeing Xiao Qing II for a winter, Xiao Qing II was actually very uncomfortable with the protagonist riding on his back. Instead, he became closer to a male ant in the Flying Knight who was responsible for taking care of him. .
This contrast made the protagonist dumbfounded, but he was relieved in an instant. The intelligence of flies is certainly not comparable to that of smart animals such as dogs and horses that recognize their owners. They still rely more on instinct to act. Even when flies were domesticated, they relied on the dual stimulation of food rewards and physical punishment. What's more, among smart dogs, there are also outliers like Tibetan Mastiffs and Chow Chows who only know one owner in their lives due to lack of IQ.
Now I have no contact with Xiaoqing for several months, and it is normal for the other party not to recognize me.
So the protagonist had to use the method he used to tame Xiao Qing again, and after a day of tossing, he finally got Xiao Qing II to accept him again.
In this way, the protagonist's departure date was postponed by another day.
Fortunately, after riding on Xiaoqing, it was very quick to return to "Dongyang City". Along the way, Xiaoqing flew toward the southeast like lightning. The strong wind blowing against his face made the protagonist feel the long-lost thrill of racing.
But the protagonist can't just ignore Biao Fei. He carefully observes the conditions of the places he passes along the way and assesses the disaster situation in the Big-headed Ant Kingdom.
Everywhere he looked was shocking.
Most of the forests, shrubs, and grasslands that should have been lush and green now look bleak, and the plants are not growing well. It can be seen that many plants have begun to wither, which shows that they have suffered considerable damage in the severe cold.
The insects that used to be everywhere are now sparse. Only the ants are still anxiously searching for food, but most of the time they come back empty-handed.
The scenes along the way were similar, even after arriving within the sphere of influence of "Dongyang City".
This completely shattered the protagonist's previous luck. Even though Rambo Fei had sent a message telling him of the disaster, the protagonist still hoped that the local situation would be better than that of "Linshui City". Now it seems that the disaster situation in the south is equally serious.
The protagonist landed at the entrance of "Dongyang City". Immediately, the approaching worker ants smelled the breath of the God Envoy King, and then quickly went back to report to Lan Bofei and others.
After the protagonist handed Xiao Qing II to other ants to take him to the fly stable, he ordered Rambo to gather in the conference room, and then he walked towards the nest.
This is the place that the protagonist is most familiar with. From birth to the time when his human soul continues to adapt to his current ant body, the protagonist has spent his entire life in this nest. Later, the protagonist became the Envoy King and returned here with the fire, and "Dongyang City" became the protagonist's stable base. Here, even the main nest has no right to interfere with the protagonist's command and cannot shake his authority.
After receiving the notification, Rambo Fei and other remaining male ants arrived at the conference room, where the protagonist was already waiting for them.
The protagonist then held a small meeting to learn more about some of the winter conditions. This information had already been conveyed by Lamborghini via messenger, and the protagonist just wanted to learn more about some details.
However, several new pieces of information caught the protagonist's attention.
This new information only appeared after the last courier set off. The previous courier was delayed for several days on the road due to the late spring cold, so there was a full week's gap between the timeliness of the previous information and the current one.
According to Rambo Fei's report, shortly after the last messenger set off and the day before the late spring cold arrived, the big-headed ants patrolling nearby discovered a hive on the big white poplar near the entrance of the cave.
This should be a new nest built by a newly adult queen bee after the beginning of spring. It seems to have been there for at least a week and has not been discovered by the patrol before. This is not because the patrol team failed in their duties, but because there is no food source and no trace of enemies on the big white poplar, it is not within the key patrol area.
Ants generally do not allow bee nests or termite nests to exist very close to their nests. Termites and ants will compete for food and territory. Although bees are better, they will also rob the nectar resources that the ants love. .
So Rambo Fei originally planned to uproot the hive while it was still unstable, but the cold spring interrupted this plan.
If this hive is not currently a direct threat to "Dongyang City", then the second information is more serious and urgent.
After the late spring cold ended, that is, two days ago, the "Stump Fortress" was attacked by a tribe of sickle-hunting ferocious ants.
The attackers only had about forty ant-hunting warriors, and they were quickly repelled by the defenders. Both sides suffered casualties of more than ten warriors each. The reason for the heavy casualties among the defenders was that half of the third legion of the Divine Envoy King stationed here was a little slack after a peaceful winter, and they even realized they were under attack only after the enemy stormed the city wall.
Lambowan, who originally spent the winter in "Dongyang City", immediately rushed back to "Stump Fortress" to take charge of the defense. However, yesterday, the attacks of the Sickle Ants became more violent.
According to the intelligence sent back by Rambo Wan's messenger, the enemy launched more than ten attacks within one day yesterday. Most attacks are launched individually by small tribes consisting of a dozen or dozens of ant-hunting warriors. The two largest attacks were one by a large tribe with nearly two hundred sickle-hunting warriors, and the other by three small tribes joining together to launch a hundred ant attacks.
These offensives were repelled by the well-prepared defenders, but Rambowan was not optimistic because more and more scythe-hunting ants began to slowly gather outside the "Stump Fortress", with at least dozens of tribes nearby. It seems as if the natives from several nearby hills are gathering here.
Lambo Wan didn't know why the tribes of hunting sickle ants showed such strange behavior, but it was obviously not a good sign.
