The investigation team was split into two.
Under the command of the protagonist, the seven flying knights set off to fly back to "Dongyang City". The protagonist is worried about them. Although it is their first time to come to such a northern place, as long as they follow the edge of the forest along the way, they will not get lost. There are several branch nests and sub-nests of pavement ants along the way that can serve as road signs.
The Flying Eagle and the Mantis Tiger continue to track the army of pavement ants under the leadership of the protagonist. The reduction in the number of people in the reconnaissance team means that the operation can be more flexible, but the responsibilities of each member have also doubled.
The army of pavement ants set off after the sun rose. Each tightly packed legion formed a long march, stretching tens of meters in front and back.
The marching direction of this army of pavement ants was generally northwest, and the sub-hives they passed along the way sent troops to join it.
By the time the army arrived at the secondary nest at the edge of the mountain forest that afternoon, an army of nearly 200 legions had gathered, including 50,000 pavement ant warriors.
The army of pavement ants stopped at the secondary nest on the edge of the mountain forest and prepared to spend the night.
This secondary nest cannot accommodate such a large army, so only a part of the pavement ant warriors can enter the underground nest, and the large army has to stay on the ground and find a leeward place to survive the night.
Fortunately, the temperature is now higher, so the ants camping will not be frozen to death or frostbite.
The protagonist, along with the eagle and the mantis, continue to live in the tree hole. There are many trees nearby, so it is not difficult to find a suitable place to spend the night.
The protagonist looked up, and with the afterglow of the setting sun in the west, he could see the dazzling golden light reflected from the rocks on the top of the mountain in the distance.
It was such a majestic mountain. The protagonist raised his head and looked at the top of the mountain, and his neck almost broke.
The world's highest peak, Mount Everest, which is more than 8,000 meters above sea level, has an actual height of only about 4,000 meters from the top to the bottom.
Comparing the body shapes of humans and ants, if an ant is half a centimeter long, then when it looks at a ten-meter-high tree, it will have the same sense of height as a two-meter-tall climber at the foot of the mountain looks at Mount Everest. .
But now, the mountain the protagonist is looking at has a relative height of more than 500 meters in human scale, and the feeling of majestic pressure is even stronger.
In his previous life, the protagonist had never seen Mount Everest, and he had no idea what the climbers felt when they looked up at Mount Everest.
But at this moment, all that was left in his heart was the wonder of the natural beauty, and a sense of holiness emerged from his heart.
No other insect could understand his emotion. Ants have poor eyesight, and they couldn't see the details of the mountains clearly from such a long distance. Therefore, the protagonist hides this emotion back in his heart.
Starting halfway up the mountain, there are stretches of woods that extend southward to where the protagonist is.
The place where the protagonist and the others spend the night is at the edge of this forest, an area with relatively sparse trees.
Judging from the movement direction of the pavement ant army, they should enter the woods tomorrow.
Pavement ants are ants that like to live in plain areas with sparse trees. Why do they organize an army and venture into unfamiliar wooded areas? Perhaps the mystery can only be solved after seeing who they are fighting.
——I am the dividing line——
That night, the reconnaissance team was attacked.
After being attacked by a wasp before, the protagonist learned his lesson and changed his habit of living alone. This time he brought the hawk and the mantis as his guards.
Ants have poor night vision and are unable to take turns on duty at night. To this end, the protagonist has specially formulated a vigilance strategy at night.
The protagonist and the others first tied the reins of the fly mounts to the branches so that they could not fly away.
Later, the protagonist used some ant silk to form a warning circle around the camping site, and the end of the ant silk was tied to the fly.
In this way, if there are other insects or ants approaching nearby, they are bound to trip on the ant wire. Flies are very sensitive. When flies feel any abnormal movement on the ant silk, they will eagerly flap their wings and fly away, which can also provide an early warning to the protagonists.
This system saved the lives of the protagonist and their mounts at night.
The protagonist, Flying Eagle and Mantis Tiger were sleeping soundly. Since the protagonist forced all his subordinates to sleep for several hours at night, the whole army of the God Envoy King has become accustomed to this kind of routine.
And the effect is very significant. The protagonist has noticed that ants that get a good night's rest age much slower than those that don't get much rest. It is foreseeable that a good night's sleep can even extend the originally short life of ants.
While everyone is sleeping, the sudden sound of a fly flapping its wings suddenly wakes up the protagonist.
Flying Eagle and Mantis Tiger were at a loss and didn't know what was going on. Although there was a bright full moon hanging in the sky, they were like blind men now.
Only the protagonist saw that not far from where Xiao Qing II was tied, a huge and ferocious insect was approaching.
This is a megalodon.
Megalodon is an euryptera insect. Both male and female adults have a pair of huge teeth on the front of their heads. They look ferocious and ugly. The huge tooth-like organ at the front of its head is also the origin of its name.
Behind its head, through the transition of a slender neck, you can see a long and narrow body covered by huge wings.
It is said that the Megalodon only feeds on plant juices, but it is unknown whether the Megalodon in this world has mutated. Even from such a distance, the protagonist can feel the Megalodon's desire to hunt flies.
Xiaoqing II flew into the air and wanted to escape, but the reins tied it to the branches. It could only fly a short distance and was completely unable to escape.
Perhaps seeing the predicament of its "prey", the Megalodon began to approach a little bit, with a pair of huge teeth widely opened, and it seemed that it could easily pinch Xiao Qing II in two.
The protagonist took action immediately. He could not afford to lose Xiao Qing II. By then he would not only lose his mount, but also the crucial food on it.
The ensuing battle was lackluster. When the protagonist arrived, the Megalodon was no match at all.
Although the opponent is huge, although the Megalodon looks terrifying, even though the sneak attacker at night has a natural weapon.
But in the face of the protagonist's magical power, the Megalodon did not last long, and was thrown out by the protagonist holding up a tooth and spinning it.
For that scene, readers can refer to the scene where the Hulk in underpants throws the Abrams tank.
The small commotion was calmed down, the protagonist calmed down his mount and teammates, and everyone fell asleep and rested again.
The protagonist is thinking: The arrival of the Megalodon may be a sign - if the reconnaissance team follows the army of pavement ants into the woods, where the terrain is complex and there are many fierce insects, they may encounter more and more dangers.
