However, farmland can bring more than just abundant harvests.
In the past few days, with the hard work of all the ants in "Linshui City", a large amount of grass seeds have been dried and stored in the underground granary. This food is enough to support the legions of the God's Envoy King stationed in "Linshui City" and "Bridgehead" until autumn.
According to the messenger report, "East Yangcheng" also received a bumper harvest. The farmland there is larger and the harvest is greater.
Since the cold spring at the beginning of the year, the food problem that has been plaguing the Divine Envoy King's legion has been alleviated.
The protagonist even wanted to expand a few more legions to be happy, but this crazy idea was quickly overcome by the protagonist's own reason. Supporting a new legion for a long time still consumes a lot of resources, and there is currently no shortage of troops in the Divine Envoy King legion.
After the last counter-encirclement and suppression campaign, the Divine Envoy King's Legion paid the price of hundreds of soldier casualties. Some disabled veterans were laid off from the Legion and returned to the civilian population to continue to contribute their remaining energy.
In order to make up for the shortage of the army, the protagonist transferred some strong men from the garrison of "Linshui City" to each army, and then let the queen ant of "Linshui City" regenerate hundreds of soldier ant eggs to supplement the garrison in the future. .
The excess food will be hoarded to meet unexpected needs, and it cannot be consumed entirely to feed the new army without leaving any wealth.
After collecting grass seeds in the farmland, the remaining work is to collect fresh and tender stems and leaves, dry them in the sun and store them as winter feed.
In the end, only the roots, thick stems and old leaves were left. These half-dead weeds take up space in the farmland and are not conducive to sowing the next crop.
Therefore, the ants have to work hard to cut down these weeds, pull out the roots, and dry them thoroughly to avoid affecting the next sowing and harvest.
This work requires the use of sharp pottery and stone flakes provided by "Dongyang City". These tools can easily cut the tough grass stems. If the same work is done with the jaws of ants, it will cost several dollars. Times the strength.
These tools were developed by the scientific research team led by the secretary. After the protagonist provided ideas, they quickly mastered the method of roasting gravel near a fire and then watering it to cause it to expand with heat and shrink with cold. Then get a suitable sharp stone and polish it.
Pottery flakes are made by firing and polishing. Pottery flakes are not as sharp as gravel flakes, but they are easier to prepare and the two can be used together.
So in farmland, you can often see a scene like this: several worker ants bite the grass stems with their mandibles, firmly fixing the vertical grass stems from several directions, and one or two soldier ants hold pottery or pottery pieces in their jaws. Use gravel pieces to cut off the grass stems little by little along the roots of the grass stems.
——I am the dividing line——
The protagonist planned to leave for the main nest tomorrow, but that night, something big happened.
These days, it has not rained for a long time, and the weather is getting drier.
As night fell that day, the clouds in the sky were not too thick, thunder kept rumbling, but no rain fell.
Even in "Linshui City", the protagonist can clearly hear the thunder through the thick bark and fibrous tissue.
This is drought thunder, which is what the saying goes, "It's all thunder but no rain." It is a cloud discharge phenomenon. It is often caused by the fact that there is not enough water vapor between the clouds to form rainfall, but only a large amount of positive and negative charges, so drought thunder is formed.
The protagonist fell asleep soundly amid the thunder, unaware of the imminent danger.
——I am the dividing line——
The next day, the protagonist did not get up early. After he got up, he had a slow breakfast.
Breakfast was quite sumptuous, consisting of multi-grain porridge made by soaking fresh grass seeds in a clay pot overnight, a few slices of roasted fresh mealworm dried meat, a little salt ground into powder, and some berries just collected yesterday. jam.
After possessing a certain status and resources, the protagonist also tries his best to live according to the behavioral habits of humans in the original world, especially putting a lot of effort into eating. His eating habits also sparked a wave of imitation within the territory.
But before breakfast was finished, Da Rong had already ran in in a panic.
The protagonist just found it funny at first. These male ants, especially the male ants coming out of the main nest, are particularly concerned about their status and must pay attention to their dignity at all times. Generally, if there is anything happening in the big banyan tree, a messenger will be conveyed to it, so that it looks more dignified. Why did I come here in such a hurry now?
But Darong only delivered a piece of news, and the protagonist couldn't sit still.
"Skyfire!!!???"
The so-called sky fire is a wildfire, a fire that burns on its own in the open land.
There is a fire enshrined in the main nest of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, which is considered a gift from God. Although it has little use except for heating in winter, it is also a sign that the Big-headed Ant Kingdom is favored by God.
The fire that occurs in the wild is considered by the ants as a punishment fire, and every time it appears, it means death!
The protagonist guessed that the wildfire might have been caused by yesterday's drought and thunder.
He immediately climbed outside the big banyan tree and understood the situation from a high position.
On the south bank of the river, thick smoke was already billowing on the skyline in the distance, and a bright red line of fire crossed the entire field of vision, rapidly approaching "Linshui City" from south to north.
This line of fire unstoppably devoured everything it encountered. The dry weeds and green trees all turned into pitch-black scorched earth after the fire.
Countless insects only realized the disaster was coming when the fire approached. Some insects wanted to fly high, but were quickly dried out in the hot updrafts. Some insects staggered away, only to be caught up in the flames and burned.
Only a few lucky ones were able to fly away in time or escape by hiding in underground caves.
This sky fire was discovered by the Flying Knight Patrol. During their routine patrol, they found the burning heat in the distance and hurried back to report without daring to get close to the fire line.
If there were no flying knights, maybe the ants in "Linshui City" would be like other insects, only realizing that a catastrophe was coming at the last moment.
The protagonist made an assessment and found that there was a water flow barrier between "Linshui City" and the south bank of the river. The island was basically covered with rocks, so it should not be harmed by fire.
But in the farmland on the south bank of the river, there are still a lot of ants working there. The dense and dry farmland grass is simply a natural fuel reservoir. But the ants there still don't know that death is approaching.
The protagonist immediately ordered the flying knight to go to the farmland and nearby areas and convey instructions to all the ants he encountered to retreat to their nests.
Dozens of flying knights were ordered to go out. In addition, the protagonist had no way to deal with this natural disaster. He could only watch the fire approaching the river and approaching "Linshui City".
