Calculating the time for the main nest expeditionary force to prepare and march, they will arrive at "Linshui City" in about two or three days, and then cross the river to start the historic northern expedition of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom.
In the past two or three days, the protagonist had no plans, so he stayed in "Linshui City" and prepared to meet the army.
The Angel King's Army was required to deal with this army in accordance with war preparation standards. No ants from the main nest would be allowed inside "Linshui City" and "Bridgehead".
If any king or subordinate dares to break in, the protagonist will not hesitate to teach him the principles of being an ant.
I believe that there are not many blind people who dare to offend the prestigious Divine Envoy King Army.
——I am the dividing line——
The next day, the protagonist is enjoying breakfast. Today's breakfast is pancakes and honeydew water.
Now, the protagonist's food has become more complex and humanized, like this pancake, which is made by worker ants using stones to grind the soaked grass seeds into a paste, then ball them into a piece of cake, and bake them on the stones next to the fire. .
Honeydew water is blended with aphid honeydew, a little salt and pure cold groundwater. It is best drunk in summer.
After breakfast, Hua Mulan came in and told him that a flying knight messenger came from "Dongyang City".
The protagonist is a little confused. The communication between "Dongyang City" and "Linshui City" has been regularized. Generally, a flying knight will be sent out every three days to report the situation.
Today is not a day for routine reporting. "Dongyang City" just reported the day before yesterday.
And considering the time, this flying knight set off at dawn, so he could arrive at this time. It seems that "Dongyang City" encountered something special and needed to contact him in time.
"I hope it's not a bad thing!"
The protagonist muttered and walked out of his bedroom. It feels like every time the nests under his command report to him temporarily, it is not a good thing. They are either attacked by scythe-hunting ants or something else.
Soon, the Flying Knight was taken to a small reception room outside the protagonist's bedroom. It was originally an ordinary nest room, but now it has been transformed according to the protagonist's requirements:
The walls of the nest room are covered with fluorescent fungi, and the lighting is good. There is not much furniture, and the open ground is inlaid with white pebbles. It can be used as a small conference room.
The Flying Knight Messenger delivered an information package to the protagonist and then resigned.
The protagonist read the information packet once, with a serious look on his face, and then read it a second time to confirm that it was correct.
Lan Bofei reported to himself that yesterday, "Dongyang City" received a worker ant messenger from another nest.
This worker ant messenger first entered the "Dongyang City" on her own. According to the protagonist's relevant system for managing foreign ants, she was targeted as soon as she entered the nest entrance, and several soldier ants followed her.
The worker ant messenger had no idea that she was being followed. She moved around the nest and inquired some information from other busy worker ants in the nest.
The tracker then also communicated with the ant who was communicating with the messenger, and learned that the other party was actually inquiring about the location of the queen ant's palace.
The worker ant messenger groped all the way to the queen's chamber, and was stopped outside.
It wasn't the soldier ants responsible for tracking her that stopped her, but the protagonist stipulated that the entire nest be divided into two parts, one part allowed foreign ants to enter, and the other part prohibited them from entering.
The junction between the two parts was guarded by guards who, true to their duties, refused to let in the courier, which smelled of other nests.
The messenger hesitated, turned back, and then began trying to contact the actual steward of the lair. So the soldier ants who were following her stepped forward and brought her to Rambo Fei, and at the same time reported the messenger's abnormal behavior.
Rambo Fei had encountered several similar incidents before. Most of them were official messengers sent by the main nest and received additional instructions from some kings with ulterior motives. While delivering the news, the messenger tried to find out for the king behind the scenes some additional issues they were concerned about, such as the food supplies in "Dongyang City", the situation of the worker class, etc.
In accordance with the instructions of the protagonist, Lamborghini strictly blocked the leakage channels of sensitive information. These messengers who had side missions generally could not find out anything.
But after communicating with the messenger, Lamboff suddenly realized that it was not that simple.
This worker ant messenger also has the smell of the main nest, but it is slightly different, like the kind that comes from the main nest but has lived in other subsidiary nests for a long time, giving it a mixed smell.
Ants have a very high resolution of odors on their bodies and can learn a lot of information through odors, such as the other party's race, place of origin, etc.
Similar to human dialects, this ant is from Beijing, the capital, and should speak a standard Beijing accent. But now the Beijing accent is mixed with some Sichuan dialect, which is naturally confusing.
What’s even more puzzling is that this worker ant messenger said that he came from the “real main nest”. If he had an information package, he could only give it to the Envoy King himself, and he couldn’t even ask Rambo to convey it.
Inquiring about information, strange smells, and the real main nest, these keywords made Lamboff feel that things were not simple. He placed the messenger in a closed nest room and guarded it closely.
Since it was almost dark at that time, Lamborghini did not send the flying knight to report the news until early the next morning.
——I am the dividing line——
The protagonist arrived at the gate of "Dongyang City", and Lan Bofei came to greet him personally.
The protagonist hands Xiao Qing II to the worker ant on the side, and she leads Xiao Qing II back to the fly stable to rest and eat.
He himself was walking and chatting with Rambo.
The situation in "Dongyang City" has been calm recently, and the food harvest has been bumper. Although the "Southern Fortress" is harassed by small-scale ants from time to time, the defenders are enough to deal with it.
The only exception now is the strange messenger.
The protagonist learned from Rambo that the courier was unusually quiet and honest last night, and did not try to leave the nest where she was "imprisoned", nor did she communicate with the guards to gather information.
On the contrary, all the food that was brought in was eaten completely, and the other party seemed to still have some unfinished food and looked very hungry.
The protagonist soon meets this special messenger, who reveals his identity.
The messenger did not show respect for itself like ordinary worker ants do when meeting male ants, that is, they did not lower their heads, lower their antennae, and make respectful body language.
This made the protagonist twitch his antennae, but he didn't think much about it.
The other party passed the information packet over, and before reading it, the protagonist asked: "Who sent you?"
Ants don't lie, and unless her mastermind forbids her from revealing it - which often happens - she will surely be able to provide some useful information.
The messenger answered honestly: "If the King of Gods asks me, I can tell you that the one who sent me is the Lao Wang!"
