The protagonist has been very angry these days, and the object of his anger is the restless natives who hunt sickle ants in the southern hilly areas.
It turned out that the protagonist's expansion in the southern region went according to plan and went very smoothly.
The Divine Envoy King's Legion concentrated the forces of three legions and easily leveled the area near the "Southern City", destroyed several scythe-hunting ant tribes, and opened up a new territory with three outer fortresses as barriers.
The Divine Envoy King's legion even sent an expeditionary force to advance along the valley, eliminating some of the relatively close and larger ant-hunting tribes and eliminating hidden dangers.
At the same time, the protagonist also captured the coveted ant eggs and larvae of the scythe ant during the battle. These ant eggs and larvae were immediately sent to the "Southern City" and were carefully cared for, preparing for them to emerge from pupae and become adults. Train to become outstanding scout warriors of the God's Envoy King's legion.
Although the number of ant eggs and larvae in this batch was limited, no queen or male ant eggs were found. However, the protagonist knows that ordinary worker ants that hunt sickle ants can also lay eggs. Without the interference of suppressive hormones from the queen, by providing nutritious food, some worker ants can develop into queens with full fertility.
In this way, as long as some more male ants are tamed, the protagonist will have the opportunity to establish a colony of scythe-hunting ferocious ants of his own, and continue to provide the best scout warriors for the Angel King's army.
In addition, there is another good news that originally made the protagonist very happy - the previously conquered pavement ant colony brought a big surprise to the protagonist.
These pavement ant colonies were also placed in the "Southern City", living under the supervision of the Angel King's legion, and gradually expanded in size.
At first, the protagonist did not think that the pavement ants were of great significance to the expansion of his power, and even looked down upon this race.
In terms of combat effectiveness, pavement ants only have one kind of worker ant, and their combat capabilities are far inferior to the professional soldier ants of big-headed ants.
From the perspective of foraging for food and engaging in agricultural work, both pavement ant workers and Big-headed ant workers are competent and have no advantage.
After such a comparison, it is calculated that apart from their amazing fecundity, the pavement ants do not have many specialties that could attract the attention of the protagonist.
From the protagonist's point of view, retaining a tribe of Pavement Ants that belongs to him is more of a comfort measure for King Fuye's individual wisdom and a hobby of collecting the ants of his own species.
But gradually, the protagonist discovers in daily contact that the pavement ants are still very capable. No wonder they can suppress a large number of other races on the north bank of the river and establish a huge empire that far exceeds the kingdom of the big-headed ants.
Because of an accident, the protagonist discovers that the immunity of pavement ants is very strong.
At that time, an ant plague appeared in the "Southern City". Many big-headed ants, including the soldiers of the Angel King's Legion, were infected by the ant plague.
The patient showed signs of weakness, mildew in the cracks in his carapace, and difficulty eating. Over time, these infected people will become weak and die.
This kind of ant plague or similar diseases occurs from time to time. As long as it does not spread over a large area, the big-headed ants used to let the patients die.
At least the protagonist still has some experience in epidemic prevention in human times. All he can do is isolate the infected and send ant hands to dig quicklime to disinfect the nest and other basic measures.
However, when the protagonist inspected various places in "Southern City", he discovered that the infected people in the pavement ant colony actually recovered quickly.
It turns out that once pavement ants find themselves infected with ant plague, they will constantly lick their outer carapace and disinfect themselves with saliva. Some healthy pavement ants will also "treat" their sick counterparts in this way.
After observation, the protagonist found that the saliva of pavement ants contains components that can inhibit and kill viruses, but the saliva of big-headed ants does not contain this component.
Subsequently, the protagonist ordered the pavement ants to take care of the sick big-headed ants, and quickly curbed the spread of the epidemic.
Later, in practice, the protagonist discovered that the saliva of pavement ants is also effective in treating many common ant diseases. No matter whether the disease is pavement ants, big-headed ants or sickle ants, it does not distinguish between job ants, queens, and Male ants are still young ants.
In addition to the "panacea" of saliva they carry, pavement ants are also good at finding plants and herbs and know the therapeutic effects of some plants on specific diseases.
It's no wonder that as an ant with strong fecundity, the size of a single colony of pavement ants can easily reach tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, and the density of ant colonies in each nest is extremely high. If you do not have the ability to fight against infectious diseases, you will easily be destroyed by the plague.
What's more, the food habits of the ancestors of pavement ants tend to be scavengers. They hunt less and prefer to collect fresh or decayed insect corpses for food. This living habit inevitably exposes them to a large number of germs, which aggravates the risk of illness among this group of people.
In order to fight against the threat of pathogenic bacteria, pavement ants gradually evolved antibacterial saliva and learned to use natural plant auxiliary treatments (many animals use natural plant minerals to treat diseases, which is an experience that can be passed on to future generations) .
In contrast, the hunter ant and big-headed ant races, which rely on hunting, herding, and gathering as their main food sources, do not have this racial talent. They face less threat from diseases, but there is nothing they can do once they encounter them.
The protagonist immediately makes full use of this racial characteristic of pavement ants. In this way, the pavement ant was quickly given the mission of "doctor".
Not only are there a proportion of "Pathway Ant Doctors" stationed in various nests under the protagonist's influence, but they are also stationed in each of the legions of the Envoy Kings, the scientific research team of the secretaries, and the workshops of "Dongyang City". Pavement Ant Medical Team.
Big-headed ants and pavement ants, ancient enemies who have fought for thousands of years, achieve peaceful coexistence and win-win results in this way.
The territory in the south was opened up, the young ants of the hunting ants were obtained, and the usefulness of the pavement ants was discovered. It seems that the protagonist's career in the southern hilly region is developing smoothly and his power is expanding rapidly.
Although these natives in the southern hilly areas hunt sickle ants, although their individual combat effectiveness is very strong, the number of warriors in a single tribe is too small to resist the massive attack of the Angel King's army.
Therefore, the protagonist temporarily misjudged the security situation in the southern region and thought that he would have nothing to worry about.
But at this moment, who would have thought that those indigenous tribes of desperate ant hunters would actually unite and assemble an unprecedented fighting force.
This tribal coalition not only attacked the fortress where the Divine Envoy King's legion was stationed, causing some casualties, but also seriously threatened the safety of the "Southern City".
This has actually harmed the protagonist's interests, forcing the protagonist to take measures.
