The sunshine in early autumn covers the earth like gold, and the still green plants are stained with a layer of sacred color. The breeze is gentle and quiet, the blue sky is washable, and the towering mountains covered with snow all year round in the distance can be seen at a glance. What a natural scenery.
However, only the protagonist can appreciate this scenery. The other ants do not seem to have this leisurely leisure and aesthetic taste.
The protagonist rides on the furry Tempest, controls the mount with the ant silk reins, and walks forward slowly.
This is a pain for the lively and active Tempest, who likes to run and jump fast and unrestrained, that is its nature.
Moving slowly like this now seems like torture and torture to it.
But it can't help it. Behind the protagonist and Tempest, there is a long queue of thousands of soldiers from a legion. They cannot march at high speed for a long time. Tempest must obey his master's instructions and act with the large army.
For this master, no matter how naughty Tempest was, he would not dare to make a mistake. It was once so bold that it wanted to prey on its owner, but was beaten by the owner, only to find that it was no match at all and was captured by the owner.
However, the owner did not kill or eat himself, but took himself back to an ant nest. Every day, little ants would bring a lot of delicious food without hunting. This made Tempest, who used to often sleep in the open air, live in no fixed place, and eat one meal without finishing, very satisfied.
Under the dual attack of carrots and sticks, Tempest was very obedient and even took the initiative to stay in the nest.
And that powerful master, although he didn't appear often, would ride on Tempest's back and run around every time.
This is Tempest's happiest day, when he can completely let himself go. The owner will not interfere with Tempest's free play except for signaling him to go back in the end.
After all, Tempest is not allowed to move around freely on the ground. It can only eat and sleep in the spacious nest prepared for it underground. And it doesn't have the guts to resist the ants responsible for guarding it - they all look similar to its owner, and maybe it can't defeat any of them.
Today, Tempest originally thought that he could spread his legs and run for a lap, but after he came out, he realized that he was wrong.
This snail-like moving speed made Tempest very depressed, but the owner on his back kept tightening the reins around his neck and had no intention of letting him run.
After staying in the ant nest for so long, Tempest has become familiar with his master's instructions. He pulls the reins closer to slow down or stop, pulls his head in a certain direction to turn himself, and slaps on his back to speed up and stop. jump.
Although Tempest has no tentacles, the protagonist cannot directly send information packets like he can with Xiaoqing II. But Tempest is indeed very smart. After the protagonist taught it how to control horses in the human world several times, it quickly mastered it.
In this way, a strange procession of a fly tiger and a group of ants passed through the open land. Sometimes their figures were covered by leaves and grass, sometimes they emerged from the sand and gravel, moving forward firmly and evenly.
——I am the dividing line——
The protagonist and his party set out early in the morning, and their destination was the "real main nest". Previously, the special envoy of the oldest king had informed the protagonist of the location of the "real main nest".
This is also a manifestation of trust. After all, if the secret inherited by the oldest king and the queen is leaked to the king's meeting of the big-headed ant kingdom, it will definitely cause disaster.
The "real main nest" whose location was exposed, had weak troops and lack of food, was no match for the King's Council faction.
Fortunately, the protagonist has no intention of betraying the oldest king and the "real main nest". After all, he and the King's Council are not of the same mind, and he is often made angry by the King's Council.
Moreover, the mysterious "legacy" of big-headed ants obviously has a good relationship with the queen's inheritance faction. The protagonist wonders whether this "legacy" of big-headed ants also respects the queen.
As long as this is possible, the protagonist does not want to openly side with the Big King Conference faction now, causing dissatisfaction among these big-headed ant "legacy".
After all, the secrets of the new world carried by these big-headed ant "remnants", the secrets of a world where civilization may be more developed, are what the protagonist wants to know most urgently.
The "real main nest" is not far from "Dongyang City", about six hours southwest of it. If the protagonist rides Xiaoqing II, it will take about ten minutes to fly there.
But for safety reasons, he had to bring a large force and walk over little by little.
The territory of the "legacy" of the big-headed ants is still further south of the "real main nest". The protagonist does not know its specific location. If he wants to talk to the other party, he can only go to the "real main nest" in accordance with the covenant requirements. Go to meet.
Yesterday, the protagonist had already rode Xiaoqing II to the target location to investigate in advance.
After going back and asking other ants, the protagonist confirmed that the "real main nest" was originally a small auxiliary nest on the southern border of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom. This auxiliary nest is located in the transition zone from the valley to the mountains. The terrain is already relatively rugged, and the entrance to the nest is at Under an unusually large rock is a narrow stone crevice.
From a human perspective, this large rock is about ten meters high. It has been eroded by wind and rain like a stone pillar. It is an insurmountable natural monument for ants.
The protagonist decided to call the "real main nest" "Stone Pillar City", otherwise "real main nest" would be too difficult to pronounce.
Similarly, the protagonist decides to call the main nest of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom "Qingqiu City" from now on. After all, the main nest is huge and occupies a small grassy hill, so it deserves this name.
The protagonist's investigation didn't yield much. He could only confirm that there was this nest here, and there were some big-headed ant worker ants active and looking for food. Because he did not want to alert the enemy, he did not go down to meet these worker ants, so he could not obtain information such as the smell of the other party's body, nor could he confirm whether the other party was really under the command of the Lao Wang.
However, since ants cannot lie, the protagonist is still relatively relieved.
He hovered near "Stone Pillar City" for a long time and did not see too many working worker ants. He also determined that the vegetation in the area was sparse and there was a lack of insects. Perhaps this was the reason why the ant queen's inheritance faction had finally escaped from "Qingqiu City", but was unable to do so. The reason why he had to take the risk and proactively reveal his existence to the protagonist in order to get help.
This place is so desolate that it is difficult to support an ant colony of a certain size.
But precisely because of the barrenness, the team led by the senior brother did not come here to search for the whereabouts of the oldest king. It can only be said that blessings and misfortunes depend on each other.
