Along the way, there were guiding pheromones left by the Lao Wang's envoy, and the protagonist and his party marched very quickly. The smell of these pheromones has been told to the protagonist by the special envoy. The pheromones are only valid for about a week, but other big-headed ants accidentally discovered them.
In the afternoon, the protagonist led the army to approach the destination - "Stone Pillar City".
The scenery here is completely different from that of "Dongyang City" and most of the areas passed along the way. The terrain has become rugged, and the ants have to struggle to climb along the sloping ground. The ground underfoot is no longer fertile soil, but is mainly loose gravel and gravel, with only a few vegetation growing tenaciously.
At this point, the pheromones stopped abruptly.
Not far away, a big-headed ant worker ant was wandering. The protagonist and his army were soon discovered by this worker ant. She moved over first, and when she reached the field of vision, she was stunned for a moment, and then ran away - she may have mistakenly thought it was an enemy attack, and she panicked and wanted to Flee back to the lair to warn.
The protagonist grasped the reins tightly and patted Tempest on the back. Tempest's eyes lit up after he had been holding back for a long time. After a jump, he started to accelerate and quickly caught up with the escaping worker ants.
This worker ant obviously thought that he would not survive. Although he was afraid, he still grew his jaws and wanted to make a last ditch effort.
The protagonist made a gesture of peace and waited until the sensitive and dedicated worker ant calmed down before revealing his intention.
The worker ant finally calmed down and cautiously stepped forward, making slight contact with the protagonist's tentacles before feeling relieved.
This worker ant is the guide sent by "Stone Pillar City" to wait for the protagonist. After confirming the protagonist's scent and identity, she signals the protagonist to wait where she is, and returns to the nest to report the news of the protagonist's arrival to the leadership.
The protagonist also confirmed the other party's identity information, and his scent was consistent with the oldest king's envoy he came into contact with the day before yesterday.
The army was stationed on this sloping rocky ground, and Gun commanded his men to start building a temporary camp.
The protagonist has no intention of bringing the First Legion into "Stone Pillar City", and the ant queen's inheritance faction obviously will not agree to his doing so. After all, this is a military force that can immediately eliminate the ant queen's inheritance faction.
The protagonist has already let the Lao Wang's subordinates see that his army is nearby. In this way, even if the other party has some inappropriate intentions, they still have to consider whether they can afford to offend such an army.
Gun and the First Army Corps have been fighting outside all year round, and they are already familiar with building a temporary camp.
There were no strong trees nearby, so they chose the sunny and leeward south side of a boulder and began digging underground.
This kind of temporary camp basically does not consider drainage and food preservation, and does not require a conference room or a queen's nest room. It is just a simple passage and nest room, enough to accommodate more than a thousand warriors and the small amount they brought for the queen ant faction. Just food.
The excavated soil and stones were piled at the entrance and exit of the temporary camp, forming a circle of earth walls, which was regarded as a simple defense facility.
After the temporary camp was built, some soldiers began to go hunting in small groups, but they did not gain much. Fortunately, the soldiers of the First Legion set out after they had eaten and drank enough. They would not be hungry if they did not eat for three or four days. The hunting was more about preparing for a rainy day.
The protagonist did not receive a reply from the oldest king until near dusk. A messenger hurriedly ran from the southwest. He was discovered by the ant-hunting ant scouts of the First Legion and was brought to the protagonist.
The protagonist of this messenger knows him as the oldest envoy of the king whom he had communicated with the day before yesterday. She was obviously a little afraid of the hunting warrior ants. These ants were strong and tall. Although they had the scent information of the big-headed ant family, they were different from the same family of ants at a glance.
The protagonist meets the messenger, who delivers an information package.
In the information packet, Lao Laowang said: I am very happy that the God Envoy King came to the "real main nest" as promised. The God Envoy King made a correct decision. Only the Ant Queen is the orthodox ruler of the kingdom. Both parties can cooperation under this premise. The messenger reported to me that the God Emissary King had brought his famous legion, but the "real main nest" did not want this legion to enter, so just ask the God Emissary King to come alone. The sun is about to set. The God Envoy King can come as soon as possible. We have prepared food and nests to welcome you.
As expected, the ant queen inheritance faction in "Stone Pillar City" does not want the protagonist's army to enter their territory. They told the protagonist directly what they meant using the straightforward and unsubtle language unique to ants.
However, it is impossible for the protagonist to go alone and have to spend a night there.
Therefore, the protagonist asked the messenger to reply to the oldest king that his legions were here to escort him and they would be stationed where they were. The protagonist himself will lead the escort team to the "real main nest". Considering that it is getting late today, he will go there after the sun rises tomorrow.
At the same time, the protagonist also asked whether representatives of the mysterious Big-headed Ant "legacy" had arrived here.
After the messenger returned, he returned when it was almost dark.
She brought the latest news: the other party agreed that the protagonist would take a small team of guards to the "real main nest" the next morning. As for the "legacy" of the big-headed ants, they have received news of coming to meet here, and with feedback, the queen of the "legacy" will come here in person to meet with the protagonist.
Um! ? Queen, the name in this information package, is a new word that mixes the information of queen ant and king. It is obvious that the ruler of the mysterious big-headed ant "legacy" is the queen, or the queen is one of the components of its ruling class. one.
This verified the protagonist's guess that the foreign "legacy" of big-headed ants and the local queen ant inheritance faction of the big-headed ant kingdom have something in common: queen ant rule, so cooperation can be reached on this basis.
It's really an interesting "legacy". The protagonist has lived on both sides of the river for more than a year, and has also learned about the social structures of different races such as big-headed ants, pavement ants, and hunter ants. Except for hunter ants, which are obviously very primitive, Outside of the tribe, the other two races with relatively developed civilizations have the male ant class as their ruling class.
This is also in line with the evolutionary law of human society: as society progresses, paternal authority replaces maternal authority.
But now, a "remnant" of big-headed ants with an obviously higher level of civilization is most likely a matriarchal system, which undoubtedly subverts the protagonist's previous understanding. It seems that the inherent thinking of human civilization cannot be rigidly applied to the ant world.
After the exchange, the messenger stayed at the temporary camp for the night. Early tomorrow morning, she would guide the protagonist to the entrance of the "real main nest".
Although, in fact, the protagonist already knows where the destination is.
