The sky is turning dusk and the night wind is howling.
Most creatures hibernated in darkness and silence, waiting for the next day's sunlight. Some nocturnal insects began to move, but they were cautious and silent.
The night world has replaced the day world. Although the background is different, it is still primitive and wild!
At this time, the ruins of "Salt City" were bustling with activity. After a brief period of calm when the monsters were raging during the day, they were noisy again. Orderly groups of big-headed ants poured out from various exits of the ruins and gathered on the ground, preparing for a city-wide migration.
A small number of soldier ants and worker ants brought by Tuzi from "Dongyang City" took on the task of scouts. Some of the soldier ants were retired soldiers of the God Envoy King's legion and were relatively more experienced.
Under the instructions of the protagonist, they move to the southeast target. Being a scout in the dark is not an easy task. Ants still prefer to be active during the day. The dark night will limit their already poor eyesight. If they rely only on their tentacles, their exploration range will be very small.
Since it was already dark, the protagonist did not dare to ride on Xiaoqing II and could only crawl on the ground like other ants. Xiaoqing II is temporarily left in the ruins of "Yancheng". The protagonist will return here early and ride it away.
The scouts struggled for a long time before discovering the boulder pile indicated by the protagonist, and then returned and left guiding pheromones along the way to guide the large army to this place.
The large forces have been assembled outside the ruins and set off immediately after receiving the news from the scouts. The strong ants marched in front of and on both sides of the team, guarding the companions in the middle who were carrying eggs, larvae, pupae and food. The only queen ant in "Yancheng" was also in the team. She was in the egg-laying period and her belly was very bloated. , is not suitable for traveling far, but it can only move forward step by step with difficulty with the help of worker ants.
The ants moving in large groups are guided by pheromones to prevent them from getting lost and confused. However, even in the dark, few insects dare to provoke the well-organized ant colonies.
On a late autumn night, the protagonist hears a few crickets and grasshoppers still insisting on singing, but the sound is desolate and lonely. Those who are still insisting on speaking out at this time are basically losers in the courtship season and have been unable to dance for a few days.
The ant colony arrived at its destination amidst the sound of insects.
The protagonist gave full authority to the construction task to Tuzi, and with Tuzi's order, the ants began to invest in the construction of the new nest.
First of all, it was necessary to determine a main entrance and exit. Zhuzi and several experienced old worker ants negotiated and chose a joint at the top of the rock pile and at the bottom of the sunny side of the giant rock as the entrance and exit.
Subsequently, a large number of worker ants got into the cracks and began to build nests along the natural extension of the stone cracks. The other large troops are guarding the queen ant, young ants and supplies outside.
It is said to be a construction, but building a nest in a rock pile is not like building a nest underground. Underground, you only need to dig out passages and nest chambers from the soil layer. Here, the ants need to take advantage of the natural shape of the rock crevices according to local conditions.
Some small rock cracks are used as passages, and the huge rock cracks are used as nest chambers. The worker ants clear away the obstructing stones, and move some suitable stones to the corresponding positions and stick them to separate different areas.
Because the entrance and exit of the stone cracks were too large, the ants had to use stones, soil, grass stems, etc. to cover the entrance and exit, leaving only a small entrance and exit.
The construction work of the new "Yancheng" is proceeding in an orderly manner, and the protagonist is preparing to return to find Xiaoqing II.
Before leaving, he told Zhuzi to focus on building the new "Salt City" and improving its defenses. There was no need to let the ants go out for the time being, so as not to provoke those river crabs again - although the terrain of the new "Salt City" is now easy to defend and difficult to attack, even the river crabs Once discovered, it is difficult to climb or dig.
The protagonist told Zhuzi that he would transport some grain from "Dongyang City", which would be enough for the new "Yancheng" to survive the winter. Zhuzi and his subordinates only need to pay close attention to the situation of river crabs, and wait for the crabs to die in large numbers before replenishing the production of salt and transporting it to Just anywhere.
In addition, Tuo Zi also needs to send messengers to inform each lair of the situation, telling them that the old "Salt City" has been abandoned, the new "Salt City" has been built, and that Tuo Zi has become the new king.
The transport teams stranded here in various lairs were organized into the new "Salt City" by the protagonist to make up for their previous losses and prevent them from returning to their original lairs.
After finishing these tasks, the protagonist, escorted by a small number of guards, returned to the ruins of the old "Yancheng". After dawn, he mounted Xiaoqing II and flew back to "Dongyang City".
——I am the dividing line——
In the next few days, the construction work of the new "Yancheng" continued, and the grain transport team promised by the protagonist also arrived here.
The tumor is very capable, and even a completely different environment cannot stop the big-headed ants from building a nest.
But in "Qingqiu City", something is happening.
After the Northern Expedition mobilized a large number of kings, including many army commanders who were friends with the protagonist, the king's meeting in "Qingqiu City" was composed of the remaining kings.
They all knew what had happened in "Salt City" before, but they did not pay attention to the difficulties of this remote and barren sub-nest. They only issued a death order, requiring the local king to ensure the supply of salt everywhere.
The kings know the usefulness of salt. At least now, after a large number of ants and materials have been transferred from the secondary nests in various places, the queen must speed up the egg laying speed and strive to hatch a group of worker ants before winter to collect as much winter food as possible. The queen ant requires a lot of high-grade food and salt to lay eggs. For this reason, the King's Conference must also ensure a stable supply of salt.
For a small nest, it would not be a pity even if all the ants in it died, but there must be enough salt. This is the idea of the King's Council.
But when another news reached "Qingqiu City", the King's Council could no longer sit still.
The old "Salt City" was destroyed and abandoned voluntarily, which made the kings very dissatisfied. In any case, abandoning a mature nest close to the salt marsh will affect the production of salt.
What makes the King's Council even more dissatisfied is that the protagonist stated through a messenger that he has taken over the new "Salt City" in accordance with the authorization of the last King's Council. However, due to infrastructure construction and the rampage of monsters, salt cannot be produced in the short term, but it will be produced in the winter. Make up for the salt gap before eating.
The King's Council believes that now is the time when salt is most scarce, and even if it is delayed to replenish it before winter, it will not help.
If we talk about the issue of salt, it only makes the King's Council dissatisfied. Another serious problem made the kings of "Qingqiu City" extremely vigilant and angry!
That is, the protagonist executed a king in the name of the God Envoy King!
