When the cold wind comes to the earth again, it seems to announce that the previous vitality and warmth are just time deceiving life. And eternal cold is the main theme and final outcome of the universe.
Each planet with life is like the only remaining oases in the vast desert of the universe. Only these oases have a small environment suitable for survival, and outside the oases, everything is a restricted area.
But even these shelters cannot avoid destructive external forces.
The north wind blows south, and the cold, dry air immediately takes away the vitality of almost all plants. The weak grass died, placing its hope on future generations, while the tall trees could only lie dormant, waiting for this cold night to pass.
Not only plants, but also very few animals in the world can face this devastating cold head-on. Just like plants, they either die or hide.
But on the thick banyan tree on the south bank of the river, there was an ant wrapped in a thick coat woven from ant silk, moving alone on the branch against the cold wind.
Is the protagonist.
On December 6, the protagonist once again left the warm nest of "Linshui City" and came to a branch extending northward, looking northward.
This year, the protagonist once again chose to spend the winter in "Linshui City" because this is likely to be the front line of the next war, and this time, the Angel King's army must face a different enemy.
——I am the dividing line——
A little over half a year has passed since the Legion of the God's Envoy unified the basin on the south bank of the river. In this short half year, the Legion of the God's Envoy has rarely experienced a major war and has been able to concentrate on developing internal affairs.
The protagonist has completely occupied the old territory of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, and has occupied new territory in the hilly area near "Southern City" that the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom did not control.
He then built, destroyed, and relocated some secondary nests based on the original nearly a hundred secondary nests and based on the distribution of resources, traffic conditions, and terrain in various places. There are now 72 secondary nests in the territory.
The ant colonies of all sub-nests were originally damaged during the civil war, but after half a year of recuperation, the total ant colonies have now reached 500,000, which is basically close to the heyday of the big-headed ant kingdom.
The rapid recovery of the ant colony benefited from the bumper harvest of food in the territory.
After the unification of the south bank of the river was completed, the new generation of male ants who had received the systematic education of the Angel King's Legion were assigned to sub-nests in various places in batches. They brought with them plant seeds, mealworm eggs and agricultural technology.
The deputy nests in various places began to develop planting or breeding industries according to local conditions, and the proportion and scale were determined according to local conditions. It is precisely because of the fixed income from planting and breeding that the sub-nests no longer rely entirely on unstable hunting and gathering, and there is a large surplus of food. The queens are also able to reproduce without restrictions, and there is a wave of ant population growth. peak.
It can be said that the protagonist has stabilized his rule over a large number of newly conquered territories by adjusting the ruling male ants in the sub-hives in various places, and established an administrative system unique to the Divine Envoy King's Legion.
The male ants that originally belonged to the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom during the civil war were mainly the ruling male ants from the sub-nests in various places who surrendered. The protagonist gave them all the title of king and joined the new king formed in the main nest "Qingqiu City". meetings to take control.
This new king's meeting no longer has the nature of the highest authority body like the old king's meeting. The Divine Envoy King's army is now a strict system under the sole leadership of the Divine Envoy King.
The New King's Conference is basically a political consultative organization with no coercive power. It has a high position but no weight. It is only used to appease the old forces that have surrendered. The protagonist's confidants such as Gun are also among them, as a means for the protagonist to mix in the sand.
Most of the male ants who joined the new king meeting were not dissatisfied. They were originally losers in the wedding ceremony. They might have been able to be the ruling male ants of the deputy nest for the rest of their lives, enjoying the treatment of kings. Now I can spend the rest of my life in the prosperous and safe main nest and enjoy higher treatment. This is not unacceptable.
The protagonist is also happy to pay some high-end food and luxury goods to appease these male ants. Anyway, the territory of the God Envoy King is now rich in produce, and he doesn't care about dozens more mouths that need to be fed high-end food.
The few dissatisfied people have no power of their own and cannot make any waves.
In addition to economic prosperity, what makes the protagonist most happy is that great progress has been made in scientific research.
Since there is no war, the internal affairs are running normally, and the protagonist does not need to do everything. The protagonist often stays in "Dongyang City" and works with the great workers of the scientific research team to overcome technological difficulties. Xiao Mi II works as an assistant beside the protagonist and makes rapid progress.
With the "Malachite City" being brought under rule, the protagonist has obtained a stable source of copper ore. The ants consume very little copper anyway, and the scattered malachite on the surface of the "Malachite City" is enough for many years of use.
After continuously improving the copper smelting technology and renovating the blast furnace, "Dongyang City" is now able to use pottery molds to cast large or complex bronze wares.
Nowadays, most copper knives and bronze jaw knives are cast.
The copper knife is in the style of a guillotine, which makes it easier for ants to cut plant fibers or food. The copper jaw knife is both a production tool and a weapon. It is cast according to the shape of the ant's jaw and comes in different sizes.
Ants can choose the appropriate size of the copper jaw knife and fit it on their jaws. The fully fitting copper jaw knife can be sharper than the original jaws of ants after polishing, greatly improving efficiency whether it is fighting, hunting or digging.
Nowadays, copper jaw knives have been fully popularized in the field troops of the Divine Envoy Army and the garrison troops in various places. A certain proportion of ordinary ants are also equipped with copper jaw knives.
It can be said that the popularity of the copper jaw knives brought the Divine Envoy King's Army into the Bronze Age. The previous stone knives were basically eliminated and no longer produced.
In addition to weapons and production tools, the protagonist also did not forget to produce some ritual vessels to show the legitimacy of the ruling power granted by the "divine decree" to the God-envoy King.
This is necessary. The old king's conference and the ant queen inheritance faction were expelled not long ago and have not been completely destroyed. Their authority is still hidden deep in the hearts of some ants. The protagonist must eliminate these potential effects as quickly as possible.
Therefore, the protagonist cast a bronze throne and placed it in the conference room of the main nest "Qingqiu City".
This is the exclusive throne of the Divine Messenger King. The seat is similar to the armrest chair in the human world, but the backrest only has the upper half and no lower half, and the legs of the chair are very short. This is to adapt to the sitting posture of ants.
When the protagonist is sitting on the bronze throne, he can stretch his abdomen out through the empty lower half of the chair back, while the front two limbs rest on the armrests, and the back limbs can stretch out from both sides of the chair and touch the ground.
This copper throne also has a unique artistic image!
