The secrets in [Round City] are protected by the protagonist. There are too many mysteries about the skull stone that the protagonist cannot solve now, but there will definitely be an opportunity to solve the mysteries in the future. The protagonist is convinced.
Fortunately, this thing in the shape of a human head is buried in the ant nest. It cannot be seen from the outside. It is a secret that only belongs to the protagonist. Even other male ants in the Angel King's Legion who know about it only know that it is a shape. Weird "stone", I don't know its importance to the God Envoy King.
Although the protagonist is not yet capable of solving this mystery, he does not know where the head came from, how old it is, for what purpose it was buried here, and why it is engraved with symbols. However, the protagonist feels that this item is a key item in solving many mysteries in this world. Although he is not yet capable of revealing it, it will definitely be useful in the future.
The protagonist elevated the importance of [Round City] to a very important position in his heart. After waiting for local support to arrive, [Round City] was quickly transformed into a fully functional and self-sufficient nest.
The protagonist has already planned to return to the mainland. By then, at least until the spring of next year, no support will arrive here. The [Round City], together with several other nests, must rely on its own strength to hold on and even grow. .
Fortunately, winter is coming soon, and the parasitic ants are not active in winter like the mysterious ants. The defenders of the Angel King Legion in the swamp area can spend a relatively safe winter.
And so far, the parasitic ants have not shown any signs of counterattacking [Round City]. Perhaps the skull stone, which is obviously very important to the protagonist, is just an inexplicable thing to the parasitic ants. Perhaps only the unparasitized corn ants that originally lived here can possibly know a little bit of its origins.
——I am the dividing line——
A night of autumn rain!
Since yesterday evening, the north wind has been sweeping in with dark clouds, and the dead leaves that have fallen all over the ground have been swirled into the air by the wind, flying, spinning, and falling.
The sun was completely blocked, and before sunset, heavy raindrops were already falling.
The rain fell and stopped, and it was particularly intense in the middle of the night. The entire swamp was washed up and down extremely clean.
The next day, after the protagonist got up, he took advantage of a lull in the rain to run outside and felt an obvious chill.
The autumnal equinox has passed, with autumn rain and cold weather, and soon the night temperature will drop below 10 degrees. Ants do not like such low temperatures and will gradually reduce their activity time, leaving their nests only during warm periods of the day when there is sunlight.
It's time to return!
The protagonist quickly settled everything in [Round City]. This place and [Bread City] are at the angle of each other. Troops from two legions are stationed here. There are also ballistae and protective net cover, which is enough to resist hundreds of thousands of parasites. An army of ants.
The protagonist took a small number of guards and escorted some injured ants back to [Swamp City] along the land route.
Although according to the investigation of the Flying Knights, [Circular City] and [Swamp City] can also be connected through waterways, but they need to go around. The temperature is getting lower, and the walnut ship fleet is moving slowly. In order to save time, the protagonist turns back from the land route and still boards the ship in [Swamp City].
The walnut ship fleet has been waiting in [Swamp City] for several days. This is the last ship to return to the mainland.
In addition to the protagonist, all the wounded soldiers who needed to be brought back to the mainland and tools that needed repair have been loaded. After the protagonist boarded the ship with the last group of passengers, the walnut ship fleet set off.
Although it is faster to ride Xiaoqing II back to [Great Lake City], the protagonist still plans to experience the waterway. In addition, the sky has not been peaceful recently. Many parasitic flying beasts that will die in winter have been frequently harassing the warriors of the God Envoy King in the last days of their lives. It is possible that they may encounter danger while walking in the air.
The protagonist stood near the entrance and exit of a walnut ship, watching the fleet he had built move forward little by little against the wind, and his heart was filled with pride - the ants under his command may be the only group of ants in the world that can sail. .
Against the headwind, hundreds of bee flying knights pulled the rope little by little, dragging the walnut boats connected to each other out of the swampy lake area and into the stream.
The sails on the walnut boat were not unfurled. On the way back, in addition to going down the river, they had to rely on the traction of the bees.
After the huge walnut boat fleet entered the stream, it occupied almost a quarter of the width of the stream. Fortunately, the stream flow was gentle and there were not many rocks. The walnut boats were strong enough to withstand collisions.
Over the next week, the walnut boat fleet will drift along the stream and slowly enter the big lake.
After arriving at the Great Lakes, the walnut boat fleet can quickly reach [Great Lakes City] with the help of favorable winds.
When the protagonist finally sets foot on the shore of [Great Lake City], after several months, he finally sets foot on the native land.
Although the swamp area and the mainland belong to the same landmass, because he has always traveled by water, the protagonist always feels that the swamp area is as remote and isolated as the New World.
The walnut boat fleet finally completed its mission this year. After unloading the supplies and ants, thousands of ants worked together to drag the walnut boat fleet ashore for maintenance and repairs.
After half a year of use, the walnut boats have accumulated a lot of wear and tear. Some walnut boats have cracks due to collisions with rocks, which were temporarily filled with ant glue. Algae and moss have grown on the surface or bottom of many walnut boats. Over time, it will affect the sturdiness of the shell.
These issues will need to be addressed and some walnut boats that are difficult to repair will be replaced with spare boats.
Next, the ants will bury the entire fleet of walnut boats with gravel to prevent the low temperatures and cold winds in winter from damaging the boats.
It will not be until next spring that these walnut boats will be dug out again and put into waterway transportation.
While the Walnut Boat is being repaired and buried, the protagonist can only learn about the situation in the swamp through the Flying Knight. Fortunately, after the protagonist left, the swamp area was calm and the parasitic ants did not launch a counterattack.
The protagonist left [Great Lake City] soon, dealt with some backlogged problems in [Dongyang City], and after giving guidance to the scientific research team for a while, he arrived at the main nest [Qingqiu City].
Rambo Fei has always been handling government affairs here on behalf of the protagonist, and the protagonist came here to deal with some difficult problems.
Finally, the protagonist arrived at [Linshui City] with several newly recruited legions.
Every year, this place is the front line against the enemies invading south from the north bank of the river, and this year is no exception. But this year, the enemies that the Divine Envoy King’s Army needs to guard against are no longer the Pavement Ants or the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom.
But the mysterious ant!
