After repelling the enemy's third tentative attack, the defenders waited for a long time without facing a new battle.
The team of the 5th Army, originally on the front line, received instructions from Army Commander Lambori, crossed the ballista position and the preset battlefield, and surveyed the front.
They were cautious all the way, but they continued along the main passage and almost reached the entrance, and no trace of the enemy was found.
Then they didn't dare to rush out of the entrance and exit, and looked out from the dark underground. They saw only light outside and couldn't see the specific scene at all. Although there were no ant shadows, it would be bad if they were ambushed when they went out.
They sent the message back, and the protagonist who learned the information quickly ran up to the highest monitoring room in the anthill and looked out through the small window.
The first thing I saw was that the flying knights were drawing regular patterns in the sky again. This time the patterns were not warning. The protagonist wiped the outer membrane of his compound eye with his tentacles to make sure he saw correctly that the flying knights were reporting that the enemy was retreating.
Moreover, the symbols used indicate that the enemy is not retreating briefly during the battle and waiting until tomorrow to continue the attack. Instead, make a general retreat and evacuate directly from the [Bridgehead] war zone!
The protagonist hurriedly looked out of the window into the distance, but the three small windows could only see the scene near the three furthest trench channels. Further away, vegetation blocked the view.
Even though most of these vegetation have withered and fallen leaves, only a few such as pyracantha and holly still maintain their stubborn green clothes. The weeds have long since withered and the shrubs have only branches left, but they are dense enough to block the protagonist from peeping into the distance.
The protagonist hurriedly asked the guards to prepare for flight. The imperial guards immediately led Xiaoqing II to the flight entrance near the top.
The protagonist's mount, the jumping spider Tempest, is now in [Linshui City], where conditions are better. And Xiao Qing II, the silk green fly that the protagonist often rides, is always with him.
The guards prepared to fly as quickly as possible. The protagonist stepped onto the saddle behind Xiao Qing II, fixed his two rear limbs with silk ropes, and rushed into the air with a pull on the reins.
Originally, in order for the flying knights to pass through the protective net, they had to take a reserved exit. This exit was on the top side of the protective net and could not be seen without looking carefully. It could also be covered with a small movable semi-fixed net. The size of the exit is about enough for a flying knight to come out. This is the only weakness in the protective net that the Great Destroyer can get through, but the enemy has not discovered its existence.
However, now the entire protective net has been destroyed, and the protagonist controls Xiaoqing II and easily flies out of the protective net.
The air at this time was filled with a cold feeling. During high-speed flight, the oncoming cold wind made both the mount and the knight feel very uncomfortable.
Xiao Qing II turned around and wanted to fly back to the warm fly stable. When he was near the entrance, he resisted, but it was much colder outside than near the entrance.
The protagonist pulled the reins hard, but instead of doing what he wanted, he pulled the balance rods on both sides of Xiao Qing II's body. Instinctively, Xiao Qing II continued to fly forward according to the instructions of the balance rods.
The protagonist is also cold, but since he can breathe on his own and has body temperature, he is closer to a warm-blooded animal, and his ability to withstand cold is stronger than that of other insects. This coldness cannot stop him. What's more, even in the coldest winter, the protagonist dares to run outside into the dark underground wrapped in silk wool, but he still cannot get the protagonist's love. The desire for light is the human nature he always insists on in his heart.
Xiao Qing II quickly arrived at the old camp of the Destroyers. As expected, the large group of Destroyers was retreating, and they formed two columns.
A group moved to the west, mainly the big destroyers were in this group, but there were also a small number of small destroyers who followed timidly. Another group headed north, all Junior Destroyers.
The protagonist can't figure out why the enemy suddenly retreated. After two days of fighting, although the Destroyer suffered the most losses, the Angel King's legion also suffered a lot. The 15th legion and the 16th legion, which participated in the war for the first time, both suffered losses. Lose half.
Moreover, judging from the battle situation, the Destroyers successfully destroyed the two lines of defense of the defenders, and still vaguely held the initiative.
The protagonist does not understand why the enemy suddenly retreated. At this time, the sun has set on the horizon. The Destroyers seem to want to hide in the shelter before dark, and do not want to camp in the wild in the besieged city.
Could it be that the weather is going to change drastically? The protagonist remembered that his soldiers also said that the humidity in the air was abnormally high, and the temperature dropped significantly.
In this weather, neither flies nor bee mounts can fly too far, as it would be too dangerous. The sun was about to set, and these mounts would be even more dangerous without their source of heat.
The protagonist was unable to detect the specific whereabouts of the enemy from a distance. After hovering for a while, he returned to the lair together with the flying knights who were almost frozen.
In the end, the protagonist asked the worker ants in the nest to go out carrying the ropes from the warehouse to try to repair the protective net.
This is a big project. Repairing this tattered protective net is more troublesome and time-consuming than building a new one. But at this time, there were not many ropes in stock in the [Bridgehead], and it was obvious that we were unable to build a new net, so we could only mend it as much as possible.
The worker ants have to catch the broken rope swaying in the wind in cold weather, connect it with a new rope, and then fix it to a wooden wedge or another broken rope.
It was dusk, and mist rose from the ground. Fine water droplets quickly condensed on the hard-working worker ants, which intensified the loss of body heat.
Many worker ants have to work for a while before returning to their underground nests to keep warm, otherwise they may freeze outside, which is fatal.
Therefore, until it finally got dark, the worker ants only completed a small part of the repair of the protective net, and the protective net was still unable to function.
At first, the protagonist wanted to continue repairing it overnight, but the dark night with no source of heat, the cold air and the humid mist made it impossible for the ants to stay outside for long, so the protagonist could only give up this unrealistic idea.
But at least tomorrow, [the bridgehead] won't need protective netting.
At night, the sleeping protagonist receives a report from the night watch ants: It's snowing.
He hurriedly ran to the monitoring room and looked outside, only to see darkness outside, but the protagonist regarded it as day. He saw clouds covering the moon, and countless black spots slowly falling from the sky, falling to the ground, and quickly melting.
This was a light snowfall, and the snowflakes were not big. Since the ground was not completely cold yet, they melted as soon as they hit the ground, and no snow layer accumulated.
However, this snow is the vanguard of winter and the last straw that destroys autumn's defense line.
The protagonist knows that starting tomorrow, it will be meteorologically winter.
No wonder the Destroyers want to withdraw, they are also afraid of the power of nature!
