It is the northwestmost auxiliary nest on the south bank of the river. It is also the northwestmost stronghold in the territory of the Divine Envoy King. It is a barren nest with no sense of existence.
It is close to the river in the north, and the entire nest is built on the cliff beside the river, with the entrance and exit facing the river to the north.
In this year's war between the Angel King's Legion and the Queen's inheritance faction, this place belongs to the territory of the Queen's inheritance faction. It is the "real main nest" to which the male ants who rule this place have long surrendered.
However, after the Divine Envoy King's army cut off the connection between the northeastern region and China through a large detour, some sub-nests here and nearby became isolated islands.
Later, the main force of the conquered God's Envoy King's Army turned around and quickly pacified the place, killing the original male ants. From then on, this place came under the rule of the God's Envoy King's Army. In just one year, the king's flag changed on the city wall here, and it actually became subordinate to three groups of forces.
The person appointed by the Divine Envoy King Legion to rule this place is an old male ant, the old king of the original main nest, and one of the few members of the old king's conference faction who surrendered to the protagonist.
Due to many reasons such as the Flying Eagle's rebellion, the protagonist trusted the returnee of the original main nest, so this old male ant was sent from afar to this deputy nest that was also not valued, and was demoted to the king of the deputy nest.
In the eyes of the male ant class, the king of the main nest has the highest status, followed by the ordinary kings of the main nest, and finally the king of the local deputy nest.
Even if the king of the local deputy nest is a local tyrant and often has thousands of ants under his command, he still cannot hold his head high in front of the king of the main nest who can only command fifty ants.
Fortunately, this male ant has no ambition to begin with. He didn't do well when he was young. When he gets old, his hormone secretion decreases and he doesn't have the strong competitive mentality of ordinary ants. Even if he is "sent" to a remote place Yes, he didn't look dissatisfied.
Generally speaking, the border cities of a kingdom often have a certain military importance. Across the river is the territory of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom, and to the west is the mountainous area occupied by other ant races. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be so ignored.
But there are exceptions. The river in front of us is the widest section of the river in the basin. When the river freezes in winter, even on the brightest days, it is extremely difficult for the pavement ants to crawl across such a vast ice layer. Easy to freeze.
Therefore, pavement ants often choose to cross the river in a narrow section of the nearby river. Even though they know that there are heavy defenses of big-headed ants there, they never try to cross the river.
What's more, there are cliffs two to three meters high on both sides of this section of the river, which may have been washed out by floods in the river all year round. In winter, it takes a lot of effort to climb the cliffs up and down the river.
There is no threat from the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom, but if it needs to face threats from other ant races, it will not be ignored like this.
But although it is located on the border, in the mountainous areas farther west, there is a very weak type of leaf-cutting ant living. They only like to operate within their own territory, and the big-headed ants do not interfere with the well water and the river water.
In the past ten years, apart from being involved in the civil war between the Angel King's Legion and the Ant Queen's inheritance faction, it has not encountered any war. It is really a peaceful nest.
Perhaps it was because life was too dull that the previous male ant ruler couldn't wait to defect to the ant queen's inheritance faction to fight against the Angel King's army. However, his vision was a bit poor, and he died in the end.
In addition to being ignored militarily by both the enemy and ourselves, the tragedy is that the local economy is also not good.
The building is built on a cliff beside the river. Under the cliff is a tidal flat that is flooded by the river all year round. Even when part of the ground is exposed during the dry season in autumn and winter, there is only silt and pebbles, and only the occasional small shells and other food that can be found, which is better than nothing.
The flat land on the cliff is also very barren, covered with rocks and some stubborn weeds growing on it. There is no vegetation and no insects.
The source of food mainly relies on a small amount of hunting income, collected plants, mushrooms growing in damp places by the river, and some shells, shrimps and other food collected by the river. The total number of ants in the entire nest is only 3,000. Supporting so many ants is a very small nest on the entire south bank of the river.
But misfortunes and blessings depend on it, because this place is too poor and too remote. Whether it belonged to the King's Conference faction before, or the Queen Ant Succession Faction later, or now under the rule of the God's Envoy King's Legion, food is rarely collected from here. and military strength.
I am the dividing line
The ants in the dark underground nest have all huddled up for the winter.
The dormitory of the only male ant is located at the bottom of the nest. On one side is the dormitory of the only queen ant, and on the other side is the conference room. This pattern is similar to that of most big-headed ant nests.
In winter, the already old male ants become even more lazy. He is too lazy to even patrol the nest. He stays alone in the house and lies on the bed of ant silk every day. Only the worker ants who deliver meals regularly can confirm the identity of the nest. The ruler is still alive.
Maybe it won't live too long. According to the age of this male ant, it may soon be necessary to replace it with a young and vigorous male ant as its ruler.
This place is too remote, so the sweet dried fruits and honeydew brought from other places that many nests have are not available here, but the older male ant doesn't care. He didn't have so many luxuries when he was young, and even salt from time to time. Cut off supply.
He is very satisfied if he has salted barbecue every day.
I am the dividing line
Unlike the dark but warm underground, the outdoors is a snowy scene.
It is now December, and it has snowed several times since the beginning of winter, and it only stopped a few days ago.
Except for some old green pine and cypress trees exposed under the heavy snow, the whole world has completely lost its vitality.
In this season, it seems that except for the sound of the wind blowing and the trees swaying, the entire world has been pressed on the pause button.
But there are exceptions. For example, on the surface of the big river, there is a short, thick black line moving slowly.
Looking down from the sky, this black line is obviously not rolling caused by the wind. If you zoom closer, you will find that it is hundreds of Destroyers, heading south on the snow-covered ice.
Destroyers have mysterious balls in their bodies that generate heat to provide protection from the cold. They are more adapted to the outdoors in winter than pavement ants. They are the only ones who dare to climb over snow-covered ice.
There was no warning ahead of them!
