Time was running out, and although it was noon, the sky was getting darker and darker, with only weak scattered light keeping the earth from falling into darkness. The clouds are getting thicker and thicker, and the goddess of winter seems to be hiding behind the dark clouds.
Without the ants' intuitive premonition, the protagonist can tell with the naked eye that another late spring cold is approaching.
Referring to the bad consequences caused by the last late spring cold, the protagonist knows that this kind of weather is the help of the Destroyer and also the nightmare of the Legion of the God Envoy King.
Nature cannot fight against it. Human beings, who were already very advanced in technology before the protagonist's time travel, are unable to change the weather on a large scale. Now the ants can't even affect the weather. All the Divine Envoy King Legion can do is to minimize the negative impact of the late spring cold.
The worker ants prepared hurriedly. They dug out all the nut shells in stock, selected the intact ones, stuffed fuel inside, and filled the fire. There was no time to clean out the previously used nut shells that were stained with charcoal ash, so why not? It's faster to just replace it with a new one.
One hundred Bee Flying Knights can carry twenty-five nut shells, twenty-four of which are made into fire shells, and the other one is filled with mystery balls.
In addition, this time each flying knight must carry a worker ant on his mount as a detonator. After all, it is too inappropriate for a flying knight with such a complex technical training to do dangerous blasting work.
Flying knights naturally don't like to carry lowly worker ants, but the King of Gods is now increasingly powerful, and the male ants are also feeling the challenge of the big worker ant class. There is even a big worker ant flying knight force in [Great Lake City].
Therefore, the male ants did not dare to make any mistake and agreed with frustration.
Because these worker ants needed to move easily and to save the precious mystery balls, they were only painted with a layer of black charcoal ash to absorb heat and did not carry the mystery balls.
I am the dividing line
At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the Flying Knight troops finally prepared and set off.
This mission is more than just throwing charcoal ash. The round trip is estimated to take more than three hours, and it will be dark by then.
And looking at the weather, there may be a cold snap tonight.
In other words, this mission is the last chance for the Divine Envoy King's Legion to prevent the Destroyer from passing through the river before the arrival of Lao Chunhan.
The cold wind has begun to blow from north to south. The bee flying knights are flying west-north at an angle of about 30 degrees. They have to fight against the north wind along the way, which is quite exhausting.
The protagonist is also observing the ground conditions along the way, and the Flying Knight's route will pass through some of the Destroyer's occupied areas.
He could see that the Destroyers were not afraid of the cold wind, and were continuously sending reinforcements to various places from the direction [to the West City] in teams of dozens and hundreds.
Except for the Destroyer, almost no other bugs could be seen on the ground. It was obviously the time of the Waking of Insects, and the bugs still had to stay in their shelters to avoid the spring cold.
These two consecutive late spring colds have killed many overwintering insects that woke up prematurely, and caused many insects to die from energy exhaustion in the long process of waiting for spring.
Prey abundance this spring will certainly be affected as well, until a new batch of insects hatches to fill the gap.
The protagonist thinks in his mind, but the food crisis is not that critical yet. The top priority now is such a vicious enemy like the Destroyer.
I am the dividing line
The team finally arrived at the designated location.
But there was a group of Destroyers crossing the river on the ice, and they quickly locked onto the Angel King's army in the air based on their sound and sight.
The legions of the God-Emissary King could only hover in the air, waiting for the Destroyer to run out of patience and cross the river. Otherwise, they would have no way to descend to the ice to perform their mission.
With great difficulty, these destroyers finally reluctantly retracted their gaze from the sky, continued to cross the river, and reached the south bank. The Destroyers on the north bank were still gathering and had no plans to cross the river immediately.
The protagonist immediately landed first, and the other flying knights also landed on the ice.
Although Xiaoqing II and the bees all had mysterious balls for warmth, they still resisted the cold touch under their feet and were finally comforted.
After landing, the protagonist observed. Although the Destroyers on both sides of the bank noticed it, they did not attack immediately. The Destroyers on the south bank hid in [To the West City], and the troops on the north bank were still busy gathering. After all, the number of ants was getting bigger and bigger. The warmer the river, the safer it will be.
But the Angel King's Army must also hurry up. Sooner or later, the enemy will begin to cross the river, and the time left for the Army of the God's Envoy may only be ten minutes, or it may be only a few minutes.
Moreover, once the bomb detonates, the huge sound will alert the enemy, and the flying knights will have almost no chance to make up for the explosion a second time.
So this operation is a one-shot deal, success or failure depends on this!
The protagonist and the male ant flying knights stopped on their mounts and continued to enjoy the warmth brought by the mysterious ball.
The worker ants quickly climbed off their mounts and started working on the ice.
They need to remove the nut shells from the rope, and according to the protagonist's request, lay out the tinder shells used for detonation in a rectangle in a 3*8 pattern, and then put the mysterious ball from the last nut shell according to each tinder shell. Quantities of three were stacked to the side.
Then, next to each tinder shell, four worker ants will be responsible for throwing in three mysterious balls to detonate. The reason why so many detonators are sent is for insurance.
From the moment they hit the ice, the lives of some worker ants begin to count down.
Without the Mysterious Ball, blackening the body in this dimly lit weather is better than nothing, and does not provide much extra heat. After all, these big-headed ant workers are not able to adapt to the cold physiologically like pavement ants, and they do not have anti-freeze in their bodies. genes.
The worker ants could only use the heat accumulated on their mounts to move. After about two or three minutes, some of the frozen worker ants collapsed on the ice.
The only thing waiting for her is death. The worker ants around her are busy performing tasks. According to the protagonist's request, none of the worker ants will come to take care of him.
One after another, worker ants were paralyzed by the cold, their whole bodies lying on the ice. Their heat was lost much faster than if their limbs were just touching the ground. Their bodies became pale at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon they almost melted with the ice. One body.
By the time the worker ants had completed all preparations and were just short of detonating, only more than sixty worker ants were still able to move.
The protagonist lets Xiaoqing II get closer to the detonation site. The protagonist emits a smell and makes a friction sound to notify the worker ants to detonate.
After the protagonist finished giving the order, he immediately retreated a little further.
The worker ants began to throw the mystery ball into the nut shell that was burning with a small flame. On average, a worker ant only needed to throw one mystery ball, and at most two.
After the casting, the forty or so worker ants that were still able to move ran towards the team of flying knights not far away, while another twenty or so worker ants stopped the rhythm of their lives after completing their tasks.
