After the rain stopped, the originally fresh green grass and trees were washed even fresher, and after the water on the ground was slowly absorbed by the soaked soil, the ants set out again.
At the front of the team, the scouts searched for and marked new ant trails among the mud and stagnant water on the ground. The long team extended all the way from [Dongyang City], and many ants were carrying luggage and belongings.
At this time, there were actually not many remaining possessions in the entire [Dongyang City]. Most of the stored grain and supplies had been moved to [Great Lake City] before, and all the pots and jars that could not be moved this time were smashed.
Although these pots have no military use, no Destroyer has been found to know how to use these pots. But these pottery vessels have a very simple and intuitive purpose for storing water. The protagonist now hates the Destroyers deeply and doesn’t want to leave anything to them that can be used as an enemy.
Not only pottery, a large amount of ant silk was thrown into the fire and burned, some insect leather was torn, stone tools were thrown to the ground and mixed with natural gravel, and wooden tools were also buried. The protagonist and his subordinates almost completely swept [Dongyang City] back to its original appearance when he just traveled through it.
In the end, only dozens of clay pots filled with parasitic strains survived. This was previously moved from [Southern City], and the parasitic strain spread everywhere by the flying knights recently came from here.
Before the last group of troops went on the road, these clay pots were moved to a cool place on the ground. After the large army set off, the few remaining worker ants opened the lids of the clay pots and immediately fled like frightened flies.
At this time, it is the cool and humid weather after the rain, which is also the favorite weather of fungi. In countless visible and invisible corners, various fungi are growing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Soon, Clusters of mushrooms will appear everywhere.
In the clay pot, on the medium composed of ant feces and mealworm fat, the larvae of the parasitic bacteria are also growing rapidly.
When a parasitic fungus matures, it was originally a small section cut off from another parasitic fungus, and then grew into a complete body in the culture medium.
Now, it pulled out its slender roots from the culture medium. Its long body was like a snake, climbing along the rough inner wall of the clay pot. Soon the snake-head-like cap extended out of the clay pot. Kouzi.
This parasitic fungus slowly crawled down the ground. The moist surface made it look like a dragon entering the sea or a tiger entering the forest. This parasitic fungus quickly swam and disappeared into the grass. It was quiet in the grass, and the insects hiding from the rain didn't know what kind of bloody storm these parasitic fungi would cause after fleeing into the darkness.
This is the last surprise that the protagonist leaves for the destroyers who are about to occupy [Dongyang City]!
——I am the dividing line——
In the evening, the last batch of the Divine Envoy King's troops finally arrived at [Great Lake City]. The mud on the road made their speed much slower than usual.
The ants who arrived at [Great Lake City] were all disgraced. Fortunately, the journey was safe and there were no casualties.
The protagonist is standing outside the lair in [Great Lake City], staring at the lake at his feet.
Originally, the surface of the Great Lake was still several meters away from [Great Lake City], but it has been the rainy season recently, and the lake surface has risen, and the waves can already hit the foot of the highland where [Great Lake City] is located.
Two walnut ship fleets are anchored not far away. They have been connected together to form a huge mixed fleet nearly 3 meters long.
Currently, part of the fleet is intentionally stranded on the lake shore and tied to trees with ropes to facilitate the ants' loading and unloading of supplies.
This fleet can theoretically carry 5,000 ants, enough food to feed these ants for half a month, and some supplies.
There are tens of thousands of Divine Envoy King warriors currently stranded in [Great Lake City]. The protagonist originally planned to take half of them by boat and the other half on foot to the swamp.
But now the parasitic fungus has taken control of the southern region, and the rainy season makes traveling by land too dangerous.
The protagonist had to change the plan and let the ants crowd onto the walnut boat, and then reduced the amount of food carried. He only carried a week's worth of food, which would be enough to reach the swamp one way. If there were delays on the way, the ants would be hungry. .
Fortunately, the walnut boat fleet has gone back and forth on this route many times, and usually a week is enough.
Those materials that are afraid of water are still kept in the cabin, such as various eggs: those of big-headed ants, pavement ants, and predatory ants, as well as those of mealworms, flies, and bees.
Those that were not afraid of water, such as stoneware, copperware, pottery, etc., were removed from the cabin and bundled outside the walnut boat in order to save space.
In this way, 10,000 ants can squeeze in and get on the boat.
——I am the dividing line——
After a night's rest in [Great Lake City], the next day, May 16, all the soldiers of the God's Envoy King got on the ship early in the morning and were ready to set sail.
At this time, the Flying Knight reported that the first batch of Destroyers was about to enter [Dongyang City], and the enemy's threat was close at hand.
The protagonist stands on the backmost walnut boat, holding the mast with his forelimbs and blowing out a stream of turbid air from his abdomen, just like a human sighing.
Although the walnut boat was stranded on the shore, the fluctuations from behind made the protagonist's feet sway. Most of the ants could not adapt to such shaking and had already hid in the cabin and could not come out.
The protagonist insists on staying outside. These boats have no decks and can only stand slightly at the top entrance.
Under the command of the protagonist, two hundred bee flying knights pulled the rope and dragged the entire mixed fleet to overcome the resistance of the beach and the resistance of the waves, and gradually entered the lake.
The protagonist watched the beach on the lake shore disappear from under his feet, and the turbid lake water appeared in the gap between the boats under his feet. He looked at the eye-catching big poplar trees in [Dongyang City] from a distance, and swore that he would definitely fight back.
The fleet was getting farther and farther away from the lake shore, and soon entered the deep water area. There were no waves rushing to the land on the shore, and it seemed calmer.
Drawing fiber is a strenuous job. The flying knights untied the fiber ropes one after another, let their mounts land, and rested on the tops of the walnut boats.
The sailor ants, who were already familiar with life on the water, got out of the cabin and used cables to raise the sails side by side. The wind is now blowing from the southwest. With the help of the wind, the walnut boat fleet can reach the mouth of the stream, then rely on pulling fiber to go upstream into the stream, and then wait for a gust of north wind to reach the swamp directly.
The gentle waves on the lake lapped at the fleet, and countless white sails made of plant fiber and ant silk overlapped like clouds, matching each other with the white clouds in the sky and the reflection of the white clouds on the lake.
This fleet, carrying the last batch of the God's Envoy King warriors who left their homeland, is like the rootless white clouds, drifting further and further away from their inseparable homeland!
