After a good night's sleep, I didn't wake up naturally until my biological clock reminded me of dawn. At this time, the noisy construction sound finally got through the defense line in my mind and became more and more noisy.
The protagonist shook his head and got out of the underground construction site.
The dark clouds in the sky have completely dispersed, and the weather is sunny on June 3.
Although it has cleared up, the tall poplar trees overhead are still dripping a few remaining drops of water from time to time, showing that traces of the rain from the previous days are still there. It can also be seen that the canopy-like branches of the poplar trees can effectively shield the new ant nests underneath when it rains.
But at this moment, the sun is calm, and the shy poplar tree allows the warm light to shine directly into the mouth of the ant nest and shine on the protagonist who has just emerged.
The protagonist looked up at the giant tree. It was also a poplar tree, and seemed very similar to the one next to his former hometown [Dongyang City].
How are trees similar? It's just that they are all of the same tree species. The similarity may just be the protagonist's nostalgia for his homeland.
The protagonist still remembers the scene when he climbed onto the ground for the first time after traveling to [Dongyang City]. The wind was howling, the sky and the earth were dim, and only the poplar tree, which looked like a Titan, stood tall in the sky, supporting the protagonist's little heart that almost trembled as if he had arrived in a wasteland world.
They are all poplar trees!
They are the same tall and majestic, towering over the sky and the earth, and they are the same protecting the small ant nests under their feet without expecting anything in return.
But the difference is that the roots of this poplar tree are strong enough to be seen with the naked eye. From the west cliff bank, you can see the roots protruding from the soil, clinging to large pieces of rock and finely divided soil. It protects the water and soil here under the erosion and protects the peninsula from being completely torn apart from the mainland by the river water.
This poplar tree not only protects the ant nest, but also protects the entire peninsula!
This is the poplar tree, a tall, gentle tree!
Although it is only a temporary camp, after looking up at this big white poplar tree at close range, the protagonist decided to give the camp a name! Just call it [Xinyang City]!
——I am the dividing line——
It was not until the afternoon of the 3rd that the general underground structure of [Xinyang City] was completed. There will still be some fine work to do later, but it will not affect the use of the nest.
Just like the original appearance of the [East Yang City] that was also under the poplar tree, this lair had only one entrance and exit. The huge main passage slanted throughout the lair, and countless branches and paths crisscrossed it. Connected to various nest chambers.
At the bottom of the nest is a reserved combustion chamber, with a chimney that is almost parallel to the ground and is not connected to any passage.
After the general structure of the nest was completed, the ants on the ship moved in with supplies.
Various materials were classified into various warehouse nests, and the ants were also assigned their own dormitories.
After roughly settling in, the protagonist summons the male ants and the highest-ranking group of worker ants to prepare for a fire lighting ceremony in a combustion chamber at the bottom of the ant nest.
Although it is a temporary camp, the protagonist is still ready to light a fire here. Without fire, a nest doesn't feel like home. Previously, in a simple and humid environment like the sandbank, the protagonist had lit a fire. There was no reason to be stingy with a mysterious ball in a place that required living for at least a month. Qianshuba
The worker ants have collected enough fuel before. The branches of the poplar trees on the ground that have fallen over the years are natural fuel. The ants selected some that were relatively dry and were exposed to the sun for a day.
Now, in this huge nest that is used as a combustion chamber, firewood is piled into a hill. There is several times that amount of fuel in the warehouse next to it, enough for the fire to burn vigorously for several days.
Although there are no full-time worker ants on the fleet that took care of the fire in the original [Dongyang City] or other nests, the job is not difficult. The protagonist passes the relevant technical information package to a big worker ant in advance, and she is responsible for it. A group of worker ants were selected and trained to take charge.
Under the excited gaze of male ants and large worker ants, the protagonist smashes open a mysterious ball with a hammer, quickly fills the flammable liquid with a container filled with grease, and then pours a small amount of liquid on the firewood pile.
The light blue liquid quickly oxidized and ignited in the air, igniting the firewood pile below, and the professional worker ants began to work.
The ants watching were waving their tentacles in excitement. Even if their emotions were very slow and rough, they knew that the burning fire meant warmth, dryness and cooked food, which were words that made the ants comfortable.
Although this place is underground, the environment surrounded by water on three sides makes the underground humid and cold. Even if it is better than the environment on the sandbank, it is far inferior to the original environment of [Dongyang City].
But as the fire burned, the hot smoke climbed up the narrow chimney, bringing heat to the entire nest and evaporating excess water!
This nest seemed to have truly come to life after experiencing the ignition ceremony of the combustion chamber.
But this [New Yang City] is far from complete, and it still lacks some important things, such as the ant queen.
There are no queen passengers on the walnut fleet, just some of the queen's eggs.
The protagonist decided to breed a few queen ants in this nest, not to replenish the losses during the fleet's voyage. What he considered was that even if this temporary camp would be abandoned soon, the ants would not be able to take a relatively safe waterway, and the walnut boat would not be able to return upstream.
The ants can only travel by land. The larger the army, the safer it will be and the more workers there will be to carry supplies.
It is better to breed queen ants while they settle down now, and then produce more ants in a limited time.
Therefore, the eggs of a big-headed ant queen, a big-headed male ant, and a hunting ant male were placed in the carefully arranged nursery, and hundreds of big-headed ants were hatched at the same time. Worker ants and ten eggs of the female Phytophthora ant.
As for pavement ants, they are not strong in fighting and transporting supplies, and the protagonist has no plans to hatch them yet.
The eggs of Bachie ants seized during the previous voyage are not planned to hatch for the time being. Although the production method of Bachie ants can quickly replenish food, it requires a lot of effort to build special facilities, which is not economical for a temporary camp.
Anyway, there are no other races of ants on this peninsula, and all the land can be used by the God Envoy King's army. However, tens of thousands of ant colonies do not require a large area of land to support them.
After the queen ants, male ants, etc. hatch out, the protagonist will organize a simple wedding flight ceremony.
With the mature queen ants after mating, this [New Yang City] can be considered to have the ability to metabolize itself, and it can be considered a real ant nest!
The protagonist also didn’t expect that the Legion of God’s Envoy King would temporarily take root in a foreign country! But his goal is still to return to the swamp area!
