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June 20th.
The weather is sunny today, and the sun is even a little hot. The surface of the beach on the river bank is so hot that it seems to use the excellent heat to announce that the midsummer season is coming.
Compared with other seasons, ants like this warm weather.
Especially coming out of the dark and damp underground lair, which still carries the smell of plague that has not completely dissipated, the warriors of the God Envoy King always like to stretch their limbs in the sun, letting the ultraviolet rays pour freely on the carapace, completely dispelling it. The coldness and discomfort in the body should be done no matter what.
A group of ants from the Angel King's army had just finished sunbathing.
This team is led by a male ant commander, and the team also includes ten warriors of the Angel King and twenty worker ants.
They had warmed up, their dampness quickly dissipating in the bright sun, and they set off for the beach.
Looking to the right, the floodwater has receded by half, and the river water is not as turbid as it was in the past few days, but it is still mixed with a lot of mud and is not as clear as crystal like it used to be.
At this time of year, you can always find a lot of delicious food on the river bank. Just like Egypt is a gift from the regular flooding of the Nile River, although this river beach is not so fertile, it still has much more food than usual!
For example, snails can be seen from time to time. This was not the carnivorous snails I had seen on the sandbank before, nor was it the gluttonous snail that could never get enough to eat. It was an ordinary snail that was very common in mountain streams but rare in big rivers.
Yes, it’s the kind of snails that are stir-fried with slices of ginger and chili in mid-summer and served as a side dish with wine.
As the mountain streams also swelled, the snails, which like clear water, were unable to cling to the rocks in the turbid water, and had to be carried along by the flood into the clear river.
Some snails died and were washed ashore by the flood, while others barely survived and struggled to crawl to the relatively clear and sunny shallow water on the shore, and then were left on the beach when the river ebbed.
These snails are extremely delicious food. You only need to pickle them with some naturally fragrant herbs and salt, add water to the snail shells, and then throw the snail shells next to the fire to stew, you can make extremely delicious snails. broth.
The leftover snail shells can also be used as containers and cooking utensils to recycle waste.
The previous walnut ship fleet did not carry pottery containers or cooking utensils that took up space. After the establishment of [Xinyang City], there was little clay nearby, many things were encountered, and the protagonist had not had time to bake new pottery.
This means that the ants can only eat raw food or simple barbecue for the time being. After eating like this for many days, they will inevitably get tired of the taste. This is because the protagonist has been accustomed to the taste over the years. In the past, the ants were happy when they were full.
With the snail shells, the ants had hot soup, and their morale was finally boosted after the epidemic.
There is not much time left to harvest snails. The flood season in the mountains has ended, and no new snails will be washed here from far away.
These days, the ants have found fewer and fewer snails. Fortunately, there are still some other shells, dead fish, shrimps, and algae that can be collected. Agni Book Bar
After searching the nearby river beach, I went further to search.
This group of ant search teams from the Divine Envoy King's Legion approached the Golden Beach all the way.
On that shiny golden beach, no legion of the God Envoy King had traveled long distances here to dig for food before, so they should still be able to find some food.
The team walked as close to the edge of the beach as possible, away from the waves that hit the shore from time to time, as well as the sticky foam that is unique to the shore during flood season. The team of ants soon saw the golden beach and nearby woods.
They immediately speeded up, preparing to return as soon as possible carrying the food and then make another trip.
Because [Xinyang City]’s recent food reserves are about to bottom out, the protagonist also sends out the commanders of the idle male ant team to lead the team to forage, and also stipulates that each search team must return twice a day with a full load. Their mission The pressure is also quite high, and we cannot delay any more on the road.
But when this group of God Envoy King warriors approached the golden beach, they suddenly saw a large group of alien ants moving on the beach.
This is a group of small ants, about the same size as the worker ants of Big-headed ants, or even smaller. Their body color is yellow, and when viewed from a distance, under the sunlight, they are almost confused with the shining golden sand on the golden beach, making them indistinguishable.
But their busy figures made the warriors of the God Envoy King discover these alien ants. At the same time, the other party also discovered the Divine Envoy King warrior not far away.
Without any hesitation, the other party sounded the alarm in a vigilant manner, and the nearby alien ants immediately gathered together. Although the entire army was not dispatched, the large army seemed to be guarding something. But the other party also sent thirty or forty ants to get closer.
The other party obviously came with bad intentions and was very fast. The leading male ants immediately used scent and friction sounds to warn, and led the soldier ants into formation to prepare for the battle, while the worker ants retreated to cover the back road and flanks.
Such battles are not uncommon. The Angel King Legion has encountered local indigenous ants several times during their explorations. However, at that time, they encountered only indigenous ants acting alone or in small groups. Every time the Angel King Legion encountered They can kill all the opponents without exposing their own existence.
But this time, after encountering such a large group of enemies, it was obviously impossible to keep the secrets of [Xin Yangcheng] and the Divine Envoy King's legion!
The enemy rushed to the front of the formation quickly, and the warriors of the God Envoy King could already see the details of the opponent.
This is a very distinctive ant: the bristles are densely covered all over the body; there is a flat area in front of the head, as if it has been hit by a pan; their compound eyes are small and black, and the grid can be seen Their jaws are short and widely separated, with a small hook at the top.
This is a kind of abdominal ant, scientific name is Osaka abdominal ant, which is a very common species in the abdominal ant family.
Known as the belly-lifting ant, the most distinctive features of this genus are naturally its heart-shaped abdomen and its habit of raising its abdomen high, showing off its stingers, and spraying formic acid when encountering an enemy.
At this moment, the abdominal-lifting ants on the opposite side were like this, with their abdomens raised high and their stingers exposed threateningly.
The leading male ant of the God Envoy King Legion is a little nervous. He has not participated in many battles. At this moment, there are many enemy ants, and there are big jaws below and stinging needles above. They look very difficult to mess with.
But he did not dare to retreat in front of the enemy. Once such an order was given, with the ants' poor communication skills, he would no longer be able to organize his troops to fight back in the chaos. This group of Divine Envoy King warriors could only end up being caught up and killed one by one by faster enemies while fleeing in panic.
How to do it!
Seeing the enemy flaunting his power in front of him, but not forcing him to fight for a while, the young commander was in a dilemma!
