Under the warm winter sun, a golden ant is sitting on the top of [Xinyang City], making a very anthropomorphic gesture of holding his chin with one hand...
Since the color turned yellow, the protagonist found that he was not afraid of the cold at all. Even outside in winter, as long as it didn't snow and there was no strong wind, he was just like wearing a down jacket.
It's just that he himself can't understand why he became like this.
Not far away, thousands of pavement ants are densely arranged in a long rectangle. That is the construction site. They are digging the canal in this section of [Xinyang City]. A long river channel has begun to take shape.
Sitting alone, there is no threat of fierce insects outdoors in winter. The protagonist does not have to face the constant stream of messengers carrying requests for instructions in the lair, and can be alone for a while.
But she thought about it for a long time and never remembered when she was infected by the parasitic bacteria.
The Legion of the God Envoy King fought against the parasitic fungus forces many times. They fought against each other when they first returned to Dongyang City. They also fought in the southern hills, and later chased them to the swamps to fight.
But the protagonist can't remember a time when the parasitic bacteria came close to him or even entered his body.
When asked about other ants, even the most senior stag beetles, armored oxen and centipede pythons were not impressed.
In the protagonist's own mind, there seems to be a vague image, but he can't grasp the clues, as if this memory has been locked up.
This is not the first time that the protagonist feels like his memory is locked, but what was locked before was all knowledge from his past life. When he encounters a familiar scene, it will pop out.
The protagonist can feel that the memory of this time and the related memories of this life were locked not long after that incident happened.
Is it caused by the parasitic bacteria that previously lived in my body? The parasitic bacteria seem to be able to secrete some kind of substance that can interfere with and control the brain, and the parasitized ants are controlled by this.
But why is it okay for me to be parasitized?
The protagonist himself knows that his thinking and behavior are normal, no different from before.
Suddenly, a terrifying thought came to me: Could it be that I thought I was the same as before, but in fact I was different from before? It was the parasitic bacteria that made me feel that I was still the same as before. In fact, I was already being controlled! ?
The protagonist jumped in fright, but then he laughed in his head.
Hook three strands, four strings and five, hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, neon, sodium, magnesium, aluminum, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, argon, potassium, calcium. Any object must maintain uniform linear motion or rest until an external force forces it to change its state of motion...
Haha, the parasitic bacteria will definitely not know this, I am indeed still me. The protagonist finally feels at ease! ! !
In addition, the protagonist still doesn't know why the parasitic bacteria is so weak on his body.
According to the information package sent by "Tianxian", the bombing accident of the test gun at that time resulted in the casualties of the protagonist, 6 gun crew members, and 3 male ants. The protagonist was unconscious at the time. Although there was no obvious trauma on his body, he was also injured. Everyone was frightened.
After being sent back to the palace, the "Celestial Immortal" led the imperial guards to serve. The spade elephant temporarily directed the work of the whole city, and the army of the God's Envoy King did not become chaotic.
And everyone has no idea how to treat the protagonist. They can only clean the body and wait for the protagonist to recover naturally. The protagonist was lying still and not dead, but he remained motionless and unconscious.
Starting from the next day, parasitic bacteria slowly began to appear on the protagonist's body. These parasitic bacteria were very weak and much smaller than the fungus heads coming out of the bodies of other parasitized ants, and many died as soon as they appeared.
The "celestial beings" and the others hurriedly followed the previous method of treating people infected with parasitic bacteria, using their big jaws to carefully pull out the hyphae, and used a torch to slightly burn the wound to disinfect it.
In the past, many patients treated in this way were not killed by parasitic bacteria, but were killed by infections after burns.
But the protagonist was lucky, not only did he not die, he didn't even get burned.
Although the color of the Angel King's carapace changes little by little, it is not obvious in a dark room. Even if the ants notice it, they don't care - they are used to distinguishing objects based on smell, and vision is only an auxiliary means.
Just like when a human being faces a familiar friend, he or she will not feel that he is not the same person just because he dyed his hair from black to blond.
Based on the description of the "fairy", the protagonist feels that he may have been infected by parasitic bacteria before, but he has always been healthy and the parasitic bacteria cannot find a chance to germinate and control himself.
When he was knocked unconscious due to a barrel explosion accident, the parasitic fungus seeds finally found an opportunity, began to germinate, and tried to control themselves.
But I don’t know why, but my body was not controlled. Maybe the “celestial beings” and the others treated it properly. After all, some patients have recovered like this before. Although this still cannot explain why the hyphae emerging from his body are half-dead.
In short, except that the color of his carapace has turned golden and he is no longer afraid of the cold, the protagonist does not feel that there are any other changes in himself.
This is not a bad thing, at least the protagonist can now go out relatively freely like the pavement ants in winter when the weather is not bad. If you put on an ant blanket to keep out the cold, you will not be afraid of slightly windy weather!
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Although there was a test gun accident, the protagonist's determination to continue researching experimental firearms has not wavered.
Throughout the winter, the Divine Angel King's Army tried to cast more than a dozen iron cannons, with calibers ranging from millet to dried soybeans, and accumulated a lot of experience in cannon casting and testing.
As winter gradually transitions into spring, the ants slowly begin to be able to go out for activities. The Angel King's Legion has begun to test cannons outside the city at noon when it is warm.
Most of the iron cannons had no accidents, but a few still exploded from time to time, causing certain casualties. The male ants, magic soldier ants and magic worker ants did not dare to approach these cannons.
It was not until later that new technologies were developed: adding more combustion accelerants when making iron in the blast furnace and adding more scrap iron that was damaged and needed to be recast can improve the fluidity of the molten iron and make the cast iron cannon less likely to explode.
Appropriately thicken the wall of the gun, and then cast a few thin iron strips, and use a gravity hammer to clamp the iron strips at the end of the barrel where it is most likely to explode. This can also reduce the chance of the barrel exploding, and even if the barrel explodes, its strength will be weakened. .
Also, after the iron cannon is overheated, it is best to wait for it to cool down naturally rather than using water, otherwise it will easily explode or be damaged.
After a multi-pronged approach, the Divine Envoy King's Army finally obtained a more usable cannon.
Although these cannons are still very primitive, they are muzzle-loading cannons with complex loading. They are bulky and difficult to transport. The cannonballs are still solid stone or iron bullets.
But when the protagonist looks at these silly, big, black and thick guys, he still likes them from the bottom of his heart!
