Putting away his memories, the senior brother felt that the eyes of the fallen angel king in the sky had flown away, and then he led his guards out of the shadows and continued to move forward.
The sky was clear, and the sunlight reflected bright light in his eyes. There were a few clouds hiding in the sky, and the sunlight penetrated the forest-like vegetation and sprinkled on the ground.
The target of the eldest brother and the others is a sub-nest ahead.
Thanks to the expansion of their territory this year, the remnants of the big-headed ant kingdom finally established their second nest on the new land.
This nest is close to the river. There are many white pebbles on the river beach. It is for these pebbles that the eldest brother left the main nest.
This kind of white pebbles with semiconductor properties is not only the floor material of the conference room, but also the construction material of the sacred passage.
The eldest brother felt that God had not abandoned them yet. He was eager to hear God's will, and the sacred channel was indispensable.
The eldest brother has never listened to the divine decree since he became the oldest king. From the messages left by the previous oldest king, he felt that he could not understand the excitement of receiving the divine decree.
As the senior brother was walking on the road, he didn't know that the "eyes" in the sky had not left. Those are not the eyes of the fallen God-Emissary King played by the Flying Knight, the fallen God-Emissary King himself is here.
The protagonist and "Xiao Hei" landed on a nearby tree, and the dense leaves covered them, just like the grass covered the big brother.
The protagonist saw the figure of his old friend in the information package sent back by the flying knight today. He didn't know why he suddenly flew over alone on impulse.
Although separated by a river, the territory of the remnants of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom is actually very close to [Xinyang City]. The protagonist flew here and saw that the senior brother and the others hid as soon as they heard the movement in the air, so he had no choice but to hide himself.
He saw the elder brother leaving in the north-east direction. He flew near the opponent's nest again and continued to hide. This time he saw the police king, who was hunting a difficult caterpillar with some ants.
At this time, he did not know that King Gongan had replaced the "fallen and evil" him as the new King of Divine Envoys.
The protagonist was already satisfied when he saw the familiar old ant. He flew away quietly while the police chief and others were not paying attention.
The "buzzing sound" sounded, and the public security king raised his head alertly and saw a black dot in the sky getting smaller and smaller, and it had already flown out of his clear field of vision.
Maybe it was the minions of the God Envoy King passing by, the Public Security King thought, so he didn't hide.
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The Divine Envoy King's Legion has recently stepped up its reconnaissance on the south bank of the Qinghe River, not to target the remnants of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom.
After reaching peace with the Leafcutter Ant Country and the Red Fire Ant Country, the Angel King Legion does not need to worry about the military threats that are close at hand for the time being.
But in other words, the development space of the Divine Envoy King's Legion was also restricted by these two major forces.
After the Leafcutter Ant Nation ceded [Hematite City], even if they and the Divine Envoy King's Legion became allies of the ancient gods, they could not tolerate the Divine Envoy King's Legion to continue to expand in the forest area.
The Red Fire Ant Nation itself has a lot of dissatisfaction with the Angel King's Legion, and will not let the God's Angel King's Legion invade their own and vassal territories.
If he didn't know that there is a powerful suzerain country behind the red fire ant country, maybe the protagonist would consider joining forces with the leafcutter ant country to carve up the land of the red fire ant country.
But now, the protagonist is afraid that beating the small one will provoke the big one, a powerful ant empire that even the red fire ant country will be forced to surrender, so the protagonist feels that it is better not to provoke it for the time being. Not even with the help of the Leafcutter Ant Nation.
Now the Legion of the Divine Envoy King is still working hard to practice its internal skills. Once firearms are popularized and the combat power of the entire army is raised to a higher level, the protagonist will have the confidence to challenge that huge empire.
But even if equipped with enough firearms, the protagonist and even the Angel King's army currently have a small territory and few ant colonies, and it is still difficult to support the large-scale standing army required for hegemony.
Territory and ant colonies limit the size of the army, and army size limits the expansion of territories and ant colonies.
The protagonist sets his sights elsewhere, trying to find a new direction for expansion before breaking up with either the leafcutter ant country or the red imported fire ant country.
It's a pity that the two openings currently left for the Divine Envoy King's Legion are difficult to escape.
To the east of [Golden Beach City], there is a land without any ant forces, but the reason why there are no ant forces here is precisely because it is a continuous rocky beach along the north bank of the Qinghe River. The resources are poor and even the vegetation is very sparse. .
At present, the Divine Envoy King's Legion occasionally sends ant teams here to transport some salt and alkali. The quality of the salt and alkali here is higher than that near [Xinyang City], and it can be used as bitter salt when purified.
In addition, this land is of no use to the Legion of God's Envoy King.
Of course, the Angel King's Legion can immigrate here and build a dozen sub-nests, and no ants will stop them. But these secondary nests simply do not have the resources to feed even a thousand ants, and do not have the basic conditions for their existence.
The flying knights had to fly for most of the day to cross the rocky beach and saw the fertile land further east occupied by other ant races.
It is simply impossible for the Divine Envoy King’s Army to form an expeditionary force that would span more than ten days of land distance and go to distant lands to expand territory. Even if the expansion of territory is successful, the new territory will be an enclave that is difficult to obtain local support. , the role is limited, and you will also face new enemies.
Expansion to the east is not feasible, so the protagonist sets his sights on the south bank of Qinghe River.
The land on the south bank is fertile and there are no very powerful ant forces. It is simply a land given to the legions of the God Envoy King.
The protagonist estimates that even if a reorganized legion of the God Envoy King arrives on the south bank, no ant tribe within the 5-day journey will have the strength to resist them.
As long as they can cross the river, the Divine Envoy King's army will not encounter much military resistance. The developed south bank will become the safest hinterland for the Divine Envoy King's Legion and will not be threatened by the hostile forces on the north bank.
Under the leadership of the protagonist, the Divine Envoy King's Legion internally determined the short-term national policy of developing to the south bank of the river.
However, the wide Qinghe River cannot be avoided. This natural moat is the only obstacle that can stop the expansion of the Divine Envoy King's army.
In the past, the protagonist would rather compete with the two major forces, the leaf-cutter ant country and the red fire ant country, than develop to the south bank of the Qinghe River, just because of this big river.
Now, this place has entered his sight again, and difficulties need to be faced head-on. Although the Qing River is too wide to build a rope bridge, it might be possible to build a pontoon bridge, or use a walnut boat.
What needs to be worried is that the pontoon may not be able to withstand the floods during the flood season. If the walnut boat has no other power and relies only on wind and current, it will be difficult for it to sail freely in a slow-flowing river.
The protagonist keeps flying along the river, trying to find a suitable way to cross the river chasm.
