The Minister of Transportation, "Lao Xin", has just returned from inspecting the construction site of the second floating bridge south of [Chitie City].
The pontoon bridge at that construction site is about to be completed, and the great Divine Envoy King is planning to build a new smelting center nest south of the pontoon bridge as a metallurgical center on the south bank of the Qinghe River to distract the production tasks of the current main nest [Xinyang City].
The pontoon bridge is the transportation road from Cong Iron Mine to the new metallurgical center. It is also the second transportation hub connecting the two sides of the Qinghe River planned by the United Nations, which is of great significance.
As the Minister of Transportation, he took several of his capable subordinates to organize a transportation team there. Also there were the Minister of Industry and the big-headed ant god worker ant "Xiao Shi", and the Minister of Transportation and the pavement ant "Floating Leaf II", who also had their own tasks.
"Lao Xin" is already old. He spends most of his time working in the main nest [Xinyang City] to remotely control the department in various places, and rarely goes outside. Fortunately, he has a team of people under him, mainly young men and women, who help handle government affairs and share a lot of his pressure.
He was very tired after traveling far this time. It’s no wonder that when the Jubelly Ant Clan had not surrendered to the great God Envoy King and the Ant Alliance, “Old Heart” was already quite old and his qualifications were already very senior among the clan at that time. Now a few years later, he has passed the age of 10 and has truly entered the stage of old age.
Although there were male ants in the history that lived for nearly 20 years, "Old Heart" has never seen it and only heard about it from information packets passed down from generation to generation. In his impression, male ants over the age of 7 are very rare.
Especially now in the Ant Federation, young male ants are everywhere. Those who are over 7 years old are the spade elephant, armored ox, and centipede python, and they are all big-headed ants. The "old heart" is familiar with the abdominal ants. Only those over 7 years old are available.
Increasing age, busy work, and lack of peers with whom to communicate, all make the "old heart" gradually feel that the body is old and unusable.
Although this time he was riding in a soft ant silk sedan chair on the back of a dung beetle, "Old Heart" still felt very uncomfortable. As soon as he returned to [Xinyang City], he hurried back to his own place with the help of two ant worker ants. Rest in the bedroom.
His dormitory is located underground in [Xinyang City], at the core of the exclusive area of the Belly Ant Clan. It has four rooms and three halls. This first dormitory also reflects his status in the Ant Alliance.
The current "Old Heart" is the most powerful ant in the country from the Belly Ant clan. Not just any ant can be the minister, especially when the Big-headed Ant clan is extremely powerful.
This has always made him very proud - if he hadn't taken the initiative to surrender, he and his ants would never have had such a good life today without worrying about food and drink.
Suddenly, "Old Heart" thought of something again, and his mood darkened. He is old and doesn't want to get involved, so he simply doesn't want to worry about this.
Anyway, the great God Envoy King has divine guidance and will always find a way...
With the help of the worker ants, "Old Heart" quickly returned to his dormitory.
His dormitory has an independent entrance and exit, separate from the dormitories of other nearby queen ants and the dormitories shared by young male ants.
After the four guarding ant warriors felt the smell of "old heart" with their tentacles, they bowed respectfully and saluted with their tentacles hanging to the ground.
"Old Heart" didn't need support now, he got into the hole with the ant silk curtain and entered his bedroom.
Once inside, there is a small entrance hall, where the passages leading to various living rooms and halls gather. A worker ant staying at home noticed the movement, and came closer with the help of the light of fluorescent bacteria, holding a fly whisk in its big jaws. Tool, use the soft silk hair on it to carefully clean the stains on the carapace of the "old heart" who returned home.
After cleaning up for a while, "Old Xin" got into the restaurant next to him through a cave door. The restaurant is decorated in a typical "Angel King style", with a wooden dining table and four dining stools standing in the middle of the restaurant. The surrounding walls are brightly fluorescent, and hematite powder is used to draw rough red line patterns on ant felt. Cover most of the walls tightly.
"Lao Xin" has become accustomed to the uncomfortable dining stool and dining table. With the help of the worker ants, he climbed up, rested his abdomen on the dining stool, supported himself on all fours on the ground, stood up with his upper body, and supported the dining table with his front two limbs.
The worker ants who received the instruction to "serve food" quickly brought the roasted mealworm meat and grains that they had received in advance, as well as a small jar of honeydew.
"Old Heart" recalled the fresh, hot and cooked food that he had eaten in the palace of the great Divine Messenger King and at the New Year's banquet.
There is no fire allowed in his palace. "Cooking" is the exclusive skill of the gods. Only the God Envoy King has a dedicated team of cooking chefs who can enjoy it every day. Other ants, even "old-hearted" ones, only occasionally get hot meals.
But barbecue, roasted grains and honeydew are enough to satisfy the "old heart". There are many baking workshops in [Xinyangcheng], which produce large quantities of various types of roasted grains, grass seeds, dried mushrooms, meat and other foods every day. , now even ordinary ants can eat cooked food. If necessary, just go and get it based on your level.
And for a nobleman with the status of "Lao Xin", there is no shortage of meat. At this time, ordinary ants are still eating the dried worms and bacon left over from the winter. He is already qualified to select the tenderest first-instar yellow mealworms for barbecue. Eat.
Not to mention honeydew, even the ant family used to herd brown wax scales to obtain honeydew, but the sweetness is incomparable with the honeydew of aphids and scale insects. "Old Heart" is old and has bad teeth. Now I particularly like drinkable sweet water.
For "old minds" who have lived through hard times in the past, the food in front of them is delicious enough!
He ate half of the spiced roasted yellow mealworm meat in two or two bites. He only ate the softest third of the roasted grains that smelled like popcorn, and drank all the honeydew.
The remaining food was rewarded by "Old Heart" to the two worker ants who were serving.
Later, "Old Heart" got into the bedroom, which was also in the "God Envoy King style". There was a wooden bed separated from the ground, which could effectively prevent the occasional return of moisture in the nest, which was especially necessary for elderly ants like him. .
The wooden bed is covered with ant felt and soft silk wadding. A worker ant is beside the bed, constantly pulling the silk wadding with its mandibles to make it more fluffy and soft.
"Old Heart" went over, lay down on the bed, and began to take a nap. The worker ant was dressing up beside him, and there were five other worker ants in the palace, each performing their duties.
"Old Heart" is actually not asleep. Although he is tired from running long distances, ants generally have short sleep, and a nap is enough.
"Lao Xin" is just resting his mind and thinking about something at the same time.
At this time, a worker ant of Aphrodisiac ran in. Seeing the "old heart" moved, it hurriedly leaned forward and used its tentacles to convey the message:
Those three young male ants are here again!
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