The protagonist and his party soon flew into the country of black fire ants.
Generally speaking, flying knights usually do not enter the airspace of a certain force with great fanfare.
Perhaps ants don't have much concept of airspace, but some ant forces with "air forces" and their opponents still know that the air can become a source of military threats, and they are wary of it.
The Black Fire Ant Country does not have an air force, but it relies on its allies' air caravans for trade. It has also heard of allies encountering "mosquitoes". Although it does not deliberately conduct air defense, it has set up watch ants in many nests. This information is shared by the United Ant Nation. It is obtained from the exchanges between civilized ant tribes.
Therefore, if there is an unidentified flying team passing by in the sky, it is still easy to arouse the vigilance of black fire ants.
Even if the flying knight flies at a high altitude, ordinary black fire ants can't see it clearly at all, while the male ants can only see a few black spots. But the flying knights cannot stay in the air forever. They have to rest, stop to replenish food and water, and find a place to spend the night.
Once black fire ants are accidentally discovered in this situation, it will become a diplomatic dispute, adding fuel to the already tense relationship between the two countries. Ant United States is not afraid, but it does not want to cause trouble.
After all, the coal in the Black Fire Ant Country is so cheap and easy to use, so why bother burning charcoal!
Therefore, when flying knights need to conduct aerial reconnaissance of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom, they usually blend into the air caravans.
The Black Fire Ant Country does not welcome visitors from the Ant Alliance, but the air caravans from the Ant Alliance are an exception. Not only does the Ant Alliance feel that the coal from the Black Fire Ant Country is very "fragrant", but the Black Fire Ant Country also feels that the honeydew and crow honey produced in the Ant Alliance are so "fragrant"!
The flying knights follow the caravan and conduct reconnaissance while flying. Before the caravan arrives at the trading location, they will leave early to find a safe place and wait for the caravan to leave before reuniting.
This time, the flying knights accompanying the protagonist did not follow the caravan, but acted alone. Because the new bee mount is slow but has excellent endurance, it can fly for a long time without landing under load, greatly reducing the risk of exposure.
The protagonist rides "Ahuang" and flies in the air about 2 stories high.
Now that they have entered the territory of the black fire ant country, this height is already the limit of the ants with the best eyesight. The other party cannot tell whether it is a flying knight or a wild bee in the air at this distance.
However, the protagonist and the magic soldier Ant Flying Knight can easily overlook the ground with their excellent eyesight, with good vision and clear images.
After entering the country of black fire ants, the southern border seems desolate at first with few ant colonies. Only a few small honeycomb-shaped ant mounds can still show the existence of black fire ants.
All the way around the nests and woods where there might be informants, it was not until we penetrated deep into the hinterland of the black fire ant country that the atmosphere of civilization on the ground gradually became stronger.
Almost every short flight, you can see approximately square honeycomb-shaped ant mounds on the ground. These ant mounds are large and small.
The large honeycomb ant mound is as big as a small car and has been shaped by countless black fire ants over thousands of years. Thousands of entrances and exits densely decorate the surface of the ant mound. A medium-sized anthill is as big as a table, while a small anthill is only as big as a football.
Outside these ant mounds, a large number of ants are working.
There are a large number of black fire ants that forage outdoors. Unlike their close relatives, red fire ants, they do not produce food. Instead, they like to go out in person and hunt on a large scale to obtain food.
The protagonist looked down with great interest. About tens of thousands of black fire ants gathered outside a small bush, using this place as today's hunting ground.
The protagonist spun around in the air, watching the short hunting process.
On the ground, tens of thousands of black fire ant warriors were seen in a strict formation as if marching into battle. They tightly surrounded this small patch of bush, leaving no gaps, and then advanced in a central shape.
Most of the many insects that were startled outside the bushes instinctively fled into the bushes. Only a few lucky and alert insects escaped from the encirclement in reverse with the help of their flying and jumping abilities.
In this world, insects are at the top of the biological chain. The lack of other predators has caused many types of insects - such as most beetles - to have lost the ability to fly, which makes them lose the ability to escape when faced with large-scale ant hunting. .
As the black fire ant hunting team gets tighter and tighter, its formation becomes thicker and thicker. The ants are head-to-head with each other, continuing to press the prey toward the center.
Now, in addition to flying insects that can escape, those that are good at bouncing and gliding over short distances cannot escape their misfortune. When they try to escape but have to land, there are ants everywhere under their feet, and they are quickly bitten. Then dismembered.
When the prey was crowded together and unable to escape, the black fire ants began to harvest and launched a massacre of the prey. Tens of thousands of large and small insects were caught and killed, and divided into large and small pieces. The pieces of meat were transported back to the nearby hive ant mound.
Such hunting scenes are common in the black fire ant country. Small hunts may require thousands of ants, and large-scale hunts may even involve tens of thousands of black fire ants. The black fire ants are all excellent hunters, and their hunting tactics can also be used to train troops.
The protagonist laments that it is the super reproductive power of insects that can support the existence of such a huge hunting empire.
In fact, the Black Fire Ant Country does not entirely rely on hunting to obtain food. The protagonist also noticed that some alien ants who were obviously slaves or vassals of the Black Fire Ant Country were working diligently under the supervision of the Black Fire Ant.
They are mainly burrowing ants or harvest ants, collecting edible plant seeds and leaf buds on the ground and delivering them to the nest of the clan leader.
After observing the people's livelihood in the Black Fire Ant Country for a while, the protagonist continued to fly towards the destination.
Because they were delayed for some time and were unable to reach their destination today, the protagonist and his party found a tree hole, occupied the magpie nest for the night, and killed the silverfish that originally lived in it for food.
The protagonist did not eat raw insect meat, but ate some dried meat and roasted seeds brought out, chewed a pill of wax water drops to quench his thirst, and then fell asleep.
The bees huddle together to maintain body temperature, and the ants sit on the bees, sitting on the saddle, hugging the down of the mount and falling asleep until they wake up the next day and continue on their way.
Now that the weather is warm, it is not uncomfortable to spend the night at night. In late autumn and early spring, the flying knights can only try to avoid spending the night in the wild. When they have to, they usually have to find a warm place instead of just making do with a cave.
The next day, the protagonist and his party quickly arrived at their destination. Here, countless black fire ants and slave and client ants are digging the ground in full swing.
The protagonist's eyes were quickly attracted by the exposed corner of the discovery!
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