[Tuohuang City], deep underground, in the palace of the King of Gods.
In the dark small conference room, there were only the protagonist and a magical worker ant, their tentacles intersecting, exchanging information in an extremely secretive manner.
There are only a few light bacteria in this conference room, and the protagonist actually likes light, so most of his rooms are brightly lit.
At this time, the dim light shone half-darkly on the face of this magical worker ant, making it look particularly strange.
If an ant who is familiar with the top leaders of the Ant Alliance is present, he will be able to recognize that this magical worker ant is the leader of the intelligence agency that was recently established and is directly affiliated with the protagonist - "Hao Wu"!
The protagonist communicated with "Hao Wu" for about two hours. According to the efficient antenna communication method of ants, this was a very long meeting.
No ant knew the content of this exchange, but from the next day, the corpses of many male ants, female ants, worker ants, and even queen ants appeared all over the Ant Alliance.
Some of the ways they died were normal, some seemed like accidents, and some suddenly disappeared without a trace, with no ants alive or dead bodies.
Similar deaths or disappearances actually happen every moment. The chances of an ant that is too small encountering misfortune is much greater than that of a larger intelligent life. It was like being blown away by the wind, killed by fierce insects, and crushed to death by falling rocks.
Therefore, the ants also took a lighter view of life and death. These deaths that may have been coincidental were not linked together. Even if the death information of important nobles occasionally was reported to the main nest and the joint conference of various tribes, it did not cause any waves.
But the power structure of the middle and lower levels of the Ant Alliance is quietly changing due to a bizarre murder case...
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August 24th.
The protagonist continues to sit in [Pioneer City] today. Since the south bank of Qinghe River has experienced large-scale development, after nearly a year of development, the number of ant colonies has now approached that of the north bank of Qinghe River, and the economy and production have even surpassed it.
After all, the South Bank is vast and fertile, and the resources have not been seized by other powerful ant tribes for a long time. Such rapid development is expected by the protagonist.
With the deterioration of the relationship with the Black Fire Ant Nation on the south bank and the need to further develop the territory on the south bank and other national policies, the ant federation not only dispatched more than half of its military forces to the south bank, but even the protagonist's time here has been different from the time he spent on the main island. The nest [Xin Yangcheng] has the same amount of time.
It can be said that [Pioneer City] has become the de facto vice-capital of the Ant Alliance.
Today, the protagonist reviewed several reports here. He basically takes turns working in [Xinyang City] and [Tuohuang City] every day.
A report shows that the troops developing into the swamp areas of the east are making good progress. Several bridgeheads have been built in the swamps and connected together by aerial rope bridges.
The mission of capturing black turtle ants requested by the protagonist was successful. The pioneering troops eliminated 4 black turtle ant tribes and captured 2 female ant eggs and 1 male ant egg. Because the black turtle ants resisted fiercely and refused to surrender, they were unable to capture the adult queen or male ants this time.
But with the eggs of female and male ants, the family of Ant United Nations is also equivalent to a new subordinate ant clan. The new generation of female ants and male ants who have been educated and cultivated by Ant United Nations from the eggs will be more loyal in the future. This It has been proven.
In addition, the pioneering team also gained an additional benefit: they found that wild bees in swamp areas are particularly rich in resources, and the density of bee colonies is much higher than in other areas. The Ant Alliance now needs a large number of bees as flying knight mounts or special beast control, and it just needs wild bee colonies as a supplement.
Therefore, the protagonist directly approved the pioneer team's request for more ant hands, and immediately dispatched two field legions and several flying knights and worker ants from [Pioneering City] to support.
The Eastern Frontier Development Team also has a long-term mission, which is to establish a stronghold in the highlands east of the swamp, and obtain the chemical weapons used by Pangasius ants through trade or force. Of course, it is best to obtain the manufacturing technology of the weapons.
But it is obvious that the swamp has not been completely calmed down, and the Angel King's army does not have an urgent need for new chemical weapons, so the protagonist does not urge the pioneering team.
After dealing with the matter of the Eastern Frontier Development Team, the protagonist is reviewing matters related to the new charcoal kiln from the Ministry of Industry. At this time, his keen antennae felt the sound of rapid footsteps approaching.
The protagonist straightened up his upper body in confusion, moved his tentacles away from the tentacles of the magic worker ant who was reporting, and looked outside the conference room door.
Soon, a soldier ant opened the ant felt curtain and got in, bringing with it a hot outdoor atmosphere in summer.
"Sneak attack outside the city!"
This is what the soldier ants who came to report reported!
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The protagonist stared angrily at the blazing coal mountain. Standing about 2 meters away, he could not feel the heat of the flames. The heat of the burning coal could not add additional temperature to the already scorching summer.
But the protagonist's heart is filled with rage, almost boiling over.
Just now, enemy ants belonging to the black fire ant force attacked some areas inside and outside [Pioneer City], causing considerable losses, mainly material losses.
These sneak attack troops are all vassal ants of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom, including burrowing ants and big-headed ants, especially those big-headed ants, which have the aura of power of the remnants of the Northern Expeditionary Army.
They hid in a new fleet of walnut boats that were supposed to be filled with coal. When the walnut boats were pulled to shore, they suddenly burst out and killed the unprepared team of tracker ants with heavy losses. Some scarabs were also killed.
Then, these enemy ant soldiers divided into groups and fought in several directions, as if they had been rehearsed in advance.
But they underestimated the reaction speed of the God Envoy King's army. The flying knights were the first to receive a warning from the giant dragonfly pulling team in the sky. The flying knights who were patrolling every day were already on duty. After hearing the news, they acted immediately and used dive bombs to temporarily suppress them. Advancing of enemy ants.
The number of enemy ants is not large, and the troops are divided into three groups, each with no more than 1,000 ants. The two groups of enemy ants heading towards the New Yangcheng Ant Mound were quickly defeated by the assembled defenders. According to the captain of the male ant squadron of the remaining Northern Expeditionary Army who was captured and instigated a rebellion, their targets were the iron-making blast furnace and the Divine Envoy King. Bedroom.
The target of the third enemy ants is the unguarded coal piles. These coal piles are piled up from the coal unloaded from the ships in recent days. Because the newly built warehouses have not yet been completed, they can only be piled in the open air.
The black fire ant slaves drove away a few loading and unloading big-headed ants and pavement ant workers, and then used a unique fire ignition method to first ignite some dry branches and then the entire coal pile.
Even though the soldiers of the God's Envoy King quickly wiped out all the fleeing enemy ants, the coal pile fire could no longer be extinguished.
The huge amount of coal that the Ant United Nations spent a lot of honeydew and crow honey to trade, the large amount of coal transported by several batches of walnut fleets, enough coal for a blast furnace to operate for dozens of days, was burned to the ground!
Looking at everything, the protagonist clenched his jaw!
