Just as traces of the parasitic fungus had spread to the Black Fire Ant Country, Zhu Jue and his party were still continuing their inspection tour.
Passing through the vast swaths of unexplored wilderness in the western border of the Ant Alliance, and walking under dense withered and yellowing weeds, it took Zhu Jue and his party three days to arrive at the largest lair in the western border [Western City].
There are no nests along the way, but the scenery is good, and the vast wilderness has a vast artistic conception. Zhu Jue sometimes climbs a lone tree in the wilderness when the wind is light, and looks at the vicissitudes of the world, feeling high-spirited and caring about the universe.
In [Western City], the first person to greet Zhu Jue was not the local ants, but a familiar magical ant flying knight.
"Grass!" Zhu Jue greeted her with tentacles intersecting. This "grass" is not Zhu Jue's expletive, but the name of this magical worker ant, which Zhu Jue came up with on a whim once.
"Cao" informed Zhu Jue of his intention, saying that representatives from the Hairy Forest Ant Clan and the Thin-footed Jet Ant Clan had been waiting in [Xinyang City] for more than a day and wanted to meet the God Envoy King to discuss important matters.
Because Zhu Jue and his party were traveling through the dense wilderness recently and their whereabouts were hard to find, "Cao" and other flying knights searched the area for Zhu Jue and the others, but when they couldn't find them, they moved to [Western Realm City] to guard their nest and wait for their master.
Representatives of the hairy forest ants and the thin-legged ants rushed to the Ant Alliance on this cold day. Obviously, they had very important matters. They refused to tell the temporary minister of foreign affairs and trade, "Xiaohua", about the purpose of their mission. "Xiaohua" Then the flying knights were sent to contact the God Envoy King urgently.
Zhu Jue did not leave immediately to return. He thought quietly for a while, then turned to look at the "grass".
"Grass" has grown into an experienced flying knight captain at this time, and he is in the prime of life. Zhu Jue remembered the scene when he named her, and couldn't help but smile in his heart, with a mixture of amusement and teasing.
Moreover, the combination of "little flower" and "grass" really goes together! Ha ha ha ha!
"Grass, please report back to Xiao Hua. I will return to the main nest the day after tomorrow and let the envoys wait!" This was the order given by Zhu Jue.
"Cao" turned back immediately. While it was still warm in the afternoon, she had to fly back to [Xinyang City] quickly to recover.
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The next day, in [Western Border City], Zhu Jue and his party came to the border under the escort of the army, preparing to observe the black fire ant army up close.
The discord between the Black Fire Ant Nation and the Ant Alliance Nation is no secret among the noble officials of the Ant Alliance Nation. Zhu Jue also intends to cultivate internal public opinion so that he can declare war on the Black Fire Ant Nation when the situation becomes uncontrollable in the future.
Then it is necessary to understand the other party's military strength in advance. Zhu Jue was originally worried that there would be problems, but he just planned to take his entourage to take a look at the border.
But when he arrived at the scene, Zhu Jue realized that this was not the case...
Under the guidance of a member of the local Ten Ant Group in [Western Realm City], Zhu Jue and the accompanying ants crossed the border without any hindrance and arrived at the land marked with pheromones marking the territory of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom.
Moreover, they came over in a swaggering manner under the gaze of many black fire ants.
Several groups of black fire ants stayed on the border, as if they had been waiting for a long time. Seeing the ants coming from the Ant Alliance, all the black fire ant warriors stopped and stayed quietly.
The male black fire ant leading the team took the initiative to approach alone. Two words could be clearly seen on the expressionless carapace face - "flattery".
The local guide of Zhu Jue and his party asked the worker ants to carry several clay pots of crow wine. When the male black fire ant saw it, he would drop a drop of crow wine into his eager mouth.
After drinking crow wine, the black fire ant male immediately became so happy that he collapsed on the roadside, looking like a drug addict. The other black fire ant warriors were not surprised and immediately came over to protect the commander to prevent him from being eaten by other insects...
Zhu Jue was dumbfounded. Relying on blatant bribes, the black fire ant army didn't care at all about the hundreds of big-headed ants crossing the border.
And it seems that this is not the first time that the local ants in [Western City] have done this, and they are familiar with the road. In fact, this is also the case. The local ants in the Ant United State use bribes to clear the way when dealing with each other.
Even black fire ant males will compete very fiercely for the opportunity to patrol the border, just for the occasional opportunity to be bribed. Therefore, there is not even a single vassal ant of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom on this border. For such a good thing, naturally the suzerain country takes priority!
Zhu Jue had a conversation with the local guide committee member of the Ten Ant Group. This was a magical worker ant of the Big-headed Ant and one of the initiators of this bribery behavior.
So, Zhu Jue, who liked to name things blindly, gave him the name "Xiao Shen"...
Zhu Jue and his party even arrived directly at the black fire ant army's camp. From a tree more than one meter away, they could observe the entire camp of the other party.
Even though the ground can't be seen, these lazy and unmilitary ants on the ground have exposed the combat effectiveness of this camp.
"Xiao Shen" proudly said that this camp has been penetrated by the Ant Alliance, and there is no secret at all. As long as enough crow wine is produced, the male ants of all races inside can even be made to do anything.
For example, there are very few client ants in the camp because many of them have been sold to the Ant Alliance at low prices to serve as construction site or mine slaves.
These slaves were led by their own male ants to the border between the two countries, and their companions repeatedly scrubbed the smell off their bodies with water and sand. Then it is handed over to the big-headed ant workers of the Ant Alliance, and the mixed substances such as pheromone secretions, feces and urine are smeared on the body.
These foreign ants have the aura of the Ant Alliance in their bodies. Without the command of male ants, they will not escape, nor will they be attacked by the ants of the Ant Alliance. They are honest and fast-consuming coolies.
Zhu Jue also didn't expect that when he originally instructed [Western City] to find a way to win over the corrupted black fire ant army, and allocated a large amount of crow wine, this strategy would be implemented so successfully.
Zhu Jue could imagine that this black fire ant army, which had very little combat power left, would be unable to resist the attack of the God Envoy King's army and would not be able to function as a border guard at all.
After Zhu Jue returned to the nest, he praised "Xiao Shen" and the local officials in [Western City], announced in public that they would be rewarded with honeydew, and named all the ten ant groups.
Of course, as always, there are names like "Xiao Gao", "Xiao Zai", "Xiao Jing", "Xiao Qiu", "Xiao Hui", "Xiao Jin", "Xiao Song", "Xiao Xian" and "Xiao Ying"...
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After finishing the inspection of [Western City], the land was already desolate.
The vast wilderness that Zhu Jue and his party passed through encountered a wildfire yesterday, and large areas of grass were burned and became fertilizer for the coming year.
There are few ant colonies in the area, so there is nothing to lose by hiding in the nest. Zhu Jue was secretly glad that they would be in trouble if they encountered this wildfire in the wild.
Afterwards, Zhu Jue flew back to the main nest [Xinyang City], and the other accompanying ants stayed in [Western City] for the winter.
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