This plum rain occurred nearly two months earlier than in previous years and lasted for half a month before ending.
In fact, no one knows whether this rain can be called Meiyu or whether there will be another rainfall in June.
The ants only knew that the rain was too sudden and too long. It was only now that the rain slowed down. The floods on the ground slowly receded, leaving only the low-lying areas with accumulated water. Although there are still sporadic raindrops hanging from the sky and falling to the ground from time to time, they no longer have much power.
The rain is finally stopping!
Black Fire Ant Country, Northern Territory, [Hawthorn City].
The special forces of the God's Envoy King's Army hid on the edge of [Hawthorn Tree City], and finally survived the precipitation in the tree hole.
A third of their members and half of their mounts died, either from cold or starvation.
They did not carry much food and traveled lightly. When it doesn't rain, you can let bees or fly mounts look for pollen, nectar, and decaying matter to eat in the morning and evening. In addition to eating the dry food they bring, the ants themselves can easily find food for more than 20 ants.
But when it rains, the ants and their mounts can only huddle together in a small tree hole to keep warm, and pray that the wind direction does not change, otherwise the smell of rain pouring in through the gaps will be extremely unpleasant.
This kind of temporary shelter is not as good as a regular nest. Even a nest with water seeping everywhere is fully functional, protected from wind and rain, and has food. But there was nothing in the tree hole.
The Rangers can only drink rainwater stored in tree holes when they are thirsty, and eat dry food when they are hungry. When the dry food is gone, the ants and mounts can only eat the moss or fungi that have grown up, and even chew the soaked wood to suppress the stomach. feeling of hunger.
In the end, like many ant tribesmen who were suffering in the rain, they began to eat the corpses of the living beings who starved to death first. Those bee mounts that did not eat the corpses died the most, and most of them became food for the survivors.
In this way, the rain finally subsided, and there was new news about the Rangers' goal.
"Flying Eagle" obviously had a much better life than the Rangers in [Hawthorn Tree City]. [Hawthorn Tree City] also ran out of food in the later stages, and it was just ordinary worker ants who were starving. "Flying Eagle" and "Stubborn King" There was never a shortage of food for senior generals.
As the weather improved, "Flying Eagle" was worried about the return of parasitic ants, so he ordered the troops to start moving despite the tail of rain that had not completely stopped.
It is dangerous to march outside at this time. Except for the black fire ant country's northern route army, no creature has ended its hibernation and started to move early. Even if it is already hungry, it must be endured until the rain stops completely.
The rain is very light now, but no one knows whether it will suddenly intensify like a flash flood. Even if the rain stops, the trees and grass blades are already full of water droplets, and the dripping water droplets can easily kill the ants who are hit. The sun has not yet appeared, which cannot provide extra body temperature to the cold-blooded insects.
Not to mention that the terrain changed drastically along the way, with pools and swamps everywhere, and the pheromones had been completely washed away. Just patrolling the road was not an easy task.
But "Flying Eagle" has made up his mind. He firmly believes that his divinely chosen envoy king will never die in the bad weather.
Under his strict orders, more than 20,000 Northern Route Army soldiers who survived the battle, rain and famine began to move arduously to another nest closer to the east. No ant knows that more than 2,000 ants will die on the way. This is an extremely difficult road.
The Rangers noticed the strange movements in [Hawthorn Tree City], and a magic soldier ant even saw the "Flying Eagle" appearing outside the nest with his own eyes. "Falcon" urgently gathered the ants and mounts that were still able to move, and quietly followed behind, waiting for the opportunity to move.
The other members of the Rangers could only continue to wait in the tree hole, waiting for the sun to come and for their strength and mobility to recover.
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The early rainy season has finally come to an end, and the earth is in a mess. A large number of the tenacious lives that were dormant last winter were frozen to death, and a large number of new lives this spring were drowned.
Long-term soaking and lack of sunlight also deprive the roots of plants of oxygen and leaves lack of energy. There are wilted plants and plants with scorched leaves everywhere.
All life in the entire region went through a trial no less severe than a severe winter or a severe drought.
Fortunately, the rain has passed, and the majority of surviving creatures are still there. They have sunshine, warmth and dryness again, and begin to repair themselves and the ecology.
After the rain, the Black Fire Ant Kingdom also suffered heavy losses. The King's Council finally looked away and made some determination. It sent the precious Fire Bee Flying Knights and ordered the withdrawal of the three expedition troops [Black Fire City] Command from the hinterland.
Regardless of whether it is the northern border, the western border, the southern border or the hinterland, they all suffered heavy losses in the rain disaster. The three expedition troops also suffered heavy losses. Relatively speaking, the hinterland has higher terrain and is in better condition. There is also the Heixi River with surging water levels as the western and western borders. The barriers on the south side can replenish troops and wait for reinforcements.
The black fire ant army did not know that the fallen ants also suffered heavy losses. Those parasitic dragon lice that could swim made the male black fire ants mistakenly think that the other party was a race that was not afraid of water. After weighing the ebb and flow of strength, we made the decision to shrink.
The West Route Army commanded by King "Black Coal" and the South Route Army commanded by King "Heitan" had already merged before, and their locations had not changed, so they received the order quickly. They had already planned to withdraw their troops and immediately organized troops to evacuate.
The Northern Route Army commanded by the "Flying Eagle" God Envoy King had already moved its defenses before. When the uninformed Fire Bee Flying Knight arrived at [Hawthorn Tree City], he found that the place was once again surrounded by parasitic ants. They circled several times and almost attracted parasitic flying insects. . Finally, the Fire Bee Knight felt that he could not complete the task of delivering the order, so he went back to resume his duties.
At the same time, the King's Conference of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom was no longer blocked by the Flying Eagle faction, and finally recognized the reality and once again asked for help from the allies of the Civilized Ant Tribe.
Their envoys arrived at [Holy Tree City] and requested to hold another civilized ant conference. This time, the Black Fire Ant Nation lowered its status and expressed that it not only needed material assistance, but also opened its territory and requested other tribes to send troops to help solve the crisis.
Zhu Jue was overjoyed when he heard the news and sent "Little Flower" to attend the conference. He told "Xiaohua" not to immediately agree to send troops, but to use the rain disaster as an excuse to explain that the Ant United States also suffered losses, and use this reason to gain maximum benefits and autonomy in reinforcements.
Zhu Jue believed that it would be best to encourage other ethnic groups to jointly send troops, with the strong and powerful Divine Envoy King's Army as the coalition command. Now that all ethnic groups are suffering from disasters, it is a good time to seize military command.
With this purpose, "Little Flower" set out to participate in the meeting, and representatives of other ethnic groups also came from all over the country. At this time, no one knew that the significance of this civilized ant tribe conference would be so far-reaching!
