Zhu Jue suddenly left without leaving any orders or information, causing panic in the temporary camp.
The scale of this temporary camp is not large. Except for Zhu Jue, the highest-ranking male ant general is just an ordinary army commander with no seniority. At this time, he is completely unable to control the overall situation.
Fortunately, the "Tianxian" stepped forward in time.
In the Ant Alliance, after several years of Zhu Jue's subtle influence, the status of the great worker ants, magical worker ants, and magical soldier ants have been greatly improved. The magic soldier ant "Tianxian" is also the captain of Zhu Jue's imperial guard. She has a very strong personal fighting ability. Generals at all levels are familiar with her and admire her.
After the "Tianxian" came forward, she calmed down her panic, and then she organized an outdoor search for Zhu Jue. On the first day, she found nothing, except that she roughly knew that Zhu Jue had gone to the north.
Starting from the next day, it started to snow, and the search operation had to be suspended...
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Meanwhile, outdoors north of the makeshift camp.
Zhu Jue, wearing a blanket to protect him from the wind and snow, walked around on the ground, choosing places where there were no snowflakes to move forward.
Tiny snowflakes fluttered in the sky, like catkins in spring. When it fell on the ground, the ground was already cold, and the smallest snow seeds did not melt, but piled up together, like piles of crystallized molasses.
Fortunately, the snowflakes are not big. There are always some leeward places on the ground without wind and snow, and the sun will also destroy some of the snow in the sunny places, especially those snowflakes that fall on dark ground, or are mixed with dark impurities. It will melt quickly under the heat.
Zhu Jue walked close to a section of fallen trees. Under the dry and rotten trunks, there was a flat land without snow. After passing the tree trunk, Zhu Jue turned into a ditch. Due to the wind and sunlight, a small half of the ditch was not covered by snow seeds, so it was a natural road.
However, despite being so careful, Zhu Jue still felt chilly.
He is already the ant least afraid of the cold. His body can generate body temperature on its own. His body functions are more like a warm-blooded animal than a cold-blooded animal. This time he came out with thick ant felt to keep out the wind and keep him warm.
But this is winter after all, and Zhu Jue is not a fully armed winter explorer. No matter how tightly the ant felt is wrapped, the six jointed limbs have to be exposed; no matter how carefully we choose the route, there will always be snow that we have to cross; no matter how we maintain our body temperature, the surrounding environment is constantly draining away precious energy. heat.
Zhu Jue had tried his best to move forward at noon. He was walking very fast. It was only the second day and he couldn't walk too long every day, but he was already far away from the camp.
However, it is gloomy today. There is sunshine but it is severely blocked. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Jue felt that his six limbs were almost numb from the cold. At this time, he noticed the nearby landforms, and his tentacles also found some pheromones belonging to the civilized ant alliance. He knew that there was a wintering camp for the Northern Expedition nearby.
So he got in decisively.
The guard guarding the door was startled. It was impossible for ants to arrive on such a snowy day. However, after discovering that it was the great God Envoy Queen, the guard God Envoy King hurriedly reported to the commanders of the nest.
There was also no light source in this temporary winter camp, and the chaos in Zhu Jue's eyes was well concealed. When the commanders of the Divine Envoy King's Legion and the Civilized Ant Tribe allies came to pay their respects, Zhu Jue dismissed them simply, his thinking clear and without any abnormalities, and did not arouse any suspicion.
Zhu Jue sent away the greeting ants, went to the combustion chamber alone, warmed himself a little, and then slept in the temporary palace specially reserved for him.
That night, Zhu Jue asked the ants in the camp to deliver some supplies, including dry food that needed to be replenished and "water beads" specially designed for flying knights. He also spent half the night making some new equipment, regardless of the entreaties of his subordinates to stay. , plunged into the wind and snow again the next day.
Today's snow is heavier than yesterday. It is already moderate to heavy snow. The wind is also strong. It is like a knife, breaking the branches on the trees and the dead grass on the ground. From time to time, the twigs and stems are broken and rolled up. In the sky, it whirled and whirled, taking a long time to land.
Fortunately, Zhu Jue was more prepared this time. His exposed limbs were specially wrapped with a thin layer of felt, and the tarsal feet of the limbs were also wrapped with an additional layer of thick ant felt. The thick side of the ant felt was on the outside, and the thin side was on the inside. They were tightly tied with thin silk threads. Just like snow boots.
Although I was a little uncomfortable walking at first, the soles of my feet were too soft, as if I were stepping on an earthworm, but the warmth effect was great.
In this storm, only his head was exposed. If the structure of the ant's head was not suitable for wearing an ordinary hat, or the antennae and compound eyes would be suppressed, Zhu Jue would definitely make a hat to wear. Now, he just wrapped most of his head with a long soft cloth towel, exposing his compound eyes, antennae and jaws, but he didn't feel cold at all.
After walking for another day, it was also about three o'clock in the afternoon. The sun was slowly setting, and Zhu Jue chose to stop.
This time, he found a crevice deep underground as shelter. This stone gap is located under a large stone, which is the junction between the bottom of the stone and the soil. Due to natural reasons, a gap slowly appears and slopes deep into the ground.
When spending the night in the wild, shelter is very important. Because he found this shelter very suitable, Zhu Jue would rather end the trip half an hour and an hour earlier, otherwise he could go until the sun sets.
Zhu Jue sloping down along the cracks in the stone until he reached a depth of about half a meter underground, he found that he was not the only creature receiving shelter here.
Some overwintering bugs were also hibernating in the depths of the stone crevices leeward and warm. Zhu Jue saw common rat worms, including adults and larvae, hugging themselves into a large, motionless ball.
There are some unknown insect eggs deep in the gap, white and green, half buried in the ground, Shanshan cute.
There were several snail shells hanging upside down on the stone surface above his head. Zhu Jue could see the dark snail meat inside the translucent snail shells with the faint sunlight coming in. These were live snails, not empty shells.
Looks like I don’t need to eat solid food today!
Zhu Jue hurriedly collected some tinder and dry firewood nearby, took out a small ant glue ball containing fluorescent bacteria extract, and after pricking it, he ignited the tinder and started a fire.
The fire gradually became stronger, and the scorching smoke floated upward along the sloping stone cracks. The nearby rat women moved and moved to one side to avoid the burning.
Zhu Jue stood up and easily pulled out a small snail shell with two jointed limbs. He also used a small stone to pierce the wax film at the entrance of the snail shell, found a few insect eggs, wiped them clean and threw them in. Then throw the shell directly into the fire.
Now, just wait for the food inside to cook!
