All these stories go back one year, two years... until nine years ago.
That was the 5th year of the New Calendar. This year is very important. In the spring of this year, our protagonist, Zhu Jue, led the Big-headed Ant Kingdom to suffer a major failure in his homeland.
With the collapse of the big banyan tree and the fall of [Linshui City], endless destroyers poured into the south bank of the river, and the Big-headed Ant Kingdom was in danger. At the critical moment, Zhu Jue had no choice but to launch the Fire Plan, and with some of his remaining strength, he escaped into the water by relying on the walnut fleet, trying to reach the swamp to escape, but unexpectedly, he was caught in a storm by accident, and was eventually washed away by the current. Qinghe arrived at the current area after a long drift, and slowly rebuilt his country and civilization.
At that time, there were many soldiers of the Divine Envoy King's Legion and subjects of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom who were stranded in their homeland. Zhu Jue also arranged a retreat for them, which was to retreat to the swamp area by land, where it was planned that the two armies would eventually meet. The commander-in-chief of this journey was "Gun". They successfully reached the swamp, but due to subsequent changes, these members of the Original God Envoy King's Legion had transformed into the power of parasites.
Because the war situation collapsed too quickly, there were still many sub-nests separated by the Destroyer in various parts of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom that had not received any news of their evacuation. Most of them were later eliminated by the Destroyer who conquered the south bank of the river, but some Many ants who were remote or simply lucky survived.
Some of the ants from the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, mainly in [Stone Pillar City] and the ant colonies of several nearby nests, fled collectively into the territory of the remaining members of the Big-headed Ants before the entire southwest region fell.
The Big-headed Ant Tribe is also a legendary force. They are outsiders in this homeland. They once had a glorious civilization, but they were ultimately defeated in the tragic national hegemony and could only drift here under the leadership of the queen. In order to restore the country, they formed an alliance with Zhu Jue, hoping to use the power of the emerging Zhu Jue. To this end, they also taught the God's Envoy King's Legion the technology to tame insects.
But things are unpredictable. The Big-headed Ant Kingdom, which had just unified the south bank of the river and was booming in national power, immediately encountered a disaster brought by the Destroyer. It had too much time to take care of itself, so how could it care about this ally.
The territory of the Big-headed Ant survivors is very remote. Under the Queen's will, they took in these refugees from the allied countries, then closed the borders, swept away the pheromones on the ground, and hid underground.
The queen's caution brought good luck. The Destroyer didn't know whether he didn't notice or ignored this weak force, and concentrated on sweeping away the remaining forces of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom.
After a month of hiding, the ants were able to see the light of day again and hurriedly began to collect food again.
The territory produced by the Big-headed Ant survivors was limited, and they encountered a famine that year. They relied on Zhu Jue's help to survive the crisis. With a total eloquence of tens of thousands, they accepted nearly 10,000 refugees from the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, and supplies soon became in short supply.
The Queen is willing to spend a large amount of materials to help the refugees in an attempt to absorb this power, especially since the refugees include many active soldiers of the King of Divine Envoys, and their combat effectiveness is recognized by the Queen.
But the refugees from the Big-headed Ant Kingdom are very united. They have a king "Kyoko", and they all unite around him and obey his orders. "Xingzi", as a big-headed male ant who was personally named by Zhu Jue, once served as the official commander of the Divine Envoy King's Legion. After the ant queen's inheritance faction was eliminated, he was appointed as the headquarters of this hostile force [Stone Pillar City] ]'s ruling male ant, which shows that Zhu Jue attaches great importance to him.
Before [Stone Pillar City] was completely besieged, the timid "Xingzi" saw that the situation was bad and escaped from the city. This was one of the reasons why the leaderless [Stone Pillar City] fell so quickly. But Zhu Jue didn't know that. At that time, he only thought that he had died in the battle.
"Xingzi" was entangled with the remaining people and panicked about choosing a way, and chose to retreat into the territory of the Big-headed Ant survivors. This was a correct decision. If they had taken other routes at that time, they would have been killed by the wandering Destroyer patrols, and there would be no follow-up. story.
Because of the dual friendship of being a kindred spirit and an ally, the queen of the Big-headed Ant survivors accepted the refugees and has been persuading "Kyoko" to agree to merge into their clan during this period. However, although "Xingzi" is mediocre and cowardly, he is loyal to Zhu Jue and has repeatedly refused the persuasion of the Big-headed Ant survivors. The relationship between the two parties has even become tense.
The queen considered that the enemy was outside and that internal strife would be counterproductive. Finally, after discussion, she let "Kyoko" take the refugees from the Big-headed Ant Kingdom to leave on her own, ending the relationship.
"Xingzi" could only leave at this time, but he didn't know where to go. The contact with the Divine Envoy King and [Dongyang City] had long been interrupted. He could only send scouts to inquire around and take a step at a time.
Fortunately, the scouts actually discovered that the Destroyer had left [Stone Pillar City], so the desperate refugees hurried back to the lair, but were surprised to find that although there were signs of battle everywhere in the lair, there was not a single body. The remaining supplies were retained without moving.
With the inventory as a guarantee, "Xingzi" immediately led his subordinates to resume production, repair the damaged nest, and tried to contact Zhu Jue. The nest was full of life again in a short time.
Unexpectedly, the good times did not last long. Just half a month later, the Destroyers made a comeback. About a thousand Destroyers entered [Stone Pillar City] with ease, killing most of the ant colonies including "Xingzi".
Not many destroyers came this time. There was a loophole in the encirclement, but hundreds of ants escaped, including a young female ant and several king ants.
These last refugees did not choose to seek refuge with the remnants of the big-headed ants again. Instead, they escaped into the nearby desolate stone mountains and built a small shelter there, where they stayed for more than half a year.
The products in the mountains are too barren, and after the number of ant colonies in the shelter reaches a thousand, they will no longer be able to grow. As a last resort, in the early summer of the next year, the ants in the sanctuary decided to migrate, led by the oldest king, a male ant who was actually very young.
This king had never been personally named by the Divine Envoy King. Out of respect for Zhu Jue, he named himself "Wang Zuo", which means the ant who assists the Zuo Divine Envoy King. He is very capable and dares to lead everyone to leave the temporary safe shelter and re-enter the dangerous and unknown hometown to pursue a hope.
At this time, "Wang Zuo" did not know that Zhu Jue had left this homeland and started a new legend in the new world.
But in his hometown, there are still many ants like "Wang Zuo" who are loyal to Zhu Jue at this time, and they are still full of hope for Zhu Jue to defeat the Destroyer.
