Now that the "Wang Zuo" envoy from his hometown has contacted him, Zhu Jue must send an envoy to reply as soon as possible.
This is not only to comfort the confidence of those subordinates who are stranded in their homeland but are still loyal to themselves, but also such a force still survives and develops tenaciously under the control of the Destroyer, which made Zhu Jue realize its strategic potential.
Zhu Jue flying back to his hometown in person is of course the optimal solution in theory, but Zhu Jue cannot do this.
When he first established a firm foothold in this area, Zhu Jue once flew back to the swamp, hoping to find "Gun"'s headquarters. Although the Ant Alliance was still very weak at that time, there were no surrounding forces strong enough to threaten its survival. The territory of the Ant Alliance itself was also limited to [Xinyang City], so Zhu Jue asked "Jia Niu" to take charge and proceed step by step. To exercise rule, you dare to leave for a period of time.
Or maybe that year, Zhu Jue left quietly and went to a mysterious place. At that time, there was no threat of the Destroyer.
But it's different now. The Destroyer has been approaching the Ant Alliance from the west, north and east. The scale of the war between the Divine Envoy King's Army and the Civilized Ant Alliance and the Destroyer is often over one million. Except for Zhu Jue, It is difficult for other ant commanders to efficiently command a war of this scale, let alone control the various services of the Divine Envoy King's Legion, which have complex arms and require close cooperation, to exert their strongest combat effectiveness.
In addition, the Ant Alliance itself has developed into a large-scale force spanning both sides of the Qinghe River, with hundreds of nests and tens of millions of ant mouths. These nests are like precision gears in a machine, cooperating with each other to achieve internal production relations. better optimization. If you want to fully mobilize the strength and potential within the Ant Alliance, you need the control of an absolute core center. Otherwise, this machine can still operate according to inertia in a short period of time, and will collapse over time.
It can only be said that the governance system of the Ant Alliance is different from that of most ant civilizations. Even though there once was a force like the Pavement Ant Empire that was more powerful than the current Ant Alliance, the Pavement Ant Empire is still a traditional ant civilization, which is essentially the same as the Leafcutter Ant Nation, the Black Fire Ant Nation, or the There is no difference between the survivors of the big-headed ants and others.
Although there are ruling cores such as emperors and emperors in the Pavement Ant Empire, this core is more symbolic. All nests in the Pavement Ant Empire are actually self-sufficient. They only obey the recruitment of the main nest and the emperors according to tradition, and jointly believe in the inheritance of the nuclear god. The main nest cannot actually directly interfere with any deputy nests. daily operations.
And when this core was destroyed by the Destroyer and the Holy Land inherited by the Nuclear God was besieged by the Destroyer, those pavement ant nests that were still alive could still maintain basically the same living standards as before, except for losing the occasional contact and recruitment with the main nest. Outside, it doesn't seem to be affected much.
And such a nest only needs to be passed down for two or three generations of noble ants, and the original history of rule will become a memory, and the nest will completely become a new independent force. Even if they meet the descendants of the same force's nest, they will often turn their jaws towards each other. .
But this is not the case under the rule of the Ant Alliance. In addition to agricultural nests, many of its nests have extremely single functions. They only focus on the production of some specialties and cannot even achieve self-sufficiency in basic living materials such as food. They are heavily dependent on domestic nests. transportation of materials. Even agricultural nests need goods provided by other nests to maintain a high standard of living.
If the ant alliance collapses, most of these nests will immediately lose their sources of salt, honeydew, some meat, spices, pottery, etc. Even if they barely survive, their living standards will be greatly reduced, and a large number of ant colonies may die. Without a sufficient supply of high-end food, these nests cannot support the current high proportion of queen ants, male ants, large worker ants, and magic soldier ants, and the efficient ruling system will soon degrade.
But such a complex and efficient governance system has its advantages. In his hometown, the tenacious vitality contained in the "Wang Zuo" troops has also been witnessed. Nine years after Zhu Jue left, they are still united by the power of faith, waiting for the return of the Divine Envoy King!
Zhu Jue felt that he needed to use this power. At the same time, he also needed to learn from "Wang Zuo" the secret of how to survive tenaciously under the Destroyer's compound eyes and tentacles, and use it in the current war with the Destroyer. !
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"Spider Wolf II" is the envoy personally designated by Zhu Jue to return to his homeland.
The ancestor of the "Spider Wolf II" line, "Spider Wolf", was one of the four elders who followed Zhu Jue on the walnut fleet and drifted here. However, not long after the establishment of [New Yangcheng], he suffered from fatigue and illness and the recurrence of old injuries. And died young.
Therefore, the "Spider Wolf II" who inherited this title is actually the oldest and most senior among the first generation of noble male ants of the Ant Alliance in the new world. He followed Zhu Jue in his hometown. Today, all the elders have withered away, and he is the second most powerful person in the Ant Alliance.
It's just because Zhu Jue's halo is too dazzling. This second position is high and powerful. It is responsible for the operation of the nominal power organization of the United Congress of All Races. Its actual importance in the Ant Alliance is not as important as that of some Zhu Jue. A governor and military commander with real power whom the prince trusted.
It's just that his qualifications are there, so having "Spider Wolf II" return to his hometown on behalf of Zhu Jue is undoubtedly the most suitable choice when Zhu Jue cannot make the trip in person.
Since "Spider Wolf II" has no military experience, Zhu Jue intended to make some higher-status nobles lose their influence on the army, so Zhu Jue arranged a giant dragonfly as a mount for him, with a cabin on the dragonfly's back. It was enough for "Spider Wolf II" to stay comfortably, and there were three worker ants and several guards with him.
In addition, Zhu Jue deployed two entire teams of one hundred flying knights to escort "Spider Wolf II", which shows that he attaches great importance to this journey.
Nowadays, the fierce battle between the Ant Alliance and the Destroyer is in full swing. Every flying knight is precious. Most of the flying knights deployed this time are novices, but they are still very useful. Zhu Jue took out hundreds of knights at once to ensure that this This trip is foolproof.
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February 22nd, Year 14 of the New Calendar.
The weather was fine that day, and it was no longer cold at noon.
The team of "Spider Wolf II" set sail from [Pioneering City], followed the route in the information package recorded in the minds of the dragonfly driver and the flying knight, and headed west, quickly getting out of sight of the few ants who saw them off.
"Spider Wolf II" will lead the team to march from the air, up the Qinghe River and the big river. It can avoid threats on the ground and is fast. It is expected that the mission can be completed and returned within a month at the latest.
