There were only 14 secondary pupated ants left in the entire nest, a common soldier ant, plus him, Little Meatball, and Ola.

In addition, the only creatures that can move in the lair are a dozen or so of his old friend slimes.

After a year and a half of excavation by an excavator, the entire underground lair has covered an area of nearly two hundred meters, full of well-developed passages and countless empty rooms.

According to Blake's description, the excavator's capacity has increased more than ten times in the past year and a half, which is why the progress of digging through the nest has become so great.

At this time, the huge nest was extremely empty.

Because of her ability to connect with the Spirit, Queen Linda took the place of Sisttham's original breeder and fed some slimes from time to time.

Systham remembered that although Linda had the ability of [Psychic Connection] in the past, her ability level was very low, and she could not communicate with fungi at all, except for communicating with insects.

It seems that after Linda's chrysalis this time, [Psychic Connection] has increased, and she can already control these slime friends like him.

……

Systham soon followed Black and several Ant Riders to Linda's chamber.

After the second pupation, the queen Linda's body is similar in shape to the previous one, with a small cephalothorax and an extremely large abdomen.

But compared to before the second pupation, the queen ant's body size has increased nearly ten times, her head and chest are close to half a meter, about the same size as the soldier ant rider Xiaoqiang, and her abdomen is extremely bloated, at this time it is close to 2.5 meters, and together it is close to 3 meters.

When Systham first arrives at Linda's room, Linda the Queen is playing with her old friend Slime.

Linda lies on the ground bored, controlling the four slimes to splinter and then make them jump around a small mound.

Syst could sense some pleasant emotions from Queen Ant, and even after playing with slimes like this for more than a year, Queen Ant Linda still found these slimes interesting.

However, when Queen Linda meets Sistham, these old slime friends are immediately thrown aside by her.

"King, see you. I'm happy. ”

Similar to most ant knights, Queen Ant's spiritual message is still not very smooth, a little stronger than before the secondary pupation, but it is also limited.

It seems that Linda's secondary chrysalis didn't improve her intelligence much.

Seeing Sistm's arrival, Queen Linda moved her bloated body and tried to lean towards Sistm, but her body was too bloated and had a hard time moving.

Seeing this, Systham leaned over to Linda, the queen, and touched Linda's head with his tentacles.

While stroking Linda's head, Systham keenly noticed that Linda was showing a hint of hostility.

The target of this hostile sentiment is not Systham, but Blake next to Systham.

Systham soon discovers that not only is Linda the Queen hostile to Blake, but Black is also hostile to Linda the Queen.

It was clear that something must have happened between Blake and Linda in the course of a year and a half.

"What's wrong with you and Blake? Is it because of the spawning thing? It was my order to keep you from spawning during this time, and Blake just obeyed my orders. ”

After a moment's thought, Systm delivered a spiritual message to Linda, the queen of ants.

However, things were obviously not what Syst had imagined, and Queen Linda delivered a spiritual message: "It's not egg-laying, it's not, it's Blake, she won't let me, go to see you." ”

The queen's mental message appears aggrieved, and Systham understands why the queen is hostile to Black.

The passage 80 meters deep underground was narrow, but with the current capabilities of an excavator, it could easily be expanded to the point where the queen ant could pass.

Coupled with Xiaoqiang, a soldier ant knight with a talent of [strong physique], it is not difficult to carry Linda, the queen ant with limited mobility, to visit him.

Heatham looked at Blake on the side, and Blake didn't make any excuses, and replied directly and plainly: "Only she has the ability to [Psychic Connection] and can sense your emotions in your sleep, and none of us have her, so I don't want her to see you." ”

The logic in Blake's words amazed Heatham.

can use his jealousy as a reason and say it confidently, it is estimated that only Blake is the only one.

Although Heatham knew that Black had some jealousy of the queen ant, he didn't expect that after Blake took power, he would bully Queen Linda like this.

Perhaps with Blake's wisdom, even without him asking Shava to help, it is impossible for Queen Linda to take charge of the hive again.

Heatham has always been a little biased towards the intelligent Black, except for Sava, Heatham usually cares most about Black.

But this time looking at the aggrieved queen ant, Syst finally sighed helplessly, criticized and educated Blake, and corrected Blake's three views.

In fact, if the queen Linda had been sent back to his chrysalis chamber a few times, she might have been able to use the [Psychic Connection] to connect to him when he was awake.

In this way, Systm would not have been ignorant of the outside world during the third pupalization.

……

However, Systham had only been critical of Blake for a short time, and he had heard something wrong with Blake's spiritual message.

After further questioning, Heatham put aside the criticism of Blake.

During the year and a half of his pupalization, the Warren Plains seemed to have become a little unusual, and through the psychic images that Blake sent to him, Heatham discovered that the Warren Plains were full of strange wolves, nezumi, and some strange gnolls.

"It's... Zombies? Systham sent a mental message of confusion.

"I don't know, Ola said she knew those guys well, but she forgot what they were. Shava and Meatball have been caught a few times, and their rotten flesh is somewhat toxic to us, and only Meatball can eat those things as he pleases. ”

"When did they start appearing?" Heatham asked.

Blake thought for a moment and replied, "Last winter, after a snowfall, there was a wild wolf like that that roaming around here, and then it was killed by a small ball of meat. ”

Sistemm didn't think any further, and soon took Shava with him to the ground to investigate.

……

For a year and a half, the Warren Plains have entered the depths of winter, but the weather is not particularly cold, only around freezing.

There was no snow on the ground, and the grasses, although noticeably less lush than in summer, were not completely dead.

Sistum's tentacles smelled a faint smell of erosion, like the long-standing smell of a corpse.

And Sistham, who flew into the sky, quickly looked in the direction of the eastern part of the Warren Plains, in the direction of the Lierte Forest.

A faint green mist shrouded the Lilt Forest cover, making it difficult for Heatham to see the interior of the Lit Forest, and at the same time he saw countless giant vines with spikes growing near the borders of the Lult Forest.

These giant vines intertwined with each other, like walls, completely separating the Lierte Forest from the Warren Plains......