Chapter 249: Homeland (2)
When the rain stopped, the grass and trees were washed more tender, and the water on the ground was slowly absorbed by the soaked soil, and the ants hit the road again.
At the front of the procession, scouts searched for and marked new ant paths between the muddy and waterlogged ground, and the long line stretched out from [Dongyang City], many of them carrying luggage and belongings.
At this time, there are actually not many remaining belongings in the entire [Dongyang City]. Most of the grain and supplies had been moved to [Great Lakes City] before, and the pots and jars that could not be moved this time were also smashed.
Although these pots had no military use, no Destroyer has been found to know how to use them. But these pottery are used for a very simple and intuitive purpose, and the protagonist hates the Destroyer now, and he doesn't want to leave them with anything that can support them.
Not only pottery, but also a large number of ant silk were thrown into the fire and burned, some insect leather was torn, stone tools were thrown to the ground, garbage heaps mixed with natural rubble, and wooden objects were buried. The protagonist and his subordinates almost completely swept [Dongyang City] into the original appearance when he just crossed over.
In the end, only a few dozen clay pots filled with parasitic strains survived. This was previously moved from [Southern City], and this is where the parasitic strains that the Flying Knights have been spreading around recently.
Before the last troops set out on the road, the pots were moved to a shady place on the ground, and when the large group had departed, the few workers who remained behind opened the lids of the pots and fled like frightened flies.
At this time, it is the cool and humid weather after the rain, and it is also the favorite weather of fungi, and in countless visible and invisible corners, all kinds of fungi are growing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, or it will not be long before clusters of mushrooms will pop up everywhere.
In clay pots, parasite larvae are also growing rapidly on a medium made up of ant droppings and mealworm fat.
A parasite has matured, and it was originally a small piece cut from another parasite, and a complete body has grown in the culture medium.
Now, it pulled its slender roots out of the medium, and its long body climbed along the rough inner wall of the pot like a swimming snake, and soon the snake-like lid protruded from the mouth of the pot.
The parasite slowly crawled down to the ground, and the moist surface made it look like a dragon entering the sea and a tiger entering the forest, and the parasite quickly swam and disappeared into the grass. The grass is quiet, and the insects who are sheltering from the rain don't know what kind of bloody rain these parasites that have escaped into the shadows will set off.
This is the last surprise that the protagonist leaves for the destroyer who is about to occupy [Dongyang City]!
- I'm the dividing line -
In the evening, the last of the Divine Emissary King troops finally arrived in [Great Lake City], and the mud on the road made them much slower than usual.
The ants who arrived at [Great Lake City] were all disgraced, but fortunately, the road was safe and there were no casualties.
The protagonist is standing outside the lair of [Great Lake City] at this time, staring at the lake beneath his feet.
Originally, the surface of the Great Lake was still several meters away from [Great Lakes City], but recently it was the rainy season, and the lake level has risen, and the waves can already beat at the foot of the highland where [Great Lake City] is located.
Two walnut fleets were moored not far away, and they had been linked together to form a huge mixed fleet nearly 3 meters long.
At present, part of the fleet is deliberately stranded on the shore of the lake, tied to trees with ropes to facilitate the loading and unloading of supplies by the ants.
This fleet could theoretically carry 5,000 ants and enough for so many ants to eat half a month's worth of food, as well as a part of supplies.
At present, there are still tens of thousands of Divine Envoy King warriors stranded in [Great Lake City]. The protagonist originally planned to take half of them by boat and the other half to the swamp on foot.
But now that the parasites have taken control of the southern region, and with the rainy season, land operations are too dangerous.
The protagonist has to change the plan to have the ants crowded into the walnut boat, and then reduce part of the amount of food they carry, only carrying a week's ration, which will be enough to reach the swamp one way, and if there is a delay on the way, the ants will have to go hungry.
Fortunately, the walnut fleet has come and gone many times on this road, and under normal circumstances, a week is enough.
Those things that are afraid of water are still kept in the hold, such as all kinds of eggs: there are big-headed ants, paving ants, sickle hunters, mealworms, flies, and bees.
Those who were not afraid of water, such as stoneware, bronze, pottery, etc., were removed from the cabin and tied to the walnut ship in order to save space.
In this way, 10,000 ants can be squeezed and all of them will be on board.
- I'm the dividing line -
After resting for the night in [Great Lakes City], the next day, May 16, the warriors of the Divine Envoy King all boarded the ship early in the morning and prepared to set sail.
At this time, the Flying Knight reported that the first batch of destroyers were about to enter [Dongyang City], and the threat of the enemy was already close at hand.
The protagonist stands on a walnut boat at the back, holding the mast on his forelimbs, and spewing a turbid breath from his abdomen, like a human sighing.
Although the walnut ship ran aground on the shore, the fluctuations transmitted from the rear made the protagonist's feet shake non-stop, and most of the ants could not adapt to such shaking and had already hid in the cabin.
The protagonist insists on staying outside, and these ships have no deck, only a slight foothold at the top entrance.
At the command of the protagonist, two hundred bee flying knights pull the rope and drag the entire mixed fleet to overcome the resistance of the beach and the resistance of the waves, and enter the lake little by little.
The protagonist watches the beach on the shore of the lake disappear from his feet, and the turbid water appears in the gap between the boats at his feet, and looks at the eye-catching poplar trees in [Dongyang City] from afar, and vows that he will definitely kill him.
The fleet farther and farther away from the shore, soon entered the deep water, which was calmer without the waves that rushed to land on the shore.
Pulling the fiber is a heavy physical task, and the flying knights untie the ropes one after another, let the mounts land, and rest on the top of the walnut boats.
The sailor ants, who had become familiar with life on the water, came out of the cabin and raised the sails side by side with cables. Now it is the southwest wind, and with the help of the wind, the walnut fleet can reach the mouth of the stream, and then rely on the fiber to enter the stream against the current, and then wait for a gust of north wind, and then you can go straight to the swamp.
The lake flapped against the fleet, and the white sails made of countless plant fibers and ant silk overlapped like clouds, blending with the white clouds in the sky and the reflection of the white clouds on the lake.
This fleet carrying the last group of Divine Envoy King warriors to leave their homeland is like a rootless white cloud, and it is gradually moving away from the inseparable homeland!