Chapter 242: Project Tinder

Outside [Great Lakes City], a beach by the lake.

The water of the lake beats the shore all year round, and it is only after the winter freezes that it can coexist peacefully with the land on the shore.

There hasn't been a lot of rain this spring, but the water level is a little higher than usual, and the lake is wider, and the waterline formed by the waves has been beating closer to the [Great Lake City] nest.

The protagonist is in good health, and his recovery ability is amazing, and in just two days, he is already as if he has not been injured. It's just that the mealworms in [Dongyang City] are bitter.,The protagonist has a big appetite in the past two days.,Just love to eat high-energy foods like roasted fat.,These days, dozens of mealworms have been killed in the farm to tonify the protagonist.。

The protagonist, who has recovered, is standing high on the shore at the moment, looking at the hot work scene under his feet.

Far from the water on the shore of the lake, thousands of ants are busy, carrying walnuts or ropes, driving mealworms to open their sturdy buds, tying them with ropes, silk, gum and wood – the ants are working hard to build a second fleet of walnut boats.

The night before yesterday, the protagonist thought left and right, and felt that with his current strength, he was really powerless to resist the invasion of the destroyer, and now, instead of being defeated like the paving ant barbarian country and being forced to disperse to save the fire, it is better to make the last plan of the thirty-six and take the initiative to move forward.

The protagonist decides to keep the fire and avoid the edge for the time being, the swampy area is far away from the Destroyer's troops, and the unique geographical conditions make it enough to hold on even if the Destroyer encounters it, after all, the Destroyer can't have the luck to blow down a few ancient trees and just become a natural bridge to cross the water.

While there are enemies in the swamps, they are far less dangerous than the Destroyer. Even if there are no resources there, most of the area is unexplored, so you might be able to find a resource with precious minerals if you look closely!

The protagonist can only think in a good direction, and under such psychological hints, he held a meeting of the king in [Dongyang City], suppressed the main battle faction led by Roll, and decided to move the clan to the swamp area.

The Legion of the Emissary now has a solid presence in the swamps, with four legions of decent garrisons (Rambovan's 3rd Legion, Ramboto's 4th Legion, Manticore's 11th Legion, and Spiderwolf's 12th Legion). It's relatively safe to move here, which is one of the reasons why the King's Council finally agreed to the protagonist's "Tinder" plan to preserve his strength.

It would be a grand long-distance migration, with hundreds of thousands of ants still surviving from the Legion of the Divine King, and the swampy region far to the southeast.

There are two ways to get to the swampy area from [Dongyang Castle].

One is the waterway from [Great Lakes City], which must be reached in [Everglades City] by boat, passing through large lakes and streams, with the help of currents, wind, and bees.

The road was relatively safe and fast, but it required ships, and the only existing fleet of walnut boats could only transport 3,000 ants and certain supplies at a time, which was far from meeting the needs of the migration of the whole family.

The other route is overland, passing through the territory of the Sickle Hunter tribe in the southern hills, following the southern shore of the Great Lake, and then through the mountains to the swamps.

This road is the path taken by the parasitic ants who were chased and killed by the army of the Divine Envoy King back then, and the road is far away, and the ants along the way are complex, which can easily lead to war. But this road does not require transportation and can be used by a brigade of ants.

The protagonist decides to go hand in hand, on the one hand, to have the Walnut Ship fleet transport a batch of important supplies and important ants to the swamp area, and at the same time to build a new Walnut Ship Fleet to increase the capacity. On the other hand, in addition to the troops who stayed behind the palace, the other ants carried food supplies by land, and it was expected that they could reach the swamp area in two or three weeks, and then reach the island controlled by the Divine Envoy King's legion with the assistance of walnut ships there.

Right now, the ants are building walnut boats and forming a fleet.

The materials for building walnut boats were readily available, and last winter the ants in [Great Lakes City] collected a lot of walnuts according to the plan and buried them in sand.

After the beginning of spring, because of the war, part of the ant mouth and garrison of [Great Lakes City] were transferred, and two regiments were transferred to the swampy area, and the ant hands were insufficient, and no new walnut ships were built, but some repair work was done.

Therefore, walnuts are ready-made, as long as the walnut skin is peeled off and dried in the shade, the hole in the bud eye is gnawed by mealworms, and then the walnut kernel inside is crushed and transported out, the internal structure is retained, and then the sail and other equipment are installed, and a walnut ship is completed. With large quantities of timber and ropes connecting walnut ships to each other, a new fleet of walnut ships is rapidly taking shape.

Another fleet of walnut ships had already set off yesterday, with about 500 ants on board, mostly queens, juvenile worker ants, and the research team of Little Secretary II. It also carries a large number of large and medium-sized tools that can be used in the workshop, as well as the only small amount of copper ore and other important resources that are currently left. The fleet, led by the Great Worker Ant Flying Knight, sailed to the swamp area, preparing to rebuild the scientific research system and most of the handicraft production capacity as soon as possible.

The other ants are also preparing in each of the secondary nests, and they will meet at [Dongyang City] the day after tomorrow, and set off south with food supplies, and along the way, they will meet the ants in [Nanyang City] and other places, and go to the swamp by land.

After Kite's death, the remaining Scythe Hunters, led by their new commander Kite II, will be the vanguard of the land forces, and if they can keep peace with their fellow people in the hilly areas, it will be beneficial for the army to pass through the territory of the Holy Alliance of Scythe Ants more safely.

For the past two days, the Destroyers have not attacked, they are not interested in other insects or animals, and they will not attack and hunt these creatures. But it seems that they have been angered by the huge losses caused by the Giant Crabs in the past few days, and they have been looking for trouble with the Crabs near the salt marshes these days, but it has given the Divine Envoy King Legion a chance to breathe.

But the protagonist still left 10,000 soldiers to defend [Dongyang City] in case the destroyer attacked, you know, there are still a large number of valuable materials in [Dongyang City] that are too late to be transported away, and they are not suitable for taking away by land, and about two batches of walnut ship fleet are needed.

The protagonist's plan is to wait for the new fleet to be built, the old fleet will also return, and all the supplies will be shipped away, and then the troops of the Royal Highness will flee by land.

However, with only 10,000 defenders, it is clear that they will not be able to withstand the full force of the Destroyer's attack, and the protagonist must find another way to divert the Destroyer's attention, just as they have focused on strangling the crabs for the past few days, in order to gain enough time.

The protagonist has a bold plan and decides to go all-or-nothing.