After waiting for the temperature of the combustion chamber to drop to a tolerable standard, the worker ants go in and remove the ashes little by little, cleaning the combustion chamber.

The protagonist hurries to see the effect of this batch of pottery firing.

But the results were disappointing, all the pottery was burned, and some even showed signs of burning, and the surface showed enamel-like melting marks.

This is due to the firing temperature being too high.

Although the combustion chamber is not very spacey, the protagonist accumulates a large amount of fuel in order to ensure the firing temperature, and it is constantly replenished.

The pottery at the center of the flame was subjected to temperatures far greater than it could bear. What's more, the tires of these pottery are much thinner than any human hand-kneading tire.

The protagonist asks the worker ants to take the burnt pottery and throw it away, then restack the fuel to light the flame.

In the days that followed, the protagonist fired it several more times. At the same time, the protagonist calls Lamb Fo, who is one of the few male ants who has some interest in technology, to help.

The second time, in order to lower the temperature of the furnace, the protagonist orders that no additional fuel be piled up, and that the terracotta tires be placed directly around the long-burning flame.

However, in the end, it was found that the pottery was fired unevenly, and the side facing the fire was in good condition, while the side facing away from the fire was still sandwiched.

The protagonist also asks the worker ants to turn the clay tires while firing to achieve an even heat.

But the first turn burned a worker ant, and the clay tires were placed very close to the fire, and the temperature was not something that the ants could bear.

The protagonist can only find a way to equip the worker ants with tools, and equip the pottery tire with a small stone slab as a base, and let the worker ants use a long wooden stick to move the stone slab.

After countless experiments, the first successful pottery was finally produced, although the yield was only a measly 30%. The firing of pottery has thus made significant progress.

After the experiment is successful, the protagonist summarizes the main points of various aspects and makes an information package and gives it to Ramberford, so that he can continue to try to improve the process and produce more pottery.

Because these fired pottery tires are thin and placed directly next to the fire, they are subjected to a temperature slightly higher than 1,000 degrees Celsius when humans fired pottery, and their surfaces have been glazed and have good water resistance.

The protagonist puts the first clay water jars and basins in his house. The water tank is used to store water, and every time the province needs water, workers have to be temporarily sent to the ground to get water.

The basin can be used to drink honeydew, and the protagonist is really fed up with mouth-to-mouth honeydew sucking with worker ants. Especially in general, these honeydew is still spit out of the stomach of the worker ants.

Fortunately, the protagonist's honeydew is specially offered, and he only drinks fresh honeydew that has just been secreted from the aphids, which is brought by the worker ants, and is not allowed to swallow it in his stomach and then vomit back.

This is off-topic.

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After learning to fly with flies, one of the protagonist's hobbies outside of work is to fly around riding Xiaoqing.

It's interesting to look down on the ground from the perspective of a tiny creature like an ant.

The shrubs, weeds, and mires on the ground resemble forests, grasslands, and swamps, and the industrious ants are like hunters, chasing down insects that have fled into the wilderness.

All the scenes are as novel as Gulliver's arrival in Lilliputia.

Through flying and observing, the protagonist carefully studies the geography around Dongyang Castle.

Starting from the tall poplar trees, there is a small lake about a kilometer east of "Dongyang Castle", which is small in size and has a dense forest on the opposite bank.

Considering that Xiaoqing can't fly at too high altitude, otherwise he will lose control under the strong wind. Therefore, the protagonist does not dare to easily enter this forest composed of tall trees, which is full of danger at first glance.

There is a small river to the north of the lake, which meanders all the way to the northwest and flows into a large river.

The protagonist continues to fly along the river, confirming that this river is the big river where the "Waterfront City" is located, and it is also the boundary river between the big-headed ant kingdom and the paving ant barbarians.

The protagonist then flies south from Waterfront Castle and returns to Dongyang Castle, estimating that the distance between the two cities is about two kilometers.

Another day, the protagonist flies northwest and sees the secondary nest he fought in the Reconquista along the way, then turns southwest and finally arrives at the main nest.

The protagonist landed and went to catch up with the public security and the king of the West.

After learning that all the original ants in "Dongyang City" had disappeared, the two kings were very surprised.

The protagonist remembers that the police once said something that seemed to have something to say after learning that "Dongyang City" had given birth to a far more than normal number of male ants in a year:

"Maybe it's God's will...... This is not normal, you go to "Dongyang City" according to the will of God, please be sure to find out the reason, this may be related to the survival of a side nest, or it may be directly related to the will of God. ”

At that time, he thought that the public security knew something? But he never got a chance to ask.

This time the protagonist throws out his own questions.

The police pondered for a while and said, "In the previous history of the kingdom, there was also a case where a secondary nest suddenly gave birth to a large number of male ants. ”

"Oh, what happened to the side nests?" The protagonist asks.

"These secondary nests have since lost contact with the main nest...... police officer replied.

From his narration, the protagonist gradually learns about some historical events.

In the history of the kingdom of big-headed ants, there have been many cases where a remote secondary nest suddenly produces a large number of young males in a given year.

However, these secondary nests usually lose contact with the main nest after a year or two.

The main nest had sent a liaison team led by the king to these secondary nests that had lost contact.

It turned out that all the ants inside were dead, and all of them had huge wounds on their backs.

Even the liaison team that went to search for it was in a trance, after returning to the main nest to deliver the news.

The deranged searchers suddenly wanted to crawl to the ground, attacking all his companions along the way.

The Elder King at that time thought they had been corrupted by evil and threw them all into the flame. The Holy Fire cleanses and washes away these ants that have been corrupted by evil.

In the end, after discussion between the eldest king and the five hundred kings, it was decided that the bizarre secondary nest where the entire nest inhabitants died suddenly was eroded by evil, and there was no protection from the holy fire.

Until now, a secondary nest in the kingdom of big-headed ants has perished every few years.

Later, even if the main nest or a nearby nest group migrates to the area of the extinct nest, a new nest will be built, and the old nest that has been corrupted by evil will never be used.

The police thought that the king of the gods should be able to purify the evil-corrupted side nest by going there in person, so they said the above words.

After listening carefully, the protagonist still can't tell what happened inside these bizarre sub-nests with his knowledge and experience.

Why do these situations only occur in remote secondary nests?

And what happened in "Dongyang City" is not exactly the same as these perishing sub-nests.

Those side nests are all the residents who have died mysteriously, but in "Dongyang City", all the ants have disappeared, and even the granary is empty, and it looks like the whole city has suddenly migrated away.

After learning this useful information, the protagonist bids farewell to his friends in the main nest and rides Xiaoqing back to "Dongyang City".