Chapter 200: Disaster Relief
The protagonist stares at the fire on the south bank until it gets dark, and then reluctantly goes back to rest.
He knew that tomorrow would be busy and he needed a good rest to replenish his strength. At the time, he was still the leader, and the panicked ant elite ants of the noble alliance and ordinary national ants were all watching him, and he wanted to give his subordinates confidence through his calm actions.
The fire even affected the ants from outside, and the two caravans were also alarmed.
After they calmed down, they continued to unload their goods, and then went to the reception area of the ant nest to rest according to the instructions of the worker ants, and prepared to return the next day. The fire did not affect them much.
The Black Fire Ants are the descendants of the Fire God, and they are shocked by what happened on the South Bank, believing that the Fire God is showing his power, and they are crawling around the protagonist one by one. At one point, I even wanted to pick up the bullet ants and ride the locusts to take them closer to the south shore to observe them up close, and then they were rejected as a matter of course!
It wasn't until the protagonists went back that the fire on the south bank went far to the east, and the fire on the other side slowly extinguished, that the black fire ants returned to their nests to rest.
In the middle of the night, close to the wee hours of the morning, the rain that had not been seen for a long time came, seemingly attracted by the heat of the wildfire, or perhaps to soothe the thirstier land after the fire.
The rain was not heavy, but it lasted for a long time, and the next morning, after the protagonist got up, the rain was still falling.
Therefore, the protagonist has no way to organize the ant-hand to fly to [Pioneer City] to check the disaster situation and organize support for the time being, and can only hope that the local citizens will be able to withstand the repeated invasion of fire and rain.
The two caravans were also unable to leave for the time being, and could only continue to wait in the special reception area.
The trade representative of the Black Fire Ant Clan also came to the protagonist to discuss with the Divine Envoy King of the Ant Alliance of the Thunder God inheritance about the miracle of the arrival of the Fire God yesterday.
On the surface, the protagonist is still a "high priest" similar to the inheritance of this lineage, and the black fire ant trade representative also has a religious identity, and this kind of thing involving the so-called "miracles" is the duty of religious practitioners, and they can only communicate with each other patiently.
The male ant representative of the black fire ant has been chattering for a long time, and the general meaning is: There must be a reason for the miracle of the fire god, this miracle is particularly powerful, as the fire god clan, they will find out the reason, balabala!
The protagonist didn't listen.,Uh-huh-ahhhh
At this time, a worker ant came to report, saying that the rain gradually stopped, and the black fire ant male ant had just said goodbye and left, preparing to follow the bullet ant caravan back, they had been delayed for half a day, if they didn't hurry, they would have to fly in the dark for a while at night.
On the protagonist's side, when I went out, the rain was really light, but occasionally there were raindrops the size of beans falling from time to time.
The protagonist tells his subordinates to prepare their mounts, and the Flying Knights and Flying Transports are also on standby.
When it finally clears up, the protagonist and the flying knight take off as soon as possible and rush to [Pioneer City], while the flying transport team is on standby, ready to deliver support and supplies at any time.
And the locust caravan of bullet ants, also carrying black fire ants and their cargo, took off almost simultaneously and flew towards the southwest wind.
The south bank is just a moment away, and the protagonist sees from the air that the originally lush south bank has changed beyond recognition, and it is charred black everywhere, and the rain has caused the ashes of the plants and trees to collect into black pools and streams, and the land is filthy and messy.
The appearance of [Pioneer City] was also very miserable, with traces of fire and smoke everywhere on the tall ant mounds and stretching walls, and a large and shocking crack opened on the shell of one of the ant mounds.
A large section of the wall on the east side collapsed, presumably weakened by the flames, and finally collapsed when it rained.
Several ant mounds are still there, and through the traces of smoke, the protagonist is surprised to see that a shiny enamel layer appears on the surface of these ant mounds, as if they were porcelain that had just been taken out of the high-temperature kiln.
The small anthill of the leafcutter ant family is the most eastern, and this anthill has been burned out of a crack.
Fortunately, what makes the protagonist relieved is that there are ants busy on the ground and in the cracks, and there are quite a few of them.
The protagonist and the flying knight land and are greeted by local ants, who ask the worker ants to find the ants who are in charge of the local area.
After a period of communication and statistics, the protagonist figured out the damage to [Pioneer City] in this disaster.
Not good, not bad.
In terms of ant mouths, [Pioneer City] lost about eight or nine thousand, most of which were when cleaning the seat belts in the field, the warning was late, the wildfire came suddenly, and there was no time to escape back to those who were burned to death in the wild.
There were also some of the dead who were roasted alive in the ant mound because they were too late to withdraw to the ground to carry supplies.
Today's ant mounds are full of the smell of ripe things, which is the smell of ant carcasses, food, and supplies being heated and mixed together, which is very unpleasant. The ant mound in the fire is like being put in an oven, and the inside is miserable, and the temperature is much higher than the outside at the moment.
Some of the dead and wounded were in the higher parts of the underground nests, which were affected by the aftermath of the fire, and the subsequent rain also flooded some of the underground nests, causing some damage.
The protagonist breathes a sigh of relief, this time the wildfire and rain have not lost much of the [Pioneer City] ant mouth, but a lot of the materials stored in the ant mound are unusable due to being heated.
For example, ant glue ant silk becomes a slimy mass when heated, and it can never be restored to its original state.
The transport team on the north shore received the news and began to raise the corresponding supplies to be transported over for post-disaster reconstruction.
The main structure of the [Pioneer City] is not damaged much, and if the cracks of the small ant mound are plugged, the collapsed city wall is repaired, and the blocked trenches are dredged, it can be restored to its original state in about a week.
The protagonist also receives a lesson, and orders the sub-nests in various places that all the underground parts of the nest must have enough space to accommodate all the ants, and some important materials must be stored in the underground warehouse.
Nests are also not allowed to plant crops very close to the entrance and exit of the anthill, such as the [Xinyangcheng] area, which will no longer grow crops on the south bank of the canal from next year.
In addition, each nest should maintain an open and safe area of three to five meters on weekdays, as long as conditions permit.
This is the second wildfire that the protagonist has experienced when he comes to this world, and it is also a very impressive one. Fortunately, both wildfires survived without danger.
Wildfires killed a lot of insects and destroyed a lot of vegetation, but most of the ants were still alive and could still collect the cooked food that was sent by God.
It doesn't take a few days for weeds to regenerate, and nature is always tenacious.
However, the balance between the ant tribes on the south bank of the Qing River was completely broken by this fire!