Chapter 41: Before the Northern Expedition (2)

Counting the expeditionary force of the main nest, even the time to prepare for the march, it will arrive at the "Waterfront City" in about two or three days, and then cross the river to start the historic northern expedition of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom.

In the past two or three days, the protagonist had no arrangements, so he stayed in "Waterfront City" and was ready to meet the army.

The Divine Envoy King's legion was required to deal with this army according to the standards of preparation, and not a single ant from the main nest would be allowed inside the "Waterfront City" and "Bridgehead".

If any of the kings or subordinates dare to break through, the protagonist will not hesitate to teach him the truth of being an ant.

I believe that there are not many blind guys who dare to offend the famous Divine Envoy King Legion.

- I'm the dividing line -

The next day, the protagonist is enjoying breakfast. Today's breakfast was pancakes and honeydew.

Now, the protagonist's food is more complex and humanized, like this pancake, which is made by worker ants using stones to puree soft grass seeds, then clump them into a cake and bake them on a stone next to the fire.

Honeydew water is blended with aphid honeydew, a pinch of salt, and pure, chilled groundwater, and is best served in the summer.

After breakfast, Mulan came in and told him that a Flying Knight messenger had come to Dongyang City.

The protagonist is a little puzzled, but now the communication between "Dongyang City" and "Waterfront City" has become regular, and a flying knight is usually sent every three days to report the situation.

Today is not a day for routine reporting, the day before yesterday, "Dongyang City" just reported.

And calculating the time, this flying knight set off at dawn to arrive at this point. It seems that there is something special on the side of "Dongyang City" that needs to contact you in time.

"I hope it's not a bad thing!"

The protagonist walks out of his dormitory with a sigh of relief. I feel that every time my nest reports to me temporarily, it is not a good thing, either it is attacked by hunting sickle ants, or something else.

Soon, the Flying Knight is taken to a small reception room outside the protagonist's dormitory, which was originally a normal nest room, but has now been remodeled according to the protagonist's request:

The walls of the nest room are planted with fluorescent bacteria, the lighting is good, there is not much furniture, and the open floor is inlaid with white pebbles, which can be used as a small meeting room.

The Flying Knight Courier retires after passing a packet of information to the protagonist.

The protagonist reads the packet once, his face is a little solemn, and he reads it a second time before he confirms that it is correct.

Rambo Fei reported to himself that yesterday, "Dongyang City" received a worker ant messenger from another nest.

The worker ant messenger first entered the interior of "Dongyang City" on her own, and according to the protagonist's system for the management of foreign ants, she was targeted as soon as she entered the entrance of the nest, and several soldier ants followed her.

Unaware that she was being followed, the worker messenger moved around the nest to find out some news from the other busy workers in her nest.

The Stalker then communicates with the Ant who is communicating with the Courier, and learns that they are actually looking for the location of the Queen's dormitory.

The worker ant messenger groped his way to the queen's bedchamber and was stopped on the periphery.

It's not the soldier ants who are in charge of tracking her that stop her, but the protagonist divides the nest into two parts, one of which allows the ants to enter, and the other that forbids them to step in.

The junction of the two parts is guarded by guards who are faithful to their duties and refuse to let the messenger with the scent of other nests inside.

The messenger hesitated, turned back, and began to try to contact the actual steward of the lair. The soldier ant who was following her stepped forward and brought her to Rambo Fei, reporting the courier's unusual behavior.

Rambo Fei has encountered several similar incidents before, most of them are official messengers sent by the main nest, and have received additional instructions from some kings with ulterior motives. While delivering the news, the messenger tried to find out some additional issues for the king behind the scenes, such as the food and materials in "Dongyang City", the situation of the big worker ant class, and so on.

In accordance with the spirit of the protagonist's instructions, Rambo Fei strictly blocked the leakage channels of sensitive information, and these messengers with other side missions generally can't find anything.

But as soon as he communicated with the messenger, Rambo Fei suddenly realized that it was not that simple.

The worker ant messenger also had the scent of the main nest, but it was slightly different, like the one that came from the main nest but lived in the other secondary nests for a long time, and had a mixed scent.

Ants have a very high resolution of the smell on their bodies, and can learn a lot of information through the smell, such as the race, place of origin, and so on.

Similar to the human dialect, this ant is from the capital Beijing, and it should have a standard Beijing accent, but now the Beijing dialect is mixed with some Sichuan dialect, which naturally makes people confused.

What's even more puzzling is that this worker ant messenger said that he was from the "real main nest", and he had an information package that could only be handed over to the god envoy Wang himself, and he couldn't even let Rambo Fei convey it.

Inquiring about information, strange smells, and the real main nest are the keywords that make Rambo Fei feel that things are not easy, and he places the messenger in a closed nest room to keep a tight guard.

Since it was almost dark at the time, Rambo Fei did not send the flying knight until the next morning

- I'm the dividing line -

The protagonist arrives at the gate of "Dongyang City", and Lan Bofei personally comes to greet him.

The protagonist hands Xiaoqing II to the worker ants on the side, and she leads Xiaoqing II back to the stable to rest and eat.

He himself walked and talked with Rambo Fei.

Recently, the "Dongyang City" has been calm and the grain harvest has also been harvested, and although the "Southern Fortress" has been harassed by hunters and fierce ants on a small scale from time to time, the defenders are also enough to deal with it.

The only exception now is the strange messenger.

The protagonist learns from Rambo that the courier was unusually quiet and honest the previous night, and did not attempt to leave the "captive" lair where she was being held, nor did he communicate with the guards for information.

However, the food sent in was eaten completely, and the other party seemed to be still unsatisfied, and seemed very hungry.

The protagonist soon meets the special messenger, who identifies himself.

The messenger does not show respect to himself in the same way that a normal worker ant meets a male ant, that is, he does not hang his head, lower his antennae, and make respectful body language.

This makes the protagonist shake his tentacles, but he doesn't think much of it.

The other party passed the packet, and before the protagonist read it, he asked, "Who sent you?" ”

The ants don't lie, and unless she's the one behind her forbids her to do so, which happens a lot, she's sure to have some useful information.

The messenger replied honestly: "If the king asks me, I can tell you that it is the old king who has sent me." ”