Chapter 30: Departure

It took the protagonist and a few helping worker ants nearly three days to complete the fabrication of the eight vehicles.

After the production is completed, the protagonist asks his subordinate soldiers to carry the experiment again, of course, they can't experiment in the house, and the only place where this ant nest can accommodate the experiment is the spacious main passage.

The protagonist ties a single ant vehicle to the ant's chest and abdomen with a plant fiber rope, and knots it with the flexible tips of his front two pairs of limbs, which is equivalent to four fingers. In order to facilitate removal, the protagonist still wears a bow that can be unraveled when drawn......

No way, the protagonist was not a handicraft enthusiast or wilderness survival enthusiast who loved the art of knotting in his previous life, he would only tie two knots: dead knots and bow knots.

However, the ants are very obedient, and as long as the protagonist does not give orders, they will not untie the bow. Some ropes are too long, and the protagonist lets the soldier ants cut them with sharp and developed claws.

After tying them up, the protagonist orders the ants to climb the inclined main passage twice, confirming that the vehicles do not slide off easily, and the results are satisfactory.

But the protagonist discovers another problem, the vehicle is indeed not easy to slide off, but the sunflower seed shell on the vehicle is like an irregular small saucer, which is filled with grain, and the slope is large, and the grain is easy to roll down. Although there was no food on top of this experiment, this problem must be considered when traveling far away, after all, with the tiny size of an ant, a small pebble or tree branch is a giant obstacle, and there are too many opportunities to climb the slope.

The protagonist thinks about it, and it seems that the grain and snail shells also have to be securely tied to the vehicle with rope beforehand. It's not too much of a hassle.

Just do it, the protagonist asks the worker ants to carry the food and snail shells to the designated vehicle, and wrap the plant fiber rope around the head a few times, and the protagonist himself ties the bow. The worker ants next to them watched the protagonist make so many never-before-seen tools, tying a lot of bows that seemed complicated to the ants, and the worker ants actually shook their heads and antennae in unison.

The protagonist curiously leans over to make contact, and as a result, the worker ants express their admiration.

"Oh, this is to worship me, I still have a lot of things, and then your heads should be turned into electric fans!" The protagonist is not without pride.

Ended the bundle (reinforcement) game (work). The protagonist thinks about it, and it's time for the rest to gather the members of the expedition.

In addition to herself, Mulan, the existing six soldier ant subordinates and the guide worker ants. The protagonist also needs at least ten soldier ants to carry the vehicle and luggage, and the guard force must also be strengthened, and it is also necessary to recruit four more soldier ants to enrich the escort team. Although the combat effectiveness of the worker ants is not good, and the strength is not strong enough, but the victory is agile, high work efficiency, and can also play a role in building camping caves and outposts, so you need to bring ten more worker ants.

In this way, the protagonist roughly determines the size of the team of more than thirty ants, which is just enough and not easy to attract the attention of potential large predators.

Lao Wang didn't say where these ants were dispatched from, but the protagonist is used to the way of temporary tasks to catch errands, and it is not difficult to find so many worker ants and soldiers in the main passage before departure, at most leave some time for them to go to the granary for a full meal.

But now it's imperative to get a good night's sleep, and after three days of busy manufacturing and experimenting with vehicles, the protagonist is a little overwhelmed, and he's been a little sleep-deprived these days. And in the previous life, the protagonist was a typical lazy man who didn't sleep at night and got up in the morning, but now he is forced to work so hard.

Speaking of sleeping, the protagonist used to think that the male ants seemed to sleep more, and the worker ants and soldier ants didn't seem to sleep much, like Mulan was always on call. In the past few days of work, the protagonist carefully observed the work and rest rules of the worker ants working together, and found that these worker ants did not sleep for a long time, but as long as there was nothing at hand, these worker ants would nap with their heads low, and they would nap for a minute or two at a time. If she needs to be woken up by a work partner, she will continue to work without complaining. However, even if they often nap, the protagonist estimates that these worker ants can't sleep for three or four hours a day. What a hard-working and poor little ant.

As for whether they will sleep for a long time like humans when they are not busy, it is not clear if the protagonist does not observe it.

"In the future, my subordinates will still sleep more when they are fine." The protagonist thinks to himself: "Sleep is too easy for sudden death!" The protagonist doesn't know if he really has such compassion for his subordinates, or if he is just making excuses for his love of sleeping (being lazy).

The protagonist returns to the bedroom, lies on the silk bed, and falls into a deep sleep, despite the fact that it will only be afternoon. Before going to bed, the protagonist tells Mulan to remember that she must notify herself at sunrise the next day.

…… A dreamless night......

The next day, the protagonist woke up first without waiting for Mulan to call him, after all, it is easier to wake up on his own if he has something in his heart.

The protagonist walks out of the bedroom, and Mulan hears the movement and hurriedly follows. Since following his own ears and eyes, the protagonist feels that Mulan's IQ has improved. With Mulan, the protagonist runs to the mouth of the nest to take a look, the sun has not yet risen, but the fish belly is already white in the distance.

Since it's almost dawn, the protagonist doesn't make up for sleep. He asked Mulan to go to the classroom first to find the janitor ants, and informed the guide worker ants to prepare to set off and meet at the cave.

Then I went to the main passage to catch the errand. Ants work day and night, especially in safe underground nests, where a large number of soldier ants and worker ants come and go at any time. In the past, the protagonist would be able to avoid them, but now they are used to mixing in the endless stream of ants.

Soon, the protagonist gathered the number of ten worker ants and ten soldier ants, and took them to the two-bedroom apartment, at which time Mulan also came back to her life, indicating that the guide worker ants had been notified.

One by one, the protagonist gives them orders: "From now on you will only obey me." Go and fill your stomach as much as you can and come back here. ”

Twenty-one of his subordinates were ordered to leave.

About a quarter of an hour later, the members of the squad returned, and the protagonist commanded the loading of the ten porter ants with their vehicles and luggage.

Then with a wave of the forelegs: "Let's go!" ”