The days of dormancy always pass quickly.

The sun rises and sets in the sky, and as time passes, the days are noticeably getting shorter, even without a clock.

Xiao Xiao's grass and trees also noticed the change of seasons, and the sweet and fat fruits hung on the branches and grass tips one after another, while the green and tender leaves gradually hung with withered yellow.

Insects are also aware of the changing seasons, and some short-lived bugs are still hissing as they spend their last days.

The days of dormancy are not idle, and the revival of a force requires too much to worry about, especially in a relatively unfamiliar area surrounded by strong enemies.

The good thing is that everything is on track.

When late autumn came, the Divine Envoy King Legion had gradually recovered the atmosphere of its heyday, and its strength was gathering little by little.

Now, there are two cities in the territory of the Divine Envoy King's legion, namely the main nest [Xinyang City] and the agricultural and animal husbandry secondary nest [Nansen City] in the north.

The total number of ants in the territory has reached more than 100,000, including about 90,000 big-headed ants, about 5,000 paving ants, about 3,000 hunting sickle ants, about 2,000 leaf-cutting ants, and about 2,000 belly-raising ants.

In terms of military strength, the protagonist did not carry out a major expansion of the army, and was still dominated by the four legions on the original Walnut fleet, but it was adapted to ensure combat effectiveness.

Due to the death of the commander of the new 8th Legion, Mantis, during the epidemic, the regiment was withdrawn, and its subordinates were dispersed and replenished to the other three legions.

The remaining three legions have been reorganized and trained, supplemented with the Hunting Scythe Ant Scouts, adjusted their weapons according to the current situation, and renumbered them.

The three legions are:

The 1st Legion of the Stag Elephant consists of 48 large-headed ant soldier squads and 2 scythe hunter ant scout squads, with a total of 51 commanders at all levels and 2,500 warriors.

The 2nd Legion of Jianiu, like the 1st Legion, has 48 big-headed ant soldier squads and 2 scythe hunter ant scout squads, with a total of 51 commanders at all levels and 2,500 soldiers.

The 3rd Legion of Centipedia is an experimental unit, with a mixed team of 30 big-headed ant soldiers, 8 paving ant squads, 2 scythe hunting ant scout squads, 5 squads composed of large and medium-sized leafcutter ant warriors, and 5 belly-lifting ant squads. , a total of 51 commanders of all ranks and 2500 fighters.

Among them, the 1st and 2nd Legions are still equipped with advanced weapons such as bronze jawknives brought from their homeland, and some weapons are still in reserve. The weapons of the 3rd Legion were more primitive weapons such as the Gravel Jawknife produced locally.

This is the best option in a situation where there is no source of copper ore in the New Territory, and gravel weapons are back in this context.

In terms of economic construction, the Divine Envoy King's army made a good start in a foreign land, and in this famine year, it had stockpiled enough supplies for a winter in advance through operating territories and trade, and there was still a surplus.

In particular, the honeydew industry, which is used for trade, has developed very vigorously, and through the Legion of the Bellied Ants as middlemen, the Divine Envoy King's army can continuously trade various scarce resources in the territory from the Red Fire Ants.

No, in the golden autumn season, the Divine Envoy King Legion learned from the belly-raising ant clan that the army of red fire ants and the vassal army had returned to the main nest, and in order to reward the meritorious soldiers, and also to deal with some unused spoils, a new round of big trade began.

The protagonist goes to great lengths to try to learn about the Red Fire Ant Army's expedition to the territory of the Leaf Cleaver Ants from Old Heart, so as to understand the military forces and tactics of these two potential enemies.

But unlike those simple ants in their homeland, the "old heart" of course knows the importance of military intelligence. Moreover, compared to the Divine Envoy King Legion, who had defeated himself once but could make money by himself, the Red Fire Ants, the suzerain-dominating country that naturally held the power of life and death of his own clan, made the belly-raising ants feel even more afraid.

Financial interests and survival, the bellied ants choose the latter, and they refuse to reveal the details of this war to the protagonist.

However, the protagonist still takes the opportunity to learn about the general direction of the war, and the list of materials that the red fire ants can trade in the future.

In this war, the red fire ants not only gathered their own troops, but also made the vassals pay tribute to hatch a large number of ant eggs, among which the forest ants, belly ants and black brown ant warriors who are good at fighting in the woods also joined the army after hatching and formed a coalition army.

It's just that "Old Heart" didn't disclose the scale of the Red Fire Ant Alliance, and maybe they don't know, after all, his source is also a fellow clan in the coalition that is not concentric with him, and the other party may also be on guard.

The Red Fire Ant coalition marched westwards to attack the leafcutter ants in the riverside woodlands, reportedly capturing several nests and recovering large amounts of loot.

But then, the leafcutter ants began to fight back, and the Red Fire Ant coalition was defeated and had to retreat.

There is no specific information, and the protagonist does not know what the specific results of the Red Fire Ant Coalition will be this time. However, judging from the fact that the Red Fire Ants still have a large amount of loot that can be exchanged for trade, they have indeed achieved the purpose of obtaining additional supplies in the famine year.

Perhaps, the red fire ants also took advantage of this natural disaster and war to achieve the purpose of reducing the excess ant population of their own clan and squeezing the resources of the vassal ant tribe. How so, the wisdom and ruling art of the red fire ants need to be upgraded again.

The red fire ants have a lot of supplies to sell next, and there is nothing to keep secret, so the bellied ants are ready to exchange some sand gold and grain.

After the Divine Envoy King Legion expressed their intention to participate in the transaction, the bellied ants immediately submitted the list, and they were eager to participate in the Divine Envoy King Legion's resale trade, which has already made a lot of profit this year.

There is indeed a lot of variety in the list, but the protagonist scans around and feels that the Divine Envoy King's army needs very little.

There are two categories of big heads on the list.

One is food, which is basically a fungus grown by leaf-cutting ants, most of which have been dried and can be stored for a long time.

Although the protagonist doesn't have much food on hand, it's still possible to trade some dried mushrooms to expand the variety of food.

In addition to dried mushrooms, there is also a small amount of fresh fungus in the grain, which makes the protagonist very happy.

Although there are leafcutter ants under the command of the Divine Envoy King, these leafcutter ants do not produce fungi like their own kind, because they do not have any fungus on hand...

The female ants of the leafcutter ants will also carry a little mycelium to the new colony before the wedding flight to ensure that the fungus can continue to grow in the new home.

However, when the Divine Envoy King Legion snatched the eggs of the leaf-cutting ants, they snatched too little mycelium by the way, and the big-headed ants and worker ants did not know how to take care of them, so they all died soon, resulting in today's embarrassing situation.

Now, at last, there is the mycelium necessary to build a mushroom garden, and the protagonist decides to buy it immediately!