Although very unwilling, the protagonist and the Divine Envoy King Legion have little to do against the parasitic ants that are already floating on the water.

However, the protagonist does not intend to give up, and with the combined effect of wind and current, these parasitic ants will have to float to the shore sooner or later.

Sooner or later, it could be tomorrow, it could be the day after tomorrow, it could even be a month away. Of course, if the time is long, these parasitic ants will definitely not be able to survive in the water for a long time.

The protagonist has the flying knights take turns taking off to monitor the movements of the floating parasitic ant blanket. At the same time, at the behest of the protagonist, the Legion of the Divine Envoy King excavates a temporary camp high on the shore of the lake.

The protagonist intends to be stationed here temporarily, and as soon as he finds signs of the enemy landing, he can immediately set off to intercept it. If you withdraw and set out from the stump fortress in the future, it will inevitably take a lot of time to march, and the fighters will be delayed.

It's been a night and more than half a day since the pursuit began yesterday, and the protagonist doesn't want to have another rapid march like this.

Another wave of Flying Knights searched the air for a shortcut from the makeshift camp to the Stump Fortress. Since yesterday's pursuit route was first south and then northeast, the temporary camp was roughly east or southeast of Stump Fortress.

This shortcut was quickly discovered, and it required a few small hills to climb along the way, but it only took half a day to complete, which greatly shortened the distance between the two places.

A portion of the food stored in the Stump Fortress was sent to a makeshift camp to feed the Divine Envoy King's legions. The Divine Envoy King's legion can also forage and hunt nearby, greatly reducing the logistical pressure on the Stump Fortress and even further away in Dongyang City.

In addition, the Stump Fortress also sends the eggs, larvae, and chrysalis in the abandoned parasitic nest to a temporary camp, which is at the behest of the protagonist.

Combined with the eggs, larvae, and chrysalis found by the lake and discarded by the enemy, the protagonist has thousands of parasitic ant offspring at his disposal.

Many of these eggs, larvae and pupae have died due to a long period of lack of care, but many have survived.

Dead bodies are not wasted, they are excellent sources of protein, and ants will dry them to supplement their food.

And the protagonist values the eggs, larvae and chrysalis that survive. These juvenile ants have not yet been infected by parasitic bacteria and are relatively easy to tame and can serve as a window into observing and understanding parasitic ants.

The protagonist is always very curious about parasitic ants, especially the cunning and unusual mutant worker ants (pale gold and large workers), their generally greater strength, and their way of taming dung beetles. If these skills can be cracked and mastered, then it will also be very beneficial for "Dongyang City".

To this end, the protagonist even transferred a large number of worker ants with conservation experience from the distant "Dudong Yang City" to watch over the offspring of these enemies in a special nest room in a temporary camp.

Since the established Divine Envoy King Legion is stationed nearby, the protagonist is not worried that these parasitic ants without parasites will rebel when they become adults.

- I'm the dividing line -

In the past few days, the stump fortress has not been idle, and the ants who stayed here not only played the role of a logistics and transportation transfer station for "Dongyang City" and the temporary camp by the lake, but also sent all the useful resources collected nearby back to "Dongyang City".

For example, the nectar source of scale insects at the top of the hills, and the new communities of scale insects and aphids that are being discovered in the vicinity. These honey-producing insects were transported back to Dongyang City and began to be grazed there, greatly increasing the production of honeydew that was in short supply in Dongyang City.

At the makeshift camp on the shore of the lake, apart from the slow progress of experiments to observe the offspring of parasitic ants, the most important work is that the flying knights take off every day to monitor the movements of the parasitic ant blanket that is still floating on the surface of the lake.

To this end, all the flying knights in "Dongyang City" came to the temporary camp with their mounts and stationed them, and constantly monitored them in real time at a frequency of two in each batch and one batch every hour.

The parasitic ants had been floating in the lake for two days, and although there was no shortage of water, the enemy, who did not carry much food reserves, was exhausted, and the ants kept dying and drifting away from the ranks.

Long-term soaking has also deprived some parasitic ants of the body surface oil they rely on to float, and the only thing that awaits them is sinking and suffocating to death.

But the parasitic ant queen is still protected in the middle, not threatened in any way, and not even wet from water.

According to the signal packets sent back by the Flying Knights, the protagonist has found no trace of the Lightgold Workers among the surviving enemies, and the most cunning of these enemies are suspected to have all died. From this, the protagonist deduces that the enemy's supreme commander should be the ugly-looking parasitic queen.

- I'm the dividing line -

On the morning of the third day, the wind howled.

The wind had been blowing since the night before, and it was the first northerly wind since early summer, and even the temperature dropped significantly.

The wind swept swiftly and indiscriminately over every blade of grass and every insect on the surface, and the branches and foliage of the tall trees rustled violently, while the weeds and shrubs escaped with their low size.

No insect in the air dares to spread its wings in such weather, and the flying knights are no exception, and they can only hide in the underground fly stables to try to calm the very restless mounts caused by the bad weather.

The gale blew for almost a day and did not stop until near evening.

After estimating that the wind is less than a third of its peak, the protagonist forces the flying knight to take off. The only one in the lead was the Flyhawk, who soothed his mount, jerked the reins, and controlled the mercerized green flies under him to soar into the sky.

As soon as he was in the air, he and his mount were blown sideways by the remaining strong wind, and they tumbled several times. Just when the protagonist is extremely anxious on the ground, the dragon eagle tightens the reins, controls its posture, and flies crookedly towards the depths of the lake with its reluctant mount.

The protagonist waits at the door of the temporary camp, and the wind constantly sweeps through the cave with sand, gravel and trees, even if it is the follow-up troops of a strong wind, even if the wind on the surface is only a fraction of the sky, its power is not something that the flesh of a small ant can resist.

In the distant sky, the Fly Eagle has slowly turned into a small dot, drifting uncontrollably in the intermittent winds, but he can always hold his body at the last moment, and continue to carry out the protagonist's orders firmly.

What a group of loyal and brave warriors this is, the protagonist can't help but sigh that the ants' natural discipline and obedience, as well as the courage to treat death as if they were home, and are willing to give everything for the collective, including their lives, have created a great race.