The sun shone from behind the side, and it was warm on the body.

Although it was morning and midsummer, the temperature in the evening and early morning did not rise above 20 degrees, which is not the most comfortable temperature for insects.

And at this moment, the sun is shining on the body, and the body temperature of "Xiao Hei" rises rapidly, and the protagonist's constant body no longer feels like it is radiating heat outward, warm and comfortable.

"Little Black" flies in the air, trying to avoid big trees and looking for open space to advance. It can't fly too high, and if it does, the wind will be too strong and it will take a lot of extra stamina.

At this time, Qinghe and [Xinyangcheng] had been left far behind, and when they turned around, they could only see the canopy of the big poplar tree. Flying in mid-air, the scenery continues to slip back quickly under you, this is a large field, the grass waves undulating, like the green sea and blue waves.

Although it does not exceed the average height of trees, there are few insects flying at this altitude, and most of the flying insects are close to the ground, foraging, mating or fleeing.

Only locusts and giant butterflies, a few insects that can migrate long distances, can persist in flying at this altitude.

The advantage of flying at high altitude is that there is no interference from other insects, whether it is a shy gnats or a fierce dragonfly, they do not notice that the protagonist and "Little Black" are passing overhead.

However, there are drawbacks to flying at high altitudes, although the air currents here are not as varied as on the surface, but the winds are stronger, and at the beginning of the departure, it is still downwind or crosswind, and there is no problem.

Until there was a headwind at this time, "Xiao Hei" was already burdened, and the wind was strong, "Xiao Hei" tried to flap his wings to barely maintain his balance, but he was also forced to retreat.

The luggage on the abdomen is a bit heavy, which changes the position of the center of gravity of "Xiao Hei", and it is usually fine, but when it needs to accelerate the output, it seriously interferes with the action of "Xiao Hei".

The protagonist can't move through the air with "Little Black", and when he sees that the mount is still reckless, he tries to flap his wings and try to fight the wind. He hurriedly pulled the reins and took control of his mount to fly low - there was no need to waste his strength against the stubborn wind.

The wind blew very suddenly, at this time the ground was low, and the flying insects were also dodging, and the small insects were like this, and the power of nature, even if it was just a joking blow, could make them turn on their backs.

The protagonist and "Little Black" fly at a "high altitude" of five or six meters above the ground when the wind is right, and stay close to the ground the rest of the time.

After flying for about two hours, the protagonist notices that the frequency of "Little Black's" wings flapping is obviously decreasing, and he is obviously physically exhausted.

So he steered his mount down and came to rest on the blade of a bush.

There are also unevaporated dew drops on the back of the leaves, and an ant and a fly each lie in front of a drop of crystal dewdrop, pierce the water film on the surface of the dew with their mouthparts, and then suck the nectar to replenish the water.

After drinking their fill, the protagonist brings out a little more food. "Xiao Hei" has a special food, although its chewing and suction mouthparts can also eat solid food, but it needs to be moistened with saliva in advance, which is more troublesome, compared to it prefers to eat fluid or liquid food.

The food that the protagonist brings to "Little Black" is fluid, a mixture of fat, minced meat, and honeydew, which has the preservative effect of honeydew, and it is not a problem to keep these foods for a week. However, due to the weight bearing, the protagonist only brought three days' worth of food.

There are a total of nine packets of "Little Black's" exclusive food, each wrapped in blades of grass, and the protagonist uses an obsidian dagger to cut the rope and open a packet, and "Little Black" happily licks and sucks a small bag of food dry.

Rested on the bush for about thirty minutes without any incidents. In fact, although the competition for survival is fierce, there are so many insects in the world, not all individuals are in danger every minute, and most insects can still survive most of the time.

Seeing that "Little Black" has regained his strength, the protagonist re-bundles his luggage on it and continues to take off.

In this way, he rested for half an hour every two hours on average, and by the time the sun was about to set on the first day of the journey, the protagonist had already flown far away, and even if he climbed the tallest tree nearby, he could not see the Qinghe River and the big poplar tree.

The night is relatively more dangerous, and it is difficult for flies to venture out of sight at night, so the protagonist begins to look for a place to spend the night at dusk.

The best place to spend the night is definitely a tree cavity or a crack in the bark of a tree, which is far from the surface and has few insects on the trunk itself, so it is relatively safe.

However, the protagonist happens to be in a meadow, there are few trees, and the only trees have a high density of insects, and there are often owners in the tree holes, either poisonous spiders or some disgusting-looking insects.

The protagonist doesn't plan to forcibly occupy these tree holes, otherwise he won't be able to sleep peacefully if he lives in them.

Instead, he searched for cracks or caves in large stones, but he had not found anything.

Another way is to hide on the leeward side of the trees to survive the night, most insects do this, how can there be so many feng shui treasures to shelter from the wind and rain, and the body can be carried through the night.

But the main character, as an ant, is used to living in a warm and comfortable underground, and is not happy to suffer like this.

In the past, in the homeland, even if it was a long journey to the northern part of the Paving Ant Barbarian Country to investigate, it was a group of flying knights who huddled together to keep warm overnight, and they had never slept in the open like this.

In the end, the protagonist came up with a way, found a twig without insect activity in the leeward of a locust tree, used an obsidian dagger to cut some tender skin fibers to make a rope, tied holes in two adjacent leaves, and tied the leaves together with ropes to make a simple leaf tent, and an ant and a fly got into it to sleep.

The protagonist sleeps inside, and "Little Black" is outside, using his body to block the cool breeze that comes in from the entrance.

The first night passed like that.

The next day, July 30, the protagonist and "Little Black" wake up and have breakfast each.

"Little Black" still eats slimy high-calorie mixed food, and the protagonist eats a simpler one, just a small piece of roasted mealworm jerky with salt and a plain roasted grass seed, and drinks the morning dew.

After eating and drinking, an ant and a fly set off again. Today's luggage is much lighter than yesterday, and "Little Black" flies more lightly.

The protagonist holds the direction while avoiding the horse's playful sudden change of direction. On the other hand, he was still paying close attention to the ground, and if there was suitable food, he had to add a little, and the food in his luggage would be enough to eat for another two days!

But today there is no harvest, and at night, the protagonist and "Little Black" have arrived at the edge of the mountain and continue to set up a leaf tent on a tree for the night.