Chapter 57: Arriving at the Swamp
Although the landmark mountain peak has been seen, but the Wangshan is running a dead horse, and the direction suggested by the landmark is not right, the protagonist and "Xiao Hei" have been looking for a way in the valley for two more days, and they have continuously relied on the landmark to correct the direction, and finally approached the destination.
On August 3, before nightfall, the protagonist notices that the terrain around him is very different from the previous days.
A few days ago, I was in a cramped valley, surrounded by high mountains on both sides, and there were many trees, which seemed very depressing.
By the moment, however, the surroundings had become open, the mountains had receded far behind, and the nearby terrain had become flat, with large expanses of thatch occupying most of the land, with only the occasional rolling hills and patches of woods dotted among the meadows.
Before nightfall, the protagonist goes into a forest to rest, and the leaf tent is indeed convenient and safe, and the protagonist no longer has to struggle to find the hole in the tree every day.
At dusk, the rays of the setting sun shine on the landmark peaks in the southeast, and the bare rocks on the west side of the small "Matterhorn" reflect a golden luster, which is very beautiful.
And this scene is exactly the same as what the protagonist saw in [Bun] City before, and the destination is estimated to be not far ahead, and the protagonist even feels that he is sleeping in a leaf tent, and he can already smell the smell of water, and I don't know if it's a hallucination.
He was going to continue moving forward early tomorrow morning, and now he didn't have to worry about food, yesterday he happened to find more than a dozen insect eggs hidden on the back of the leaves, although he didn't know what kind of insects they were, the raw insect eggs can be preserved for a long time, and they taste good after being roasted, just as dry food.
Isn't the protagonist afraid that insect eggs are poisonous? Dare to eat as much as you like!
He is really not afraid, except for some species of fish eggs that are poisonous, the eggs of other animals are non-toxic, after all, no one wants to poison their offspring! Even if it is a poisonous snake or spider, the eggs are completely non-venomous! Insect eggs, the protagonist hasn't seen anything poisonous and can't be eaten, anyway, no matter what eggs the ants find, they move them to the nest.
As for how the protagonist cooks the eggs, there is no need to worry about this question, although he doesn't bring a mystery ball as a ignition tool in his luggage - after all, a mystery ball can only be used once, and it takes up a lot of space.
One of the mysterious pieces of equipment he'd been waiting for was a ignition tool, a primitive lighter.
It is said that it is a lighter, but it is not actually a lighter or a fire sickle in the human world, but a simple tool that relies on the mysterious liquid in the mysterious ball that can be spontaneously combusted.
The lighter that the protagonist brings is actually a small amount of mysterious liquid inside a nut shell the size of a mung bean, and there is a layer of liquid grease on the surface to prevent the mysterious liquid from spontaneously combusting. Then it is equipped with cotton-like fibers obtained from the red fire ants through the intermediate channel of the bellied ants and kneaded into a fire twist.
Each time, as long as you twist the grease layer with fire, dip a little mysterious liquid, and then take it out and shake it twice in the air to burn, which is used to ignite the pyre.
In this way, the small amount of mysterious liquid in the lighter can be used many times, enough to be used dozens of times, while in the past, such a small amount of liquid could only be poured out to ignite, and the amount was only used several times, and it was easy to destroy the protective layer of grease, resulting in spontaneous combustion of the remaining liquid.
- I'm the dividing line -
The smell last night is not a hallucination, and the protagonist finally sees the familiar swampy terrain at noon the next day.
Drilling out of a large wooded area, a large continuous swamp suddenly opens up, and from the perspective of the landmark peak, this is the destination of the protagonist.
The swamp covers a wide area, and the original Divine Envoy King Legion arrived in the swamp area from the westerly direction, but this time the protagonist came from the southeast, and he hadn't seen the familiar anthill for the time being, but he didn't think it was far away.
The protagonist is excited, and he is quite in a state of "homesickness".
Roll, Lan Bofei, Lan Bowan, these close comrades-in-arms, as well as big worker ants like Xiao Mi II, and middle-level male ants like Shennong who have few connections but important responsibilities, I don't know if they are okay.
The hunting sickle ants under the kite and the paving ants under the floating leaf king, I don't know if they have been bullied too hard by the big-headed ants? I hope not...
And his two-headed mounts: Xiaoqing II and Tempest, are they okay? Especially Xiaoqing II, it is a mercerized green fly, and its lifespan is only a few years, but now it is a little old, and it has changed to a familiar living environment, and I don't know if I can adapt to it, and whether I can fly around with the protagonist anymore.
Tempest, too, likes to climb trees, and there are really no trees in the swamp territory for him to move around! Lively it will not be very aggrieved.
And those parasitic ants, did they threaten the newcomer army?
Although he hasn't arrived yet, the protagonist has a lot of things to worry about, but it doesn't matter, he's back, as long as he's there, it doesn't matter if there are any contradictions and problems!
The protagonist only feels ambitious, and drives "Little Black" to speed up and rampage through the swamp to find the location of the territory of the Divine Envoy King's legion.
There were many dragonflies and damselflies in the swamp, and the rash intrusion of an ant and a fly caught the attention of the predator, and soon two huge dragonflies followed.
Blackie was visibly nervous and began to pick up speed, but the weight on his back made it much slower than when flying alone.
The huge dragonfly is flying very fast, flapping its huge transparent membrane wings, and is approaching rapidly. The huge compound eyes and hideous mouthparts that occupy more than half of the head are already clearly visible.
The protagonist is no longer the first time he arrived, he panicked in the face of a fierce insect, he pulled out the spear on one side, and when the dragonfly was already very close, he slammed back again, directly piercing the dragonfly's huge compound eye.
It is estimated that the spear pierced the brain, and the dragonfly fell directly in a whirlpool, falling on the surface of the water and floating.
The other dragonfly's simple brain does not understand why its companion fell, nor does it know what the danger is, but still chases, and the protagonist stabs the dragonfly again with a spear stained with dragonfly's blood and eye tissue fluid, seriously injuring the dragonfly.
In the end, an ant and a fly climbed to a height of six or seven meters, while the dragonfly and the damselfly liked to fly at low altitudes near the surface of the water, and finally there were no more fierce insects to disturb the protagonist.
Fortunately, the wind is beautiful today, and there is no strong wind, and the "little black" can fly normally at such an altitude.
After searching for a while, the protagonist finally saw something and immediately drove "Little Black" to lower the height.
On the land in the middle of the swamp, there is an anthill that stands out, and there is a net around the anthill - a typical nest of the Divine Messenger King's legion in the swamp.
This nest protagonist has not seen before, and it may have been newly built by the troops who stayed behind in the swamp, or it may have been newly built after the arrival of a large army in the swamp to accommodate the numerous ant mouths.
The protagonist quickly approaches the lair, only to feel like he is going home, and his heart is full of excitement and excitement!