In March of the 8th year, it was warm and cold, and the new grass was green.

After a winter, in the territory of the Divine Envoy King's legion, the various nests began to gradually recover from the underground, and the small area of ground near the nest was slowly bustling.

Even though the occasional cold of spring and the occasional temporary isolation of various places, the pace of spring, like the blooming of flowers in early spring, is approaching step by step.

After the beginning of spring, the range of other ants is still limited, only the paving ants are still diligent, as long as the conditions are not too bad, they will go to work and fight on the front line of canal construction.

Since the gunpowder liquid can be saved, the Mystic Orb is no longer a non-renewable resource for the Divine Envoy Legion, so the inventory of Mystic Orbs is used as explosives on the construction site in large quantities.

This section of the soil layer is relatively solid, not easy to excavate? Explode it!

There's a rock in the way, why don't you get around it? Don't go around, blow it up!

The root system of the weeds here is particularly developed and dense, and even the jaw knife can't cut it? Blow it up and set it on fire.

The construction team suddenly felt that they were extremely wealthy, and the mystery ball bomb was really open to use, and the scene of "blowing it up" happened almost all the time.

However, this scene is also limited to the canal construction site around [Xinyangcheng], because the other sections have not stocked the mystery ball in advance, and the climatic conditions in winter cannot carry out long-distance transportation.

After the beginning of spring, while the temperature was rising, the protagonist ordered the paving ants to organize several groups of transport teams to send the mysterious ball bomb to other construction sites, and other construction sites used this kind of mass killing weapon.

Relying on the hard work of the paving ants and the power of the mysterious ball bomb, the excavation progress of the canal has exceeded one-third by the end of the winter, far exceeding the original planned progress.

At this rate, the canal may be completed by the beginning of summer.

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After the beginning of spring, the ant nests slowly returned to normal, and by the end of March, the aftermath of winter had basically been exhausted, and the ants forgot about the deadly cold and embraced warmth again.

After a winter, the Shengong Ant Flying Knights have expanded to 6 squads, and in the spring, these 6 squads of Flying Knights began to adjust their stations and clarify their respective responsibilities for the airspace.

Squad 1 is stationed in [Red Iron City] and is responsible for reconnoitring the northwestern forest area, focusing on the Leafcutter Ant Nation and the Red Fire Ant Army, which is occupying the eastern part of the forest.

Team 2 is stationed in the area near the main nest of the Red Fire Ant Nation [Hive City] and is responsible for scouting the Red Fire Ant Country. Due to the protest of the Red Fire Ant Country, Team 2 is currently restricted from entering the territory of the Red Fire Ant Country, so as not to provoke the current nominal suzerain, and only scout along the border for the time being.

Team 3 is stationed in the territory of the original forest ant clan, and is also responsible for reconnoitring the Red Fire Ant Country, as well as the vassal forces of several nearby Red Fire Ant Countries.

The 4th, 5th, and 6th squads were stationed as mobile forces in [Xinyangcheng]. At the same time, these three teams are also responsible for taking turns to conduct reconnaissance on the south bank of the Great River.

Although the south bank of the river is close to [Xinyangcheng], due to the wide Qinghe River, the two banks of the river face each other, but they have never made contact, and they have always been ignored under the dark.

After the beginning of spring this year, there was a different commotion on the south bank of the Qing River, which attracted the attention of the Divine Envoy King Army.

The ant forces on the south bank of the Qing River are complex, and there are many small countries, and they are constantly attacking each other. Just within the range that [Xinyang City] can see, there are 6 forces.

Across the Qing River, directly across the [Xinyangcheng] Peninsula is a tribe of burrowing ants, living in a shrub; To the west of the burrowing ant tribe is a paving ant tribe that lives on the meadow; To the east of the burrower ant tribe, the shrubs quickly transition into woods, and there is a leafcutter ant tribe here. In addition, there are scattered tribes of big-headed ants, corn hairy ants, and bowback ants scattered in the vicinity, and perhaps some smaller tribes that have not been detected in previous rough reconnaissance.

These forces on the south bank of the Qing River are generally small countries and widows, and the largest paving ant tribe is the appearance of three or five secondary nests, and the total ant population does not exceed 100,000. The smallest tribe of hunchback ants is estimated to have only a few thousand ants, and if it weren't for their large size and their eye-catching appearance in the air, the flying knights might have missed them.

The small country on the south bank of the Qing River is widowed, no important resources have been discovered, and there is no threat to [Xinyang City], and even the protagonist has always ignored this place.

Previously, the protagonist also wanted to lead a large army across the river and then return to the swampy area by land to join the large army there, and he also had some interest in the south bank.

However, in the swamp area, the god of the king army is destroyed by a parasitic frenzy that erupts both inside and outside, and the protagonist loses interest in the south bank of the Qing River.

After the beginning of spring this year, the south bank of the Qinghe River became a pot of porridge, and the protagonist couldn't help but pay attention to it.

First, the leafcutter ant tribe wiped out the burrowing ant tribe, and included that small piece of shrub into the territory, infesting the opposite bank of [Xinyang City], which attracted the reconnaissance of the flying knights.

Subsequently, the flying knights found that the small but numerous paving ants launched an offensive against the bowback ant tribe, and the bowback ant tribe was defeated, and the remnants fled into the distance.

If it's just an attack between these small tribes, it doesn't matter, last winter came early, and many ant forces did not stock up on sufficient food, so it is estimated that it will be difficult to survive the whole winter.

Therefore, after the beginning of spring, in the early spring when food is not abundant, the ants urgently need to plunder the enemy's food by military means, or simply consume the ant population that they are unable to support.

But in the midst of the disturbances on the south bank of the Qing River, the flying knights discovered an important piece of information.

When the Burchback Ant Tribe was attacked by the Paving Ant Tribe and forced to flee to the upper reaches of the Qing River, their remnants burrowed into a wilderness that was overgrown with weeds in the summer, alarming the ants here.

It is inhabited by a colony of big-headed ants, who quickly gather their forces to wipe out the bowback ant tribe that is at the end of their crossbows.

The Flying Knights noticed the battle here, in the past, there was a lot of thatch growing here, almost completely covering the ground, and the Flying Knights had ignored that there was a powerful big-headed ant force here in their previous reconnaissance, or they didn't notice anything unusual when they found it.

But now, the weeds hadn't grown taller, and the battle on the ground was exposed to the flying knight's nose.

On the ground, this army of big-headed ants does not fight on instinct like other uncivilized ant tribes.

This army of big-headed ants has a complete military establishment of legions-squads, and has the tactics of using soldiers in the legion in a concentrated manner, and has too many characteristics that the Divine Envoy King Legion is familiar with.

After learning the information, the protagonist guesses the identity of the gang of big-headed ants.

I really didn't expect that after a few years, I could still be here, in this foreign land, and see the old ants I knew before!