Chapter 157: Ancient God Inheritance Ant Clan Conference (1)
The protagonist descends with the Flying Knight and tethers his mount to a stake under the guidance of a leafcutter ant on the ground.
After leaving most of the Flying Knights to guard the mounts, the protagonist walks with 12 guards towards the ground entrance of [Sacred Tree City].
At this point, the protagonist looks back and sees that "Little Black" and the other fly mounts look unusually small and inconspicuous against the backdrop of the tall starry bull and the even taller giant dragonfly.
The protagonist covets the starry bull, which can be used as a tool for crossing the river, and the giant dragonfly, which is more suitable.
It's not just the big mounts that are enviable, but the wasp mounts that are close to the fly bolt are very cold in black and yellow, and the "little black" is as low-key as the five Ling's magic cars parked on the side of the supercar.
There was a wasp who seemed to be a little interested in flies, after all, they eat meat, and when this wasp turned around, the flies next to it were so frightened that they flew quickly, but they were caught by the reins and could not fly far, so they could only hide as far away as possible and shiver.
Fortunately, the leaf-cutter ants and the original riders of the various tribes were under the watch, and several yellow-brown ants, with slender bodies and long antennae and arthropods, pricked the wasp's anus, abdomen and mouthparts at different angles with pointed sticks, forcing it away from the poor flies.
This makes the protagonist breathe a sigh of relief, if he loses his mount before the convention, and has a feud with certain forces, it will be troublesome.
He learned from the female leafcutter ants who led the way that the wasps were accompanied by the emissaries of the Slender Foot Swift Ant Clan, who came from the male ant kingdom inherited by the Wind God.
At this time, a group of messengers flew in the air, and the mounts of these messengers were headed by a large butterfly with blue-purple wings, followed by several white butterflies and flower butterflies, and more than a dozen butterflies flew and landed.
The entire [Sacred Tree City] mount parking area in the open air has been transformed into a large stage for mount displays.
The protagonist shook his head, for the first time, he felt that the black "Little Black" was a bit off the stage, if it was the previous "Xiaoqing" and "Xiaoqing II", there would be bright green metallic carapace to show off, not as low-key as the current hemp flies.
He pondered as he entered [the City of the Sacred Tree].
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Rested overnight in the leafcutter ant country and ate some local fungal food.
The drink provided by the Leaf Cutting Ant Country is actually diluted crow honey, which is obviously obtained from the trade of the Divine Envoy King Legion, and it is likely to be the inventory before the battle with the Divine Envoy King Legion last year, and it has not expired.
The crow honey and honeydew that the Divine Envoy King's legion had just delivered two days ago were not only given to the Leaf Cutting Ant Nation family, but had already stated that they would not be used until after the meeting. I believe that the Leafcutter Ant Kingdom will not mess around for these gifts.
The protagonist doesn't drink this addictive thing, and gives it to the leaf-cutting ant female ant who has been with him all the time.
The female ant is very happy, and she tells the protagonist that the crow honey stored in [Sacred Tree City] has bottomed out, and this is the last bit left, and she has taken it out to entertain guests from afar. Now even the queen ants can only drink honeydew that has been stored for a long time, and the female ants drink nectar water.
The protagonist is very happy, he did not drink last year's expired drink, and the female ant who got the crow honey is also happy.
That night, the protagonist rests with the Flying Knight guards in a lair room. The other Flying Knights huddled together in a nest and had to take turns taking care of their mounts outside.
The food they get is also fungal, and the drink is very light nectar water.
Many of the mounts could not enter the house, so the leafcutter ants built a shelter from the leaves outdoors, and the different mounts gathered together to keep warm and survive the night.
Early the next morning, the ants of all races have arrived, and the protagonist is introduced to the venue by the female leaf-cutting ant who is the guide, ready for the meeting.
The venue of the Old God Legacy Conference is inside the [Sacred Tree City], and entering the huge nest through the corridors with leaf-cutting ant tree god inheritance runes painted all along the way, the protagonist feels as if he has arrived in a large conference room like a human - large enough to accommodate a gathering of thousands of ants, far larger than any room the protagonist has ever seen.
The floor of the conference room is paved with white pebbles, which is the same as the habit of the big-headed ant family. In the cracks in the ground, you can see the xylem underneath and some traces of white-gray glue, apparently white pebbles covered with a wooden base of the tree trunk, with an unknown glue as a binder.
Considering that so many white pebbles are used here, and that their origins are far away from [Sacred Tree City], or even within the territory of the leafcutter ants, it should have cost a lot of money to build this large conference room.
The large meeting room has natural light, and a window that opens diagonally to the outdoors is made of wooden sticks and ant silk to block the insects and leaves from drifting in.
It's no different from the conference room of the Big-Headed Ant clan except for the cobblestone floor. There are a lot of delicate and soft mats made of ant silk on the floor.
Look at some of the ant messengers who have already arrived, they are all lying comfortably on the mat, the height of the mat is very suitable for the medium-sized ants lying on their stomachs, and the antennae can naturally hang on the pebble floor, so that the meeting is not tiring for a long time.
At this time, there are already several other ant tribes in the conference room, none of which are the races that the protagonist has seen before, and are obviously other ant tribes participating in the meeting.
Fortunately, there were leafcutter ants and female ants who introduced him one by one.
In addition to the slender foot swift ant of the Wind God inheritance that I met yesterday, among the races that have arrived, there is a small sharp-tailed ant with a small body, their color is yellow, and their characteristics are not obvious except for their small size.
These sharp-tailed ants are a race inherited from insect gods, and are said to be good at domesticating several insects, and can even serve termites, unlike other ant tribes that generally have limited domesticated species.
They are the queen of ants, and the flying mount is a kind of palanquin pulled by many winged termites, which the protagonist didn't see yesterday.
The other is a yellow-brown mimic honeypot ant, which looks very similar to the Maolin ant family on the side. The mimic honeypot ant is an ant clan inherited from the god of flowers, and yesterday's butterfly mount is theirs. They are also queens.
In the past, the sweet drink of the Leaf Cutting Ant Country mainly relied on the nectar provided by the Honeypot Ant Country, but the quality was not as good as the honeydew sold by the Divine Angel King Legion, and the supply was also unstable.
The Maolin ant is next to the mimic honeypot ant, which is about the same size, and it is also a mixed body color of yellow, red and brown. But they are a country of male ants, and their mounts are even more ferocious, which are the giant dragonflies.
The hairy forest ant lives in the woods near the water, and mainly uses the dragonfly to hunt the many insects that fly on the water for food. They also block some waterways with timber and other materials to build reservoirs for ant workers and attract more prey to gather. Therefore, the Maolin ant claims to be a descendant race of water gods.