The action of the indigenous ant alliance on the south bank of the Qing River besieging [Pioneer City], the thunder was loud and the rain was small, and it did not cause much damage to the ant alliance and [Pioneer City], but the indigenous ants suffered losses.

However, most of these indigenous tribes, except for a few unlucky ones, fled without breaking their bones.

The Divine Envoy King's legion had planned to take revenge by sweeping away the surrounding indigenous ant tribes, but it had to be stopped due to weather conditions.

Just two days after the Battle of [Pioneer City], the Divine Envoy King's army was not ready to retaliate, and the first cold wave of the year came.

The ants are sensitively aware of the change in the climate and have taken refuge in their nests**. The rest of the creatures outside were much more unlucky, and most of them had to resign themselves to fate, waiting for the cold death to come.

On the north bank of the Qing River, [Xinyangcheng] underground.

The protagonist walks with the back limbs in harmony and uses them, leaving the front two limbs empty. This way of traveling is a way for the protagonist to learn to walk on six limbs after he comes to this world. Since two hands can be free, the protagonist is more adaptable.

The Flying Knight also rode in this position, and this Divine Envoy King's gait also caused other ants to follow suit.

Walking into the underground combustion chamber, there is no cold feeling outside here, but a wave of heat is burning.

In the large combustion chamber, dozens of worker ants are struggling to haul fuel such as dried twigs cut into sections to a place close to the mouth of the furnace and back again. Another team of worker ants used long wooden sticks to push the fuel into the furnace.

The tip of the long stick was charred black, and every time it reached into the furnace, it would ignite sparks, burning the tip of the black charcoal bit by bit. It seems that it won't be long before the ants have to replace a long stick.

On the side, dozens of these long sticks could be seen piled up, all of which were spare parts. In the warehouse next door, there are tens of thousands of these long wooden sticks, all of which have been collected throughout this year, enough to burn the wear and tear in the room.

A worker ant who was responsible for carrying fuel had been in such a scorching working environment for a while, and then he quickly left, and immediately another worker ant came to fill the gap.

The departing worker ants ran to a nest outside the burning room, where a large earthen jar about the size of a broad bean was embedded in the ground, filled with water.

The worker ant, who was already overheated, hurriedly lay on the edge of the tank and drank a sip of water, while the other worker ants on the side picked up the water droplets and applied them to her to help her cool down quickly.

This is a simple measure of protection for ants working in the combustion chamber to prevent them from dying from hyperthermia.

After inspecting the combustion chamber, the protagonist compliments the big worker ants who manage the place, and tells her to ensure that the fire is strong.

In other seasons, the burner chamber where the fire is kept for a long time maintains only a low level of flame, and is responsible for providing the fire for the ignition of the blast furnace, and is also worshiped as the sacred flame of the ant kingdom.

And when winter comes, this sacred flame has a more practical meaning - to heat the whole [Xinyang City].

Because of the harsh underground environment, [Xinyangcheng] was forced to develop to the ground, forming a number of ant mounds, which were exposed to the air and were not as cold-proof as underground ant nests, and had to rely on the supply of heating in winter.

The heat generated by the combustion chamber warms the ant nest before exhausting the air through the complex and well-connected exhaust flue, ensuring a relatively comfortable temperature inside.

The first cold wave of the year has just arrived, and the protagonist clearly feels that the temperature in the ant mound has dropped a little compared to usual, so he comes to inspect it.

Fortunately, the Ant Alliance is now running well, although he was on the spur of the moment, but he couldn't help but feel relieved to see that the combustion chamber had increased its firepower without his additional orders, and the room temperature would not take too long to rise.

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Leaving the combustion chamber, the protagonist has breakfast and receives a notice from a worker ant that he knows that the time is up, so he leaves the dormitory.

He walked slowly through the dark passage, and the fluorescent bacteria that appeared at intervals on both sides of the passage were like street lamps.

The protagonist sees things like day in the dark, and walks to the site of the United Conference of the Ethnic Groups, where he is going to have a meeting.

Along the way, there are constantly worker ants and soldier ants who encounter the protagonist in reverse, and they all perceive this great existence from the unique smell of the Divine Envoy King, and respectfully bypass to avoid blaspheming the leader.

Over the past few years, the protagonist's prestige as a god envoy has far surpassed that of all ants, and he is used to being treated like this, although he is lonely and seems to be difficult to get into with other ants, but this is the norm in the ant world.

The professional ant and the noble ant are two classes with an insurmountable chasm, and in the ant alliance, there is also a chasm between the Divine Envoy King and other noble ants, and the Divine Envoy King is the only existence that lives alone on the pyramid.

To enjoy the power of the top of the pyramid is to endure the loneliness of the top of the pyramid, like climbing the peak of the Himalayas alone, with everyone in the world at your feet. No one will climb up to accompany you, only snow, sunshine and the howling cold mountain wind.

The protagonist doesn't know when he has become accustomed to this kind of high-ranking loneliness, and he no longer seeks emotional comfort, but he still remembers a little bit of his original intention:

To live well in this ant world, to lead your ant clan to survive and be strong, to counterattack the homeland.

This is already the pillar belief that he supports to survive after crossing, rather than being lonely and crazy.

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Compared with other humble ant nests, the conference room of the United Ethnic Assembly is "magnificent", with fluorescent bacteria illuminating the interior like the brightness of the outdoors with a dark blue effect, and the beautifully decorated mosaic walls barely see the bottom layer of the earth.

The general meeting of the ant tribes is held on the 15th of each month, and for this purpose the delegates have learned and used the divine calendar provided by the Divine Messenger King.

Today is the day of the meeting, and the representatives of each ant tribe should make a statement to the king of the divine envoy at the meeting about the needs of their own tribe and the matters to be reported.

The Divine Envoy King would decide some matters on the spot, and would also let the delegates discuss some matters, and even extend this discussion for three or four meetings, and only make a decision after half a year.

The protagonist hopes that through this discussion, he can develop the skills of the conference delegates so that he can share some of his own work in the future.

The order of reporting of each ant clan in the meeting was in the order of joining the ant alliance.

The first to report is the big-headed ant family, the spade elephant on behalf of the big-headed ant male ant class report, he mainly talked about the winter material reserves, there are old precedents to follow in this regard, there are no special circumstances to make decisions.

"Little Secretary II" on behalf of the big worker ant class and the Ministry of Scientific Research reported some work, this year's work of the Ministry of Scientific Research is not ideal, domestication and control of beasts and other key projects progress slowly.

The protagonist discussed with the delegates and decided to transfer a batch of newly grown Shengong ants next year to enrich the team of the scientific research team.