Chapter 105: Return
The secrets in the [Round City] are protected by the protagonist.,There are too many mysteries about the skull stone.,The protagonist can't solve it now.,But there will definitely be an opportunity to solve the mystery in the future.,The protagonist is convinced.。
Fortunately, this human skull-shaped thing is buried in the anthill, and it can't be seen from the outside, this secret that only belongs to the protagonist, even the male ants of other known Divine Envoy King Legions, only know that this is a strangely shaped "stone", and don't know its significance to the Divine Envoy King.
Although the protagonist has not yet been able to solve this mystery, it is not known where the head came from, how long it has been buried, what purpose it was buried here, and why it is engraved with symbols. However, the protagonist feels that this item is the key to solving the many mysteries of this world, and although he is not yet capable of revealing it, it will definitely be useful in the future.
The protagonist mentally elevates the importance of the Circle City to a very important position, and when local reinforcements arrive, the Circle City is quickly transformed into a fully functional, self-sufficient lair.
The protagonist is already planning to return to the mainland, at that time, at least until the beginning of spring next year, there will be no more support from the mainland, and the [Circle City] will have to rely on its own strength to hold on, and even grow, along with several other lairs.
Fortunately, winter is coming, and the parasitic ants are not active in winter like the mysterious ants, and the defenders of the Legion of the King of the Swamp can spend a relatively safe winter.
And so far, the parasitic ants have not shown any signs of counterattacking [Round City], and perhaps the skull stone, which is obviously very important to the protagonist, is just an inexplicable thing for the parasitic ants. Perhaps only the unparasitic corn hairy ants who lived here in the first place could know their origins.
- I'm the dividing line -
One night of autumn rain!
Since yesterday evening, the north wind has swept in with dark clouds, and the dead leaves that had fallen early on the ground were swept up into the air by the wind, flying, spinning, and falling.
The sun was tightly blocked, and before sunset, the raindrops the size of beans were already crackling.
The rain came and went, especially in the middle of the night, and the whole swamp was washed up and down.
The next day, after the protagonist gets up, he runs outside while the shower stops and feels a noticeable chill.
The autumn equinox has passed, an autumn rain and a cool, and soon the temperature will fall below 10 degrees at night. Ants do not like such low temperatures, and will slowly reduce their activity time, leaving the nest only during the warm hours of the day when there is sunlight.
It's time to go back!
The protagonist quickly settles everything in the Circle City, which is surrounded by two legions of troops and a shield of ballistas and protective nets, enough to withstand an army of hundreds of thousands of parasitic ants.
With a small number of escorts and escorting some injured ants, the protagonist returns to [Everglades City] by land.
According to the Flying Knights, the Circle City and Swamp City can also be connected by water, but they need to go around and around. As the temperature drops and the walnut fleet moves slowly, the protagonist returns by land to board the ship in [Swamp City] in order to save time.
The Walnut Fleet has been waiting for [Everglades City] for a few days, and this is the last ship to return to the mainland.
In addition to the main character, the wounded soldiers who needed to be brought back to the homeland and the tools that needed to be repaired have been loaded. After the protagonist boards the ship with the last of the passengers, the walnut ship fleet departs.
Although it is quicker to ride Xiaoqing II back to [Great Lake City], the protagonist still intends to experience the sewers. In addition, the air has not been very peaceful recently, and many flying parasitic war beasts that will die in winter have been frequently attacking the warriors of the Divine Envoy King in the last hours of their lives recently, and they may encounter danger when they walk in the air.
The protagonist stands near the entrance and exit of a walnut ship, watching the fleet he has built up a little bit against the wind, and his heart is full of pride - the group of ants under his command may be the only group of ants in this world that can sail.
Against the headwind, hundreds of bee riders pulled the ropes and dragged the walnut boats that were connected to each other out of the swampy lake and into the stream.
The sails on the walnut boat were not opened, and the return trip had to rely on the tug of the bees except to go downstream.
The huge fleet of walnut boats took up almost a quarter of the width of the stream when it entered the stream, but fortunately the stream was gentle and there were not many reefs, and the walnut boats were strong enough to withstand impact.
Over the course of the next week, the walnut fleet will drift along the stream and slowly enter the Great Lake.
Once at the Great Lakes, the Walnut Fleet will be able to reach [Great Lakes City] quickly with the help of a tailwind.
When the protagonist finally sets foot on the shore of [Great Lake City], after a few months, he finally sets foot on his native land.
Although the swamp area and the mainland belong to the same land, because of the waterway, the protagonist always feels that the swamp area is as remote and isolated as the New World.
The walnut fleet has finally completed its mission this year, and after unloading the supplies and ants, thousands of ants have worked together to tow the walnut fleet ashore for maintenance and repair.
After half a year of use, a lot of wear and tear has accumulated on the walnut boats, and some walnut boats have cracks in the collision with the reef, which were temporarily filled with ant glue before; Algae and moss grow on the surface or bottom of many walnut boats, which can affect the sturdiness of the shell over time.
These problems need to be dealt with, and some hard-to-repair walnut ships will be replaced by spare ships.
Next, the ants had to bury the entire walnut ship fleet in gravel to prevent the cold and cold winds of winter from damaging the ships.
In the spring of the following year, these walnut boats will be excavated again and put into water transportation.
During the repair and burial of the Walnut Ship, the protagonist can only learn about the situation in the swamp through the Flying Knight. Fortunately, after the protagonist left, the swampy area was calm, and the parasitic ants did not launch a counterattack.
The protagonist soon leaves [Great Lake City], deals with some backlog issues in [Dongyang City], and after pointing out the scientific research team for a while, he arrives at the main nest [Qingqiu City].
Here, Rambo Fei has always been dealing with government affairs in place of the protagonist, and the protagonist has come here to deal with some thorny problems.
In the end, the protagonist arrives at Waterfront City with several newly recruited legions.
Every year, it is the front line against the enemy invading south on the north bank of the Great River, and this year is no exception. But this year, the enemy that the Divine Envoy King's legion needs to guard against is no longer the Paving Ant or the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Northern Expeditionary Army.
It's the mysterious ant!