Going to a vast and strange world is a certain risk, and although the protagonist is not afraid, he is not reckless.

He climbed the big poplar tree in advance, ready to look at the destination to the north, and reconnoitred the terrain in advance, and the sky was exceptionally blue today, and there were not a few clouds to be seen, and it was completely gloomy as a few days ago.

The protagonist is under the blue sky and the scorching sun, climbing a giant tree, and in early summer, the wind is still cool, and the protagonist does not feel very hot.

This large poplar tree is a tall tree, and although it grows in poor soil, one of its roots is hit every year when the river floods, but it still grows to three stories high.

However, the protagonist can also see the tiredness of the tree with the naked eye, its branches and foliage are not dense enough, many leaves have yellow marks on the edges, and from time to time there are completely necrotic leaves falling.

This is caused by the accumulation of toxins caused by too much moisture in the roots and poor breathing, and the tree can only constantly germinate new leaves and replace old leaves to eliminate toxins.

Trees near the water often have this problem, that is, those metasequoias, water pines, and ashwagandha in the water forests have evolved to adapt and are not very affected.

Climbing on the vertical trunk of the big poplar, the protagonist always remembers that when he was in [Dongyang City], he also climbed the tree in this way, and that was to lead the team to sneak up on the beehive to obtain the bee eggs.

Now, in the [Xinyangcheng] warehouse, there are still dozens of bee eggs lying quietly, among which are the eggs of the queen bee, which is enough to re-germinate a bee colony. These are all relics of the homeland.

The protagonist is like an old man who likes to remember, often nostalgic for his homeland because of familiar things, and he also hates the destroyer who drove him out more and more, and has an extra desire for power - the power of revenge.

There's no need to climb too high, the protagonist just climbs one of the shortest branches, which is also five or six meters tall enough to rise above the nearby vegetation.

He looked out over the peninsula from the branches.

The poplar tree is not far to the north, the terrain is down, it is a dense grass, the wild grass in it grows very strong, the highest is two meters high, the protagonist does not know the name of its species, it feels like a very common wild grass, the deepest impression is that the long leaves of this grass are very sharp, and can even cut the hand.

It's a small basin where for some reason no trees grow, not even trees. This basin is like a ribbon and almost surrounds poplar trees.

Beyond the low depression, this long and narrow basin is still dominated by tall weeds, but occasionally some shrubs and slender and tall trees can be seen.

Further north, there is a large arbor forest, completely blocking the view to the north. The arbor forest extends to the east and west, but none of them approach the river, leaving a ribbon of blank space along the river.

After a general observation of the terrain, the protagonist leads the team to set off, and the distant view can only understand a rough idea, and if you want to figure out the nearby resources, you still have to rely on close reconnaissance.

On the north side of the aspen trees there is a large open space with almost no grass, because the sun shines from the south, and the north side of the aspen trees is covered with canopy shadows for a long time, and there is a lack of sunlight. Only a small amount of low, shade-loving vegetation, such as mosses, grows here.

The protagonist and his subordinates climb over the grass roots that protrude from the ground, bypassing a large green moss lawn that grows on roots and stones, and leaving the shadow of the canopy at noon.

At this time, the surface began to slope downward, and some sections were very steep, but it could not stop the ants who were good at climbing from descending. The protagonist and his party enter the basin they have seen before.

The basin has been roughly searched by the exploration team before, but the protagonist doesn't look closely at the packet, only knowing that the ant scouts have found no danger here, nor have they found valuable flora or fauna. Seek the magic TXT

It is only when the protagonist goes underground that he understands the reason for the barrenness here.

Walking through the roots of the tall grasses of the grass family, the ants are no different from walking in the primeval forest, the top of the dense weeds blocks almost all sunlight, and the bottom of the grass is so dark that few other plants can survive in it.

Occasionally, the wind blows, the weeds ripple in layers, and the sunlight occasionally spills in, illuminating the land around the protagonists.

The land has been soaked in water for a long time, and the soil has cracked into small crevices after compaction, and many crystals have been scattered on the surface.

The protagonist tastes the crystals, which are slightly salty and more astringent and bitter. It can only be roughly judged that these are some saline-alkali crystals, mainly alkali, and the salt content is very small, which is not enough to be used as a source of salt for ants.

The protagonist speculates that the land will be submerged in the flood water during the flood season, so only weeds grow during the dry season, and no trees or shrubs survive. The saline crystals on the ground are a gift from flood soaking, but they are of little use.

The basin has a single vegetation and few insects, and some insect chirping can be faintly heard, but the exploration team did not meet any insects.

It was also because they did not search the narrow basin carefully, but chose to cross it in a straight line, after all, the woods to the north were their target.

This monotonous unknown weedy basin is also not large, and the slope rises more than ten meters wide, and the protagonist and the exploration team enter another ecology after passing a relatively obvious vegetation dividing line.

Although it is also overgrown with weeds, there are many types of herbaceous plants, and it is not as large as a wild grass in the basin. Occasionally, shrubs and trees grow.

It was also a more vibrant place, from soft worms to hard beetles, insects as small as a nodule on an ant's tentacle, to stout horses as long as a train, and the expedition team quickly discovered a lot of life.

It is more vibrant than the peninsula and the basin, making it a suitable hunting ground.

Not only the hunting grounds, but also many edible plant species here, such as nightshade with fruits, barnyard with seeds, and shepherd's cabbage with stems and leaves.

The ecology here is very similar to the homeland.

It's right to think about it, although the ants have been adrift on the water for half a month, but the speed of the journey is not fast, and the distance they are from their homeland may be closer than imagined, probably the distance from a county to Linxian County.

There is no change in elevation in the middle of this distance, and there are no natural barriers such as mountains, so there are no barriers to the exchange of species, and there will be no ecological differences.

Thinking of this, the protagonist is a little comforted, but a little nervous.

The Destroyer, is it possible to expand and bring it here?

Along the way, the protagonist also meets the Barcheleaf Ants, which don't look like they can stop the Destroyer's attacks.

What if the Destroyer invaded all the way down the river?

Although the protagonist has decided to return to the swamp within this year, he doesn't want to see The Destroyer expand and grow all the way!