A gust of autumn wind swept by, and large clumps of leaves fell, yellow or red, covering the ground with a layer of death-colored shadows.

Previously, the protagonist felt that this autumn was generally warmer than usual, except for the occasional cooling, and until yesterday, it was very warm.

But the passage of this cold wave has completely brought the climate into late autumn, and winter will always come, sooner or later.

In the evening of the previous day, the protagonist feels a cold north wind suddenly breaking into the basin on both sides of the river, and the ants' instincts indicate that this is a powerful cold wave.

Sure enough, early the next morning, when the protagonist tries to come outside the lair just after sunrise, he feels a noticeable coolness, and his body resists the cold outdoors and nostalgia for the warm interior.

It took a lot of willpower for the protagonist to get out of the outdoors.

The cold came suddenly. The air on the ground is so fresh and so cold, with a cold and pure feeling that is unique to autumn and winter.

In just one night, the scenery on the ground has changed dramatically, and the sensitive poplar trees have instantly faded all the leaves, and five or six out of ten of the fallen leaves on the ground are poplar leaves.

The other trees are still green, ready to hold out until later in the day. Some of the leaves turn red, which is very beautiful and brings a touch of glamour to the sad season.

The ground was covered with a thick layer of aspen leaves, and there were some other red and yellow leaves, and the ground and low weeds were almost invisible.

The usual sounds of cicadas and autumn crickets outside have also become rare, most of them have been killed and injured in the cold wave last night, and the rest are shivering in shabby shelters such as earthen caves and fallen leaves.

The ants have also become lazy, and except for the protagonist and the guard, the other ants have not gone out at this time.

They prefer to hide in their underground nests to keep warm, and the ants will not go out to forage and work until the sun rises and the temperature outside is a little warmer. Cold is the enemy of all living things.

Although the time for going out has become shorter, the harvest of the ant nest in the past few days has been very rich.

Insects that have died from the cold wave abound, and it is easy to find large quantities of meat without much effort, and the low temperature ensures that the corpses are not perishable.

The autumn wind also blows off a lot of grass seeds and fruits, which is also an important source of food for the ants to stock up on for the winter. With humans, autumn is the harvest season for ants.

Far away in the southern part of the Great Lakes [Great Lakes City], the big-headed ants have begun to collect walnuts on a large scale according to the plan, transport them to the vicinity of the nest, and bury them with sand and soil as raw materials for the construction of walnut boats next year.

And at the [bridgehead], the fruits of the nearby persimmon trees are also ripe, and the ripe red persimmons are hanging high on the trees with an attractive sheen like small red bulbs.

This sweet fruit is very attractive to ants, even if the aphids and scale insects in the territory of the Divine Envoy King Legion are relatively large, ordinary ants can also distribute a certain amount of sweet honeydew every three or five times, but obviously everyone will not refuse more sources of sweetness.

In autumn, a batch of sweet dates were harvested in various parts of the territory of the Divine Envoy King, in addition to the fresh jujube meat, everyone enjoyed a sweetness in time, and the sun-dried jujube meat could also be eaten until the beginning of spring.

But compared to persimmons, dates have too little water, and ants still prefer liquid, sweet food.

When the sun is already high and the temperature of the day has risen to the right place for the ants to go outdoors, the ants will line up in a long march towards the persimmon trees.

Information from the Flying Knights indicates that the Destroyer is still two or three days away from [Bridgehead], and will not disturb the harvest here for a short time.

There is no military threat for the time being, so whether it is the big-headed ant soldier ant warrior in the legion, or the ordinary big-headed ant worker ant, or the paving ant led by the floating leaf king who has just arrived at the [bridgehead], they all join in this sweet feast.

The ants climbed the nearby persimmon tree and climbed the red persimmons.

Some persimmons are ripe enough to crack open, and the ants lie on the crack and happily suck the juice inside, and then dig out the dried persimmon flesh and put it on a nearby branch to dry.

After a few days, the pulp is already dried and can be taken back to the nest for storage, and it tastes like persimmons.

The ants will not let go of those persimmons that do not have openings, and they use their large jaws to cut small openings one by one to facilitate their companions to eat.

The three persimmon trees in the vicinity are all small, round persimmons that are well watered and are the favorite of ants. The larger millstone persimmon is less watery and thicker in skin, so it is not very popular.

Because there are too many persimmons, the thrifty ants also began to waste at this time. They tend to only eat on the surface of persimmons, and once the juice on the surface is almost sucked, they immediately change their target, and will never go deep into the persimmon to continue eating and drinking.

Anyway, there are too many persimmons nearby, and the ants in the [Bridgehead] and the nearby [Linshui City] can't eat these persimmons at all.

As for the other side nests in the Divine Envoy King's territory, they are too far away to catch up. And some nests also have their own persimmon trees near them. In this basin, on both sides of the great river, persimmon trees are common.

The persimmons that the ants eat half of them also attract a lot of hardy insects. Some butterflies and beetles that can survive the winter follow the smell and fly in.

They don't dare to compete with the ants for food, but there is still a lot of food in the persimmons that the ants have left.

The butterfly's long mouthparts are like needles that pierce into the persimmon and continue to suck the fresh persimmon juice out of the reach of the ants.

The beetles bite open the skin of the persimmon with a well-developed breath and swallow it along with the water and meat.

The ants saw this, but they didn't bother to pay attention to it, there was already a lot of meat in the nest, and the ants were now busy enjoying the sweet persimmon water, and had no interest in hunting those butterflies and beetles.

In this way, predators and preys coexist harmoniously on the same persimmon tree.

The protagonist also came to the persimmon tree.,In the old big-headed ant kingdom that was originally equal.,The status of the kings is equal.,It's just that there will be slight status differences because of seniority.。

And within the Legion of the Divine Messenger King, after years of operation, the protagonist has gained a transcendent status.

Even if you eat a persimmon, the protagonist can enjoy the sweetest persimmon to himself, except for the escort team guarding on the side, other ants dare not come to this persimmon to forage for food.

The protagonist sucks on the sweet juice and eats a few more pieces of softly cooked persimmon meat, enjoying the last tranquility before the war.