The sandbar is long and narrow, with an east-west distribution, and the terrain gradually rises from west to east, and the westernmost part is a gentle tidal flat that may be flooded by rising water at any time.

The fleet had no choice but to follow the river to the tidal flats west of the sandbar.

Aided by the high current, the walnut fleet glided through a thin layer of water on the tidal flats until the front row of boats hit the soft sand of the river.

It is a growing sandbar where the sediment brought in from the upstream during the annual flood season is hindered and piled up, piling up the tidal flats and eventually forming sand dunes.

Only those dunes that can survive the annual floods and not be swept away by the rapids will eventually become part of the sandbar. And those that were washed away formed the part of the tidal flat that collapsed under the cliff.

The sandbar is slowly growing thanks to the annual sediment, and may one day converge with the south or north bank, changing the course of the river.

But for now, at least, the sandbar blocked by the river shelters the island's lush vegetation and unique fauna.

Moored beneath the sandbar cliffs, the walnut fleet stopped sailing without the need for a cable to be secured, but swayed under the current.

A few nimble worker ant sailors climbed up the sand bar along the slope of the cliff shore and secured the cable to a few grass stems to stabilize the fleet.

Afterwards, several squads of the Divine Messenger King disembarked, climbed to the cliff shore, established a cordon, and then sent scouts to search around.

Soon after, the scouts returned, and the search results showed that the neighborhood was safe.

Probably because the sandbar is blocked from the continent by the river, the vegetation and animal species on the sandbar are homogeneous.

The vegetation is dominated by tenacious weeds such as cow tendon grass, ryegrass, and early maturing grass, with only a few shrubs, and the only tree is willow.

There are even fewer animals, and the ants, beetles, and earthworms that are common on land are not found on the sand dunes, and there are only a few Aedes mosquitoes here. During the day, these Aedes mosquitoes hide from the sun in the shade of the grass and are motionless.

Seeing that there was no danger, the large army also climbed the sandbar one after another.

The protagonist of this mooring is satisfied, there are no creatures that can threaten the army at the moment, and the sandbar is high enough to keep it above the water even when the flood level is at its highest.

The protagonist immediately decides to temporarily set up a nest and camp on this sand dune, waiting for the Flying Knight to come and find him.

This sandbar is quite large, estimated to be half of the original territory of [Dongyang City], and the protagonist sends more scouts to search this sandbar to see if there are any undiscovered dangers and what resources are available.

- I'm the dividing line -

Hundreds of ants are working hard to build a new nest.

After deciding to anchor here for a long time, the protagonist orders to start building a temporary nest while continuing to reinforce the fleet's cables.

Although it is said to be a temporary nest, it is actually not much different from a full-fledged nest. The ground of this sandbar is two or three meters above the river, so even if you build an underground nest, you don't have to worry about water seepage as long as you don't dig too deep.

Therefore, although the main body of the temporary nest is underground, the depth of the planned excavation is shallow, and it is more of a planar expansion.

In addition to the underground part, an ant mound is also planned to be built on the ground that rises above the surrounding grass for easy observation and observation.

The land on this island is sandy and prone to collapse, so there are many accidents when digging nests, but even if they do, there will be no casualties, at most ants will make them disgraced.

In order to avoid landslides, the passage of the temporary nest can only be built relatively narrow, and only two ants can stagger through. The nests are reinforced with a simple version of ant concrete mixed with ant glue mixed with gravel.

The mound was also built from improvised concrete, using collected hay stems as a skeleton.

While the temporary nest is being built, a group of ants go out to gather food. The main character of the stockpile on the fleet does not intend to use it, it is the war-ready stockpile. Therefore, it is necessary to collect food on the sandbar.

Although the sandbar is single species and resource-poor, it is more than enough to supply the short-term needs of 10,000 ants.

The most abundant food is the grass that can be found everywhere, and these grasses are also the varieties of crops in the fields of the Divine Envoy King's Legion, and the seeds are very good and easy to preserve.

At the moment, only the grasses have set seeds, and they don't grow very well on the barren sandy ground.

Although you can't collect too many grass seeds, the young weeds themselves can also be used as food, although they are not as good as grass seeds in taste and nutrition, and they can be used in emergencies.

It is a little difficult for ants to digest grass directly in their stomachs, but after cooking, it is much easier to digest.

The protagonist has the ants build a combustion chamber, and the chimney is located in the ant mound, and after collecting a lot of hay and willow branches for fuel, the protagonist smashes open a mysterious ball and ignites the fire.

The ship unloaded some of the empty pottery to make pots, and added clean water to boil the grass stems, grass blades, and grass roots cut into pieces, which was a simple but sufficient soup to satisfy hunger.

Ants don't really like this kind of food, which seems to be an emergency in a famine year, but another food on the sandbar is more popular, which is the meat patties made by Aedes mosquitoes.

Aedes mosquitoes are groggy and very easy to catch in broad daylight, and it doesn't take much effort for hunting ants to catch hundreds of Aedes.

Because of the fear that eating the Aedes mosquito directly raw will cause infectious diseases, after all, the Aedes mosquito in the protagonist's previous life was an important promoter of the spread of yellow fever, dengue fever and encephalitis. The roasted Aedes mosquitoes are easy to burn directly to ashes, so these Aedes mosquitoes are mixed with a small amount of fat to make meatloaf and roasted, which tastes good.

Mosquito patties are a food in some parts of Africa, and when the rainy season arrives every year, a large number of mosquitoes appear in Lake Victoria, Africa, and local residents have developed a new food after spending a long time with mosquitoes.

Since the local people lack protein in their daily diets and mosquitoes are rich in protein, the local residents catch a large number of mosquitoes in oiled pans, knead them into the shape of hamburger meat, heat and cook them, and when they are fully cooked, the dish called "mosquito burger" is complete.

It is estimated that each "mosquito burger" contains about 500,000 mosquitoes, which is seven times more nutritious than a regular beef burger. Different villages in the area have their own recipes for "mosquito burgers", but even if the recipes are different, the appearance of the finished product is almost the same.

Ants love this meat too! Compared to the bitter weed soup, the mosquito patty is simply a delicacy.