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June 20th.

Today's weather is sunny, and the sun is even a little hot, so that the surface of the beach on the bank of the river is hot, as if it is announcing the arrival of summer with extraordinary heat.

Compared to other seasons, ants love this warm weather.

Especially coming out of the dark and damp underground lair, which still carries the smell of plague that has not completely dissipated, the Divine Envoy King warrior always likes to stretch his limbs under the sun, let the ultraviolet rays pour on the carapace wantonly, and completely dispel the chill and discomfort in the body.

A team of ants from the Divine Envoy King's legion had just finished sunbathing at the moment.

The squad was led by a male ant commander, and included ten Divine Messenger King warriors and twenty worker ants.

They had already warmed up, the dampness and dampness of their bodies quickly dissipated in the bright sun, and then they set off for the beach.

To the right, the flood water has receded halfway, and the river is not as muddy as it was a few days ago, but it is still mixed with a lot of sediment, and it is not as clear as it used to be.

At this time, you can always find a lot of delicious food on the banks of the river. Just as Egypt is the bounty of the Nile's regular flooding, this stretch of water, though not so fertile, is much more abundant than usual!

For example, snails can be seen from time to time. This is not the carnivorous snails that I have seen on the sandbar before, nor the gluttonous snails that I can't eat enough on the sandbank, but the common snails that are common in mountain streams but rare in large rivers.

That's right, it's the kind of snail that is stir-fried with ginger slices and chili peppers in the middle of summer, and served as an accompaniment to the snack.

Because the mountain streams are also swollen, the snails, which prefer clear water, are unable to cling to the rocks in the turbid water, and have to be carried all the way into the clear river by the floodwater.

Some of the snails died and were washed ashore by the floods, while others barely survived, struggling to climb into the relatively clear, sunny shallow water on the shore, and then were left on the beach when the river went out.

These snails are a very delicious food, just marinate them with some natural aromatic herbs and salt, add water to the snail shells, and then throw the snail shells to stew by the fire to make a very delicious snail broth.

The leftover snail shells can also be used as containers and cooking utensils, and waste can be reused.

The previous walnut ship fleet did not carry pottery containers or cooking utensils that occupied the space, but after the establishment of [Xinyang Castle], there was very little clay nearby, and there were many encounters, and the protagonist had not yet had time to fire new pottery.

This makes the ants only eat raw food or simple barbecue for the time being, so that after eating for many days, it is inevitable that they will be greasy - it is also the taste that the protagonist has been accustomed to over the years, and the ants used to be very happy when they were full.

With the snail shells, the ants ate a hot soup, and their morale was finally boosted after the epidemic.

Time is running out to harvest snails, the flood season in the mountains is over, and no new snails will be washed here.

These days, the ants have found fewer and fewer snails, but fortunately there are some other shells, dead fish, dead shrimp, and algae to collect. Fire Book Bar

I searched all the nearby beaches, so I looked farther away.

This team of Divine Envoy King Legion's ant search team approached the golden sand beach all the way.

On the sparkling golden sand, there should still be some food to be found without the legion of the Divine Envoy King who had traveled long distances to eat here.

The team tried to walk on the edge of the beach, away from the occasional crashing waves on the shore and the sticky foam that is characteristic of the shore during the flood season, and the team soon saw the golden sand beach and the nearby woods.

They immediately picked up their speed, ready to return as soon as possible with their food, and then come back again.

Because [Xinyangcheng] is about to bottom out of food stocks in the near future, the protagonist also sends the commanders of the idle male ant squad out to lead the team to forage for food, and also stipulates that each search team must return twice a day with a full load, and their pressure is also quite high, and they can't delay on the road more.

But when the group of Divine Envoy King warriors approached the golden beach, they were surprised to see a large group of alien ants moving on the beach.

It's a swarm of tiny ants, about the same size as the worker ants of the big-headed ants, or even a little smaller. They are yellow, and from a distance, they are almost indistinguishable from the glittering golden sand in the sun.

But their busy presence made the Divine Envoy King warriors still find these alien ants. At the same time, the other party also discovered the Divine Envoy King warrior not far away.

Without any hesitation, the other party sounded the alarm with a vigilant posture, and the nearby alien ants immediately gathered, although the whole army was not dispatched, the large army seemed to be guarding something. But the other party also sent thirty or forty ants to approach.

The other party is obviously not a good person, and it is very fast. The male ants who led the team immediately warned with scents and friction sounds, leading the soldiers to line up and prepare for battle, while the worker ants retreated to cover the back and flanks.

This kind of battle is not uncommon, the Divine Envoy King Legion has encountered the local indigenous ants several times in the process of exploration before, but at that time, the encounter was only a solitary or small-scale operation of the indigenous ants, and the Divine Envoy King Legion was able to kill the opponent every time, and never revealed its own existence.

But this time, after encountering such a large group of enemies, it was obviously impossible to keep the secret of [Xinyang City] and the Divine Envoy King Legion!

The enemy quickly rushed to the front of the formation, and the Divine Envoy King warrior was already able to see the details of the opponent's body.

This is a very characteristic type of ant: bristles are dense all over the body; There was a flat spot in front of the head, as if it had been hit with a pan; Their compound eyes are small, black, and can see grid-like structures, like the eyes of flies; Also, their jaws are short, very open, and each has a small hook at the top.

This is a type of belly lifter, whose scientific name is Osaka belliac, and it is a very common species in the family of bellied ants.

The most characteristic feature of this genus is naturally its heart-shaped abdomen, as well as its tendency to raise its abdomen, sting needles, and spray formic acid when encountering enemies.

At this moment, these belly-raising ants on the other side are like this, their bellies raised high, and the stinging needles are exposed as threatening.

The male ants of the Divine Envoy King Legion were a little nervous, he didn't participate in many battles, and at the moment there were many enemy ants, and there were big jaws underneath and stinging needles on top, which looked very difficult to mess with.

But he did not dare to retreat in front of the enemy, and once such an order was given, with the ant's poor communication skills, he would no longer be able to organize troops to counterattack in the chaos. This team of Divine Envoy King warriors can only be chased by faster enemies in a panic and killed one by one.

What to do!

Looking at the enemy who was showing off his might in front of him, but did not force up to fight for a while, the young commander was in a dilemma!