The half-month-long winter fishing at Black Lotus Lake.
Dragon Cypress stayed at Xianglan Mountain, carefully checking the territory's development over the past year and conducting a census of the kingdom's ant population.
The number of high-level Specialized Soldier Ants had finally reached 500, with Large Soldier Ants at 400—barely meeting the Ant Kingdom's expected high-level combat power.
He assigned 500 Soldier Ants, to be commanded in shifts by Spiked Cypress and Giant Cypress, stationed at the fortress on the western peaks of the mountain range.
Across the mountain territory, under every Life Seed Plant, there were Soldier Ants stationed permanently.
Intertwined fixed ant paths ran up and down the mountain, and squads of Soldier Ants patrolled these routes on schedule.
Soldier Ants raised during the Mid-Level Ant King period were mostly assigned within the Ant Nest, with sentries every three steps and posts every five.
