Dragon Cypress speculated that the pit created by the crash of the Starship Treasury had a diameter exceeding 200 meters. Over long geological changes, most of the area had been backfilled with a mixture of stones and sediment, forming the lush woods seen today.
Only the central area had formed an oval-shaped marshland, approximately 50 meters long and 40 meters wide.
The excavation was handled by 90 Specialized Worker Ants and 90 Large Worker Ants. Though a small number, all were elite, High-Level individuals, large in size, fast, and efficient.
Work began in the afternoon as the sun was about to set. They were working in the dark.
They worked busily throughout the night, digging down approximately 80 centimeters.
「A cloudless, sunny day.」
The Worker Ants used their mandibles to excavate the semi-dry clay, leaving the ground uneven and pockmarked with small pits, which inadvertently increased the surface area for moisture evaporation.
