Chapter 98: Settle (below)

　　The choice of where to build a new nest depends not only on Systrom’s subjective assumptions, but also on the excavators of experienced geologists.
　　 Although the excavator does not even transmit spiritual information very coherently, it has a natural understanding of the location and structure of the nest.
　　 Of course, if you ask why the excavator chose this address, the excavator will never answer it. It just thinks it’s good, but it can’t explain exactly where it’s good.
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The large worker ant’s forelimbs touched the soil on the ground, and no special movement was seen. The soil began to live like Systrom’s [corrosive slime], gradually creeping and forming a diameter of about half a meter, and a depth of about 10 cm. Round pothole.
　　 In the pit, there were some plant branches and stems that were not completely decayed, as well as some other dirt impurities. The other ant teams acted quickly under the instructions of Systrom and Black to clean up and remove these impurities.
　　 The excavator has certain limitations in the control of sand, or its intelligence is not ideal for the control of this ability.
　　It can control the movement of sand and small pieces of rubble, but it cannot move with the glue of [corrosive slime] wrapped in some dead branches and leaves like Systrom.
　　 So when the excavator manipulates the soil and sand and gravel fragments, there will be a lot of dead branches, leaves and dirt falling off. It needs other ants to clean up these things before the excavator can continue to use its capabilities.
　　With the power of an excavator, a circular tunnel with a diameter of half a meter like this can be dug about three meters in a day.
　　 After all, the body of the excavator needs proper rest and eating to restore this energy. Otherwise, if the excavator is allowed to excavate without stopping, it can create tunnels more than ten meters long a day.
　　Because the excavator has the ability to manipulate sand and rock, it can forcibly squeeze the scattered sand and rock with the outer wall of the tunnel.
　　 can not only make the inner wall of the tunnel firm and strong, but also avoid the trouble of transporting the excess sand and gravel generated by the ants.
　　 It is only necessary to carry and clean up the dirt and impurities that other ants can't control by excavators.
　　As the workers continuously displayed their abilities, an hour later, a pit nearly half a meter deep appeared in front of Sisterm.
Because of the increase in depth, the rotten grass stems and soil impurities under the grassland are reduced a lot, and the speed of the excavator is further accelerated. However, Systrom estimates that the excavator's energy will be exhausted and it will take a few hours to rest for about half a meter. To fully recover.
　　Different from Sistem’s absorbing energy from the air from time to time, the excavator replenishes energy in a simple and direct way. It stretches its feet and allows its body to touch the earth as much as possible and absorb the power that appears in the earth.
　　Sistem watched the progress of the digging of the big worker ants, while stretching out his tentacles to use the ability to catalyze some vines near the new nest.
　　 In these days, Sisterm has fully understood the ability of the Druid [Growth Plant].
　　The effect of [promoting plants] in the snow is not ideal. There are other reasons for lack of power, but it is more related to climate. Even with the ability of [promoting plants], it must meet the growth conditions of plants.
　　 Suitable temperature, water, soil, and sunlight are indispensable for plants. If some of them are missing, the effect of [promoting plants] will be greatly reduced.
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　　 The five vine plants gradually grow under the power of Systrom [growth-promoting plant]. They can grow one centimeter every ten seconds, gradually disguising the pits dug by the excavator.
　　 After traveling on the grassland these days, Sisterm basically figured out the food chain near the junction of the Warren Plains and Lilter Forest.
Among them are the jackals and the pigheads at the absolute top of the food chain. However, these days, Sisterm has only seen the pigheads tens of kilometers away from a distance. What is the status of the pigheads, and he will take further steps in the future. Observed.
　　 Jackal’s position in this grassland is equivalent to that of humans in the previous world of Weststrom. It can be said to be beyond the existence of all species in the grassland. Other creatures in the grassland are under the rule of the Jackal.
　　 At the next level in the food chain of jackals and pigheads are the packs of wolves that appear from time to time in the grasslands, the black eagles in the sky, and the wise squirrels.
　　Sistem is so anxious to catalyze the formation of vines from plants to prevent the black eagle from falling in the sky.
　　 It was not that Sisterm was afraid of these eagles, but that these eagles kept hovering in the sky, not knowing when they would fall, making Sisterm very upset.
　　 Compared with eagles, which have no natural enemies in the air, the scavengers and wolves fight each other.
　　 is like the scavengers and the mice they control. The wolves on the prairie are like jackal pets. When the wolves on the prairie meet the jackal, they will go to the jackal to be cute.
　　 It is precisely because of the relationship between the wolf pack and the jackal that Sisterm put the wolf pack and the scavenger on the same level of the food chain, otherwise the scavenger’s intelligence and strength can be used as the upper level of the wolf pack.
　　 The food chain goes further down, and there are one-horned sheep on the grassland and some snakes, and then some small rodents such as rabbits and mice, and some toxic arthropods such as scorpions and centipedes.
　　 In terms of species, the food chain on the grassland is much simpler than that in the Lierte forest.
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However, in recent days, after observing nearly ten rat people, and killing three of them, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Xistrum discovered that he knew better about this intelligent creature, the rat man. , But I feel that the less I know about it.
　　 Although the squirrels are under the wolves in the food chain, they are not as unresistible as the previous goblins.
　　Although their living habits are extremely dirty, the Ratman's wisdom is obviously not low, and they can make some simple tools and weapons.
　　Sistem was even hit by a simple bone crossbow made by the rat people.
　　 The bony arrow was contaminated with the feces of some rat people, with some bacteria similar to plague.
　　 If Sistem hadn't had the ability to teleport, and could perceive the emotions of fungi and bacteria, he might have suffered considerable damage from the Ratman's arrows.
　　 Not only that, after constant inspections in the sky, Systrom discovered that there seemed to be a rat-man colony more than a hundred kilometers south of him.
　　 There are hundreds of rat caves disguised in the grassland. At least hundreds of rat people and tens of thousands of ordinary rats live there, which seems to form an underground rat people village, or rat city.
　　 is often attacked by scavengers by wild wolves who stray into it.
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　　Sistem’s nesting site selection was also affected by the Ratman Underground City.
　　 The overwintering nest built in Liert Forest was five meters deep, with three forks and more than a hundred empty rooms, although it was enough, but Systrom felt that it was still too small.
　　 He decided to learn from the rat man and build his underground lair a bit bigger.
　　 Maybe in a short time, the scale of his lair cannot be compared with the city.
　　 But as time passed, Systrom felt that he could take his ant people here to build an underground city suitable for them to live in and live a comfortable life.