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Wyverns ate raw meat. This type of mount was indeed incomparably powerful, but just filling their stomachs was a relatively troublesome matter.
A few soldiers bought some demon beast meat from the nearby market and fed them to the Wyverns.
As soon as the Wyverns and Eagle Chariots were fed, Tian Cheng of the investigation team brought back some good news.
Apart from being in charge of scouting, Tian Cheng also focused on the investigation of demon materials. Whether it was feather scales, skin, saliva, or worms dropped by demons, Captain Tian could find them all and conduct a very detailed analysis on them.
Back in the north, the Demon Prayer Dog Emperor kept moving, fleeing, and hiding in the vast Beihuang region. If it weren't for the saliva left behind by Tian Cheng, they wouldn't have been able to find the Demon Prayer Dog Emperor in the vast Beihuang region.
They were looking for the nest of the Dragon King Ants this time. The strongest ability of the Dragon King Ants was that their bodies were as transparent as seawater.
Their transparency was not like a pure liquid. They would change according to the turbidity of the seawater. They were also soft-bodied creatures that could easily burrow into high-density rocks. It was extremely difficult to find them.
Zhang Xiaohou initially thought they would have to spend some time searching for clues in Luning County. To his surprise, Tian Cheng had found a very valuable piece of information.
"General Zhang, this is a kind of colored sea salt. I found it near the wetlands. It happened to be under the scorching sun for the past few days. The remaining seawater in the potholes has turned into sea salt," Tian Cheng spread his hands.
Hua Yuezhu came closer to take a look, but she couldn't find anything special.
"Is this kind of sea salt special?" Zhang Xiaohou asked.
"Yes, the colored sea salt is formed because there are saltpebbles in the direction of the waves. The flow of the seawater is constantly eroding the saltpebbles, making the seawater rich in this kind of salt. After being exposed to the sun, it has turned into this seaweed-green sea salt," Tian Cheng explained.
"But what does this have to do with the Dragon King Ants we're looking for?" Hua Yuezhu asked.
"I've analyzed the Dragon King Ants. The salinity of their body fluid is many times higher than normal seawater. It even exceeds the highest solubility. I'm guessing that their body fluid is similar to the 'blood' of the Dragon King Ants. It's used to provide their bodily functions, "Tian Cheng said seriously.
Tian Cheng was a very smart soldier. After he made this conjecture, he immediately caught a few more Dragon King Ants in the sea. After several experiments, he found that the Dragon King Ants could not survive in fresh water.
Water without salinity was like a lack of oxygen to them. They could even die after ten minutes.
What was more interesting was that when Tian Cheng threw some bricks, mud, and rocks into the water for the Dragon King Ant to eat, the "rocks" that the Dragon King Ant ate all turned into "blood" with high salinity, allowing the Dragon King Ant to move freely in the fresh water and be aggressive!
From this, Tian Cheng was even more certain that the Dragon King Ant's body needed a large amount of salt.
The sea was was the perfect breeding ground, since the seawater's salinity.
But even so, the salt content was still not high enough. They would look for rocks, stones, concrete, and steel bars as food. In the end, they would turn into salt in their bodies!
"If they can eat rocks, then they're invincible. There's no lack of rocks and seawater in this world," Hua Yuezhu said.
"So they must have some fatal weakness, or they are eating selectively and not all of them. In short, salt is the Dragon King Ants' life characteristic. Salt is their energy. We can go to the islands, peninsulas, and cliffs that are rich in salt. We should be able to find a large number of Dragon King Ants there, "Tian Cheng said confidently.
Normal seawater's salinity was not enough to support the Dragon King Ants. Therefore, Dragon King Ants would gather in places with high salinity, or even nests.
"Then we can ask the locals and see if they know where to find salt." Zhang Xiaohou nodded.
"I've already asked." Tian Cheng opened the map. It was the Bohai Sea and its coasts. Several places were circled in red. "Seventy kilometers from here, there's a peninsula that's rich in salt. There are many villages and factories nearby."
"Okay, let's go!"
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The Salt Flower Peninsula was almost cut off from the mainland. It was only connected by a damp sea road. There was no bridge, so it was almost impossible for cars to pass through.
As the sea level rose, the damp sea road was often soaked in seawater. The mainland was only visible when the tide was low.
The peninsula was also very large. There were twenty to thirty villages scattered on it. There were four or five factories of various sizes. The largest factory had more than a thousand employees.
The location of the Salt Flower Peninsula had no national highways, highways, or railway tracks. The dilapidated roads were considered to be the end of the wetlands. Therefore, many people who didn't know would never imagine that there were actually so many people living on this deserted island that was almost detached from the mainland.
"If the locals didn't tell us, we wouldn't have discovered this special peninsula," Tan Feng sighed.
The peninsula was relatively backward compared to most coastal areas. It did not rely on large power plants for power supply. There was a windmill power plant on the island.
The white windmill was the most modern thing on the Salt Flower Peninsula. The mobile phone signal was very weak, let alone the internet coverage.
However, the Salt Flower Peninsula was not primitive. It had its own rules of operation. Although it was very inconvenient to communicate with the outside world, it was not completely closed off. It was just slower.
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In order not to disturb the residents of the Salt Flower Peninsula, the group deliberately waited until nighttime to fly into the Salt Flower Peninsula. They found a relatively secluded small valley and left a few officers in charge of logistics to guard Fei Long and Ying Chiron. The others followed Zhang Xiaohou to the peninsula.
"Actually, if we could build a sea bridge here, the scenery of this paradise would be pretty good," a young female officer said.
"What time is it now? Still thinking about developing tourism?"
"What a terrible smell. I wonder if you guys can smell it?" an officer who was more sensitive to smells said.
Zhang Xiaohou took a deep breath and quickly smelled a slightly pungent smell.
"Maybe it's the waste from the factory!"
As they continued to walk deeper, they could see some scattered lights.
They were relatively scattered. A few families were on a small hill, a few were halfway up the hill, and a few were on the side of the peninsula's small road. Some were even farther away, hidden by dense forests.
"That looks like a factory."
"Captain Tian, take a team to the beach for analysis. Tan Feng, take a team to the factory, "Zhang Xiaohou said.
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