After that, we crawled into the dog hole on the right side of the underground palace. There was an ant cave inside. It was pitch black all the way, which was scary. Fortunately, Yunwen was by my side, and we each rode a soldier ant, which eased the situation a little. I could hear some of Yunwen's voice, which was much better than facing the endless darkness alone before.

Without any light, I naturally couldn't see anything, so I was speechless all the way until I reached a space relatively inside, where there were some luminous minerals. From this, I could see some of the arrangements here, as well as the queen ant with a very large abdomen. Its abdomen was as tall as an adult, and its length and width covered the entire space. It was particularly large, while its front body was slightly smaller, a circle larger than that of a soldier ant, and a little taller than my waist.

When we approached the queen ant, all the ants around seemed a little anxious, afraid that we would hurt their leader. Yunwen asked me to stand a little further away, and she slowly approached the queen ant, half squatted, and communicated with her.

I leaned against the cave wall, waiting for Yunwen to give me some news. After a while, Yunwen said, "Zhou Bo, just tell the queen ant how much you need, and she will send troops to support you, but there is a prerequisite."

"Really? What are the conditions?" I asked.

Yunwen said with uneasiness: "Take someone as a hostage."

"Ah! Why? Now is the time when we need to unite our forces. If we have fewer people, how can we fight this battle? Besides, defeating Mei Sanniang is for the benefit of both sides. Otherwise, the ant tribe has guarded her for so many years, and she will bear a grudge. It is not impossible that she will come and wipe out the ant tribe one day. So this matter is not our business. Proposing such conditions will weaken us, which is not good for both of us. It is better to figure it out." I said.

Yunwen did not relay my words to the queen ant, but said: "It is because it is afraid that the ant tribe will be destroyed that it wants to detain a person. Zhou Bo, do you understand?"

With this said, I seem to understand. The queen ant is not making demands in exchange for some kind of equal price. On the contrary, it is a strategy for survival. If there is no one detained here, we will be cautious and will not abuse the worker ants and soldier ants we have called upon without scruples, but will stop when it is enough. In addition, if we detain people, we must rescue them as soon as possible when the ants are in trouble, because the detained people live and die with the ants, and we will never ignore them. In this way, the alliance can be truly achieved.

"I see. I think I understand. You just want a condition to coerce us before they are willing to lend us their strength, right? Well, then I'll be the hostage. This dark and thin air place is not a place for humans to stay. When you go up, tell the two girls to concentrate on dealing with those guys seriously and try to rescue me as soon as possible." I said.

Yunwen shook her head, came forward, helped me adjust the collar of my clothes, and said softly and gently: "Husband, listen to me, let me stay here. If you stay here, you can only sit here dryly and can't do anything. You don't know how to find food to eat or how to relieve boredom. And your body certainly can't handle these situations. I am different. I can communicate with the queen ant. Not only can I not feel bored, but I can also provide accurate translation for both parties. And because of the Yangshen wood in my body, the air quality will not have much impact. I am the most suitable candidate."

It made sense, but I still couldn't stop shaking my head and said quickly, "No, no, what if the ghost master Mei Sanniang comes to deal with you first? I'm afraid I don't even know that you are in trouble. Otherwise, we should go up and find a way ourselves, and don't ask these ants for help."

Yunwen gently placed her hand on my shoulder. Under the dim light from the ore, her face looked particularly touching and gentle. She said, "I know you are thinking about me and don't want me to be wronged. I know that you hope that I can be safe and sound. I hope so too. But the current situation is that we must make some sacrifices and take some risks to have a chance of winning. Don't worry, Mei Sanniang will not come here easily. It is relatively safe for me to be with the queen ant."

"Why? How can you be sure?" I asked.

"First, the anthill is like a maze, easy to get in but difficult to get out. Besides, the queen ant's palace is hard to find except for the ants. Second, Mei Sanniang is somewhat afraid of the ants, because they are specially used by the master to imprison her. That being the case, she usually doesn't dare to come easily until the last moment. She doesn't know whether the master has any tricks up his sleeve. Third, my aura is too obvious outside, and I am restrained. But inside this anthill, the aura of the Yangshen Tree is hidden inside the nest, which is better." Yunwen said.

Her analysis was correct. I also thought that she would be in greater danger outside. If I was distracted and could not take care of her, and she was threatened, wouldn't it be a tragedy? But if she stayed in the anthill, all the ants would protect her like the queen ant. These ants had great fighting power, so it was actually safer.

But if I leave her here, I will inevitably be separated from her, and I can't help feeling sad when I think about it.

"Okay, you make sense. It seems this is the only way." I said with a sigh.

She saw that I was reluctant to leave, so she stood on tiptoe and kissed me tightly. As the saying goes, a short separation is better than a new marriage. After a short reunion, we have to face separation again. Just last night, we consummated our marriage. According to the civilized world, we should be in the honeymoon period and should go on a honeymoon. But now, because of one thing after another, we have to separate again and again.

This passionate kiss is continuing the enthusiasm of last night. We keep lingering, hoping that time can go slower, and finally stay at this moment and never pass.

However, reality is reality, and time cannot be retained. After a while, I let her go. She also moved away a little tenderly and blushingly, and said, "Go quickly, and we will continue after we win..."

I coughed. When I talked about this, my face turned red. I couldn't help but think of what happened last night. It was still a bit embarrassing to bring up some things, but now was not the time to talk about these things. Time is money. If we delay any further, we might miss the opportunity to fight. Then Ling Shang, Bai Lu, the hyenas, and the fox tribe might be affected. It would be too late to regret then. Therefore, now is not the time to be sentimental. I should hurry up and notify and deploy defenses.

There was no other way. The situation was such that even though I was reluctant, I could only say goodbye to her reluctantly. She told me that if I wanted to contact her, I should put the "letter" in the hand of the worker ant with red dots on its body and let it pass it back to her. Then she kept accompanying me until it was so dark that I couldn't see my hand in front of me. Only then did I ask her to stop. At this moment, I was riding on the back of the worker ant, and the worker ant kept walking. I couldn't make it stop, and I could see Yunwen's figure getting farther and farther away from me, and smaller and smaller.

I feel so heartbroken, but what can I do?

With the escort of this group of worker ants, I quickly passed through the underground palace, the iron prison area, the corridor area, and a long dark road, and then I arrived outside the cave entrance, under the tiankeng. A flying ant pulled me up directly and let me fly back to the top of the tiankeng. I stood there feeling lost, and couldn't help but touch my lips again, as if there was still the warmth left by Yunwen's passionate kiss just now.

"Don't worry, Yunwen, I will take you out of that ghost cave soon. We will stay together as husband and wife from now on and never be separated like this again." I said with a sigh.

After a moment of melancholy, I turned around and wanted to leave, but I saw Sanfu not far away looking at me. When it saw me, it neighed and ran towards me. Its usually cold and arrogant face showed joy at this moment. It rushed over and licked and rubbed against me. It was quite enthusiastic, but...

I just came up, if I bump a few more times, I’m afraid I’ll fall back into the pit!