Following the two little ants, the protagonist and the grumpy winged ant walked out along the winding passage. There were basically no other ants in the first section of the road, only the monotonous soil-textured cave walls. So the protagonist took the opportunity to catch up and touched two little ants with his tentacles. Unfortunately, the results are still disappointing. These little ants are like fixed programs, they can only repeat one instruction, and there is no response to the protagonist's various problems, whether simple or complex.
The protagonist stepped back full of frustration and suddenly turned to look at the violent winged ant. "Let me try to see if you can communicate. We can be considered identical twins!" the protagonist thought to himself.
As he said, the protagonist immediately approached and waved his tentacles to stick to the opponent's tentacles.
"Well……"
The protagonist has just sent a "Hello" to the other party, and a signal mixed with disdain, disgust, and laziness in communication has been sent back. If you must use human language to translate and pursue "faithfulness and elegance", you can use this The emotional signal is barely translated as - "Get out". Well, this translation is consistent with Xinheda, but it doesn't look elegant at all.
Although this grumpy winged ant is really difficult to communicate with, the protagonist is still very happy. This emotional response proves that his winged counterpart is not like those little ants, and he obviously has the ability to communicate. . After all, you have to be smart enough to have a temper and character!
"I'll tell you to get lost from now on." The protagonist thought to himself: "You are the first ant I know!".
At this time, led by two little ants, the path had reached its end. The end suddenly opened up, and a much spacious underground passage crossed in front of them. This main passage could accommodate dozens of little ants passing through at the same time. Sparse fluorescent bacteria dot the walls and ceiling on both sides of the passage. One end of the passage slopes upward, and in the distance there is an exit filled with dazzling light. The light is golden and warm, eclipsing the cold light of the fluorescent bacteria. "That's the ground!" the protagonist lamented. His pursuit of light in his previous life made him stop and ask, "Do you want to climb up?"
The other section, turning around and extending underground, is connected to countless small paths and the main passage. Many ants like the little ants leading the way are going in and out of the passages and various holes. In addition to the small ants, there are also some ants that are slightly larger than the small ants, but smaller than the protagonist. They have eye-catching huge heads, and the iconic big claws in front of their mouths are huge and strong. It will be very uncomfortable to be stung. .
The protagonist has finally determined that the little ants that lead the way are worker ants, while those with big heads are soldier ants, which the protagonist called the "ant general" when he was a child.
These worker ants and soldier ants flowed back and forth in a busy and orderly manner. Some of them were on six limbs, using their big turtles to lift the thing alone or together. Some are on all fours behind them, but their front two limbs are doing other things, such as holding those glowing fungi and planting them in dimly lit areas.
"It turns out that these underground light sources are artificial... no, grown by ant workers." The protagonist exclaimed, "This is already an agricultural civilization, it is really sophisticated!"
The main passage was bustling but orderly. The little worker ants leading the way turned and crawled underground along the main passage. During the brief moment when the protagonist was stunned, the three ants had already crawled away a short distance. The protagonist hurriedly followed him. If he didn't follow him, he wouldn't know where he could go now. Let's just make peace with him as he came. His strong desire to go to the ground was temporarily suppressed.
The protagonist's behavior of rushing forward affected many worker ants and soldier ants that were moving normally nearby. Their tentacles swept over the eager protagonist, and occasionally touched the protagonist's tentacles, but the protagonist did not receive any information. "Sure enough, it's just like the program, this is scanning me!" The protagonist Yin suppressed the discomfort - after all, the feeling of being penetrated by many ant tentacles is too strange, but fortunately there are no nerves on the carapace - while catching up with three ants. Ant.
When they caught up with their teammates, the two anxious little worker ants in front didn't notice that the protagonist was almost lost again, but "Go", the grumpy winged ant, turned back curiously and swept his tentacles over the protagonist's face. Tentacles, "Don't follow, why!" He sent this message. The protagonist didn't think about how to reply. After a moment of silence, the protagonist returned: "Everyone in the world is drunk, but I am sober!"
"@#?????", Gun's reply was full of doubts and signals of incomprehension. After all, it was too demanding for an ant to understand Tang poetry. However, it was also proven that these winged ants are able to think and respond to information that they do not understand the meaning of, unlike the automatic program-like worker ants and soldier ants.
After walking for a while, the little worker ant stopped at a fork in the road. This fork in the road was different from the narrow entrance to the path where it came from. It was also different from most of the similar entrances to the surrounding paths. Although this entrance was not big, it was The number of fluorescent bacteria inside was obviously more than other places. There were also four soldier ants circling in a fixed direction at the entrance of the cave, as if they were on duty and patrolling.
A small worker ant came to the entrance of the cave, but the soldier ants on duty stopped her. The soldier ants got down on all fours, raised their front limbs and antennae, opened their mouths wide, and their abdomen and waist shook violently, making the sound of rasp friction. , full of warning.
The little worker ant stopped immediately, shook its waist and abdomen, and made a rapid fricative sound.
After a while, a small worker ant ran out of the hole. After waving its tentacles to communicate with the two worker ants outside the door, it came to the protagonist He Gun and put its tentacles over.
"King, follow me." The new worker ant sent the same message. Then she turned around and crawled towards the entrance of the cave. The soldier ants did not stop her.
Gun followed first, and the protagonist hurriedly followed. The soldier ants turned a blind eye to these two ants. As soon as the protagonist turned his head, the original two small worker ants had turned around and merged into the ant colony in the main passage, and they were soon unrecognizable.
