It was a very deep sleep. The protagonist thought that he would have a lot of dreams after experiencing so many things this day, but he ended up having a deep sleep all night, and the quality of his sleep was particularly good.
When the protagonist wakes up, the vibrations of the unique six limbs of ants crawling across the ground can be heard from time to time in the nearby passage.
The protagonist stretched with his forelimbs, which was obviously a habit left over from the human era. As a breath came out of the pores in his abdomen, the protagonist finished yawning.
If the protagonist studies insects more, he should be surprised that the stomata of insects passively rely on air flow for breathing. However, the protagonist's stomata are the same as human nostrils or mouths, with independent breathing functions, so the effect of exhalation will only occur when yawning is needed. The protagonist was an otaku in his previous life. Although he has rich experience in online articles, there are few online articles that introduce the physiological characteristics of insects in detail, so it is normal for the protagonist not to be curious about it.
After waking up, the protagonist felt thirsty because he didn't drink water all day yesterday, so he ate a small sunflower seed kernel. The other winged ants are fed by wet nurses and have no worries about food and drink. However, the miserable protagonist really cannot accept this feeding method due to issues with his outlook on life, so he can only "run away from home" to find food and drink on his own.
Feeling hungry and thirsty, the protagonist got up without tidying up the silk bed. He planned to continue staying here tonight, so there was no need to tidy up. Anyway, judging from the situation, the place was abandoned and no other ants would come.
The protagonist crawls towards the main passage. When he reaches the main passage, the protagonist suddenly smells the smell of water vapor.
The protagonist smells it with his tentacles. This is the first time the protagonist's tentacles smell the smell. Although it is magical, the feeling is the same as the feedback in the mind of the smell that humans smell with their noses. The protagonist turns his head and looks in the direction where the water vapor is floating, which is the direction where the main passage continues deep underground.
Last night, in order to find a quiet corner to sleep, the protagonist walked a long way down the main passage. The width of the main passage has been reduced to a small half of the entrance to the cave, and there are not many paths that merge next to it. It is not as dense as the entrance. There are entrances to alleys like a honeycomb.
Humans all have deep sea phobia and have similar reactions to deep caves. The protagonist has doubts about whether to go deeper into the underground passage, but the constant feedback of thirsty anxiety in the brain and the temptation of the alluring water vapor make the protagonist climb down step by step.
I don’t know how long I’ve been crawling, but the passage seems to have no end. The current passage is so bad that only two or three ants can turn around. There have been no forks in the road for a long time. The fluorescent bacteria have long since disappeared. The entire passage looks extremely dark. The protagonist can only Can barely see things within a very close range around me. A lonely ant crawls in a passage that is almost 70 degrees, and the protagonist's loneliness gradually becomes stronger.
The water vapor is getting thicker and thicker, and even small dewdrops hang on the earthen walls of the passage. The protagonist does not intend to continue walking. If he goes further, the only trace of vision he has left seems to be taken away, and the dewdrops hanging on the earth wall look quite clean. So the protagonist lay aside and started sucking on a dewdrop that seemed to have no impurities.
After sucking four or five small dewdrops in a row, the protagonist felt full and stopped.
At this time, the sound of ants marching came from the front of the passage. The protagonist looked back, but he did not expect to see ants at such a deep place. But then I thought about it, there is a tunnel to dig here, so it must be useful.
After a while, a dozen worker ants crawled out of the ground in neat rows. Although it was very dark, the protagonist could see that there was still a little mud on their carapace, but their bellies were bulging, and the link-shaped carapace seemed to be bursting. , they all had a big drop of water in their mouths.
This should be a small team transporting water. It seems that the main channel is dug so deep to connect the underground water source and provide moisture for the entire nest. It is said that nests that are too dry or wet are not suitable for ants to survive.
The protagonist turns sideways to let the water transport team pass, and then climbs back up. The protagonist feels that the journey back seems to be much shorter than when he came here. It may be a psychological effect, because people concentrate when they first enter a strange environment, so they feel that time passes very slowly.
After crawling back to the abandoned small cave where he spent the night, the protagonist lay on the silk bed, suddenly not knowing what to do.
When we are human beings, we have to go to school or go to work every day, make money to support ourselves, and go drinking and partying when we have free time. But suddenly it became an ant, and all these activities were gone.
Although the protagonist has a big goal, which is to transform back into a human being, he has no clue how to do it. Cultivation? But I don’t know the techniques of cultivation, and I don’t know if this is a fairy world. It may be more reliable to rely on future technology, but the protagonist has never seen a human being, and he doesn't even know whether there are humans in this world.
At least the protagonist who needs to survive at the most basic level doesn't have to worry too much. As a member of the ants, with the cover of a solid underground nest, it is not easy to die accidentally as long as you don't climb out to seek death. Food is collected by worker ants, and the protagonist only needs to find suitable food that can be swallowed in the granary. The water problem is also solved, and the sleeping problem is also solved.
The higher-level need than survival is reproduction, but the protagonist does not want to mate with an ant of the opposite sex, so this need is naturally not needed.
The more advanced need is self-realization value, but currently the protagonist cannot think of what value he should realize as an ant.
"Let's go back and see Gun and Rambo first!" When the protagonist was panicking, he finally thought of something he could do.
