Not far away, the caterpillars, unaware of the impending danger, were feasting, and the edges of the green leaves were quickly chewed into continuous depressions.
According to the target location information contained in the order given by the protagonist, the ten soldier ants climbed up the branches of the bush where the caterpillar was located, and quietly approached the caterpillar in a column. The protagonist followed at the back of the team. He did not have the courage and consciousness to take the lead, and seemed extremely cautious.
Climbing up vertical tree trunks is very simple for ants. Their small size and unique structure at the end of their joints make it easy for ants to climb trees. The protagonist had no climbing experience before, but this did not affect him at all. He steadily followed the team at the end.
Seeing that the leading soldier ant was very close to the target, the caterpillar still didn't notice anything and just chewed the green leaves with its mouthparts.
The protagonist has already issued an attack command before, so when the leading soldier ants felt that they had arrived at a suitable attack position, they did not wait for the protagonist to issue a new signal and directly pounced on them viciously. The other soldier ants that followed quickly followed suit, spreading out in a semicircular formation and rushing forward. The protagonist did not go to help, but watched the hunting operation led by him with great interest.
When the first soldier ant bit the caterpillar, the unlucky caterpillar, which was slow to react, panicked. Several soldier ants avoided the densely bristled back and directly stung the caterpillar's unprotected tail and head with their large claws.
The caterpillar twisted its body quickly and crazily, throwing off a few soldier ants, but there were still three soldier ants that clung to the caterpillar's body and refused to let go. The caterpillar twisted violently in pain, and the twisting range was so large that the bristles flew like a broom, sweeping away several soldier ants that wanted to get closer. So, except for the three soldiers that had already bitten the caterpillar, Ant, other ants were unable to help for a while.
When the battle has begun, the protagonist is unable to communicate and command effectively. So when the protagonist sees that the hunt has reached a deadlock, he has nothing to do and can only watch the ten soldier ants acting on their own instincts.
Ants are indeed experts in group hunting among insects. At this time, the protagonist does not need too much intervention. The soldier ants are already looking for a solution on their own.
Although the caterpillar twists extremely violently and crazily, in order not to fall to the ground, the caterpillar's thorax and legs must firmly grasp the leaves. This also causes the caterpillar's abdomen and tail to swing the largest, while the head and chest have a small amplitude. The two soldier ants detoured back to the caterpillar's head and bravely pierced their big claws deep into the caterpillar's skin.
At this time, the caterpillar went completely crazy. It loosened its thorax and legs regardless of it, and fell to the ground with the five soldier ants hanging on it.
This was beyond the protagonist's expectation, and he looked down hurriedly. The caterpillar did not fall to death. It would not be consistent with the laws of physics to drop an extremely light caterpillar to death at such a height. The caterpillar was still rolling and struggling. The protagonist saw one of the five soldier ants fall far away. She got up, looked for the target, and pounced on it again. There are four others who are still holding on to the caterpillar dutifully and not letting go.
The protagonist came back to his senses and saw the remaining five ants on the leaves of the bush wandering around blankly. They did not see what was happening and suddenly lost their target.
The protagonist immediately activated the following group command and quickly climbed down the bush with the soldier ants.
Arriving at the location where the caterpillar fell, the strength of the caterpillar's death struggle had weakened a lot, and green tissue fluid oozed from the bite wound. It is better to leave the hero to pursue the poor bandit. The protagonist directly orders the five soldier ants around him to go up and bite the caterpillar that is only alive.
The caterpillar used up its last strength, turned over heavily, and pinned a soldier ant under it, and there was no more movement.
The protagonist quickly got a little closer to check the status of the pinned soldier ant, and saw that she was fine, but she was pinned and unable to move.
After confirming that the caterpillar was no longer struggling, the soldier ants relied on instinct to move the caterpillar towards the nest, thus freeing the pinned soldier ants.
The protagonist then sees that the interference of the caterpillar's bristles has seriously affected the efficiency of transportation. Many ants are now blocked by the bristles and cannot directly contact the caterpillar's body and exert force.
So the protagonist simply stepped forward and gave orders to the soldier ants one after another, asking them to pluck out the hard hairs on the spot, and prepared to take the bare caterpillars with them before going back.
After finishing his first ant hunting, the protagonist watched the soldier ants busy plucking their hair and recalled the battle over and over again. Being good at reflection and summary is one of the few advantages of the protagonist.
The protagonist feels that he is still limited by human thinking. When searching for a target, the protagonist only focuses on two-dimensional plane search and ignores three-dimensional three-dimensional search. After all, based on human experience, most of the time threats come from the ground. When the caterpillar went crazy and fell to the ground later, the protagonist did not expect this possibility. He still regarded the leaf surface as a battlefield like the ground.
But no matter what, this hunting was considered a success, and a fat caterpillar was captured without any casualties. If converted to human proportions, it is roughly equivalent to ten hunters capturing a prey as big as a killer whale.
The protagonist watched with satisfaction as his trophy was being stripped away bit by bit, gradually becoming smoother. Under that thin layer of skin, there is a lot of protein and fat, which is really a rich harvest.
The so-called extreme happiness gives rise to sadness.
Just as the protagonist was immersed in joy, the soldier ants who were busy plucking their hair suddenly stopped one after another. They tried to stand up and waved their tentacles impatiently, as if they were trying to catch something in the air.
The protagonist is not very familiar with the instinct of ants, but after seeing the abnormal behavior of his subordinates, the protagonist's own heart also surges with emotion.
That is the emotion of approaching danger... The protagonist suddenly feels that he has become the caterpillar just now and has been targeted by something.
