He sleeps until the next day. Don't ask me why the protagonist knows it is the next day. Even if there is no clock, the sun and moon cannot be seen underground. But the biological clock tells the protagonist that it is already another early morning.
The protagonist was called out. Hua Mulan came over and cradled the sleeping protagonist with her head. The protagonist finally woke up and learned that the guiding ant they met yesterday was here and was right outside the door. The protagonist asked her to send a letter to Lao Wang yesterday hoping to have an interview, and it seems that the result has been achieved.
Although Hua Mulan is stupid, after a few days of training from the protagonist, she has understood the principle of not allowing strangers into the protagonist's bedroom, and has blocked the leading ants outside.
"Should I fix a door to the house?" The protagonist changed the thought: "The same goes for the bathroom. It's too troublesome to have to hold a ball of mud to block the door every time I go to the toilet."
After all, the protagonist did not forget the business and went out to communicate with the leading ants. The guiding ant tells the protagonist that Lao Wang agreed to the suggestion of meeting in the classroom and asks the protagonist to follow her there now.
Thinking about the powerful soldier ants around Lao Wang who threatened him last time, the protagonist thought for a while and asked Hua Mulan to bring six subordinates, just in case, fearing that the protagonist would not harm Lao Wang's heart. There is no intention to hurt the protagonist. In the various drama reviews I heard in my previous life, didn't there always be plots about ambushing five hundred swordsmen behind a screen?
The protagonist and his party followed the guide ants to the outside of the classroom. The guide ants went in first and the protagonist followed. However, Hua Mulan and the other seven soldier ants were stopped by the soldier ants guarding the gate. The gatekeeper soldier ants firmly refused to allow Hua Mulan and the others to enter. the meaning of.
The protagonist looked inside and saw that there were only Lao Wang and the guide worker ants in the huge classroom. He did not see those strong soldier ants that the protagonist felt were extremely threatening. The protagonist then comforted Hua Mulan and asked them to wait outside, while he walked in alone.
Lao Wang stood in the middle of the cobblestone floor of the classroom, motionless and looking particularly calm. The protagonist walked over and prepared to communicate with Lao Wang using his tentacles, but Lao Wang hurriedly took a step back and touched his tentacles on the cobblestones.
The protagonist was stunned. Isn't this pebble used only when group conversations are needed in class? The protagonist doesn't quite understand how cobblestones enable ants to chat in a group, but he thinks it's similar to wired telegraphy. Now there are only two male ants, myself and Lao Wang, that need to communicate. It would be much more convenient to directly intersect the contact angles than this.
There are only two male ants? The protagonist subconsciously looked at the guide worker ant and found that she also touched the cobblestone ground with her tentacles.
"Damn, why does this worker ant have to get involved?"
But the protagonist wanted something from Lao Wang, so he had no choice but to accept it. So the protagonist also put his tentacles up just like he did during class.
"Why do you want to see me, young male ant, I don't like you." Lao Wang's message came first.
"Yeah," the guide ants on the side agreed.
"Damn, it doesn't matter if I offended Lao Wang, when will I offend you, a little worker ant?" The protagonist complained in his heart.
But it was still important, and the protagonist hurriedly asked Lao Wang if he knew how to get to the kinship lair with fire.
"Young male ant, where did you know about fire?" Lao Wang's message was full of doubts. This is where the ants communicate poorly. Too strong a message will be passed directly to the other party, even though the thoughts in their hearts are moving. It won't be passed on, but it will be difficult to hide your true thoughts if you are not careful. No wonder ants are so stubborn.
"I know from Hua Mulan." The protagonist answered honestly: "She said she followed you to a place with fire." You don't have to worry about whether Lao Wang knows who Hua Mulan is. Hua Mulan, the protagonist, and Lao Wang The noun is the same, it is just a symbol that only works for readers. When ants communicate, they have a way to accurately point out which one of the tens of millions of ants they are talking about. Of course, the premise is that both parties to the communication have contacted the person they are talking about beforehand.
"Yes, she followed me to the distant main nest." Lao Wang, like other ants, will not deny or lie about the facts: "But how do you know about fire? There is no way that soldier ants will take the initiative to reveal this information. "
"You know fire is weird? What is the main nest?"
"Young male ant, you haven't seen fire, how do you know about fire?" Lao Wang seemed unable to answer two questions at the same time. He only answered the first question and then ignored the second.
"What's so great about this? Not only have I seen fire, but I've also killed a praying mantis!" The protagonist felt that he couldn't explain to an ant how he knew about this thing without ever being exposed to fire in his life, so he simply blew it cowhide. It can’t be said that it’s bullshit. The protagonist has done both of these things in his previous life.
After listening to the protagonist's statement, Lao Wang's message back did not contain any meaningful words, only strong emotions of shock.
The guide ant was also shocked. She quickly echoed Lao Wang's sentiment: "Yeah, yeah."
The protagonist became proud: "Small, you are just an ant, why don't you just let me fool you?"
"The learned and brave young king." Lao Wang changed his title. Since the last time the protagonist offended Lao Wang, Lao Wang only called him "male ant" instead of "king". Now not only is the title of "king" back, but it is also preceded by the modifiers of knowledge and bravery. The protagonist suddenly discovers that ants can actually express such elegant vocabulary.
Old Wang: "My learned and brave young king, why do you want to go to the main nest? You will always go there before your wedding flight."
"Wedding flight?" The protagonist feels that there is a new word that needs to be understood, but the literal meaning cannot be separated from mating and reproduction. Anyway, the protagonist has no intention of having sex with an ant, so he doesn't care.
"I have to go to the main nest now, how to get there." The protagonist decided not to wait until the marriage and marriage, who knows that will not happen until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
Lao Wang: "The king has this right, you can go to the main nest. The guide ants will take you there."
"Yeah." The guide ant said in the affirmative.
"What's the difference between the main nest and ours?" The protagonist asked the question that had not been answered just now.
"The main nest is the origin of our clan. It is the largest nest, has the most queens, the most kings, and the most soldier ants and worker ants." Lao Wang explained.
In this way, the protagonist roughly understands that the main nest should be the birthplace of the ant colony. After all, the ant colony cannot proliferate indefinitely in a nest, so the food that can be obtained in the controllable space on the surface will not be enough to support more and more. of ants. Many ants will expand by splitting off part of the colony to develop new nests. There will be no fight between the split new colony and the old colony, but they will still have a relationship of inseparability until death. But now it seems that there is still communication between the nest here and the main nest.
"When can I let the guide ants take me to the main nest?" the protagonist asked.
"Anytime." Lao Wang replied.
"Yeah, yeah." The guide ant agreed.
