In the three hours from three o'clock to about six o'clock at sunset, the front line of the big-headed ant army only advanced about three meters, and was less than two meters away from the entrance to the sub-nest.
Outside the encirclement, 30,000 troops from 20 legions of the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force were fighting on the front with almost the same number of Pavement Ant barbarian troops inside the encirclement. In just these three hours, for this short three-meter distance, both sides have paid thousands of casualties. Among these casualties, most of them were dead, and few of the injured survived. As long as they still had a trace of strength, they would choose to fight to the death.
The dead ants either had their heads separated or were brutally dismembered. Even if those injured ants have lost all their joints and limbs, they will still viciously bite any part of any enemy around them until they die. In wars in the human world, when the casualty rate reaches up to 10%, one side will be defeated. Ant wars often end with the annihilation of one side's army.
The protagonist looks at the battle scene from a distance. He wonders what the soldier ants and worker ants who are fighting so hard are thinking in their hearts. Do they have fear and regret? Can their simple minds understand the meaning of death? Can you understand the meaning of your own sacrifice? Or, just like the male ants, do they also regard themselves as consumables for the kingdom?
The protagonist also noticed that there are some simple rotation tactics in the big-headed ant army. Each legion has thirty squads commanded by the king, and each squad has fifty soldier ants and worker ants. Due to the tight battle front, only seven or eight squads in a legion were fighting on the front line at the same time. When more than half of these squads suffer casualties, the squad commander will withdraw with the remaining soldiers of the squad, and the reserve squad in the rear will take over. This tactic is entirely for the purpose of protecting the team commander (that is, the king). After all, it takes far more time and resources to cultivate a male ant with a higher IQ than soldier ants and worker ants.
The Pavement Ant Barbarian Army also has similar rotation tactics, also focusing on protecting their king. The only exceptions are pavement ant workers that are already foraging outside the nest. Unlike the pavement ants that came out of the nest and had already formed a team and had a king as their commander, these pavement ant workers who were originally active in the wild consciously gathered near the entrance of the sub-nest after hearing the alarm sound. They did not have a king. Under his command, he spontaneously resisted the attack of the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force on the front line. Without the king's command, there was no order for them to withdraw and recuperate, so in just half of the day, all these brave warriors were killed.
Night fell, and deep black enveloped the entire wilderness. This darkness seemed to be splashed with thick ink, and even the bright moonlight could not penetrate it. This was the first time the protagonist experienced the dark night on the ground. He looked up at the moon.
The white nearly full moon disk is covered with dark moon sea. This size, this change of circles and defects, the shape is like the shadow of the osmanthus tree cut by Wu Gang. The protagonist confirmed that this is the moon of the earth. In any case, he has not traveled to other worlds, he is still on earth. The protagonist suddenly feels a sense of belonging to the land beneath his feet.
Although the protagonist has good night vision, it is even far superior to that of humans. But looking at the battlefield a few meters away was blurry, and I couldn't see the details clearly. He climbed down from the rocks and sent a messenger to ask the police what should be done at night.
The public security officer replied that the fighting would continue at night, and the legions that had not yet entered the battle would be on standby. If the legions fighting in front sent a messenger to send a signal that they needed to take over, they would step forward to engage in the battle.
Countless ants lay quietly on the ground, except for their tentacles dancing around, feeling the smell of blood filling the air in front of them. The protagonist simply eats something first, then curls up on the silk bed and sleeps for a while, letting Hua Mulan wake him up with news. The early summer night was still a bit cold, and the protagonist felt a little stiff.
Fall asleep soon.
In his sleep, the protagonist seems to be in a Shura field. Countless ants and humans are fighting. No, these are not ordinary ants. How come they have human torsos, legs and hands, and are as tall as humans? These ant-headed monsters are fighting fiercely with humans. What are they holding? Eight feet long snake spear? Pu Dao? Long ax? Flail? Two-handed sword? Their faces were so ferocious as they strangled each other. Even if their hands and feet were cut off, they would viciously tear out the opponent's throat with their teeth. Even if they were cut in half, they would crawl over and pierce the enemy's calf, as if they were not being cut off. A zombie that won't die if hit in the head.
The protagonist stood naked in the center of the battlefield with nothing but his own hands. He looked down and saw that he was a human body, his own body that was extremely familiar to him.
Before he could think about it, he felt a fierce impact on his back. The protagonist flew up and fell into a pool of blood with the dog chewing mud. The protagonist hurriedly got up, only to find that he was holding half of a human face that he had just grabbed from the ground in his hand. The wide, blood-red pupils stared at the protagonist indifferently, and half of the mouth was still moving.
"Ahhhhhhh~" the protagonist screamed and threw away the half of the face. When he turned around, he saw that the monster that had knocked him away just now was a monster with the head of an ant and a look of cruelty clearly visible on its ant face. It was holding a spear that was taller than a human.
The protagonist wanted to run away in fear, but his body seemed to be paralyzed, and he finally turned around tremblingly.
Why? Why is there a tearing feeling in my chest, but I don’t feel any pain? What's going on with that gun tip coming out of your heart? I was stabbed, will I die?
The protagonist fell to the ground on his back, the tip of the gun penetrated from the heart, and the active red blood left the body happily. The ant-headed monster that killed him laughed wildly, and the whole world reverberated with his laughter.
All the characters disappeared, except for the laughing, bodyless ant head that grew larger and larger, rising up into the blood-red sky, and slowly transformed into a human face. The protagonist feels that this face is very familiar, but he can't remember who it is.
"Hahahahahahaha" This annoying face laughed loudly in the air, and its face filled the entire sky.
Suddenly, he calmed down and his laughter stopped. He stared at the dying protagonist fiercely: "You are not good as a human being, and you are a coward even if you are an ant!"
"You are not good as a human being, and you are a coward even if you are an ant!"…
"You are not good as a human being, and you are a coward even if you are an ant!"...
"You are bad as a human being, and you are a coward even if you are an ant!"......
The entire world reverberated with this taunt, and the heaven and earth began to shake.
"No, I'm not a coward!" The protagonist wanted to retort loudly, but nothing came out.
He woke up and was shaken awake by Hua Mulan. His mouth without vocal cords was wide open. He wanted to say something but couldn't.
However, the protagonist said silently in his heart: "No, I am not a coward!"
