This night, the protagonist asked the messenger to call all the male ants to the conference room.
This conference room used to be a classroom for these young male ants, where Lao Wang taught them all the basic knowledge bit by bit. Nowadays, except for most of the former students, Lao Wang, the teacher, is dead, and even the entire "Dongyang City" is no longer what it used to be.
The male ants arrived quickly. They didn't know why the protagonist called them over at night. Big-headed ants are creatures that are accustomed to being active during the day. They like to huddle in their underground nests at night and do nothing.
Seeing that all the male ants have arrived, the protagonist climbed to the middle of the cobblestones. Now this distinguished position belongs only to him. When the male ants saw that the protagonist was in place, they lowered their tentacles and touched the pebbles.
The protagonist said to all the male ants:
"We have a meeting tonight. This meeting will be very important to you. Because everyone here is a loser who has lost the qualification to fly for marriage!"
As the saying goes, hit someone without slapping someone in the face, and scold someone without exposing someone's shortcomings. Although the ants do not have such a proverb, after the protagonist's straightforward words, the male ants immediately responded with countless emotions of annoyance, shame, and resentment, because of these words. And extremely excited.
The protagonist did not deliberately come to stir up the hornet's nest. These male ants are now his subordinates. He can only use kindness and subjugation, so there is no reason to deliberately humiliate them. Only unqualified leaders will offend their men to the end because of their words and actions.
Seeing that his subordinates were excited, the protagonist added: "I'm not mocking you. I received a decree from God, and God said that you can wash away the shame of being disqualified from marriage."
The male ants immediately fell silent. In their minds, the status of successful male ants in the nuptial flight ceremony is completely different from that of losers like them. The successful one can stay in the main nest and hopefully become a king in the future. The loser can either go back to the secondary nest where he was born to become a Bailihou, or he can become a cannon fodder-like team commander in the main nest.
Of course, they desperately hope that they are also successful, but thousands of years of tradition tell them that in the wedding ceremony, which has only one chance in a lifetime, the winner is the winner and the loser is the loser. How can the loser still be there? Is there any chance of a cleansing failure?
The more impatient Gun first expressed doubts, and other male ants agreed with him.
The protagonist calmed down and waited for the doubts of the male ants to settle before continuing to explain:
"God has given me permission to hold another wedding flight ceremony in Dongyang City. In this wedding flight ceremony, you still have a chance to succeed. "
The male ants were stunned for several seconds. It was the first time they heard that the wedding flight ceremony could be held twice in a year, and the second time would be held in the same sub-nest. They did not expect that they would become the first in history. Male ants participating in two wedding flight ceremonies. Although everything God said was right, it could not completely dispel their doubts.
The male ants chirped, passing on various doubts or excitement to each other.
Rambo sent a question: "Who is the female ant participating in the wedding flight ceremony?"
"The twelve female ants who came back with us also missed the last wedding flight ceremony for some reason." The protagonist explained.
"No, they are humble losers. How can they participate in another wedding ceremony? We can't be paired with these humble losers." Gun actually got excited and replied with such a message in an instant.
The protagonist immediately became angry. I have kindly found you a partner so that you can marry, have children, and carry on the family line. You still think these female ants are losers in the wedding ceremony. Don't forget that you male ants are also losers. The limitations of this traditional consciousness accumulated by the ant society for thousands of years really kill the ants. Just like many women in ancient times were victims of the idea of male superiority and female inferiority, and suffered a lot for it. However, once these daughters-in-law became mothers-in-law, they would often intensify their persecution of the younger generation of women, and they were not at all affected by what they had experienced. Have mercy.
"You are also humble losers." The protagonist's anger was transmitted to all the male ants through the cobblestones, and they immediately became too scared to say anything. The status of the Divine Messenger King and his illustrious military exploits have made these male ants who were born in the same group as the protagonist now have to look up to him.
"Go away, you said these female ants are losers. But one of them once helped you defeat a killer worker ant. Do you think she is humble?" The protagonist spoke so righteously for the first time. Ask questions.
A wave of confusion and wavering came over him. He had a good impression of the female ant who had fought side by side with him on a rainy night. This seriously conflicts with his traditional understanding that losers are humble.
The protagonist strikes while the iron is hot: "There are no losers in the eyes of God. This is God's instruction. He thinks that you have the potential to be successful, so he is willing to grant you another wedding ceremony."
"If you are unwilling, then you are doomed to be losers for life. If you can succeed, remember God's grace."
After some coercion and inducement by the protagonist, the male ants finally accepted the fact that they would participate in another wedding flight ceremony.
Of course, the protagonist does not want the cruel and violent marriage flight ceremony of the main nest to reappear in "Dongyang City", causing the few male ants under his command to suffer losses again. He announced to the male ants the special requirements for this wedding flight ceremony.
"This is a wedding ceremony specially gifted by God, so it is different from the previous ceremony..."
What the protagonist requires is that all male ants must not attack their companions, including male and female ants.
So how to determine the winner? The protagonist requires all male ants to take their teams out for hunting tomorrow. After being judged by the Angel King, the commanders of the twelve teams with the most prey will be the winners and can choose their favorite female ants to pair up with.
After all male ants understood the rules of the wedding flight ceremony, the protagonist announced that the ceremony would begin the next day and then dismissed the meeting.
Tomorrow's wedding ceremony is said to be fair competition, but the reason why the protagonist thought of holding such a ceremony was because he saw the angry and pitiful expressions of Gun and the others after they were disqualified. Although the protagonist severely criticized Gun today for his backward thinking, the protagonist still wanted him and the Rambos to successfully pass on the family line. He was partial.
It is not difficult for Gun and Rambo to win. The ants are all straight-headed, and the protagonist just needs to help them cheat a little bit. Ants have no concept of cheating, which means that the protagonists who come from the intrigues of human society don't have to spend too much effort to disguise their methods. Who makes the protagonist himself the examiner?
