Now there is another problem to be solved before the protagonist - the education of the newly adult male ants.
I have to talk about the growth patterns of ants here. The development of ants is very different from that of humans. When this completely metamorphosed insect is first born from the belly of the queen ant, it is an ant egg, and then the egg will be moved to the incubation chamber by the worker ants.
Except for winter, the incubation room maintains a relatively stable temperature and humidity all year round, which is conducive to the hatching of ant eggs. If the ant eggs leave this suitable environment, the incubation process will stop. Once the incubation stops for more than one or two months, the ant eggs will die.
Ant eggs hatch into translucent worm-like young ants in three or four days. If adult ants, whether they are male ants, female ants, soldiers, or worker ants, all have a certain degree of intelligence, the larvae cannot reflect their rationality at all. They will only eat continuously under the guidance of instinct and accept the care of the worker ants. Excellent care.
However, the young ants are already functioning for the nest. If a worker ant clamps the head of a young ant and touches it lightly with its antennae, the young ants will start to spit out formic glue. This kind of ant glue is an excellent adhesive. The disadvantage is that it oxidizes and solidifies quickly. If bonding is needed, the larvae must be brought to the site for the operation.
If the ant glue is stretched when it is just secreted and still liquid, it becomes ant silk. The fluffy ant silk can be used as bedding material for young ants and ant eggs, and can also be used as a rope. Of course, the protagonist also uses these ant silk as a mattress.
After five or six days of development, the young ants begin to pupate. The pupae look like white, six-limbed adult ants. After five or six days of complex chemical changes, the young ants can emerge from the pupa and become adult ants.
(The above various development times are accelerated according to the needs of the novel. Generally, the development time of ants is several times longer)
Once adult ants emerge from their pupae, they instantly possess complex thinking abilities and high IQ levels. They also master the most basic way of communicating with ants through their antennae, but they just lack experience.
If we use a human analogy, then a baby who is still nursing is suddenly thrown into a sleeping bag. When he unzips the sleeping bag and comes out a few days later, he is already an 18-year-old adult from body to brain. Now, this adult can speak, but because he has never gone to school for a day, he has not mastered any other knowledge.
This adult method of breaking out of pupae has little impact on soldier ants and worker ants. They do not need to learn much and can live a normal life based on instinct. After following the older worker ants to complete various tasks several times, they can master the corresponding skills. Skill.
Female ants have higher IQs. When they reach adulthood, the older queens will teach them about marriage and birth. The protagonist does not need to worry about this.
The learning of male ants relies on the experience imparted by older males.
The problem facing "Dongyang City" now is that there are no older male ants. Lao Wang, who used to be the teacher, has been killed mysteriously, and among all the remaining male ants, the oldest one is the protagonist who is less than half a year old...
Of course, the amount of information stored in the protagonist's brain is unmatched by any ant, but 99.999% of the knowledge cannot be taught to young male ants. The protagonist can't just send them a short movie through an information package...
The protagonist himself is only half-experienced in some of the skills and knowledge that young male ants particularly need. So after weighing it up, the protagonist handed over the task of teaching the young male ants basic knowledge and skills to Rambo Fei. Anyway, Lan Bofei has received a complete systematic education from Lao Wang. It depends on him whether he can apply what he has learned.
The reason why Rambo Fei was chosen instead of other male ants is because Ram Bo Fei is the third in age among all male ants. Male ants naturally have a sense of respect for their older counterparts, even if they were born just one or two years earlier. minute. Moreover, Lamborghini has a relatively calm personality and is not as impatient as Gun, who is the second oldest. As for getting out, it's better to be a troop commander with peace of mind.
In addition to the courses that Rambo Fei can teach, the protagonist also has other knowledge that he wants them to master.
This batch of male ants was not born in the spring as usual. The male ants born in the spring have graduated after more than a month of study and will immediately rush to participate in the wedding flight ceremony in late spring and early summer.
This batch of male ants were born after this year's wedding flight ceremony. What they need to study, how long they need to study, and when they graduate are all decided by the protagonist. Anyway, it’s still early for next year’s wedding ceremony.
The protagonist has many ideas for transforming the ant society. To implement these ideas, a large number of helpers are needed. Although their IQs are sufficient and their loyalty is not a problem, they have grown up with traditional ant education. Many of their thinking have been solidified and they cannot understand some of the protagonist's intentions.
The protagonist has given up on correcting the ants whose knowledge has been solidified. He places his hope on the male ants who have just become adults and are still a blank sheet of paper.
In order to achieve this goal, the protagonist first modified the content taught by Rambo Fei.
Later, every time before Rambo flew to teach, the protagonist would find him, read in detail the information package of the teaching content delivered by Rambo, and then delete it.
He retained the basic skills that male ants must master, such as command methods, identification and use of semaphores, etc.
Some contents have been modified, such as: setting off to the main nest to participate in the wedding flight ceremony after the first rain in early summer each year has been changed to participating in the wedding flight ceremony in "East Yang City" at the time specified by the Divine Envoy King, etc.
Contents such as obeying the instructions of any king in the main nest were deleted. The protagonist does not want his subordinates to be ordered away by other male ants one day.
Some new content has also been added: systematic mathematical knowledge such as the four arithmetic operations, simple logical thinking and language expression skills, the will to obey the God Envoy King absolutely, etc.
Lamborghini first expressed doubts about the drastic deletions, additions and changes to the course content. Many new courses were completely in conflict with the concepts he accepted and agreed with. The protagonist directly used the authority of the Divine Envoy King and the will of the Divine Will to force him to accept it, and required him to deliver the course information package he specified to all students intact.
Lamborghini surrendered, but the protagonist was still worried. He simply asked the secretary to study with him every time he went to class. Facts have proved that Lamborghini still followed the protagonist's will completely against his will. But that’s a story for another day.
The protagonist also put a lot of thought into the lessons for these young male ants, and all the knowledge taught has a purpose.
Basic skills must be mastered. Being loyal to the protagonist's requirements can ensure one's control. Mathematical knowledge and logical thinking ability can help improve the IQ of male ants. The identification of various pheromones can identify enemies, friendly forces and companion.
When these male ants graduate successfully and grow into the backbone of "Dongyang City", the protagonist's ability to control "Dongyang City" is equivalent to recreating a country within a country in the Big-headed Ant Kingdom. .
This is exactly the purpose of the protagonist.
