The work of weaving the ropes takes about half a month. During this period, the protagonist does not intend to be idle, he has the kind of temperament that cannot be idle.
Especially now that I have traveled to a new world, although the vegetation and insects are still the same as the human world, and this world seems to be relatively safe as there are no humans or large animals.
But the protagonist is now experiencing the world as an ant. Although the world is similar, his personal experience is completely different from that of humans. This makes him always have a great sense of insecurity and fear of dying one day.
Whether it is a fierce insect, or a wildfire or running water that is insignificant to humans, it may take away the small and fragile life of ants.
Therefore, the protagonist is extremely eager to become powerful. Due to the limitations of the ants' own conditions, no matter how strong an individual's strength is, there are limits. The protagonist's divine power now has no rival among ants, but he is still unable to resist the power of nature.
Therefore, he has been working hard to improve the strength of the ant colony, whether it is stealing fire to "Dongyang City" or developing pottery, weaving and other crafts, all in order to increase the strength of the ant colony.
As a social animal, when the ant colony is large enough, they will also have the ability to transform nature to a certain extent, and their ability to resist risks will also be greatly improved.
But it’s that feeling of “I’m already strong” that is dashed again as winter approaches. The protagonist once again appreciates the power of nature. In the severe cold climate, the big-headed ants cannot go out at all. If it were not for the protagonist's strong request at the king's meeting, the defenders of "Linshui City" would not be able to resist the barbarian army of pavement ants. A natural double attack.
This makes the protagonist's already slightly faded insecurity become stronger again. He is forced to be trapped in a small underground lair throughout the winter, not knowing what is happening in the outside world. This is something the protagonist cannot bear.
If you are unlucky, even if there is an avalanche or a winter flood, the ants hiding underground will have nowhere to escape.
If you want to actively avoid and resist this kind of disaster, in addition to praying, you must either take the initiative to improve the defense capabilities of the nest, or you must move freely in the wild to provide timely warning and evacuation.
The protagonist can indeed move freely in the wild, but only for himself. The other big-headed ants can only huddle underground. Even if there are no other insect activities in winter, letting the protagonist go out alone is quite risky.
Even if a strong wind blows, the protagonist is likely to be blown away without a trace. No companion will know what happened to him, and no one can go out to look for him. Can he return to the lair alone? Is it possible to survive the whole night in the dark winter night?
Only the collective can bring some comfort to the protagonist who is full of insecurities. But winter deprives the outgoing protagonist of his attempts to integrate into the group. The protagonist thinks that he needs to work hard to find something to do for himself and try to adapt the big-headed ants to the winter wild.
This is not a fantasy. At least the pavement ants can move freely on sunny days. They only need to recharge their batteries in the sun in advance.
In the same way, if the pavement ants can do this, can the big-headed ants also do it?
The protagonist guesses that the way pavement ants use sunlight should be similar to cold-blooded reptiles such as lizards, which increase their body temperature by basking in the sun to facilitate activities. This also explains why the pavement ant barbarian army collectively bask in the sun every morning to replenish their energy. able.
When the big-headed ants recharge their energy by basking in the sun, can they move freely like the pavement ants?
With this idea in mind, one morning, the protagonist decided to conduct an experiment to verify his idea.
He asked five big-headed worker ants and five big-headed soldier ants to crawl out of the hole with him. Although the ants who received the order were very unhappy, this went against their usual physiological habits. But under the protagonist's power, they had to surrender.
These big-headed ants followed the protagonist and climbed out of the hole little by little. When they left the relatively warm deep nest and entered the shallow nest, the heat in their bodies was quickly sucked away by the surrounding air. The big-headed ants began to slowly become stiff and sluggish with their six limbs, but they were still able to move forward reluctantly.
The weather is very good today, the sun is shining brightly and there are no clouds in the sky. The time chosen by the protagonist is in the morning, when the early morning chill has been completely dispelled by the sunshine.
When the big-headed ants followed the protagonist out of the hole, although the surrounding temperature was still low, the sunlight boosted their morale. Even those who like the creatures living in the dark underground will feel happy when facing the winter sunshine.
The protagonist arranged for the big-headed ants to bask in the sun on a branch not far from the entrance and exit of the nest. There were no branches and leaves to block it, and the sunlight could shine on the experimental subjects without any hindrance.
The protagonist estimates the time. The scouts of the pavement ants usually start to move freely after a quarter of an hour of charging in the sun, while the large army needs half an hour to recharge.
Therefore, the protagonist asked the experimental subject to start crawling and perform some designated actions at fifteen minutes and half an hour respectively.
However, during these two periods of time, the experimental subject's movements were still sluggish, not much different from when he had just crawled out of the warm nest.
The protagonist did not give up. He continued to let the worker ants and soldier ants participating in the experiment bask in the sun, and then conducted an activity experiment every half an hour.
Through each observation, the protagonist found that it was not until two hours after basking in the sun, when the sun was at its highest at noon, that the big-headed ants in the experiment became slightly more active. But this is only relative, and it is completely unable to achieve the feeling of freedom of movement that Pavement Ant and the protagonist have. Although their movements are not so stiff and slow, they are still as clumsy as a big fat man.
The experiment continued until the sun set in the afternoon, and was still conducted every half an hour. However, the experimental conditions after that were still not ideal. Before three o'clock in the afternoon, the experimental subjects were able to maintain a similar rhythm of action as at noon. But as the sun got lower and lower, their movements began to stiffen again, until they finally became frozen, and the protagonist had to interrupt the experiment and help these experimental subjects return to the base.
After returning to the lair, the protagonist spent the whole night thinking about today's experiment. It is indeed feasible for big-headed ants to absorb sunlight and charge energy. At least these big-headed ants that have been basking in the sun did not freeze to death in a short period of time.
But obviously, their efficiency in absorbing solar energy is far less than that of pavement ants. It only takes half an hour for pavement ants to accumulate enough heat to be active for half a day, while big-headed ants cannot move freely even if they are exposed to the sun for several hours. Even as the sunlight weakens in the afternoon, energy gain is not matched by energy loss.
