In addition, Lambert also reported an important news.
Before the protagonist sets off to attend the king's meeting, a succession of pavement ant queens who chose to leave their original nests after participating in the wedding flight ceremony have landed near the "Bridgehead" and seem to be preparing to take root here. The protagonist then ordered Rambotu to send more manpower to search for these lone queen ants, and not to kill them, but to capture them alive.
In the past few days, the patrols of the Fourth Army had been going around and quickly found three newly established pavement ant nests nearby.
There was no pavement ant colony in this nest. There was only a solitary pavement ant queen hiding inside, preparing to lay eggs, and then she was discovered by the Fourth Legion patrol.
The queen ant, who was not good at fighting, was naturally no match for the wolf-like soldier ants, and was quickly captured.
After the patrol subdued the queen, she was tied up with ant silk and brought all back to the "Bridgehead" for placement.
However, one of the queens was seriously injured and died soon. The other queen's injuries worsened and died two days later, leaving only one healthy queen alive.
The protagonist was overjoyed to have captured a pavement ant queen alive. This was rare good news in recent days.
He immediately asked Rambotu to lead the way to the cell where the queen of pavement ants was kept.
Soon, the protagonist saw the imprisoned queen ant. The entrance to the nest where the queen was located was blocked by a barrier made of wooden bars, and four soldier ants guarded it day and night.
At the protagonist's command, the wooden fence was temporarily removed, and the protagonist, Rambotu and two soldier ants got into the cell.
The queen ant is not tied up in the cell and is free to move around. In the past few days, the soldier ants have only brought food and water in regularly. This queen ant also eats and drinks as she should, and is in good health.
When the pavement ant queen discovers the intruder, she instinctively pounces on him and bites him. But soon she remembered the previous scene where she was severely punished by the big-headed ant soldier ant, and thought of another companion who died of serious injuries in the cell, and she hurriedly stopped.
Seeing the timid look of the other party, the protagonist feels that his plan is in place. Since the other party knows how to be afraid, he can proceed with the next step of communication.
The two soldier ants received the order from the protagonist and stepped forward to press the queen to the ground to prevent her from rising up and hurting others.
The protagonist moved forward, avoiding the gnawing jaws of the pavement ant queen on the front, and put his tentacles on the opponent's tentacles.
Then, he passed on his consciousness.
This is not the first time he has communicated with ants of other species. He has communicated with his pavement ant workers before. However, those pavement ant worker ants were hatched in "Dongyang City". Except for their appearance, they are the same as the big-headed ants. The protagonist can communicate with them normally, but this does not mean that he can communicate with a native pavement ant. Ant queen communication.
Fortunately, the way ants communicate with their tentacles is pure thinking, without the need for a language system, and there are no such complicated differences in language and dialects.
So when the protagonist conveys the first sentence: "I am the king, I can execute you at any time!" and it comes with a threatening emotion.
Soon, he got feedback from the queen of pavement ants, which was a feeling of fear.
As normal creatures, facing the threat of death, we will naturally feel fear.
Fear is a strong and depressing emotional experience that occurs when facing a dangerous situation and trying to escape but being unable to do so.
Now, this poor pavement ant queen is in this situation. She can't get out of this cell and the two soldier ants that suppress her. She also knows that what the protagonist said is true and that the other party has the ability to kill her. And there is nothing I can do.
A deep sense of fear arose in the queen's brain. She did not intend to convey this emotion to the protagonist, but was captured by the protagonist through her tentacles in a state of undefended thinking due to fear.
The emotion of fear, as well as the behavior of the queen ant that wanted to attack but stopped in time, made the protagonist certain that the other party had a strong desire to survive. This is a good thing, it is easier to deal with than a hob meat.
"Do you want to live?" The protagonist once again conveyed a signal.
This time, the pavement ant queen quickly responded in the affirmative. This time it was her conscious response rather than an unintentional emotional leak.
This also shows that big-headed ants and pavement ants can indeed communicate through their antennae.
The queen ant quickly responded with a strong desire to survive.
Big-headed ants and pavement ants have always regarded each other as eternal enemies. This war between the two tribes has lasted for thousands of years, and there seems to be no end in sight. No matter what the occasion is, when big-headed ants meet pavement ants, they have no choice but to fight until one of them dies.
Now, although she didn't know why these big-headed ants didn't kill her immediately, she understood the message conveyed by the protagonist.
She wants to live.
——I am the dividing line——
She had been born in a dark underground lair since she was a child. Only the light that seemed to come from hell provided by fluorescent bacteria could provide a faint light.
As a female ant, from the day she emerges from her pupa and reaches adulthood, she enjoys an adequate supply of supplies. She doesn’t have to worry about eating or drinking, and she doesn’t have to worry about cold or heat.
This life seemed good until one day, a worker ant seemed to inadvertently touch her antennae while the other caretakers were not paying attention.
Then, a piece of complex information was quickly transmitted to her brain. Before she could react, the worker ant had disappeared into the ant colony.
The young female ant looked through this message. The first message warned her that only the female ant and the queen could know this message. The world was not as carefree as she had seen. If she did not want to die, please read this message. Information will always remain confidential.
This piece of information completely overturned the world view of the young female ant. It turned out that the entire ant society was originally ruled by the queen ant, and the current male ant rulers were just a group of thieves who had stolen power.
Moreover, in order to restrain the queen and female ants, they do not allow young females to receive education. But in this piece of information, young female ants can learn the knowledge and experience passed down from generation to generation of queens.
This inheritance is refined but huge, and it is completely impossible for young female ants to understand and grasp it in a short period of time. But she quickly understood the most important one.
That was a warning: After participating in the wedding flight ceremony, look for an opportunity to escape and develop your own colony—reviving ancient traditions and establishing a colony ruled by a queen.
This is the secret inheritance of the queen ants. Even if the male ant class is more vigilant, the queens still keep their own secrets, and there are always a group of worker ants willing to be driven by them.
