That day, just after dawn, bad luck suddenly struck.
That day, I got up a little late. In the past, I was the earliest warrior in the tribe, which was also the virtue of the "chief warrior".
But since I feel that I have become an "old guy", I like to sleep a little longer and wait until the sky is completely bright before I get up.
Although our sleep is very light, it is not so much sleeping in, but it is more like being bored and napping continuously in the dark night when there is nothing to do, half asleep and half awake until the day when we can work.
But early this morning, I was woken up by a soldier who got up early and went out.
"Enemies, lots of enemies, everywhere!"
The message sent by this young soldier was incoherent. It did not clearly explain who the enemy was, where they came from, where they were now, nor the specific number of enemies. But I could feel the helplessness and panic contained in the message.
The entire tribe was immediately alarmed, and the soldiers ran out of the cave to prepare to resist the invasion. Although at this time, we still didn’t know who the enemy was.
But the moment I stepped out of the nest, I felt that my limbs were stiff and my body was cold.
I saw that under the trunk of the jujube tree with twisted branches where our tribe was located, a small, dense phalanx of the enemy was waiting for us.
These enemies are smaller, with dark carapace, but are extremely close-knit, showing good organization and discipline - they are those damn outsiders!
Outsiders, they actually came here.
I'm not sure if the enemy is following us here. If so, Broken Leg and I will become the bane of the tribe.
However, the old owners of this territory had experienced genocide by suspected outsiders in the past. Maybe outsiders had been here a long time ago.
No matter what, these outsiders who have brought me two failures, humiliation and fear are here again, full of murderous intent.
My heart felt cold, and the outsiders did not attack under the trees. If there were just a hundred outsiders under this tree, I would still have the confidence to defend the nest.
However, these outsiders seemed to just surround the jujube trees and prevent us from escaping. What are they waiting for!
I suddenly remembered something. The tentacles that had been weakened by shock and fear regained their function, and the sound of fighting not far away was clearly received.
I looked up at the banyan tree opposite, where the giant tribe was located.
That's the direction the sound came from.
The sight I saw almost made me collapse - there, densely packed outsiders were climbing up on the thick pale yellow trunk of the banyan tree. There were thousands of them, and the giant tribe was struggling to resist.
But the resistance of the giant tribe seemed so futile. Apart from the battle losses of participating in the "Holy Ally", the giant only had a dozen warriors accompanying her, trying hard to block the many outsiders from the entrance to the lair.
However, the warriors around the giant were killed one by one. Although the giant rushed left and right, it was still covered by a large number of outsiders.
She was tightly suppressed by the outsiders, as if she was buried alive by a mound of soil. The "mound" moved a little at first, but soon stopped moving.
The giant, such a powerful warrior, could easily defeat Huang in a duel. Even I thought I was no match for her. She escaped a difficult decisive battle and survived the arduous journey back to her lair.
But...she could not escape the jaws of outsiders after all.
My heart felt cold. I already understood that the outsiders only sent a small force to wait under our lair to monitor us and prevent us from escaping. Once their main force has eliminated the giant tribe, they will move here to launch an attack.
Outsiders, they are going to kill both of our tribes!
Many soldiers also noticed this, and some young soldiers immediately wanted to rush down and kill the enemies under the tree first.
Broken Leg and I stopped them from attacking. The enemy's formation was so tight that the few remaining warriors of our tribe would never be able to break through.
But if you continue to wait, you can only sit back and wait for death.
Soon, the queen ants also came outside. If they encountered ordinary threats, they could hide in the safe nest and wait for the brave warriors to repel the invasion.
However, in the face of the huge threat now, the queen ants also knew that they would not be spared and came outside the nest. All queen ants can also fight, and our family will defend our dignity in the battle.
Everyone was silent, knowing that they would not be able to survive today.
At this time, the old male ant who had followed him out at some point ran up to the oldest queen, their tentacles met, and they were communicating something.
Soon, the oldest queen ant nodded, and then the old male ant ran to me.
He told me to take the young queen ant, whom I knew well, and two young warriors to escape, leaving some descendants for the tribe.
I know what he means. As long as the young queen is here, she can find a new home to continue laying eggs. If she is lucky, the tribe can continue.
And I am the best warrior in the tribe, plus two young warriors, which is enough to protect the safety of the young ant queen for a period of time and find enough food for her.
This is the last resort, a necessary measure for the continuation of the tribe.
But how to escape from the enemy's surveillance?
The old male ant's plan was quickly informed to the entire tribe, and with the agreement of the eldest queen, no one objected.
Even those warriors who are destined to stay and wait for death agree that they will use their own flesh and blood to win life for us.
Broken Leg came to me and gently licked my carapace. She had never done this to me before as a friendly gesture. I only remember that she would challenge me to a duel again and again.
Now, as the "chief warrior", I will escort the young queen ant away, so Broken Leg must shoulder my responsibility and die for me.
But she didn't complain. She even said that she would bring a few powerful warriors to rush down together to fight a bloody path for me and the young queen ant.
But the old male ant said that he had a way to avoid the outsider army and let us leave.
Amid suspicion, I, the young queen, and two selected young warriors followed the older males out of the nest.
There is no time left, the giant's tribe has been destroyed, and we see from a distance that the queen ants of their tribe are taken out of the nest and killed, and the ant eggs and pupae are removed, not knowing whether they will be eaten.
Now, the armies of outsiders have begun to move towards our date trees, and an attack on our tribe will be launched soon.
Now, we can only believe that the older male ants really have a way to let us escape, because we have no way out!
