This second special envoy is still the subordinate of the Lao Wang. However, the information package she delivered this time represents a third-party force that the protagonist did not know before.
This is an information package delivered to the subordinates of Lao Lao Wang.
The protagonist's attitude became solemn, because from the first paragraph of the information package, he realized the difference and importance of this information package.
The information packet showed that it came from a southern country, or to be precise, a group of "remnants".
"Remnants" is the self-proclaimed name of the owner of the information package. This group of "remnants" are also from the Big-headed Ant clan, and are currently in an alliance with the Lao Wang faction.
"Remnants" is actually a word made up by the protagonist himself. If their self-proclaimed name is translated according to its actual meaning, it is "survivors who have arrived in another world without disappearing with the old nest."
The protagonist is a little confused as to why they call themselves "remnants". From a literal point of view, they may be a group of unlucky people who escaped after their original lair was captured.
But what the so-called "another world" means, the protagonist can't guess.
This group of "remnants" claim to be allies of the Lao Wang faction. They are allies rather than subordinates, which is quite interesting.
They obviously do not belong to the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, but they are the same clan of Big-headed Ants as the races in the Big-headed Ant Kingdom.
Generally speaking, alliances between different ant kingdoms and tribes are rare. Most ants are only willing to coexist and compete with opponents that they cannot destroy for the time being, such as the big-headed ant kingdom and the pavement ant barbarians.
Alliances generally only exist between ants of the same race. Because ants of the same family may be related to each other if they go back several generations. If you carefully identify their scents, they often have similarities, which provides a basis for forming an alliance. For example, the "Holy Alliance" formed by the Scythe Hunter Ants was forced by the pressure of the Divine Envoy King's legion.
As for this group of Big-headed Ant "remnants", since they are both Big-headed Ants, it is not impossible to form an alliance with the weaker Lao Wang faction. After all, if there is no way to eliminate each other, peaceful coexistence is also an option.
Judging from the ethnic scent of this group of "remnants" carried in the information package, the protagonist finds that it is far from the scent of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom.
Generally speaking, the smell of a colony is mainly derived from the combined effects of the ants' scent glands and their environment.
There are certain similarities in the smells secreted by people of the same race, but if the eating habits of the two parties are very different, the taste secreted by them will also be very different. Factors such as the type and quantity of food also depend on the external environment.
Therefore, the smells of ants of the same species living in different areas may be more different than those of different ants living in similar areas.
Fortunately, most ant races have strong odor memory capabilities, and they can fine-tune the composition of scent gland secretions as needed. In this way, a kingdom or empire that rules multiple nests can be born. Otherwise, ants in different sub-nests will not recognize their companions at all and will fight each other as soon as they meet.
Since the environments of different sub-nests are still different, these ants of the same species can fine-tune their secretions so that ants in the same country can distinguish each other. But the smell of each sub-nest has its own uniqueness. After training, ants can tell which sub-nest the other party comes from from the smell.
Just like the soldiers of the First Legion of the Divine Envoy King, when they were stationed in "Dongyang City", they carried the smell of "Dongyang City" with them, which was a smell mixed with grass, mealworm excrement and honeydew.
When the first legion was transferred to fight near the river, they were soon tainted by the biting cold wind near the river and the smell of the sweet fruits of the big banyan tree.
When fighting near the "Southern Fortress" a while ago, the smell of the First Legion was gradually infected by the smell of sweet honeydew and putrid fungi in the south, and changed again.
It can be seen that the smell of ants is like a business card, ID card and resume. Experienced ants can analyze the race, country and nest of the other party based on the smell alone, and can also see the living environment and main food of the other party. and places visited recently.
And the protagonist, after being in this world for so long, has gradually mastered this skill.
This time, he found out from the smell information carried by the "remnants" in the information package that although the main smell of the other party was a mixture of the unique smell of the southern region and the general smell of the big-headed ants, there was a hint of familiarity with the protagonist. The smell is completely different.
The protagonist suspects that this smell comes from the former country of the "remnants". Their former smell does not belong to the smell of the world known to the protagonist.
The "remnants" claim to be from another world. What kind of world is it?
It's not just the unique smell that arouses the protagonist's doubts and interest. More importantly, what comes next in the packet.
The "remnants" stated that they already knew that the Divine Envoy King and his legions defeated the Scythe Hunter Ants in the southern hilly area and became the overlord of this area.
The area where they live is not far from the southern hills and the "real sub-nest". As members of the Big-headed Ant clan, the "remnants" hope to form an alliance with the Divine Envoy King. As a gesture of goodwill, the remnants sent a gift.
The gift is not a physical object, but a piece of information, but this piece of information immediately makes the protagonist attach great importance to it.
Because, this piece of information is how to tame a beetle.
Tamed! ? That’s right, it’s domestication!
The protagonist read the content carefully and quickly confirmed its authenticity. In the protagonist's opinion, the content inside is indeed very operable.
Taming beetles, including taming other insects, is a problem that the protagonist has always been concerned about.
Putting aside the aphids and scale insects that have a natural symbiotic relationship with ants, the protagonist has to understand that ants in the human world do not domesticate insects.
The God Envoy King's Legion has achieved results in taming flies. The semi-domesticated flies have brought great help to the protagonist. From this, he formed the Flying Knight Legion and played an important role in previous wars.
Taming beetles is also an idea that the protagonist has already had. As large insects, beetles like the stag beetle are simply born to be "bulldozers", "large trucks" and "tanks".
However, taming beetles is not that easy just imagine.
For example, many beetles require fresh tree sap, which is difficult for ants to collect.
So how did these "remnants" domesticate beetles?
They themselves say it comes from their "old world" knowledge. That is a "new world" that is strange and mysterious to the protagonist!
