The protagonist finally squeezed into the entrance of "Salt City", which was almost in ruins.
This is not the original entrance to "Salt City", which is located under a rock. But the giant river crab dug a big pit into the soil under the rock, destroying the original entrance and exit of "Salt City" and many of the upper nest chambers.
The current entrance and exit is located on the bottom side of the big pit dug by the giant crab. It was originally just an ordinary internal passage, but after being exposed to the outside, it became a new entrance and exit. There are several such entrances and exits, all of which are original passages or nest rooms.
If left alone, the ants will block the extra exits, leaving only one most suitable entrance and exit, and the nest will return to normal.
But if river crabs visit every day, then "Salt City" will be unable to repair its own damage and will slowly decay like a patient who has lost immunity.
Some ants exposed by the crab digging and nearby ants attacked, so the protagonist didn't feel too crowded when he first came in, but as the ants behind him poured in from various channels, it filled up like running water. Into all the crevices of the underground lairs, the underground quickly becomes overcrowded.
The protagonist moves forward, and the surrounding worker ants and soldier ants give way to him.
The reason why they gave way to him was not because the ants saw the protagonist. In the dark and crowded underground, it was not easy to find a male ant approaching him.
The protagonist is in a bad mood, even a little angry. He couldn't suppress his emotions, so a smell with special meaning was emitted.
Upon smelling this smell, the nearby worker ants and soldier ants immediately became frightened, trying to leave space for the noble king without affecting his progress.
The protagonist touches several nearby ants with his tentacles and asks them to call the manager of "Salt City".
The ants took the order and left. While asking other ants with their tentacles, they struggled to squeeze away from the ant colony and went deeper into the nest.
Not long after, Tuzi arrived first. The protagonist doesn't have any grudges against him. He also knows that he has not given Tuozi any authority. Tuozi can only command a small number of ant colonies brought from "Dongyang City". And he sent messengers twice in time, which also enabled the protagonist to understand the situation here in time, which is a small contribution.
The protagonist then asked about the situation of the ant colony brought from "Dongyang City". Fortunately, these ants were only lost in the early stage. In today's catastrophe, because the tumors restricted them from going out to fight, they were not allowed to go out to fight. Nothing to lose. A small number of losses are casualties due to destruction of surface nests.
And just as the protagonist expected, the one who asked the ants to attack when the giant crabs besieged the city was the actual ruler of "Salt City", the only king.
If the underground was not too crowded, and the entrances and exits and surface nests were destroyed, many ant warriors could not find their way out for a while, and I am afraid that these ants in "Salt City" would have suffered even more heavy losses.
Even so, "Yancheng" is estimated to have lost nearly a thousand ants today. Except for those who followed the protagonist and retreated, the ants in the nests near the surface were almost wiped out.
After a while, the instigator, the king of "Yancheng", struggled to squeeze out a passage from the ant colony and came to the protagonist.
The protagonist looked at him sarcastically. He ordered the ants to fight back heroically, but he felt at ease hiding in the innermost part of the nest, which is why he came to the protagonist after so long.
The king of "Yancheng" naturally cannot understand the protagonist's emotions. In fact, the ant's carapace face cannot make human expressions.
The protagonist put away his emotions temporarily, and then connected with the king. He once again asked the king the questions he asked the tumor before. This king admitted everything, and Tuozi was right.
The protagonist is not doubting the accuracy of the information provided by Tuzi, but because of his values, he needs to confirm it "unnecessarily" before making some decisions.
The king proudly stated that he had ordered the "Yancheng" garrison to repel the monster attack. These ants did not know crabs and had never seen them before, but they quickly gave the image of these crabs in the information package. A word, like mantis, scorpion, etc., are regarded as monsters.
The river crabs on the ground have indeed moved away, but that is because it is getting late and the crabs need to return to the lake shore to rest. But the king of "Yancheng" didn't know. He obviously felt that it was his wise command that repelled the enemy.
And he didn't think there was anything wrong with his behavior of hiding in the deepest part of the safe ant nest. In fact, except for the kings and kings who lead their armies on expeditions, most kings are accustomed to giving priority to ensuring their own safety, even at the expense of thousands of worker ants and soldiers of the same race. In their minds, male ants are the most important. There is no room for loss in what is noble.
After the inquiry, the protagonist asked Tuzi to call two strong soldier ants brought from "Dongyang City" and gave them an order.
The soldier ants were a little stunned, but quickly carried out the protagonist's order under strict discipline.
They came behind the king of "Yancheng", and one of them bit his back with its big jaws, subduing the male ant, which was larger than them but weak, to the ground.
The king of "Yancheng" struggled. He didn't understand what happened. Why did the humble soldier ants who used to obey orders dare to do this to him? At this moment, the mandibles of another soldier ant had already been placed on his neck. As the mandibles closed, the severe pain made the male ant feel the threat of death.
The male ant's head rolled off and he died.
The surrounding ants were stunned. They had never seen a male ant being killed by his own ants in the nest, but the protagonist was still there, and he suppressed a panicked ant colony.
Subsequently, the protagonist, as the God's Messenger King, announced the "divine decree" to execute the king. The ant colony then became quiet.
Although these ants have not seen male ants being executed due to customs and hierarchy, the tradition of ants killing each other also exists.
In primitive ant colonies, worker ants will sting male and female ants that are unwilling or unable to leave the nest to marry and fly. In seasons when food is scarce, adult ants will also eat young ants, eggs and pupae.
In the big-headed ant kingdom, the male ant class also has a precedent of executing soldier ants or worker ants. For example, when food is scarce, old or disabled ants are executed and used as food.
In the eyes of these ants, it is a right for high-level ants to kill low-level ants, and the God Envoy King is obviously higher than a king.
The first king to be executed in the Big-headed Ant Kingdom appeared in front of the ants, and the protagonist also used this method to declare his power.
