When the protagonist stands in the center of the conference room, facing the many kings in "East Yang City", he is facing more than 90% of the middle and high-level people under his command, who are also the backbone of the male ants' conservative forces.
Therefore, the protagonist has overestimated the strength of the opponent's opposition as much as possible. However, when his proposal was discouraged or even questioned by the male ants, the protagonist felt that his estimate was still too conservative and that he had misunderstood the meaning of the dream before.
When the protagonist wakes up from a continuous dream, his mind goes blank, his whole body aches, and every pore is filled with moisture, as if he had been sweating profusely.
But it didn't take long for him to wake up and he could accurately recall every sentence, every expression and every detail in the dream. This is unusual. Most dreams cannot be recalled, and even if they can be recalled, much of the content is lost.
He was no longer sure that the ant in the dream was himself, although he was sure that the human body and the soul in it were his. He was also convinced that the ant was himself in the form of an ant.
However, when the ant tried to tell himself something through stories and fables, he hesitated. What does he want to express? What do I want to express? Are they real thoughts in the subconscious? Or is there some omnipresent being who wants to give me a hint?
The ant kept reminding himself in his dream: "Do you know what I want to express?"
It seems that there are very important ideas that the protagonist wants to understand, but he refuses to say them directly, but uses real stories in history as metaphors.
In the dream, the protagonist once asked Ant in confusion: "Since the story of Benjamin Smith and Mumgulu is not recorded in any history books, how do you know about it?"
The ant once again showed a smile that seemed to have a hint of evil: "That's not important, this is a true story, and the most important thing is the story! Do you know what I want to express in the story?"
The protagonist initially thought that the ants wanted to talk about a society with superior military technology and organization crushing another low-level society. But when I heard the fourth story, I rejected this idea.
If you just want to express this meaning, you only need to tell the stories of Henry Lauck, Lobengula and Hiram Stevens Maxim. There is no need to add the latter two stories in superfluous ways.
But, was the ant in the dream superfluous? The protagonist doesn't think so, so he feels that the last two stories, like the first three stories, should be connected together to understand what the ants want to express.
The last two people, compared with the first three, are out-and-out nobodies. This is the biggest difference. The protagonist realizes this.
Henry Locke became a British hero, received a knighthood, and was recorded in history books, military stories, and the history of military technology because of this war. Even if Lobengula failed, he was still an outstanding leader of the Matabele Kingdom and once lived a luxurious life that tribal warriors did not dare to touch. Maxim became famous in history because of his invention patent and became a millionaire.
And Smith is just a moderately famous middle-class person. Apart from successfully passing on his genes, he has left nothing worth bragging about in this world.
Mumguru was an extremely ordinary African native. He was taken away from his hometown and relatives, and was trained as a soldier day after day until he died on the battlefield. Everything was unsatisfactory, and no comrades or enemies cared about him. Where he comes from, what he is thinking, what he desires.
History is written by big people, while small people are just like worker ants and soldier ants. Although they have given their all, the role of many worker ants and soldier ants cannot be underestimated. However, history books only record the stories of big names, just like the legends of the ant world only contain the legends of male ants and queens. From this point of view? The societies of ants and humans are also very similar.
The protagonist thinks this is what Ant wants to express.
He thinks about things day by day and dreams at night. Before the plenary meeting was about to be held because of the killing of pavement ants, the protagonist had such a dream. He thought his subconscious was warning him not to lose big because of a few ants. Worker ants offend the powerful "big shots".
He hates this warning. His dissatisfaction with the "big men" in the current ant society has accumulated to a certain extent, and the recent events seem to have lit the fuse, making him want to subvert and reshape this order.
Whether it is his values, his need for self-centered rule, or his future development needs, he cannot tolerate the current decentralized model of power.
What the protagonist wants is an opportunity for change, and now he has it. Although the implicit warning of the dream is important, the protagonist does not want to be bound by it.
When the protagonist proposed at the conference that the male Big-headed ant that kills the pavement ant workers should be sentenced to death, he faced overwhelming opposition.
There are no male ants supporting the protagonist, including Lamborghini and Gun, whom the protagonist had trusted before. This was unexpected by the protagonist.
However, when the protagonist faced the opposition of all the male ants, he felt that his authority was wavering, and he even flinched a little. This was something he had not thought of beforehand. The protagonist always thought that with the soul and thoughts of a human being, he could not care about the thoughts of hundreds of ants.
But when these thoughts come together and all stand against him, the protagonist realizes that even ants, the power of unity is like a mountain and a tsunami.
The protagonist wants to take a step back and withdraw the proposal. But he figured it out in the blink of an eye. Taking a step back may lead to eternal disaster. If we retreat and the enemy advances, once we retreat, not only will the prestige that he has established for a long time be shaken, but it will also be more difficult to implement any measures or reforms in the future.
The protagonist did not dare to retreat, but all the participants stood on the opposite side of him. He originally thought that there would be at least a few followers who blindly believed in him, but there was none. This was what made him feel shaken and scared - no matter how hard he tried, it seemed difficult to break the traditional concept of ants.
The protagonist once wanted to use God's decree to subdue the ants, but gave up. God's decree is not always tried and true. The concept of "god" is created by the collective consciousness of ants. If this collective consciousness is used again and again to subdue opponents, it will shake the power of the God's King. Authority is put on the fire again.
At this time, the protagonist thought of the dream again, and the protagonist felt that he had misunderstood the meaning of the dream. Now, the protagonist has realized something, and he decided to put all his efforts into it!
