Regarding the information about the locusts, Nobita received an information packet from the older male ants.
The information packet contained a shocking scene discovered by the ants at the "Transit Station" when they were patrolling the area in search of food.
When a few ants moved towards a nearby patch of dense grass, they suddenly discovered that the grass that had been normal a few days ago was now densely covered with locusts.
Locusts, also called jumping nymphs, are larvae hatched from fertilized eggs. They have no wings and can jump, so they are called jumping nymphs.
Locusts are insects with incomplete metamorphosis, so the morphology and living habits of their larvae are similar to those of adults, except that their bodies are smaller and their reproductive organs are not fully developed, so they are also called nymphs.
The difference between jumping flies and locusts is exactly the difference between nymphs and adults, that is, the difference in the degree of development of reproductive organs. This is the most essential difference. A locust needs to molt five times in its lifetime before it can become an adult.
In the information package, through the perspective of the ants, you can see that the entire field of vision is covered with densely packed locusts. These locusts are densely covered on the ground, grass blades, and grass stems. No plant is spared. The locusts open their already formed blood basins and chew greedily on all green vegetation.
The leaves of various vegetation are full of gnawed holes and jagged defects. A small group of locusts can eat all the leaves of a grass in just ten minutes.
Plants of the Poaceae family, the locust's favorite food, were the most damaged. Other plants are also severely damaged. When locusts cannot find grass plants, they will target the leaves of other plants. The new leaves of new spring plants are also delicacies in the eyes of these locusts who are always hungry.
The locusts here are too dense. When the leaves are not enough to satisfy the locusts' appetite, they will not let go of the stems of the plants. As long as they can be seen, eaten, and chewed, their greedy appetites will be eaten. Eat, and even dig into the soil to eat plant roots that are inedible.
These locusts have not yet reached adulthood, and their numbers have not reached the critical "tipping point" to form a locust plague. But looking at its scale, it is only a matter of time before it becomes a disaster. The grassland here simply cannot support the survival of so many locusts. When most of the locust swarms become adults and can fly long distances, there will inevitably be an extremely tragic and overwhelming locust plague.
The ants immediately reported the information to the older male ant, but there was still no news from the messenger who reported the message to "Dongyang City".
Just as the older male ant guessed, the messenger had an accident on the way and could no longer complete his mission. At this moment, "Dongyang City" doesn't know that a disaster is just around the corner.
Nobita has not yet finished his study career and has not learned about the dangers of locusts from his teachers, but the anxiety of the older male ants has infected him.
Early the next morning, Nobita sent four of his soldier ants back to report the news, and then he returned with a large army carrying the prey.
——I am the dividing line——
When Nobita returned to the nest, he was surprised to find that several soldier ants were waiting for him at the entrance and exit of the nest.
After confirming his identity, he was taken directly to the conference room.
In the conference room, Nobita saw the ruler of this lair, the Envoy King who possessed outstanding prestige and wisdom, was possessed by a spirit, and had boundless power.
This was the first time Nobita saw the Divine Envoy King up close, and his mind was filled with excitement. As the most intelligent class of ants, male ants' emotions are quite humane.
In addition to the protagonist, other high-level officials of the Divine Envoy King's Legion, including Gun, Lambofei, etc., are also on the list.
Rambo Fei served as Nobita's teacher for a period of time, just like Lao Wang was to the protagonist back then.
Rambo flew over and touched Nobita with his tentacles, signaling him to put his tentacles on the ground and participate in the meeting.
The message from the God Messenger King was delivered:
"Everyone has just watched the information package delivered from the "Transit Station". Obviously, the locust plague is about to break out. "
The king of gods paused and continued:
"I obviously underestimated the harm of the locust plague just now. According to what you said, the locust plague will not only destroy our food and prey, but will even directly attack our nests and eat us."
"I want to know how we resisted these damn locusts in the past!"
Rambo flew back. He was the most knowledgeable among the current top leaders of the Angel King. Other male ants could not compare with him, let alone the protagonist who traveled through time and space and lacked common sense in the ant world. It is said that during his stay in the main nest, Rambo Fei found some old male ants and learned a lot of knowledge that has been passed down for centuries.
Every ant nest needs a group of such male ants, who are the disseminators of ant civilization, culture and knowledge, a living and mobile library. Just like the blind poet Homer, he relied on memory and recitation to preserve the two epic poems "Iliad" and "Odyssey" to this day.
Lan Bofei introduced: The last locust plague on both sides of the river broke out three years ago. In that year, the entire Big-headed Ant Kingdom lost more than half of its ant colonies. Thirteen secondary nests completely lost news after the disaster and were subsequently dispatched from the main nest. The scouts confirmed that these secondary nests had been destroyed.
According to past experience, the big-headed ants have no way to deal with the locust plague. In the past, including the main nest, everyone could only collect as much food as possible, hide in the underground nest, and wait for the locust plague to pass.
However, hiding in an underground lair is not foolproof.
Perhaps large-scale nests like the main nest, built on natural mounds and gravels, are difficult to be breached by locusts, but those ordinary underground nests are only covered by a layer of soil. If the locusts attack, they will be destroyed soon. Can dig through ant nests.
What makes the protagonist feel uneasy is precisely this - "Dongyang City" is a typical nest, with only a layer of earth covering it, completely unable to withstand the attack of the locust swarm.
You must know that locusts will not attack from the passage in an upright manner like ants. They will dig wildly according to their instincts. Any part of the nest may be suddenly attacked and turned into a battlefield. In this case, the ants will not There is no home field advantage.
The protagonist is obviously dissatisfied with this passive defense, and perhaps even an ineffective defense method.
He asked if the locust plague could be eradicated. Although the protagonist has no experience in killing locusts, he can also think that the best time to kill locusts is now.
The locusts are still in the nymph stage. At this time, the locusts did not pose serious harm to the plants, and because they were unable to fly, were small in size, and had not yet formed a sense of collective action, they were easily discovered and eliminated.
Once this opportunity is missed, it only takes a few weeks for the locusts to completely transform into locusts. At that time, swarms of locusts will be invincible in a world without bird predators!
After a period of discussion, the protagonist decided to send the legion to the "transit station" to fight an unprecedented war to eliminate locusts!
