The messenger sent by the protagonist failed to complete the mission.
Perhaps the ants' siege of the locusts went relatively smoothly, and the locusts fled, giving the ant warriors a sense of relaxation.
The messenger chose to pass directly through the area where the locusts were fiercely snatching the corpses, so that he could find the large army as quickly as possible and complete the task assigned by the protagonist.
However, this time, when a single ant appeared in the field of vision, the locusts that usually fled showed their ferocious claws.
I saw a bold locust, after confirming that there were no more ants around, it withdrew from the fierce competition for food - in its eyes, compared with the mutilated corpses of its companions with few pieces of meat left that were being fought over, , a small ant is also a good food...
I saw this larger locust rushing towards the messenger. The protagonist saw it clearly from the top of the bush and couldn't help but feel nervous.
The locust pounced very quickly. It had well-developed leg muscles and immature wings that flapped for blessing. It flashed through the air like a bolt of lightning, leaving only a blurry afterimage.
However, the messengers were also veterans who had experienced many battles. Although their eyesight was poor, the locusts jumped from far away. However, the messenger sensed something was wrong from the subtle changes in light, wind direction and wind speed, and quickly moved his position to avoid the first sneak attack.
The messenger angrily showed his jaws at the attacker, but found that the locust in front of him was not deterred.
At this time, the messenger finally realized that something was wrong. With his own strength alone and without the assistance of his companions, he was no match for this tall locust.
The huge chewing mouthparts of the locust are squirming, and you can see the saliva flowing in them, which means that this locust is very hungry and has a strong fighting spirit.
After a fight that the protagonist couldn't bear to watch, the soldier ant messenger was subdued by a locust many times larger. He bit it into his mouth and chewed it up and ate it.
Afterwards, the murderer left and continued to join other people fighting for food.
The protagonist is extremely angry, but he also examines himself.
For a species that is good at utilizing collective power, a group or one or two are units with completely different combat capabilities. Not only does the species itself know this, but its daily opponents and prey also know it.
In the African savannah, lions will be afraid of a group of human hunters, even if these hunters only have rough stone spears. However, a group of lions will never be afraid of humans acting alone, and a single lion will dare to sneak up on a lone hunter.
When the collective is absent, both humans and ants will fully expose their own shortcomings in size, strength, speed, and agility.
Only organization is the greatest guarantee for these species. Only by uniting can humans and ants, two species whose overall strength is not outstanding, dominate their respective fields.
The protagonist obviously underestimated the enemy. He did not expect this situation. This situation occurred because there were no detailed provisions for the messengers to take a safe route.
So, this time, the protagonist sent ten guardsmen to serve as messengers, taking a relatively safe route with a low density of locusts to notify the large army.
He knew that the group of locusts in front of him, which were snatching corpses of the same kind and even eating ants, could not be left behind.
These locusts have already tasted the taste of flesh and blood, and they will leave behind memories and know that similar species, ants and even other arthropods can be used as food.
When food is scarce, when swarms begin to migrate, it is often these locusts that are most ferocious and aggressive. These locusts must be eliminated to prevent their genes from remaining in this world.
In many places, there are rules for keeping dogs. If a dog bites a person, it must be killed. In places where there is a tradition of eating dog meat, dog meat or bones will never be fed to dogs. Because both types of dogs will retain their aggression towards humans or their own kind, and may also teach this to their next generation.
Now, the protagonist is faced with this situation. He must try his best to eliminate the bloodthirsty locusts in front of him.
——I am the dividing line——
After receiving the order, the army began to turn around in the distance out of the protagonist's sight.
This pasture should have been very lush, and the previous scene could still be vaguely seen from the dry and thick grass stems all over the place.
But now, there is almost nothing to see except bare earth and dry grass stalks, and locusts everywhere. Most of the grass blades and edible roots have entered the stomachs of the greedy locusts.
Because of this, the protagonist from a high position has an excellent field of vision and can clearly see everything happening in front of him.
When the ant army turned back and began to surround those who were snatching the corpses of the same kind killed by the ants, some keen locusts sensed the abnormality and began to jump away.
The ant army is helpless against these fleeing locusts. It has to be said that the more bloodthirsty and cruel an individual is, the more aware they are that the danger is right in front of them.
However, there were also many locusts whose judgment was affected by hunger, were light-hearted, or did not notice anything strange and continued to eat.
When the ant army completed the outflanking and began to attack, only a few strong individuals who were good at jumping escaped. A large number of locusts were killed by the ants, and they themselves became part of the corpses that were once regarded as food.
The protagonist discovers that the effect of this encirclement and suppression is even better than before. Because there are corpses as "bait", the density of the surrounding locust swarms is greater, and the casualties are more severe.
So, the protagonist asked the army to surround this dense pile of corpses, and launched a siege every once in a while, killing thousands of locusts in one day.
The battlefield was littered with corpses, complete or separated locust corpses everywhere. Those complete corpses are usually killed by ants, while the mutilated corpses have experienced the gnawing and destruction of the same kind.
Although the results were fruitful, they were only a drop in the bucket compared to the desperate number of locusts on the entire grassland.
The protagonist still can't feel at ease. At this rate, before the locust swarms generally reach adulthood, he can only eliminate half to one-third of the locusts, and he still cannot prevent the locust swarms from becoming a disaster.
But it's getting late today, so the protagonist can only lead his troops back.
On their way back, the ants were ordered to take back all the locust corpses they could find.
This is not only to use these trophies as food, but also to prevent the results of these ants from becoming feed to nourish other locusts and accelerate their growth.
It took a lot of effort for the entire army to transport these thousands of locust corpses. Fortunately, the size of the ant colony is large enough. Even if there is a large amount of food temptation, the locust swarm does not dare to challenge this army.
The army returned to the "transit station" without any danger.
