On April 8, just as Gun, Rambo Fei, Rambo Wan and Ramboser led their troops to the "Hunting Ground City", something sad happened to the protagonist.
At noon, the protagonist received a report from a worker ant that Rambofo was dead.
The protagonist is shocked! ! !
Shortly after conquering the main nest, Rambofo, who led the second legion to great achievements, fell ill.
The only symptoms he showed at that time were weakness, weakness, etc., which didn't seem very serious, just like the occasional fever and cold that humans have.
The protagonist has no understanding of medical skills, and the ants' medical skills are limited to licking wounds to treat trauma, and taking a few simple herbs to treat corresponding symptoms.
For Rambofo's disease, there is no specific medicine for the ants. They can only rest and hope that their immunity will overcome the disease. This is also the only treatment method for most species in nature. For example, humans and some animals use external objects to assist treatment, but it is alien species.
Because Rambofo needed to recuperate, the protagonist asked Rambofer to lead the second legion originally belonging to Rambofo to "Linshui City".
In the past month, Rambofo's condition has not improved significantly, but there is no sign of deterioration. The protagonist has visited him several times. There are specialized worker ants taking care of his diet and daily life, and the daily food supply is sufficient. Lambov himself seems to be in good spirits.
Later, due to busy work, the protagonist rarely visited this subordinate, but suddenly learned of his death from the worker ants who took care of him.
Although he has already experienced Xiaomi's death once, the protagonist still has not become accustomed to death. Rambofo's departure also made him feel uncomfortable.
He could still recall the first day when he was reborn in the ant world, the first time he met Rambofo and the others after breaking out of the pupa. I can recall that I jokingly named them by code names. Rambofo means NO.4, because at that time the protagonist saw him fourth from left to right.
In fact, by coincidence, Rambofo happened to be the fourth male ant in this batch to emerge from pupa, which exactly corresponded to his name. According to the rules of male ants, the sooner the male ants in the same batch emerge from pupae, the more authoritative they are. Therefore, as the protagonist is the first to break out of the pupa, he naturally has an advantage when facing male ants such as Gun and Rambofo.
In addition to the protagonist, the next ones to emerge from the pupa are Gun, Rambo Fei, Rambo Fo, Rambo Wan, Rambo Tu, Rambo Rui and Ramboser.
As male ants from the same batch of pupae, no matter how much the protagonist based on human thinking denies it, there is a sense of intimacy between them based on blood. That's why the protagonist anxiously waits for their arrival before participating in the wedding ceremony. Even if the Rambofos break through the traditions of the ant world, most of the male ants in the kingdom are eager to throw the God Envoy King into the fire. time, and followed him unswervingly.
The protagonist has always attached great importance to Rambo. He not only has certain military talents, but also has administrative talents. He is the only male ant other than Rambo that the protagonist can safely entrust with administrative affairs.
Now, his blood brother, his loyal subordinate, and the only king with administrative talents among the high-ranking members of the Divine Envoy King's legion, were withering away in the main nest.
The protagonist went to see Lambofo's body. The body, which was originally a size or two larger than a soldier ant, was curled up inward, appearing to be in some pain before death, and the whole body seemed to be one size smaller.
An unknown disease took his life, ignoring the fact that he was only three years old and the average lifespan of male ants is five to ten years.
The protagonist couldn't bear to look at his body anymore, so he asked the worker ants to bury him, not to discard him in public cemeteries or use it as feed for mealworms (this was the way dead ants were treated in the past), and to dig a small separate grave to bury him. .
Although he has experienced Xiaomi's death, it is still difficult for the protagonist to accept Rambofo's departure, which will make him feel that his life span is constantly, slowly, and unstoppably passing by.
Ants have an indifferent attitude towards death. They can die for the benefit of the race or the nest without any worries.
The protagonist speculates that the reason why people can die without any worries is because of the absolute collectivism and commonplace death in the ant world.
There are also people in the human world who regard death as such, but they are generally able to face death without any worries because of their ideals, the interests of their families or collectives, or simply because of religious thoughts (such as the bliss of the afterlife).
Unlike humans, ants have gods in their worldview, but they do not have any beliefs related to death, afterlife, or reincarnation.
Death is death, and there is no future for the individual.
Human religions like to think about the future, and death is just another beginning. Several major religions have descriptions of heaven, hell, and the bliss of the Western Heaven, using the beauty of heaven and the horror of hell to warn people how they should behave while alive.
Some religions even believe in reincarnation, as if death is just the beginning of another life. Such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Brahmanism, etc.
Reincarnation, also known as circulation, reincarnation, and reincarnation, refers to the life and death of all living beings. After death, the soul reincarnates and becomes another person, turning like a wheel, endlessly circulating all things that it considers to be alive. If you do not seek "liberation", you will forever be in the "six realms" (heaven, humans, asuras, animals, hungry ghosts, hell) in an endless cycle of life and death.
The theory of reincarnation is inspired by the inheritance of life from generation to generation, and karma is the cause that dominates reincarnation in the three generations of cause and effect. Therefore, karma is not only the result of this life, but also extends to the next life endlessly: "It is not the stranger who does evil, the stranger Suffering is rewarded; one's own deeds reap their own fruits, and so are all sentient beings."
So for humans, death is not a terrible thing. But why do ants despise death so much even though they clearly have no concept of the afterlife or the afterlife?
Some animals without civilized intelligence just instinctively seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. They do not expect death when they are full and drink enough, so they are naturally not afraid.
Just like a rabbit, basking in the sun and eating grass outside the cave in the morning, never thinking about when I will be buried in a wolf's kiss? Nor would he have thought that he had eaten one of his own children because he was too hungry, thirsty and anxious when giving birth to the little rabbits two days ago. Was his child afraid of death? They don't think about such topics.
When facing death, they just seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. When rabbits are sure that they will die, they will take the initiative to die to reduce unnecessary pain. Therefore, it is often said that timid rabbits will be "scared to death".
But intelligent beings like humans have a fear of death, so they derive the afterlife and the afterlife, paralyzing themselves and making themselves think that life will not end.
But why do ants already have intelligence but not this kind of thinking?
