Gun led the Legion back to the [Bridgehead], looking a little frustrated due to his failure to capture the Radar Destroyer.
The protagonist appeases his generals. As a brand new opponent, the Destroyer has new types of troops and abilities. It was not expected before that the Radar Destroyer would self-destruct. The "failure" of the 1st Corps' mission was understandable.
And from the perspective of the protagonist, this is not considered a failure. At least the 1st Legion has the experience of fighting the Destroyer and has obtained a lot of intelligence. This will have even greater significance for future wars than the successful capture of the Radar Destroyer.
In today's battle, the 1st Legion lost nearly a hundred soldiers and three small and medium-sized beetles, equivalent to nearly 5% of the entire organization. Therefore, the protagonist asked the rear to mobilize soldiers and beetles as soon as possible to support and complete the organization.
As the only main army that can currently have an advantage over Destroyers within a certain scale in field battles, the protagonist needs the 1st Army to maintain the best full strength at all times.
After settling in the 1st Legion, the protagonist checked the trophies brought back by the 1st Legion.
They brought back a hundred large and small mysterious balls, half of each. Among them, the large mysterious balls had gradually begun to fade, but the small mysterious balls were still in the state of being dug out of the corpse.
The protagonist hasn't yet figured out the meaning and role of the two for the Destroyer, so he simply piles them in the warehouse. As long as these mysterious balls are not smashed open and turned into bombs, their properties are still very stable and can be stored safely.
In addition to the Mysterious Balls, the 1st Legion also brought back two Radar Destroyer tentacles.
When the protagonist learned that these two tentacles were not damaged at all by the Radar Destroyer's self-destruction, his curiosity arose again.
Each of these two tentacles is about the same length as the Radar Destroyer, about 40mm long, eight or nine times the body length of the Big-headed Ant Soldier. Each tentacle was carried back by the combined efforts of several soldiers.
The diameter of these tentacles is about the same as the chest of a big-headed soldier ant. When placed in front of the protagonist, it looks like two giant pythons.
The tentacles are tough but soft, and cannot be cut open by the big jaws. The segmented ring-like structure on the tentacles is very clear, ensuring that the tentacles can bend and twist in any direction. Under the blue light of the underground fluorescent bacteria, the dark brown background of the tentacles can still be distinguished.
The tentacles gradually narrow from the base to the top, but have a suddenly enlarged oval structure at the top. Looking from the root, you can see that there is a small section of hollow structure inside, but the deeper part is solid, but it cannot be observed clearly.
This structure is not similar to the antennae structure of some ants that the protagonist is familiar with.
Whether it is a big-headed ant, a pavement ant, a hunter ant or a black-headed sour ant, their antennae are all knee-shaped, with obvious distinction between the upper and lower segments, and the stalk section is very long. However, the antennae of the Radar Destroyer do not have a knee-like structure, the handle is very short, and the ring structure is like a small earthworm.
The terminal 2-3 sections of the antennae of ordinary ants are enlarged, and the entire antennae is divided into 4-13 sections. However, only the last section of the radar destroyer's antennae is enlarged, and the entire antennae has dozens of sections.
The protagonist guesses that this pair of tentacles is very important. Through previous aerial reconnaissance, the protagonist has suspected that the role of the Radar Destroyer is to search for targets like a radar, so he was given such a name.
Judging from the action of the Radar Destroyer constantly shaking its tentacles to search, this pair of tentacles plays the role of radar, although the protagonist does not yet understand its principle.
Ordinary ants also use their antennae to search, but over very short distances.
Ant antennae generally have the following functions:
One is the highly sensitive olfactory function, which can find food, recognize the way, and distinguish the odor information transmitted by companions.
The second is the keen hearing function, which can help ants receive sound information from the outside world and avoid danger.
The third is the motor function, which can sense the ant's own spatial position and maintain body balance. Ants without antennae cannot move even on flat ground. In an experiment, after removing the antennae of ants, the ants would stagger when walking, as if they were drunk, and would die soon.
The fourth is used to explore the path and identify all objects in contact, just like a blind person uses his hands to feel the world. This can make up for the ants' generally poor eyesight.
The fifth is communication function. Ants cannot speak, and the antennae on their heads are tools for communication. Whether sending information packets to convey complex messages, "speaking" directly to tentacles, or conducting collective "talks" with the help of cobblestones on the conference room floor, tentacles are indispensable tools. If the antennae of ants are cut off and returned to the original colony, they will lose their olfactory organs and cannot smell the smell of their comrades. When they meet, they will bite and kill each other.
Antennae are to ants what eyes, ears, noses, mouths, and hands are to humans, which shows how important their status is.
The way the ant's tentacles work is so unique that even the protagonist doesn't understand it.
This pair of tentacles is an important sensory organ. There are many tiny holes on the surface of the tentacles. Some of the holes contain cells that can sense smells, sounds, etc.
The tentacles are always in motion, sometimes twisting and sometimes turning. The antennae can inform the ants of the detected sound waves, vibrations, smells, humidity, temperature, etc., and also enable the ants to identify the taste of food.
The information transmitted by the tentacles and other information systems complement each other and form a complete communication system, allowing ants to gather into huge groups and complete many tasks that they cannot complete individually.
When two ants touch each other's antennae, they can secrete a chemical substance and transmit it to each other. This chemical signal stimulates the ant's nerves and makes the ant know what to do. This is to use the antennae to transmit information packets and The principle of communication, the protagonist knows how to do it, but does not understand the principle.
The protagonist looked at the tentacles carefully and touched them with his own tentacles from time to time, but to no avail.
It wasn't until the protagonist tried to extend his tentacles into the hollow structure at the base of the Radar Destroyer's tentacles that the protagonist made a discovery.
The moment he stretched it in, the protagonist felt that his tentacles had become more sensitive. All the sounds in the entire lair, whether it was the sound of walking, collision, chewing or digging, were poured into his mind in every detail, making him The protagonist's head is filled with countless information in an instant, and his head is swollen with excitement.
He quickly retracted his tentacles and took a moment to recover.
Recalling the experience just now and savoring the memories left in his mind, the protagonist wakes up.
These two tentacles are simply highly sensitive signal receivers, and they can also be used by other ants except Radar Destroyer!
