The protagonist can see that the level of civilization in this area is obviously more developed than the hometown of the Divine Envoy King's Legion. This can be seen from the fact that the ant group here has evolved diplomacy.
Primitive ants are still fighting life and death, but developed ants have already joined forces to exploit foreign races.
Although the male ants of the Belly Ants have been emphasizing the development of their own group, after learning more information from his mouth, the protagonist knows that these Belly Ants are just an oppressed bottom group.
The protagonist is not surprised that there is a more developed civilization without ants. The world of ants is easily divided into isolated units by geographical factors.
For example, the hometown is a basin surrounded by mountains and traffic is blocked. It is difficult to cultivate an advanced civilization in such a terrain.
And even in their homeland, the God Envoy King's legion has also come into contact with the more developed ant civilization.
The remnants of the big-headed ants are the ones who arrived at their homeland from upstream and settled down. Although due to reasons such as the barren territory, they have never been able to recreate their original grand civilization that the protagonist saw in the information package. But just from the fact that they taught the Divine Envoy King's legion the techniques of domestication, felt making, and fermentation, it can be inferred that their previous level of civilization was definitely not low.
Now, we just encountered some more developed civilizations. Moreover, the protagonist does not feel that his ethnic group is lagging behind. At least, he has not seen technological points such as metal weapons and flying knights being used by other ethnic groups.
During repeated negotiations with the Belly Ant, the protagonist gradually learned the general information about the land beneath his feet.
Although the male Ant Ant is considered intelligent, he doesn't seem to think the information is important and tells the protagonist all at once. He even sold out all the details about the red ant who had defeated his own tribe and was the remote controller of his tribe in order to show off his power.
This is a very vast land with mainly plain terrain. On this land, there are only six ant factions known to the Belly Ant Cluster.
According to the Belly Ants, the most powerful among them is a force of red ants.
This kind of red ant is a famous invasive species in the human world - red fire ant.
The scientific name of red fire ant is Solenopsis invicta Buren, and its Latin name means "invincible ant", which shows how powerful it is.
Red imported fire ants are native to South America. They were brought to the United States from South America in the 1930s to 1940s or earlier, and then gradually invaded all over the world, and are famous for being difficult to control.
Fire ants are very aggressive and powerful, and can often defeat or even kill local indigenous ants. The stings of red imported fire ants can cause unbearable pain and burning sensation even to humans.
It seems that fire ants are still alive and well in this world, relying on their strong adaptability and attack power to become the most powerful force on this land.
The ants didn't know how powerful the fire ants were. Anyway, when about two to three thousand red fire ants, large and small, came over, the ants simply surrendered.
The fire ants did not kill all the ants, but only required them to provide two thousand ant eggs and gold dust that could fill a walnut every year. It can be regarded as the suzerain and protectorate of the Belly Ant.
It is easy to understand that the ants provide ant eggs every year. Whether they are eaten or hatched into slave ants, they have practical uses.
For example, the protagonist learns that the ants have long-range attacks and sometimes go out as auxiliaries for the red fire ant army. The ants also feed on psyllids, commonly known as "ant cows," which are similar to aphids and can also provide sweet sap secretions.
Therefore, slave ants are quite useful for red fire ants that are not good at farming. Come and read a book
But why do fire ants need gold? A piece of gold the size of a walnut is worth a lot of grams, and it is quite valuable in the human world.
The ants don't know what the red fire ants need gold for. Anyway, the ants themselves have no use for it.
The protagonist keeps this question in his heart and waits to find the answer later. He continued to check the information of other forces.
The protagonist of the second ant race is really familiar. I have met him before, and he is the Bachie ant.
However, these Bachie ants are probably not the same group as the group where the protagonist stole the eggs. After all, they are so far away.
These Bachie ants live in the west, upstream of the Qinghe River, and control several forests, intertwined with the territory of red fire ants.
It can be said that in the forest the world is dominated by Bachie ants, while in the wilderness it is the red fire ant that dominates.
Because they are good at growing fungi and have more stable food, Bachie ants are said to have more colonies than red imported fire ants. However, they are not as good at fighting, so they are not as powerful as red imported fire ants.
The other three factions are all small factions, just like the belly ants, and they are all vassals of the red imported fire ants. It is said that there are more vassal groups in the fire ant country, but the ants have never seen them and don't know much about them.
In contrast, Bachie ants have no vassals. They are the only ones in the woods they control.
It is worth mentioning that according to the male ants of the ant, their tribe originally lived in the woods in the west, but was almost wiped out by Bachie ants. The remaining forces could only migrate along the river bank to this small forest. .
There is currently an ongoing war between Bachie ants and red imported fire ants.
Although the Bach leaf ants only move in the woods due to their living habits and are not interested in the wilderness outside, red fire ants are invasive and have repeatedly invaded the woods - but they are easily confused in the woods and cannot defeat the native Bascher ants. Leaf-cutter ants.
In contrast, the combat effectiveness of ants on trees is stronger than on the ground, and they also have the ability to shoot from a distance, so red imported fire ants use them as auxiliary soldiers.
In this way, the protagonist roughly learned the nearby intelligence, and then he reciprocated the favor and graciously agreed to release the surrendered ants.
Anyway, these belly-raising ants are weak in combat and surrender easily. They are just like a certain country, and they really pose no threat.
However, the protagonist also made two additional requirements for the abdominal ants:
First, the red fire ants must not be informed of any news about the Angel King's legion. The Angel King's army plans to return to the swamp soon, and has no interest in provoking a fight with the aggressive fire ants.
The male ant, the male ant, thought for a while and agreed. Anyway, there would be no benefit to the ant if he told someone but didn't tell.
The protagonist's second request is that the ants do not need to provide 500 ant eggs, but only three queen ant eggs and three male ant eggs.
The protagonist does not plan to use a large number of ant slaves, but he does need some queen ant and male ant eggs. Later, when he returns to the swamp, where there are dense woods around, maybe the arboreal ant slaves can come in handy.
Oh, and also provide some sand bars. The yellow color is so pretty, and it doesn’t take up much space anyway!
