The protagonist meets the leaf-cutting ant's emissary in person.
In the past, the protagonist always had to avoid leaf-cutter ants, as well as other male ants. Usually it was the magic worker ant "Xiaohua" who went to meet and negotiate on behalf of the Divine Envoy King's army.
Because in the leafcutter ant country, female ants dominate, and they seem to be hostile to male ants as the highest-ranking force. The God Envoy King Legion had to pretend that they, the ant clan, were also female ants who had the final say.
But last year, after the attempt of the God Envoy King Army to deceive the surrounded leaf-cutter ant army was exposed, the lice were not itchy. Now that they were all torn apart, the God Envoy King Army did not care about showing their true power structure.
In the view of the leaf-cutting ants, the power distribution of the Divine Envoy King's army is dominated by male ants, with female ants (soldier ants, divine worker ants, large worker ants, etc.) at the second level. One kind of power seems strange to them, and some Disgusting, but not unfamiliar architecture.
This time, after a night of discussion, the leafcutter ants were willing to send a messenger for a higher goal and temporarily ignored their dissatisfaction with the male ants' rule.
The protagonist met the ambassador of the leaf-cutter ants, and after his self-introduction, the protagonist realized that the ants he had previously made a mistake.
The person opposite him was not a female ant, but a queen ant. However, she was not in the physiological mode of reproduction, and her appearance was not much different from that of the female ant.
This queen ant is the nominal supreme commander of an army of hundreds of thousands of leafcutter ants, with 12 female ants and tens of thousands of male ants assisting her. It can be said that at this time, she is the most powerful ant in the entire leafcutter ant country, controlling most of the country's military forces.
Such a high-status and powerful ant queen actually entered the nest of the opponent she had fought with yesterday. What on earth was she doing here?
The protagonist personally interacts with the antennae of a leafcutter ant queen.
The information coming from the other side seemed to be a little... twitchy! ?
The leafcutter ant queen later said that this was the first time she had communicated with a male ant from a foreign race like this, but since they are both inherited from the ancient gods, they are also allies. It doesn't matter. Please don't mind if you touch the noble queen ant presumptuously. Behavior that would be disrespectful to me...she can live with that.
The queen ant talks to herself there, and it seems that letting the protagonist touch her tentacles is a great gift.
The protagonist didn't pay attention to this. Over the years, he has become somewhat resistant to the thoughts of various ants, and he knows that there are differences in each other's cognition and even worldview. He didn't feel uncomfortable with the self-righteous attitude on the other side.
From the message from the leaf-cutting ant queen, he grasped the key word "inheritance of the ancient gods"?
Since you don't know why, you should ask, but the protagonist won't be stupid enough to ask what "inheritance from the ancient gods" is? Wouldn't that expose the fact that you don't know anything?
Now, it is obvious that the other party has misunderstood that the God Envoy King Army is the same as the Leaf-cutting Ant Kingdom, which is the "inheritance of the ancient gods" of Laozi, and seems to be willing to form an alliance for this reason, so let's make full use of this misunderstanding.
Just like when the Leafcutter Ant Nation saw "Little Flower" as an envoy, it thought that the Envoy King's Army was also a country ruled by the Queen Ant. This misunderstanding made the other party willingly start trade.
"Who are you from the inheritance of the ancient gods?" The protagonist threw the question back to the other party and slowly took the initiative in the communication.
"The ant tribe inherited by the God of Thunder, our tribe is the ant tribe inherited by the Tree God." The leaf cutter ant queen replied, and then she showed a symbol.
That is the talisman of the leaf-cutting ant kingdom, the symbol of the "ant forest"...
Okay, if you think this is the symbol of the tree god, then...
Then, the Queen Leafcutter Ant asked about the talisman of the Divine Envoy King's legion.
The protagonist is thinking, you are the descendant of the tree god, and the talisman is the symbol of an "ant forest", so what talisman should be for my thunder god inheritance? A lightning bolt symbol? What if the display is wrong? Did the other party recognize that I am a Xibei? After being exposed, should we take the opportunity to capture this queen as ant matter?
Seeing the leafcutter ant queen waiting, the protagonist gritted his teeth and sent a lightning symbol over.
"It turns out that they are the ant clan inherited by the Great Thunder God. Before, my clan thought that the nobles were the ant clan inherited by the Little Thunder God!" The queen of leaf-cutter ants became more respectful.
"The aristocrat's Thunder God is small, so our clan thought it was Shi Xiao's Thunder God inheritance." The leaf cutter ant queen provided more information.
The protagonist asked curiously: "What is the talisman of the Little Thunder God Ant Tribe?"
"Did the nobles lose the news about the inheritance of other ancient gods?"
"Well, our clan was washed here by floods and lost some knowledge!"
"I see!"
Under the deception of the protagonist, the leafcutter ant queen displayed the so-called talisman inherited by the Little Thunder God.
But this magical talisman looks like a firecracker, and it has eight rings. The protagonist complained in his heart.
He also wants to continue to find out what other ants are the inheritance of the ancient gods, and what kind of talismans they are. Anyway, now he sees that the legion of the God Envoy King is pretending to be the inheritance of the Great Thunder God, and the leaf-cutting ant nation, which claims to be the inheritance of the tree god, has turned into a rivalry. . This is not the first time that the God Envoy King Legion has impersonated, so there is no psychological pressure!
However, the leafcutter ant queen said that she needs to respect other ancient god inheritance ants and cannot display her talismans when the other party is not present. The talismans inherited by the Little Thunder God are displayed in the front because they are of the same line as the nobles and are not included in the ban.
The protagonist receives an ancient message from the leafcutter ant queen that has been passed down for an unknown number of 216 years (a millennium in the hexadecimal system).
This piece of information is primitive and desolate, with some logical deficiencies, and it seems that some content is missing. The style has an epic feel that is very different from the literary desert temperament of ants:
"The ancient gods are here, and there is an era of gods..."
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“…Sins in the Age of God”
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"Ants are slaves of the ancient gods..."
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"Ants respectfully worship ancient gods and talismans"
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"The age of godlessness has arrived...the age of gods has ended."
"The age of godlessness...ends"
"Finally...an ant-free era"
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After a large amount of incomplete ancient information, there is relatively complete modern information, which is only four or five 216 years ago:
"In a godless era, those with divine talismans must be allies, and those without divine talismans may not be enemies!"
"Just as females are allies, males are not necessarily enemies, slaves, or subordinates!"
"The inheritance of the ancient gods, the talismans of the ancient gods, the slave ants of the ancient gods, the guards of the godless era!"
"The savage ants are invading, and the ancient god's inheritance is under attack!"
"The savage ant tribe is wrong, the evil god ant tribe will eventually wake up!"
"Our clan will seek for the inheritance, seek for the divine talismans, and seek for the guards of the godless era!"
"Find the inheritance and put an end to that end!"
This information is very messy, some of it comes from very ancient times, some of it was added one after another later, some of it is understandable, and some of it is unclear to the protagonist.
But in short, the Leafcutter Ant Nation showed goodwill towards the God Envoy King’s Legion that had a violent fight yesterday! And their history seems to reveal an apocalyptic crisis that is coming?
