No offspring belonging to "Doctor" and "Female Doctor" have been born, so the life of "Female Doctor" has been preserved for a while, because "Doctor" has already decided to kill those who betrayed him after getting his own female ant offspring. this spouse.
The reason why the "Doctor" encouraged the "Female Doctor" to come all the way to this remote place to establish a colony is because the "Doctor" understood clearly that as long as there were other male ants around, the "Female Doctor" would not choose to give birth to an ant with a birthmark. Female ants prefer to beg those despicable male ants for their eggs.
Female bullet ants can choose to give birth to worker ant eggs or female ant eggs. Although "Doctor" doesn't understand it very well, he sees that "Female Doctor" always gives birth immediately after taking the initiative to mate with other male ants. Female ant eggs, then the whole story becomes obvious.
Only by going to a distant place, where there are no other male ants, can the "Doctor" get his own female ant offspring, offspring with birthmarks.
Sure enough, after arriving in this area, it is not enough for the "female doctor" to establish a colony with just one female ant. Even if she is unwilling, she can only lay one female ant egg for the sake of the collective. Ants are all creatures that put collective interests first, and the power of individuals is extremely humble. Even noble ants are no exception!
During this period, only "Doctor" injected genetic chromosomes into her body, and the genetic material of other male ants had long been exhausted. As expected, the female ant eggs born this time did have birthmarks.
The birth of this female ant egg also started the countdown to the life of the "female doctor".
The "Doctor" had planned this murder for a long time, and many of the herbs he needed most were quietly brought from the mainland thousands of miles away in his mouth or hidden under the fragments of his wings.
He knew that after the "female doctor" entered the reproductive state, she would have to stay in the shallows for a short time to adjust her physical condition, and would be unable to control the ant nest.
Especially recently, in order to rapidly expand the colony's ant population, the "Female Doctor" gave birth to a large number of worker ant eggs. This time, she gave birth to a larger and more nutritious female ant egg. Even if she eats a lot every day, she also consumes a lot of nutrient reserves, and her body Weakened quickly.
Therefore, in the name of "Female Doctor", the "Doctor" announced to the few other worker ants and ferocious ant slaves in the nest: "Female Doctor" needs to recuperate in the near future and will no longer step out of the palace and attend to affairs. All colonies The "Doctor" decides the matter.
Later, the "doctor" ordered the worker ants and ferocious ant slaves not to enter the dormitory, lest the "female doctor" be contaminated by their dirty germs. All food was left outside the door and brought in by the "Doctor." The "doctor" himself is also responsible for caring for the female ants.
It is also very common for male ants to take care of female ants in the mother country of bullet ants. These male ants have an awkward status within the bullet ant family. Although their status is higher than that of professional ants, in the eyes of female ants, they are just like parasites, except from time to time. During mating activities, they also have to serve the female ants like worker ants and slaves, and are squeezed out of every bit of value.
The bullet ant workers with low IQs and the obedient fierce ant slaves had no doubts about the "Doctor"'s words and resolutely obeyed the instructions. The "Doctor" then asked the slaves to hang an insect skin felt at the entrance of the dormitory nest to block the sight of the inside and outside. A suitable crime scene was created!
The night after the "female doctor" gave birth to female ant eggs with birthmarks, the "doctor" fed her a paste of cricket leg meat mixed with herbs that could induce drowsiness.
The "female doctor" was very carefree. She didn't see any other worker ants or slaves, so she didn't doubt it. After eating the food, she fell asleep as before.
However, in the past, when the "female doctor" fell into a coma, she was at best unwilling to have half of the chromosomes of the ant eggs in her body taken away by the "doctor". This time, what was taken away from her was her life!
When the "Doctor" tremblingly applied some kind of herbal medicine near several pores of the "Female Doctor", he was extremely nervous. Although he was very familiar with the power of this herb, killing a female ant for the first time, a companion who had grown up with him, his spouse, and his true love, still made his body tremble uncontrollably.
The arthropod on which the medicine was applied accidentally hit the "female doctor" heavily. The "female doctor" turned over, and a glimmer of energy appeared in the chaos of her compound eyes. Then she continued to sleep under the doubled effect of the medicine, and almost woke up!
"Doctor" was so scared that he was frozen. If "Female Doctor" woke up now, no matter how slow he was, he would get up and "Doctor" would immediately die under her angry jaws.
It took a while before he calmed down. This episode also made "Doctor" stop shaking and quickly apply the medicine in place.
The drug with paralyzing effect and toxicity will enter the body of the "Female Doctor" along the stomata and trachea, paralyzing her nerves and respiratory system in a short period of time, preventing her body organs from receiving oxygen, and ultimately leaving her defenseless. Death from respiratory failure is somewhat similar to the process of gas poisoning.
The "Doctor" didn't understand the principle of this herbal medicine to kill ants. He just knew its efficacy, and that was enough.
The body of the slightly trembling "female doctor" stopped moving little by little. Her body temperature quickly cooled to the same as room temperature, and the thick and soft ant silk could no longer maintain her body temperature.
The "female doctor" finally died, and the "doctor" touched her with his tentacles. It was the smell of oleic acid of death... In an instant, his heart felt empty. There was some joy of success, but why was he more confused and confused? Regret, anger and grievance.
I didn’t want to kill you, you forced me to do so!
At this moment, "Doctor" suddenly remembered that the first time he wanted to kill "Female Doctor" was not when he saw "Female Doctor" mating with other male ants and receiving genes from other male ants.
But earlier, long before the wedding flight, the "female doctor" had sent a message to the "doctor". If translated into human language with a romantic connotation, this sentence would go like this:
"You know, I hate the birthmark on my eyes, just like I hate you! Why do I have a birthmark? I have to be different from other ants. I am so good and strong. I must be the best this year. The female ants. However, they are all destroyed, completely destroyed by this birthmark. I hate this birthmark, and my offspring female ants must not have this birthmark!"
"Doctor" suddenly turned around and looked at the female ant egg that he had carefully cared for. The birthmark on it was so beautiful and lovely in color.
"Doctor" touched his tentacles gently. Although the ant egg could not hear it, he still sent the message to himself. If he translated it in the same human language as before, it would be:
"She betrayed me and the birthmark, but you won't. I will nurture you from childhood, raise you up, and tell you how beautiful and sacred this birthmark is! You will be the most beautiful female ant, and I am the most beautiful male ant"
"Grow up quickly! My daughter...my future spouse..."
