Chapter 35: Self-Awareness
Soldier Ant Dasha seemed to be in a state of confusion, and after telling Systm that he was not the queen, he continued to deliver the message, "You are, queen ant. β
"Well, I am."
Systm responded to Soldier Ant Dasha with [Telekinesis], and although he was calm on the surface, he was already flustered inside.
This was the first time Soldier Dumb had questioned him, but Heatham knew it wouldn't be the last.
As the intelligence of the soldier ant Dasha improves, it will surely continue to question Sistm.
And these ant eggs and larvae that he is brainwashing now, won't they question him in the future?
Give up brainwashing these eggs?
Or do you want to find a way to suppress the intelligence of these eggs?
Heatham is in turmoil, and he must find a way to put an end to these hidden dangers.
And it is also very troublesome about how to deal with the soldier ant Dasha.
Continuing to keep Dasha is undoubtedly a time bomb, and maybe the soldier ant Dasha will come to kill him if he realizes that something is wrong one day.
Sistemm already knows a lot about the Soldier Ants, a crazy fighting class of ants, and they will fight to the death like madmen against creatures that are not good for the anthill.
But now he needs the soldier ant Dasha very much, after all, the construction of the wintering nest must rely on the Dasha to complete, and the same is true for storing the food for the winter.
Systham was torn......
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Fortunately, Soldier Ant Dasha only doubted Syst once, and then didn't mention it again, as if he had forgotten about it.
But since then, the behavior of the soldier ant has become stranger and stranger.
In addition to fiddling with the translucent stone that Systm gave him, Dasha would also go to a nearby watering hole that had not completely dried up.
In some of its free time to complete the tasks given to it by Sistem, it will stare silently at the reflection in the water, and occasionally touch the reflection on the surface of the water with its feet, day and night.
It seems to be thinking about something.
Heatham would often spy on him from afar, and he couldn't understand what the soldier ant Dasha was thinking, but looking at it, Dasha shouldn't rebel against him anytime soon.
And so it went on for two days.
In the process of communicating with the soldier ant Dasha again, Dasha didn't know what was in mind, and suddenly asked Sistum, "I am, what?" β
"You're a soldier ant." Systm replied.
"Soldier ants, what's that?"
"An ant that is responsible for protecting ant nests, and there are many species of ants, like you are a soldier ant and I am the queen." Heatham explained.
Soldier Ant Dasha seemed to think for a moment, and it wasn't long before he had a new question to Sistem.
"I, why, is... Soldier? You, why, are the queen ants? β
"This ......"
Hearing Dasha's question and tone, Systham suddenly understood the reason why Dasha the soldier ant asked him if he was the queen ant a few days ago.
Dasha is not suspicious of his fabricated identity as a queen ant, but because of his improved intelligence, he has a new understanding of the world.
Dasha should be aware of the concept of self.
Self, also known as self-consciousness or self-concept, mainly refers to an individual's cognition of his or her own state of being, which is the result of an individual's self-evaluation of his or her social role.
In our experience, being aware of everything about ourselves and being different from other things and other people around us is the self, the self-awareness.
There is no doubt that after this period of growth, the soldier ant Dasha has given birth to its own unique wisdom, which has made him realize himself.
At that time, it was not in a daze when it looked at the reflection of the water, but saw itself in the reflection and had doubts.
And Dasha's question has undoubtedly risen from an ordinary question to a philosophical level.
It's like asking a human being, why is he human?
Why is it a soldier ant, and why is Systm a queen?
This is a question with no clear answer, and it is difficult for Syst to answer.
However, Syst is not out of the question, he can completely blame the problem on fate, everything is caused by fate.
Fate, such a mystical thing, is best suited to explain this question.
But Dasha will definitely continue to ask what fate is, and continue to ask questions endlessly, just like a bear child who always likes to ask why.
Fortunately, the soldier ant Dasha does not like to cry bear children after all, but a soldier ant in the anthill.
When he heard that Sistum ordered him to continue to direct the worker ants to build wintering dens, he decisively gave up his doubts and chose to carry out Sistum's orders, and began to direct the worker ants to continue to build wintering nests for Sistum.
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Soldier Dumb was only aware of his ego, and he didn't doubt Systm.
But the incident did not completely reassure Heatham.
If the soldier ant grows in this way, sooner or later it will discover that Syst is not the same species as it, but a grasshopper.
When that happens, Heatham can't predict what will happen.
As a result of Systm's order to keep eating, Dasha's size has grown further and is now 5.5 centimeters.
Although not as strong as Sisttm, the pair of huge chelica and the sting needle on the tail are enough to threaten Sistm.
Heatham felt a little uneasy, he was worried that at some point, the soldier ant Dasha would find out that something was wrong and attack him.
There was no choice but to order Dasha to build his wintering nest as soon as possible, and at the same time start to distance himself from the soldier ant Dasha and reduce contact with Dasha.
Sistemm had decided that when Dasha had built his wintering nest and filled the granaries in the wintering nest, he would let Dasha return to the anthill without touching it.
Of course, he also thought about being a soldier and killing Dasha in order to eliminate future troubles after doing all this.
But this kind of bird is hidden, and he can't do the thing of rabbit dead dog cooking after all.
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As time passed, Sisstem's wintering nest was gradually built by Dasha's construction team, reaching a depth of 4 and a half meters.
Ants may seem unintelligent, but their underground nests are perfect.
The passage of the nest extends in all directions, which can effectively ventilate from the hole, and the inside has been gradually excavated by worker ants for dozens of granaries for him to store food.
These days, Sistem's brainwashed ant larvae hatch one after another from the eggs, and dozens of ant larvae have gathered around him.
The first batch of ant larvae to hatch have coagulated into pupae with plenty of food, and it seems that the growth cycle of these ants is not too long.
And Systham also reached level 12 with 25 days left before the end of his life.
His body grows further, reaching 17 centimeters, and the [Insect Adaptability] (12/21) in his veins is increased to [Insect Adaptability] (13/21).
Starting at level 11, every time the [Insect Adaptability] talent level was raised, his grasshopper bloodline would send him some images, and this time too, the image of swarms of grasshoppers flying in Sistem's mind once again appeared in his mind.
But he still couldn't know what the swarm of locusts was for.
With this upgrade, his newly acquired derivative ability [Keen Vision] (3/9) has been increased to [Keen Vision] (4/9), and his vision has been further improved.
However, compared to these, the biggest feeling of Sistem, who has successfully reached level 12, is his talent [Transformation and Growth].
From the time he reached level 12, the blood flowing in his body kept tumbling as if it was boiling, and the exoskeleton of his whole body became extremely itchy.
His body was urging him to undergo his third metamorphosis immediately......