For as long as I can remember, to be precise, when I first learned about bugs, a question has been running through my mind.

If all living things in this world are the same size as humans, will it still be the turn of humans to call the shots in this world?

It is said that human beings are the undisputed kings of this world, the existence at the top of the food chain.

Indeed, there is no dispute, because humanity has proven it with real actions.

Human beings are not the strongest creatures in the world, nor are they necessarily the smartest creatures, but such an existence stands at the highest peak in this world, as long as there is a place covered by the footprints of the human race, it means that this land has been conquered by humans.

Countless scientists, sociologists, and scholars majoring in other disciplines have studied similar propositions such as 'why humans dominate the world?' with varying conclusions.

Although I am not a scientist, nor am I a scholar specializing in a certain research project, although I am only an ordinary person, I will occasionally become interested in the propositions of these scholars, and think about them carefully, although it has no meaning, but it can be used as an after-dinner conversation, and by the way, as a pastime.

In my hands, there is a skewer barbecue, which is a secret charcoal grilled ant meat, which is grilled golden brown under the sun, and the meat that is still bubbling with oil by the residual temperature looks shining.

"Sure enough, even after all this time, I still can't accept this food."

I am a Cantonese person, maybe everyone thinks that I eat this kind of thing should not have any psychological pressure, I think everyone has a deep misunderstanding of Cantonese people, I hereby affirm that we Cantonese people do not eat ant meat, we only eat Fujianese people.

I shook my head slightly, resisting the feeling of churning in my stomach, holding my breath to try not to smell the slightest smell, and suddenly reached out to take the string of ant meat away and stuff it into the hand of a mercenary next to me.

Looking at this skewer of secret charcoal-grilled ant meat, I can't help but think of the question I had when I was a child:

If all the insects in this world are the same size as humans, will it still be the turn of humans to call the shots in this world?

If the insects that die in the eyes of people grow to the size of humans, then in this world, I am afraid that human beings will be extinct long ago, right?

After all, bugs are born with sharp weapons, sturdy armor, and a wide variety of abilities.

For example, it has poison in its body, can fly, drill holes, and even swim.

Let's not talk about the millions of years of human evolution, let's just say that these thousands of years of civilization, with the help of foreign objects, it took thousands of years for human beings to master these abilities, but for insects, they are innate.

Some might say that the success of human beings lies in their complex sociality and the advanced degree of community evolution.

But let's not forget that in this world, there is an insect called the leaf-cutting ant, which is second only to humans in complex sociality, and even mastered the cultivation technique of growing mushrooms on chopped leaves.

The mercenary took a bunch of charcoal-grilled mushrooms and handed it to me, smelling the fragrance of the mushrooms, and the disgust in my heart for the skewer of ant meat plummeted a lot.

"Sure enough, in this hellish place, only mushrooms are suitable for me, even if even mushrooms are grown by ants."

After gobbling up mushrooms in two or three bites, I looked up and saw towering trees all around.

It's really towering into the sky, it's not a metaphor.

For me, at least, the canopy was out of my sight, no different from towering into the sky.

This kind of situation is commonplace, and it is not uncommon for a long time, and I have seen trees taller than these.

Blocked by the huge rocks around me, and listening to the chaotic buzzing in my ears, I quietly observed the situation around me.

It didn't take long for me to find the source of the incessant humming sound.

About a hundred meters away, it was a stout tree, with a trunk probably the size of my dwelling, and on the trunk of the tree, there was a branch not too tall, and on it hung a huge hive, estimated to be the size of the town's library, and countless bees the size of a human were circling around the hive.

"There's a play! That's enough honey for the whole town for a year! ”

I took a deep breath, resisted the frenzy of honey temptation in my heart, turned my head and looked at the more than 100 mercenaries standing behind me, who had finished their meal and lined up in a phalanx, quietly waiting for my orders.

I calmed down my excitement and asked aloud:

"Tell me aloud, brethren, what is our goal?"

Mercenary: "Honey, beehive, bee meat!" ”

I nodded in satisfaction and began to distribute tasks.

"First team, you go to the upwind position, prepare firewood, and once the hive hits the ground, immediately ignite the fire and release the smoke to attack."

"Second squad, grab the bow and crossbow, hide nearby, and find a chance to shoot a few more bees for me!"

"The third squad, mount the ants, follow me, climb to the branches, and burn the hive junction! Let the hive fall! ”

When I finished the mission, the mercenaries fell silent, and there was no response, and there was a silence in the air, which was terrifying.

"Why didn't anyone answer?" I had some doubts in my mind.

Before I could say anything, a moment later, I saw that the crowd exploded instantly.

"Boss, let's go catch ants."

"Boss, this can't be helped, this is a wild beehive, with our little people, we can't beat them."

"Boss, think twice, they're all demons, they're going to die!"

"Boss, Boss......"

My forehead was covered with a layer of black lines, and my teeth itched with hatred.

This group of cowards, when they came out of the town, they all patted their chests and said okay, the cowhide slapped loudly, saying that they wanted to let the bees fly out with three pairs of wings, and the six thin legs climbed back, and this time they must make a beehive to go back, but now they are all retracted one by one.

"What are you afraid of, the sky is falling, and I am on top! Besides, it's just a beehive, a little ...... It's just a little bigger, just a lost hive. ”

In fact, in the face of such a large hive, I am also a little weak in my heart, and now I am just holding on hard.

Seeing that the mercenaries still didn't respond, I scratched my head with a headache, what should I do?

After thinking for a moment, I had an idea, so I asked:

"What do you think of the taste of ant meat?"

Mercenary: "Sweet, sweet, delicious......"

I asked, "What if you don't have honey?" ”

The crowd fell silent.

"Yes, ant meat is only tasteful when it is paired with honey, otherwise, it only has a sour, bitter taste, and tastes like chewing wax."

"However, we have no honey reserves, and in a week at most, the honey will be exhausted, do you want to eat bitter, sour ant meat?"

The crowd erupted in a shout: "No! ”

I nodded in satisfaction, took the reins handed to me by a mercenary, patted the gray-white ant, jumped on, and rode up.

I pulled out my staff and shouted, "Knife in hand, follow me!" ”

"Kill the bees, grab the hive!"

The mercenaries mounted the ants one after another, and the whole team was instantly divided into several parts, the largest two, one part ran upwind, the other part scattered and hid in the nearby grass, and I took the last part and walked towards the big tree with the beehive hanging on it.

After walking for a long time, we finally came to the bottom of the big tree, and the ants under the seat were neatly arranged, grasping the small protruding parts of the trunk, and climbing up the trunk one by one.

We hurriedly grabbed the handle on the ant's saddle to hold our bodies in place, so that we wouldn't fall off because of the ninety degree tilt.

The insect is the size of a human, and in the past, it seemed like a bold idea, like looking at the sky in a daze during class, or scribbling on the paper of a book.

I never imagined that one day, my wild vision would actually appear in front of my eyes.

Maybe God just wanted to play a joke on me, right?

…… Half an hour later......

"Queen bee, listen to me, things are not as ...... as you think"

Looking at the queen bee in front of me, who was taller than myself, and the several worker bees surrounding me, I only felt a tingling in my scalp.

Even though I was in a warm and pleasant hive, surrounded by the smell of honey, the cold glow of my glittering tail needle did not give me a sense of relaxation.

"Am I going to die here today?"

In front of my eyes, a series of images appeared in an instant, like a marquee, with all the memories of the first half of my life, as well as the experience of coming to this ghost place, and everything I faced after coming to this ghost place.

By the way, for so long, I almost forgot that I was brought to this place by a damn, huge fluttering moth, and think about how beautiful the world used to be.

There are no giant ants, no giant bees, no mushrooms or ant meat to feed on every day, where humans are the masters of this world, not here, to fight all kinds of strange giant insects, and if you are not careful, they will eat them.

It's a sad story......

My name is Rez Kent, and that's the name I gave myself when I came to this place, but it's not my real name.

Before coming to this ghost place, my name was Hu Lezheng.