Although the water of the Qing River is really clear, the constant ripple cuts the river surface into countless small pieces, and the bright sunlight makes the constantly changing waves of countless water blocks on the river surface dazzle the eyes, and it is not so easy to see what is under the water. doll

The protagonist's compound eyes only capture a narrow shadow under the water about three or four meters from the stern.

The black shadow was quite large, at least as wide as a walnut ship, and its length reached two or three meters, about the size of a human slap.

If such a creature is on land, then the protagonist has never seen a creature of this size in this world. However, it is possible in the water, and most of the creatures with the largest memories of the protagonist's previous life live in the water, because the buoyancy of the water can offset the burden of excessive weight on the body.

Beneath the surface, the shadow is so nimble and agile that the protagonist sees it make a sharp bend with a short radius under the water, and then heads forward and sprints towards the fleet again.

The black shadow quickly grew larger from far to near, and the colors beneath the surface of the water became deeper and more eye-catching.

The protagonist's heart tightens, and he hurriedly warns him with smells and friction sounds.

At this time, the disadvantages of the ant's communication style are fully revealed. If it were a human, a shout would be enough to get the attention of all of its kind in the vicinity. But the smell emitted by the protagonist at this time has not had time to spread, and the friction sound of the guard is also very weak, only a few ants nearby can hear it, and the black shadow is only a few seconds away from crashing into the ship.

Moreover, the friction sound signal sent by the protagonist only indicates vigilance, and does not provide more useful information, and the ants who receive the signal look around blankly, their eyesight is not enough to spot the vague shadow in the water more than half a meter away.

So most of the ants did not receive the alarm, and the ants who received the warning did not find the source of the danger, but just stopped what they were doing and were on guard. Except for the protagonist, none of the ants know that the most important thing to do at this time is to hold on to everything that can hold them in place.

The speed of the black shadow is extremely fast, and even the underwater environment with great resistance cannot stop the shuttle-like streamlined body from accelerating.

The force of the collision erupted as the black shadow hit the stern of the fleet, and the walnut ship that was directly hit was pushed out of the water, and the nearby ships also collided together under the rope traction.

As the topped boat was once again controlled by gravity and fell, the entire fleet and the nearby river rose and fell violently like a trampoline net.

The protagonist's six limbs cling to the mast, and his position is not the center of the collision, but the huge force also allows him to swing in the air several times with the top of the mast, but fortunately he has a lot of strength and does not throw off.

The protagonist finally sees the true face of the dark shadow underwater: it is a creature covered in white scales, and it is a fish!

Although the protagonist had a wide range of fish in his previous life, that is, the level of clear carp and crucian carp, this did not affect his recognition of this big underwater monster as a fish at the moment, a fish the size of a human palm.

"There are fish!" This is the protagonist's only thought at the moment.

In all these years of coming to this world, he has never seen any animals other than insects, arthropods, worms, etc.! Even in the big river, there are only some shellfish, snails, and aquatic insects, and at this moment there is actually a fish in the Qinghe River, a real fish!

What does this fish mean? At the very least, it means that the protagonist has a more complete understanding of the ecology of this world, and it also helps him continue to guess the truth of this world.

The protagonist had speculated about this world earlier, and based on the ecological situation he observed, he once thought that this was the earth or the tired earth-like world, where the evolutionary tree was different from the earth, and the most advanced life forms had only evolved to the level of insects, and the ant civilization had developed.

But this conjecture was overturned when traces of human presence were unearthed in the swampy area.

Later, the protagonist has two other conjectures about the truth about this world.

The first conjecture is that this is not Earth, but another planet, but the location of the star system, the size and gravity level of the planet, the number of moons, and the rotation period are very similar to Earth.

Then, as written in science fiction, human beings, who have developed a very advanced level of science and technology, are like creators, sowing the seeds of life on this suitable planet, waiting for the planet's ecosystem to grow enough to be suitable for human life before colonizing.

But for some reason, humans never set foot here again, only the swamp where humans once worked left evidence of their existence.

And the world is evolving in its own direction, until the civilization of ants appears.

The second conjecture is that this is Earth, but the Earth is many, many years after the era in which the protagonist lives.

Perhaps for some reason, human civilization died out, and for many years, drastic changes in geology and climate wiped out all the big creatures, and only the tenacious plants and insects survived.

Like hominids who survived the Ice Age, these survivors finally took over the world after the end of the extreme climate, and embarked on an evolutionary path free of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians.

Both of these conjectures are just conjectures, and the protagonist has too little evidence to deduce the full truth, just what he sees and hears as an ant in a small area.

Even the truth is meaningless, and the protagonist is no longer like when he just crossed over, he feels that there are still humans in this world, and he wants to return to the human world, and it is best to be able to become a human again.

He already felt that there was no way to go back when he crossed over into an ant.

And as it is now, as an ant at the top of the world's food chain, and as the ruler of an ant colony, it is relatively safe, but it is also the most responsible.

Therefore, compared to the ethereal desire to discover the truth of this world and the story of the human beings who left behind the relics, how to better survive and lead their race through the current predicament is the most important.

But no matter whether the protagonist Guan cares about the truth or not, whether he wants to discover the truth or not, there will only be one truth about this world.

The truth may be the protagonist's first conjecture, or perhaps the second; Maybe some elements of both conjectures are completely different from what the protagonist imagines; Maybe the real kind of human beings of the protagonist still exists, or maybe human beings have long disappeared into the river of time.

Which one do you believe?

- I'm the dividing line -

I feel that the end of this chapter is very suitable for the end of the book! If I were really a eunuch here, would it be shown by the readers as shown in the picture below?

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