Chapter 11: The Duties of the King
In just a short piece of information, the thoughts in the protagonist's mind are like a thousand horses collapsing.
First of all, this method of information exchange breaks the previous impression that the protagonists must intersect in order to communicate, and it seems that the pebble platform resembles a transmission line, and the protagonist can be sure that the other winged ants have received the same message.
Secondly, through the message, the protagonist must re-evaluate the intelligence of the nest of ants. Previously, the protagonist thought that he was reborn as a litter of ordinary ants, and the worker ants and soldier ants were like automatic programs, unable to respond to many of the messages they send, which is very consistent with the previous life's perception of ants - an ant is just a simple long-legged ganglion, and does not have the ability to think. The impression of the winged ants is that the protagonist is about to feel that they are a sperm, and the winged ants have a language that can communicate with each other, and can even reply to some questions from the protagonist, and the protagonist thought that this was just an automatic translation of the ants' communication methods in his mind. But the concepts of "learning" and "teaching" in the current message can only be possessed by evolved intelligent and civilized creatures.
Although there were many thoughts that passed, time only passed for a moment. The second sentence of "Lao Wang" has just ended: "There are four kinds of ants in the world, king, queen, soldier, and worker. We are the wisest and noblest of the kings, and you must remember this identity! ”
From this sentence, the protagonist finally determines that he is now a male ant. Soldiers and workers are obviously soldiers and workers, and then they should be queens, and the rest of the king can only be male ants.
The knowledge of the previous life tells the protagonist that the male ant should be a low-status parasite in the nest, living by begging for food from the worker ants, and the only use is to mate once in adulthood, and then die quickly. The core of the nest is a fertile queen, and the main force is a variety of soldier ants and worker ants, and some ant species do not even have soldier ants, only worker ants.
Now the world is obviously different, the male ant has become the king of the nest, and is the highest status and most intelligent species among the ants.
The protagonist now has no time to think about the reason for the different status of the ants, because Lao Wang's third sentence comes through the tentacles.
"The king ant is the leader of the ant colony, and he needs to lead his subordinates to fight for food for his country and destroy the enemy country."
This sentence seems very general, and it is easy to understand that the ants often fight and fight for food or food gathering sites, and they are extremely aggressive creatures, and if they had an atomic bomb, they could blow up the earth in less than a day.
And the protagonist of leading his subordinates is not very easy to understand, based on the experience of the bear child who lured ants to fight in the protagonist's previous life, as long as the ants find the enemy, they are like the new method of operating a strategy game, and all the soldiers are in a box, and there is no commander and tactics at all.
But now that the ants have intelligence, it might be strange to develop tactics and command.
The lesson was surprisingly short, and after the first three sentences, Lao Wang concluded with the last sentence: "You must practice the skills of commanding your subordinates, and each king will have an attendant, and strive to master the method of commanding his attendants." End of lesson. ”
After Lao Wang finished speaking, Shi Shiran left from the cave where he came, and the soldiers and ants of the unit next to him immediately made a different friction sound, and then turned around and left.
The protagonist is confused: "Practice? How to practice? I don't even know what it means to be in command or lead my subordinates, how to do it! Lao Wang, you are too irresponsible as a teacher, how can there be a teacher who doesn't teach anything, and tells students to leave class on a topic......"
The protagonist complains and complains, and after seeing that the other male ants around him have nothing else to say, he can only give up, and he is ready to see what others do.
At this time, a large group of soldier ants suddenly poured in at the entrance where the protagonist came in just now, and these soldier ants crowded over in a chaotic manner, and there was one in front of each male ant. It seems that this is what Lao Wang said about the attendant.
When the protagonist sees that the other winged ants are using their antennae to communicate with the attendants, they follow suit and put their antennae on the antennae of the attendants. The squire ant sent back not a message through its tentacles, but an emotion of absolute obedience. The protagonist is satisfied - for the first time in two lifetimes, he has a little brother who is completely obedient.
Why should the protagonist do next, he doesn't know, he sees the other winged ants and the attendants after they finish talking, they all turn their heads to look at him. The protagonist has a chill, and it is uncomfortable to be stared at by so many eyes: "What do you want to do and say it directly!" ”
The protagonist doesn't understand what the other males mean, and the other males don't explain to him, and at this point the grumpy roll has begun to rub the articulator on his waist anxiously.
The protagonist hurriedly asked Rambo Fei next to him with his tentacles: "What are you looking at me for?" ”。“ Leave, go back! Rambovan replied simply.
Only then did the protagonist remember that he was the leader of the team, and it seemed that everyone couldn't go if he didn't go. So the protagonist hurriedly tries to get out of the burrow, but feels that he has forgotten something, and looks back to see that his squire ant ant is still standing stupidly.
The protagonist thinks about how the worker ants let themselves follow when they first come out of the chrysalis, so he goes back and sends a message to the attendant soldier ants with his tentacles: "Follow me." ”
The squire immediately reverted to an attitude of accepting orders, and then followed the protagonist out of the cave.
The protagonist breathes a sigh of relief, it seems that this is what the commander of his subordinates means, and the protagonist has roughly understood how to order his attendants.
The other winged ants also take their attendants and follow the protagonist out of the cave. The first soldier ant to lead the way is still waiting outside, and the guide ant sends a message to the protagonist to keep up, and takes the male ants back to the burrow with the large silk bed.
The protagonist looks at the chaotic appearance of dozens of male and worker ants in the burrow, and shakes his head, the density of this ant population is almost making people feel dense phobia. The protagonist quickly retreats, and the squire soldier ants follow closely.
The protagonist returns to the place where he rested last night with his little follower, and the small silk bed he made is still there, and it seems that no other ants have come to visit.
Seeing that there was no one else to disturb here, the protagonist decided to continue trying to command his attendants, so he gave an order with his tentacles: "I'm hungry, bring me something to eat, elements, no insect meat." ”
However, the attendant ant remained motionless, and was reciprocated with a blank emotion......