Chapter 125: Where Did You Come From (1)
Knowing why the queen wants to meet him, the protagonist roughly guesses the fleeting sense of loss that the queen exudes after the first exchange.
After all, from the outside, the protagonist is not much different from the primitive "kindred" around him, showing no traces of civilization.
What are the traces of civilization?
Like the Queen, she rides a huge stone-like unicorn, and stays quietly and comfortably in a gazebo on the back of the unicorn, dressed in elaborate costumes, with other ants taking care of the basic movements.
This is the forced style, and it is also the place where civilization is embodied.
Civilization, another meaning is to allow the individuals of different divisions of labor to enjoy collective security, convenience and food without much increase in the overall amount of labor. At the same time, a small number of individuals are able to live safer, more convenient, and more prosperous than others.
When I first saw the protagonist, except for Tempest, who was taken aside, I didn't see any traces of civilization on the protagonist, and I didn't have any compulsion - "naked", and there was no personal slave. At first glance, it looks like an ordinary primitive ant.
Thinking about this, the protagonist feels that it is necessary to tell the queen the civilization level of his legions and territories, so that he can reach an equal status relationship with the other party, eliminate the barrier, and pave the way for exploring the mystery of the other party's civilization in the future.
As the queen communicates with her local master, the Queen Ant's Legacy faction, the queen's communication partner turns to the protagonist.
The so-called hearing is false, seeing is believing. The queen is indeed a little disappointed with the protagonist's first impression, he does not show the essence of a civilized country, and seems to be an ordinary tribal leader, or rather, a restless member of the original tribe - a speculator who profits between the two rival factions in the kingdom.
The queen has never been in contact with such leaders, but in the long history of the "bereaved family", the "archival ants" have left a lot of historical memories and materials, including various extreme or special histories.
The queen knows her ancestors, and the queens of the past have been exposed to many of these strange local forces.
Even if the other party is very small and backward, it cannot be easily offended, this is the blood lesson summed up by the queens of the past dynasties, it has not happened before, the scene of a huge country being ravaged by a few enemies.
What's more, nowadays, the huge country is gone, and we are just "remnants", weak and precarious, relying on wisdom to maneuver among a group of natives, let alone act rashly.
So, the young queen straightened her attitude, put away her disappointment and contempt, and began to communicate with the leader in front of her.
The two sides still exchanged simple pleasantries, and then fell silent.
After realizing that the other party's level of civilization was not as high as rumored, it seemed unnecessary to mention many of the Queen's joint plans, so the two sides fell into embarrassment.
At this point, the protagonist breaks the stiff atmosphere. He said that he could show the dynamics of his territory through the information packet and ask the queen to see it.
This move can be said to be very friendly, similar to sending delegations to visit and investigate between countries, but it can also be said to have the element of showing off their might, just like human beings in a military parade.
For ants, there is no need to do large-scale rehearsals and demonstrations, as long as the scenes in their memories are transmitted to each other in the form of information packets. And for the protagonist, it is even possible to use his developed mind to fictionalize a scene without refining the memory.
However, the protagonist is still ready to show the other party the actual situation of his legion and territory, and he feels that he has nothing to hide. If a lie is told, it often takes a thousand lies to conceal it, and the cost of lying will become bigger and bigger.
Moreover, the protagonist also wants to know what level of society he has developed over the past year is in terms of the civilization of this ant world.
And,The protagonist doesn't care about exposing his hole cards.,His biggest hole card is the knowledge and insight from the human soul.,As long as there are the right conditions.,You can immediately lead your subordinates to step up a few more civilization ladders.,Let the enemy who despises him be surprised.。
The queen hears the protagonist's proposal, but she is a little disgusted in her heart. She sees the protagonist's proposal as a demonstration: the barbarian tribal leader must want to show off his strength and then blackmail the poor "remnants".
Just like the oldest king before, after the two sides reached peace, they spied through various means and found that the ant mouth of the "remnants" was also very few, the military strength was not strong, and it seemed that he was unwilling to be dragged into the war. So he immediately asked for food aid in the name of allies and peace.
If the "remnants" are strong, the other party must be trembling and afraid of being conquered, and will never dare to blackmail like this.
As a superior person, the good "queen" education she received from the time of the pupa broke calmed the young queen, and she decided to wait and see what happened, and agreed to receive the information packet.
The protagonist's packet of information is quickly delivered.
As expected, at the beginning of the information packet, there is an image of the invincible Divine Envoy King Legion.
The dense formations, the fierce battles, the scenes of victory, these queens are all familiar, and the army of her own kingdom also fights like this, it seems that there is nothing remarkable.
If there was one thing that was terrifying about the army of the leader of this barbarian tribe, it was probably that the other party's army was actually composed of soldier ants.
You must know that soldier ants usually consume 1.5 times more food than worker ants, but their ability to collect food is not as good as that of worker ants, so from an economic point of view, a country or nest should not provide too many soldier ants on weekdays, which is a great waste of limited food resources.
Even the huge country where the "remnants" used to be would not have the luxury of building a legion composed entirely of soldier ants, and the general model is that soldier ants serve as the core of the grassroots battle, and some worker ants fight around it.
The fact that the other party was able to sacrifice this army of pure soldiers and ants at least proved that they were not short of food, which made the queen feel a little relieved. These barbaric tribes often only think about the little food of the poor "remnants", and they take all kinds of tricks and plunder.
If it weren't for the "remnants" and the last few military heritage protections, they would definitely be eaten, and there would not even be carapace scum left.
The other side also showed the flying knight, and the queen finally saw the legendary warrior capable of riding flies.
This intrigued the Queen.
Although the "remnants" can also domesticate beetles, it is a technique that has been passed down from generation to generation by their ancestors, and the "remnants" have tried to domesticate other insects, but they have always failed to do so by following the steps of domesticating beetles.
Just as the protagonist wants to learn to tame beetles, the queen is also very interested in learning to tame flies.