Chapter 48: Conditions of Surrender (2)
The protagonist can see that the civilization level of this area is obviously more developed than that of the Divine Envoy King's homeland, which can be seen from the fact that the ant population here has evolved diplomacy.
The primitive ants are still fighting to the death, and the developed ants have long since converged and exploited the alien races.
Although the male ants of the bellied ants have been emphasizing the development of their own population, after learning more information from them, the protagonist knows that these bellied ants are only the oppressed bottom group.
The protagonist is not surprised by the fact that there is a more developed civilization without ants, and the world of ants is easily divided into isolated units by geographical factors.
For example, the homeland is a basin surrounded by mountains, and transportation is blocked, and it is difficult to cultivate advanced civilizations in such a terrain.
And even in their homeland, the Legion of the Divine Envoy King has come into contact with the more developed ant civilization.
The remnants of the big-headed ants are the ones who have traveled upstream to their homeland and settled downstream. Although due to the barren territory and other reasons, they have never been able to recreate their original grand civilization that the protagonist has seen in the information pack. But just from the fact that they taught the gods to domesticate the king's legions, make felt, ferment and other techniques, it can be inferred that their previous civilization was definitely not low.
Now, it's just that we have encountered some more developed civilizations. Moreover, the protagonist doesn't feel that his race is backward, at least the technology points such as metal weapons and flying knights, he hasn't seen other race points come out.
In the course of repeated negotiations with the bellied ants, the protagonist gradually learns the general information of the land under his feet.
Although the male ant is intelligent, he doesn't seem to think that the information is important, and tells the protagonist in one go. Even for the sake of the fox and the tiger, he also sold the details of the red ants that had defeated his own race and was the remote controller of his own race.
It is a very vast land, and the terrain is dominated by plains. In this land, there are six ant forces known only to the belly ant colony.
According to the bellied ants, the most powerful of them all is the power of the red ants.
This red ant is a well-known invasive species in the human world - red fire ants.
The scientific name of the red fire ant is Solenopsisinvicta Buren, and its Latin name means "invincible ant", which shows its strength.
Native to South America, red fire ants were brought to the United States from South America in the 30s to 40s or earlier of the 20th century, and then gradually invaded the world and were known to be difficult to control.
Red fire ants are aggressive and aggressive, often able to defeat or even kill the local indigenous ants. The bite of the red fire ant, even if a human takes a bite, will be painful and unbearable, and there is a burning sensation.
It seems that the red fire ants in this world are still alive and well, relying on their strong adaptability and attack power, they have become the most powerful force in this land.
The bellied ants didn't know how powerful the red fire ants were, anyway, there were about two or three thousand large and small red fire ants rushing over, and the bellied ants simply disarmed and surrendered.
The red fire ants did not exterminate the bellied ants, but only asked them to provide them with 2,000 eggs and sand gold to fill a walnut every year. It can be regarded as the suzerainty and protector of the bellied ants.
It is easy to understand that the bellied ants provide eggs every year, whether they are used to eat, or hatched out of slave bellied ants, they have practical uses.
For example, the protagonist learns that the bellied ants have a long-range attack method, and sometimes go out as an auxiliary to the Red Fire Ant army. In addition, the bellied ants also raise psyllids, commonly known as "ant cows", which resemble aphids and can also provide sweet sap secretions.
So the slave belly ant is quite useful for the red fire ant that is not good at farming. Let's read the book
But what do red fire ants want gold, a walnut-sized gold is not a small gram, and the human world is quite valuable.
The bellied ants don't know what the use of the red fire ants is for gold, and the bellied ants don't need it themselves anyway.
The protagonist takes this question to heart and waits for the answer to be found later. He continued to check the materials of other forces.
The protagonist of the second ant race is really familiar, and he has been photographed before, which is the Bache leaf ant.
However, these Bacheleaf ants are probably not the same group as the one who stole the eggs from the protagonist, after all, they are all so far away.
These Barcheleaf ants live in the west, in the upper reaches of the Qing River, where they control several forests and are intertwined with the red fire ant's territory.
It can be said that in the woodlands is the world of the Bache leaf ants, and in the wilderness it is the red fire ants that dominate.
Because they are good at growing fungi and have a more stable diet, the Barchet Leaf Ants are rumored to have more ants than the Red Fire Ants, but they are not very good at fighting, so they are not as strong as the Red Fire Ants.
The other three forces, like the bellied ants, are all small forces, and they are all vassals of the red fire ants. It is said that there are more vassal groups in the Red Fire Ant Country, but the bellied ants have not seen them and do not know much about them.
In contrast, the Barcheleaf ants have no vassals, and they are the only ones in the woods they control.
It is worth mentioning that, according to the male ants of the bellied ants, their family originally lived in the western woods, but they were almost wiped out by the Bache leaf ants, and the remaining forces could only migrate along the riverbank to the current grove.
There is a constant war between the Barcheleaf ant and the red fire ant.
Although the Barchet ants are only active in the woods due to their habits and are not interested in the wilderness outside, the red fire ants are invasive and repeatedly invade the woods - but in the woods they tend to get diwilded and cannot beat the native Barchet ants.
In contrast, the bellied ants are stronger in the trees than on the ground, and they also have long-range shooting methods, so the red fire ants will let them be auxiliaries.
In this way, the protagonist has a rough understanding of the nearby information, and then he reciprocates by agreeing to release the surrendered belly ant.
Anyway, these belly-lifting ants are weak in combat and easy to surrender, just like a certain country, there is really no threat.
However, the protagonist also makes two additional requirements for the bellied ants:
The first is not to tell the Red Fire Ants any news about the Divine Envoy King Legion. The plan of the Divine Envoy King's legion is to return to the swamp in a while, and there is no interest in provoking the aggressive red fire ants to fight.
The male ant thought about it for a while and agreed, anyway, if you don't tell it, it's no good for the belly ant.
The second request of the protagonist is that the bellied ants do not have to provide 500 eggs, but only three queen eggs and three male eggs.
The protagonist doesn't plan to use a lot of belly-raising ant slaves, but does ask for some queen and male eggs, and then return to the swamp, where the woods are dense and the arboreal ants may come in handy.
Oh, and some more sands. Huang Cancan's is so good-looking, anyway, it doesn't take up an area!