Chapter 33: Night Attack

After ordering the ants around them to be forced to sleep, these ADHD ants all lay down quietly and obediently, and fell asleep at a speed that the protagonist felt unbelievable.

"Damn, I fell asleep so fast, I fell asleep before my head hit the ground." While complaining, the protagonist also squeezes his body into the soft depression of the silk bed, finding the most comfortable position and letting himself sleep in the darkness underground.

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The night is getting darker, the moonlight is charming, and the shrubs and grasses are also ushering in the golden time of nocturnal insects. In the grass, the crickets made a pleasant long, memorable chirping, which was that they were asserting ownership of the territory and at the same time attracting the attention of the opposite sex; Beneath the rocks, the rat women cowered and foraged for food, like the rats in their names, and could only live in dark corners; Even in the windy night sky, there were a few sturdy moths struggling to soar, wielding every ounce of their wings towards the moon, which would never reach.

But beneath this tranquility, there is also a bloodthirsty instinct surging. In any dark corner that you can't see or pay attention to, hunting and survival, killing and fleeing, death and survival, all play out all the time. This is the best moonlit night, this is the worst darkness, this is the most peaceful moment, this is the most cruel moment.

The protagonist is oblivious to what is happening in the darkness outside, and he is still immersed in unconscious rest. All the ants around him are also under the mandatory orders of the protagonist.,Get a long sleep time that is very rare in your life.。 They all slept so deeply that the cool breeze of the night slowly seeped through the hole into the nest room, and did not wake them up from their sweet dreams.

The protagonist doesn't sleep very deeply, and although his body is very tired from the day's travel, the thirst from his body and the stagnation in his abdomen slowly pull him up from sleepiness. So in the middle of the night, the protagonist got up from the silk bed.

The protagonist's near-human diet makes him suffer during the journey, and when the other ants can sleep peacefully, he must find something to drink for himself.

He remembered that Mulan had said that he could drink dew, so he decided to look for it on the ground. At first, the protagonist didn't plan to take a few subordinates out, the dew was everywhere, and he could come back with a casual drink or two drops when he went out, and it wouldn't take a few minutes.

But after turning over the vehicles and luggage at the mouth of the nest, as soon as he climbed to the entrance of the cave, before he could get out, the protagonist shivered, and deeply felt the coolness of the night outside. The deep night with no human lights and only moonlight, although bright enough to see far away in the protagonist's field of vision, still exudes a lingering sense of darkness, which brings a sense of uneasiness to the protagonist.

The protagonist thought about it and felt that although it was only a psychological effect, it was better not to go out alone for the sake of insurance. He shouted at Mulan, but felt that it was not enough, so he simply called the nearest Wei 4, Wei 9, and Wei 10 and asked the four of them to follow him out.

Crawling outside, even a half-ant like the protagonist who feels sluggish can feel the moist breath in the air. The protagonist looks around, and the tall leaves and grass are hanging with dewdrops that reflect the light of the stars and the moon.

But...... These leaves of grass are so tall that it takes a lot of effort to climb up towering trunks or swaying grass stems to drink that little bit of dew.

The protagonist turns around and finally finds a more convenient source of water. On the mossy stones next to the entrance to the temporary campsite, countless drops of crystal clear dew are dotted in the small green lawn made of moss. The height of the rocks is not high, and the slope may be very challenging for human climbers, but it is not worth mentioning for the climbing ability of ants.

The protagonist and his four subordinates come to the edge of the rock, hook the bulges and cracks in the stone with their arthropods, and climb up smoothly. There were some small obstacles during the climb, but the wet moss was too slippery, but fortunately, it only added some difficulty at most.

Crawled to the place where the moss was thickest and the dew was the densest. There are so many dewdrops here, and the dew that collects in the pit is much larger than the size of the protagonist, which can literally allow the protagonist to swim around in it. The protagonist takes Mulan, and they each drink around this dew puddle.

After drinking, the protagonist feels that the stagnation in his stomach feels even more uncomfortable, so he orders the four subordinates to hide aside first, hide behind a cluster of raised moss, and overturn the contents of the stomach as much as possible. After rubbing his butt in the dew and rubbing it on the tender moss, the protagonist finally finds the refreshing feeling of his butt. It's the first time I've felt so comfortable since being an ant and never using toilet paper anymore.

After the problems of the upper and lower mouths are over, the protagonist runs over and finds the four subordinates, ready to take them back to sleep.

As the saying goes, it's easier to go up than to down, and it's the same for ants. Slippery moss and rocks made the descent even more difficult, and the ants' frictional arthropods lost their former advantage here. The protagonists can only slide down slowly and step by step.

In fact, with the weight of an ant and a solid exoskeleton, the protagonist will not be harmed even if he keeps rolling down. However, the protagonist is not used to the size advantage of ants, and is full of fear that he will be broken by his head and bleeding, so he insists on climbing down slowly in the most stable way.

The rocks aren't too high, so it doesn't take a few minutes for the protagonist to climb to the ground. The protagonist relaxes, rests for a moment, and looks up at the hole in the makeshift camp.

The protagonist's tentacles and wings instantly opened.

I saw a huge long insect in black armor, dancing with countless steps, preparing to penetrate into the cave where the little secrets were located, with its fiery red head with huge tentacles and mouthparts.

It was a giant red-headed centipede.