Around the Art No., the "transport work" is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Termites, transporting humans.

The average size of the giant termite colony is responsible for the supervision and supervision of humans, and once they spot disobedient humans, they use their strong forelimbs to pull them back into the group.

And the termite leaders who are extremely large are responsible for guiding the direction of the team. The person in charge of driving out the artwork is brought to the designated location - the underground slit.

They bring columns of people over and transport them deeper into the ground with empty ant pupae that have been stored in the crevices of the earth.

Ant pupae are their means of transport.

At this time, a huge termite leader led his team to an ant pupal depository. It found a special chrysalis from this large patch of chrysalis and crawled into it.

This particular ant pupae is their communication device.

Immediately afterward, an amplified, directional biological signal was heard, which was sent directly to an unknown part of the abyss.

Giant Termite Leader: "The leader of the 12th detachment of the 7997 Formation of the Termite Colony reports to the main civilization. ”

No response.

The Giant Termite Leader sent again: "Call the main civilization, call the main civilization." ”

This time, the bioelectric waves came over and were converted into what it could understand: "Roger." ”

Giant Termite Leader: "We've discovered a colony of surface civilizations. ”

On the side of the main civilization: "Repeat? ”

The leader of the giant termites had a respectful attitude: "The population of termites, number 7997 formation 12 detachment calls, has discovered the surface civilization population!" ”

On the other side of the signal, after confirming this information, there was obviously a commotion, and after a while, a message came from there: "Okay, it has been received." By the way: you were the first detachment to discover a civilization on the surface! ”

The leader of the giant termites expressed his joy: "Are we the first to discover the population of a civilization on the surface?" ”

There: "Yes, congratulations, Lord. Now tell us about the populations you've found, how are they doing? ”

The leader of the giant termites hesitated for a moment, it recalled the information it had received before coming to the surface, paused, and said, "This surface civilization population...... Not a mammoth......"

There was a brief silence over there: "Not a mammoth?!" ”

The giant termite leader said firmly: "No! ”

When the news was heard over there, there was obviously a commotion, and after a while, the news came: "This is impossible!" ”

"1.8 million years ago, the mammoth population that we carefully selected to project to the surface was already the absolute overlord of the surface creatures, without any natural predators! Logically speaking...... Okay, so what are the populations you guys found? ”

After receiving this question, the giant termite did not answer for a while, or rather, it seemed to be a little unsure of how to answer, and after a while, it said, "It should be a monkey, but I am not sure ......."

"A kind of monkey ??!!"

"Yes, it should be a monkey. Or rather...... Apes? Kind of like Australopithecus, but with a strange shape, little hair all over the body, and walking upright, with a covering on the body, it should be a loose protective layer, and they are ......"

"Getting to the point!"

Giant Termite Leader: "You're referring to ......"

"How have their bodies evolved? Is it strong? How strong? If it can withstand this tsunami, then it should be very strong. ”

"No, it's very weak, their physical strength is simply ......," the giant termite leader said, "In short, with the strength of our squad, there is no problem at all in beating ten of them at a time!" In fact, these evolved apes only fought back at first, but then they all surrendered and were obediently ordered to walk. Now, a small detachment of our 12th detachment is transporting this ape to the location of the ant chrysalis and preparing to transport it to the ground, I believe you will see the ...... soon."

"It can't be! How did they survive the tsunami when they were so weak? ”

The leader of the giant termites ponders the wording: "They have a kind of nest that seems to be a ...... that can float"

But this time, the main civilization rudely interrupted its report: "Then I want to know one thing, what is the current situation on the surface?" Are there many of these apes? How many survived? ”

However, the voice on the other side of the communication was intercepted by another voice: "They should be a very weak civilization to ......"

On the other side of the signal, the voice continued: "We have sent a total of tens of thousands of search teams, a total of more than 100,000 termite search teams!" It's been three days before I've found this small number of creatures...... I'm afraid that this ape population, which can exterminate mammoths, has been wiped out by more than 99.9% by the tsunami! ”

Giant Termite Leader: "I'm afraid so." ”

The voice on the other side of the communication sighed: "It seems that it is another failed experiment." ”

The Giant Termite Leader continued, "I'm afraid so. This population is too weak. ”

"A civilization that can't resist even a tsunami, or it can't be called a civilization anymore, it's just a population at most...... If there are no special surprises, it is not worth looking forward to...... You can report back to the leader and prepare for the next experiment......"

Immediately afterward, he sighed again: "When will we be able to obtain technology in addition to biological and chemical directions?" ”

Hearing these words, the leader of the giant termites suddenly rose up, and then reported in a strange tone: "It seems that the material from which this ape creature makes its nest is not a natural material, but a ...... Metal! ”

"What did you say?"

The giant termite leader seemed a little nervous, and his tentacles trembled: "It's indeed purified metal." Near the magma at a depth of 70 kilometers, this naturally occurring shiny metal has been found, which seems to resemble the nests built by this ape! ”

"Oh my God! Metal Tech! The voice trembled, looking extremely excited, "Confirm, confirm carefully!" No, bring them down! No, we're going to go up and confirm for ourselves! ”

"It's a very hard metal technology to come across! It only appears in the records! ”

……

……

"Remember what I told you, 'Light up the tech tree'?"

Inside the Ecology, Duan Qing simply sat down, and continued the topic he had talked about before, and started to ask questions.

"Yes." Xu Liang was sorting out his big backpack at this time, and he turned everything out of the backpack and placed it in a place of almost ten square meters. This action provoked Duan Han's sideways, because she rarely saw Xu Liang prepare for an action so seriously. It seems that Lao Xu is going to be real this time.

While Xu Liang was carefully preparing, Duan Qing was also explaining seriously: "I asked the question of the science and technology tree, and there was a reason. Because the tech tree itself contains a hypothesis: there will be other civilizations that are equally intelligent and can develop technology, and it is very likely that the tech tree will be lit up differently than ours. ”

Xu Liang: "Understandable. It's like the Terrans in Heroes Invincible can produce archangels but not unicorns, unless you occupy the main city of the elves. ”

Duan Qing: "Yes. In fact, there is a default condition in this: that is, we have acquiesced that other creatures are also intelligent. ”

Xu Liang said coldly: "After so many things, I have no doubt that they have wisdom. Now, they've mutated so much that I can't read them at all. ”

Duanqing shook her head: "I'm not talking now, I'm talking about before the mutation, or rather, before the tsunami." ”

"I mean." She continued, "There's no doubt that humans are intelligent, so do you think pets are intelligent? Is there any awareness? Are there any emotions? For example, your cats and dogs? Or like dolphins? Or like the little white rabbit that is harmless to humans and animals? ”

"I'll be clearer." Duan Qing said, "In the past, when we drew comics, it was popular to have a line: 'stupid humans'. This line is often paired when beautiful girls feed cats and dogs, do you think...... Those pets, or rather, those animals, could they really think that? ”