"You don't know much about life, so you think it's weird, but in a swarm, it's normal. Milit shook her head, as if she was shaking off her distress and returning to her original laziness, "Most social insect colonies have a clear division of labor, one of them will become the leader of the group, the ant colony has a queen, the bee colony has a queen, and even spiders, which most species live alone, will have a spider mother born when they live in groups, just like the one we met before." ”

"Depending on the division of labor, bugs will also produce different changes, with the leader changing the most. Larger body size, more suitable body structure for production, stronger vitality, higher environmental adaptability, and, in general, intelligence far beyond that of other bugs. Just like the little spiders only know how to eat and fight, but the mutant spider mother can take the little spiders to strategically transfer and defend instead of attack in the cave, this is the difference in intelligence. So it's not surprising that the worms of this world — well, seeing that they have always coexisted peacefully and should belong to a unified race — have a leader among them. ”

But your answer doesn't explain my question. Shur pondered and asked, "If there is a leader with high intelligence, it shouldn't be able to be projected in, or is it not so high that its intelligence is not high enough to be intelligent creatures, so it is projected in like most ordinary monsters?"

"No, it's intellectual...... It should be high enough, and I doubt that its intelligence is no worse than that of us so-called intelligent beings. ”

"Why?" asked Shure, "is there an argument?"

"Want to know?" the necromancer squinted, a mysterious smile on the corner of his mouth, and hooked his finger towards Shuer, smearing his bright red nails with seductive temptation, "Come here and I'll tell you." ”

"Oh?" the two of them sat facing each other, Shuer's pupils shrank, and he leaned over and poked his head in a smile, "What do you want to tell me?"

"Heh......" Milit reached out and grabbed Shure's neckline, pulling him closer to herself, almost with her face pressed against her face, bringing her lips to his ear, and said with a sneer in the lowest voice, "So you can't guess it, Lord Commander. ”

"Hehe, there's a lot more I don't know. Shuer was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized, tilted his head slightly, and deliberately put his face on it, causing Miridi to subconsciously get out of the way, which was like blowing lightly on her earlobe, and said with a low smile, "For example, I don't know, it turns out that Ms. Miriday, who is boldly dressed, has sophisticated manners, and knows so much about women, is actually so pure when facing men." And I don't know what the noble Mirith will do when she is controlled by jealousy? ”

"Hmph, damn bastard. The corners of Miriday's mouth twitched, and she lowered her voice and said, "You're very close to some idiot today, hmph, don't be complacent, when I trample you under your feet and let you lick my feet obediently, she will know that you are just a scum." ”

"It's jealousy. Shuer's smile was quite ambiguous, "You don't have to wait, you can lick it at any time, how about it, do you want to start......?"

"Enough, if you want to flirt, go to the house, don't waste my time. Mia slapped the table hard, "Have you finished whispering, and tell us the answer when you're done." ”

"Hehe, another jealous heart. Blowing another breath of hot air, "The lethality of my scum is really great, how about it, do you want to show her the essence of my scum now, licking it from the left foot, or ......"

"Hmph, we'll see. Mirita pushed hard and pushed Shure back into place, hiding the slight panic in her heart, "The argument you want, you have already said it yourself. ”

"Oh, what is it?" Shure's meaningful gaze swept over the faces of the two women, "Is it the change in their marching form?"

"Not only that, but there are also new types of bugs, even the fortress itself. Miridy thought for a while, shook her head, and said, "It's too troublesome, I'll explain my thoughts to you." ”

"In my guess, the swarm of this world originally had only a few leaders, maybe even one, so I'll call it the queen, it's a fitting name, isn't it?"

"Snort. Mia sneered, expressing her contempt in a wordless voice.

"Hmph, flat-chested, you'll see. Miridy made a threatening gesture and went on to explain, "These leaders, at the very least, have intelligence no less than normal human intelligence, why am I so sure? It is clear that humans are at war with these bugs, and in their local form, bugs have the upper hand. We have seen a part of the human weapon technology, and based on this part of what we see, if the insects only rely on instinct or low intelligence to fight, is it possible to achieve such a result?"

Of course it is impossible, in the face of those sharp firearms and weapons and even combat vehicles on the human side with the flesh, if there is no unified command, exquisite cooperation, and advanced strategy, the insects would have been eliminated long ago, let alone have the upper hand.

"Therefore, the commanders or commanders of the bugs are definitely intelligent creatures, and their souls can definitely be counted as the souls of intelligent creatures. However, the conditions for the birth of the projection of the other world will not become, so in the scope of the projection world, there are no commanders, they are only remotely commanding through the characteristics of the swarm, so as to explain the reason for the smooth birth of the projection world. ”

"So you mean that the current commander only appeared after the birth of the projection world?" Putting aside the ambiguous temptation just now, Shul slapped his thigh and said, "Is this possible?"

"As I said before, swarms have queens, and in the case of ant colonies, the largest one is the queen ant, which is the most important link in the continuation of the swarm. But what if the queen dies, whether it's an accident or an exhaustion of life, and does the colony die with it? Of course not. ”

"In order to continue the colony, it is not known whether one of the ants will be chosen by common choice or according to other criteria, in short, the body and mind of one ant will automatically change and become a new queen. There is one case, and another is grouping, such as bee colony. When the colony expands to a certain extent and the environment cannot accommodate the number of bees, one bee will become another queen, and then leave the homeland with a large number of bees to develop into another colony. ”

"Basically, all swarms with leaders will use these two methods to create a new queen, and the essence of the two methods is actually the same, that is, when needed, an ordinary bug will transform into a queen and take over the entire race. ”

"The swarm has given birth to a new queen...... "Shure squinted his eyes and nodded very slowly, "It shouldn't be over yet, you continue." ”

"The new queen was born in response to the needs of the swarm, but even for the sake of the race, it must comply with the basic rules, and you can't say who is designated, who will become the new queen, there must be a process of change. The time of birth of the new queen of each swarm is different, I don't know about this kind of otherworldly bugs in the projection world, I don't know how long it will take for them to transform into a new queen, but from the perspective of common sense, such a large body size, such a high intelligence, it should be a very long process, and it is not surprising that it takes ten or eight years. ”

"Five hours. ”

"Yes, five hours, even if you count the time that the projection world drifted in the twisted void before the projection door opened, it shouldn't be enough for this world to give birth to a new queen, but unfortunately, we are here. ”

"Understood. Shure nodded, "Outside stimulus." ”

"Yes, there should be no fighting in the projection world before we arrive. ”

"Well, no. "Judging from the performance of the fortress's control system, she will not take the initiative to attack, and other fortresses should be similar, and will only attack if they find a bug at a warning distance." And the insects don't seem to like to leave the area covered by the fungus blanket, and their strength will weaken a lot after leaving. Therefore, the spheres of control of the two sides did not cross, and a fight was unlikely. ”

"That's right, the swarm was not threatened, and the new queen could change normally, but suddenly, here we were, and the burrowing spiders also came, slaughtering a large number of bugs that attacked us. But the insects have nothing to do with outsiders, especially burrowing spiders, and it is difficult to even hurt the spiders. In order to cope with the stimulus, they had to change the process of the birth of a new queen, this acceleration is not a conscious act, but the way the entire race responds to the continuation, which is engraved in the bloodline and passed down from generation to generation. ”

"Is it possible?"

"Of course it is possible, in fact, the insect swarm of Pavatiga has a similar phenomenon, constantly stimulating the swarm, and the birth speed of the new worm queen will be accelerated a lot, but it is not so fast, but this is an otherworldly projection, not Pavatiga, and these bugs are not creatures that Pavatiga can appear. Therefore, under the stimulus, the possibility of a new queen being born within a few hours is very high. After the birth of the new queen, the whole swarm obeys her orders, and her will represents the will of the swarm, so she can control all the bugs to obey the order in the march. ”

"But what about other kinds of bugs?" It's not the same to have life science experts involved in the discussion, if you let Shul think about it for himself, I'm afraid I won't be able to come up with these conclusions for several years, maybe, Moria is really right?Shul shook his head secretly, put aside these chaotic thoughts for a while, and continued to ask, "It was sent after it was born? But before, why didn't they come out and attack on their own?"

"Before? Did they really exist before?"

"Huh?"

"No, nothing. Milit wasn't sure, "I'll see tomorrow, I'll examine the bug's corpse tomorrow and maybe find out." ”

"Okay. Shuer clapped his hands, "That's all for today, what's the problem, we'll discuss it tomorrow afternoon, you all go and rest now." ”

"We're all going to rest, what about you?"

"I? Hehe, guess how long it took me to go from being exposed to the lingua franca to being able to have the simplest conversations? The answer is...... I forgot about it too. ”