(Ants belong to the order Hymenoptera, termites belong to the order Isoptera, the relationship between the two is very shallow, and the reason why they are similar in appearance and behavior is because of convergent evolution.) Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info)

In a way, social insects such as ants and termites may be the species most similar to humans who have completed class differentiation and developed urban civilization.

They live in groups, and an anthill may contain tens to millions of individuals of the same kind, with a clear division of labor. Leaf-cutting ants, for example, even know how to use leaves to cultivate fungi, which makes them completely agricultural creatures. There is also an even more wonderful kind of slave ant, which can turn other kinds of ants into its own slaves through "war" and other behaviors, and live a life of "opening its mouth for food and stretching out its hands for clothing" -- all of which have a lot in common with human beings who have entered the age of civilization.

To put it another way, when humans are many times smaller, aren't they most like ants?

"Ants?" Antoine was startled, and he thought nervously for a moment, "You have a point. When we zoom out a lot, it's really the most like ants. You're on this trip to verify that?"

Levi nodded, "When the people who scouted the giant animals came back, I flipped through their reports overnight and found something special. Well, let me explain to you, in our place, what the people below report to me is called a report. He paused, "Anyway, in what they reported to me, I suddenly had some inspiration and thought about it. When I figured out that we were most similar to ants, I set my sights on the animals that feed on them. This time, I'm going to investigate an anteater, and it's a long-tongued beast. ”

The long-tongued beast in his mouth is an aardvark-like animal with a black body, sharp and strong front paws, and a head with branch-like horns like a deer.

It was an animal that Levi had never seen before, and was probably endemic to Roland. But he knew it from a series of features, such as its sharp claws, narrow pointed mouth, specialized snout, and long, thin, mucus tongue. When he asked if the guy was feeding on ants, Anthony, who was doing the reporting work below, was surprised that the long-tongued beast was not a common animal on the Limestone Collar.

Actually, it's not hard to guess.

The ant's habits make it easy for the animals that feed on it to evolve in convergence.

Anteaters, aardvarks, pangolins, and the newly discovered long-tongued beast all share some common characteristics. For example, claws, which are used to dig up strong anthills. There are also pointed and narrow mouths, long and thin tongues full of mucus that have evolved for ease of feeding, so that they can penetrate the anthill as much as possible, and as for the additional sticky secretions, they can prey on more ants.

"Long-tongued beast?!" Antoine thought for a moment, slowly remembering the animal as well, "How are you going to test it?"

"With my listening voice, of course, I have to figure out if it will treat us like a new kind of ants. If it will, it means that we are in this danger. Levi's expression was serious, "Not only this large anteater, but also many small insects need special attention. In a way, they are more dangerous than giant anteaters because they are more reclusive. ”

He paused, "There's one more thing on the report that I'm paying attention to. That is, although the size of small insects will not become too large, the number of giant insects can be very large. It mentioned that they found hundreds of ants about the size of a man in a valley, and even released one. From the fact that the one that escaped had wings on its back, I suspect it's a queen ant. Taken together, this represents the possibility for them to develop into a new population. I have a guess if the ancestor of this giant insect is a giant creature......"

At this point, he suddenly looked at the reddened sky, "Okay, let's not talk about it anymore, it may be too late." ”

The airship lifts off.

Standing on the deck ahead, Levi's gaze passed through the transparent light mask on the outside of the airship. He unconsciously looked down at the streets and alleys of Graystone City. There was a stream of people walking through it below, but his expression was stagnant - the airship was already two or three hundred meters above the ground, and looking down at the moment, this weaving crowd was not as small as ants?

Because of the previous conjecture, scenes suddenly appeared in his mind.

......

A giant bee with a hideous jaw ambushed by the city gate. When the person comes out, he bites it, stabs it into the chest with his tail spines and injects the toxin, and then flapps his wings.

An eight-legged terrifying giant spider hiding in front of and behind the house. Under the quiet moonlight, a large net was quietly weaved, set up in front of the house, at the crossroads.

On the flat street, a deep pit suddenly appeared. When someone approached curiously, they would unconsciously slip under their feet and fall into the pit, where they would be dismantled by the hunters waiting for them.

A terrifying beast that wields its huge sharp front paws and continues to dig through the walls. As soon as they enter the town, they push to the building of the house. Then lower your head and shoot out your thin, long tongue to catch humans like licking ants. Countless people wailed, but in the end they all disappeared into its long, pointed and narrow mouth.

......

Levi clenched his fists.

Not to mention his current status as the lord here, as a single person, he can't tolerate such a thing happening. Always stop them!

As the airship sailed away from here and into the more open wilderness beyond town, Antoine stepped out of the cabin behind him.

"What you thought before may indeed be true. The old man looked at the people on the deck, "The resistance magic possessed by the Earth Helmet Worm is very similar to the forbidden magic field of the giant god creatures. It could even be said that it was a kind of inferior forbidden magic field. ”

When Levi heard his words, he immediately came back to his senses.

"Ah, you're telling you true?" he turned his head to look at the old man who appeared behind him, "Is there really a connection between them?"

"That's right. Antoine looked solemn, "I thought carefully about the characteristics of the forbidden magic field, and compared it with the resistance to the magic resistance, and sure enough, I found that there are many similarities. The reason why the forbidden magic field has a partitioning effect on arcane arts is that it can induce a mutation in mana, which can disintegrate the equation in all aspects. Resist magic, although it is not as effective, but the principle is still similar. It also dismantles the arcane from within through a mutation of magical power, but it only occurs in the third stage of arcane formation. Although I am not majoring in the school of protection, I still understand the many properties of these two forces. ”

"I guess only you wizards can understand what you're saying, and I don't understand it at all. Levi looked dazed, "Can you say it simpler......