I am the rise of an empire of ants

Chapter 3 Ant Nest
The leading soldier ant stood there panting for a while, and seeing that everyone had almost recovered, he made another gesture, telling everyone to leave quickly.

Although there are no black-headed ants chasing them here, they are still in the territory of the red ants after all. If they meet, it will inevitably be another bloody battle.So the most important thing to do now is to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

Everyone didn't communicate any more, and followed the leading soldier ant silently with their heads down.The temperature is still very high, the asphalt road surface seems to be roasted, and there is a burnt smell.

The four ants lined up and walked forward one by one. Li Chunsheng walked at the end of the line, thinking silently by himself.

From now on, I have officially become a member of the ant team, whether I want to or not, this is already destined by God.No matter what happens in the future, whether it is suffering or happiness, forget everything about the past, and act as if you were born an ant and never stayed in the human world.

It’s better to die than to live. If you want to survive among the ants, you have to adapt to their habits and way of life. Li Chunsheng doesn’t exist anymore, so just forget his name. From now on, I only have one ant. The name, then it is called "Huanghuang".

Everyone walked back along the angle between the bus stop and the non-motorized vehicle lane. It may be because of the hot weather. On this section of the road, none of the red-headed ants appeared in front of them, and they passed through smoothly. The territory of red-headed ants has come to their own territory.

Smelling the familiar smell in the air and watching the ants of our own tribe busy and busy in front of our eyes, everyone relaxed at the same time.The leading soldier ant used its tentacles to order Chenchen behind it to say: "Chenchen, you take Huanghuang to the confinement room and put him in confinement. Cheche and I will continue to patrol here."

Chenchen nodded, and just about to agree, Cheche ran up to the soldier ant and communicated with it: "Guard Huaihuai, let me go, I just have to go back to do something, you and Chenchen Let's patrol here!"

The soldier ant named Huaihuai gave Cheche a hesitant look, as if he had some concerns about it.But in the end it still nodded and took Chenchen away.

Huang Huang has been standing by and watching them. Although he doesn't know what they are talking about, but seeing them looking at him while communicating, he guesses that what they are talking about is related to him. Later, he saw the soldier ant with a The two of Chenchen left, leaving only Cheche with her, knowing that it was going to take her to confinement.

To be honest, he doesn't like the ant too much. When a person doesn't like you, you can feel it from his eyes, movements, and demeanor, so you also instinctively dislike him.Cheche is such an example. When Huang Huang saw it for the first time, he felt that it was very disgusting to him, and even looked at him with eyes full of disdain.He doesn't know why it hates him so much, but he understands that it doesn't like him very much, that's for sure.

Cheche stood there all the time, and when the inspector Huaihuai led Chenchen away, he gestured to Huanghuang, signaling him to follow him.Then, it didn't care about Huang Huang, and walked forward on its own.

Huang Huang followed behind Cheche, knowing that it was taking him to the ant nest, he couldn't help but feel a little hopeful in his heart.He grew up in the countryside. He often played with ants when he was young. He was always curious about what the inside of the ant nest looked like. The size of the ant nests he dug was not less than a dozen.But every time the ant nest is dug up, all you see is the ants in the nest crawling around, but you can't see the overall structure of the ant nest.This time, as an ant, he was able to personally experience the shape of the ant nest, which made him both nervous and excited.

Cheche walked straight ahead with Huang Huang, crossed the non-motorized vehicle lane, and came to the steps connecting the roadside and sidewalk.At the steps by the sidewalk, there is a gap between two adjacent stones, which is the gate of Huang Huang's ant nest.

Generally speaking, the gates of ant nests are usually built on relatively high ground. This is due to the need for waterproofing. There is a lot of rain in summer, and the collected rainwater can easily flow back into the nests on relatively low ground.It is precisely because of this consideration that the gate of Huang Huang's ant nest is suspended in the middle of two stones, and there is still a distance of two to three centimeters from the non-motorized road below.

Cheche took Huang Huang to the gate of the ant nest, and climbed to the gate along the vertical stone at a 90-degree angle.At the door, Cheche met a soldier ant with a broken tentacles. It communicated with the soldier ant with its tentacles, and then glanced at Huang Huang behind him.

Huang Huang, who was following Cheche, saw the soldier ant gloating at him, and instead of continuing to communicate with Cheche, it crawled down the rock.

Cheche took Huang Huang and continued to walk through the door. This time, it didn't even look back, with a very serious expression on its face.

Huang Huang entered the door, and he looked around curiously inside the door. This is a long passage. The soil on the floor and walls of the passage is very smooth, and the material is also very compact, which is obviously processed.The channel extends obliquely all the way to the ground. On both sides of the channel, from time to time there will be a fork or a room, which is connected by other channels. The entire ant nest is winding, like a huge maze.

Huang Huang has long heard that ants are the best builders in the world.The buildings they built include barracks, palaces, nursery rooms, and storerooms. These buildings are scattered and connected to each other with passages. Now it seems that they are so.

Cheche walked in front and greeted the ants he met from time to time. Many ants also knew Huang Huang, and they also greeted Huang Huang after greeting Cheche.Huang Huang didn't know anyone, so when he saw others greeting him, he had no choice but to follow suit.

Cheche led Huang Huang east to west and turned into a side road, and came to the door of a room. The location here is relatively remote, and it is rare to meet other ants greeting them in the passage.

Cheche stood at the door and did not leave. It turned around and motioned for Huang Huang to go in first.

Huang Huang stood at the door in a daze, he didn't expect this room to be a confinement room.In his impression, the confinement room should be a dark and damp place, with an iron door at the door, iron bars on the windows, and there may be guards patrolling back and forth.But the room in front of him was no different from the other rooms he had seen. The inside of the room was empty, with passages connecting both ends, not even a door.What kind of confinement is this?What if the person who was locked up ran out!

In fact, he didn't know that ants are social animals. An ant that exists alone is very weak in front of nature. It will not survive for more than three days without the shelter of the group. This is why the confinement room has no doors and windows. The reason is gone.Having lost the trust of its companions, even if you want it to run away, it doesn't dare!

Seeing that Huang Huang was still standing at the door in a daze, Cheche suddenly stretched out his hand and swiped vigorously, onto Huang Huang's head, and sent Huang Huang into the confinement room.From the very beginning of looking for Huang Huang today, it held its breath and vowed to teach him a lesson when it finds him.

Huang Huang was hit hard by the sudden blow, he was caught off guard and fell to the ground of the confinement room.

Seeing that Huang Huang fell down, Cheche jumped up, punched and kicked Huang Huang, and then bit Huang Huang's body.In his heart, he was determined to teach Huang Huang a lesson, to see if he dared to run around outside again next time!
Huang Huang was beaten by Cheche and was lying on the ground with injuries all over her body.He didn't know why Cheche would attack him so hard. No wonder the soldier ant he met at the gate just gloated over his misfortune. It turned out that Cheche had planned for him a long time ago!

He didn't fight back, just lay on the ground and kept rolling, avoiding the thorough attack.One of the reasons why he didn't fight back was that he didn't know whether Cheche beat him within the penalty measure of confinement, and another reason was that he still owed him a favor for saving his life just now, so he still Can't touch it.

Cheche was tired from the beating, and saw that his injury was not serious, so he stopped.It stood in front of Huang Huang, and warned him with its tentacles: "Be more honest in the future, if you dare not listen to me again, you will look at me!" After finishing speaking, it kicked Huang Huang hard again, Turn around and leave.

Huang Huang was lying on the ground covered in injuries, moaning constantly.He suddenly felt that he was very sad, an ant that could be crushed to death with a light touch of his hand on weekdays could bully him like this, what's the point of living these days, it might as well be smashed to death.He felt that his life was really worse than death now, and the days to come could only be counted as one day.

After Huang Huang moaned for a while, the moans gradually subsided.It was quiet around, and there was no one around, even if he yelled loudly, no one could hear him, why don't you save some energy yourself!
My whole body was in pain, especially the left shoulder, and I felt a kind of pain that went deep into the bone marrow.Huang Huang lay on the ground and didn't want to move, he was completely exhausted now.

With the pain all over his body, his consciousness gradually became blurred.The hardships and exhaustion along the way made his physical strength exhausted. In addition, he almost passed the gate of hell just now, which made his spirit reach the verge of collapse.Once relaxed mentally and physically, he feels very tired.He closed his eyes, yawned, and fell asleep quickly.

After an unknown amount of time, he woke up.The wound on the left arm was still burning, which was nothing. What made him unbearable the most was the bursts of hunger in his stomach.From this morning until now, he hasn't eaten a single meal. Calculating the time, it should be almost evening now. He feels weak all over and has no strength at all.

He looked in the direction of the door anxiously, hoping that someone could bring him food.No matter what, I have already accepted the punishment, so I have to give myself something to eat!He lay powerlessly on the ground, looking at the door eagerly from time to time, hoping to hear the footsteps of the food delivery person.

There was a mess of footsteps in the aisle, as if many ants were walking on the aisle.Huang Huang became nervous, he thought it was food for himself.But then those footsteps disappeared, and the surroundings became quiet again.Huang Huang was lying on the ground, not knowing what was going on outside. Those ants might have gone to eat, or they might have finished their meal and went back to the barracks to sleep.

His stomach began to feel hungry again, which made him feel very uncomfortable.He struggled to get up, wanting to go out and have a look, but as soon as he stood up, he felt a piercing pain in his left arm, and he fell to the ground again.

(End of this chapter)