Chapter 43 The New Queen
"You don't know about life science, so you feel it's strange. In fact, this is a very normal phenomenon in the insect swarm." Militi shook her head, as if she was throwing away her worries and returning to her original laziness. "Most of the swarms have clear division of labor. One of them will become the leader of the group. There are queens of the ant colony, and queens of the bee colony. Even spiders, which are mostly living alone, will be born when living in groups, just like the one we met before."
"Depending on the division of labor, bugs will also undergo different changes, among which the leader changes the most. A larger body shape, a more suitable body structure for production, stronger vitality, higher environmental adaptability, and far exceeds the intelligence 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, defend instead of attacking in the cave, which is the difference in intelligence. So, the insects in this world - well, seeing that they can always coexist peacefully, should belong to the unified group - there is nothing strange about a leader being born."
"But your answer does not explain my question." Shuer asked, "If there is a high-intellectual leader, it should not be projected in, or is it not as high as a smart creature, so it is projected in just like most ordinary monsters?"
"No, its intelligence... should be high enough. I doubt its intelligence is no worse than what we call intelligent creatures."
"Why?" Shuer asked, "Is there any argument?"
"Want to know?" The undead mage narrowed his eyes, and a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He hooked his fingers at Shul, and applied bright red nails with a seductive temptation. "Come here, I'll tell you."
"Oh?" The two of them were sitting face to face. Shuer's pupils shrank, and he leaned over and leaned over with a smile, "What do you want to tell me?"
"Ha..." Militi reached out and grabbed Shul's neckline, pulled him closer to him, almost facing his face, put his lips to his ear, and sneered and said in the lowest voice, "So you can't guess, Commander."
"Haha, I don't know much." Shul was stunned, and immediately realized something. He tilted his head slightly and deliberately put his face on his face, which made Militi subconsciously move a little apart. Then he blew a little like a gentle breath on his earlobe and said with a low smile, "For example, I don't know. Ms. Militi, who was dressed boldly, had a sophisticated manner, and knew so well about women, was actually so pure when facing men. And I don't know what the noble Militi would do when controlled by jealousy? Hahahaha."
"Hmph, damn bastard." Militi said in a low voice, "You are very close to a fool today. Humph, don't be proud. When I step you under my feet and let you lick my feet obediently, she will know that your essence is just a scum."
"It's true that I'm jealous." Xiu's smile was quite ambiguous. "Don't wait, you can lick it at any time. How about it? Do you want to start? Hahaha..."
"Enough, if you want to flirt, go to the house and don't waste my time." Mia slapped the table hard, "Are you finished whispering? Let's tell us the answer after you finish it."
"Haha, it's another jealous heart." He blew another breath of heat, "My scum is really lethal. How about it? Should I show her the essence of scum now? Should I start licking from my left foot, or..."
"Hmph, wait and see." Militi pushed hard, pushing Shul back to his original position, concealing the slight panic in his heart. "You have already said the argument you want before."
"Oh? What?" Shure's meaningful gaze swept across the faces of the two women, "Is it the change in their marching formation?"
"Not only, there are new types of bugs, even the fortress itself." Militi thought for a while and shook her head, "It's so troublesome. I'll explain my thoughts to you."
"In my guess, there were only a few leaders in this world, and maybe even one. I would call it the queen. It's a very suitable name, right?"
"Swish." Mia sneered and expressed her contempt with silence.
"Hmph, flat chest, wait and see." Militi made a threatening gesture and continued to explain, "These leaders at least have intelligence that is no less than normal humans. Why am I so sure? Because of this fortress. Obviously, humans are in a state of war with these bugs, and from the perspective of local forms, bugs have the upper hand. We have seen some of the human weapon technology. Just based on this part, if the bugs fight only with instinct or low intelligence, can they achieve such results?"
Of course it is impossible. If the sharp guns, weapons and even combat vehicles of the human side were not unified in command, exquisite cooperation, and advanced strategies, the insects would have been eliminated long ago, let alone gain the upper hand.
"So, the commanders or commanders of insects are definitely intelligent creatures, and their souls can definitely be regarded as the souls of intelligent creatures. However, the conditions for the birth of projections in another world will not become. Therefore, there is no commander within the scope of the projection world. They are just commanding remotely through the characteristics of the insect swarm, so that the reason for the successful birth of the projection world can be explained."
"So what you mean is that the current commander only appeared after the birth of the projection world?" Putting aside the ambiguous temptation just now, Shuer knocked on his thigh and said, "Is this possible?"
"I said before that there are queens in insect swarms. Take an ant colony for example. The largest one is the queen, which is the most important part of the continuation of the insect swarm. However, whether it is an accident or a lifespan exhaustion, what if the queen dies? Will the ant colony die? Of course it is impossible."
"In order to continue the race, one of the ants is not sure whether it is a joint choice or a selection based on other standards. In short, the body and spirit of an ant will automatically change and become a new queen. This is one situation, and another situation is grouping, such as bee colonies. When the bee colony expands to a certain level and the environment cannot accommodate the number of bees, a bee will become another queen, and then take a large number of bees to leave the hometown and develop into another group."
"Basically, all the insect swarms with leaders will use these two methods to produce a new queen, and the essence of the two methods is actually the same, that is, when needed, a common insect will transform into a queen and take over the entire race."
"The swarm has a new queen..." Shuer nodded very slowly, "It shouldn't be over yet, you continue."
"The new queen was born in response to the needs of the swarms, but even for the sake of the race, it must comply with the basic rules. It cannot be said that whoever is designated will become the new queen. There must be a process of change. Each swarm has a different time to be born. I don't know how long it takes for them to transform the new queen in the projection world. But from common sense, such a large body size and such high intelligence 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 we count the time when the projection world drifts in the twisted void before the projection door is opened, it should not be enough to give birth to a new queen in this world, but unfortunately, we are here."
"I understand." Shuer nodded, "Outsider stimulation."
"Yes, before we arrive, there should be no battle in the projection world."
"Well, no." Shuer affirmed, "From the performance of the fortress's control system, she will not attack actively. Other fortresses should be similar. They will attack only if they find that the insects enter the alert distance. The insects do not seem to like to leave the coverage of the bacteria blanket, and their strength will be greatly weakened after leaving. Therefore, the control ranges of both sides do not cross, and it is unlikely that a battle will occur."
"That's right. The swarm was not threatened at first, and the new queen could change normally. But suddenly, we came, and the cave spiders also came, slaughtering a large number of insects that attacked us. The insects were helpless with outsiders, especially the cave spiders. It was difficult for them to hurt the spiders even if they were injured. The abnormal situation will inevitably make the swarm feel serious threats and even shake the root of their survival. In order to deal with the stimulus, they have to change the process of the birth of the new queen. This acceleration is not a conscious behavior, but a way of coping made by the entire race to continue. It is engraved in the bloodline and passed down from generation to generation."
"Is it possible?"
"Of course, it is possible that the insect swarms of Pavatiga have similar phenomena. Continuously stimulating the insect swarm, the birth speed of the new insects will accelerate a lot, but it is not so fast. But this is a projection of another world, not Pavatiga, and these insects are not creatures that Pavatiga can appear. Therefore, under stimulation, a new queen is born within a few hours. After the new queen is born, the entire insect swarm obeys her orders, and her will represents the will of the insect swarm, so she can control all insects to obey order in the march."
"But what about other types of bugs?" It's different for experts in life science to participate in the discussion. If Shure thought about it himself, he would probably not be able to come up with these conclusions after several years. Perhaps Moria is really right. Shure shook his head secretly, temporarily put aside these messy thoughts, and continued to ask, "It was only sent after it was born? But what about it before? Why didn't they come out to attack by themselves?"
"Previous? Did they really exist before?"
"Um?"
"No, nothing." Militi was not sure, "Let's look at it tomorrow. If you check the worm's body tomorrow, you may find the answer."
"Okay." Shure clapped his hands, "I'll be here today. If you have any questions, I'll discuss it tomorrow afternoon. You all go to rest now."
"We're all going to rest, what about you?"
Chapter completed!