Chapter 379: Ants Eat People
Central Southern Wilderness, Red Ant Tribe.
"The harvest this time is too small, not even enough for us to eat, let alone bring the prey back to the tribe."
"Stop talking. I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten much in the past two days."
"I'm hungry too..."
In the forest outside the Red Ant Tribe, a hunting team was walking towards the tribe dejectedly. Apart from two animal skins, they did not bring back any food.
Everyone in the hunting team was pale and thin, obviously suffering from frequent hunger and malnutrition. They looked even worse than the people in the small tribe.
At this time, a group of red giant ants walked in a line from a distance. They used their strong mouthparts to hold some scraps of food, and their line was very neat when they walked.
Originally, the tribesmen were very friendly to the totem god's people, and even treated them as friends of equal status.
However, when the hunting team saw these red ants, there was something wrong with their eyes, a hint of disgust, even hostility, but they did not dare to show it too obviously.
After the red ants walked away, a young warrior from the hunting team whispered, "It's all because of these giant red ants. They have snatched away all the food around the tribe."
When the leader of the hunting team heard this, his face suddenly changed. He grabbed the warrior by the collar and said in a low voice, "Shut up. How can you say such a thing? Do you want to die?"
The young warrior said stiffly, "I am telling the truth! The number of giant red ants has long outnumbered our people by many times. They crawl far and eat a lot. When they find food, they carry it all back to the ant nest and leave nothing for us. We often go hungry."
When the leader of the hunting team heard these words, he was so angry that he wanted to slap him.
However, when he turned around and saw the members of the hunting team, he found that they obviously agreed with the young warrior's statement. Everyone was eerily silent, staring at him, which made him feel uneasy.
The leader of the hunting team slowly put down his hands and persuaded in a very low voice: "Some things should be known in your heart, but never spoken out, unless you want to betray the Red Ant God and the tribe!"
The words "betraying the tribe" were like a bucket of cold water poured on the heads of the hunting team, instantly turning the anger and excitement in their hearts into ice.
As tribal people, they have lived in the tribe since childhood, grew up listening to various legends of the tribe, and have an extremely strong sense of belonging and honor to the tribe.
Betraying the totem god and the tribe is not only emotionally difficult to accept, but the cost is also unbearable for them, because it means they will lose the power of the totem, their homes, and even their lives.
The leader of the hunting team continued to persuade, "Let's go back to the tribe first. We will think of a way to get food."
After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the huge ant nest-shaped building.
The other soldiers looked at each other, and finally resigned themselves to their fate and walked back.
But this does not mean that they have forgotten this matter in their hearts, they just hide their anger even deeper.
In fact, it was not just this hunting team that encountered this situation; all the members of the entire Red Ant Tribe encountered the same dilemma.
Although there is no snow in the central part of the Southern Wilderness during the winter, a drop in temperature is inevitable, and all kinds of animals and plants still follow the laws of the four seasons.
This means that after winter, the amount of food found in the forest will be significantly reduced.
With not much food in stock, the reduction in food, coupled with the plundering of the red giant ants, caused the entire red ant tribe to often go hungry.
When the most basic living conditions were threatened, the members of the Red Ant Tribe felt great resentment towards the giant red ants that reproduced crazily and competed with humans for food.
As time goes by, this resentment will grow deeper and deeper until it suddenly erupts at a certain opportunity, resulting in unpredictable serious consequences.
What they don't know is that this opportunity will come much faster than most people imagine! ...
The ninth year of the Teng tribe, early December.
An old and highly respected warrior in the tribe passed away. According to custom, his body would be sent deep into the ant nest, and his soul would forever accompany the Red Ant God.
For the tribesmen of the Red Ant Tribe, this was supposed to be a supreme honor. However, during the funeral, an accident occurred! A giant red ant, either because it was extremely hungry or because it was used to eating, did not wait for the body to be carried into the ant nest, but ate a piece of meat from the dead body while waiting!
This old warrior had a very high prestige in the Red Ant Tribe, and many tribesmen attended the funeral.
When everyone saw the giant red ants eating the old soldier, they were immediately outraged.
Someone shouted in horror: "The giant red ants are eating people! The giant red ants are eating people!"
A family member threw himself on the body of the deceased, crying bitterly, "Grandpa Yangjiao..."
There were also many people looking at the miserable corpses, tightly grasping the spears in their hands, the anger in their hearts rapidly rising, gradually burning their reason.
Especially when they thought about how the giant red ants usually snatched food and made everyone starve, the resentment that had been accumulating in everyone's hearts for many days was about to explode! "Kill this man-eating demon!"
Someone in the crowd shouted angrily, instantly igniting this huge powder keg.
“Whoosh!”
A spear quickly stabbed at the man-eating giant red ant, followed by the second, the third...
Although the red giant ant had a hard shell, it was unable to withstand so many angry warriors. Before it could even resist, it was stabbed into a sieve and died tragically next to the body of the old warrior.
"hiss!"
The tragic death of their companions angered the red giant ants that were watching nearby. Under the command of the largest red giant ant, they began to spray formic acid at the soldiers, and then pounced on them with their fangs and claws.
The battle between humans and red giant ants broke out instantly. Countless warriors fought desperately with the red giant ants they were familiar with. The entire tribe fell into chaos in a very short time.
"Stop, everyone stop!"
"Stop hitting me!"
The leader and witch of the red ant tribe shouted at the top of their lungs, and tried hard to separate their people from the red giant ants and make them stop fighting.
However, those tribesmen have long been resentful and are now bloodthirsty, so how can they be stopped?
Not to mention the red giant ants. They have limited IQ and cannot be commanded by anyone except the queen ant. When they fight, they will kill without any scruples.
Originally, this was just an accidental behavior of a giant red ant, but it ended up causing unrest in the entire tribe.
Faced with the chaotic situation, the leader and witch of the Red Ant Tribe were overwhelmed for a moment and had no idea how to stop the battle.
Especially the leader Guli, he knew clearly that the current red ant god was not their original totem god at all, and he also knew that the living space of his people was being compressed smaller and smaller by the red giant ants, and it was becoming more and more difficult.
In the current situation, he actually wanted to lead his people to fight hard and completely overthrow the rule of the Red Ant God, but reason told him that this was simply unrealistic because the gap in strength between the two sides was too great.
For a moment, Gu Li was in extreme struggle and pain, not knowing what to do.
Thanks to the leader "閒看苑" for the reward of 500 book coins.
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