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"All ants wandering around, assemble!"

In the bedroom, the historian ant named Da sent out a signal for the entire ant colony to gather.

Suddenly, countless ants began to move, with soldier ants guarding the way and countless worker ants lining up neatly.

All the ants looked at Da and Di, the two ants.

"Di, Mu, and Yin, they three sought a way from the gods to make us stronger. You, all ants, come before Di, and let Didepictyour meridians for you."

Da waved his antennae and announced to the ants below.

For a moment, they heard that Di had obtained a way to become stronger from the gods.

Countless antennae began to wave.

Obviously, this kind of news was too shocking for these little ants.

Just being close to the gods was already an honor.

Receiving a gift from the gods was an even more unimaginable honor.

"Wait, Di, Mu, and Yin obtained a way to become stronger from the gods. Why is only Di passing on the method to us? Where are Mu and Yin?"

An ant raised a question.

Information transmission among ants was very fast.

This soul-searching question quickly spread to the minds of all the ants.

"Yeah, since Di, Mu, and Yin all went to ask the gods together, where are Mu and Yin now?"

"Could it be that Mu and Yin are already accompanying the gods?"

"Damn, these two guys are actually enjoying the favor of the gods alone. Di is still good, knowing to come back and make us stronger together."

The pheromones exchanged among the ants below were naturally received by Da and Di above.

"Stop! Comrades, stop!"

"Listen to me!"

Di stood above and continuously waved his antennae.

Seeing that the protagonist of this event had spoken, all the ants stopped exchanging pheromones and looked up at Di.

"Mu and Yin are dead. They sacrificed themselves for the way to become stronger. We should always remember them."

As soon as these words were spoken, the ants below began to boil, and countless antennae were waving so fast that they almost left afterimages.

"Yin and Mu are dead? How did they die?"

"Yeah, how could Yin and Mu, such strong warriors, possibly die?"

"This can't be. Yin and Mu were so strong. They can't be dead."

The ants below were abuzz with discussion.

However, their social structure was still simple and pure.

They didn't know anything about conspiracy theories.

The social structure of intelligent beings evolves from simplicity to complexity.

If it were a mature human society now, there would definitely be suspicions that Di had killed Mu and Yin in order to monopolize the secret method of the gods.

Or even, there might be suspicions that Deng Ru had killed Mu and Yin in order to practice some cult technique.

It's like the difference between children and adults.

Adults can become a complex collective for their own benefits, the benefits of their loved ones, or for some strange fetish.

But children are different. In the eyes of most children when they are just born, good is good, and bad is bad.

There aren't so many complicated and scheming thoughts.

During childhood, perhaps the most profound strategy is, "Look! There's a plane in the sky~"

"Listen to me, comrades. Mu and Yin made sacrifices for the gods and the development of our colony. The gods themselves commemorated them. They are gloriously honored!"

As Di spoke, two soldier ants carried a stone engraved with divine power and erected it in the most prominent position.

The stone emitted a slight divine aura, allowing all the ants to understand the words engraved on it.

"Memorial for the Ant Pioneers, Mu and Yin"

"Pioneers?"

"What are pioneers?"

Countless ants were puzzled by this unfamiliar term popping up in their tiny minds.

Just like Di, they were curious about this word they had never heard before.

What does it mean?

"Pioneers, as the gods have said, are ants willing to sacrifice themselves to open up paths for the colony. We call such ants pioneers."

Di explained to the little ants above.

"So that's what it means. Then, Mu and Yin are truly great."

"Yes, they are willing to sacrifice themselves for the colony. They are truly great."

Countless little ants had the same thought in their hearts.

They also wanted to become pioneers commemorated by the gods.

"Alright, comrades, now line up in an orderly manner. Let Di teach you the way to become stronger."

Da said to the ants below.

The group of ants quickly lined up in a disciplined manner.

Di instantly jumped down from the height and began to刻画 meridians for the ants.

"Gan, look carefully. This is how the meridians operate."

Di said to the first little ant.

Soon, Di began to exert a weak divine power, engraving it into Gan's body.

Gan's body also began to twitch uncontrollably, just like Mu and Yin had.

His two antennae trembled continuously, as if he were a person in agony.

This little ant named Gan couldn't even endure it as well as Mu and Yin had.

Even with Di's greatly reduced divine power, he still couldn't bear it.

His six legs kicked out, and he was gone.

"Gan!!!!"

Di's antennae moved vigorously, and all the ants could see the significant emotional change in him.

He couldn't accept the fact that one of his own kind had died by his hands.

They could die in the hands of the rat monster or Deng Ru.

The former was expected, and the latter was glorious.

But they should never, ever die in the hands of Di.

He wasn't an enemy of the colony, so dying in his hands wouldn't be considered brave.

He wasn't a god, so dying in his hands wouldn't be considered a supreme honor.

"Oh my Deng Ru god! Gan is dead! Gan was killed by Di!"

This scene caused panic among countless ants.

The ant formations began to disintegrate as the news spread like wildfire, causing chaos and confusion.

Since the birth of intelligence in their colony,

Their people had only died defending the colony.

Dying by the hands of their own kind was unprecedented.

The ant colony didn't even have laws to judge Di, the ant killer.

They didn't even have basic laws yet.

What they had now was a deep fear of death.

The commotion naturally caught the attention of Deng Ru, who was reviewing materials in the living room.

"Oh ho, the first ant killer has emerged in the ant colony."

Deng Ru watched the chaotic ant colony and Di, whose emotions were extremely unstable and seemed ready to go berserk at any moment, with great interest.

He wanted to see if the ant colony could overcome this historic moment on their own.

No intelligent life doesn't kill its own kind.

Even in a lion pride in nature, the new king will kill the previous king's cubs and all the male lions.

This was an extremely sensitive moment.

If they couldn't overcome it, the social order of these little ants would collapse.

Everyone would be in danger, and the ants would be wary of each other, fearing that they might secretly kill each other.

This was only natural.

The best way to resolve this issue would be for the queen ant to kill Di and establish laws.

However, this would go against Deng Ru's interests.

Di couldn't die. That was his bottom line.

Resolving this conflict without Di's death would be a test of the queen ant's and the colony's leadership, especially Da's abilities.

Of course, if they couldn't handle it, Deng Ru would step in.

After all, this colony of ants was his precious golden finger and his trump card for killing the gods of H City.