Rebirth: I Became a Maggot 2

I looked at the two queen ants in front of me with great frustration. Their kind smiles reminded me of Rong Momo.

Why does that smile give me the creeps?

I feel like I've been tricked, like I'm being sent to my death.

Faced with the queen ant's question, I really don't want to answer it. How am I supposed to answer it? I'm just an ordinary person. How could I possibly fight a war? And is fighting a war even my business?

"There's no other way," I said, telling the truth.

What could I do? I'm not like those cheesy, third-rate novel protagonists who just use some kind of magic to solve those ants.

Suddenly a large number of red ants are about to attack me. What should I do?

"Oh? Don't you have any ideas at all?" the ant queen, whom I didn't recognize, asked curiously.

"There's nothing I can do," I said, telling the truth.

The ant queen I didn't recognize looked at the ant queen we did recognize with a puzzled expression, as if to say, "This is not what you said."

The queen ant I knew seemed to have read the mind of the queen ant opposite me and said to me, "One-two, you've seen the situation now. If you don't help, the consequences could be extremely serious. At that time, it won't just be your food anymore, but your life could be threatened."

I was speechless at the queen ant's words. What could I do? Were I really supposed to be given a swarm of ants to charge into battle? How could I possibly do that?

"I know that, but aren't your two soldier ants enough to stop those red ants? You're two ant colonies, after all," I asked earnestly.

“We are indeed two ant colonies, but those red ants outnumber us three to one. Their reproduction rate is extremely fast, which we can’t match. Moreover, they took advantage of our heavy losses and abundant food after the rain, and the fact that we were exhausted. No matter how you look at it, we are in danger this time. So I have faith in you,” the queen ant I knew said sincerely.

Being recognized by others is an exceptionally happy thing, but being recognized in this situation makes me feel very conflicted.

This means you're acknowledging me, which means I have to risk my life? I'd rather not have this kind of acknowledgment.

But I've already refused several times. If I refuse again, and those two queen ants turn on me, it would be a huge loss if I were killed by the black ant for a serious offense before being eaten by the red ant.

"In that case, I'll give it a try," I said, feeling quite frustrated. I felt like I was about to cry as I said that.

"That's wonderful! It's so great that you're willing to help us. Just tell us what you need, and we'll do our best to prepare it for you," the unfamiliar queen ant said happily upon hearing my reply.

This is too bizarre! Even if the queen ant I know believes me, you haven't even seen my strength. How can you trust me so much? I haven't done anything yet, so why are you willing to support me in everything?

I looked at the happy queen ant with great frustration, completely baffled. Was the trust between queen ants unconditional?

I thought about it for a while but still couldn't figure it out. Since I couldn't figure it out, I was too lazy to think about it anymore. So I said to the two queen ants very politely, "I still hope to go to the warehouse and see if there is anything that I can use."

“Okay, no problem. Use the warehouse as you see fit,” the unfamiliar queen ant said generously.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Queen Ant," I said very politely.

Then I glanced at the queen ant I knew, just wanting to ask if I could leave.

"Alright, you can go now. There are guards at the gate who will take you there. As for any arrangements, just tell the soldier ant who will guide you. Go now," said the queen ant I knew.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Queen Ant." After saying that, I crawled outside.

Here I need to explain that it's not that I don't want to say the names of the two queen ants, but rather that the two queen ants never told me their names from beginning to end, and I can only call them queen ants. Also, in order to make it easier for the storytelling friends to distinguish them, I had to use the queen ants I know and the queen ants I don't know as substitutes.

When we came out, the soldier was still waiting for us at the door. Besides the soldier, there was also the ant who had brought us here earlier, who was also waiting at the door.

Although they didn't go inside, they overheard our conversation at the doorway. As we came out, the two ants quickly crawled over.

"Please come with me, I'll take you to the warehouse," the ant that had brought the message said politely.

So I followed the ant and crawled towards the warehouse.

The soldier followed us, and I looked at him, puzzled, and asked, "Didn't you see the queen ant? Why are you still following us?"

"I saw the queen ant, and the queen ant saw me. Since the queen ant hasn't withdrawn her order to continue protecting you, then my duty remains to protect you," the soldier said with the typical soldier-ant attitude, for orders are their lifeblood.

"I see." After getting the answer, I continued crawling behind the ant.

It looks huge from the outside, and once inside it's even bigger than a skyscraper. I don't know how long I climbed, I felt like I went up countless floors, but I still didn't get there.

"Why haven't we arrived yet? Why is it so far? Is there even such a warehouse? Are you kidding me?" I was too exhausted to climb any further. At this rate, even if we reached the warehouse, I felt like I wouldn't have the strength to fight anymore. I was going to be worked to death.

"We're almost there, it's up there," said the ant leading the way.

"Twenty-two cents, let me carry you on my back," Dafu asked with concern as he came to my side.

"No...no need, I can climb myself," I said with great difficulty.

Seriously, why build a warehouse so high up? Are you trying to exhaust thieves to death while they're stealing your food?

So we continued climbing upwards, and after climbing for about ten more minutes, I was completely exhausted and wanted to just give up and not go to the warehouse.

"We've arrived." Just when I was starting to despair, I finally heard the voice I had been longing to hear. We had finally arrived.

At the very top, there was a huge door, and I suppose the warehouse I've been looking for is inside that door.

That gate looks so big, there must be a lot of good stuff inside. This battle shouldn't be too difficult, right?