At this time, the human quantum information monitoring network has just been rebuilt and is being debugged. It can only scan one-third of the light-year range.

When the movement of this prism fleet was captured, it was already less than a quarter of a light-year away from the edge of the solar system.

The opponent did not suddenly appear across space like a spherical battleship, but showed its shape in the universe early, and then jumped forward section by section along the curvature gravity line network.

This jump can be named a medium-range jump. The forward distance of each jump is about 0.005 light years, with an average jump of one per second.

Therefore, it is about 50 seconds before the prism fleet reaches the edge of the sun dome.

During these 50 seconds, while Chen Feng quickly re-adapted to the control and performance of the Star Blade Colossus, he thought a lot in his mind.

He tried hard to clear his mind and stay absolutely calm, but he couldn't.

After all, he is a human being, not a machine.

He no longer needs to emphasize to himself how determined the Compound Eye Civilization is to destroy Earth's civilization.

His hatred initially originated from confusion, then took root in his understanding of the rules of the universe, and now, he is somewhat calm.

Chen Feng subconsciously recalled the argument he had discussed with Zhong Lei about the poisonous ant killing the elephant.

Now he has some new perspectives.

Assume that everything outside the universe does not exist, and that the universe is just the sun and the earth.

Then the ecological environment of the earth represents the entire universe.

What is the smallest creature on Earth that humans can empathize with?

It must be an animal that is visible to the human eye and whose physiological characteristics can be basically distinguished.

It is ants and mole crickets, collectively called ants.

Among all microscopic animals, humans spend the longest time looking at ants and have the most divergent thoughts because of ants.

Those ancient proverbs and idioms that are widely circulated and have a long history are proof of this.

The ants are still eking out an ignoble existence.

A thousand-mile embankment collapsed under ants.

I am willing to devote my whole life to opening up the hearts of many students.

The Tao is unpredictable and there is no place to rest; the sky is unpredictable and humans are ants.

Ants shake the iron pillar.

The ants kill the elephant.

How light is the life of an ant?

The aging of the ants is not enough to redeem them, and their tears are like flying snow staining the clothes in the air.

Wait, wait, etc., to name a few.

Even in the 21st century, when Internet literature continues to rise, and humans can even see tardigrades and h39s with microscopes, Internet authors always love the sentence structure of "Little ants, how dare you..." when choosing words and sentences.

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The discussion between Chen Feng and Zhong Lei also revolved around ants.

Ants not only represent human beings' self-deprecation, but also represent some kind of infinite longing.

There is both vigilance, admiration and contempt in these ancient sayings.

Why do literati always have trouble with ants?

Of course, it's not that we have nothing to do, but because ants are small and fragile, but they can really cause some trouble to humans.

Seemingly arrogant humans and other large creatures will prey on both ants and microorganisms that are invisible to the naked eye after death.

Because human eyes cannot see the appearance of microorganisms eating corpses, they do not feel disgusted. However, if they see groups of ants and flies covering the corpses, they will be disgusted, frightened, and full of anger.

But shouldn’t ants be qualified to survive on earth?

Of course there should be.

It is still part of the ecological cycle of the Earth's "universe".

Moreover, although ants are weak and can be easily crushed to death by anyone, tens of millions of years have passed, and no matter how wide the scope of human influence is, the number of ant species has not significantly decreased, and they are still everywhere and living well.

It is obvious that humans, elephants, tigers, anteaters, and even a dog can cause annihilation to the ant population, not to mention real doomsday events such as heavy rains and forest fires. The earth's environment should be full of dangers for ants, but in fact

That is, the vast majority of ants can live their entire lives safely.

Some ant populations can continue in peace and harmony for dozens, hundreds or even thousands of generations.

The earliest ant populations on earth can even be traced back to 100 million years ago.

In these hundreds of millions of years, one seemingly powerful large species has perished one after another. Ants, a small and strong species, still stand on the earth in huge numbers.

So, who is more vulnerable?

Why are tiny, fragile ants so tenacious?

Is it just because of the huge number base?

Obviously not, the advantages of ants lie in their super high reproductive capacity and "short" lifespan.

Yes, short lifespan is also an advantage.

Ants are usually divided into three categories: queen ants, soldier ants and worker ants.

Among them, worker ants are the largest and most common.

Depending on the subgenus, the lifespan of worker ants ranges from a few days to several years.

The lifespan of most worker ants is about ten weeks, a little more than two months.

What an ant "thinks" is a long life is just a blink of an eye for humans and large animals.

The lifespan of an ant is too short, and he can't wait until he is unjustly killed in a disaster, and then he dies.

Therefore, most ants really live their lives happily and peacefully, and they really are not afraid of death.

However, the earth cannot represent the universe, and the proportional difference between the earth and the universe is much greater than that between ants and the earth.

Human beings' position in the universe is not even one billionth of that of ants on the earth.

Because of the huge population base, when not being watched by large creatures, individual ants and their populations are in an absolutely safe state in terms of probability.

Ants will only be trampled by large creatures unintentionally under very rare circumstances, or they will unfortunately encounter a naughty child who likes to play with water or fire, and will be killed miserably.

If the earth is also regarded as an isolated ant colony, then human civilization is also in a kind of probabilistic safe house.

The probability of safety is very high, even so high that the risk factor can be ignored.

but……

When an ant smells the scent of honey, climbs onto the dining table in the courtyard, and then appears on the angry child's dessert, then the angry child's eyes turn from his iPad to the row of hard-working people.

When worker ants are on the body, the safety factor of the ants will suddenly decrease, and the risk factor will directly reach the threshold.

Or, to put the situation into a more random and accidental perspective, the ants were just passing by in groups in the courtyard, and a curious child happened to see them.

At the moment of being stared at, the ant's safe house was shattered, replaced by absolute danger with no room for resistance.

Naughty human children will pick up a water pipe and pour it into the ants just for fun.

There is no need for a reason for a higher civilization to destroy a lower civilization, it is just fun.

If you have to find a reason, you can say that the child feels sorry for his dessert, or that the ants are eating away at the butterfly carcass that he thinks is beautiful.

Or, if this kid just had a nightmare last night, he dreamed that he would be eaten by a crazy ant colony after his death.

Moreover, these ants also appeared anthropomorphized in his nightmares, gnawing at the meat while making ferocious laughter.

It’s not hard to guess where the story will go next.

In short, when lower beings face the gaze of higher beings, it represents danger.

What mankind is facing now is "angry children".

The sun dome is the excavator used by angry children to shovel the earth. With one shovel, the ants are dug up by their roots and isolated from the earth, becoming turtles in a urn and fish in a bottle.

The ball-shaped battleship is the first drop of water dripping from the huge faucet in the hands of this angry child.

In the previous seven timelines, this drop of water easily destroyed everything.

Now Chen Feng has transformed himself into a fire, igniting the flame of civilization and evaporating this drop of water.

But the "stinky kid" can observe the strength of the ants in the nest through the camera installed on the shovel of the excavator. Moreover, the "stinky kid" also has some knowledge of biology and knows that a drop of water cannot drown all the ants in the nest.

So now the angry child handed over the faucet and opened the gate to let out water. The water was still boiling.

Those millions of prismatic warships are like boiling water rushing towards the ants, leaving no trace of life.

At this moment, when he wanted to understand this truth, Chen Feng had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

He is both sad and optimistic.

He must accept his fate.

It's time to give up the fantasy, I really can't win this time.
To be continued...