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Chapter 614: An “Arbitrary” Decision
This is indeed an extremely risky behavior.

No ear fly ever thought of fighting a flock of predatory birds.

Since the appearance of the predatory birds, the ear flies can only keep running and running, and migrate to other places before the predatory birds arrive.

The migration caused the tribe to break up and drive them far away from their homes. Now they don’t know where home is and are trapped in panic and fear all day long.

To think that one could resist predatory birds was simply a fantasy. How could one resist when one couldn't even escape?
Of course, the patriarch was very skeptical about this.

“Do the sounds we imitate actually work on predatory birds?”

"How can you be sure that the predators will not attack us first, but will attack other predators first?"

In response to the patriarch's questions, a pioneer expressed his understanding.

"Birds of prey have only one criterion for deciding who to attack: who has more meat."

"Given a wild boar and an ear fly, they won't hesitate to attack the wild boar."

"In their eyes, their companions are just pieces of meat, but they won't run away. They will first attack the meat that runs away, and then attack the meat that won't run away."

"If this piece of meat poses a threat to them now, they will definitely attack it first, a predatory bird and a tiny ear fly. Even if they find us, they will attack their companions first."

"They really won't attack us?" The patriarch was still a little skeptical.

"No, we are too small to be worth attacking in the eyes of the predatory birds..."

Hearing this somewhat desperate speculation, the patriarch fell silent again.

Although I don't want to admit it, this is indeed the fact.

Predatory birds do not take the weak ear flies seriously at all. They simply pass by and kill them, which can cause devastating damage to the ear fly population.

Seeing the hesitation of the patriarch, the pioneers felt a little frustrated. In fact, they were a little unconfident about their own plan.

They haven't had time to test whether the imitated sounds work.

“Will predatory birds behave differently when their numbers decrease?”

"Is their intelligence really as low as it appears?"

“Are there other consequences to the mimicked birdsong?”

Everything was full of unknowns. They were the first group of ear flies that wanted to fight against predatory birds. They had no experience from their predecessors and no specific tests. All their plans were based on conjectures.

Once their guess is wrong, the entire tree hole tribe will be doomed, and this is a gamble with the safety of the entire tribe.

The pioneers felt somewhat regretful.

"Or... forget it..."

Just when the pioneers were about to give up, the chief ordered all the earflies in the tree hole tribe to gather together and told them the pioneers' plan in full.

"Do you hate birds of prey?" the chieftain asked loudly.

"hatred!"

"We have already sacrificed many of our compatriots. Do you still want to escape again?"

"In no mood!"

"I know that as a clan leader, I shouldn't make such an arbitrary decision... But I want to give it a try."

"If it succeeds, we won't have to hide anymore, we won't have to worry anymore, and our newborns will be able to grow up safely..."

"They can hear the clear streams, the breeze blowing through the leaves, the dead branches falling to the ground, the competition between living things and the rise and fall of all things, and the gentle calls of their elders in their ears." "Our generation has lived from birth under the noise of predatory birds killing, the sound of bird beaks colliding, the sound of claws tearing, the shrill bird calls, the sound of feathers flapping... These are not the original sounds of the world. They are too cruel. I don't want our next generation to live in such cruel sounds..."

"If they succeed, they will surely live a better life..."

The words of the Tree Hole Chief revealed an unspeakable hope.

Every ear fly has the same yearning in their hearts. Their pursuit of beautiful sounds has never disappeared, but under the shadow of predatory birds, these yearnings are buried and suppressed deep in their hearts.

The patriarch's words resonated with them instantly.

"What if... we fail?" an earfly said fearfully.

The shadow that hangs over the group is not so easy to break. Long-term fear has caused some ear flies to completely lose the concept of "resistance". They hide and escape into numbness, but have never thought of stabbing the shadow that hangs over them with a sword.

This is a question they must face: What happens if they fail?
Once eaten up by predatory birds, all aspirations become meaningless.

I can no longer hear any sound, and I can no longer feel this world.

"What if we fail?" the patriarch said in a daze.

Of course, it has thought about such an outcome, but it does not feel that failure is meaningless.

"If it fails, it lets other ear flies know that this method won't defeat the predatory birds, and the next time they fight back, they can eliminate one method first."

"Even if we fail, the research on predatory birds will be passed down, and our battle with predatory birds will leave valuable experience for future rebels. We will always stand with them."

"If we fail, this world will still be left with the sound of our battles. Those sounds will not disappear, but will slowly spread among different ethnic groups, preserving our will forever."

"If it fails, then it fails..."

"The predatory birds can eat our flesh, but they can't eat our voices. So what if they fail?"

"It was just a howl, the sound shook the sky!"

The patriarch slowly floated in front of the pioneers and said:
"Teach me the language of the birds of prey and tell me what I must do."

The pioneers were still immersed in the words of the patriarch and did not react.

But the ear flies came up one by one.

"Please tell me, count me in!"

“How do I get them to kill each other?”

"Count me in!"

"Count me in!"

"Run away if you want! I won't run away anyway! Add me in!"

The voices of these ear flies echoed in the tree hole. They had suppressed their hatred for the predatory birds for too long. The words of the patriarch were just an introduction. What really made them make the decision was the indelible yearning in their hearts.

For ear flies, beautiful sound is what they are always pursuing.

From the time they vaguely came to know the world, their ears have been filled with the sounds of predatory birds. Those sounds are noisy and chaotic, covering up the originally beautiful world.

Just as the patriarch said, this generation is already like this, and they don’t want the next generation to grow up in such an environment.

"If they could listen to this beautiful world without worries, they would be very happy..."

(End of this chapter)