![]() That night, Cutter arrives in Insectopia and forcibly flies Bala back to the colony. After interrogating Weaver, Mandible learns that Z is looking for Insectopia and sends Cutter to retrieve Bala and kill Z. The two of them encounter other insects, especially ladybugs, flies, and cockroaches. However, Colonel Cutter, Mandible's second-in-command, becomes concerned about Mandible's plans.Īfter various misadventures, Z and Bala find Insectopia, a human waste-bin overfilled with decaying food. Mandible promotes the glory of conformity and promises them a better life through the reward of completing a "Mega Tunnel" planned by himself. To gain control, Mandible publicly portrays Z as a self-centered war criminal. News of the incident spreads through the colony, and Z's act of individuality inspires the workers and some soldier ants, halting productivity. Bala attempts to return to the colony but quickly rejoins Z after encountering a praying mantis. After a brief chase by the guards and a magnifying glass, Z decides to search for Insectopia, a legendary insect paradise. Z panics and pretends to take Bala hostage, causing him and Bala to fall out of the anthill via a garbage chute. ![]() There he meets Bala, who eventually recognizes him as a worker. Secretly irate, Mandible congratulates him and introduces him to the Queen. Z returns home and is hailed as a war hero. Before dying, Barbatus tells Z to think for himself instead of following orders. Everyone except Z is killed by acid-shooting termite defenders. At the base of a tree near nightfall, Z realizes he is marching into battle. Z is unaware that the army's leader and Bala's fiancé General Mandible is secretly sending the soldiers loyal to the Queen Ant to die so he can stage a coup. To see Bala again, Z exchanges places with his soldier friend Weaver and joins the army, where he befriends Barbatus, a staff sergeant. The ant colony declares war on an encroaching termite colony and a large force of soldier ants is mobilized for an attack. Z falls in love with the ant colony's princess, Bala, when she visits a bar to escape her suffocating royal life. Z-4195, or "Z" for short, is a neurotic and pessimistic worker ant who longs to express himself.
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