Astral Ants

Chapter 1 The Ant King
The Watase Flame Spider family travels the mainland as a businessman, carefully following two principles:

First, absolute neutrality.

Never engage in wars between races or kingdoms, and remain neutral even between Zerg and Orc.

Second, do not do transactions with a profit of less than 20%.

Of course, let alone do a loss-making business.Especially when traveling long distances from the Ten Thousand Races Continent to the dangerous Ten Thousand Nations Continent, if the transaction does not have enough profit, it will be a loss.

However, this time, Luochen may have to lose money.

Longbai was discovered by Luochen last spring, and its name was also given by Luochen. Following Luozhi's suggestion, the first seed was chosen as 'Longbai' seed.

I originally thought that a rare male ant king would be highly sought after in the all-female ant clan kingdom.

The result is just the opposite. I have already asked 17 giant-headed ant kings, and they all expressed that they have no interest in male ant kings and are unwilling to spend even a rough stone on it.

Now it is another spring of the year, and Longbai is already the 4th instar primary ant king.

Zerg molting grows once, which is the 1st instar evolution. A plant seed is selected to be incorporated into the life capsule, and a life species is bred.

Long cypress has already bred three life seeds of long cypress, juniper and juniper, and urgently needs a safe territory to sow the seeds.

……

Caravans travel at night and camp during the day.

Under the light of the morning sun, the sky-reaching boundary barrier exudes a brilliant halo.

This is the most eastern part of the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Continent, where the caravans of the Watase Flame Spider tribe gather. At this time, there are already dozens of caravans, and hundreds of flame spiders, large and small, gathered at the mountain master level to exchange information and exchange goods. Crowded.

"Long Bai, I'm sorry..."

Luo Chen hesitated to speak.

The mountain master-level flame spider is like an armored chariot. On its broad armored back, it is filled with colorful rucksacks woven with spider silk, which contain the capital of caravan trade—force food and rough stones.

On the topmost rucksack, a male ant with a body length of two to three centimeters and membrane wings on its back drooped its antennae, extremely depressed.

"I know, Luochen, what should I do..."

Luo Li hesitated, and said: "There is no place for the ant clan to live in the Wanguo Continent. In the Wanguo Continent, without the protection of the ant king of the same clan, you have nowhere to stay. Once you leave the caravan, there will be patrolling soldier ants immediately. , and kill you as an intruder..."

Long Bai's frustration turned into fear.

Luo Li hurriedly added: "Long Bai, don't worry. Our caravan knows that there is still a safe place to go, but..."

Long Bai rekindled his hope, waved his tentacles, and asked Xiji: "Where?"

Luochen: "Cloud Trace Continent."

"Yunji Continent?" Long Bai looked towards the light curtain and asked, "The opposite side?"

"Yes..." Luoqian's forelegs moved, and the soil on the ground squirmed to form a ball of soil that floated and floated.

"The world we live in is a huge sphere, not just the two continents of Ten Thousand Nations and Ten Thousand Races."

As Luochen said, a spider thread wrapped around the earth ball horizontally, saying: "This is the equator. The God of Nature has placed a divine power barrier to divide the planet into two halves, north and south."

Two more spider threads wound vertically, and said: "The divine power barrier cast by the God of Nature divides the planet into eight continents. In the northern hemisphere where we are located, there are the Wanzu Continent, the Wanguo Continent, the Longzhu Continent, and the Cloud Trace Continent."

"Our ancestors of the Watase Flame Spider family participated in the exploration of the mainland, and made a speculation: At the same time, of the four continents in the northern hemisphere, only two had abundant force, and the other two would fall into 'quietness'. In the current period, Longzhu The Continent and the Cloud Continent are in a silent stage."

"The so-called 'silence' is the depletion of the original force of the mountain range and the vacuum of the natural force. We are all beings of the original force. Without the original force, we are like fish out of the water, unable to survive, but..."

Luo Li didn't have the intention to show off, so he paused, and finally said: "Although the Yunji Continent is in the 'quiet' stage, in the area close to the divine power barrier, there is force seeping through from the Ten Thousand Nations Continent. Although it is barren, it is enough for you to take root Survive. Long Bai, this is the only safe place I can think of for you."

Barren and safe.

Long Bai grasped the point of the words, with complicated emotions, he said: "Understood. Thank you. Luo Li."

"I'll take you there..."

Luo Li notified the leader of the team, Zeqi Spider King, and drove Longbai out of the team, walked quickly across the plains and grass, and climbed up the hills full of low weeds and shrubs.

Long Bai's gaze was attracted by the standing stone monument.

"Luoqin, what is that?"

"The chronological stele of our flame spider tribe. This is a tradition. Every year, we will send a little flame spider to the cloud trace continent opposite to check the force status there, and then write a stroke on the stele, representing One year has passed."

Luochen came closer with Longbai.

There are a total of 6 steles, 5 of which are already engraved with "spiders". A spider has 8 legs, representing 8 years, and 100 are engraved on each, so 5 steles mean 4000 years.

The sixth stele is being engraved, and more than half of it has been engraved.

Luo Li said: "The periodic rotation of the continent's force is only a guess of the ancestors of our flame spider family. So far, it has been more than 500 years, and the force of the Ten Thousand Nations Continent and the Ten Thousand Races Continent has not declined significantly, while the Longzhu Continent and the Cloud Continent The Continent is still in a period of silence."

"Everyone firmly believes in the guesses of the ancestors, so the spider king arranges to do this job every year, and intends to stick to it forever. It has become a custom of the Watase Flame Spider Clan."

"Oh—" Long Bai stood on a high place, looking around.

"Luoqin, how can I pass through the divine power barrier of the natural god?"

"there!"

"There is a passage over there, you can go straight along the passage, and you will be able to reach the Yunji Continent. The original force will continue to infiltrate there along the passage, so, Long Bai, you should find a high slope near the exit to settle down , sow the seed of life..."

While explaining, Luochen crawled quickly and came to the other side of the hillside.

A hole less than one meter in diameter.

With the huge size of the mountain master flame spider, Luo Chen couldn't get in.

"Long Bai, right here."

"Buried under the hillside is the 'starship' of the extraterrestrial civilization. It was destroyed by the God of Nature a long, long time ago and fell down here. It has become a passage for us to travel through the divine power barrier."

"As early as when the starship fell to the ground, a large number of ant kings came here to explore, opened all the hatches that could be opened, and took away all the treasures that could be taken away."

"Long Bai, there's a lot of space inside, after you enter, follow the signs, don't rush in, be careful of getting lost..."

Luo Chen ordered, and at the same time manipulated with his mind, the spider silk that bound the rucksack was automatically untied, as flexible as an arm, with a sound of 'tearing', he opened a pouch and took out the small luggage inside.

"Thank you." Long Bai raised his two forelimbs to catch it.

It looks big, but it only contains 3 or 6 life seeds and [-] precious tree seeds collected from Cypress.

The luggage was almost weightless, so Long Bai carried it instead, and flapped his wings to fly and land on the ground.

"and many more."

With a sound of tearing, Luoqin opened another rucksack, and 5 black wheat grains as big as the head of Cypress fell down.

"Longbai, this is the black brome that can strengthen your carapace, a small parting gift, I wish you good luck."

"Loose quinoa. Thank you."

Long Bai opened his small luggage, and packed black brome in one by one.

"Luozhi, will we meet again?"

Long Bai was a little sad and reluctant to part.

Luo Li is also depressed. He has been in business for more than ten years, and this is the first time he has lost money in business.

Without the protection of his kin, this little ant king who has been with him for a year probably cannot survive in the cruel natural jungle.

Luochen: "If there are no accidents, I will come here again in two years, and I hope to see you at that time."

"You will definitely see me in two years!" Long Bai packed his bags and mood, and said sonorously:
"Luoqin, I owe you 5 grains of black brome, worth 2 rough stones. I will repay you with the equivalent value of cypress seeds."

After speaking, he held up his luggage, which was ten times the size of his body, and resolutely walked into the aisle with steady steps.

Soon through the dirt layer, I saw the broken metal door of the starship.

Walking into the interior, there is a spacious all-metal passageway. Countless years have passed, and the rust is mottled. There are arrow marks drawn by unknown plant juice on the side wall.

At intervals, there are metal doors that have been violently damaged.

Long Bai was curious, but he kept Luo Li's advice in mind, and walked along the signs, not daring to intrude.

A huge metal creation, a long journey.

After walking for an unknown amount of time and distance, Long Bai didn't stop until he was exhausted and had no strength to move on. He ate a grain of black brome, took a rest, and then set out on the road.

When the strength is exhausted, stop again, eat another black brome, and start on the road again.

Finally, in the endless darkness, there was a ray of dawn.

Passing through the gap between the heavy metal door, climbing through a passage of earth and rocks, facing the dawn of the morning, came to the opposite continent.

—Have you been walking for a day and a night?

Long Bai turned up the hill, put down his luggage, and looked around.

Behind it is a divine power barrier that goes straight to the sky.

Ahead are rolling hills and vast jungles.

A cricket hopped past.

The dragon cypress membranous wings flapped, and flew up to throw it down. Using both jaws and front legs, it directly unscrewed the head, and then tore off the two plump and bouncing hind legs, and gnawed on it.

While replenishing physical energy, while looking around and observing silently.

Indeed, as Luoqin said, the force abundance on the Yunji Continent is far lower than that on the Wanguo Continent next door.Calm down and feel it, you can feel that the original force penetrates continuously along the passage, and then quickly dilutes and dissipates.

Barren, so safe.

But this 'safety' is only relative to the continent of all nations next door.

Frogs and insects were singing in the surrounding grass, birds were jumping in the branches, and there was a roar of beasts in the deep forest from time to time. There were still countless hunters who were silent and waiting.

For a rudimentary ant king with only 4 instars, the wild mountains and forests are full of dangers.

Long Bai ate his fill quickly, retreated to a bush, and hibernated to rest.

It wasn't until it was close to noon that he raised his luggage and set off, running towards the peak on the north side of the hill.

Don't dare to go too far, and don't want to be too far away from the exit of the passage.Before dark, Long Bai chose a suitable location on the southeast slope of the mountain, excavated rocks, and dug a cave for shelter.

Longbai has a strong sense of crisis. For the next three days, except for the necessary hunting and sleeping, he will be busy digging holes in a planned and zigzagging way, digging deep into the rock.

At the same time, it is also observing the surrounding environment to confirm that there are no large predators living on the mountain.

On the fourth day, a spring rain fell, and Long Bai felt relieved when he saw the dry natural stream nearby. He cut off the weeds between the excavated nest room and the stream, and dug a hole to sow the three life seeds. Go down, move small stones and press it to prevent it from being dug out by other insects or birds.

(End of this chapter)