Astral Ants

Chapter 104 Harvest Season

The blue god-given seed was the same as last time. After it turned blue-green, it remained silent until the end of autumn. At night, without warning, it suddenly began to absorb a large amount of force and entered the final stage of maturity.

After the previous experience, Long Bai had expected it, so he stayed by the pond at night, noticed it immediately, communicated with the ruling throne, and replenished his force.

The giant cypresses and junipers led the soldier ants to surround the pond for three layers.

The junipers also brought the worker ants over to join in the fun, gathering together in twos and threes, forming a huge black patch.

It was just dawn, and Mo Lan, who got up early, noticed something strange in the ant nest, and immediately guessed the reason, and rushed over.

At dawn, facing the rising sun, the blue-green fruit quickly turns blue, dark blue, and blue-black.

Fruity aroma.

"Wow!"

"Long Bai!"

"It's ripe! Pick it up!"

Under the urging of Mo Lan's cheers, Long Bai controlled the ruling throne to shrink, slowly approached, carefully picked one by one, and gently placed them on the two-layered spider silk bag.

A total of 280 pieces were produced in this batch, not many, and they will be picked soon.

The throne of domination slowly moved away from the seed bestowed by the blue god, and gradually grew larger.

Mo Lan flew up first, and picked up a fresh fruit to taste.

Long cypress waved its tentacles, and greeted: "Juniper, juniper, giant cypress, and the fruit produced by Zhanlan are very delicious, you should eat one too."

"You don't have water talent, just taste the flesh. Don't eat the core, it's dried and sold for money."

Long Bai instructed, gave one to each of the three, and twisted one for himself to try out.

Juniper finished eating first, and said, "My lord, I have a proposal!"

This guy is not smart, but he likes to give opinions.

Long Bai: "You said—"

Juniper: "My lord, is it possible to consider cultivating a giant blue soldier? We have three god-given seeds that are rooted in water. But soldier ants and I don't know how to use water, and are a little afraid of water. It's best to grow a giant blue soldier." Hualan soldiers lead ordinary blue soldiers to guard them full-time."

Juniper heard the words, and said, "Longcypress Ant King, there are more and more blue ants in the ant nest. I think there is a great need for an intelligent blue ant to take charge of logistics."

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai: "Poor. I can't afford it."

Both of their proposals also make sense.

The couriers who rule the throne are divided into four types: [Guardian·Power], [Guardian·Hydrology], [Producer·Agriculture], and [Producer·Refining].

Theoretically speaking, it is most reasonable to cultivate a leader for each type.

"After I evolve into a high-level ant king, let's think about it after a few years, when the output of ordinary life species in the territory increases. With the current income, the three breeders are struggling."

Long Bai shook the tentacles, and some specialized chemical ants brought up two metal fillings, and another specialized chemical ants lifted up two gourds filled with honey.

Mo Lan stepped forward to help,

According to Bai Wei's request, spread a layer of honey in the jar, put 3 fresh blue fruits on it, spread another layer of honey, and then put 3 blue fruits...

9 pieces of fresh fruit are packaged into a jar.

This year, I will make two cans of samples first, to see if it can be effectively preserved and the taste of honey marinated.

If it works, we can cooperate with Bai Wei in the future to produce on a large scale.

A can of 120 rough stones can earn a lot more.

In the future, when Longbai is strong enough and the ant kingdom grows stronger, it can also be considered to use the original force to pickle it with ant honey. I believe that it will be very popular among those rich and big tribes when it is shipped to the Ten Thousand Clans Continent.

It is hoped that it will develop into a big money-making project.

……

The sample of honey pickled azure fruit was ready, and Juniper took it to find a pine tree, and cut the fat to seal it.

Long Bai shook its tentacles, and the 20 specialized blue ants that had been waiting for a long time stepped forward to refine the remaining fruit into 'Blue Ant King Honey'.

At last,
Cleared out 262 Zhanlanzi.

Dragon cypress divides 12 pieces to eat by itself, strengthening the ability of water system.

There are 250 pieces left, and 25 pieces will be sold to the owner of Qiye Mountain as a promotional sample.

Longbai is very optimistic about the honey pickled project that he cooperates with Baiwei, and sells the remaining 225 Zhanlanzi to it.

……

After harvesting the seeds bestowed by the Zhanlan God, continue working.

The foundation of the embankment of the reservoir is only 20 meters long and 12 meters wide, and the construction method is the same as that of the Shanbei Reservoir.

First dig out the soft floating soil with a thickness of about 1 meter on the surface, then dig to a depth of 2 meters in sections, erect wooden piles, backfill with clay and gravel, and tamp it down...

Just a few days after the excavation, the juniper who led the worker ants to repair the slope came to announce the good news:

"Longbai Ant King, the god-given seed of Nanqian has accelerated its absorption of natural force, and it should be in the final stage of maturity."

Long Bai: "!!!"

The accelerated absorption of force by the god-given seed must mean that the fruit is about to ripen.

Long Cypress: "Junbai, you go and tell the giant cypress to bring the soldier ants over."

Long Bai left work, took control of the ruling throne and returned to the ant nest in the mountains, took 100 rough stones, and carried 20 specialized blue soldiers down the mountain.

It is still the blue soldiers walking on the water, carrying large worker ants.

There are 2 under the mother plant, and one for each of the 18 ramets.

The large worker ants held the rough stone and scratched the powder with their jaws to replenish their original force.

The seed bestowed by the God of Nanqian has not been sown for less than a year, and consciousness has not yet been born, and there is no communication.Long Bai couldn't accurately judge whether the original force was enough, so he simply used up all 100 rough stones.

It lasted for most of the day and tended to be stable.

Long Bai stayed by the pond, continuing to observe.

……

It is late autumn now.

No hunting in winter.

Juniper led the army of soldiers and ants, assisted Mo Lan, and headed to the divine power barrier to carry out a large-scale sweep to store food for the ant colony in advance for the winter.

sunset dusk,

Mo Lan returned alone, hovered at high altitude, swooped obliquely, and landed on the ruling throne.

"The seed bestowed by the god Nanqian has matured!"

Not a question, but an emotion of joy.

During the two years of obtaining the two Gorgon Seeds, everyone was busy from morning to night every day, and from beginning to end every year, and they have not finished their work so far.

This is the first harvest of the two Gorgon seeds bestowed by the gods.

After two years of hard work, I finally saw the harvest.

"Yes--"

Long Bai also sighed with emotion.

Seeing that Mo Lan was silent, Long Bai asked:
"How was the harvest today?"

"I killed four wild boars, one elk and one black bear."

"Where's the juniper?"

"It directs the soldier ants to hunt and kill small animals, and the harvest is quite good. Right now it is directing the ant colony to deal with the hunting."

"How many specialized blue ants are filled?"

"About 50."

"I'll go there later that night."

The fastest way to transport food back to the ant nest through the vacuum belt of the force: the specialized blue ants are full, and then the throne of domination changes the most, and 100 can be transported back in one trip.

Long cypresses need to be transported in batches only when they are not in Xianglan Mountain.

Mo Lan stared at the pond, watched quietly for a while, felt bored, took off, ran to the mouth of the valley, circled around, and then returned to land on the throne.

"Long Bai, when will the dam be built?"

"It's enough to build the foundation before winter."

"Rebuild next spring? Doesn't it mean that a ditch needs to be dug from the mountains to divert water? Is there enough time?"

"I'll figure it out. In time."

"Need big rocks, shall we find them in winter?"

"of course."

"What about this year's deal?"

"When the foundation of the dam is built, pack up and go."

"When are you going to Silver Cypress Mountain?"

"Go to the first stop."

"It's okay to go later, let's watch the snow together! I'm a senior soldier now, so I don't have to worry about the cold anymore."

"I'm not afraid...but what about the persimmon fruit?"

……

Long Bai and Mo Lan lay on the ruling throne, chatting casually.

dark,

Mo Lan went home to rest.

The giant cypress led the soldiers to guard around the pond.

Long Bai controlled the ruling throne, went to the sub-nest on the other side of the divine power barrier to check the situation, and transported a full belly of specialized blue ants back to the ant nest.

(End of this chapter)