Astral Ants

Chapter 122 The innovation of foodies, a big step in the evolution of civilization
With the increasing population of kingdom ants, food must be a big problem.

Due to overhunting in recent years, the number of large animals near Mount Xianglan has dropped significantly.

Hunting must be banned for a while.

Long Bai had already set his sights on Black Lotus Lake.

The lake is naturally formed and has an irregular shape.

Overall, the length exceeds 3 kilometers, the width is nearly 2 kilometers, and the area is about 5 to 6 square kilometers.

There is a river flowing in from the northwest end and flowing out from the southwest end.

All kinds of fish, big and small, are inexhaustible in the lake.

……

The Throne of Dominion hovered at a low altitude.

Long Bai lay on the edge of the throne to watch the battle.

The worker ants who followed all gathered together to watch the excitement, lying on the edge of the throne, and all the black ants' heads were seen as far as the eye could see.

In full view,
Cuibai wanted to show off his ability, walked on the water, locked a large herring in the water with a body length of nearly one meter, commanded 40 specialized blue soldiers to move quietly, outflanked the arc, gathered and surrounded, dived to lock the target, all Qi exerted his water control ability, trapped the herring in a ball of water, and pulled it out of the water together.

With a wave of its tentacles, Cui Bai followed the 20 large blue soldiers running forward on the water, biting the big herring around.

After a violent struggle,

The big herring was bitten so badly that it was dying, and was finally dragged ashore by two specialized blue soldiers.

"Cuibai Come on!" Cedar waving its tentacles and cheering, at the same time directing 5 large worker ants and 10 small worker ants to come forward, dismember the prey, feed it to the blue ants to refine and store.

——The blue soldiers can catch fish, but unfortunately they didn't pass on to my talent of the strength department. They lack strength in melee combat.

Long Bai evaluated silently.

Cuibai realized the problem, stopped being aggressive, and adjusted his tactics. 40 specialized blue soldiers were divided into eight groups of five or five, searching for fish schools, outflanking, diving, and cooperatively displaying water control capabilities, picking those with a body length of about 20 centimeters , Not big or small fish caught.

Eight shad were trapped by the water polo and pulled out of the water.

20 large blue soldiers rushed forward.

After a fierce struggle, one escaped and only seven were caught.

Send it ashore, give it to worker ants for division, and blue ants for refining.

When I looked back, the school of underwater fish had been dispersed by the shock.

Cuibai led the blue soldiers to walk on the water and search again.

- The efficiency is a bit low.

——If the number of specialized blue soldiers and large blue soldiers is increased to 80, the efficiency can be quadrupled.

——There are corresponding blue ants and worker ants that need to be transported, so I need to run back and forth several times.

--wasting time!It is far better to go hunting at the divine power barrier.

——When you are free in winter, you can consider fishing in Heilian Lake, so as to supplement the food for Ant Country to spend the next spring.

——Hunting is prohibited in winter and spring...

After a brief observation, Long Bai became concerned.

Cuibai found a group of white striped fish at the edge of the lake, adjusted the formation again, and hunted in pairs of specialized soldiers and ants.

This kind of white striped fish is only a few centimeters to a dozen centimeters small fish, and has no resistance ability. It can easily catch 20 fish, and they are carried by large blue soldiers and sent ashore.

The blue ants and worker ants on the shore have already seen what everyone is doing, and they are clear and familiar with their own work, so they don't need to direct.

Long Bai controlled the throne of dominance and docked.

Bai Liu flapped her wings lightly and followed.

"Bai Liu, bring the cedar up here, let's go around."

"Xiangbai, come up, I will teach you to direct the worker ants to dig the biogas digester."

Bai Liu grabbed the cedar and gently placed it on the throne.

The throne of dominion flew away and landed at a location on a nearby hill.

After Longbai briefly explained to Xiangbai, let it try to direct the worker ants to dig.

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Settle the work of cypresses and cedars.

Longbai set off and traveled at night, returning to Xianglan Mountain, and then transported 50 specialized blue ants and 30 large and medium-sized worker ants.

This time there was no overload, and the Throne of Dominion flew faster. It set off in the morning and arrived in the evening of the next day.

lakeside.

From a distance, we can see green cypresses, cedars, white willows, and a large number of blue soldiers, blue ants, and worker ants gathered together.

- What are you doing?
--What happened?
Long Bai was surprised, and the ruling throne accelerated.

Bai Liu ascended to the sky, came up to meet her, turned over on her back in the air, reversed, and flew in sync with the ruling throne.

"Long Bai!"

"Has Molan still not come?"

"No... what are Cuibai and Cedarbai doing?"

"They're boiling water."

"???"

"Then put the caught fish in and boil it."

"And then? Easier to refine?"

"It tastes better."

"Forehead--"

As the ruling throne approached, Cuibai and Xiangbai hurriedly waved their tentacles to greet them.

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty is here."

"My lord, eat fish!"

"Boil the fish."

"good to eat!"

"Try it."

Long Bai glanced over and saw that the abdomens of the 10 specialized blue ants and 10 large blue ants brought last time were already full of food.

Cui Bai should be bored, directing the specialized blue soldiers to play.

Made of moso bamboo, the bamboo tubes are perforated and tied with spider silk ropes. They were originally used to harvest marsh water for the white willows.

At this time, they are used to draw water, boil the water, and then cook the fish.

There are other materials added to the bamboo tube.

"Xiangbai, have you dug the digester?" Long Bai asked.

"No--"

Xiangbai explained: "Cuibai found a kind of weed, put it into the water and boil it, the fish tastes better. It doesn't know it, so let me come and recognize it, I don't know it either..."

Cui Bai hurriedly explained: "My lord, I have finished my work."

Ok.

Long Bai picked up a blade of grass on the ground, approached it, touched its tentacles, sniffed it, and said, "Is this picked by the water?"

Cui Bai: "Yes."

Long Bai: "This is called water shield... can I eat it?"

There are not only young leaves of water shield in the bamboo tube, but also a lot of ingredients, lotus seeds, and several kinds of boiled fruits.

Cui Bai: "You can eat it, but it's not tasty."

Cedar: "Boil it with fish, the taste of the fish will be better."

Cui Bai: "The fish must be cleaned up."

Xiangbai: "You can also add some other things, such as lotus seeds. There are also dried fruits of this grass, which have a very unique aroma..."

The ants in the larval stage eat too much honey, and are they bred to be foodies?
Long Bai picked up one and sniffed it carefully, and said, "It looks like a fragrant fruit. It may also be some kind of cardamom. They are relatives, and most of them have a special taste."

Ants are particularly sensitive to smells, and after the evolution of force life, as the level of evolution increases, the range of recipes expands, and the range of acceptance of different aromas is wider.

Cypress feels this smell is good.

Xiangbai: "Your Majesty, try it too!"

Cuibai immediately directed the three specialized blue ants to activate their abilities together to heat the water in the bamboo tube until it boiled.

Xiangbai directed the worker ants to throw a white fish whose abdomen had been cleaned and whose head had been cut off into the bamboo tube.

Cook for a while.

A lucky worker ant was selected, urged by the cedar's tentacles, stepped forward, and fished out the fish from the boiling water.

"Your Majesty, eat while it's hot!"

"..." Long Bai touched lightly with his tentacles.

really!The nasty fishy smell is a little less, and the rest is overwhelmed by the smell of xiangguo.

I buried my head and tasted it.

Compared with eating raw, the taste is completely different.

It's really good, and the taste is even better.

"You two guys can toss!"

"Can--"

Long Bai praised heavily, then turned his head and said: "Bai Liu, catch another snake, or catch a hare or something, and try to cook it."

"Okay!" Bai Liu flapped his wings, lifted off vertically, and flew along the lake bank at low altitude, then sank suddenly, grabbed a black-snake snake, and turned back.

Long Bai personally directed the worker ants to peel off the snake's skin, disembowel it, wash it with clean water, cut it into sections, and throw them into bamboo tubes.

Activate the 'boiling' ability yourself to heat the water.

The king is showing off his power~ Seeing this, the surrounding worker ants shrank back one after another and pushed each other: you go to fish!
They couldn't help being curious to watch the excitement, but also afraid of being selected, they went up to the boiling water to fish for food.

Cook for a while.

Long Bai did not make things difficult for the worker ants, and fished out the snake meat with his own claws.

After tasting it, the taste has completely changed, becoming more palatable and delicious.

Eating it into the stomach is obviously easier to digest and absorb.

This is awesome!

"I'm going to catch some food and come back."

Long Bai went into the jungle himself and brought back some hares, moles, pheasants, crakes, etc.

Try them all.

Without exception, once the boiling water is boiled, the taste and texture will change qualitatively.

Long Bai had seen mountain master-level Zerg fighters who had awakened their fire abilities before, grilling food with fire, and it was said that it tasted very good.

Never thought of it, boiled water is also fine!
Moreover, adding the branches, leaves and fruits of plants that various ants like to the water will taste even better.

This is a major discovery that subverts the way the kingdom eats!
Our civilization has progressed!

"Cedar! Cedar!"

"You two work hard for me!"

Long Bai sternly reprimanded, changed his attitude, and said, "I'll get a metal utensil later on, and we'll eat meat by boiling it!"

(End of this chapter)