Astral Ants

Chapter 126 Stone Tool Civilization
On the large colorful spider silk bag that Mo Lan was carrying, there was a pattern of a brown and yellow flame spider, a pattern of a black ant, and a pattern of a lifelike snow-white and pink orchid mantis.

This time, we will never see each other again.

Mo Lan was depressed.

Long Bai was carrying a heavy metal can, leading the way and walking ahead, hesitating to speak.

"I say……"

"Oh……"

"This spider silk bag woven by Bai Wei..."

"what happened?"

"The proportions of the pattern are wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"Spiders are too big. Ants and praying mantises are too small."

"Isn't that the case?"

"Worm, you have to grow up, you and I will grow up after all."

"Yes--"

Mo Lan: "Growing up made me lose friends."

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai led the way silently, and returned to the docking position of the Throne of Dominion in the depths of the starship.

This trip brought back 1500 rough stones.

In the early summer of this year, 1000 pieces of the Scarlet Light God-Bestowed Fruits were used to properly guarantee the quality of the fruit and relieve the pressure on the Scarlet Light God-Bestowed Seeds during the ripening period.

In the deep winter of this year, 500 pieces of the seeds bestowed by the gods of Nanqian must be used to ripen.

The southern jujube is ripe in autumn this year, so there are no rough stones to use.

In the coming year, Molan's fruit Xianglan and Beiqian god-given fruit will need 1000 rough stones in total, and Guishan's ghost fan god-given fruit will need 800 rough stones.

With so many god-given seeds ripening alternately, it will be necessary to find a regular batch of rough stones from the caravan every year in the future.

Longbai and Molan must consider the issue of rough stone reserves as soon as possible.

In the future, when he is promoted to the Mountain Master, the Seed of the Gods will undergo a qualitative change. During this period, he will consume a lot of original power and must spend a lot of raw stones to replenish it.

Rough stones are heavy and take up space. Caravan trading is more inclined to barter. They only carry a limited amount of rough stones and provide spot goods in a limited amount.

Luochen and Aesculus get 1000 pieces every year.

Bai Wei has few goods, so every time I come here, I can help to deliver more.

……

Easy to clean up.

The ruling throne flew forward along the passage.

"Mo Lan, in Heilian Lake, there are important discoveries of green cypresses and cedars."

Long Bai took the initiative to talk about some interesting topics.

Mo Lan was aroused a little interest, and asked: "What discovery?"

Long Bai: "Put all meat in boiling water and cook it, the taste will be better."

"Oh--"

Mo Lan said angrily, "Still eating!"

"……All right."

Long Bai changed the subject, and said, "Mo Lan, I still think of a very promising thing."

"whats the matter?"

"Mining!"

"Mining?"

"Raw stone mine!"

"Where to dig?"

Mo Lan's gloomy emotions were swept away, her eyes lit up, and she chased after her and asked:

"Where to dig?"

"First of all, we have to find the rough ore veins."

"Where can I find it?"

"The distribution of raw stone veins has certain rules to follow."

"What rule?"

"There are more in the north and less in the south."

"Oh~"

"Usually within large mountain ranges."

"Oh!"

"This year's summer season, we can go to the north for a walk. Go north, very north. Look for the place of the original force, especially the one with towering mountains."

"Good! Good!"

Mo Lan cheered, looking forward to it, and said again: "Then we are not looking for the land of the original force and Zerg warriors in the south?"

Long Bai: "Look for it. I travel twice a year in early summer and early autumn for business and trade, and search along the way. I travel far in winter depending on the situation. This winter, I still have to stay in the ant nest and concentrate on cultivating soldier ants to strengthen the ant kingdom."

Mo Lan: "Yes!"

……

On the way back, Long Bai hunted common animals such as hares, pheasants, wild boars, and pythons, and even took out several nests of bird eggs.

Return to Pandan Mountain at dusk.

Long cypress called back the junipers from the western peaks of the garrison territory.

Shannan restaurant, gather together.

The metal pot holds water and is placed in the center. There are fragrant fruit seeds, lotus seeds, and Gorgon seeds in the pot.

There are also wild citrus collected in winter last year. Some bored worker ants hung the peels on the branches at the entrance of the cave when peeling them. Now they have dried naturally.

Citrus peels have a special smell, and Long Bai also made some and threw them in. The 'boiling' ability was activated slowly and continuously, and boiled into a can of flavorful soup.

The bird eggs that were taken out were put in and boiled first.

The worker ants are busy cutting up the meat, cutting it into strips or chunks.

Under the expectant gaze of Molan, Juniper, Juniper, and Giant Cypress, Long Cypress picked up a piece of wild boar and threw it into the jar.

Increase the original energy output.

The tank boiled vigorously.

After being scalded for about ten seconds, Long Bai withdrew his original energy and fished out the meat strips.

"Molan, try it!"

"it is good!"

Mo Lan dipped in the ant honey, took a sip, and flicked her tentacles, surprised, surprised, and praised:
"The taste is really different!"

"good to eat!"

Everyone is a carnivorous insect, and the taste is basically the same.

Long Bai waved his tentacles as a signal.

Junipers, junipers, and giant cypresses picked up the cut meat strips and threw them into metal cans.

Long Bai activated his boiling ability, and the boiling water continued to tumbling for about ten seconds, removing the original energy.

"good to eat."

"It tastes better."

"The fragrance is richer."

"My lord, you are too wise."

Juniper, juniper, and giant cypress tasted it, and they all applauded.

Junbai said: "Longcypress Ant King, if we collect more ingredients with a special aroma and add them to the pot, the cooked meat will definitely be more delicious, right?"

"It should be so!"

Long Bai said: "Since everyone thinks it's good, then we will make corresponding changes in the way we eat in the future. All meat should be cooked in boiling water before eating."

Long Bai arranged again: "Junbai, you and Xiangbai are responsible for finding and collecting materials that are suitable for adding to the jar and providing fragrance to food. If you don't know anything, you can come to me and ask."

Junbai: "Understood!"

Jubai asked, "My lord, when will Xiangbai and Cuibai come back?"

Long Bai: "The fishing efficiency is low, and it is not so easy to fully load 50 specialized blue ants. I will go there after the Zhanlan Reservoir is built, and bring them back in batches."

"eat."

Long Bai greeted and activated the ability to boil the water.

Evenly brushed, the meat strips and pieces were put into the tank.

cooked.

Click it, click me, grab it with your claws.

Juniper said quietly: "Cooked like this, it's delicious, but it's a bit cumbersome."

Juniper: "My lord, I have a suggestion!"

You are the stupidest, and you always like to give advice.

Long Bai: "Say."

Juniper: "We can find a branch with a hook, punch holes in the meat, hang it on the branch, and put it in a pot to cook. This way we don't have to fish hard."

what--

Ingenious idea!
Long Bai immediately ordered: "Junbai, take the worker ants out of the nest and come back with some branches."

"Okay." Juniper led the worker ants off.

Long Bai: "This meat is not as delicious as the one I ate in Hei Lian Lake. I guess it is because there is no boiled fish. Juniper, you take two blue soldiers down the mountain and go to Beiqian reservoir to catch two The fish is back."

Juniper: "Ah..."

Juniper: "Okay."

Juniper reluctantly led the soldier ants down the mountain.

Long Bai is an ant king who strives for perfection.

The fish is sent up the mountain, cleaned and thrown into the pot to boil until it is rotten, and then other meat is cooked, which tastes better obviously.

Fish can improve the quality of soup.

Long Bai also realized other problems, the metal cans were too small, and the mouth of the cans was too narrow.

The solution is simple,
The next day, I went up the mountain to search, picked the hardest rock, cut off a piece, and polished it into a stone vessel with a diameter of 50 cm and a depth of 15 cm.

It's too bulky and troublesome to clean, but everything else is fine.

Long Bai then went up the mountain to search for stone materials, and then made two large stone pots and placed them outside the cave.

In the future, regular and large-scale hunting will be carried out to add a meal to the worker ants and soldier ants, and this new type of eating method will be popularized throughout the ant country.

(End of this chapter)