Astral Ants

Chapter 15 Evolution
It usually takes about 10 days of deep sleep for a junior fighter to evolve into an intermediate fighter.

During this period, the most taboo is to be disturbed, especially not to scan with mental power. Force creatures are sensitive to mental power and are easily awakened, resulting in the evolution being abandoned halfway. The consequences range from restarting to fatal.

……

Long Bai stood guard outside the cave where Mo Lan lived, and occasionally looked inward, not daring to make unnecessary movements.

Engraved timing at the hole,

One day, two days, three days...

On the afternoon of the fourth day, there was a weak force fluctuation in the cave.

Long Bai probed to wait and see.

The oval 'Force Cocoon' is rapidly shrinking and dissipating.

On the ruling throne, Mo Lan's two pairs of wings fell off, her dull carapace, a crack opened on her forehead, her body shook, and the cracks in her carapace quickly spread to her back.

Shed the old shell.

New pink and white carapace, new wings slowly stretched.

Mo Lan's body is also elongated, until the body length is about 30 centimeters, and the original bloated body has changed and become slender.

When exposed to air, it solidifies at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Long Bai?"

Waking up from a deep sleep, Mo Lan was in a trance.

"Mo Lan, congratulations, you have successfully promoted to an intermediate fighter!"

Long Bai: "Are you hungry? I'll look for something to eat..."

After speaking, he left and searched in the nearby forest.

The 5th-year-old junior ant king has poor predation ability. Long Bai ran back and forth several times and caught 7 grasshoppers in the grass and went back.

Mo Lan took one bite at a time, had eaten something, recovered some strength, and went out to hunt by herself.

……

From a junior fighter to an intermediate fighter, it is a breakthrough in a big realm, a leap in life level, a substantial increase in overall strength, and a life span that is extended to 30 to 50 years.

The moment Mo Lan completed her breakthrough, Guo Xianglan's God-Bestowed Seed changed.

Overnight, the mother plant was uplifted by about 10 cm, and new buds and leaves emerged. At the same time, all 7 branch plants withered, and the underground stems spread.

Each ramet derives 3 underground stems, that is, a 3-fold ratio ramet.

Although it is not the 5x or 7x ratio that Longbai and Molan expected, it is not the worst either.

In one day, the underground stems of the ramets grow.

In one day, the original 7 ramets and the new 21 ramets all sprouted buds.

In one day, the shoots grow to a height of five or six centimeters, and new shoots emerge.

In another day, it will grow into a vigorous seedling with a height of about ten centimeters.

After another 15 days of growth, the height of the mother plant and ramets of Xiangguolan Shencizhiseed both exceeded 1 meter.

Molan's other bluegrass species also grow, and they are also ramets, but the growth rate is much slower, and the number of ramets is very small, and the height is far less than the god-given seed.

……

When Molan was a junior warrior, there were foxes, wild boars, giant pythons, eagle eagles, wolves, bears, tigers, leopards and other large beasts in the mountains that could not be defeated.

After evolving into a mid-level fighter, after resting for a period of time, his combat power reached its peak. Mo Lan began to clean up these guys who often threatened the security of the territory.

The corpses that could not be eaten were cut up, dug and buried near the life-planting plants.

There are more, plan the planting position of the next life seed in advance, bury the compost, and first increase the soil fertility.

Within a 10-kilometer radius, sweep it all over and patrol regularly until no more beasts dare to approach.

……

time late spring,

Long Bai keenly felt that he was about to evolve, so he informed Mo Lan, put down all the work at hand, calmed down, lay down on the ruling throne, and concentrated on absorbing the force.

Within two days, a strong drowsiness hit...

……

"Awakened the knowledge of many animals and plants."

Waking up from a deep sleep, shedding the old carapace, Long Bai lay on the ruling throne, lowered his head, sorting out his memory.

Quickly find the most important inheritance knowledge: specialized chemical ant cultivation
What is the use of specialized chemical ants?

Useful!
The two jaws of soldier ants are only good at killing prey.

The two jaws of worker ants are more suitable for digging earth and rocks.

You can breed a group of specialized chemical ants and direct them to dig a reservoir, dig aqueducts, etc. in the territory.

"Junior warrior at the age of 6, I should have enough physical strength to support the ruling throne to generate 2 ant eggs at a time, right?"

Long Bai thought, and climbed down from the throne.

The time of this evolutionary sleep should not be too long, and he had enough food and drink in advance, and he did not feel too weak when he woke up.

Long Bai climbed straight out of the ant nest.

"Long Bai! Wake up!"

Mo Lan, who was guarding the entrance of the cave, greeted him, surprised, looked at Long Bai, and said slightly disappointed:

"Wow, Long Bai, you are still so small."

Ants are inherently smaller than praying mantises.

Male ants are smaller than female ants.

Evolving into a junior ant king at the 6th instar, the body length of the dragon cypress is only seven or eight centimeters, slender and thin. According to this growth law, I am afraid that it will be promoted to an intermediate ant king in the future, and the body length will not exceed 20 centimeters.

There is no comparison with Molan.

"Long Bai, where's your life seed?"

"exist……"

Cypress opens its mouth and spits out giant cypress seeds that were bred in the 5th instar.

Shaking the antennae, a small worker ant ran out, moved it back to the ant nest, and soaked it in a bamboo tube filled with water.

It is still spring at this time, and there is still time for sowing. The giant cypress is resistant to drought and heat, so there is no big problem.

A few medium-sized worker ants came out of the ant nest with food in their mouths to feed Longbai.

"Mo Lan, how many days have I slept?"

"One day? You started to evolve last night, and it's only mid-afternoon now, and it took less than a day. The ruling throne is too powerful."

Mo Lan then asked again: "Long Cypress, what plant do you choose as your life seed at the 6th age? Is it an orchid?"

Mo Lan was promoted to a mid-level fighter, and at Long Bai's strong request, she chose a hemlock seed as her life seed.

Now, Mo Lan also wants to suggest that Long Bai choose a bluegrass seed as his life seed.

Of course it was impossible for Long Bai to agree.

"Mo Lan, the dried cedar seeds you gave me last time are very good, I decided to choose it!"

Long Bai quickly changed the subject and asked, "Mo Lan, has the God-given seed of Xiangguolan bloomed?"

Mo Lan: "No. It's still early. I'm just worried that it won't bloom this year."

Long Bai: "How is the growth? Take a look!"

……

The 28 branches of Guoxianglan God-given Seed have all grown up, and the underground stems are developing, and it takes time to accumulate energy.

Molan can communicate with Guoxianglan with spiritual power.

Asking, Guoxianglan himself is not sure whether it can bloom this year.

Long Bai couldn't even tell,

Wait and see.

……

Different varieties of bluegrass have quite different flowering seasons.

Molan blooms in early spring, Shilan blooms in late spring, and Hanlan blooms in early summer.

The common fruit pandan blooms only in mid-summer.

The flowering period of the God-given Seed of Guoxianglan moves forward, and it blooms in early summer.

I just evolved ramets once, and now there are 28 ramets. I'm not sure if I can catch up this year.

Like Mo Lan, Long Bai cared about its growth and went over every three days to check it.

The weather is a bit hot in early summer.

Finally, under the expectant eyes, all 28 branches of Guoxianglan pulled out their foils one after another.

"Plump and strong, it should be able to bloom and set seeds smoothly."

After checking, Long Bai gave a judgment.

"Yes. Yes."

"great!"

Mo Lan cheered, tilting her head to do math.

"If each branch still blooms 11 flowers, and each one bears one orchid seed. Then we can harvest this year..."

Mo Lan thought hard, but couldn't figure it out.

Long Bai: "That's 308 pandan orchid seeds. The force food that strengthens the comprehensive endurance is very valuable, but Mo Lan, you are only an intermediate fighter now, and the corresponding quality is slightly lower. I estimate that each caravan purchases The price of Guoxianglan seeds is between 5 and 8 rough stones, and the specifics still depend on the quality."

Long Bai: "This year's time is short, and the quality may be slightly worse."

Long Bai: "Based on 5 rough stones, your income this year is also 1540 rough stones!"

Long Bai: "Mo Lan, when the time comes, you will repay me the Guoxianglan seeds worth 140 rough stones. Then, lend me some more?"

"OK……"

Mo Lan: "Long Bai, thanks to you, I was able to evolve into an intermediate fighter so quickly. This year's harvest is all due to you. Let's share the orchid seeds equally."

"Alright..." Long Bai hesitated for a moment, and readily agreed.

Mo Lan did rely on the force food she got on credit from the Zeqi Spider King to advance ahead of the season.

But it seems a little unreasonable to divide it in half.

Long Bai is a principled and conscientious worm.

"Mo Lan, I will urgently cultivate a batch of small and medium-sized soldier ants to guard the seeds bestowed by the Guoxianglan God and hunt down those annoying pests."

Long Bai: "Cultivate another batch of specialized chemical ants, and first help you dig a biogas pool near your territory."

Mo Lan: "Methane digester?"

Long Bai briefly explained: "This is a technique for producing nutrients that I don't have any memory of inheritance, but almost every Zerg in the Ten Thousand Clans Continent has mastered it. Store a proper amount of water, put in various plant branches and leaves, and seal it up to rot. It is the fertilizer, water and biogas residue needed for plant growth.”

(End of this chapter)