Astral Ants

Chapter 164 Metal Box

Half a month of winter fishing in Heilian Lake.

Long Bai guarded Xianglan Mountain, carefully inspecting the construction and development of the territory in the past year, and also made a statistics on the kingdom of Yikou.

The number of advanced specialized soldier ants finally reached 500, and the number of large soldier ants also reached 400. The advanced combat effectiveness of the Ant Country barely reached expectations.

Assign 500 soldier ants, led by juniper and giant cypress, to guard the mountain fortress on the west side of the mountain range.

In the mountain territory, there are soldier ants living under every life planting plant.

There are criss-cross fixed ant tunnels up and down the mountain, and teams of soldier ants patrol regularly according to fixed routes.

Most of the soldier ants cultivated during the middle-level ant king period are arranged in the ant nest, with three steps, one post and five steps, one sentry.

In the south of the mountain and the north of the mountain, once any place is in danger, information will be passed on layer by layer immediately, and a large number of reinforcements will rush to it immediately.

Initially, it has the majesty of the ant country.

There are 230 high-grade specialized blue ants and 120 large blue ants, and the logistics support is sufficient.

Continue to improve the ant country's combat power!

at the same time,

In the midwinter of this year, worker ants and soldier ants bred during the primary ant king period died in batches.

Elderly ants have reduced resistance and cannot withstand the severe cold in winter.

……

Five days later,
Longbai transported 50 fasting, specialized blue ants to Heilian Lake, and brought back 40 full-fledged blue ants.

Check the status of the black grape, very healthy, no abnormalities found.

After another five days, 30 specialized blue ants with empty stomachs were transported away, and 40 specialized blue ants with full stomachs were transported back.

Five days later, when the winter fishing was over, Longbai made two trips back and forth to transport all the cypresses, blue soldiers and blue ants involved in the fishing back to Xianglan Mountain.

Hei ate 20 black lotus seeds later, and there was no sign of breakthrough or other abnormalities.

Long Bai made the third trip to bring Heiti, the remaining worker ants and soldier ants back to Xianglan Mountain.

The 7 specialized chemical ant larvae used in the test have all reached a length of nearly 1 meter, without showing any special features, which are exactly the same as the normally cultivated specialized chemical ant larvae.

So far, it is basically certain that Hei Ti is an exception to the mutation.

Long Bai checked all the ants in the Ant Kingdom again, and found no second case.

Long Bai was a little free, so he called Heiti over to conduct some confirmatory tests.Take out all kinds of original force food stored in the warehouse, and let Heiti try them one by one.

The result is the same, only about one-fifth of the energy of the original force can be absorbed, and most of it is dissipated and wasted.

This is a matter of constitution and the level of life.

Long Bai became more and more curious: how did Heiti evolve?
He brought Hei Ti with him, and occasionally gave lectures to it in his spare time, imparting various knowledge.

Time flies.

late winter.

It is the season when the common Jinguang fruit in Feiguang Mountain is ripe and harvested.

The wild scarlet seed is about to bloom, and the nectar and pollen are the raw materials for brewing 'royal jelly', so don't miss it.

Long Bai packed his bags, took his black bag, and set off a few days earlier.

……

Hanlan Mountain.

Outside the range of the original force point, where the original force was thin, Mo Lan fluttered her wings and soared into the air, then fell vertically.

From a distance, Long Bai saw it, manipulating the ruling throne to step forward and land on the ground.

hilly hillside,

Mo Lan, Green Maple, and Red Maple are busy digging the soil.

A fragment of the wreckage of a huge starship slanted into the mud.

A large pit has been dug, and the exposed part is seven or eight meters wide.

"Long Bai!"

"Longcypress Ant King!"

Green Maple and Red Maple greeted each other, jumping and cheering: "We found the treasure!"

The two guys rushed to the spider silk bag not far away, opened the bag while tearing, and took out a black metal block.

"Longcypress Ant King, look!"

"We found it with Mo Lan!"

"Molan said it didn't need it."

"Let's play with it."

"It belongs to me and Red Maple."

Qingfeng and Hongfeng talked to each other, first emphasizing the ownership of the things, and then handing them to Long Bai.

Metal texture, quite light.

The length is about 10 cm, the width is about 6 cm, the thickness is about 4 cm, and the corners are polished and smooth.

There are six cuboids, one side is frosted, which seems to be the base, and the other five sides are carved with exquisite patterns of unknown herbaceous plants.

Integral, just looking at it with your eyes, you can't see any gaps.

After a mental scan, it was discovered that there were subtle and almost imperceptible gaps in some patterns.

But there is no mechanism snap.

Mo Lan, Green Maple, and Red Maple had obviously figured out the usefulness of this thing, but they didn't give any hints, just looked at Long Bai as if they were testing.

Long Bai chuckled inwardly, injecting the original force.

Silently, the patterns cracked.

The original force was continuously injected, layer by layer, the black metal receded to the surroundings like flowing water, revealing the inner space.

It turned out to be an exquisitely designed metal box for storing small items.

The box is empty.

The original force was withdrawn, and the unfolded metal box did not close.

Long Bai tried to inject the original force again, and the black metal was slowly gathered like flowing water, and the patterns and patterns were butted together, seamlessly.

"Long Bai, do you know him?" Mo Lan asked tentatively.

"do not know."

Long Bai shook his tentacles and said, "A metal box for storing small items. What's inside? Is it empty?"

Mo Lan: "It's empty—"

Mo Lan: "Longbai, it has practical functions, please take a closer look."

Long Bai was not interested in this little game of testing bugs, and said: "Don't look at it. I don't know what it's for. Let's just talk about it. Qingfeng, you say it."

Long Bai handed the metal box to Qing Maple.

"I know."

"I know too."

Green Maple continued to inject force and opened the metal box.

Red Maple randomly picked a few grass seeds from the surroundings, put them into the metal box, and rushed to inject the original force.

A burst of emerald green energy was emitted, and the black metal slowly gathered, fixing the grass seeds, releasing strands of emerald green energy to wrap the grass seeds.

The red maple continued to inject force, and the metal box was completely closed.

Long Bai understood.

A creation of extraterrestrial civilizations used to store seeds.

Equipped with wood-type original energy protection function, it can greatly extend the storage time of seeds.

Long Bai's thoughts turned sharply, and he immediately thought of the purpose of the thing: [Often, the time for Zerg warriors to sleep and evolve does not match the planting season of life seeds, so they need to be carefully preserved.If you use this kind of metal box, it must be foolproof]

good stuff!
Mo Lan, you are so generous, you gave such a treasure with such high practical value to these two sycophants?

Long Bai tentatively asked: "Green maple, red maple, how about selling it to me?"

"Do not sell!"

"We have no shortage of rough stones!"

Qingfeng and Hongfeng were vigilant, they didn't dare to show off any more, they quickly put the things back into the spider silk bag and pressed them firmly under their bodies.

Just knew I shouldn't have left you two little bastards here.

Long Bai thought about it, and asked, "When you found this metal box, it contained..."

Green Maple: "The seeds of extraterrestrial civilization!"

Red Maple: "It shatters when touched lightly."

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai's mental power unfolded, swept across the vicinity, and asked:

"Mo Lan, do you have anything else to gain?"

"Well—"

Mo Lan pointed to the large starship wreckage in the pit.

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai jumped down into the pit to have a look.

The material of this wreck is the same as that of the room partition and the door, which is the light silver-white original energy metal.The thickness exceeds 10 centimeters, it should be the layered partition of the starship.

A large piece.

Mo Lan: "Long Bai, can the ruling throne transport it back?"

Long Bai: "I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult... What are you doing transporting it back?"

Mo Lan: "I haven't thought of it yet. But it may be useful in the future."

A flash of inspiration flashed in Long Bai's mind, he had a whim, and said:

"It can be spread on the mountain to make an open-air camp, or a super-large restaurant can be dug on the mountain and spread in the restaurant. In the future, my evolution level will be higher, and the ruling throne will fly faster. The Zerg warriors all come to Hanlan Mountain to play. Just like those rich and big tribes in the Ten Thousand Races Continent, a large party is held every year, and everyone gathers to chat and enjoy all kinds of delicious food."

"Oh—" Mo Lan tilted her head in thought.

Green Maple and Red Maple looked at each other and cheered happily.

--Wow!great!

——What a great idea the Dragon Cypress Ant King!

——Take San over here!

——Take the black rice and raspberries!

- Let's play together!

Mo Lan said seriously: "Think about it carefully, it's pretty good. In this way, everyone will not be lonely and boring."

Long Bai: "Then it will be decided first. We will make detailed plans later."

Long Bai returned to the throne, set up a plank, and gave instructions: Heiti, take the large worker ants down and help dig the soil!
"Okay. Your Majesty."

Hei Ti led the accompanying 30 large worker ants, and walked down the ruling throne in line.

Mo Lan stared intently at Heiti.

"Long Bai, this worker ant..."

"Hei Ti. The first one to find the wreckage of the starship."

"Why is it a size smaller? Its breath seems to have changed."

"Yes."

Long Bai said: "Picking wild fruits at the end of autumn, on the way back to Xianglan Mountain, in order to save transportation, I threw some worker ants, soldier ants and blue ants in the Black Lotus Lake, and let Heiti direct the work..."

Long Bai described the matter in detail.

Mo Lan, Qing Feng, and Hong Feng were shocked, and then began to analyze the reason in a hurry.

After a while of excitement.

Long Bai asked: "Mo Lan, it's been nearly half a year, have you searched Hanlan Mountain?"

Mo Lan: "It's about the same. I searched carefully for all the places I could go. I found nothing else."

Mo Lan took the initiative to ask, "Have the Beiqian and Guoxianglan been harvested smoothly? I've been away for so long, I should go back and look at them."

"Harvested smoothly. The two of them seemed to grow better when you were away."

Long Bai joked, then turned to look at Qingfeng and Hongfeng.

The two little guys have benefited, and they obviously still have something to say, and they are reluctant to leave.

Long Bai: "Green Maple, Red Maple, follow me to the Crimson Mountain to visit Sang. It will evolve to the 8th age. Starting next year, you will have to try to survive independently."

Long Bai: "Mo Lan lived alone in Xianglan Mountain as soon as she woke up. I also came to Yunji Continent when I was 4 years old, and made a living in the wild."

Qingfeng's tentacles drooped, and said: "Understood."

Red Maple: "Thank you."

……

Mo Lan, Green Maple, and Red Maple followed the ant colony to dig and load the soil.

Long Bai controls the lifting of the ruling throne.

After 5 days of busy work, in the end, Long Bai and Mo Lan worked together to pull out the wreckage.

The whole is square, seven or eight meters wide, and a large piece of debris over ten meters long.

Very light, Long Bai can move with only one front foot.

Throw it on the hillside first, and then deal with it later.

Simply pack up and set off, and head to Scarlet Light Mountain together.

(End of this chapter)