Astral Ants

Chapter 19: The Praying Mantis Good at Finding Problems

From a distance, Mo Lan spotted Long Bai, and flew up to meet him.

"Long Bai, it's over!"

"What about the god-given seed? Has it become a normal seed size?"

"Mo Lan, how do you know it's a seed bestowed by God?"

"Didn't you say that?"

Obviously you guessed it~
"Okay." Long Bai pointed to the small spider silk bag and said happily:
"It is indeed a seed bestowed by the gods. And it is not big. I feel that it can be brought into the life sac at the 8th or 9th age."

As Long Bai spoke, he said with some guilt: "Mo Lan, the Throne of Domination has made a 'contract' between me and Azure Heart, which is similar to the life sac of our Zerg that breeds life. Throne's alien civilization creation, but now we have searched the starship and found nothing else..."

Long Bai: "Mo Lan, when you become rich in the future, I will find a caravan and use rough stones to buy you a creation from an extraterrestrial civilization!"

Mo Lan: "Okay! Good! Long Bai, you also have the seed bestowed by God!"

Mo Lan didn't seem to care about Long Bai's previous promise, all her thoughts were on the seed bestowed by the gods, adjusting her flying posture, lightly landing on the ruling throne, and hastily opened the spider silk bag to check.

"it's beautiful!"

Mo Lan sighed, took out the Azure Heart, and flipped through it, fascinated.

Long Bai controlled the flight of the ruling throne and landed on a huge rock on the ridge.

Mo Lan came back to her senses and asked, "Longbai, what kind of plant is it? What kind of plant has such beautiful blue seeds? Do you have any in your inheritance memory?"

Long Bai: "No..."

Long Bai: "Mo Lan, you are an intermediate fighter, you have awakened more memories than me."

Mo Lan: "But there is no plant whose seeds are blue in my memory."

Long Bai firmly said: "Then it does not belong to the natural god system! It is a plant unique to the creator's civilization!"

Mo Lan: "I agree!"

Mo Lan continued: "Its origin force has strong characteristics of the water system. According to the law, the fruit of the origin force produced must strengthen the ability of the water system."

Mo Lan asked: "Long Bai, is this strengthening effect worth it?"

Long Bai: "It's not as valuable as Guoxianglan, but it's not cheap either. It's quite satisfactory."

Long Bai: "The innate ability of the Orchid Mantis has the attribute of water, Mo Lan, you can use it."

"Great!"

Mo Lan cheered and continued to ask: "Long cypress, is the heart of azure a herbaceous plant? Or vines? Arbors? How should plants from extraterrestrial civilizations be sown? Do they prefer shade or sun? Dry or wet? What kind of texture do you like? Soil? Do you prefer severe cold or hot climate? Should I plant it on the top of the mountain or in the forest below the mountain?"

Long Bai: "I don't know..."

Long Bai: "Where did I know this..."

Mo Lan will really find the problem.

Having received the seed bestowed by the gods, Long Bai was overly excited, before he had time to think about these issues.

What Mo Lan put forward was all important information that must be clear after a life plant has been cultivated.

Plants from extraterrestrial civilizations have no relevant records in the inherited knowledge.

The ruling throne did not give any hints.

This is not easy to do...

Long Bai's thoughts changed sharply, his head gradually became dizzy.

"The back of the ruling throne is decorated with waves. The heart of azure is to strengthen the ability of the water system. The creator civilization seems to be very close to water..."

Long Bai analyzed one by one: "The heart of Lan Zhan must like water very much! It can be sown near the water!"

"As for the light and soil, the god-given seed must have a lot of light requirements, and it is also very adaptable to the soil. It's a small problem."

"As for the hot and cold climate... I have already settled in the mountains here, so I have no choice!"

"After sowing and germination, check whether it is needle-leaved or broad-leaved. If it is needle-leaved, move it to the mountains. If it is broad-leaved, it is about right to sow on the mountainside or at the foot of the mountain..."

Mo Lan: "Then does it grow in water like a lotus root?"

Molan can always find new problems.

Long Bai: "It's not impossible..."

Long Bai: "You can find a water pool, sow seedlings next to it, observe the seedlings, determine the type, and transplant them to a suitable place."

Long Cypress: "If it is an aquatic plant like lotus root, it can only be planted at the bottom of the mountain..."

……

The small soldier ants are mainly to catch small pests, so that the planting is not so easy to be pests. After the number of small soldier ants reaches 10, the Cypress will not continue to be cultivated.

The number of specialized chemical ants reached 12, and they started working.

There are a lot of plants in Molan's territory, so first dig a biogas digester for it.

Longbai's original plan was to build a water storage pond and a biogas digester in his and Mo Lan's territories.Correspondingly, various canals have to be excavated and built, and the amount of work is already very large.

Now there is another azure blue seed bestowed by the gods that may need to grow in water. To be on the safe side, a large pond must be prepared.

The amount of work has increased dramatically.

The more specialized chemical ants there are, the better.

The ruling throne still produces 5 ant eggs every 2 days, and all the dragon cypresses are cultivated into specialized chemical ants.

……

The wind blew violently, and the colorful barrier of divine power rolled like mist in the distance.

Overcast clouds, lightning and thunder, torrential rain pouring down.

The temperature plummeted.

The dry season is over and so is the hottest midsummer.

Under the suitable temperature and abundant rainfall, the five cypress trees have entered the second growth period of the year.

The first biogas digester was also dug to a depth of half a meter.

Built under the cliff, it has a circular entrance with a diameter of about 0.4 meters. The designed inner diameter is about 2 meters and the depth is about 2 meters.

When you dig deep, moving gravel is a laborious task.

Long Bai came up with a clever way to save effort.

Fresh goatskin is sewn with ramie silk to create a rough, stiff pocket.

The hole in the bag was tied with a hemp rope, and the bag was put into the digester. The worker ants put the excavated gravel into the bag, and Longbai pulled the hemp rope and stood on the ruling throne.

When the bag is full of gravel, manipulate the throne to fly upwards, lift the bag out, and dump it far away.

Engineering efficiency has been greatly improved.

Long Bai got up early and returned late, leading the ants to dig rocks.

Molan is responsible for hunting and taking care of life-growing plants.

There is something to do every day, but it is not busy or tiring.

Most of the time, Mo Lan followed Long Bai, lying side by side on the ruling throne, chatting with each other and watching the worker ants below work.

Time flies, summer goes and autumn comes.

late autumn.

The number of specialized chemical ants reached 18.

The first biogas digester was finally dug.

Then digging canals for water diversion and drainage.

Gather fallen leaves and dead grass and throw them into the pool.

A few bamboo tubes were dug from the swamp of the Dahe River and put into it.

In the end, Long Bai ran a long way to find a natural slate, cut it, carried it back to the mountain with the throne of control, and covered it at the entrance of the biogas pool.

You're done!

After two months of airtight fermentation, the bamboo tube tied with hemp rope can be used to scoop out fertilizer and water.

Immediately afterwards, Long Bai's own territory was dug for a second biogas digester.

The cultivation of specialized chemical ants is on the right track, with 5 being born every 2 days, and the labor force is gradually growing.

Correspondingly, the mining rate has increased.

The number of specialized chemical ants exceeded 30, and the biogas digester construction site could not be crowded.

There were 10 cypresses, and they excavated gently beside the stream above the territory to clean up the site.

The design of the pool is 5 meters in length and width and 3 meters in depth.

A diversion channel connecting the stream has to be dug above to divert water from the stream in spring and autumn to ensure that the pool is full of water at any time.

A drainage channel must be dug below to drain water during heavy rains and flow down into the stream to be sent away.

The amount of work is huge, and 30 specialized chemical ants are far from enough.

(End of this chapter)