Astral Ants

Chapter 247 The First Rough Stone Mine
To the east of the ruling throne, there are dry mountains along the way, no grass grows, and there are barren mountains of black rocks in a sharp turn.

Ahead are cliffs and a deep blue ocean.

Here is the southeast coast.

According to the map of Mt. Citi, this sea area is an acute-angled triangle facing north, going deep into the continent, half in the Yunji Continent, and half in the Longzhu Continent.

On the Yunji Continent, along the coastline to the north, there are barren mountains.

The original stone deposits are distributed in the mountainous area behind the mountain, and the specific range is uncertain.

According to the narration of the seed bestowed by Yexiang, Zerg warriors searched for ore here during the Force period, and they could only rely on flame spider merchants to carry fresh water and food, and traverse more than a thousand kilometers of rocky and barren mountains to deliver supplies.

According to the field inspection, the conditions are more difficult than imagined.

Long Bai controlled the ruling throne, hovered high in the sky, looked at the calm sea below, smelled the smelly sea breeze, and was in a good mood.

"Mo Lan, I understand." Long Bai was in high spirits.

"hold head high--"

According to the usual practice, Mo Lan should ask 'understand what'.

Mo Lan didn't cooperate, looking worried at the undulating mountain.

Long Bai: "The water vapor in the ocean rises with the heat flow, and is carried away by the high-altitude airflow going to the northeast. The water vapor is all carried to the northeast, so there are no clouds and rain in the southeast region, and there is drought and water shortage."

Mo Lan: "Oh——"

Mo Lan: "However, how should we find it? Do we dig up and check one mountain after another?"

The distribution of rough mineral deposits here is irregular, and it is almost impossible to be sensed deep underground.

Long Bai: "That's the only way."

Long Bai: "Look for the land of the original force!"

Mo Lan: "What happens after you find it?"

Long Bai: "Arrange worker ants and soldier ants to dig."

Long Bai: "Mo Lan, you haven't understood yet, compared to Flaming Spider delivering supplies, it's much more convenient for us."

Long Bai: "The flame spider can only walk on the ground, and the road is dangerous. The ruling throne can fly in the air, going straight."

Mo Lan thought for a while, and agreed: "Yes. Although I can't transport much at a time, the flying is very slow."

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai: "We still have blue ants and refined food."

Mo Lan: "That's right."

Mo Lan shook the ice-fire kettle and said, "We still have ice-fire kettles, so we don't need to transport fresh water all the way."

Ice and fire made kettles can be regarded as a profit.

The Throne of Reign stopped at the edge of the cliff, rested overnight, and set off early the next morning to continue eastward.

After flying for half a day, a colorful halo appeared in the distant sky.

After another half-day's flight, they came to the divine barrier on the east side of Yunji Continent, but there was no original force at all, which meant that the next door, Longzhu Continent, was also in a silent period of force.

All around are vast seas.

The ruling throne hovered over the sea, Long Bai jumped down, stood on the sea, and explored downward with spiritual power.

The divine power barrier goes down to the bottom of the sea.

The throne of dominion turned around, heading south against the barrier of divine power.

After another day of flight, we came to the intersection of the two divine power barriers that divide the northern and southern hemispheres and the eastern and western hemispheres.

There is force infiltrating here!
"The continent in the southern hemisphere is in the force period!"

"Not very strange."

"Could there also be a starship across, connecting the two continents?"

"Can a starship float at sea?"

"Yeah—"

Mo Lan, who was just agitated, drooped her tentacles and asked, "Long Bai, where are you going next?"

Long Bai: "Look further north."

The ocean climate is extreme, and there are giant beasts in the sea.

Long Bai didn't dare to put the ruling throne on the sea to sleep and rest, so he turned around and flew northwest, landed on land, stuck to the coastline, and headed north all the way.

It was another 4-day flight, the ocean came to an end, and the plain oasis ahead.

Go west, turn to stick to the divine power barrier and continue northward, and come to what Huang Jie said, the location of the starship that once penetrated the Yunji Continent and the Longzhu Continent. Silent and reappeared.

After some exploration, it was already late autumn, and Long Bai had basically figured out the situation in the southeast region.

The ruling throne headed south, heading straight for the southeast coast, and then entered the tropics again.

Half a month passed by in a trance.

At dusk, Mo Lan, who was bored playing with the rose ring, suddenly raised her head, stood up, her tentacles trembled, and she raised her claws to point.

"Long Bai! Over there! Force fluctuations! Finally found it!"

"it is good!"

With a thought, Long Bai controlled the steering of the ruling throne and increased his speed.

Enter the Land of the Force late at night.

High-altitude reconnaissance did not sense the fluctuation of the force plant.

Long Bai directly landed the ruling throne on the top of the mountain, and flew at a low altitude to search, but there were all bare barren hills, not a single grass, not a single tree.

It is hot and dry all year round, and it is a dead place where life is extinct.

The area is not small, elliptical, with a long axis of six to seven kilometers and a short axis of four to five kilometers, and the concentration of force is not low.Including the low-concentration active area formed by the spread of the original force, the overall area exceeds 35 square kilometers.

Rest in the middle of the night, and take a closer look at the dawn of the next day.

No caves were found.

"This area should not have been explored before." Long Bai was very satisfied.

Mo Lan asked: "Long Bai, should we look for it now? Or should we continue to look for the place of the original force?"

Long Bai: "Continue to go south and look for the land of the original force."

Long Bai: "Next time you come here, bring Heiti with you, and bring a batch of worker ants and blue ants. Under Heiti's command, they will dig holes up and down from mountain to mountain, and conduct a detailed survey."

Mo Lan had an idea, and said: "Then let's name this place 'Yuanshi Mountain'? If you choose the name, you will definitely gain something!"

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai: "Then why not name it 'No. [-] Rough Stone Mine'."

Long Bai explained: "Even if there is no discovery of the Force Land here, it can also be used as a transit base to replenish the Force for the Throne of Control in the future. We can use this place as the center, control the Throne of Command, and explore around. turn up."

"That makes sense!" Mo Lan agreed with her tentacles vigorously, and said, "Then it's better to call it the 'First Rough Stone Mine'. If you find a second place of original force, it will be called the 'Second Rough Stone Mine'; Find the third place of the original force, it is called the 'third rough stone mine'. And so on."

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai: "Okay. Listen to you."

Long Bai shook its tentacles, "Make two pieces of ice to cool down, rest for a while, let's go."

After a short rest, the Throne of Dominion took off again, and searched southward in a zigzag line.

Five days later, no harvest.

In late autumn, winter is about to enter.

Long Bai and Mo Lan gave up temporarily and returned straight to Xianglan Mountain.

Packing up my bags, I came to Bailian Lake. Yexiang's God-bestowed Seed was in a stable condition.

Continue to go north, enter Yinbai Mountain, and complete this year's travel business transaction.

Then came to Huaqi Mountain, traded with Huangzhu and Yunshan, informed the southeast coastal area of ​​Yunji Continent, discussed and discussed, and set off for Tilia worm country.

(End of this chapter)