Astral Ants

Chapter 30 Strange Alien Plants

"Molan! You have been guarding outside?"

"No... I'll come and see if you're awake."

"I slept for a long time this time?"

"Wrong! It was very short. It only took one day and two nights."

"Oh!"

Long Bai was secretly happy.

The shorter the time spent in deep sleep, the better the body is in good condition and the evolution is smooth.

Long Bai also noticed that Mo Lan's gaze and mental power had been concentrated on the bamboo tube held in his jaws, and he said proactively:

"The seed bestowed by the Zhanlan God has been successfully completed!"

"Great! Congratulations, Long Bai, you also have the seed bestowed by God!"

Mo Lan asked: "Long Bai, are you going to sow seeds?"

Long Bai: "Yes! Now!"

Mo Lan: "I don't need to soak it in water?"

Mo Lan asked one after another: "Long Bai, do you know how to sow seeds? At least you have to find out whether it grows in water or on land?"

"I don't know...it's not difficult...let's go, try it."

Long Bai ran back to the ant's nest, took out the ruling throne, and led the way to the lower part of the mountain range, next to a small pool formed by the falling water from the mountain stream.

Dig a hole by the water, put the seeds in, and fill with a layer of sand.

Although it is not clear whether the Zhanlan God-given Seed is born in water or land, but it is very sure that this thing is a water system and loves water.

Then sow the waterside, after germination, observe the growth status and the shape of the seedlings, and then make the next step.

With a wave of Longbai's tentacles, the specialized soldier ants moved one after another and surrounded the pool.

The ruling throne stood aside, and Long Bai and Mo Lan lay on the throne, guarding and waiting.

The god-given seeds bred by the life sac have far more vitality than ordinary plant seeds.

Under the soaking of spring water, only one day passed, and a gap cracked at the top of the heart-shaped shell of the seed bestowed by the azure blue god.

In another day, the color of the fruit shell became dim, the lines of origin force disappeared, and the light blue buds broke out of the shell, taking root in the sandy soil.

In another day, the young shoots broke through the ground against the shell.

Mo Lan came over with three rough stones, and Long Bai stood beside the seedlings, scraping his toes, and sprinkled rough stone powder to replenish his force.

In the close connection of spiritual power, Long Bai felt that it liked the original stone very much, and greedily yearned for more original power.

Three days later, two thick green and thick heart-shaped cotyledons finally broke free from the husk and unfolded against the bright morning sun, with a little spore protruding from the center.

The mental power scans the rhizomes, which are a bit like trees.

However, looking at the buds, they look a bit like lotus leaves.

This made Long Bai, who had planned to figure it out, not know what to do.

just have to look again...

The young plants are straight and grow rapidly.

Three days later, the cotyledons withered, and the lotus leaf-like young shoots rose to a height of about 10 cm. After a day of light, the leaves slowly unfolded.

Round broad leaves, solitary.

In the center of the leaves, a little bud tip came out again.

The trunk is woody and looks more like an arbor.

It is known that the plants of alien civilizations may be different from the plants of natural systems, but I did not expect such a big difference.

Long Cypress and Mo Lan searched for the inheritance memory, pondered hard for a whole day, but did not find any plants with similar shapes.

The underground roots all extend toward the water pool. It can be confirmed 100% that it likes water very much.

Mo Lan asked: "Long cypress, tell me, could it be a kind of tree similar to mangrove? A big tree that grows in the water."

Long Bai: "Nine out of ten it's like this..."

Mo Lan: "Then if you plant it here, the sun will be hot and dry in summer, and the mountain spring will dry up. Wouldn't it be a big problem?"

"Then transplant!"

"Move to the river below the mountain! As soon as possible!"

"Mo Lan, help keep an eye on it here. I'll take the worker ants down the mountain and dig a water hole first."

Long Bai jumped onto the ruling throne, took off and returned to the ant nest.

Putting the ruling throne to the maximum, Long Bai lifted up the worker ants one by one, and flew down the mountain carrying them.

At the foot of the mountain is a small river ditch less than two meters wide, which is the continuation of the stream on the mountain.

Long Bai had long considered the issue of 'the seed bestowed by the azure blue god is an aquatic plant', and had already chosen the location at the foot of the mountain.

Go straight to a low-slope depression four or five hundred kilometers away from the foot of the mountain.

The ruling throne shrunk rapidly, and the worker ants fell to the ground with a clatter.

Seven or eight meters away from the river ditch, command the ant colony to dig.

Shallow ponds for temporary emergency use,

It doesn’t need to be too big, the length and width are about 3 meters, and 80 specialized chemical ants cannot be spread out, so 30 of them are separated to dig drainage ditches.

There is no need to dig too deep, dig down 0.8 meters, backfill a layer of clay with a thickness of 0.3 meters, and a depth of 0.5 meters.

Work overtime and get it done in 4 days.

……

on the mountain,

The first broad leaf of the Zanlan Godsend Seed grows rapidly, shrinks, and becomes an open trumpet shape with the mouth facing upwards, and the diameter of the opening exceeds 0.3 meters.

Dark green, blue veins, smooth surface, tough texture, leaf margin turned down, thick and serrated.

The trunk under the leaves is straight and firm, with a height of more than 0.2 meters.

The buds drawn from the center of the leaves are also jumping upwards, reaching 0.2 meters, and the second broad leaf is about to unfold.

Long Bai and Mo Lan dug it out carefully, wrapped the roots in a spider silk bag, carried them to the throne of domination, and airlifted it down the mountain.

In the center of the newly dug pond, the tree pit that had been left long ago, the seed bestowed by the blue god settled down again.

Long Bai shook his tentacles and gave an order.

Thirty specialized chemical ants excavated at the same time, digging through the last half meter between the canal and the ditch.

The river water flowed into the pond along the channel, and soon approached the depth of the bottom of the first broad leaf.

Long Bai continued to instruct the specialized chemical ants to push the prepared two sheepskin bags filled with gravel into the ditch, and then backfill it with clay to completely seal it to prevent the pond water from flooding the leaves of the azure blue god-given seed.

Just dig it out when you need to replenish water.

Mo Lan watched the whole process, amazed and admired.

"Long Bai, is this all right?"

"Sufficient for a short time."

"How long?"

"At present, our life-planting plants are still very young, and the number is not large. In case of drought, we can cope with it, and the pool on the mountain can be put aside. I will dig a few more large ponds with a depth of 1 meter to 1.5 meters around this small pond. , dug through, connected into one piece, and integrated with the river ditch."

Long Bai shook his tentacles, pointed to the southeast direction, and said:

"In the future, with the growth of the blue god-given seed, if the depth of the pond is not enough, we can dig the entire valley half a meter down, and use the excavated soil to block the mouth of the valley over there. Turn this swale into a reservoir."

"In the future, orchards will be opened under the mountain, and water can also be diverted from the reservoir for irrigation."

Long Bai raised his forefoot, pointed to the mountains to the west, and said: "In the future, when the ant colony grows stronger, they can dig a large reservoir on the ridge over there, open up river channels, and gather water down the mountain to replenish water for the reservoir under the mountain. At the same time, it can also be used for irrigation. Orchards along the way."

Mo Lan flew into the sky, looked around, and praised: "Long Bai, you are so smart!"

Mo Lan landed on the ground, pointed to the pond and asked: "Long Bai, what should we do if the rainstorm floods the water? The blue god-given seed is not afraid of being flooded, right?"

"Molan, you can always find problems quickly."

Long Bai praised, and said: "However, this is not a problem. Go back and widen the river at the mouth of the valley to ensure that it can be drained away in time when there is a flood."

"Oh!"

Mo Lan looked up at the sky, and said: "Long Bai, it's gloomy, it's going to rain, you have to dig quickly."

Long Bai: "Yes..."

Mo Lan turned her head to look at the seed bestowed by the blue god, and said, "Long cypress, the leaves of this shape will accumulate water when it rains, right?"

Long Bai: "There must be water."

Long Bai said: "The forms of all animals and plants are natural evolution, the result of natural selection, each has its own reasons, so there is no need to worry about it."

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