Astral Ants

Chapter 5 Mo Lan
Long Bai rested for two days before recovering from "poor physical condition", activated the "messenger" function of the Throne of Dominion, and began to breed the second ant egg.

New problems were discovered: the temperature in winter was low, and the first ant eggs that had been conceived developed extremely slowly.

Long Bai began to dig rocks, dig holes into the depths of the mountain, follow the instruction of inheritance memory, and dig a warm, moist and clean 'incubation room'.

The diameter of the ant tunnel is about 3 centimeters, because the limit of the ruling throne's shrinkage is so large.

Placing the ant eggs on the cushion of the throne can provide sufficient force to help the ant eggs develop and hatch.

The hatching chamber is designed to be hemispherical, with a height of more than 10 cm and a diameter of more than 10 cm.

The overall project volume is quite large.

Long Bai entered a state of busy work.

In the early morning of this day, he was running out of the hole of the nest with a gravel in his mouth. The sky eye above his head keenly sensed the changes in the light and shadow nearby. He subconsciously raised his head, and a beautiful shadow looted from above his head.

A praying mantis with wings spread nearly half a meter.

The color of the carapace is bright and beautiful, the warrior of the flower mantis clan!
The flower mantis warrior also noticed the strangeness below, turned around quickly, and landed four or five meters away from the entrance of the cave.

Four eyes facing each other.

The color of the carapace of Huamantis Warrior is white, pink white, and light green, and the three colors gradually change, graceful and elegant, just like a blooming orchid.

Long Bai searched the inheritance memory and recognized it: a rare orchid mantis.

How could there be an orchid mantis warrior here?

The size of the mantis is naturally much larger than that of the ant tribe. The body length of the mantis is over 20 centimeters, and it must be a junior fighter. It is about the 8th or 9th age.

While Long Bai was sizing up, identifying, and estimating the opponent, Huamantis also tilted his head, staring at Long Bai curiously.

"Ant?"

Warrior Huamant communicated jerkyly with mental power.

"Giant head ant."

Long Bai replied.

At first, they thought it was a caravan sent over to check the changes in the force of Yunji Continent, but after communicating with them, they immediately denied this guess.

The flame spider caravan travels in the continent of ten thousand nations and ten thousand races, and the "worm mouth trade" is one of the important profitable projects.

Long Bai had been with the caravan for a year, and he knew very well that it is absolutely impossible for the caravan to bring an 8th or even 9th age flower mantis warrior.Because the growth stage of Zerg warriors takes at least two or three years. The life seeds that have been bred have been sown long ago, germinated and rooted to a certain height, and it is difficult to relocate, let alone long-distance migration.

Not a caravan.

It is also impossible for the Orchid Mantis to survive in the Ten Thousand Nations Continent ruled by the Ant Clan and the Bee Clan, so there is only one possibility left: it was born in the Yunji Continent and survives alone in the Yunji Continent.

Based on just one sentence of conversation, Long Bai had a judgment on the origin of the Orchid Mantis Warrior.

Moreover, through the other party's thoughts, he can keenly judge the mood at this time: the other party has no hostility, some instinctive vigilance, full of curiosity, as well as surprise and joy.

"Are you a drone?"

Warrior Huamantis thought for a while and asked a question.

"Yes."

Long Bai replied.

"These three cypress seedlings are your life seeds?"

"Obvious."

"The Force here is so thin."

"Yes."

"You don't have the protection of the elders of the tribe?"

"Um--"

This is also an obvious thing, Long Bai reluctantly answered truthfully.

I definitely can't beat a flower mantis warrior with a body length of 20 centimeters.

My own life seed is next to me, and I can't escape even if I run.

We can only try to avoid conflicts.

Long Cypress took the initiative to introduce: "My name is Long Cypress, and that plant is the seedling of Long Cypress, my first life-planting plant."

Long Bai asked again: "What's your name?"

"Oh——" Warrior Huatang thought, and asked back: "Mo Lan? My first life seed is Mo Lan, and my name should be Mo Lan!"

Long Bai: "..."

Cymbidium?

Is there any insect who chooses such a tasteless plant as a life seed?

Long Bai tentatively asked: "Then what about your second Life Seed?"

Mo Lan: "The second, third, and fourth life seeds are all very beautiful stone orchids."

"..."

Long Bai choked.

This is the result of not being guided by elders of the same clan.

Newborn warriors know very little. They just pick whatever plant seeds they come across and choose them casually. They don't understand that the choice of life seeds is related to the future income of the territory, and it is the top priority for evolution and growth.

This flower mantis warrior has been abolished.

but……

Long Bai thought about it again and something was wrong.

The lifespan of junior flower mantis warriors is only about 15 years.

In perception, this guy named Mo Lan is still very young, how did he evolve to reach the eighth or ninth age?
Long Bai tentatively said: "I'm almost two years old, how old are you?"

Mo Lan tilted her head and thought for a while, before she asked uncertainly, "Four? Or five?"

Long Bai: "..."

Don't even remember how old you are?

Long Bai asked again: "Is your territory rich in force?"

Mo Lan: "Yes. Only the mountain where I live is rich in force, and other places are barren."

Mo Lan lifted a catching foot, pointed to the east where the rising sun was rising, and said, "Flying there, there is almost no force."

"Yes..." Long Bai coped with it, his thoughts changed sharply, he continued to probe, and asked one after another:
"Where do you live? Is it far away? What are you doing on this barren mountain? Looking for food? Or looking for good plants to make life seeds in winter?"

Mo Lan raised her forefoot and pointed to the guide, and answered one by one: "I live there, quite far from here. I'm here to find the seed bestowed by the gods! Of course, I also search for orchid varieties that are not available in my territory. .”

God-given seed?

"In such a barren force environment, it is impossible for a god-given seed to be born."

Long Bai kindly reminded him, and after being speechless for two seconds, he said, "I am a 5th instar junior ant king. How old are you?"

Mo Lan: "Nine ages."

Long Bai: "Did you choose orchids for all 8 life seeds?"

Mo Lan: "Yes. Yes. Do you like orchids too?"

Long Bai: "..."

I don't like orchids.

I just think you must be a poor ghost in the future.

Herbaceous plants grow fast, and if the orchid seeds are sown, there will be force food output in the second year, and a considerable output in the third year.However, the upper limit of growth in the future is insufficient, and after ten or twenty years, the yield will be far inferior to that of arbors.

Seeing that Long Bai didn't answer, Mo Lan asked instead: "Long Bai, do you like cypress trees?"

Long Bai didn't answer directly.

"Choose trees such as cypresses and pine trees as life seeds. In the future, the plants will grow taller and produce more force food."

"Hmm. Really? But..."

Mo Lan tilted her head to think, and asked, "Aren't orchids beautiful?"

Long Bai: "Very beautiful."

Mo Lan: "I planted many orchids on the mountain. When they are in full bloom, they are very beautiful and fragrant."

Long Bai also learned hypocrisy from the flame spider caravan, and agreed insincerely: "That's right. The orchids are very beautiful, and the fragrance is very insect-inducing."

"Yes. Yes."

Mo Lan was so happy that she flapped her wings instinctively, jumped two or three meters high, and then glided to the ground, approaching the entrance of Longbai's cave.

"Actually, cypress trees are not bad either."

Mo Lan conveyed a spiritual idea with a comforting tone, and at the same time sneaked, her mental power swept into the cave.

"Long Bai, are you digging a hole?"

"Hey, what is that?"

Mo Lan was suddenly excited and asked a novel question.

"what?"

Long Bai felt vigilant.

Mo Lan caught the two feet and said, "It's colorful, and it's full of food..."

It turned out that the colorful spider silk bag caught its attention.

Long Bai heaved a sigh of relief, and replied: "The spider silk bag. It is woven by the Watase flame spider family. This is their racial talent."

"Oh! That's right." Mo Lan remembered something, searched the inheritance memory, and soon remembered it completely, and said doubtfully:

"Is it a wandering merchant from the Watase Flame Spider Clan? I've never seen it. Are there any other Zerg warriors nearby? I haven't seen any of them."

"Long Bai, have Watase Flame Spiders passed by your territory? Can you introduce me? I can trade with them using Force food!"

Mo Lan was emotional, excited, hopeful, and subconsciously spread her orchid-like wings.

Long Bai bowed his head and remained silent.

This flower mantis warrior born in Yunji Continent has survived and grown up to this day alone, and it probably has never seen other insects before.

Without the protection of the elders of the same clan, he didn't even understand his own situation.

It is also a poor solitary creature.

"Cymbidium……"

Long Bai called out its name for the first time, solemnly, said: "The name of this continent is 'Yunji Continent', and you also know that if you go east, you will find a barren and barren land where there is no force, and life in the force cannot survive. "

"In fact, Yunji Continent is in a period of silence of the force. Here, there may be only you and me, or other Zerg warriors, but there must be very few, we are abandoned..."

Long Bai raised his front, pointed to the towering barrier of divine power, and drew a circle on the ground with his forefoot, saying:

"The world we live in is a huge sphere, a planet. The God of Nature divides the continents with this kind of divine barrier. This is the equator..."

Long Bai recounted to Mo Lan the speculation about the division of the continents and the silence of the force cycle, and told Mo Lan about the existence of the starship wreckage channel and his own origin.

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