Astral Ants

Chapter 53

The early summer of the singing of cicadas.

The growing season of the blue god-given seed.

From afar, Long Cypress could see its seventh broad leaf stretched out.

"Azure blue!"

Long Bai controls the throne to approach, slow down, and hover over the water.

"Long Bai!"

Mo Lan raised her paw to point.

Looking straight up, under the third broad leaf, dark blue veins are stained with green spots.

At first glance, I thought it was a pest.

Sweeping away the spiritual power, Long Bai and Mo Lan ecstatically passed on their spiritual power to each other.

"Zhanlan is bearing fruit!"

……

Long Bai: "Zhan Lan, are you bearing fruit?"

Zhanlan: "Yes."

Long Bai: "When did the flowers bloom?"

Zhan Lan: "After you and Mo Lan leave."

Long Bai: "..."

It took Long Bai and Mo Lan 21 days to go out this time.

Zhan Lan obviously couldn't tell which day it was.

Long Bai didn't make things difficult for it, and asked, "What color is the flower? How many days has it bloomed?"

Zhanlan: "Little blue flowers bloom at night, and wither when the sun appears in the morning."

Long Bai: "Where's the fruit? Do you remember how many days it grew?"

Zhanlan: "Is it... 8 days?"

"All right……"

Long Bai scanned up and down with his mental power.

Only the 4 broad leaves in the lower layer bore fruit.

Green green fruit with larger sesame seeds.Close to the leaf veins, the fruit stalk is very short, similar to the Jiabao fruit in the memory of inheritance, but the fruit distribution is much sparser.

At present, the tree height of the Zhanlan Godsend Seed has reached a little over 4 meters, with the largest broad leaf at the bottom, with a diameter of at least 1.2 meters at the opening, and 23 fruits.

The diameter of the opening of the second broad leaf is about 1 meter, and there are 17 fruits.

The third and fourth broad leaves decrease in turn, and the number of fruits is 11.

This is the first time for Zhanlan to bear fruit, with a total of 62 fruits.

The amount is slightly less, depending on the size of the final fruit.

One more question: How many years does it take for the fruit to grow on the tree to ripen?

Generally speaking, the longer the growth time, the higher the quality of the fruit.

However, dividing the quality by the time cost, on average, the income will not increase.

The key is still in production.

The azure blue god-given seed has only been planted for one year, and it is still hard to judge whether its yield is high or low.

……

As the plant continues to grow taller, the first broad leaf of the Zhanlan Godsend Seed is nearly 30 centimeters from the water surface.

"Zhanlan, is the water level in the pond enough? Do you want to raise it?"

Long Bai asked.

Zhan Lan replied, "Now is the right time."

Zhanlan said happily: "Long Bai, the little tadpoles under the rice have grown legs."

All the god-given seeds are the same. Zhanlan and Guoxianglan have their own independent consciousness. They know that the seeds of the force of life cannot reproduce offspring, and they don't care about their own fruits.

Zhanlan cared more about those frogs and tadpoles.

However, I have communicated more with Long Bai, and I have also passed a little worm.

Zhan Lan took the initiative to ask: "Long Bai, did you and Mo Lan go out this time and earn rough stones?"

"Of course! Earned a lot."

Long Bai laughed.

After hearing too many stories about the caravan, Zhan Lan also became a bit of a money fanatic.

Long Bai talked about it enthusiastically: "When Mo Lan and I returned, we had an unexpected harvest, and found a land of force, where there was also a seed bestowed by the god of South Suanza..."

Mo Lan was anxious to return to her territory, and shared the harvest of this journey with Guoxianglan's God-Best Seed.After walking around the newly dug large pond, we said goodbye and left.

After communicating with Zhanlan for a long time, Long Bai returned to the ant nest on the mountain.

Surrounded by 5 specialized chemical ants, Juniper came running to meet them, shaking their tentacles to greet them.

"Longbai Ant King, you are back."

"Um--"

Long Bai controlled the ruling throne to land, and asked routinely: "I've been away for a while, is there anything wrong?"

Junbai: "Everything is fine."

"That's good."

Long cypress cut off the bamboo tubes tied to the stones, and arranged: "First move the 'juniper' back to the ant nest to settle down. There are still some ant eggs and larvae here, all of which are specialized blue ants, and they will be taken into the corresponding ant nest for care... "

……

As the size of the ant colony expands, the demand for food will inevitably increase.

In the Ant Tribe Kingdom, food is also an important resource.

After Longbai evolved into an intermediate level, only 40 intermediate-level specialized chemical ants were bred. There was no major excavation project in a short period of time, so I didn't plan to breed more to save food rations.

80 intermediate-level specialized soldier ants were cultivated in one go.

These soldier ants, in addition to stationing to strengthen the territory defense, also added a new combat team composed of 36 intermediate soldier ants, which specialize in long-distance hunting, hunting large animals, and ensuring the food supply of the ant nest.

Some other micro, small, medium and large soldier ants still hunt and kill insects near the ant nest to enrich food categories.

Longbai plans to increase the number of specialized blue ants to 50 in the next month or so, and also breed 10 large, medium, and small blue ants to maximize the food storage capacity of the ant nest.

Then there are large, medium, small, and miniature worker ants to further consolidate the logistical capabilities of the ant nest.

Finally, it is necessary to cultivate a group of specialized blue soldiers.

Earlier, Long Bai had chosen [Messenger·Guardian·Hydrology] to hatch a specialized blue soldier for testing. Unsurprisingly, this soldier ant only inherited the water ability, not the strength ability.

The soft rake has no strength to work, and it is difficult to lift a stone about 10 times its weight.

Let's say he inherited the ability of the water system. The water system ability that Long Bai has mastered so far is useless and useless.The throne of dominion is engraved again, let alone the blue soldiers who only have about [-]% of the ability of the Ant King.

But the Specialized Blue Soldier has a special ability: it can walk on water as if walking on flat ground.

Just in time, the fruit of the blue god-given seed is approaching maturity in the future, and a group of specialized blue soldiers are arranged to guard the pond to prevent it from being eaten by birds and fish.

……

Long Bai and Mo Lan shared the Ghost Fan in return for the transaction equally.

Molan's portion was refined by the blue ants, mixed with ant honey, and then put into the tin box presented by Bai Wei for storage.

Mo Lan went home with the tin can in her hands, finished eating within five days, and fell into a deep sleep two days later.

After successfully evolving into a 4th-year-old intermediate fighter, under the strong suggestion of Long Bai and the temptation of promising to help it research orchid cross-breeding, he chose a golden pine nut as his life seed.

Turn around or plant seeds next to each other.

……

Juniper helps manage the ant nest and manage the territory, but Long cypress seems to have nothing to do.

Build a reservoir?The height of the tree bestowed by the blue gods is far from enough, and it will have to wait for a few years.

Open up wasteland orchards?At present, there are only a few dozen seedlings, and they will not be transplanted until next year or the next year, when the junipers will be arranged.

In the ant tribe, after the ant country develops to a certain scale, the ant king will no longer do the work himself, and the ant king will only lay eggs.

But Long cypress is a male ant, and it's the kind that can't sit still.

Bring 50 specialized chemical ants and go to the foot of the mountain to clear the valley, widen the flood outlet, prevent the storm from flooding, and flood the blue god-given seeds.

……

Molan gave the force food worth 500 rough stones to Longbai for the cultivation of 'juniper'.

The effect is remarkable.

The proportion of force food in the ant honey fed increases, and the development speed is obviously accelerated.

The larvae quickly exceed 20 cm in length.

time flies,
midsummer.

Juniper larvae are more than 30 cm long, white and tender, round and fat.

For more than 20 consecutive days, there was no cloud in the sky during the dry season, the stream dried up, and the water level of the distant river dropped and almost dried up.

The ponds and ponds dug by Longbai played a role and survived safely.

Juniper larvae develop rapidly and exceed half a meter in length.

The size of the adults can be estimated by looking at the larvae.

The giant soldier ants will be more than half a meter long, bigger than Molan, worthy of the title of 'giant'.

Longbai organizes worker ants and urgently widens the main passage and important arterial roads of the ant nest.

Expand deep underground to create a dedicated large nest for juniper.

It took seven or eight days to complete the expansion project.

The juniper larvae also ate up the force food worth 1500 rough stones, spinning silk and forming cocoons.

Not surprisingly, the eclosion can be completed in about half a month, and the cocoon can be born.

(End of this chapter)