Astral Ants

Chapter 77 Autumn Harvest Trading Season

After more than half a year of development in the ant nest, the number of specialized soldier ants reached 280, 200 specialized chemical ants, and 130 specialized blue ants.

There are also 20 specialized blue soldiers who are not very useful.

A large number of specialized ant colonies need corresponding large, medium, small, micro-soldier ants, worker ants and blue ants to cooperate.

Several.

To accommodate such a large ant colony, the ant nest also needs to be expanded.

Juniper and Juniper proposed to dig a tunnel through the north and south of the mountain range to connect the territory of Cypress and Molan, which has already been put into action, and nearly 300 meters have been dug.

Along the tunnel, open up an ant nest every [-] meters, send a few worker ants to live in it, and send two soldier ants to garrison it.

With the prosperity and growth of the ant country, the problem of food gradually emerged.

In the territory of Xianglan Mountain, the food has been somewhat unable to keep up with the demand, and Longbai and Molan often need to travel far to hunt large animals.

It took Long Bai and Mo Lan a day or two to stockpile food for the ant nest.

The ant kingdom continues to grow and grow, and the demand for food is soaring. It is impossible to let the ant king go out to hunt all the time, right?What kind of system is this?

Long Bai had an idea to breed another giant soldier ant, and lead a team of soldier ants to hunt.

Follow the mountains to the west, and go hunting in the area close to the divine power barrier. The space there is infinitely vast, and there is too much food to eat.

Long Bai now also has the financial resources to breed another giant soldier ant.

but,

Both giant soldier ants and intelligent chemical ants have independent consciousness and wisdom, and their evolutionary growth needs to be considered.

They are born with an intermediate level, and then there is one age and one age, and they molt and evolve again and again. They also need to be comprehensively strengthened with various kinds of force food, otherwise there is a risk of failure.

Their evolutionary level can be lower than that of the ant king, and can be as high as that of the ant king.

Currently, Cypress is the 5th instar mid-level ant king. Juniper molts once and evolves into a 2-year-old mid-level intelligent chemical ant. It takes one year and consumes about 1 raw stones worth of force food.

If you also want to grow and evolve rapidly every six months, you need to consume force food worth more than 1000 rough stones.

It is about half of the evolution cost of the Ant King.

A little expensive.

At present, there are juniper and juniper, and if we cultivate a giant soldier ant, then the three of them will spend 1500 to 3000 rough stones for each stage of evolution.

From elementary level to advanced level, the cost will also increase slightly as the age increases, and a total of [-] to [-] rough stones will be spent.

This is barely acceptable.

However, how much rough stone does it cost to evolve from a high level to the main level of the mountain?
Massive!

Considering the cost, Long Bai became entangled again, still unable to make up his mind...

……

Long Bai and Mo Lan spent two days hunting far away, stockpiling enough rations for the ant nest to last for two months, and then started packing.

Check the goods before leaving,
There are 300 ghost fans bestowed by gods, worth 7500 rough stones.

There are only 500 ordinary ghost fans left, worth 500 rough stones.

1000 rice seeds, the seed bestowed by the gods, worth 2600 rough stones.

The seed bestowed by the gods is 200 grains of Nansuan jujube seeds, no discount, worth 2000 rough stones.

The categories are thin and the quantity is small, but they are basically high-quality goods.

Set off on the road with a cargo of up to 12600 rough stones.

The reigning throne arrived at Mount Molan within a day of flying.

As usual,

Separate operations, south of Longbai Mountain and north of Molan Mountain, looking for the seed bestowed by the gods.

The search was completed three days later with no results.

Rest overnight, set off on the road, and rush straight to Baifan Mountain.

At the northwest end of the mountain range, the territory of Wufan, a warrior of the little ball scorpion.

The red fox was lying under a cypress tree, dozing off with its eyes closed.

Baifan is clearing a wasteland.

Xiao Wufan followed behind, pinching the weeds with his two jaws, and with all his strength, he backed up, pulled them out, and then cleared the weeds.

"The Ant Traveling Merchant is here!"

Baifan suddenly stopped moving.

The red fox opened his eyes, looked up, and lay down again.

"Ant honey! Ant honey!"

Wu Fan let go of an unplucked weed and ran towards the red fox.

The red fox stood up helplessly, buried his head in thought, and said:
"Baifan, I will give you a piece of advice. When trading, don't argue with that dragon cypress ant king anymore."

"First, you were born here, grew up here, and lived here. You have seen it and know too little. You can't compete with the dragon cypress ant king; second, you and Wufan want to evolve to the level of the mountain master. They must be relied upon, and arguing will only alienate the relationship."

Red Fox: "Thirdly, they hold the throne of domination and occupy the absolute initiative in the transaction. The price of buying and selling goods is not excessive, and they are not petty bugs. Instead of arguing about the price, it is better to ask them for more useful gadgets , or ask them to bring more high-quality force food and high-quality seeds suitable for breeding life species."

When Bai Fan heard it, he was unconvinced at first, but after careful consideration, he felt that it made sense.

"I see. Red Fox."

"Um--"

The red fox stopped talking and walked slowly towards the ridge.

"Here we come! We are here!" Wu Fan stood on top of the red fox, vigorously shaking the tentacles, and pointed at the distant sky.

……

"Red Fox!"

"Little black rice!"

"Baifan, are you busy cultivating wasteland?"

The Throne of Dominion hovered at low altitude, Long Bai and Mo Lan greeted
Baifan said: "Xiao Wufan is in the 8th age, and it will evolve into the 9th age next spring. It will have 3 life seeds that need to be planted. I will help it cultivate the garden first and make a protective enclosure."

Mo Lan said with emotion: "It's great to have elders to take care of you. With force food to eat, you can evolve and grow fast, and you don't have to reclaim the territory yourself."

"I cleared the weeds myself!"

Wu Fan retorted, calling out, "Mo Lan! Ant Honey!"

"Wufan also works. Hardworking ball-wielding warrior!"

Mo Lan praised, carried a gourd full of ant honey, glided and landed in front of the red fox, placed the gourd on the ground, and explained:

"This summer is too busy. Longbai and I only collected fresh fruits in Pandan Mountain and nearby areas. The aroma of ant honey brewed this year is not as good as last year."

Isn't it delicious?Wu Fan was stunned, slipped from the red fox's head and fell to the ground, and hurried forward to check.

Long Bai asked, "Has there been a heavy rain here in midsummer this year?"

Bai Fan replied: "There were heavy rains, but not too much. It was a good year."

Baifan asked: "Longbai Ant King, what's going on with you?"

Long Bai: "We live in the southeastern part of the mainland, and the storms and torrents are raging, almost flooding one of my territories."

Mo Lan: "Yes. Yes. The place where we live is either torrential rain and mountain torrents every summer, or drought and water shortage. Baifan, Red Fox, what is the natural climate here? Is the weather good every year?"

Regarding the regional climate, red foxes that have lived for hundreds of years have the most say.

The red fox said: "In my memory, there have been several droughts, right? I have never seen a flood caused by a heavy rain."

Long Bai: "Then your place is very livable!"

Wu Fan holds the gourd and fiddles with the ant honey inside.

Longbai, Molan, Chihu, and Baifan chatted about rainy weather, territorial development, and plant management and cultivation.

Arriving at Baifan Mountain in the middle of the morning, and chatting until noon, Long Bai turned the topic to serious matters and asked:
"Baifan, is your rice tree life ready? I came here this time mainly to buy a batch of rice tree fresh fruit to brew Force Ant Honey."

Baifan replied: "Longbai Ant King, Mo Lan, you guys came a little early. The rice tree fruit needs to be exposed to five or six suns to fully ripen."

"Oh--"

Long Bai: "It's okay, then Mo Lan and I will walk around here to see if there are other origin points."

Mo Lan: "We'll be here on time in six days!"

"OK……"

Baifan asked: "Longbai Ant King, do you have any news about the fan tree seed you are looking for?"

Long Bai: "I have entrusted other insects to help collect them. I will go out to the merchants to trade in the late spring and early summer next year. I will give you an answer next time. I will definitely find them, but I am not sure which species I can find."

Rice: "Any variety is fine!"

"Just don't be picky."

"Chihu, Baifan, Xiaowufan, Mo Lan and I will bid farewell first!"

Long Bai bid farewell again, controlled the ruling throne and slowly lifted off into the sky.

(End of this chapter)