Astral Ants

"..."

"What kind of bug?"

"The giant-headed blind leafcutter ant king, the cypress ant king, the chief of the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce."

"You have quite a reputation. Are you trying to scare me?"

"No. This is a routine introduction."

"Where did you come from? Why are you here?"

"Special Ability Certification Level 3, I have obtained a chance to enter the Red Robin Star to collect treasures. This is an activity organized by the White Crystal Chamber of Commerce, and it is approved by the Lord of the Holy Butterfly Tribe. Please let me go..."

Long Bai was speechless.

Random delivery.

It was sent directly to a vine plant, and before it could stand firmly, it was tied up tightly by invisible roots.

The metal-based energy.

Long Bai secretly struggled, but couldn't break free.

"What ability? Show me."

A relatively gentle spiritual power came from somewhere.

"no problem!"

Long Bai agreed, activated his soul-fixing ability, and swept past, feeling a panic in his heart.

In all directions, there are thousands of strong plant souls that have condensed into entities.

Among them, there are many souls that disappear the moment they are swept by the soul-fixing ability. One can imagine how high their evolutionary level is.

I have fallen into the 'high-risk area'.

"Let me go first?"

"Want to run?"

"I'll show you my abilities!"

"Can't I show it if it's tied up?"

“Not very convenient~”

"What ability? Tell me first. If it's boring, just bury it."

"The name of the ability is 'Mark of Prosperity'. It is a combination of three abilities: water, wood, and life. The power is highly concentrated, forming a stable energy vein. It is continuously released, continuously helping the growth of force plants. It can seal and store original crystals and transform them into tradable commodities."

"Um--"

"This ability is interesting!"

"This ant knows the times."

"Flower vine, don't be too tender yet. Let it go."

"What about your abilities? Show them to me and let me try."

……

The tentacles that bound the dragon cypress were removed.

Long Bai quietly expanded his mental power and took a quick look, only then did he understand the situation.

Was teleported to a small mountain range.

An extra-large vine plant with a main vine diameter of more than 20 meters winds along the mountain range for a thousand meters. The sub-vines and grandson vines spread to both sides along the ridge, occupying most of the hillside.

A mutated blue flower vine seed given by God.

The name is flower vine.

I am currently in the middle of the flower vine, surrounded by lush branches and vines.

The cypress's tentacles tapped continuously, and thirty-six consecutive "Prosperity Marks" were cast, landing on the main trunk of the vine.

"That's it?"

Hua Teng asked sternly:

"Can this be rated as a level 3 special ability? Is Butterfly stupid or crazy?"

"Useless ability! Not even worthy of being rated level 3!"

"Level 6 is impossible!"

"Ants lie?"

"It's not a normal way to land on Red Robin!"

"Did it sneak in?"

"Definitely is."

"Thief Ant!"

"It's here to steal!"

"Catch the thief! Catch the thief!"

"Quick! Catch it!"

"..."

"and many more!"

Long Bai shouted hurriedly: "I have two special abilities, which, when combined, are rated level 3."

"There is also a special ability called 'Refinement'! It is more powerful, but it is useless for the growth of Force plants."

"The refining ability is to dissolve and purify the Force food..."

"I'll show you guys."

Long Bai explained very quickly, raised his paw and grabbed a hare passing by on the distant hillside. With a touch of his tentacles, a stream of water wrapped around it, and he practiced the demonstration.

"This ability is even worse~!"

"Ant, do you think we are ignorant?"

"Human technology can achieve the same effect!"

"Useless ability!"

"It's a thief!"

"Flower vine! Quick, tie it up!"

"..."

These trees are just causing trouble on purpose.

"Don't!"

"and many more!"

Long Bai hurriedly shouted: "I have a more interesting ability! I will show you."

As he spoke, a drop of rainbow water floated out from the star spot on his forehead, expanded, changed into a pitch-black color, and flowed to cover his entire body.

"Ant, what kind of ability is this?"

"Ant, are you playing tricks on me?"

"Yes--"

Long Bai's figure disappeared on the spot.

"???"

"Where's the bug?"

"Space ability!"

"Run away?"

"quick!"

"Catch it!"

"Don't let the ants get away!"

...

...

There are about one or two hundred plants that are the most lively.

Most Force plants are very quiet.

Fortunately, those plants at a very high level of evolution did not intend to make things difficult for them, or rather, they looked down on the small star-level ants like the arborvitae.

Longbai traveled through space, covering forty or fifty kilometers in a flash, going up and down, rushing left and right, seizing the opportunity and successfully rushing out from among the force plants.

Using his soul-fixing ability to sense the four directions, he carefully avoided the surroundings and escaped three thousand kilometers in one breath, finally landing on the top of a solitary mountain.

After scanning the area with his mental power and confirming that everything was correct, Long Bai finally felt relieved. He slowly turned around and looked around.

A world of extremely high oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations, giant insects and giant trees.

The solitary peak is surrounded by swamps and dotted with large and small lakes of water.

There is a crescent orange moon in the west sky.

In the eastern sky, a red sun is slowly rising.

The location of the Red Robin Star is extremely special. It is located above the third-level source point and is also located at the gravitational balance point of three stars.

Three stars orbit around this supergiant star with an equatorial circumference of 400,000 kilometers.

The Red Robin star rotates, and from the planet it looks like three stars are taking turns shining on the earth.

It was early morning.

"Whoo~"

Long Bai took a long breath.

There is still a huge difference between the virtual universe and the real universe.

In the virtual universe, everyone is familiar with this kind of special celestial body.

In the real universe, landing in person is a completely different feeling.

A third-level source point with a Force concentration of 3.4.

The Force rose from the ground beneath their feet like steam.

It was like being immersed in an ocean of the Force. With every breath, a huge amount of the Force seeped into the body and spread to every cell in the body.

An unknown number of Force plants from the Su Realm and Dominant Realm took root, influencing and changing the environment, laws, and nature of the Force on the planet.

With every breath, the Force absorbed becomes more 'advanced', and the comfort penetrates deeply into the soul.

These forces are also easier to absorb and utilize, and easier to transform into one's own energy.

Try to mobilize the purple-red technology star core and artist armor.

Similarly, the efficiency of space energy conversion has nearly doubled!
"Meet up at the South Pole..."

Longbai was in no hurry to set off.

The black fluid covering the surface of the carapace converges, merges, twists, and transforms into an artist wearing armor.

The artist stood there in a daze.

Long Bai buried his head in contemplation.

The power that seals the Technology Star Core Shanglu Space is a special power that has never been encountered before. Its essence is a mixture of water, life, and a small amount of metal. It should be the "reincarnation energy" of the Holy Butterfly Warrior.

Simple and crude, it directly blocked the flow of the energy of the Shanglu space's 'trace'.

Still not at ease,

Another powerful soul seal was superimposed, blocking the communication between the will consciousness and the key node of the Shanglu space's 'trace'.

Unable to communicate and mobilize power, power cannot flow, double seal, double lock. Longbai's intelligent brain is running at a rapid speed.

Bypass? No way around it.

It is suspected that the original energy power is at the peak of the Su realm, and the Xingxing realm is definitely powerless to deal with it.

I can't break it, and I can't break it, otherwise it will be difficult to talk when I leave.

"……never mind."

"With thousands of wild God-given seeds taking root, the probability of producing world gems in the nearby area will definitely increase greatly."

"Let me look for it first!"

Long Bai’s mind was turning.

There was a crack in the carapace.

It quickly sheds its shell and transforms into an appearance similar to that of a bee, and its aura also changes drastically.

Thinking again,

The ability of the intelligent brain changes rapidly.

The armor on the artist's body shrank and disappeared, and the artist quickly shrank into a ball of rainbow liquid, stretching and changing, expanding, and turning into a holy butterfly warrior, flapping its wings and flying into the air.

Longbai followed suit and flapped its wings and took off.

After all, Red Robin Star is the territory of the Holy Butterfly Tribe.

A holy butterfly warrior leads an ant, traveling one after the other. Relatively speaking, this way they will not be easily troubled by some inexplicable force plants.

...

That group of God-given seeds took root in a hilly area with a diameter of about 400 kilometers.

The God-given seed at the level of Brilliance should have a maximum perception distance of about 300 kilometers.

The God-given seed at the Chen realm level has a maximum mental power perception distance of about 900 kilometers.

The God-given seeds of the Su Realm and the Dominant Realm are mostly rooted in the central area of ​​the tree group.

Longbai, please keep a safe distance of 1500 kilometers.

Fly slowly at a low altitude of twenty to thirty meters, move in a serpentine manner, and push your mental strength to the limit to detect the fluctuations of the underground force.

...

The Holy Butterfly Tribe added fuel to the three stars in the Red Robin star system.

The red sun rises from the east, crosses the sky, and slowly sets from the west. After a long dusk and a short night,
dawn,

A golden sun rises from the eastern sky.

The golden sun sets,
Another blue sun.

Three stars, red, yellow and blue.

The Red Robin completes one rotation, and the three-colored stars rise and set alternately.

Long Bai spent two days searching carefully but found nothing. He decisively changed direction and used his space ability to travel faster, quickly arriving at the South Pole of the planet.

...

The vast snowfield.

The distinctive Hongda Iceberg.

Two Holy Butterfly Warriors are guarding the top of the mountain.

"President Four! President Xia Li!"

Longbai crossed the space and appeared suddenly.

"!!!"

Sishu and Xia Li were both startled, but quickly calmed down.

"Captain Longbai, you are finally here."

"A little slow? In trouble?"

"It was a little troublesome. I teleported into the settlement of the God-given Seeds. However, I was smart and used my teleportation ability to quickly escape. I searched the surroundings again, but unfortunately, I didn't find anything."

Longbai explained the situation truthfully and asked, "Where is Chief Tiebin?"

There are only 365 days in total.

It's been 2 days.

Xia Li and Si Shu were both a little anxious.

"I'm afraid I'm in trouble too."

"We are very worried. Chief Tiebin does not have the super powers of Chief Longbai. If he is caught by the Force Plant, I am afraid he will not be able to escape."

"Well, in this case..."

Xia Li opened the Star Network and took a look, then said, "Wait one more day."

Sishu stared at Longbai and asked tentatively, "Captain Longbai, was that the ability you used just now, 'Space Travel'? Was that also granted by the 'Space Technology Star Core'?"

"Yes!"

Long Bai's mind turned, and the fluid covering the shell shrank and changed, transforming into the form of an artist wearing armor, and formally introduced himself:
"A legacy from a technological civilization called 'White Tower'."

"When I conquered Blue Island on my home planet, didn't I also obtain the '獉兽' from the Sea God's Scepter? In fact, it is the innate god's origin named '獉'. I combined some of my own abilities and merged the two inheritances into one."

"There is also a set of armor that grants both defensive and combat capabilities, but it has a fixed form and can only be worn by an 'artist' of this appearance."

As he spoke, weapons popped out from the artist's arms and tentacles.

"The armor comes with a set of combat weapons."

"It also has the ability to store spatial energy, which is a perfect match with the technological star core."

Saying,

The artist's armor was retracted, and his body expanded, transforming into a six-legged 'half-ant artist' with the upper body in the form of an artist and the lower body in the form of an ant.

A hatch opened in the abdomen.

Long Bai: "It can also carry insects and travel through space. It can instantly move more than 50 kilometers at a time."

"The strongest ability to rush!"

"The battle is also great."

"That's equivalent to you, the Longbai Ant King, gaining the inheritance of two civilizations from the old universe era at the same time on your home planet."

Sishu and Xia Li looked on with envy.

"It's just a trinket."

Long Bai said: "I have the ability to fix souls, and my reconnaissance sensing range exceeds 10,000 kilometers. I will search everywhere at the fastest speed? If I find it, I can also bring it here quickly to join us."

"Chief Longbai is still the best!"

"Great! Thank you for your hard work, Chief Longbai!"

Sishu and Xia Li agreed.

"Okay! I'll be right back!"

Long Bai didn't say much. He flashed into the half-ant artist's cabin. With a wave of his antennae, the cabin door closed and he disappeared on the spot.

...

After all, Force plants are intelligent life forms, they have emotions, and they can also feel lonely.

The Holy Butterfly Tribe divided them into areas and planted them in concentrated areas to form communities.

Some powerful Force plants, when they realize they are being spied on, can hide their souls and disappear from the perception of the soul-fixing ability, but most Force plants cannot do this.

With the soul-fixing ability and spatial teleportation, Long Bai is like a fish in water on the Red Robin Star, coming and going freely.

It took a day to search the entire southern hemisphere.

not found.

Take a short break and move to the northern hemisphere...

"what--"

The longbai that was shuttling back and forth suddenly stopped.

Finally found the trace of Tiebin.

But this guy was far away from the Force plant and was standing still without moving.

"Anything gained?"

Long Bai's heart skipped a beat, he made a judgment, and disappeared again.

at the same time,

At the bottom of the endless lake, Tie Bin keenly sensed that he was being sensed by some kind of soul-based reconnaissance ability. He activated his ability and quickly surfaced.

"!!!"

"Leader Longbai!"

"What are you..."

Tiebin was startled by the strange-looking "half-ant artist" that came across the space.

"The space teleportation ability granted by the bionic technological creations of the old universe civilization, combined with some of my own abilities."

"It's called 'Artist', and it can travel with insects."

Long Bai briefly explained and asked, "Chief Tiebin, what are you doing..."

Tiebin was holding a spider silk bag in his claws, and there was obviously something at the bottom of the bag.

Tiebin opened the bag, bent his tentacles and reached in. He took out a teardrop-shaped, translucent, light green crystal gem stuck to the tip of his tentacle.

"World Gem!"

"Water-type rain-praying stone! It's quite rare and quite big. One of these can be sold for 1200 to 1500 million original crystals!"

Tiebin raised his paw to point, spun around, and said, "There are probably 10 to 50 gems within a 100-kilometer radius of the lake. I've never come across world gems before, but when I came across them, I couldn't help but stop and try to collect them."

"The lake here is more than 100 meters deep, and the gems are located at 500 to meters below the lake. I am not good at water, so it is a bit difficult to mine. Dragon Cypress Ant King, you should be good at water abilities, right?"

"Sigh~"

"I'm good at it! My strongest ability is water!"

Long Bai was overjoyed and praised: "Professionals are different! Chief Tiebin is amazing! Amazing! I admire you! I admire you!"

Saying,

The half-ant artist shrank into a water ball with a diameter of four or five meters and sank into the lake, followed by Longbai.

He sank straight to the bottom of the lake and headed straight for the place where Tiebin had stayed before, exploring downwards with his mental power.

Sure enough! Five or six hundred meters underground, there was a strange and obscure force fluctuation.

The beast switches to the living water state.

The lake, which was a hundred meters deep, automatically parted, revealing an underground mud.

"It's much more convenient."

Tiebin followed and lightly tapped its antennae. Metal substances gathered in the mud and condensed into a black beetle about 20 centimeters long. It burrowed into the ground and drilled deep into the ground.

After a while,
The beetle arrived at the location of the strange Force fluctuations, paused for a few seconds, turned around and crawled out, crawled back in front of Tiebin, opened its mouth and spit out a teardrop-shaped light green gem.

"This one is slightly smaller, probably worth 1000 million original crystals!"

The leader of Tiebin gently bent his tentacles and stuck to it, putting it into the spider silk bag, and praised: "The leader of Longbai has strong water ability!"

"My behavior is nothing! Chief Tiebin is the real deal!"

The two insects flattered each other.

Longbai was so anxious that his tentacles swayed as he watched, "President Sishu and President Xiali are waiting for you and me in Antarctica. Go over there first to meet them. Don't let them worry. Come back together. It will be quick." (End of this chapter)