Astral Ants

One year has passed.

Purple Mineral Star.

Inside the golden palace shaped like ocean waves.

The Holy Butterfly Warriors were teleported back one after another in the order in which they entered the Red Robin Star.

Some carry a bag.

Some hold a bag in their claws and roll up a bag in their tentacles.

There are also those who are beneficial and return with a full load.

There were also warriors who ran back with empty-handedness and in low spirits.

——How come you have gained so much?
——Is it because you have gained too little?
——Coral, the things in your bag are Chaos Stones, right?
——World Gems are hard to mine, so get some Chaos Stones to make up for the losses.

——Why did this friend from the Round Purple Flame Spider Tribe come back with empty claws?
--Do not ask!
——I heard it was here to do business.

……

The empty hall became lively.

"what--"

"Why did this beetle friend come back with empty claws?"

"Are foreign warriors so reserved? There are treasures all over the world, why not take some?"

"Why are you being so reserved? You're probably trapped by the disruptive Force plants."

"It must be."

"I deeply regret..."

"Wow--"

"Summer oak!"

"All world gems?"

"Good guy!"

"President Xia Li, where did you dig so much?"

"No! This beetle friend named Tiebin is with Xia Li, right?"

"Count four!"

"Little Butterfly, how come you dug so much?"

"Still not right!"

"Sishu, Xia Li, are you together?"

Sishu and Xia Li, who returned with a full load, became the focus of the whole audience.

"Where is Chief Longbai?"

Just as a familiar Holy Butterfly Warrior asked a question, Long Bai was the last one to teleport back.

It is more than twice the size of an ordinary Zerg warrior, with a broad carapace, stacked layer upon layer, and tied with eight oversized spider silk bags.

He held one in his paws and another in his jaws.

Ten bags of integers!
"Who is this?"

"Isn't that too exaggerated?"

"Exaggerated!"

"Chief Longbai?"

"This size... is this the size on the mother planet? Has the size changed?"

"As expected of the great leader Longbai who once dominated the mother planet, the legendary ant king!"

"Those who are powerful on their home planet will be just as powerful in the starry sky!"

"what--"

"That's wrong~"

"It doesn't look like a world gem~"

"Captain Longbai, I'll get it for you!"

"I'll do it! I'll do it! Great Chief Longbai, please loosen your claws and I'll help you!"

"Get out of the way!"

"Get out of the way!"

"Qingbei, you're asking for a beating!"

"Captain Longbai is working with me and Xia Li."

"Don't move!"

"Everyone go away!"

"Captain Longbai, let's retreat first!"

After being stunned for a short time, Sishu and Xia Li reacted quickly, rushing left and right to push away the surrounding Holy Butterfly warriors and protect Long Bai on both sides.

"President Jianxu, seal it..."

Long Bai controlled the purple-red technology star core to float out.

"..."

The intermittent antennae waved.

The power that sealed the Shanglu space dissipated.

"Thank you!"

Longbai expressed his gratitude.

The purple-red technology star core was taken back, and the power of space flashed.

He put all the spider silk bags on his body into the space.

Hundreds of soldiers around were stunned again.

——Titanium will?
——Chief Longbai actually succeeded?

Tiebin finally reacted and quickly squeezed forward.

"Go away!"

"Don't crowd around."

"We'll discuss this later if there's anything."

"A little fortune! Just a little fortune! Don't look at me with such jealous eyes."

Sishu and Xia Li were Saint Butterfly Warriors, and had once been the top 'White Crystal Butterfly Kings' in Huangjinxi Algebra. Now they had the protection of a master teacher at the Domination Realm, so they pushed and shoved their way out of the hall without any hesitation.

The square is paved with colored crystal stones.

Sishu and Xia Li cleared away the insects that came over to watch the fun.

Long Bai waved his tentacles and held up a soul power shield to block the prying eyes of mental power. The space in front of him rippled slightly, and a total of 10 spider silk bags fell out again.

"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission and successfully passed the test of the Silver Oak Sacred Tree and obtained 6 bags of titanium sand."

"Captain Longbai, have you successfully comprehended the 'Titanium Will'?"

Tiebin still found it hard to believe and couldn't accept it.

"Yes--"

Long Bai said casually: "I told you. I have the power of my ancestors, so I can pass the test quickly."

Sishu asked excitedly, "I heard that the place where the silver oak god-given seeds took root is more than ten kilometers in radius and is full of titanium sand?"

Long Bai replied, "Not accurate! 100 kilometers from the Silver Oak God-given Seed, the land is completely covered with titanium alloy sand, forming an 'alloy desert', in which the third-level metal material titanium sand is derived. The further inland you go, the higher the content of titanium sand in the alloy sand. In the center, the content exceeds one percent. Control the collection with your mind, stir the tentacles in the sand layer, and when you lift it up, it will be covered with titanium sand."

"So exaggerated?"

The four people were amazed and asked in confusion: "Captain Longbai, your body size can be changed to a larger size, right? Why are you so weak?"

"It's not that I'm weak~"

Longbai shook his antennae and said seriously, "As a bug, you can't be too greedy. Everything should be done in moderation. President Four Numbers, we have gained enough this time. Let's all be content."

Sishu didn't believe it, but he didn't say much.

This trip to Red Robin Star relied on two top insect talents, Longbai and Tiebin, and the benefits far exceeded expectations.

Long Bai asked, "When will the things be divided? Now? Four, Xia Li, you can't carry them, right?"

Xia Li: "... a bit much. We don't have space equipment."

Count four: "I can't lift it at all."

Sishu took off the spider silk bag on his carapace and handed it to Longbai, saying, "Captain Longbai, please use Shanglu Space to store it first."

Xia Li also handed them all to Long Bai and said, "Go back to the Baxiang star system and divide them up at the Baijing Chamber of Commerce branch. After that, turn around and find President Daiyuan and sell them to him."

Long Bai said decisively: "Okay!"

...

After taking inventory with President Yuan and confirming that all the insects had returned safely, he did not linger for long and invited them to enter the Star Spider before setting off for the return voyage.

...

[Hello, passengers. Star Spider is about to arrive at the Baijing Chamber of Commerce’s resident square in Area 1001 of the southern part of Shanxiang Star. Please prepare for the transmission...]

Longbai woke up from hibernation and opened his StarNet account to check.

[Time: 78th Era-160 Yuan-021 Years]

Wait a moment,

The dimensional dome cast a beam of light, blinding him for a moment and revealing himself in the Star Spider cabin.

The four-digit, robur, and iron betel worms are already waiting,

There were other soldiers whose eyes turned green with envy.

Get out of the Star Spider quickly,

Xia Li led the way, running quickly into the Baijing Chamber of Commerce and going straight into a secret room where transactions were conducted.

Lock the door.

Xia Li blocked the door.

The space in front of Long Bai was surging, and he took out 14 bags of world gems first.

"President Four, you will divide it."

"it is good--"

Sishu paused for a moment and said, "The gemstone harvest from this trip is worth about 8.2 trillion raw crystals. In the treasure hunting and digging, Chief Longbai and Chief Tiebin have contributed the most and played the biggest role. They will take out 2000 billion first, and you will each get 1000 billion."

"There are 8 trillion left. According to the agreement, Xia Li and I will each take 3 trillion. Chief Longbai and Tiebin will each take 1 trillion."

Xia Li: "I have no objection."

Longbai: "President Four is generous."

Tiebin: "Thank you, President Xia Li."

Sishu said, "World Gems can only be used after reaching the Brilliance Realm. Xia Li and I have just evolved into the Star System, and we were somewhat rushed for this treasure hunt. We must stay in the Star Realm for a while longer. Since the things cannot be used in a short period of time, we will sell them directly to the Baijing Chamber of Commerce."

Xia Li said: "This kind of transaction will be recorded by the Baijing Chamber of Commerce. No matter how much we sell today, we can directly ask the Chamber of Commerce to buy it back at the same price when we need it when we break through the Evolution Brilliance Realm in the future."

"Four Numbers and I plan to exchange them for original crystals and find friends we know on our home planet to cooperate in leasing and operating the zero-level source point. This is a way to bypass the rules of the God of Nature and indirectly develop some of our own private insect industries."

Sishu asked, "Captain Longbai, Chief Tiebin, what do you think?"

Long Bai asked: "President Sishu, if we use your channels to sell them today, and we need to use the world gems in the future, can you also help us buy them back?"

Four counted: "Of course."

Long Bai hesitated for a moment and said, "It's still too early for me to evolve to the Brilliant Realm. Then I will choose to keep 1000 billion spot stocks, and I will trouble President Sishu to help sell the rest."

Tiebin followed up, "It is unlikely that any insect in our tribe will break through to the Evolutionary Brilliance Realm within the next 1000 years. I will also keep billion in stock for use when dealing with other insects, and the rest will be sold."

"OK--"

Four Numbers moved their tentacles and said, "Then let Chief Longbai and Chief Tiebin choose first. After the selection, we will go together to find President Daiyuan."

"it is good--"

Long Bai agreed, and then took out 6 bags of titanium sand. Tie Bin: "..."

Xia Li: “…”

According to the agreement, titanium sand was divided equally between Longbai and Sishu.

Sishu looked at it, extended his tentacles, moved the three large bags in front of him, and said:
"Very few fighters can bring titanium sand out of Red Robin Star. It is not sold on the market. Very few Zerg fighters know that there is such a magical metal as titanium sand in the universe."

"The Baijing Chamber of Commerce has not set a price for titanium sand. If you want to sell it, you can ask President Daiyuan for the price, but if you want it in the future, you will definitely not be able to buy it back. At least, Xia Li and I don't have the authority to buy it in large quantities."

"Captain Longbai, if you are not in urgent need of the original crystal, you can keep it for now. It is easy to sell things, but there is no way to buy them back."

Long Bai moved his tentacles and simply took the three bags of titanium sand back into the space, saying, "I'll keep them for my own use."

Tiebin gently raised his paw and said humbly, "Titanium sand has brought a qualitative change to the warriors of our Wart-Knock-Armor Tribe. Chief Longbai, President Four Numbers, can anyone of you sell me some?"

"Little things~!"

Sishu readily gave a bag and said, "Five hundred billion."

Tiebin said without thinking, "Thank you, President Four Numbers!"

Tiebin turned around and looked at Longbai.

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai: "I am developing the influence of the Chamber of Commerce, and I use a lot of it myself. I also want to buy a bag from President Sishu."

"……understand."

Tiebin turned around again and looked at the number four.

Number four: “…”

Sishu: "Chief Tiebin, I'm sorry, I can only sell you one bag. I have many friends who can use it."

"All right--"

Tiebin reluctantly withdrew his gaze.

Xia Li reminded: "Chief Tiebin, Chief Longbai, you choose the world gems first."

"it is good!"

"Row."

Longbai and Tiebin actions.

Long Bai asked, "President Sishu, President Xia Li, with your status and position, you can get the source gems directly from the Baijing Chamber of Commerce, right?"

Four Numbers replied, "Of course."

Xia Li asked: "Captain Longbai, how much do you need?"

"The more the merrier!"

Long Bai asked, "Four numbers, Xia Li, how much can you get? What's the price?"

Sishu: "The price is fixed, the lowest price is 1.5 million per gem. Usually, there is a limit to prevent us from reselling for profit. This time the situation is different. We can take the world gems and negotiate with President Daiyuan for an equal exchange."

Xia Li: "Captain Longbai, you have seen it before. The output of source gems on the third-level source point planet is much richer than that of world gems. With this kind of exchange, you can get as much as you want."

Long Bai: "I want to exchange for 5000 billion?"

Number four: “…”

Xia Li: “…”

Four Counts: "The number is a little bit large. We need to ask to find out."

...

Half a day later,

5000 billion raw crystals arrived.

Source gems worth 5000 billion were brought into the Shanglu space.

Long Bai, Sishu, Xia Li, Tie Bin, and a large group of familiar Holy Butterfly Warriors walked out of the Baijing Chamber of Commerce branch headquarters together.

They stood at the door and chatted for most of the day, leaving each other their contact information before saying goodbye one after another.

Tiebin had no room for Shanglu, so he carried an extra-large spider silk bag and a medium-sized spider silk bag on his back, which was particularly eye-catching.

"Chief Tiebin, you are not safe like this!"

"Within the range of the star network, no bug dares to mess around, right?"

"Six hundred billion worth of goods. Better to be careful."

"Alright. Xia Li, Chief Tiebin, I'll use the Star Spider to send you back."

"That Long Bai Ant King..."

"I'm going to meet up with Guild President Bai Wei and her group. Guild President Sishu, Guild President Xia Li, how about I wait for you and head to the Bauhinia star system together to visit our Xianglan Mountain?"

"We must visit Xianglan Mountain. But we cannot waste Chief Longbai's precious time."

"Let's do this. Chief Longbai, you go back first. Xia Li, Cai Gang and I will escort Chief Tiebin back to the Lingguomu star system, and we will arrive about sixty years later."

"Okay."

Simple discussion.

The insects then headed to Area 9999 South to reunite with Bai Wei and the other insects.

After some introduction,

The four drove away in the Star Spider.

...

Long Bai, Bai Wei and their group quickly walked out of the square, went into the grove, and put up a soul power shield to block prying eyes.

"My lord, how much did you gain from this trip?"

"A trillion?"

"Titanium sand?"

"It looks very strong!"

"My lord, how much titanium sand do you have? Let me taste it."

Green cypress, silver cypress, white cypress and several other insects surrounded the dragon cypress and asked questions.

Bai Wei raised her claws and tapped the side chest shell of Longbai with her toes, and asked suspiciously:
“Is it very intense?”

"Super strong!"

Long Bai: "I estimate that with the metal defense ability, it can withstand most attacks at the level of the realm. Especially for attacks of physical nature, the defense effect is the best, which just complements the adaptive evolution."

Long Bai said quickly: "That leader Tiebin is really capable, ten thousand times more powerful than expected! The Red Robin Star is also richer than we expected."

"On this trip, I got 1.1 trillion of the world's gems. I didn't dare take more titanium sand. I took 6 bags and divided 3 bags. According to the loose estimate of the Four Numbers President, the value is about 1.5 trillion."

"On paper, the profit from this trip is 2.6 trillion."

"Titanium sand cannot be sold. If it is sold, there is almost no way to buy it again. Keep it for the Chamber of Commerce to use."

"Adaptive evolution and titanium sand are a perfect match! The so-called biological weapon transformation is equivalent to transforming our shell into a 'biological armor' similar to the 'Artist Armor'. If it can be integrated with flesh and blood, its combat power increase is not much lower than that of the Artist Armor. Especially for those Zerg warriors who have awakened their metal talents and are good at metal abilities, the improvement can be called a qualitative change."

After Long Bai finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Hongtao and Huangtao: Metal Mantis has awakened its metal talent and is good at metal abilities.

"!!!"

Red and yellow peaches have vertical tentacles.

"I can use it too~!"

Bai Wei asked eagerly: "How do you sell it? I want to buy it!"

Longbai: "Calculated by grain, 1 original crystals for 1 grain. If it is a carapace-level enhancement, about 10 grains will be saturated."

"Without the assistance of the Titanium Realm, at the Star Realm stage, even with the assistance of the adaptive evolution of the Great King Cypress, I can only initially strengthen the carapace. In the future, when I evolve to the Brilliance Realm, I should be able to go deeper into the flesh and blood level, which is to reach my current level."

"If we want to go deeper into the flesh and blood layer, we will need about 20 pills. Each Zerg warrior will cost about 30 billion in total."

Bai Wei used her intelligent brain to do the math.

A bit expensive!

Bai Wei asked tentatively: "Threefold?"

Long Bai said indifferently: "Titanium sand is not discounted! The quantity is limited. If you want to buy it, I am not willing to sell it to you."

"..."

Bai Wei: "Then I'll reserve 10 copies first, and I'll buy them from you when I have more money."

Bai Wei said excitedly: "Captain Longbai, you have made a fortune this time! 1.1 trillion? You can do a lot of things."

Long Bai: "Wait for Luo Li to develop in Fengyan Star Region. If it is responsible for land transactions, I will ask it to lease another zero-level source point. If it is responsible for the transaction of force food, we need to consider..."

"talk later."

Bai Wei raised her paw to interrupt.

"Longbai Ant King, believe me, Luoqin spider is useless."

Bai Wei was not happy about cooperating with Luo Li, so she changed the subject and said, "It's time to meet Captain Ang Tianlian. Shall we go find him?"

Longbai waved his claws and called, "Let's go over there."

...

...

The agreed meeting place is in the wild jungle of North District 2003.

After a greeting.

The six old spiders stared at Longbai.

Due to the jungle symbiosis, the carapace of the cypress is dark green, with a dense and evenly distributed layer of metallic gray-green gravel. The sharp parts such as the jaw teeth, claw tips, barbs, and antennae have completely turned silver-gray.

A pair of compound eyes and three sky eyes are also evenly distributed with a layer of metallic silver-gray.

The whole insect's temperament changed drastically.

The instinctive perception of the stellar realm force warrior, a vague sense of metallic oppression.

Ang Tianlian asked, "Captain Longbai, what's the situation with your carapace? Did you gain any other benefits during this trip?"

Longbai explained: "Red Robin Star has a magical god-given seed called 'Silver Oak'..."

Ang Tianlian, Purple Cicada, and Hawk-Leaf Three-Headed Spider do have some real abilities.

Not to mention the three spiders Gan Sui, Hai Yu and Shui Gan. In the future, the three of them will either follow President Luo Li on an expedition to deep space, or stay and become the core management of Luo Li Chamber of Commerce.

All six spiders are worth making friends with.

Long Bai informed the emperor in detail about the silver oak seeds bestowed by the gods.

"Captain Longbai, can you sell us some of your stuff?"

Yingye specializes in metal-related abilities and was excited when he heard this.

Hawkleaf, the spider, doesn't really understand the art of dealing with insects. Since this kind of thing is being said, it must be meant to be shared.

Ang Tianlian understood and said, "Captain Longbai, this thing is a perfect match with 'Adaptive Evolution' and 'Technology Star Core'! We already have the Fruit of Law and the Technology Star Core. We are so close now, please sell us some of the titanium sand. The price is negotiable, you name the price!"

Longbai tapped his antennae and said, "The price is fixed, calculated by the grain, 1 crystals per grain, and each Zerg warrior will need about 1 grains to eat it all."

Ang Tianlian said decisively: "Okay! Thank you! We need 7 copies, which means 210 billion original crystals."

Long Bai said: "The first batch will pay you 1000 billion, which is 210 billion worth of titanium sand and 790 billion worth of world gems."

Ang Tianlian: “Sure!”

Bai Wei acted as the notarizer, took out three metal plates with the transaction details written on them, and the two parties signed the contract.

Keep one each of the Longbai, Angtianlian and Baiwei.

Long Bai took out two large spider silk bags and both parties began to count the goods.

Ang Tianlian handed over the leader-class starship.

Transaction complete.

We chatted briefly for a while.

Bai Wei and Yu Teng followed Ang Tian Lian Liu Zhu.

Longbai was rich and powerful, so he took Cuibai, Yinbai, Hongtao and Huangtao, chartered a Star Spider, and set off in a straight line back home. (End of this chapter)