Astral Ants

The star system of Capricornus.

Potato Leaf Star, North 4201 District.

The Half-Ant artist crossed the space and stopped under the blue God-given tree by the lake.

"Long Cypress."

"Green cypress, silver cypress."

"Red peach? Yellow peach?"

Zhan Lan greeted him and asked in confusion, "Has President Bai Wei returned from her travels? Why are only Hong Tao and Huang Tao here?"

Longbai was about to answer.

Continuous fluctuations around space.

Insects such as black orchid, juniper, cedar, black locust, black spade, green heart, purple clover, ghost fan, and rainbow mulberry all crossed the space and arrived.

"Captain Longbai, you are finally back!"

"Your Majesty!"

"The king is back!"

"Cuibai, Yinbai, didn't I tell you two to go and come back quickly?"

"My king, how is it going? Have you made a fortune?"

"Captain Ang Tianlian, where are they?"

"How's the deal going?"

"Can the Leader-class starship be cracked?"

"That Leader-class starship looks good to me. Have you negotiated for it?"

The insects all asked questions.

"Ant?"

"How about it?"

"How many original crystals did you get?"

"That Red Robin is very rich? How many good things did he get?"

"A trillion original crystals?"

The trees in the territory also sent their mental power and thoughts, vying and clamoring to ask questions.

"..."

Longbai simply compiled all the situations into information, activated the ability of the tree flower heart world, and wrote it directly into the souls of all the insects and trees.

"Wow!"

"The starship has arrived!"

"Take it out quickly and take a look!"

"Oh!"

"1.1 trillion?"

"Source gems worth 5000 billion? Why don't you get me two of them right away?"

"Titanium sand? Worth more than 1.5 trillion?"

"Doesn't that add up to more than 2.6 trillion?"

"Ants are fierce!"

"You are so amazing, my king!"

"You are indeed the ant I am optimistic about! Bring me two source gems first."

……

The territory is boiling.

"Silence. Silence."

"Ghost fan! Look at this!"

Long Bai took out a small spider silk bag and floated it in front of the ghost fan.

Gui Shan took it and opened it.

Silver-gray sand with a highly restrained original energy temperament.

Titanium sand!

Gui Shan happily shook his tentacles and praised: "Good stuff!"

Long Bai: "Ghost Fan, I remember that you awakened a similar metal ability when you were promoted to the Lord level, swallowing metal and strengthening your shell, called 'Metal Armor'?"

"Yes."

Ghost Fan replied, "There is also a supporting ability called 'Metal Decay'."

Long Bai: "Then it should be relatively easy for you to digest, absorb and transform the titanium sand. Take a bag and try it first. The 'biological weapon transformation' of the titanium sand is highly compatible with your innate ability, and the effect will definitely be super good!"

"And me?"

"Chief Longbai?"

"My king? And me!"

……

"All."

"All."

"Don't worry."

On the way back, Longbai packed the pills into small spider silk bags according to the standard of 10 pills per package.

Without further ado, the spatial ability is activated and one bag is given to each of them.

Long Bai: "The core members of the Xianglanshan Chamber of Commerce and all the assistant kings have one copy."

"After all, the third-level primordial metal is at the planetary level, so it must be difficult to digest and absorb. Everyone, keep the things first and go back to try. If it doesn't work, keep it for yourself and use it when you evolve to the star level in the future."

The insects cheered and agreed.

Longbai looked around and asked, "Where's Juniper?"

Xiangbai replied, "There is an auction of source gemstones in the Yexiazhu star system. The competition there is not fierce, so Juniper went to bid. Sang and Wu Lunzhu escorted him. According to the time, he will be back within half a year."

"Oh--"

"For a long time to come, Juniper won't have to travel around to bid for source gems."

Longbai said this, waving his claws to signal everyone to move away.

The ultimate beast star spots on the forehead are shining.

10 pieces per bag.

335 spider silk bags landed lightly on the ground.

During the exchange, President Daiyuan gave a few more world gems worth 5000 billion original crystals, with source gems worth 1.5 million each, and the other party gave 3350 gems.

The territory's force plants are boiling again.

"Wow~oh!"

"so much!"

"Too much to use up?"

"Give me one!"

"Give me two."

"Ants are still the most ruthless!"

"You won't empty out the red robin that Butterfly has worked so hard to cultivate, will you?"

"You took away so many good things, but those butterflies actually let you get away alive?"

The trees were still a little bit incredulous.

"You are too ignorant. The resources and wealth of a level three treasure planet are measured in trillions. Hundreds of trillions, okay?"

"What I took away is nothing at all, just a little sprinkle of water."

Long Bai was very proud of himself. He said as he divided out 35 bags and placed them in front of Heitao. He said, "Heitao, keep them. Give me and the Second King 3 ordinary life seeds each. We will prepare for a breakthrough and advancement to the Half-Star Realm."

"Okay! King!"

Spade agreed happily, and swept its tentacles across, taking everything into Shanglu's space.

Longbai instructed Xiangbai again: "When the wild God-given seeds belonging to the Chamber of Commerce can use the source gems, you should communicate with Heitao and arrange it directly. Xiangbai, please remember to keep the accounts and don't get them mixed up."

"Remember, my king."

Cedar agreed.

Zhanlan Youyou said: "Longbai, I feel that my understanding and accumulation are sufficient, and I can consider breaking through the evolutionary planet realm."

"Oh--"

Long Bai was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately.

Zhanlan reached the Star Mark Realm when he was on his mother planet.

After entering the starry sky, it has developed for more than 30,000 years, which is a long time for growth.

And it’s quite special.

The azure blue represents falling from the realm of domination, which implies recovery and growth.

Its growth and evolution are definitely faster than those of all other Force plants, including the giant cypress.

Longbai understood what Zhanlan meant. He activated his hydra tentacles, opened a spider silk bag, took out a gem directly, and pressed it on the tree trunk.

Upon seeing this, the other Force plants immediately stopped and jumped up.

Nan Qian: "Ant! And me! I can also evolve to the Half Star Realm."

Bei Qian: "I! I! I! I want to evolve to the Star Realm!"

Hei Huang was furious: "I am still evolving to the Domination Realm. Give me a hundred!"

"Quiet!"

"Be honest with me!"

"Do you understand the rules?"

Shuangse Sang roared: "The quantity of things is limited, don't mess around. Follow the rules, the divine seeds given by God are given priority! Da Wangbai and I will go first!"

Da Wang Bai: "..."

Long Bai: "..."

The beast-like star spots on Longbai's forehead continued to shine, and he collected all the source gems at once.

"Zhanlan is the first plant in our Xianglan Mountain to evolve to the planetary realm. Zhanlan can use an extra source gem. Other force plants, including the Great King Cypress, do not have this benefit. Each one grows and evolves according to its own ability, and there is no need to rush."

"Don't be in a hurry!"

Long Bai said, shaking his mental power, speaking in a serious tone and with a solemn expression, "My biggest gain this time is not the 260 billion resources. It is the personal experience and seeing with my own eyes the many super-high-evolutionary force plants of Red Robin Star, especially the silver oak seeds bestowed by God. It really opened my eyes!"

The noisy and clamorous trees became quiet.

Long Bai said in a deep tone, "An ordinary God-given seed has become one of the best in the universe with its own wisdom and will. It is currently at the peak of the Su Realm and is almost certain to reach the Domination Realm. I can feel that the Silver Oak God-given seed is considered to be at the Demigod level or God level."

"For all Force life forms, the innate strength can only determine whether the future evolution will be easy. The most wonderful thing about Force life is that it has infinite possibilities. The path of Force evolution is a long journey. A smooth journey does not mean anything and cannot prove anything. After 100,000 years or 1 million years, everyone will gradually see the results."

Longbai: "Force plants are prohibited from competing with each other in terms of income, ability, and speed of evolution. We have all lived for tens of thousands of years, and it is time to make our own plans for the future. The silver oak seeds bestowed by God are the best reference for the growth and evolution of all Force plants." "..."

"Hey!"

"This ant..."

"Are you in a bad mood after going out?"

"Are you still teaching the two-color mulberry a lesson?"

"Two-color mulberry, the ants are talking about you."

"Quick! Hit it!"

"It's just an Essence Gemstone. If you don't want to give it to me, just say so."

"Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

"Although mantises are annoying, they are never as hypocritical as ants..."

Long Bai's eloquent speech and sincere and serious advice had no effect.

The Force Plant didn't buy it. After a brief silence, it started to make noise and curse.

"..."

Longbai waved his antennae weakly and called to the Zerg warriors behind him: "Forget it. Let's try the starship first!"

Longbai led the insects to walk on the water and stand firmly far away from the shore.

The water ability is activated, creating a frozen area.

He gestured and measured, waving his antennae to signal the insects to move away.

The ultimate beast's star spots continue to shine.

The Leader-class starship was released, lying across the ice.

"Everyone stand aside!"

"Take good care of the things you bought at a whopping 600 billion yuan. Don't mess with the interior. Molan, Juniper, the two of you pay attention. Don't mess around with anything after you go in."

The cypress waved its tentacles and tapped the excitedly jumping juniper to warn it. When it saw that it had calmed down, it activated its ability and released the artist.

Many times, the aesthetic tastes of intelligent beings are the same.

The artist, wearing purple armor, looks majestic and impressive.

All the insects and trees were amazed and impressed.

Longbai has an idea, and the artist communicates with the starship.

The starship projected a light beam, teleporting the insects to the seats in the living room one by one.

Molan swept his mental power and headed straight for the cockpit.

Not to be outdone, Juniper rushed into the cabin right after him and headed straight for the control console.

Try to communicate with your mind.
No.

Through technological star core sensing.

no response.

"Longbai? Where's the control? Give me the control, leader!"

"My Lord, can you give me some control over the leader as well?"

"No--"

Long Bai knew that these two guys were restless, and emphasized: "This is the leader's exclusive starship, and he has sole control over it. Moreover, since it is a technological creation of the White Tower civilization, it must be equipped with the purple-red technological star core and that set of armor."

Previously, Long Bai cleared the starship's data.

While speaking, the control artist stepped forward, with 133 tentacles on his head, and the blades were inserted into the sockets on both sides of the crystal console.

All the limited amount of spatial energy stored in the artist's armor was injected into it.

Conscious communication, renamed 'Taber'.

The Tubber was launched.

Longbai raised his paw and pointed at Molan, saying, "Taber, this is Molan, scan the information and set it to 'Colored Robe Guard'."

Tabor: "Okay-"

A beam of white light fell from the dome of the cockpit and swept across Molan.

Tubber: "Information entered, set up."

Molan immediately tried to communicate.

Some information was read and only some basic auxiliary functions of the starship could be used.

For example, consult some navigation questions, turn on and off holographic projection, view reconnaissance scan information, etc.

The most important control over the starship's heading and transmission in and out is missing.

Cymbidium:"……"

Longbai raised his paw and pointed at Juniper, saying, "Taber, this is Juniper, scan the information and set it to 'Colored Robe Guards'."

……

Longbai sets all insects as "Colorful Robe Guards".

Let’s visit the meeting room, rest room, dining room and activity room inside the starship.

Collect plant and mineral pigments and number all the rooms.

All the core members of the initial Xianglanshan Chamber of Commerce were assigned a fixed room inside the starship as their private insect nest.

In the future, if we follow Longbai and travel across the starry sky, we will each go to our own nests and hibernate.

Simple processing completed.

Longbai continued to arrange tasks:

The cedar, the blackthorn, the black locust, and the juniper prepare the feast.

Lu Xin went to the North 4204 District to inform Hei Hua who worked at the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce.

Bai Zhu went to inform Bai Fan, who was on duty at the Shuhua Shop, and went to the Baijing Chamber of Commerce to buy a 'gravitational wave frequency' and a complete set of knowledge compasses that recorded the star maps of the three major galaxies of Baijing, Liming and Lizhu.

The second king made a personal trip to exchange 1 million raw crystals for spot goods.

The artist entered the eleventh-floor king's nest of the short-handled horn tree and, while meditating, transformed the space-based energy storage armor.

The cypress, accompanied by other insects, patrols its territory.

...

...

Green Heart is the fastest.
Black Birch was the first to return to Xianglan Mountain.

"Your Majesty!"

Black Birch waved its antennae to greet.

Having been the president of the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce for a long time, he has developed a leadership temperament like that of a dragon cypress.

Long Bai moved his antenna with satisfaction and asked, "How is the development of the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce?"

Black Birch: "It is developing steadily and slowly. Currently, 8 top-level God-given seeds have successfully evolved to the Half-Star Realm. All other God-given seeds have evolved to the Star Mark Realm. The Chamber of Commerce's total annual income from all wild God-given seeds is 75 original crystals."

The report is completed.

Black Birch asked: "My Lord, I heard from Green Heart that you brought back a large number of source gems this time. What do you mean by that..."

Longbai: "Still need 280 trees? What I mean is, I will lend 840 source gems to the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce, so that all wild God-given seeds can break through and advance to the Half-Star Realm faster."

"After the evolution, you can generate income and purchase source gems. If you borrow 840 gems, you can repay me with 840 gems."

Black Birch: "I understand! The other ant kings and bee queens have no reason to object. However, my king, this matter is too serious. It is best to gather everyone and let you speak in person."

"Of course."

Longbai nodded his antennae and said, "I can also take out about 2100 source gems and lend them to other ant kings and bee queens in the alliance. The same principle applies, and they will be repaid with source gems in the future. However, who will they lend to and how much will they lend..."

Longbai: "Heihua, go and talk to the One-fruit Queen Bee, Twin-leaf Ant King, Oil-nan Ant King, Stone Ant King, and Liquidambar Bee King. You and One-fruit Queen Bee go and count the lives of all the queen bees and ant kings behind the Boxuwan Chamber of Commerce. One-fruit Queen Bee and the Mountain Pepper Ant King will organize and discuss the distribution and repayment plan. Don't get involved too much, just record the results and bring them back to me."

"I've read it, no problem. I'll go to the Huosuo star system again to finalize the matter. About 20 to 30 years later, the Four Numbers and Xia Li presidents of the Holy Butterfly tribe will come over, and I'll also go to visit. At that time, I'll just ask them to be witnesses."

Hei Hua replied in a resounding voice: "Understood! Your Majesty is wise!"

"There's no rush."

Longbai said: "The banquet will be held immediately. Heihua, you stay and eat before leaving."

The assistants under Long Bai, Giant Cypress, Black Birch and Black Locust, are more capable and now have the ability to take charge on their own.

Long Bai couldn't help but say one more word,
"During this trip to Red Robin Star, President Sishu earned 3.5 trillion Yuan crystals, and President Xia Li earned 3 trillion Yuan crystals. They can't spend all of these Yuan crystals, and they can't just leave them in their accounts. They are Saint Butterfly Warriors, and they have official positions in the White Crystal Chamber of Commerce. It's impossible for them to leave the White Crystal Chamber of Commerce and set up a chamber of commerce to develop independently."

"I think they are planning to cooperate with reliable Zergs that have a certain level of strength. They will invest in leasing the origin planet and let other Zergs operate it."

"Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce perfectly meets the cooperation requirements of Sishu and Xia Li, Heihua, do you understand?"

Black Birch's antennae stood upright, and he was full of energy, saying, "Understood!"

Hei Hua: "My lord, I can't say anything about this matter, right? You still have to talk to me in person."

Long Bai: "Of course. I'll give you a heads up."

Hei Hua asked, "Should we not tell the Bee Queen and the Mountain Pepper Ant Queen for now?"

"The situation is unclear. Don't tell anyone yet."

"There aren't many opportunities for this kind of work, and there are more insects than meat. Black Birch, you should observe carefully and think about which ant kings and bee queens would be best to be assigned to participate if the job is done..."

Long Bai said this, looking up slightly.

A dazzling light flashed in the sky not far away, then quickly converged and disappeared.

Molan rushed back.

"Captain Longbai, the original crystal you requested has been returned to us!"

"Okay! Let's go to the lake."

The starship has a built-in dimensional space specifically for storing raw crystals, and there is a transmission device on the head for filling raw stones.

All the insects moved their claws together, dumping bags of raw crystals onto the ice surface.

Longbai gave instructions to the artist.

The artist manipulates the starship storage.

Just finished my work,
Baifan and Baisui rushed back with the compass of knowledge.

Longbai reads gravitational frequency information and star map information and transmits it to the artist.

Then the artist connects to the cockpit and transmits the injected data.

'Gravitational wave frequency' is identity authentication. When sailing in the starry sky and encountering other starships, you need to show your identity to avoid misunderstandings.

In some heavily defended source star systems, starships must reveal their identities when approaching.

Some places have starports specifically for starships to dock and resupply, and authentication is required to enter and exit the starports.

As for the star map, this is easy to understand. It is the coordinates of the source star systems currently discovered in the three major galaxies.

There are also star maps of the starry sky outside the three major galaxies. However, there is no standardization, no circulation, and the prices are high. No one will take out the truly valuable star maps for sale.

...

The ship-borne intelligent brain needs to be fed with knowledge and needs to be cultivated through communication to improve its "spirituality".

Longbai also transmitted some human scientific and technological knowledge over.

Molan discovered something new and wanted to personally teach Taber about Zerg civilization. (End of this chapter)