Astral Ants

Potato leaf star, Arctic ice field.

Longbai led the assistant kings, including Juniper, Green Cypress, Silver Cypress, and Black Ti, to comprehend the abilities together.

Following the advice of the Baijing Divine Tree, Longbai began to pay attention to the 'bloodline of ancestors', focusing on strength and life, supplemented by the soul system, supplementing his comprehension to enhance abilities such as strength, speed, self-healing, shell defense, and physical strength, and developing in the direction of 'indestructible and indestructible'.

Long Bai is very curious about the old gods sealed in the Crystal Throne, and is also interested in becoming the supreme being that cannot be killed.

The ants' innate awakening power talent.

After going around in circles and struggling for thirty or forty thousand years, it finally returned to the power system of racial talent.

...

[Time: 78th Era-160 Yuan-103 Years]

Two beams of light came flying over.

Green heart and colorful steel.

Cai Gang has just arrived, so Sishu and Xia Li must have come as well.

It was more than ten years later than expected, but it was also within expectations.

"Leader Longbai!"

Lu Xin and Cai Gang both landed and greeted them.

Green Heart News reported: "Great Chief Longbai, President Four Numbers and President Xia Quercus have arrived. Juniper and cedar are waiting for you in the living room on the first floor of the short-handled horn tree."

"it is good!"

The dragon cypress waved its tentacles, and the glacier squirmed and turned into a frost centipede, "Let's go back!"

The insects jumped onto the centipede's carapace.

Long Bai controlled the departure and asked casually, as if chatting, "Isn't the Star Spider that President Sishu is riding a thousand times faster than the speed of light? It seems a bit slow."

"The Star Spider is definitely not slow. It is the fastest Star Spider in the universe..."

Cai Gang suppressed his mental power and said, "Si Shu and President Xia Li have an idea to rent a first-level mining planet, and then ask President Tie Bin to manage it and hire warriors from the Wartock Tribe to run it."

"We have agreed to cooperate. But after consulting a lot, we still can't find a suitable first-level source mining star."

"Oh--"

"Did you get delayed by this? I remember that the Wart-Knock-Armored Tribe settled in the Lingguomu star system?"

"Yes. They are based in the Xiange constellation, the Ridgewood star system. They can accept working in the Xiange star field, but working across star fields, running back and forth is too troublesome. The Wart-Knock Armor Warriors are not willing to travel too far."

"Not happy? Is it easy for a Wart-Armored Warrior to find a job?"

"That's for sure! In the White Crystal Galaxy, anyone with a skill can live a comfortable life. The Wart-Knocking-Armored Tribe is particularly well-off. Bugs everywhere are inviting them to work, and the salary is high."

"What is the size of the tribe? How many warriors are there?"

"The Wartock Armor is a small tribe that came out of the Longzhu Continent in the northern hemisphere of the mother planet more than 241 years ago. According to their chatter, at first, there were only Wartock Armor warriors who came out of the mother planet. They were supported by the divine Iron Penis God-given seeds of the Iron Penis leader. They experienced many twists and turns and gradually developed."

"So few warriors? Then they should spend time and energy to train little warty warriors, right?"

"Yes. Currently, there are 354 wart-knocking armor warriors in the tribe, and they have established an 'Iron Cube Chamber of Commerce'. The strange tribe and the strange chamber of commerce have three management positions: leader, deputy leader, and mountain master. Currently, including the leader of the Iron Bin, there are 11 tribal leaders, 77 deputy leaders, 264 mountain masters, and 2 ordinary members."

"..."

"All-staff leadership?"

"That's pretty much what it means."

"So, the two warriors being led are..."

"A young warrior who was born not long ago. I estimate that after evolving into the half-star realm, he will be promoted to 'Mountain Master'."

"The management of their tribe has been in chaos since the beginning. For a small tribe with a small insect population, most of those who can leave the mother planet are the leaders of the tribe. They were the leaders on the mother planet, and they can't be reduced to ordinary members in the starry sky, right? At the very least, they have to be a mountain master."

"Later, they invested a lot of time and energy in training little warty beetle warriors. A certain respected leader successfully trained a little warrior and liked him so much that he forcibly promoted him to 'Mountain Master'."

"Other leaders and deputy leaders were not happy when they saw this. If this is the case, then the little warrior I trained must definitely and must become a 'mountain master'."

"Then, since the young warriors trained by the leaders and deputy leaders have been upgraded to 'mountain masters', those mountain masters will definitely not accept that the young warriors they trained have become insects to be led, right?"

"……right!"

"Finally, they ended up in the current situation."

"But it's not a big problem. The leader commands the deputy leader, the deputy leader commands the mountain master, and the mountain master has no one to command. So it's the mountain master who does the work. The work is still done."

"..."

……

Short-handled horn tree first floor living room.

A large group of insects including juniper, incense cedar, giant cedar, etc. were chatting with Sishu and Quercus xia.

"Your Majesty~!"

"Leader Longbai!"

Meet and greet.

Sishu took the initiative to say, "Xia Li and I discussed with the Wart-Koujia tribe the possibility of cooperating in the operation of a first-level source mining star. It took us some time to get relevant information, so we arrived a few years later than planned."

Xia Li: "Chief Longbai, please don't mind."

"Don't mind. It doesn't exist."

Long Bai responded politely and asked, "What was the result?"

Xia Li: "The competition in the mining industry is fierce! Unfortunately, I haven't found a suitable source."

Sishu explained in detail: "Xia Li and I have limited funds, so we can only rent those newly built mining planets that have not yet started operations. We can afford the rent and hire soldiers to operate and manage them. This expenditure is considered an initial investment. However, the transfer fees for mining planets that have been operated by other insects for a certain period of time and have ready-made mineral deposits are so high that we can't afford to rent them at all."

Xia Li: "The idea of ​​Sishu and I is to lease the land for 100,000 or 200,000 years. The income from the sale of minerals can cover the rent. After a certain period of operation, we can sell it at a high price and make a lot of money. But after learning more about it, it turns out that things are much more complicated than we imagined."

Long Bai laughed and said, "Mining Star is a large capital and ultra-long-term investment. There are daily maintenance and management issues. It also involves complex issues such as the short-term and long-term supply and demand and price fluctuations of various minerals. High returns and high risks. I don't know much and dare not think about it. President Sishu and President Xia Li, you have to consider it carefully."

"Yes--"

"Chief Tiebin said the same thing."

“After we learned the details, we all backed off a bit.”

Sishu and Xiali both focused and moved their antennae.

Long Bai changed the topic at the right time and asked, "President Sishu, you probably haven't eaten the divine black lotus seeds, right? President Xia Li might know about it, but I wonder if he has eaten it."

"Super brain ability? I've eaten the divine black lotus seeds."

"Captain Longbai, could it be that these things were produced by your Hong Island?"

"Yes! Exactly!"

"The divine black lotus seed of God's gift evolves to the half-star realm, and the super brain ability also evolves into 'intelligent brain ability'. President Xia Li, you can eat another one to upgrade."

"Lotus seeds are durable in storage. I will help prepare them."

As Long Bai spoke, the space in front of him fluctuated slightly, and 10 metal cans floated out and hovered in front of him.

Longbai locked onto a metal can and tapped its tentacles.

Twist the lid of the jar open, and inside is a royal jelly seal.

"Three black lotus seeds. Cai Gang, you have one too."

"In addition, I have also prepared three divine soul-fixing fruits, three divine night-fragrance fruits, and one divine two-color mulberry fruit."

"The Soul-Fixing Fruit grants the ability to fix the soul, which is the same ultra-long-distance soul reconnaissance and positioning ability that I used on Red Robin Star. After reaching the Half-Star Realm, it has many other wonderful uses, so I won't introduce them one by one. The Soul-Fixing Fruit has never been sold in the Southern Hemisphere, so you must have never eaten it."

"The divine Night Fragrance Fruit is equally powerful. It grants hallucination abilities and can also read and write souls. President Sishu, President Xia Li, have you eaten similar divine products? The soul hallucination ability is somewhat useful."

"As for the divine two-color mulberry fruit, the ability it grants is called 'Umbrella Bird', which has the dual combat abilities of water and fire for both attack and defense. This was the last move I used when Red Robin fought against the Silver Oak Divine Tree. It was so powerful that even the old Domination Realm trees that were secretly observing were forced out."

"One flower and one fruit each time, and the flowering and fruiting cycle is 55 years. When we just broke through and advanced to the Half-Star Realm, we sent the first three fruits we produced to auction, and the transaction prices were 3200 million, 3300 million, and 3500 million original crystals. However, the quantity is small, so we set the price at 3000 million original crystals, and the Chamber of Commerce will consume it internally."

"!!!"

Sishu and Xia Li stood up.

"Only one was produced in 55 years? Dual systems of water and fire?"

"Captain Longbai, could this be a legendary sacred tree of law?"

"Not really!"

Long Bai explained: "Before the Half-Star Realm, the two-color mulberry fruit was an ordinary divine product. The only special thing about it is that it is a dual element of water and fire, producing red and white fruits, which grant water and fire defense capabilities respectively."

"This kind of divine fruit belongs to the most common and cheapest category. The two-color mulberry competes with other divine fruits. In the Trace Realm stage, it took a lot of effort to comprehend and combine to form a super powerful 'Umbrella Bird' ability. With good luck, it achieved a qualitative breakthrough and successfully transmitted to the divine fruit."

Long Bai: "I have also eaten the divine product of law. Indeed, the divine product two-color mulberry fruit has a hint of the divine product of law."

"The first one with the number four will be used by the president first. The next one will be produced in 34 years. President Xia Li can wait. Cai Gang, if you want, you can wait a little longer."

"There are also life-extending divine products in Xianglan Mountain, as well as a divine product that grants the super-strong wind-type 'wind wings' ability. The Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce and the Huaqishan Chamber of Commerce both have good divine products, and the Baiwei Chamber of Commerce also has ways to obtain powerful divine products. You can stay for a few more decades and try them all."

"it is good!"

"Thank you!"

"Thank you, Chief Longbai!"

The three insects, Quercus xiaxia and Caigang, express their sincere gratitude.

Longbai took out three more spider silk bags, waved his claws, and 10 metal cans fell into the bags and landed in front of the three insects. Longbai arranged: "The things have been stored for a long time. President Sishu, President Xia Li, Cai Gang, let's go up to the ninth, tenth, and eleventh floors of the Horn Tree and use the things first."

...

It took seven days.
Number Four finally woke up from the King's Nest on the eleventh floor of the Short-Handled Horn Tree.

Long Bai led the group again and they went to the Shanbei Dirt Square to test their abilities.

In all aspects, the Umbrella Bird's abilities do have the charm of a divine law. If it focuses on the water and fire systems, it can be directly used as the core ability for growth and evolution.

Nothing!
Impressive!
Sishu suggested cautiously: "Captain Longbai, the two-colored mulberry tree must be a tree of extraordinary talent and profound wisdom, right? Where is it rooted? Please take us to see it."

Long Bai: "..."

Longbai: "It may be different from what you think. The two-color mulberry is not smart. It is a stupid and unreasonable tree with an extremely bad character."

"No way?"

"impossible?"

Sishu and Xia Li shook their antennae, totally unconvinced.

Cai Gang said, "The intelligence of the brain is also very powerful! Where is the Black Lotus God-given seed? Chief Longbai, can you take us to visit your territory?"

"of course can!"

Longbai raised his paw and pointed at the foot of the mountain in the distance, saying, "Look at that tree, it's the god-given Baibo tree. It produces the god-given longevity tree with a high yield. It's currently the most profitable god-given tree in our Xianglan Mountain. Baibo has a peaceful temperament, is reasonable, and polite. Let me introduce it to you..."

Longbai led the way, taking Sishu, Xiali and Caigang, starting from the main peak of Xianglan Mountain, starting from Baiber and Dalan, walking slowly, visiting and introducing them one by one.

Nowadays, the number of ordinary God-given seeds rooted in Xianglan Mountain is also quite considerable.

Longbai picked out the key points and introduced them to each other.

It certainly cannot be compared with the Holy Butterfly Tribe, but for Sishu and Xia Li, the foundation of Xianglan Mountain is already strong enough to make them amazed and envious.

After wandering for a long time, I finally came to a hill and looked out at the towering mulberry trees rooted in the forest on the plain below.

"That's the two-color mulberry. It likes to make trouble. When a distinguished guest visits, we use the reverse-ecological base station to seal it up."

Longbai introduced and called out, "Black Emperor Peach, Zhibai, Erbai, Sanbai, Sibai, Wubai, you all release the two-color mulberry."

"Um--"

"it is good--"

"OK--"

"Everyone, be careful!"

The trees agreed and removed the barriers.

Shuangse Sang: "..."

Long Bai waved his tentacles and introduced: "Shuangse Sang, this is President Sishu, this is President Xia Li, and this is Cai Gang. You should have met them on your home planet, right?"

"I have seen them. Mantis, dragonfly, and a stupid butterfly named Purple. The four of them always get together and say some nonsense. Oh, ant, they also say bad things about you secretly. This locust says the most."

Cai Gang: “???”

Cai Gang jumped up and down, instantly losing his composure, and quickly denied: "I didn't! I didn't say that! Those are Molan and Zi! Shuangse Sang, you remembered it wrong!"

Long Bai: "..."

The goal was achieved, and Shuangse Sang didn't pay much attention to it. His mind shifted and he looked back and forth between Sishu and Xia Li.

"Two-color-san! Nice to meet you."

Xia Li waved his tentacles to greet.

Four Numbers: "The Umbrella Bird is very powerful! Thank you for your divine mulberry fruit."

"Small things."

"Just give me money."

"You two butterflies have extraordinary bearing!"

Shuangse Sang was surprised and said with emotion: "It's really rare! It's rare that two insects with brains like ants come here."

Xia Li said cheerfully, "You're flattering me. That's exaggerated. We can't compare to Great Chief Longbai. There's no comparison. We're far behind."

Two-Colored Sang: "The ants are just lucky. You don't have to be modest and deny it. Insects that can make decisions must be smart insects. Insects that often make decisions have different temperaments. I can tell them apart at a glance."

"Haha."

"I can't really argue with that."

Sishu and Xia Li turned their heads and looked at Longbai suspiciously: Isn't it said that it has extremely bad character? Isn't this a good tree?
Long Bai: "..."

Longbai: "In that case, let's go to the two-color mulberry tree and take a look. Everyone, please be alert. This guy will really launch an umbrella bird to attack insects..."

Walk all the way and talk all the way.

Shuangse Sang said solemnly, seriously and formally: "For the matter of Red Robin Star, I would like to thank you two on behalf of Longbai Ant and Molan Mantis. With this injection of resources, Xianglan Mountain can save at least 50,000 years of accumulation and suffering, and can directly start the operation of the second source star system."

"We also want to thank you at Boshuwan. Ant has invested a large part of its funds in the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce in the form of a temporary loan, and everyone has been able to get through the most difficult initial stage quickly..."

Shuangsesang's tone and manner of speech were just like the chief of Xianglan Mountain.

Sishu and Xia Li were stunned when they heard this.

"You're too polite, Shuangse-san. We should support each other."

"We also made a fortune relying on the extraordinary abilities of Chief Longbai."

Sishu and Xia Li were polite.

Sishu asked, "Does Xianglanshan plan to operate a second source star system? That means he made a profit from the first source star system."

Shuangse Sang: "I didn't make any money, but I didn't lose money either. If you look at the long term, this business model is worth investing in as long as it doesn't lose money or doesn't make a big loss and can be sustained."

Four Numbers agreed, "That's right. For us Zerg warriors, there is no more valuable investment than the God-given Seed."

"That's for sure!"

Shuangse Sang asked, "I heard from the Longbai Ant that there is a god-given tree named 'Silver Oak' stationed on the Red Robin Star? Has this tree already surpassed the innate level? It is not a god-grade tree, but it is better than a god-grade tree, and it is close to the god-grade tree of law?"

Xia Li replied seriously, "From the perspective of our Zerg warriors, in terms of benefits, it is indeed not lower than the Law God Product. In terms of function, the improvement of Zerg warriors by titanium sand is not much worse than that of the Law Fruit. In terms of the scope of application, it even exceeds the Law Fruit."

"From the perspective of a Force plant, the Silver Oak sacred tree has indeed transcended the levels of life through its control of the Force and its understanding of the laws of the universe."

"After evolving to the peak of the Su Realm, the innate differences between ordinary Force plants, God-given seeds, divine God-given seeds, and law God-given seeds no longer have much impact. What everyone is considering is how far their own evolutionary path can go, and whether there is a glimmer of hope for evolving into a god."

Four Numbers: "Double-Colored Sang, your 'Umbrella Bird' is extremely powerful. You already have a relatively complete and powerful way of evolution that is unique to you. I dare not say much, but in the future you will definitely be able to reach the height of the Silver Oak Sacred Tree."

"Hey--"

"Butterfly, you are just being polite. You are a smart insect, you know it's not that simple, it's far from it."

The two-colored mulberry tree sighed sadly, "It's difficult! It's too difficult for us plants. Evolving to the star realm and finalizing the star core, even after ten thousand years of hard thinking, I can't condense a trace. Not to mention the level of the silver oak sacred tree, even if it is the planetary realm or the star realm, I don't know if it will take hundreds of thousands or millions of years."

Millions of years? Sishu asked in confusion, "So slow?"

Xia Li didn't believe it at all and said, "Shuangse Sang, you are too modest. You can forge the Umbrella Bird Star Core, so your growth rate must be very fast."

"No! You don't know."

Shuangse Sang said, "Trees also have different talents, and unfortunately, I am one of those trees with particularly poor Force talent. Most of my achievements today are due to my own efforts, and a small part is due to the use of source gems. Longbai is a greedy and stingy ant. He brought back so many source gems this time, but he was reluctant to give me any..."

Number four: “…”

Xia Li: “…”

Sishu and Xia Li were not fools, and they suddenly realized.

Sishu said cheerfully, "I have prepared some source gems and placed them on the Star Spider. Caigang, go and bring a bag of them to Shuangse Sauna."

"No. Good-bye."

Long Bai hurried to stop him.

I felt something was wrong. Why did Shuangse Sang change his nature today? He went around in such a big circle and waited here.

"Don't believe it!"

"Don't be fooled, Butterfly!"

"Don't believe a word of what Shuangse Sang said!"

"This guy is deliberately playing misery to deceive you!"

"Don't fall into its trap!"

"If you don't have all the source gems, you can give them to me..."

The trees around, who had been listening in silence and secretly despising him, disagreed when they heard this and shook their mental powers to stop him.

"President Sishu, President Xia Li, ignore Shuangse Sang."

Longbai called out, "Let's go back to the lake, the banquet should be ready."

A veiled threatening thought came to Shuangse Sang: Ant, I advise you not to meddle in other people’s business!
Cai Gang understood what was going on, turned around and left, activated his wind and thunder dual-element teleportation abilities, traveled at lightning speed, and soon came back with a bag of source gems.

3 pieces per bag.

Seeing that the number was not particularly large, Longbai didn't say much, so he arranged to dig a hole and bury the fruits under the two-color mulberry tree for the monkey to use.

After chatting for a while,
Together they returned to the lakeside under the blue trees given by God. The juniper, cedar and other insects prepared a rich meal and held a grand banquet to entertain the guests. (End of this chapter)