Astral Ants

"Captain Longbai, where is Chief Molan?"

"It presides over affairs in the Azure Star System. Now that there are more young warriors, it's inevitable that some of them will be lazy and slack off. We need a leader with a strong personality to keep an eye on them."

"Forehead--"

"Captain Longbai, you said earlier that the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce has 62 wild God-given seeds? Are they all produced by the Azure Star System?"

"Yes! In the past 78 years, a total of 16 God-given seeds have been produced, including herbal God-given seeds, which were arranged for the young warriors who performed well in the early stage."

"Oh--"

"There are as many as 12 top-level God-given seeds? That's a high ratio!"

"Yes. Currently, there are 12 top-level God-given species and 19 double-excellent God-given species, which is indeed a high percentage."

"A 0.6 level source point, it's really great to have this much income!"

"Just barely enough to maintain a profit-making status."

"Not bad. It's not easy to feed four or five thousand little soldiers."

"Captain Longbai, can you take us to visit the Azure Star System when you have time? And learn some management experience?"

"Haha. Of course, no problem. I can't say I have any learning experience, but in terms of management, Sishu and President Xia Li are definitely more experienced than me. Anyway, we have nothing to do, so why not go around and take a look?"

Long Bai added, "The first-fruit queen bee, the second-fruit queen bee, the third-fruit queen bee, and the mountain pepper ant queen are all at the headquarters of the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce in the 4204th area of ​​the northern Bauhinia star system. President Sishu and President Xia Li, you can go over to visit them and reminisce about the past."

"Really? That's great. Don't they live in the Huosuo star system? I'm planning to go over there and take a look."

"The headquarters of the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce is over here. They are here to do business."

"That's perfect. I'm planning to lend a batch of source gems to the former members of the Boshuwan United Kingdom. The amount involved is too large. In addition to signing the contract, I also want Four Numbers and President Xia Li to help as witnesses..."

...

Cedar and Black Acacia are bored on weekdays, so they developed royal nectar of various flavors. In order to increase the recognition of the products, only a few classic categories are circulated in the market, and most of them are used internally by Xianglanshan gatherings.

Long Bai arranged for all the royal jelly of various flavors to be brought out and piled into a small hill, so that everyone could pick and choose as they pleased.

A sumptuous and grand banquet.

It lasted for a day.

Move to the North 4204 area of ​​the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce for another show.

It was busy for two days and two nights.

Let's set off together on four Star Spiders and head to the Fire Star System.

When they were on the mother planet, they belonged to two different continents, Zhibai and Wanglan. Sishu and Xia Li did not have many old acquaintances in the United Kingdom of Boshu Bay, and their relationship was not that close.

They just came to see what was going on.

Another thing was that he was pulled over by Long Bai to be a witness.

Based on the list, Longbai prepared a plate-type 'contract' made of mountain metal materials, signed a contract with each queen bee and ant king, and lent out the source gems.

Finished

The six insects, namely, juniper, green heart, four numbers, oak, and colorful steel, went to visit the prosperous and bustling Xianghuo star system together, and visited the Huaqi Mountain, the Burial Armor Tribe, and the most powerful six-thorn cloud ant tribe.

Then, from the Xianghuo star system, we will visit the Azure star system.

...

Shi Lanxing.

The Star Spider is docked at the North 1001 District Plaza.

The hatch opened, and Long Bai's soul-calming ability swept through it, and he was speechless.

By the lake, Molan was organizing a gathering of insects for a lively eating and drinking party.

Molan was the first to sense the soul's perception of the abilities of the Sun and Moon, and rushed over in a flash.

Qing Feng also ran over.

"President Four! President Xia Li!"

"Cai Gang! Green Heart!"

"Juniper, you are here too? Are you here to count the harvest and settle the accounts?"

"You guys came at the perfect time. We just happened to find a sacred balsam tree seed! We are having a feast to celebrate. Let's all come together."

The top god-given seed!

Sacred Balsam Tree...

It has a unique effect of enhancing the seventh sense of the Zerg warriors and strengthening the keen intuition of the soul and body.

Only 1,200 years had passed since the third ten thousand years, and the third top-level God-given seed had been harvested.

"it is good!"

"The two kings are mighty!"

Long Bai couldn't help himself.

Xia Li said with envy: "The seeds of the sacred balsam tree given by God are very rare."

Si Shu said: "From what I know, this tree has very strict requirements on the environment and is not easy to plant on a large scale."

"Yeah."

Molan said with some embarrassment: "These trees were used for the earlier experiment of cultivating green maple and black rice. Longbai, didn't you separate the green maple and black rice when you divided the star lords? They were handed over to Xiangping, who brought five little warriors to take care of them."

"Now that we have suddenly gained something, how should the reward be calculated?"

Qing Feng waved his antennae vigorously, looking very proud, and echoed: "My king, the reward must not be small~"

Longbai asked, "Qingfeng and Wufan, do you want to level up? Level up to 20 and compete with Molan for the position of leader? Or level up to 21 and compete with me for the position of great leader? Don't compete with the little warriors for the credit. Since Xiangping is leading the team, the credit should go to them."

Molan: “That’s what I meant.”

Qing Feng: “…”

Qing Feng: "The God-given seeds are still developing. Chanlan Star, South 2394 area, Wufan is guarding it personally, my king, do you want to go over and take a look?"

"Not urgent!"

Long Bai greeted, "I'm a little hungry after all this running around. Let's go eat something first."

...

Chief Longbai suddenly came with distinguished guests to visit, and the celebration that was originally planned to last for half a month came to an abrupt end.

Juniper stayed behind to count the harvest, distribute royal honey, calculate the accounts, and register the newly born little soldiers.

Longbai, Molan, as well as many star masters such as Qingqiu, Shanshi, and Tangerine, accompanied Sishu and Xiali to visit Chanlan Star.

...

As there are more Zerg warriors, they build roads in their spare time. According to the unified standards of the Zerg civilization, the planet is divided into hexagonal areas to further transform and stabilize the planetary environment.

South 2394 District.

The main trees grown are kiwi, apricot and peach.

In marginal areas where rainfall is relatively low, some sacred balsam trees are planted on a small scale.

Wufan led two little soldiers to guard under the tree.

A brief greeting when meeting,
All the insects raised their heads and looked upwards.

A tree over thirty meters tall, among its branches and leaves, a deformed green fruit that had just begun to swell was emitting a faint fluctuation of the Force.

——The God-given seeds of the sacred balsam tree are in the making!

--nice one!

The Zerg warriors' desire and affection for the God-given seeds are deeply imprinted in their blood.

After looking at each other for a while, they talked for a few more sentences.

Longbai and Molan led the way and visited the orchard in South Area 2394 nearby.

"Captain Longbai, from what I've observed, four or five thousand little warriors are not enough to develop all six life planets."

"Yeah. Not even close."

"So how do you plan to run the second source you lease? Pure natural ecology, rough management? Hire the ant king and bee queen from Boshu Bay to help?"

"Neither. I have a lot of assistant kings under my command, and I plan to send them there, as well as the little bee queens and ant kings born in the azure star system. Just like the mother star, we will separate the Zerg warriors from the ant tribe and the bee tribe."

"Oh--"

Sishu asked knowingly, "There are so many ant kings and bee queens in Boshu Bay. Are they all dormant on weekdays?"

Long Bai: "Just wait and see."

Xia Li sighed: "It's hard~"

Four Numbers: "Captain Longbai, from what I have observed, your prestige among the ant kings and bee queens in Boshu Bay is even greater than that of your home planet."

Long Bai: "We are poor. The ants and bees are at a loss when they reach the starry sky. Without the support of their own tribesmen and the help of their elders, they rely on me, the great leader, to help them."

"Too."

“It’s not easy to find a job.”

Sishu and Xia Li nodded in agreement.

Sishu suggested, "We are all comrades who have fought together. During this trip to Red Robin Star, Xia Li and I made a small fortune. We have some extra money in our claws, but we don't know where to put it. Chief Longbai, I have a suggestion. Xia Li and I will invest and rent a few zero-level source points, and you will organize the ant kings and bee queens of the Boshu Bay Chamber of Commerce to run them. What do you think?"

Long Bai had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and asked knowingly: "President Sishu, President Xia Li, aren't you planning to cooperate with Chief Tiebin to operate the mining star?"

Xia Li: "This won't work."

Sishu: "It's mainly because there is no suitable newly reclaimed first-level source mining star in Xiange Star Region. And the Wart-Koujia tribe refuses to move."

Xia Li: "Si Shu and I only have a vague understanding of operating a mining star, so we dare not rush into the industry."

Xia Qu: "The disadvantage of Force Plants is that the investment payback period is long, but the advantage is that the income is stable and the growth potential is high."

Sishu: "The tribe also encourages us younger warriors to collect and cultivate more Force plants through this method. There are corresponding preferential policies. Wild God-given seeds in the Trace Realm and Star Realm can take root in the second-level source point for free, and the Star Realm can migrate to the third-level source point to take root."

The insects in Xianglan Mountain were envious.

At this point, the cooperation in the source of the business is almost done. This is a multi-trillion dollar business.

Molan was secretly delighted and spoke cautiously: "Then you should manage more zero-level source points! We are all insects that have been promoted to the sustenance realm. We have to consider the benefits of the force plants evolving into the sustenance realm a million years later."

"Yes."

Sishu and Xia Li nodded in agreement.

Long Bai asked, "President Sishu, President Xia Li, do you have a way to get land at a low price in Fengyan Star Region?"

"No."

Four Numbers and Quercus xia shook their antennae.

Sishu: "Our Baijing Chamber of Commerce cannot directly participate in the operation of the zero-level source point. The zero-level source point of the Yiweixiang star field was occupied by our ancestors when the Baijing galaxy was first developed, and has been handed over to the seventh and eighth-level Flame Spider Chambers of Commerce for management. With my reputation as a student of the Yiwei Lord, I can rent one or two at a low price, but more is not allowed."

Xia Li: "Sishu and I are just unknown bugs in the tribe. When we arrived in Fengyan Star Region, we had no say at all."

"..."

Long Bai already knew this, and he paused for two seconds deliberately, then said solemnly: "Well, if we can't get the land at a low price, then the profit won't be high."

Number Four: "No Profits!"

Xia Li: "The profits belong to the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce!"

Sishu: "We just need to get back the principal. For example, 1000 billion original crystals/1000 years to rent a zero-level source star system. During the years, the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce can deliver billion worth of God-given seeds. The profits will be left to the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce."

Xia Li: "There is one more condition. If the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce needs to sell the God-given seeds to cash in, it must give priority to me and Four Numbers."

Long Baijing waited for the next words, but after waiting for a few seconds, there was no next words.

No other offers?
Two big bosses like this, give them some sweet treats~
Long Bai said slowly: "President Xia Li is right. The biggest feature of operating a zero-level source point is stability. There will be no big losses, nor big profits. This can be regarded as finding a job for the insects of the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce to speed up the initial stage of development. However, President Sishu, President Xia Li, can you increase the rewards appropriately to improve everyone's enthusiasm?"

Sishu and Xia Li looked at each other.

Sishu said, "Yes, we can add appropriate rewards. For the top-level God-given seeds that are born, we can add 5% of the estimated value as a reward and give it to the relevant ant king or assistant king."

Xia Li: "There is no rush for this. Let's first rent a zero-level source point and try it out for a short term of 10 years. If both parties think it's feasible, Guild President Sishu and I will invest a large amount of money and rent it for a long term of years."

Long Bai and Mo Lan, who originally wanted to fight for it again, quickly nodded in agreement after hearing this.

Both Sishu and Xia Li had served as tribal leaders. They were deep-minded and were not the kind of insects that would squander their wealth. They had obviously done the math and were unwilling to suffer losses.

Long Bai agreed, "Alright. Let's rent a source first, so that everyone can get familiar with the process of reclaiming and operating a source and accumulate experience."

Xia Li: "Sishu and I thought the same thing."

Sishu asked, "Captain Longbai, the rental prices of your Azure Star System and the Citi Star System are very reasonable! If we don't give you a second-level origin residential territory, can the price be a little cheaper?"

Longbai: "Of course that's no problem. You can ask for a discount, or give us a free lease for the source point."

Long Bai: "I know the president of Luoli Chamber of Commerce who is in charge of land management. He is also from the mother planet. We are old friends. I gave him the lowest price he could offer."

"President Luo Li?!"

Sishu and Xia Li were so frightened that they flapped their wings and flew away.

Long Bai: "..."

Molan briefly explained: "A fake. Just has the same name as the genuine President Luoli."

"Oh--"

"Scare the bugs to death."

"Then this 'President Luo Li' must be no simple person, right?"

Sishu and Xia Li were speechless.

"It's not that complicated. It's just a coincidence that we have the same name. Luo Li is a relatively easy-to-talk-to spider."

Longbai waved his antennae and said, "The trees planted in this place are nothing special. I will take you to see the azure trees and sea blue trees from alien civilizations..."

...

There are more than 6 trillion yuan in funds in the accounts of Sishu and Xia Li.

The 0.6 level source point is somewhat despised.

If you want to rent, rent the best. If you want to do something, do a big one. It must be a level 0.8 or 0.9 source point.

I took a quick tour of the azure star system to learn about its output over the past 20,000 years.

They then went to the Citistar System together to visit the head of Sequoia and focus on the operation and output of the Citistar System.

The rental of Citistar System is nearly twice that of Azure Star System, and accordingly, the output income is also more than twice that of Azure Star System.

If you have sufficient funds, it is more cost-effective to rent this high-quality source.

Sishu and Xia Li made up their minds to drive the Star Spider back to the Bauhinia star system.

Find a queen bee to discuss it first.

Then go to the Huosuo star system to discuss with other ant kings and queen bees to preliminarily determine the details of the cooperation.

The most important point is that if you cultivate top-quality, double-excellent, and high-quality God-given seeds, you will be rewarded with an additional bonus of 5% of the total value.

The prize money for top-quality God-given seeds is paid by Sishu and Xiali, while the prize money for double-excellent and high-quality God-given seeds is allocated from the profits of the Chamber of Commerce.

In this cooperation, the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce will be responsible for its own profits and losses.

Long Bai also organized discussions with the ant kings and queen bees on the details of the chamber of commerce's operation.

In order to ensure no loss,
Each planet is divided into 18 large regions, each managed by 18 ant kings or queen bees.

No basic salary is paid.

Trial profit distribution plan: settlement is made every ten thousand years, and profits are equally distributed to all the king ants and queen bees participating in the operation.

After the first 10,000 years of trial operation, the two parties decided to cooperate long-term and discuss and formulate a more reasonable distribution plan based on the gains and losses and profits.

Resolved,

The insects returned to the Bauhinia star system.

...

...

Saddle Leaf Star, 1001 South District Plaza.

Longbai led the four insects, Xia Qu, as well as the black birch, the one-fruit queen bee, the mountain pepper ant king and other insects, and went straight to the third floor of the Luoli Chamber of Commerce branch.

Luo Li: "..."

"President Luo Ji!"

"Luo Li, I brought two big clients to you!"

Long Bai greeted him and introduced him solemnly: "This is the Holy Butterfly Tribe, a student under the tutelage of Lord Yiwei, and the fourth president of the Baijing Chamber of Commerce's branch in the Shuima star system. This is a student under the tutelage of Lord Xiange..."

Greet each other and get to know each other.

Long Bai briefly stated his purpose and went straight to the point, asking, "President Luo Li, could you please bring out the 0.8 and 0.9 source points in the star field under the jurisdiction of the Bauhinia star system so that we can have a look."

Sishu added: "Considering that we may need to lease a second or even a third tower in the future, the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce will also need to lease a source point, so it would be best if there are four or five sources that are relatively concentrated."

"it is good!"

"learn!"

"Let me take a look first."

Luo Li moved swiftly, turned off the lights in the hall, and turned on the holographic projection for mind communication and screening.

Many restrictions,

Soon, only 23 clusters of orange-red light spots remained in the stereoscopic projection, with fluorescent green characters marking the source point levels and detailed numbers.

Luo Li said bluntly: "The rental pricing of source points of the same level is similar. The Chamber of Commerce has privately stipulated that source points that are far away can have greater discounts, while source points that are close can have smaller discounts. The specific details will be controlled by the spiders under us."

"President Sishu, President Xia Li, you are Long Bai's friends, so feel free to choose. I will give you the best discount within my authority."

Four Numbers: "Captain Longbai, you are fully responsible for all the business affairs of the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce. You make the choice."

"it is good--"

Long Bai and Luo Li had already carefully counted the zero-level source points with a Force concentration of more than 0.7 in the star field under the jurisdiction of the Bauhinia star system, and they had a clear idea of ​​it.

He scanned back and forth twice, aiming at a cluster of five light spots.

Serial No. 311042072 to 311042076
The Force concentrations from high to low are 0.92, 0.88, 0.71, 0.65, and 0.51 respectively.

The cypress pointed with its tentacles.

Luo Li understood immediately, and used his mind to control the magnification and mark the distance.

The nearest source point is 574 light-years away from the Bauhinia star system, and the farthest source point is 644 light-years away from the Bauhinia star system.

The maximum distance between the source points is no more than 122 light years.

Long Bai asked: "What are the details of the 0.92-level source point? How is the rent calculated?"

Luo Li: "10 planets with life, 2 of which lack water, and the other 8 have relatively complete material structures. They were newly built 1000 years ago, and the surface temperature of the planets is relatively high. They are currently in a state of abandonment. The rent is billion original crystals/ years."

Luo Li: "For the first time lease, how about this? A 4000% discount on the rent, which means you will be given years to reclaim the wasteland."

Long Bai turned his head and said to Si Shu: "The ant kings and queen bees of the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce are working at full capacity to complete the reclamation within a thousand years. This is equivalent to giving away three thousand years of operating time. President Si Shu, what do you think?"

A 600% discount is billion.

Sishu thought about it for a moment and agreed readily, "Of course."

Sishu asked, "President Luoli, what if we want to renew the lease after ten thousand years?"

Long Bai emphasized, "If you renew the lease, it will be a 10-year lease. Moreover, we will also lease the second and third source points, and both will be 10-year leases. This is a super large order that is rare in a million years. Luo Li, think it through before you answer."

"……Understand."

Luo Li hesitated for a moment and said, "There are two options for you to choose from. The first is a 10-year long lease with a 10% discount. The second is a 2-year long lease with full payment and a -year operating right as a gift."

Longbai looked at the number four.

"This offer is okay. It's not unacceptable."

Sishu nodded and said, "Let's make it this way. President Luoli, source number 311042072, short-term lease for ten thousand years, please draft a contract first. Don't sign with me, sign with the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce..." (End of this chapter)