Astral Ants

The star system of Capricornus.

District 4201 North.

Lakeside.

The azure god-given seed has grown taller. It is estimated that the height of the tree should be over 440 meters. The diameter of the main trunk at the bottom, excluding the buttress roots, is nearly 50 meters.

There are still 32 large, trumpet-shaped leaves.

The bottom broad leaf is about 30 meters above the ground and has a diameter of at least 150 meters.

The thick metallic dark blue-purple-black leaf veins are sparsely dotted with green spots.

The azure blue fruit just hung.

The azure God-given seeds at the planetary level produce the God-given fruits at the star level.

The yield has also increased slightly. From the bottom to the top, there are 22 leaves with fruits.

The first planetary force plant in Xianglan Mountain.

According to the rule, the annual income from the Azure God-given seeds can reach 2.4 to 2.5 original crystals.

...

"Juniper?"

"Longbai!"

Zhan Lan was slightly surprised, then immediately came to his senses and asked, "Long Bai, did you come back in a leader-class starship?"

"Yes."

Long Bai said: "The Artist Armor has fully charged its energy. In less than two days, it has traveled 574 light years. I came back to congratulate you. Zhanlan, congratulations. You have taken another big step towards the Domination Realm."

"Domination Realm..."

"Two days?"

Zhan Lan said in amazement: "Long Bai, you spent 700 billion worth it!"

Zhanlan said: "The civilization called 'White Tower' has a very high level of technology!"

Long Bai: "Level 3 peak, mainly relying on materials, one-third of the Space Law Divine Stone."

Zhan Lan said worriedly, "Long Bai, are you sure you want to lead the insect swarm to find the 'White Tower Civilization'? If they survive the catastrophe of cosmic destruction and their civilization revives, it might be very difficult to deal with them, right?"

"When we have the strength in the future, we will stop by and take a look..."

Long Bai chose his words carefully and said, "It's mainly to see if the 'Willful Star' is still there. The natural god system really needs such a law tree."

Zhan Lan: "..."

Zhanlan: "I think you need..."

"Ha ha."

Long Bai laughed dryly, changed the subject, and asked, "Zhanlan, I remember that you focused on water life forms in the Half-Star Realm, and bionic divine patterns?"

"Yes--"

"But it's different from your bionic abilities."

As Zhanlan spoke, the water energy field slowly unfolded, and tranquil and peaceful original energy flowed. Wherever it passed, lush plants grew, flowers bloomed, and all kinds of birds, insects and animals emerged.

On the lake, green lotus leaves connect to the blue sky, frogs take shelter under the lotus leaves, water birds swim, and sometimes schools of fish chase each other at play...

It's really different.

The bionic abilities of Zerg warriors, without exception, develop in the direction of combat.

Azure's bionic ability is to imitate all living things in nature.

Differences in the direction of consciousness.

Long Bai looked around and praised, "Zhanlan is amazing! Zhanlan, you seem to have comprehended a little bit of the law of 'creation'."

"no……"

Zhanlan said pertinently: "After all, I only have a single water-type talent, which is far inferior to you..."

...

Longbai chatted with Zhanlan for a while, then hurried to the orchard where the wild God-given seeds were planted.

A small tree more than three meters tall, with branches and leaves covered with gray fluff, seems to be covered by a layer of shadow under the golden sunlight.

It has been less than a year since the seeds were sown, which is very fast among the slow-growing wild God-given seeds.

All the bugs paid special attention to it, and Spade always stood by to guard it.

Juniper led an army of five thousand ants, three layers inside and three layers outside, forming three circles, ready for battle and providing airtight protection.

"Your Majesty!"

The juniper's eyes sparkle with wisdom.
"The seed of the Soul-Building Tree God-given! A male one!"

"Saw."

"Your Majesty, there is a question worth thinking about and trying. The seeds of the Soul-Building Tree God-given, both the male and female plants are alive. What would happen if the pollen of the male plant was given to the female plant?"

"..."

Longbai: "I vaguely remember seeing on some knowledge compass that a bug had made a similar attempt, and the result was that the quality of the fruit produced was slightly improved, but the impact was not significant."

"Different plants may have different situations. Spade, you can try it later. However, the pollen of this male plant is mainly used to grant life to ordinary soul-building trees."

"I understand. Your Majesty."

Spade agreed.

Xiangbai rushed over upon hearing the news and asked, "My lord, except for Xingyunbai, there are no warriors among the core members of the Xianglanshan Chamber of Commerce who have ordinary soul-building tree life seeds. They can only pollinate the life seeds of the little warriors below. Then, the output income..."

Long Bai: "Take 10% of the profits and give it to the young soldiers as hard work compensation. Soldiers with higher positions in the Chamber of Commerce will be given priority, which can be considered a welfare."

Cedar: “I understand!”

Juniper asked, "My Lord, what is the appropriate reward for this Soul-Building Tree's divinely gifted seed?"

The last time, the divine seeds of the female Soul-Building Tree were calculated to produce an annual income of 15 in the Star Realm.

In terms of profit, male plants are 3 to 5 times that of female plants.

It depends on how many flowers there are and the amount of pollen.

With more pollen, more common species can be pollinated, producing higher returns.

From observation, the male plants of ordinary soul-building trees have many flowers, and one male plant can be competent for the pollination of a large orchard. Presumably, after evolving into the God-given seeds, it will not be any worse.

but,

Too many rewards at once, the little soldier will have too many resources, and he might lose the motivation to fight, and a good thing will turn into a bad thing...

Long Bai thought for a moment and said, "The Chamber of Commerce will reward 45 contribution points and 22.5 billion original crystals. After distributing the resources, give them a long vacation and organize them to travel far away to broaden their horizons and enrich their experience. They can also eat more divine fruits along the way and transform the resources into their own strength in time."

Juniper: "Understood, my king."

Juniper has a high level of understanding.

Longbai moved his tentacles with satisfaction, raised his claws and pointed to the distance, and asked, "Is that the tree the sacred balsam tree God-given seed? It's at the peak of the Lord level, and will soon be able to break through to the Evolution King level?"

"Yes. Your Majesty."

Spade explained, "My king, I have used two drops of Radish Liquid on it, which accelerated its growth by 200 years. I plan to use a third drop in ten years, and slow it down for another fifty years. It will almost be able to break through to the King level."

Spade immediately said, "My king, there are more and more force plants in the territory that need to be taken care of. I am a little overwhelmed. Please send a little Zou Wang to help me."

"The best would be the Wood ant's evolved Zuo Wang..."

Longbai agreed, "Heitao will take care of it for a while. I will train more specialized green ants and assign them to you when a Zuo Wang emerges."

...

As usual, Longbai inspected the territory.

Gather all the insects for a simple celebration.

Go visit Luoli again.

Done,

He piloted the Tubble alone, carrying Black Leaf and Rainbow Tea back to the Xuanling 1 star system.

Live deep in the ant nest and focus on cultivating the ant colony.

...

[Time: 78th Era-161 Yuan-171 Years]

Over in the Xuanling 1 star system, after a thousand years of hard work by one billion ant soldiers, the reclamation project of ten life-bearing planets is coming to an end.

All that remains is the routine daily operations and management work.

Black Birch is fully capable of coordinating well.

Cai Gang is the agent insect of the big bosses behind the scenes, Si Shu and Xia Li. He is left behind to supervise. Once the God-given seeds are harvested, they will be appraised at the first time and handed over to Cai Gang for safekeeping.

Lu Xin followed to help Cai Gang.

All matters in Boshu Bay have been arranged.

at the same time,

On the Longbai side, the number of specialized ants in the ant nest exceeded 600 million, and the logistics ants also numbered several hundred thousand. On the Xianglan Mountain side, the first, second, and third generation assistant kings were all promoted to the planetary realm.

Judging from the time, the nebula trifoliate orange and nebula blueberry should be returning from their long journey.

As agreed, Dudou and Dumai arrived on time in the Baiwei No. 1 and took Longbai back to the Bauhinia star system.

...

Saddle leaf star.

The branch of Luoli Chamber of Commerce is located in a three-story hall.

After becoming familiar with the business, Luo Li became exactly like Guild Master Shui Gan did back then, spending most of his time lying behind the star pillar in dormant meditation.

"Longbai!"

Luo Li woke up with a start, called out in surprise, and asked, "Is it ok?"

"Okay."

Long Bai said solemnly, "Source Point Star System No. 311042199, lease term 10 years, Luo Li, give me a new price."

“The re-quote is still 600 billion per years.”

Luo Li asked, "Can't you raise 6000 billion?"

The tentacles of the cypress sway gently from side to side.

Luo Li: "Then fix the term for 10 years. I'll give you a 4000% discount, 100 years of reclamation time, and 10 years of preparation time. In addition, on Anye Star and Shuye Star, you can choose any two territories. The rent-free period will be synchronized with the lease period of the source point. If you continue to renew the contract after years, you can enjoy the rent-free discount at the same time."

The tentacles of the cypress tree moved up and down.

All in all, he rented the 7-level source points of seven life-bearing planets at a price of just over 0.7 billion for ten thousand years.

This should be the biggest discount that Luoli can offer.

Long Bai did not make it difficult and urged: "Luo Li, then you should move quickly and draw up the contract."

"I drafted it for you a thousand years ago."

Luo Li moved behind the round platform, activated the holographic projection, and prompted: "First, you should choose two territories on the Anye Star or the Shuye Star."

"it is good--"

"Wait a mininute."

Long Bai followed and stepped forward. The space in front of him shook slightly, and a pile of gems of various shapes and colors fell out.

"Luo Li, your immediate superior should be the 'President Narcissus' of the Fengyan Star Region Branch, who is currently at the Su Realm. After evolving to that level, there aren't many things that he needs, and World Gems and Chaos Ore are his most urgent needs..."

"The rent for the source point is 5100 billion, of which I will pay 5000 billion with original crystals. As for the other 100 billion, I don't have enough original crystals, so I will pay with world gems at a discount. Luo Li, take this opportunity to ask your superiors for instructions. Do you understand what I mean?"

"clear--"

Luo Li understood and said seriously, "Longbai Ant King, this deal is of great importance. I should not make the decision on my own. I need to ask President Shuixian for instructions first! Please wait for two or three days."

The star network can ignore the spatial distance and transmit information between two points almost synchronously, but because it consumes the divine power of the tree-shaped clone of the True God of Nature, it cannot be used at will.

Upload information through the star column.

There is an intelligent supervision system that audits according to the rules.

After some effort, the review was passed and the information was passed.

I waited for two more days.
President Narcissus sent back a message.

"Okay."

"President Narcissus arranged for me to choose the world gems of the lightning and wind series first, and the power and life series second. He privately offered the original crystal to buy it. I have to take some time to go there and deliver it to him later..."

Luo Li muttered to himself and called Long Bai to stand in front of the star pillar.

One yard owned by a yard.

To sell the world's gems, first transfer 100 billion raw crystals to Longbai's account.

Potato Leaf Star selected two suitable territories.

Arrange and improve the lease contract, both parties sign it, and make payment.

Transaction complete.

Longbai officially named the source point numbered 311042199 as 'Sea Blue Star'.

The task of naming the seven planets was given to the Second King.

Done,

Return to Xianglan Mountain and summon all the insects to discuss matters.

Act separately,

Poison Bean and Poison Wheat drove the Star Spider and quickly headed to the Azure Star System to pick up the Second King, as well as the six assistant kings: Nebula Rong, Nebula Nai, Twin Rong Hua, Twin Long Hua, Twin Yan Hua, and Twin Shuo Hua.

The ant colony on the other side of the Azure Star System is controlled by the Twin Sand Birches, the Twin Hard Birches, and the Twin Silver Birches. They don't have to do any work, just suppress them and prevent any riots.

Longbai went to Citi Mountain again and asked Citi Mountain to send 200 warriors who were good at water and ice abilities to help cool down the planet. It was not urgent, so Juniper led the team and set off on President Xiaopeng's Star Spider.

Finally, Longbai piloted the starship Taber, carrying Green Cypress, Silver Cypress, Black Grape, Black Persimmon, Black Sophora japonica, Rainbow Ying, Rainbow Tea, and Rainbow Light, and returned to the Xuanling star system to reunite with Black Leaf, Rainbow Apricot, and Jasper.

All the assistant kings and 600 million ant colonies were transported there in two trips.

He even used the original crystal to drive the starship, making ten trips in a row and transporting 3000 life base stations in one go.

The seven planets are in similar situations to the original Xuanling star system, with problems such as insufficient water vapor content, excessive carbon dioxide, excess hydrogen, highly toxic gases, volcanic magma, etc.

These are all small problems that can be solved.

Construction started on seven planets simultaneously.

Longbai organized the insects and deployed them quickly.

...

When Du Dou and Du Mai arrived in the Baiwei No. 1 Star Spider carrying six assistant kings, dots of green had already appeared within the coverage area of ​​the ecological base station.

Ferns spread rapidly and grew wildly, and the desolate land looked completely new every three days.

"Longbai? You guys are so fast?"

The second king was shocked.

"It's the Tubber that's fast."

Long Bai answered in a low-key manner.

The Tubber only took orders from Longbai, which was meaningless.

Mo Lan turned around and praised: "Biyu's ability is powerful! The first god-level skill in reclamation!"

Biyu said modestly: "It's just a small skill that I can use to take advantage of others. I can't compare with the first and second kings."

"..."

Molan asked, "When will the Citi Mountain soldiers arrive?"

Long Bai: "On the way, will be here soon."

Molan asked, "Should our Xianglanshan Chamber of Commerce dispatch more soldiers to help?"

"Of course!"

Long Bai said, "President Xiao Peng will help with the transportation later. We will select 1400 warriors with the evolutionary level of half a star or above to help. Those who are good at earth or wood will be given priority. It's hard work to open up the wasteland, so we will double your salary."

The Chamber of Commerce also has four queen bees and ant kings, including Nebula Bilberry.

Long Bai ordered, "Chairman Xiao Peng's Star Spider runs slowly. Poison Bean, Poison Wheat, you run again and bring over the Southern Snake Ant King, the Crow Persimmon Ant King, the Bone Bee Queen, and their assistant kings."

"Xing Yunrong, Xing Yunnai, follow Biyu and quickly familiarize yourself with the environment."

Longbai simply assigned the task and waved his claws to greet him, "Molan, I will take you to familiarize yourself with the environment and name the planet."

"You haven't named the planet yet?"

Mo Lan's tentacles drooped to the ground helplessly, and she said helplessly: "Forget it. Let me do it. Let's just call this planet Mo Lan Planet..."

The Glorious Throne carried Long Bai and Mo Lan high into the sky, shuttling between seven planets.

Molan thoughtfully named the second planet "Longbai Star".

The 0.7-magnitude source star system belonging to Molan and Longbai!

The remaining five planets were named Lulan, Zhulan, Zhulan, Yanlan and Doulan.

...

Still led by Shandian and Qumai, 200 soldiers from Citi Mountain arrived and started working directly.

Molan rode on President Xiaopeng's Star Spider and returned to the Azure Star System, dispatching warriors to help.

The Baiwei-1 Star Spider has limited carrying capacity.

Du Dou drove Baiwei No. 1 alone and first transported the three ant kings, queen bees and their assistant kings from the Xianglanshan Chamber of Commerce.

A proper female ant queen or bee queen can lay dozens to hundreds of eggs every day. If there is enough food, they can quickly cultivate a million-scale ant colony or bee colony.

Longbai also deployed sixteen assistant kings, seizing the opportunity to continue expanding the size of his ant colony.

Six years later,
1400 soldiers drawn from the Azure Star System have arrived, and the massive reclamation work of the Source Star System is underway. (End of this chapter)