Astral Ants

Pinnate star system.

It is not a very prosperous first-level source star system.

Wheel Umbrella Star, South 1001 Trade Zone Plaza, scorching sun.

There were a few Zerg warriors walking around.

A long row of Star Spiders were parked under the shade of the trees beside the square, and Flame Spider Warriors were chatting in groups of three or five.

In the center of the square, the space was rippling. A small and exquisite metallic gray star spider emerged from the star web and docked steadily.

The unique design has hatches on both sides, which stretch out like butterfly wings and rise high, and then there is a landing ramp where the original energy gathers gas and condenses into gas.

Super high-level leader exclusive star spider!

As soon as it landed, it immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding insects.

A mantis with a metallic, iridescent carapace covered with silver-gray sandy particles slowly walked down the star spider.

"Metal Mantis Warrior?"

"Exclusive to Star Spider, the wealthy mantis."

"What kind of sign is that?"

"Some kind of herb?"

"Is there such a large Golden Mantis clan in the Featherleaf Codonopsis star system?"

"no!"

"Then he is from outside the area."

"What are you doing in this remote little place?"

"Go up and ask?"

……

Another large Watase Flame Spider hurriedly jumped off the Star Spider.

"Hey!"

"And hired a Flame Spider Warrior to pilot the Star Spider full-time?"

"Where did the Golden Mantis Warrior come from?"

"The level of evolution is not high?"

"He may be a young man from a large tribe."

"Let's go! Go up and ask."

……

"Go away! Go away!"

A few flame spiders that came to inquire about the situation had not yet come close, so Bai Wei impatiently waved her claws to drive them away.

Hong Tao simultaneously activated her soul-fixing and intelligent brain abilities, swept across, and locked onto Zeqi's position.

"there--"

Red Heart quickly left the square.

"Don't touch my Star Spider!"

Bai Wei warned fiercely and turned away.

...

"嘁~"

"Low-level worker spider, why are you so arrogant?"

...

The main entrance to the commercial street.

Luoli Chamber of Commerce has a special shop.

Divided into two layers:
The first level is the regular purchase and sale of Force food.

The second level is the trade of divine fruits, along with the sale of various goods that assist the growth of force plants.

There is a circle of display cabinets around the second-floor hall.

There are also metal plates on the counter, which describe in detail the names, functions, harvesting times and pre-sale prices of various magical fruits.

desolate.

There were three flame spiders lying behind the counter.

"Master Zeqi..."

"My most, most respected elder Zeqi!"

"Ha ha!"

"I'm here to see you!"

Bai Wei waved her tentacles in greeting.

"President Zeqi!"

Hongtao greeted seriously.

"..."

It took Zeqi some effort to recognize her, "Are you Bai Wei?"

"Don't you recognize me?"

"It's okay, I can still recognize it... This is Red Peach."

"Yes."

"I heard from Luo Li that you have been in the Baijing Galaxy for 20,000 years? How come you suddenly remembered to come and see me?"

"Busy. I finally have some time recently, so I came to see you."

"Yes. I believe it."

"I heard that Kusaurus and Yuzu went to your side again? Why don't they come together?"

"Hi. They are too low-level to come and see you."

The other two flame spiders guarding nearby came over.

"President Zeqi, is this your junior?"

"Just barely. My junior, Bai Wei, set up her own chamber of commerce and started a small business."

Zeqi raised his paw and pointed, introducing them: "Bai Wei, Hong Tao, this is Qi Hao, this is Ling Ju..."

There is a room for confidential talks behind the counter. After a few introductions and greetings, Zeqi led Bai Wei and Hong Tao into the room to talk.

"Bai Wei, tell me, why did you come all the way here to talk to me?"

"I came to see you."

"hehe."

"I heard from Luo Li that our elder Zeqi is not doing well. I am here to help you get rich together."

"..."

"Has Luo Li been successfully transferred to the Fengyan Star Region?"

"Yes! The secondary source point, the Bauhinia star system, happens to be the headquarters of our Baiwei Chamber of Commerce. Luoli is responsible for land leasing. When it first arrived, we arranged a large order of 13 billion to 14 billion for it. In the next ten thousand years, there will be trillions of business for it. We will help it upgrade to level 15, , and , and enter the core management of Luoli Chamber of Commerce."

"Oh--"

"You guys? And the Dragon Cypress Ant King?"

"Yes. There are also thousands of tribes of all sizes in the northern hemisphere of our Force cycle, as well as dozens of bee queens and ant kings. There is also the Bowus Bay United Kingdom in the southern hemisphere, with thousands of bee queens and ant kings. I integrated these tribes and ant kings and bees through the Shuhua Chamber of Commerce, and the Longbai Ant King integrated these tribes through the Bowus Bay Chamber of Commerce to form a huge force."

"Then why did you come to me..."

"My most respected elder Zeqi, I am here to invite you to invest."

"???"

"Right now, the situation of our Baiwei Chamber of Commerce is that I own 90% of the shares, Hongtao owns 10% of the shares, and other bugs have no shares and are not allowed to own shares. I am the president, Hongtao is the vice president, and the other bugs are ordinary members."

"President Zeqi, as my elder, you can make an exception and allow me to buy shares. The Baiwei Chamber of Commerce is valued at 1 trillion, divided into 1 shares. You can buy share for million."

"..."

"My simple and frugal elder Zeqi, after tens of thousands of years, you should have accumulated some wealth, right?"

"Lack of Primordial Crystals? Don't try to hit on me! I saved some hard-earned money and spent it all on my evolution to the Half-Star Realm."

"Can't you even come up with 100 million? Just buy a few shares and you will be the third largest shareholder of Baiwei Chamber of Commerce. I will promote you to vice president. I think this Yuye Cang star system is remote and deserted, with no business and no future. You might as well stop hanging around in Luoli Chamber of Commerce. Come to Baiwei Chamber of Commerce, and you will be a shareholder and a core executive. Now that the Chamber of Commerce is expanding its business, it plans to open up the market in the second secondary source star system. It's just right for you, Elder Zeqi, to take charge."

"..."

"I heard from Luo Li that your annual trade volume in the Bauhinia star system is 500 to 600 million, and your profit is more than 10 million?"

"Yes. We are doing what you, Elder Zeqi, are best at, trading in Force food, with small profits but quick turnover. We also do some divine fruit trading. We don't make money from divine fruits anymore, we only use them to build relationships."

Zeqi's heart was moved.

In the Luoli Chamber of Commerce, he is not as successful as Luoli, and even many of his juniors, his juniors’ juniors, and his juniors’ juniors’ juniors are not as successful as him…

The most painful thing is that the younger generation who was least favored by the mother planet back then is now doing the best and is about to become a hero in a star field...

"I am familiar with the Force food trade, but I am not very familiar with the royal jelly trade you guys are doing."

Zeqi suggested: "Bai Wei, how do you operate specifically? Tell us in detail."

"very simple."

Bai Wei said: "First, the refining ability of Long Bai's assistant kings and blue ants to produce royal nectar and gene agents has zero purification loss. Compared with human technological equipment, there is a profit margin of 3% to 5%."

"Our Baiwei Chamber of Commerce purchases the God-given Force Food, and Longbai Ant King's Xianglan Chamber of Commerce is responsible for processing it into royal nectar and gene agents, which are then sold by the Baiwei Chamber of Commerce."

"There are two modes of purchase and sale. The first is to open a 'tree flower shop' in some prosperous star system trade zones. The second is to cooperate with powerful local families and let them open a 'tree flower chamber of commerce', and we will supply the goods..."

Bai Wei explained in detail.

Seeing Ze Urushi wavering,
Finally, he added fuel to the fire, pointed at the ninth black and white pupil on his forehead, and asked, "Elder Zeqi, how many spatial abilities have you comprehended?" Zeqi asked back, "How many have you comprehended? Why do you have an extra eye? What ability does it have?"

Bai Wei: "This is my star core, transformed from space abilities. I have mastered six space abilities! My Shanglu space has long since transformed into a sphere, with a current diameter of more than 2000 meters. It has evolved into the star realm and has completely transformed into a 'Huan'."

Zeqi stood up quickly and immediately grasped the key words in Bai Wei's words.

"Mastering six spatial abilities? That's not comprehension."

"Hey. Hey. Yes. It was obtained through external objects. The first 30 official members of the Baiwei Chamber of Commerce have this benefit, and there are no more after the 30th. There are currently 29 official members of the Chamber of Commerce, and this is the last position. You should pay attention to seize the opportunity..."

...

...

Ocean blue star system.

The seven planets completed the cooling task one after another.

Jasper is simultaneously covered with ferns, which will be continuously planted over a period of 10 years to accumulate organic matter for the planet's soil.

Longbai gave the opportunity, black grape, black leaf, black persimmon, rainbow elm, rainbow tea, rainbow apricot and rainbow light, each responsible for a life planet.

The reclamation work is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Longbai himself lives deep in the ant nest in the northern 1001 area of ​​'Longbai Star', concentrating on cultivating the ant colony.

The ants in the stellar realm have longer lifespans, greater strength, and higher intelligence, especially the specialized ants, which have a high level of self-awareness and almost complete autonomous consciousness.

Every specialized ant in the star realm is an intelligent life that can think independently, learn knowledge, have its own world view and values, and have its own insect life thinking.

It is also much easier to command.
Give them a complex or vague instruction and they will figure out how to complete it on their own.

But at the same time, it also faces a serious problem: the probability of the birth of an all-powerful assistant king is greatly reduced.

Longbai cultivated more than ten million specialized ants of various star realms, but not a single assistant king was born.

...

Suddenly one day,
Half morning,
Longbai was organizing the newly born ant colony and teaching them botanical knowledge when the ant colony responsible for reconnaissance in the direction of the square sent out warning pheromones.

The next moment, the soul-fixing ability swept over.

Baiwei, Hongtao, and Zeqi.

Long Bai leaped into the air, the power of wind and thunder burst out, and he landed in the square in a flash.

"Bai Wei. Hong Tao."

"Zeqi... President!"

"Longbai Ant King~"

Long Bai and Ze Qi both felt a little emotional.

Back on their home planet, when Long Bai and Mo Lan were still junior warriors, they met the Zeqi Spider King once.

Longbai got a lot of good things from Zeqi.

Haven't seen him since.

Back then, Zeqi felt sorry for the little ant king and the little mantis, so he gave them some insignificant resources, hoping to help them evolve into intermediate warriors as soon as possible and avoid dying in the wilderness jungle.

I never thought that they would rise so rapidly later, let alone that after entering the starry sky, these ants and mantises would still be thriving and their power would continue to grow.

Bai Wei introduced quickly, "Zeqi has agreed to join the Baiwei Chamber of Commerce and serve as vice president. From now on, you will be called 'President Zeqi'."

"Longbai Ant King, on our way back, we visited the secondary source points Honeysuckle Star System and Ironwood Star System. Comparing them, each has its own advantages and disadvantages."

"The Honeysuckle star system was developed the earliest and is the best. It has many Zerg warriors and is also the transportation hub of Phoenix Eye Constellation. It is relatively rich, has a larger market, and has greater trading potential."

"The Tiemu star system is just the opposite. It is a brand new secondary source point that has only just begun to develop in the last 100,000 years, and the insect population is sparse. It is far away from the Fengyan star region, and transportation is not convenient. The only saving grace is that many of the Zerg tribes that we know on our home planet and the Qiming star system have gone to the Tiemu star system to develop. If we go there, relying on our past friendships, plus our current strength and financial resources, it will be easy to start trading royal honey and gene agents."

Bai Wei: "Our Bai Wei Chamber of Commerce prefers the Tiemu star system. Longbai Ant King, what do you think? Which one is better?"

Longbai tapped his antennae and said, "Then it's the Tiemu star system."

"Okay! That's confirmed."

Bai Wei then introduced: "The straight-line distance between the Tiemu star system and the Bauhinia star system is about 2600 light years, and the star network navigation distance is as long as 3400 light years. Our suggestion is that all accounts should be settled once every thousand years."

"It's a little far..."

Long Bai calculated and said, "It's not bad. No problem."

Bai Wei said: "The Xianglan Chamber of Commerce and the Baiwei Chamber of Commerce have jointly invested in leasing a territory in the Tiemu star system as a branch station to lead the trade in the secondary source star field. Our Baiwei Chamber of Commerce has sent President Zeqi to take charge and manage all matters related to the itinerant trade."

"Longbai Ant King, you should first send a sub-king who is good at refining, and two Zerg warriors who understand trading. It would be best if you could send one or two more warriors or sub-kings who are good at fighting."

Long Bai thought for a moment and said, "Xianglan Chamber of Commerce will send Bai Fan to be in charge of the transaction affairs of Shuhua Store, responsible for daily purchases and account expenditures. Send Hei Huai to be in charge of refining force food and the entry of funds."

"Bai Fan and Hei Huai are responsible for the transaction settlement between Xianglan Chamber of Commerce and Baiwei Chamber of Commerce."

After Longbai finished speaking, he pondered for a moment and added, "Send the young soldiers Maomei, Baiji, Yeying, Yinhuiyang, and Linghua to assist in the work."

Bai Wei said: "There are definitely enough Zerg warriors. But, is there only one assistant king for the Longbai Ant King?"

Long Bai: "I will send one for now."

Bai Wei turned left and right, looked around, and asked, "One thousand six hundred years? Then, the new King Zuo..."

Longbai shook his antennae and said, "Not a single one. The probability has decreased, and my luck is not very good."

"What should I do?"

Bai Wei asked, "Longbai Ant King, can't you also directly cultivate assistant kings? Juniper, cedar, and the like. I think Juniper and cedar are both very good."

Long Bai still shook his tentacles.

The all-round assistant king can handle all the work of a branch nest alone.

An assistant king like cedar can only command logistics ants such as worker ants, blue ants, green ants, and mountain ants, but cannot command combat ants. He needs to be paired with a combat assistant king.

A branch nest station requires two assistant kings.

"..."

Long Bai had thought about this problem a long time ago.

As things have developed to this day, no one cares about the resources consumed in the growth and evolution of Zuo Wang.

The all-round Zuo Wang is better in all aspects.

The original plan was to cultivate large-scale ant colonies on Planet Aquamarine and train a large number of all-round assistant kings.

If ten million is not enough, then one hundred million, one billion...

Long Bai thought for a long time and said, "Then I will train three giant blue soldiers and three intelligent blue ants for emergency use."

"Longbai Ant King, please make your own decision!"

Bai Wei was secretly delighted and asked, "Longbai Ant King, how long will it take? After we are done, let's go to the Tiemu star system and choose a location for our branch?"

Longbai nodded his antennae, shook them again and said, "After Yinbai, I haven't used the ability of the race to cultivate giant ants. Now that they are at the star realm level, I'm not sure what changes will happen."

Long Bai said, "Bai Wei, Hong Tao, take President Zeqi around to have a look and get familiar with the trading process of royal jelly. Later, we will meet at Shuye Star and head to the Tiemu Star System together."

"...That's fine."

Bai Wei suppressed her mental power and asked, "Longbai Ant King, Wang Baizi will arrange one for President Zeqi?"

Long Bai moved his tentacles.

Bai Wei asked: "Where is the technological star core?"

Longbai: "This is the last one."

"I remember it!"

"Thank you, Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

Bai Wei: "Then let's visit Planet Aquamarine first!"

...

Bai Wei, Hong Tao and Ze Qi took a tour and then said goodbye and left.

...

Deep in the ant nest,

Long Bai communicates with the throne through his mind.

[Please select the messenger type]

【Guardian·Power】

【Producer·Agriculture】

【Guardian·Hydrology】

【Producer · Refining】

……

Longbai chose 'Guardian Hydrology'.

The first batch of 36 ant eggs.

Separate them, pick out three, and release the unique 'giantization' pheromone individually to stimulate differentiation and development.

The second batch selected 'Producer Refiner',
Similarly, three ant eggs with the strongest vitality are selected and cultivated in a separate nest chamber.

Starting from the ant egg stage, different pheromone stimulations will cause the ant eggs to differentiate and develop in different directions.

The hatching time of giant ant and intelligent ant eggs has doubled.

After hatching, the larvae grow very slowly. They need to absorb five times the natural force of specialized ants.

After two months of observation, Longbai tried feeding the animals water-based divine force food, and the growth rate increased slightly.

However, the time required for the Force to grow cannot be shortened.

Wait patiently,

After 14 years,

When the six white, plump larvae with blue rings are more than 1.5 meters long, they finally spin silk cocoons and enter the pupal stage.

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