Astral Ants

"It seems that not many people know about such a big event as the Daylight Sea Arena Battle."

"Not many. For ordinary insects, there is no need to know, and it is useless even if you know."

"Ordinary bugs? What kind of bugs are considered extraordinary?"

"They are really good at fighting! Molan, do the math. A secondary source star system is inhabited by tens of millions of Zergs, and a primary source star system is inhabited by tens to millions of Zergs. How many secondary and primary source points are there in the three major star systems of Liming, Lizhu, and Baijing? How many trillions of Zerg warriors live there?"

"Moreover, at least half of the insects are at the Star Realm level of evolution."

"From so many insects, only 300 places will be decided in the end. That means each one is one in a hundred billion insects, and each one is at the peak of their combat power at the same level."

"Those who are good or average will be eliminated without any need for review. Only a few extremely powerful ones will be eligible to participate."

"Oh--"

"Zi, then you..."

"I can only be considered relatively strong. I am still young, so I need to hone my skills. Eighty thousand years from now, I will try my luck in the next battle in the ring."

"What about President Sishu and President Xia Li?"

"They probably don't know about this yet, right? They're management bugs, so they're only moderately powerful. No."

Molan suddenly realized that the number of places was very limited, and asked:

"Zi, can those old bugs in the star realm who have lived for hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands of years also participate?"

"Every Zerg warrior has two chances to join the war in his lifetime. It doesn't matter what age you are, as long as your evolutionary level meets the requirements."

"So, how many insects from the Holy Butterfly Tribe meet the requirements to participate this time? The White Crystal Chamber of Commerce only has 20 spots in total? Lan Ying was directly allocated one spot?"

"It's not that easy. The Holy Butterfly Tribe will have to fight among themselves to decide the 30 places. The White Crystal Chamber of Commerce will have 20 places of its own and will purchase 10 places. In the end, the 30 best Holy Butterfly warriors will be sent to participate."

"It's hard to say whether Lan Ying can get the 30 quotas of the tribe."

Zi paused as he spoke, and suddenly seemed to remember something, raised his antennae, and asked, "Molan, you should have come into contact with the virtual universe and the Black Thorn Tower, right?"

Mo Lan: "Of course!"

Zi asked, "Which level have you reached?"

Cymbidium:"……"

Molan asked: "Zi, which level did you reach?"

Zi Hunong said: "I am a bug with a strong sense of career and I don't like to play around, so I didn't rush in much. I barely cleared the fifth floor and didn't try the sixth floor."

Zi asked, "Green Heart, which level are you on?"

Green Heart: "Give me a few more decades, and I should be able to reach the sixth level."

purple:"……"

Zi asked, "Cai Gang, what about you?"

Cai Gang: "I am the same as Chief Longbai!"

One by one, no one wants to say...

You just can't not say it.

If it’s not possible, then it’s not possible. What’s wrong with that?
Zi asked unhappily, "What level is the Longbai leader at?"

Mo Lan said faintly: "I heard that they didn't even make it to the fifth floor."

“Ha~ha~ha…”

The insects laughed wildly.

"Impossible? Is Chief Longbai so useless?"

"What do you think?"

"Then how did it become the leader?"

"I'll let it go."

"Molan, seriously, what level have you reached? In the Black Thorn Tower, reaching the seventh level means you have a comprehensive combat talent that exceeds your limit, and you are barely qualified to participate in the Daylight Sea Arena Battle."

"Hey! That thing is not difficult. I have already penetrated it."

"Break through?"

"After clearing the ninth level, there is a tenth level, which has an evolutionary level requirement, and the minimum level is Yao Realm."

"hiss--"

"Sure enough! I saw it as early as on the mother planet. Molan, you are just like the Ten-Colored Mantis King. You have a fighting talent that is unrivaled among all insects!"

"Then I will be called 'Eleven-Colored Mantis King' from now on, because it has one more color than the Ten-Colored Mantis King."

"Forehead--"

"cautious!"

"..."

Molan controls the Glorious Throne, carrying Zi, Lu Xin and Cai Gang, flying slowly and at a low altitude to tour the planet.

Zi paused for a few seconds, looked around, and asked, "Molan, you manage the Azure Star System, don't you have a Guardian Detection System installed?"

Molan: "With me guarding here and five thousand soldiers, it's totally unnecessary."

Zi: "You can't just stay here forever, right?"

Molan: "That's true. If I'm not here, it would be better to install a guard detection system. I'll go talk to Longbai."

Molan was entangled again, "I heard that this thing is not easy to use. The cheaper ones are not accurate, and the accurate ones are not cheap. Six life planets, a complete set, will cost a lot."

Zi asked in doubt: "Molan, didn't they say that Chief Longbai made a fortune on Red Robin Star?"

"Ugh--"

"That's President Sishu and President Xia Li!"

Mo Lan shook her head and sighed, "Half of all Long Bai's gains in Red Robin Star will be divided with President Four. The gains are indeed quite a lot, but after the division, there is not much left. It was all spent in two strokes to manage the power of the Chamber of Commerce."

"Oh--"

Zi changed the subject and said mysteriously, "I also discovered a huge secret!"

Molan: "What secret?"

Zi: "Or, it's not a secret, it's the hidden rules of operation of the Zerg civilization."

"???"

Molan, Luxin and Caigang all cast doubtful thoughts at the same time.

Zi said: "In the Lizhu Star System, for all private transfers or Chamber of Commerce transfers, as long as the amount is greater than 1000 crystals, the Star Network system will automatically deduct / of the 'tax'."

"All financial transactions in the Lizhu Galaxy will be taxed!"

This is the first time I heard of...

Molan, Luxin and Caigang looked at each other in surprise.

Cai Gang asked, "Who is collecting taxes? The Lizhu Chamber of Commerce?"

"Yes!"

Zi said: "In fact, we also have taxes in the Baijing Galaxy, but it has changed to a hidden and insidious way."

"???"

Mo Lan, Lu Xin and Cai Gang looked at each other again: "Haha, Zi! How dare you say bad things about the Holy Butterfly Tribe!"
Zi explained: "Didn't the Baijing Galaxy isolate the Zerg and the Terrans? It mainly collects taxes from the trade between the Zerg and the Terrans."

"The human race does not have life capsules, so we need to buy a large amount of ordinary force food..."

"Moreover, what is incomprehensible is that the Zerg and the Humans come from the same mother planet, the same natural ecological system, and the same types of plants. If the Humans cultivate them, the probability of producing God-given seeds is only one ten-thousandth of that of us Zerg."

"In other words, the probability of producing God-given seeds when humans cultivate plants is within the normal level of the universe. For example, in a 0.6-level source point like the Azure Star System, it may only produce one God-given seed every one or two million years. In the human race, God-given seeds are extremely scarce, and God-given Force food is the most expensive and luxurious evolutionary resource."

"what?"

"Why is this happening?"

"It's not that exaggerated, is it?"

"The reason for the Star Network?"

"I don't know why. There have been tests with Zerg and humans in the Lizhu Star System. Even if they are on the same planet with life, and Zerg warriors control the southern hemisphere and humans control the northern hemisphere, or Zerg warriors control the eastern hemisphere and humans control the western hemisphere, the probability of the birth of God's Seed in the territory controlled by the Zerg is still much higher than that of humans."

"Do you know about the tree-shaped clone of the True God of Nature? That must be the tree-shaped clone of the True God of Nature controlling it through the star network, right?"

"No! We have also tested it with insects and humans in places without StarNet coverage, and the same thing happened."

"That is……"

"Because of the bugs?"

"Human reasons?"

"No worm knows."

Zi swayed his antennae and said, "We are talking about 'taxes', let's get back to the point..."

"Everyone knows about the Eight-star System, right? It is the trading center for bulk commodities between the Zerg and the Terrans. There are 25 life planets, 12 of which are controlled by the Zerg and 12 by the Terrans. They are all hidden and cannot see each other. There is also an even more hidden one, which is fully controlled by the White Crystal Chamber of Commerce and is used exclusively for transactions between the Zerg Chamber of Commerce and the Terran Chamber of Commerce."

"The Zerg Chamber of Commerce sells Force Food to the human race at double or even triple the price. This is equivalent to collecting taxes from the human race."

"All human technological creations enter the Zerg world through the Zerg Chamber of Commerce, and their prices also double or even triple. This is equivalent to collecting taxes from the Zerg."

"Only Level 7 and 8 Flame Spider Chambers are eligible to participate in cross-civilization trades. A few Level 5 and 6 Flame Spider Chambers are also eligible. There are limits on all trades, and the amount of trade is directly related to the length of the star network under the Chamber's name."

"If the Flame Spider Chamber of Commerce wants to participate in cross-civilization trade, it must organize warriors to build it, or find a professional chamber of commerce to purchase the star network channel."

"The White Crystal Chamber of Commerce uses covert methods to directly convert tax revenue into galaxy transportation construction. The well-connected star network and prosperous commercial trade drive the rapid development of the White Crystal Galaxy. Ruling a highly prosperous galaxy, the Holy Butterfly Clan earns profits by monopolizing the trade zone and collecting rent."

"hey-hey!"

"Is it wonderful?"

"Wonderful~"

"Isn't it right?"

"Zi, what are the prices for the Star Spiders and Starships in the Lizhu Galaxy?"

"It's a little cheaper, but not much cheaper. There are heavy taxes on large-scale technological creations such as Star Spiders and Starships. There are taxes on the transaction of raw materials, the processing of parts, the sale of assembled products, and there are also taxes on purchases. After running a whole set, the price is sky-high."

"All transactions on StarNet accounts over there have to be taxed. Taxes, taxes, taxes. There's no way to pay all the taxes."

"Isn't that darker? What about the Dawn Galaxy? Zi, do you understand?"

"I know a little. The technology in the Dawn Galaxy is cheap, and there is no tax. However, due to the long development time and the overcrowding of Zerg warriors, the land rent is extremely high."

"I heard that the Dawn Galaxy particularly values ​​the use of force? The welfare benefits are particularly good."

"Yes. All warriors, starting from the Nine-Trace Realm, are required to take the assessment and have their combat capability graded every time they advance to a higher realm. They are divided into levels 1 to 7. Level 1 is a pass, and level 7 means the highest combat capability of the Zerg civilization, with corresponding benefits. If Molan goes, he will definitely be rated the highest level 7. I heard that 1 original crystals will be automatically distributed to his Zerg account every year." "I've heard about that too..."

"Zi, you have learned a lot following Boss Lanying!"

"My eyes are full of knowledge! I can't finish telling you in seven days and nights."

"Any more secrets?"

"Yes! Please call me 'Master of Intelligence'!"

"Master of Intelligence, can you tell me more?"

"Um--"

"What should I say~"

"Molan, you must be interested in the Law Tree, right? There is also a Law Tree named 'Peach Blossom' in the Lizhu Galaxy..."

...

Ang Tianlian, Gan Sui, and Hai Yu have also been to the Liming and Lizhu star systems, but they can only be regarded as middle and low-level management in the Luoli Chamber of Commerce. After all, they are just salaried class.

Boss Lan Ying is different. He is from the Holy Butterfly Tribe and dominates the students. He is definitely a ruling class.

Zi followed the blue jacaranda, and the insects and things he came into contact with, and the information he learned, were at a completely different level.

Zi brings all kinds of explosive news.

...

...

Ocean blue star system.

Longbaixing 1001 District Plaza.

Long Bai felt a headache when he looked at the four guys who suddenly came to visit him.

After greeting,
Molan waved its tentacles, activating the ability of the tree flower heart realm, and a large amount of information was directly written into the soul consciousness.

——The sacred tree of laws!
——The Tree of Dawn?
——Transformed by the original divine power of the true God of Nature.

Long Bai knew that the True God of Nature was a tree, and he immediately had an idea in his mind:
The True God of Nature was originally a sacred tree of laws, endowed with the talent of light with dual mutations of thunder and fire, and absolute control over light.

The evolved true god shed the characteristics of the 'Tree of Laws' and transferred them to other trees?

How did you do it?
Why?

In the knowledge compass that records the history of Zerg civilization in the old universe era, it is described that when the God of Nature was promoted to a true God, he dispersed all his divine power and bestowed it on the 100,000 Zerg who followed him, forming the various racial talents of the various Zerg tribes today.

Is this true?

Zi is a really good guy!
He actually brought news about two sacred trees of laws at once...

Long Bai's brain raced with thoughts.

Mo Lan was anxious and asked urgently: "Long Bai! Find a way to buy two places?"

Long Bai: "..."

There is only one spot available for Level 4 Chamber of Commerce.

In the Zerg civilization, there are countless small guilds of level 1, 2, and 3.

But starting from level 4, the number of chambers of commerce at level 4 and above is limited.

There are two hard conditions for upgrading a Level 3 Chamber of Commerce to Level 4:
First, the asset score is 1000 points.

The conditions are simple. The Chamber of Commerce's wild God-given seeds, star spiders, star webs, and account funds can all be converted into 'points'.

The second condition is the ownership of a zero-level source star system!

It is not a lease, but an occupation using the innate ability 'Source Mark' to obtain permanent ownership.

Moreover, it must be an effective source point with a Force concentration of 0.5 or above, and it must be built into a star system.

And so on,

A Level 5 Chamber of Commerce must control a Level source star system.

A Level 6 Chamber of Commerce must control a secondary source star system.

A level 7 Chamber of Commerce must control a level source point star system.

A level 8 Chamber of Commerce must control 10 level source point star systems.

There are 9 Level 100 Chambers of Commerce. Currently, no Level 9 Chamber of Commerce has appeared in the three major star systems of the Zerg civilization.

A Level 10 Chamber of Commerce rules over a galaxy in the universe, namely the three fixed Chambers of Commerce: Liming, Lizhu, and Baijing.

"This quota is a bit small~"

Longbai: "Where are the blue jacarandas? Ask President Sishu. They have a wider range of social contacts in the Holy Butterfly tribe."

"it is good!"

Molan simply agreed and suggested: "Then ask President Sishu for help! If President Sishu can't help, then ask Boss Lanying."

Mo Lan asked, "Captain Longbai, would you like to go to the Yiweixiang Star Region together? The leader-level Star Spider will take 50 years to travel."

Long Bai: "..."

Longbai shook his tentacles left and right and said, "There are still more than ten thousand years left. It's still a long way to go. Molan, if you want to play, then go over and ask with Zi."

Long Bai looked at Cai Gang and Lu Xin, and said with a warning: "Business is more important! We better keep an eye on the Xuanling 1 star system."

Zi said, "There is really no rush for the quota. I will stay and wait. I will try all the divine fruits here. Especially the divine two-color mulberry fruit, which is too important to me! My star core is mainly based on the dual elements of water and fire."

Green Heart said cautiously, "Wait for fifty or sixty years, the Queen Bees should be back."

Cai Gang said: "President Hei Hua and Queen Bee Yiguo can be trusted to do their work."

Mo Lan followed up by saying, "Then it's decided. Wait a few decades, and I, Zi, Lu Xin, and Cai Gang will go and finalize the quota as soon as possible."

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai said: "That quota does require two. But I'll let it go and give one to Hong Feng."

"There are countless stellar warriors from the three galaxies. The best fighters have gathered together to decide the 300 places. I definitely have no chance. Molan, you go, maybe there is a little hope."

"Besides, the more fruits of the law, the better. The evolutionary path I established has nothing to do with 'light' and is not in tune with it. It's just icing on the cake. There's no need. In the next 80,000 years, we'll see how things go. I can have some fun when I have time."

Long Bai said seriously, "Second King, you are different. You can try to fight for it! And there is Red Maple. The racial talents of the Purple Longhorn Beetle are lightning and fire. The evolution of Red Maple is also mainly lightning and fire, which is highly consistent with the 'light' bestowed by the Dusk God Tree. Red Maple's combat talent is also very high, so it is necessary to work hard to fight for it."

Red maple?

Molan tilted her head, thought about it, and nodded in agreement.

The Black Thorn Tower in the virtual universe is a very effective mechanism for training and testing comprehensive combat capabilities.

Currently, in the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce, apart from Molan, only Hongfeng has barely made it to the seventh level.

Red maple is barely qualified.

There is also Mao Mei, who has good potential in combat, but is too young and is currently stuck in the Nine Scars Realm.

No other insects will work.

Longbai: "Molan, take Red Maple with you. I'll give you private bug accounts, transfer 7 million crystals to each of you as activity funds, and let Xiangbai and Juniper prepare 3 million crystals of divine letter scrolls for each of you. For the next years, you and Red Maple will travel around the White Crystal Galaxy, looking for divine fruits that can improve your strength, break through evolution, and practice hard to improve your combat ability."

"Wow--"

Molan was surprised and jumped up and down in joy, "Chief Longbai is generous! Chief Longbai is invincible!"

Green Heart raised his paw and asked cautiously, "Captain Longbai, what about me?"

Long Bai was helpless and said, "Lu Xin, you follow the Second King to get information and gather intelligence. You also get 3 million in funding and 2 million in divine quality letters. I will support you privately."

"It may be that our Xianglan Chamber of Commerce cannot gather such a large amount of divine scrolls in a short time. We should ask Baiwei Chamber of Commerce, Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce, and Citi Mountain for help and gather the money together."

"Understood!"

"Thank you, Chief Longbai!"

Green Heart was overjoyed and flapped its wings to express its gratitude.

"Captain Longbai, there is one more thing..."

Mo Lan asked tentatively: "When I'm not here, what will happen to the search for the God-given seeds in the Azure Star System? I'm worried! How about, King, we install a set of, that, the Mufangji-3 type guard detection system?"

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai: "The Xianglan Chamber of Commerce has always been short of funds and can't afford to install it~"

This thing is very expensive.
However, judging from the actual application in the Xuanling Star System, the practical effect is slightly better than the rumors.

It is troublesome to constantly give out wrong information, but it will not miss the force fluctuations of the God-given seed.

It’s not that it’s not possible to consider…

There are more than 300 billion original crystals lying in Longbai’s private account.

The income from Longbai and Molan’s territory operation exceeded 350 million original crystals.

Moreover, all 288 wild God-given seeds of the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce broke through and were promoted to the half-star realm. The profits from their output were accumulated and used to purchase source gems to repay Longbai.

The Xianglan Chamber of Commerce has a continuous demand for source gems from wild God-given seeds.

Longbai then sold the recovered source gems to the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce at a price of 1.5 million per piece.

Funds are being recovered continuously.

Long Bai said slowly: "Molan, let's do this. We will fund the installation of a guard detection system for the Sea Blue Star System that you and I are managing. Then, Xingyun Zhi will be transferred to the Azure Star System to be responsible for the search for the God-given seeds there."

Molan tilted her head slightly, thought for a moment, and praised: "Captain Longbai is very smart!"

Mo Lan asked again: "Should we inform President Bai Wei about the news of the Daylight Sea Arena Battle?"

Long Bai asked back: "Does the Baiwei Chamber of Commerce have anyone who can fight?"

Apparently, there is no one...

Molan asked again: "What about Citi Hill?"

"Citi Hill..."

Long Bai focused and moved his tentacles, saying, "Let them know!"

The most capable fighter in Citi Mountain is not the Dianthus superbus who has taken the path of extreme evolution of water and frost, nor the extremely talented Mountain Indigo, nor the great leader of Star Spot who is in charge of war and security affairs, but an ancestor-level old shield grasshopper named "Shield Pillar" of the shield grasshopper tribe.

His seniority is older than the three great leaders, older than Quandong, Tianshuang and Linnan.

However, it has long ceased to participate in tribal affairs and has focused all its energy on growth and evolution.

The Shield Pillar might have the strength to compete for the 300 Law Fruits.

Superbus, Indigo, and Starspot are probably at the same level as the Red Acer and are qualified to participate, but if they want to obtain the Fruit of the Law, they may have to practice for another 80,000 years. (End of this chapter)