Astral Ants

The soul memory of Star God Ao is digitized and parasitized on the Scepter of Palen. Through the Scepter, it can perceive the outside world within a radius of only about 100 meters.

The artist has two tentacles entwined above his head, holding the Palen Scepter high up.
Longbai led the way, surrounded by insects, and walked along the streets of the "Science and Technology Park" built by specialized ants, visiting and introducing them along the way.

——Various production plants.

——Ants of all shapes and sizes, working in factories!
Xing Shen Ao was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

The sacred tree clan has evolved again?
Have the ants evolved the ability to develop technology and industry?
How can this be~!

"Xing Shen Ao, have you ever come into contact with the ant or bee tribes of natural civilization before?"

"No. But I have learned about it. As far as I know... the entire God Tree Clan is not suitable for developing technology. The same goes for the Ant Clan. Ordinary ants without independent souls and mental power are even less suitable... But... how is this done?"

"The ant colonies under my command are quite special. They are created through an artifact called the 'Throne of Domination'..."

Long Bai explained the origin and function of the Ruling Throne in detail without reservation, and then said:

"Of course, unfortunately, ordinary ant colonies are incapable of producing high-precision technological creations."

"But they can still do some simple, rough work."

"This is the most technologically advanced processing plant currently, involving first-class civilization technology creations..."

Long Bai led the way to a super factory covering an area of ​​more than 3 square kilometers.

Walking into the factory,

Next to the circular assembly line, hundreds of thousands of worker ants of different shapes and sizes are busy at work.

Some ants use their antennae and claws to do their work.

Some ants operate instruments and equipment.

The division of labor is clear and orderly.

"This is the production base for the anti-curvature engines of Earth spacecraft. Copying human technology, it requires accurately engraving nearly a million energy patterns of various shapes and sizes on 11 hexagonal metal plates with a side length of 12 centimeters, which encompass the power of the seven elements. This requires millions of processes."

"Finally, it needs to be covered with an insulating coating, connected to thousands of complex and delicate electronic components, and start with conduction, and shut down silently when the power is off, so as to realize the opening and closing of the electric energy control engine."

"Designing two energy modes, electrical energy and fundamental energy, is delicate and complex. Even if it is a Zerg warrior who has awakened all talents, it probably won't be possible without ten years of study and hard training."

"But if all the processes are divided up and distributed among 700,000 worker ants, each worker ant will only be responsible for a few simple processes. The work will become simple and efficient, achieving production efficiency similar to that of human civilization's intelligent automated factories."

Long Bai asked, "Xingshenao, can my ant colony handle the large-volume and simple-to-process components on the survival mothership?"

Xing Shen Ao said with difficulty: "About, yes."

Long Bai: "I can train two more metal-type intelligent ants to be responsible for the transformation and reconstruction of the mothership."

"Select another 1000 Zerg warriors who are good at metal-related abilities, train them, and assist in some high-precision work."

Xing Shen Ao: "Well, if that's the case, building a mothership that can travel 50 times the speed of light shouldn't be a problem."

Xing Shen Ao asked, "Captain Longbai, Chief Molan, do you have taxes within your natural civilization? Does your previous trillion offer include taxes?"

Long Bai: "There are hidden taxes in the Baijing Galaxy. They are mainly on the technological creations of human civilization. The more advanced the creation, the heavier the tax. For example, the luxurious star spiders and starships used by private insects, when they come from human civilization, the price has increased by more than three times. But for heavy equipment like motherships, which are related to the construction and development of the galaxy, the tax is very low, or even free of tax."

Xing Shen Ao said: "Then I roughly estimate that the cost should be reduced to 5000 billion to 6000 billion."

"it is good!"

"Then I'll leave it to Senior Xing Shen'ao first."

The insects were overjoyed.

After returning to the lakeside, they discussed for a while and then split up to act.

Mo Lan, Hong Feng, Lu Xin, Zi, and Cai Gang took the scepter and drove the Rainbow Ying Star Spider first to return to the Bauhinia star system.

Long Bai went straight to the Azure Star System and first selected 100 warriors who were born with awakened metal talents and were good at metal abilities.

All of a sudden, I took it back to Xianglan Mountain...

These warriors, who were born in the azure star system, have spent most of their time either studying their abilities or dealing with plants since birth.

I have seen technological creations, but I don’t know much about them, and my technological knowledge reserves are limited to inherited memories.

Many of these warriors may not even have thought about their inherited memories, and some may not even be able to recognize all the universal characters in the universe.

The fourth group of the Plant Department, Ghost Fan, Nebula Cypress, Purple Killer, and Scale Oak, once went to the Caoya star system and spent a lot of money to learn how to repair star spiders and starships.

First, the three insect organizations of Nebula Cypress, Purple Brake and Scale Oak will provide basic scientific knowledge training to the 100 selected warriors.

...

Longbai's Taber starship ran fast, and after a circle, it was the first to return to Xianglan Mountain.

The Taber was loaded with 20 billion crystals and prepared for deep space voyage.

After waiting for more than half a year, Molan and his party returned to reunite on the Rainbow Ying.

Over at Huangtao Mountain, Yu Teng has not been working, so Cao Long and Zhu Ban have gone back to the mountain to take turns resting.

Derris, grass dragon and columnar grouper were invited over.

Long Bai arranged the task and said, "Captain Ang Tianlian and the others are in the Gu Mu star system. Are they in the Lu Chun star flare transformation breakthrough? Yu Teng knows the way, right? Yu Teng and Lu Xin, go and see if Captain Ang Tianlian and the others are still there. Just take a look, don't say anything if you see them. Once you are sure, come back and report."

"it is good!"

"understand!"

Yu Teng and Lu Xin agreed in a resounding voice.

Long Bai continued, "Cai Gang, be steady. You lead the way. Cao Long and Zhu Ban can drive the Rainbow Ying and go to the Lingguomu star system in the Xiange constellation to visit Chief Tie Bin. Tell them that the Baiwei Chamber of Commerce needs a batch of zero-level and first-level metal ores. Ask them if they have any connections to bypass the Baxiang star system trading market and directly purchase from the big families operating mining stars. Please note that the quantity is very large, tens of billions of tons."

"There's no rush to discuss the details. The main thing is to get to know each other and consult about the various market conditions. For a deal worth hundreds of billions of dollars, we can't rush. We need to take our time."

"know."

"clear."

Cai Gang, Cao Long and Zhu Ban agreed.

Longbai instructed: "Zhunbai, Baishen, you guys do a lot of trading, so you should also pay attention to find out which big tribes are operating mining stars and try to contact them."

"it is good!"

"Roger that!"

Juniper and Smilax agreed.

Long Bai finally said: "Ghost Shan, come with us. I, Mo Lan, Ghost Shan, Red Maple, and Purple will go to the Quaremu Seat together to inspect the status of the Ferdinand Luo Ao Xingshen..."

……

The Taber, purchased at a whopping price of 600 billion, finally had a chance to fully demonstrate its speed advantage.

The maximum empty-load speed is 2200 times the speed of light.

Carrying the extremely large metal plates stored in the Shanglu space, plus 20 billion original crystals, plus the five Zerg warriors who are not light, the total mass cannot be ignored. The mass-energy is constant, the single jump distance is shortened, and the maximum speed is reduced to 2100 times the speed of light.

Even so, the speed is still far beyond the fastest starship that human civilization can build.

Not restricted by the star network, it madly burns the original crystal and flies in a straight line.

Tabor accurately positioned and calculated that the straight-line distance between the Bauhinia star system and Ferdinando Apollo was 5.8 light years.

Sailing for 28 years, approaching the destination.

The Taber traveled at sub-light speed, conducting reconnaissance and scanning along the way, and finally, in the dark deep space, it stopped at a giant black metal sphere.

Long Bai, Mo Lan and their group were teleported out of the starship.

The mental power scanned and locked onto a square groove.

Teleport forward.

Molan took out the metal plate, controlled it to float closer, and embedded it just right.

Control the beast, imitate the 'Star God', inject metal energy to start it, and teleport it into the mothership one after another.

Longbai released the artist and held high the Palen Scepter.

"Gui Shan has received professional training and has some knowledge of human starships. Star God Ao, let's take a look at the kinetic energy system and energy conversion device of the Ferdinand Luo Ao Star God first?"

Xing Shen Ao guided: "Follow the main passage, the 41st fork on the left, go all the way to the end and go down."

"it is good--"

Longbai agreed.

In fact, there is no need for guidance. Except for a few core components of the mothership, all other components have been scrapped. The mental power of the stellar realm is almost unhindered and can directly cover and understand the entire ship.

The artist walked in front, turned left and right, and came straight to a position near the center of the starship.

The metal power forced open the heavy door.
At the rear is a super-reinforced hemispherical space with 9 metal pillars of different sizes distributed in a regular pattern.

The thickest one is in the center, running through the dome of the space, with a diameter of more than 100 meters and a height of about 400 meters. It is smooth and gray-black in color, with a conspicuous white snowflake relief, which is the logo of Ferdinand.

The other eight were neatly arranged in eight directions, with a diameter of five or six meters and a height of two or three hundred meters. They also connected to the dome and had the same snow-white relief logo. Xing Shen Ao introduced: "This is the power system, made of all third-level metal materials, with a certain self-healing ability. It has been in the vacuum environment of the Force for a long time, and has decayed a bit, but after being replenished by the Force, it has automatically repaired itself."

"Opposite the hemispherical space is a hemispherical space of the same size, which displays the energy conversion system."

"These are the two most core, most technologically advanced, most valuable, and largest devices on the starship. If you want to dismantle them, it is recommended to start from the outer shell of the mothership and dismantle them from the outside to the inside."

"understood."

Long Bai gently waved his antennae to signal, "Gui Shan, you are professional, take a closer look and see if there is a big difference between it and the power system made by human technology."

"it is good!"

Gui Shan agreed and stepped forward quickly.

"Let me take a look too!"

Molan and Zi came closer and followed Guishan, touching his tentacles at close range in a very professional manner, scanning with their mental power and examining him.

"Ghost Fan, how about it?"

"The laws of the universe are the same, the principles are the same, there are differences in materials, design, and craftsmanship, but they are far from being incompatible..."

"The materials used in the starship power system of human civilization pursue the ultimate strength to prevent fatigue damage caused by long-term continuous use during ultra-long-distance voyages. The starship power system of the Peidiernan civilization uses an ingenious 'metal self-healing' method, which theoretically achieves the goal of never being damaged."

"Both directions have their own advantages and disadvantages..."

Gui Shan suppressed his excitement, paused, and said, "I think that we can use human technology to transform the Ferdinando Luo Ao Star God, but we need to add some additional conversion devices. The star mothership is the most complex technological creation. If I were to repair the existing mothership, I might be able to do it. As for the overall design and transformation, I'm afraid only Star God Ao has the ability to do it."

——I didn't ask you to design and renovate it~
——As long as Xing Shen Ao can do it, it’s fine.

The four insects, Longbai, Molan, Red Maple and Purple, felt relieved after hearing this.

Long Bai said, "Then it's settled! Let's go around and check it carefully. If there are no other problems, we can start dismantling it."

...

All core devices were checked and found to be in good condition.

The insects came to the mothership's control cabin.

Long Bai looked at the densely packed coffins and fell silent.

He walked quickly to the throne and carefully examined the coffin of Xing Shen Ao.

Finally, he raised his head slightly and looked at the two 'Star God Armor' behind him.

This thing...

It can be repaired, but it is not easy. It requires the resurrection of Star God Ao, reviving the tribe and establishing a more complete production system for them.

Resurrection requires a third-level source point, and it must be a specific mining star, which is too harsh.

It is certain that when the Xianglanshan Chamber of Commerce has the strength to occupy the third-level source point in the future, the insects led by Longbai and Molan will at least be in the Su realm, or even the Domination realm.

The Zerg warriors have super combat power and have evolved to the Su Realm and the Domination Realm. Can't they easily blow up this Star God Armor?

From the perspective of the God Clan warriors, this thing is completely useless.

Longbai had planned to sell it before he came...

"Star God Ao, do you think these two Star God Armors still need to be repaired?"

"Maybe not."

Xingshen Ao understood Longbai's intention and said, "The Peidi'nan civilization also needs a certain degree of defense..."

"No, there's no need."

"Since civilization depends on nature for survival, we naturally have to provide security."

Long Bai said: "First, any two Zerg warriors who specialize in combat are definitely stronger than Star God Armor; second, Star God Ao, now is a new era of the universe, and you are reincarnated and reborn, why don't you think about everything and start over, consider how to make yourself stronger and make the cultivated 'Austenite' more perfect?"

"If we take the route of technological development, we should think about creating war weapons that can fully exert the power of the master realm and the demigod level."

"If you want to take the route of Force evolution, then you should consider perfecting the austenite, improving growth, breaking the bottleneck of the realm, and developing into a third-level civilization group with many masters."

"Of course, we can also consider pursuing both the technological and force evolution paths at the same time."

"Think about it from another angle. Whether in the past, present, or future, in the universe, any civilization with slightly weaker strength would not dare to confront the natural gods. Only a top-ranked super civilization would dare to confront the natural civilization."

"Will the Star God Armor be useful against this kind of civilization?"

"Star God Ao, no matter how you think about it, the Star God Armor is outdated and no longer sufficient."

Star God Ao: "...That's right."

Xing Shen Ao was very clear about Long Bai's plan.
Sell ​​the Star God Armor and use the original crystals obtained to rebuild the Ferdinand Luo Ao Star God. In this way, Long Bai only needs to invest very little, or even no investment, to obtain a survival mothership with a speed of 50 times the speed of light.

Xing Shen Ao said depressedly: "Well, Great Chief Longbai, Chief Molan, this is the protection fee I pay for joining you."

“Protection money is too ugly.”

Longbai shook his antennae to deny it.

"Natural civilization is a relatively equal and friendly civilization. At least I am a bug who values ​​friendship and principles. You and I can achieve win-win results through cooperation."

"The smartest Flame Spider Merchant in the Natural God System has a philosophy that cooperation can have three outcomes: lose-lose, win-win, or win-win. Only win-win can last. I have always been generous and righteous to any ally."

As Long Bai spoke, he lowered his gaze to look at the coffin, and moved his tentacles back and forth, touching and exploring.

This is a treasure with extremely high technological content!

"Hey, Star God Ao, your remains..."

"The coffin cannot be sold! My entire soul memory is sealed inside, and it is also an energy conversion tool that is essential for my reincarnation."

"…You misunderstood."

Long Bai was a little embarrassed and said, "I mean, just move away?"

Xing Shen Ao: "You can move."

Long Bai asked, "Where is the best place to put it? We can't find a suitable environment for your reincarnation. Should we transport it back to Xianglan Mountain and store it underground?"

Xing Shen Ao: "Yes. The force of the second-level source point is OK, but, in terms of safety..."

Long Bai: "Don't worry. The insects living at the secondary source point are all well-off and won't easily cause trouble. They are monitored by the star network and guarded by the soldiers of the Sujing. There is no theft or robbery."

"That's good……"

Xing Shen Ao asked: "According to my estimation, although the Taber starship is fast, its carrying capacity is limited..."

Long Bai: "Just ship it in batches."

Xing Shen Ao asked again: "Where do you plan to rebuild it? The Ocean Blue Star System?"

"That's definitely not possible. The shipping cost of transporting hundreds of billions of tons of raw materials one light year forward is a huge expense."

Long Bai said: "Xing Shen Ao, my plan is to implement it in three steps."

"The first step is that I will go to the Caoya star system and sign up to learn the full set of Star Spider and Starship repair skills. You will also learn along and understand human technology. At the same time, I will give you the detailed reconstruction drawings of the Ferdinando Luo Ao Star God."

Molan immediately raised her paw and said, "Let's learn together! I want to learn too!"

Long Bai asked, "After you and I leave, who will manage Xianglan Mountain, the Azure Star System, and the Sea Blue Star System, so many places?"

Molan: "There are giant cypress, juniper, cedar, and spade in Xianglan Mountain. There are tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in the Azure Star System, so there is no need to worry about it. As for the Sea Blue Star System, don't we have the Black Ti? Send Green Maple, Red Maple, or White Rice, Black Rice, or White Smilax, Red Smilax? Just send two of them and they will be suppressed."

Zi carefully raised his paw and asked, "Great King, Second Great King, how about me? I can give it a try. Don't forget, I was once the Volcano Butterfly King, and I know how to manage things..."

"Zi, you can't."

"Don't cause trouble."

Molan denied it bluntly and decided, "It's only two or three hundred years. Send Qingfeng and Hongfeng to guard the Hailan star system. Zi, stop wandering around. Let's study together."

Zi: "...Let me think about it."

Long Bai continued:

"The second step is to come up with the design drawings. First, determine which types of zero-level and first-level energy metal materials are in greatest demand. Then, make inquiries and contact various parties to determine where the corresponding materials can be purchased most comprehensively, cheaply, and in sufficient quantities."

"The third step is to determine the material procurement site. We will lease land nearby, cultivate ant colonies, and build parts factories and assembly bases. This way, we can minimize transportation and reduce freight costs."

Long Bai: "There is no rush for this. I also need to collect as many metal-related divine fruits as possible, enrich my metal abilities, deeply comprehend and improve my metal abilities, and further strengthen the working ability of metal-related worker ants."

"Our natural civilization will soon have a grand event called the 'Daylight Sea Arena Battle'. Leader Molan and Commander Hongfeng will participate. The rest of us bugs will definitely have to accompany them to cheer and do some off-site work..."

Long Bai briefly recounted the story of the battle in the Daylight Sea Arena.

This is the top priority at hand.

After a brief exchange,

Long Bai activated his ability, put the two Star God Armor and coffin into the Shanglu space, and waved his claws to greet:

"Xingshen Ao, Guishan, you know a lot, you lead the charge, and we start dismantling." (End of this chapter)