Astral Ants

In addition to several large components, the core components of the Ferdinando Rosa can be recycled, and there are millions of small and micro supporting devices.

The first trip is to recycle these small accessories.

Star God Ao's guidance,
Longbai, Molan, Ghost Fan, Red Maple, and Purple Five Insects worked together to dismantle them one by one, package them according to categories, and put them into the Phytolacca japonica space of Longbai and Molan.

Set sail with full load.

...

It took 41 years to return to the Bauhinia star system.

The Glorious Throne carried all the insects and teleported through space, landing on Xianglan Mountain.

Huang Taoshan next door noticed the commotion, and Bai Wei, Huang Tao and Yu Teng rushed over.

Green Heart, who accompanied Yu Teng to the Gu Mu star system to search for Ang Tianlian, also returned.

meet and greet,

Enter the first floor hall of the short-handled horn tree together.

"Longbai Ant King, Molan, we heard..."

"Yes."

"So, the stuff has been shipped back?"

"We'll need to make two more trips to transport some of it back."

"I heard that you plan to transform it into a survival mothership that can travel 50 times the speed of light? Modify it yourself, build it yourself?"

"We can complete some simple tasks ourselves. Complex components still need to be purchased from human civilization."

"What's the specific situation?"

"This is a huge and complex project, and there are countless unknowns that are hard to explain."

"Our Xianglan Chamber of Commerce cannot complete the reconstruction work independently, and there are many areas where we need the help of your Baiwei Chamber of Commerce. The main thing is material procurement. Caolong, Yudou, Dudou, Feiyang, and the tree armor warrior Feipeng are familiar with the affairs of star spiders and starships, and they understand trading business. We may need their help later."

"No problem! Then send them to help!"

Bai Wei readily agreed, and asked with envy, hope, and enthusiasm: "I heard that only a few core devices are left, and almost a complete reconstruction? The cost must be high, right?"

"It is not possible to calculate the cost for the time being. Prices of various materials fluctuate, and even a rough estimate cannot be accurate."

Longbai tilted his head to look at Lu Xin and asked, "Captain Ang Tianlian, are they still in the Gu Mu star system?"

Green Heart: "No longer here. And we asked around, but there's no contact information left."

Not a very unexpected result.

To all the traveling flame spiders, the remains of the Space Lord are too valuable.

Apart from anything else, Bai Wei and his team, who knew the inside story, had been trying to find ways to arrange for more soldiers to follow suit.

Ang Tianlian and the others were hiding from Bai Wei, as well as from old friends and colleagues from the Chamber of Commerce.

They have all evolved to the Brilliant Realm, and would randomly find a remote, desolate first-level source star system, hide there to practice and comprehend the 'traces', and when necessary, go deep into space to use the Soul Requiem Box, and no one would be able to find them.

If you cut off contact with them, it will be impossible to find them.

Longbai pondered.

The main reason for looking for Ang Tianlian is to ask them for help in selling the Star God Armor.

This kind of thing would be best handled by adventurers, and with Gan Sui, Hai Yu and Shui Gan, three old flame spiders who are familiar with prices, they won't suffer a big loss on the price.

I can't contact Ang Tianlian.
According to the agreement, after 17,000 years, Longbai needs to pay a debt for the purchase of the Taber, and Ang Tianlian and the others will come to find him...

The battle in the Daylight Sea Arena, plus the trip to the Dawn and Lizhu star systems, would also take more than 10,000 years...

It's not impossible to wait a while before selling the items.

Let’s put this matter aside first.

Longbai asked, "Zhunbai, Baishen, have you found out which tribes are operating mining planets?"

Juniper replied, "Yes! But they are all worker bugs. The Zerg forces that own the mining planets have all moved to the third-level source points to settle down, and they are generally impossible to contact..."

Juniper looked at Smilax glabra.

Bai Shi said, "Through a friend I met in the trading area, I met a warrior from the Lophatherum tribal group named 'Ye Shi'. He is a 'mountain master' who often comes to the Bauhinia star system to recruit coolies. Their tribe operates two first-level source star systems and 27 mining stars. They have all kinds of mines, but they may not be mature enough to produce when we need them."

"Longbai Ant King, Lord Yezhi of the Mountain asked what kind of ore he needed and how much it was. I couldn't answer, so I couldn't communicate in depth and understand."

"Um--"

"understand."

Long Bai said, "We are not sure which minerals we need to purchase yet, nor do we know the demand. Bai Shi, keep in touch with the owner of Ye Shi Mountain, and everything will become clear once the design drawings come out."

Bai Shen agreed, "I understand. I will pay more attention to this and get to know more of these mining families."

Long Bai tapped his antennae and turned his head to say, "President Bai Wei, you can also inform the caravan and try to get to know some of these big families that run mining stars."

"no problem!"

Bai Wei simply agreed.

Longbai ordered: "Giant Cypress, Juniper, your organization will build an absolutely safe underground treasure house deep underground at the foot of Xianglan Mountain."

"Molan, Hongfeng, Luxin, compile a star map of the distribution of the divine seeds of the White Crystal Galaxy."

"Ghost Fan leads the team, along with Nebula Cypress, White Smilax, Mulberry, Juniper, Spade, Rainbow Ying, Rainbow Light, and the Eight Insects. Let's travel far and wide once more, and return quickly to plan our evolution to the Star Realm."

"it is good!"

"understand!"

The insects agreed.

Bai Wei immediately said, "In our Bai Wei Chamber of Commerce, Hong Tao will be in charge of all matters concerning the Yu Tao star system. In the Bauhinia star system, the royal jelly and gene agent transactions will be handled by Nan Di, Tian Jie, and Qing Tao. I will take Yu Teng, Cao Long, Yu Dou, Du Dou, Fei Yang, and Fei Peng on the trip. It's time for us to evolve to the star realm. Everyone can come together."

"Okay, then President Bai Wei and Gui Shan will lead the team, and you 15 bugs will travel together."

Long Bai agreed and continued, "There are too many things to do. There is no rush to move the remaining core components of the Pei Diernan Luo Ao Xingshen. Mo Lan and I will first lead the 100 newly selected warriors who are good at metal abilities to the Caoya star system to learn the Star Spider and starship repair technology."

"It will take more than 300 years. After returning, Molan will stay in Xianglan Mountain. I will go with Jubai and travel as quickly as possible. I want to enrich my metal ability, and Jubai must evolve to the star realm as soon as possible..."

...

Owning a survival mothership means that everyone can carry out a third major business besides source point management and force food trade: star system construction engineering

First of all, a large number of Zerg warriors are needed, tens of thousands of them, and they must be at least at the planetary evolution level.

The bugs doing the work are all at the planetary level, so the bugs organizing and managing have to be at least at the stellar level.

The management of Xianglan Chamber of Commerce will gradually evolve to the star realm.

Long Bai arranged the next main task, and they discussed for a while the reconstruction of the Ferdinando Luo Ao Xingshen and various details of the contracting project.

Done,

Longbai took out the Palen Scepter and placed it in the center of the dirt square on the north side of the mountain. He organized the warriors and asked them to take turns to step forward and comprehend the ability.

The most basic metal ability requires a certain amount of time to condense it into a mark, and then combine it with various other abilities to integrate it into star spots.

...

Long Bai stayed in Xianglan Mountain, seizing the time to practice his skills while waiting.

Seven years later, Cao Long, Zhu Ban and Cai Gang returned from the Lingguomu star system in the Rainbow Ying.

"Report!"

The hatch opened, and Cao Long jumped out excitedly, holding a spider silk bag. "My Great King! Second Great King! Hey~ My most respected elder Bai Wei is here too..."

"We have visited Chief Tiebin and communicated with the eleven chiefs of the Wart-Koujia tribe. They all have ways to contact the big clans that manage the mining planet. They said they can help contact dozens of big mining clans. If the demand is in the billions of tons, the price can be negotiated."

Cao Long asked, "Longbai, have you confirmed what types of metal ores are needed?"

“Not confirmed yet…”

Longbai gave another brief explanation and his eyes fell on the spider silk bag held in the grass dragon's claws.

The grass dragon raised its claws and handed them forward, saying, "These are the divine iron bean nuts produced by the divine iron bean seeds given by the Iron Bean leader. They are ripe and harvested just in time, so we brought three back with us."

"I guess you, Guishan, and Xingyunbai are in urgent need. Dudou, Feiyang, Feipeng, and other metal warriors should also be in need. We have already discussed with President Tiebin. If you need them, just go to their Wartock Tribe to make an appointment."

"Okay! Kusaurus, Pillar-shaped, Caigang, you've worked hard."

Long Bai took it and examined it.

Three square iron boxes, packed with royal jelly, and three brown-red nuts with silver-white stripes, in the shape and size of coconuts.

The divine iron betel nut.

Cai Gang had already brought Mo Lan, Zi, Hong Feng and Lu Xin to visit the leader of Tiebin and taste the divine Tiebin fruit.

The ability granted is called 'Magic Iron', which is the absolute control over metal iron and comprehensive enhancement. However, it requires the innate ability of the Wart-Knock-Armor Tribe, 'Magnetic Pole Array', and a series of other metal abilities to combine the special ability 'Cubic Iron'.

A single iron betel nut, with a magic iron ability, can only play a limited role and has limited value. Longbai made a simple arrangement: "I will eat one. Purple brake and scale oak will each eat one. As for President Baiwei, ghost fan, nebula cypress, poisonous bean and other insects, you can visit the leader of the iron betel nut on your journey and make an appointment directly with him."

"it is good!"

"clear."

The insects agreed.

Long Bai raised his antennae and said, "Everyone, pack up and set off in three days."

...

The leader-class Star Spider Rainbow Ying, which travels a thousand times faster than light, has become a public means of transportation.

Du Dou rushed to drive the Rainbow Ying, carrying Long Bai, Mo Lan, and hundreds of warriors from Xianglan Mountain who were good at metal abilities, to the Caoya star system, and led the way to the training base to sign up for training.

Zihe Caigang has no interest in learning serious knowledge.

The Rainbow Ying was borrowed by Zi. It was worth trillions of dollars, and there was also the logo of Yiwei Lord hanging on its forehead. It must not be neglected.

Zi and Cai Gang accompanied Du Dou back to the Bauhinia star system, and then accompanied Bai Wei, Gui Shan and a group of other insects as they traveled far away on the Rainbow Ying.

...

...

Star Spider maintenance takes 100 years per semester.

Starship maintenance takes 100 years per semester.

In addition to the existing starship maintenance technology, super-large survival motherships require separate registration and a 30-year special training period.

Taking into account the time spent on the journey,

It took more than 300 years.

...

[Time: 78th Era-173 Yuan-872 Years]

Pandan Mountain.

The giant cypress and juniper organizations built an extremely large-scale, heavily defended underground treasure house.

Long Bai's Tabor starship, the Star God Armor, the Star God Ao's coffin, and the small components of Ferdinando Luo Ao's Star God were stored neatly and orderly in the treasury.

All of them were valuable items, and Jubai personally led a large force to guard them.

Longbai led a large group of insects to inspect the area, and finally teleported them into the inner hall of the Taber to discuss matters.

Each insect lies down on a seat.

Long Bai and Mo Lan stood side by side on the platform in front.

An unprecedented, solemn and formal meeting.

A star-shaped spot flashed on Molan's forehead, and a cylinder fell to the ground.

In the Caoya star system, Long Bai learned a lot, collected discarded materials and components, and used his claws to rub out an "information conversion device".

Carrying the 'Palen Scepter', Xing Shen'ao can use this object to output data and burn the knowledge compass.

Similarly, Xing Shen Ao can also use this to read the information of the knowledge compass and quickly collect the scientific and technological knowledge of human civilization.

Molan spoke in a calm and serious tone:
"On the way back to the Bauhinia star system, Xing Shen'ao completed the design of the survival mothership. He also calculated which components needed to be purchased from human civilization and which components we could produce independently."

"For the self-produced part, we need 214 types of zero- and first-grade metal-based energy materials, about 174 billion tons. Zero-grade materials are not so bad, but the time required to breed first-grade metal mines is quite long, the output and harvesting dates are uncertain, and the price also fluctuates."

"For this kind of ton purchase, the amount of money involved is in the unit of 'hundreds of millions'. For a certain material, if you spend one more crystal per ton, it means you spend hundreds of millions or even billions more. On the other hand, if you can save one crystal per ton, it means you save hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars."

"Longbai and I have an idea that the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce and the Baiwei Chamber of Commerce should organize a 'professional purchasing team' to specifically contact those mining tribes, inquire from various sources, and become familiar with the market."

Molan paused and made detailed arrangements: "After that, Baisui will go and send two clever little warriors to the Tiemu star system to replace Maomei and Rotor. They will be transferred back to Xianglan Mountain."

"For our Xianglan Chamber of Commerce, Juniper, White Smilax, Purple Bracket, Scale Oak, Raspberry, and Rotor are in charge in pairs. They usually go out to expand relationships and inquire about the market. They return to Xianglan Mountain regularly to meet up, exchange information, and summarize and evaluate."

"it is good!"

"understood."

"The Second King is mighty."

The insects agreed.

Molan: "The warriors who have participated in the professional training will be organized by Guishan and Xingyunbai and go to the Aquamarine star system, assisted by Heiti and Heiye. We will first purchase a small amount of metal materials, and under the guidance of Xingshenao, we will try to make relevant precision components with our abilities."

"The Daylight Sea Tournament will take about 15,000 years. When Chief Longbai and I return from our travels, we will gather information, determine where to purchase materials, and select a base location for the mothership. Then we can officially start construction."

Longbai conducted a comprehensive assessment of the 100 soldiers who participated in the training and promoted 20 team leaders.

These team leaders also attended the meeting and raised their paws in agreement.

Molan waved his tentacles up and down, signaling to put down his claws, tilted his head and said, "That's all I have to say. Chief Longbai, do you have anything else to add?"

——You have already said everything I was going to say.

--What can i say?
Long Bai: "...No."

Xing Shen Ao took the initiative to say: "The blueprints are ready. You can take a look first."

"it is good!"

Long Bai took out a knowledge compass and placed it into the groove at the top of the cylinder.

Huge amounts of data information,
It was divided into three knowledge compasses, and it took a whole day to copy them all out.

Longbai manipulates the artist to read the information from the knowledge compass.

The artist then connected to the USS Tubbs and uploaded the Tubbs database.

The Star God Ferdinando Ao was rebuilt and transformed beyond all recognition. The original name was no longer applicable. At the strong request of Star God Ao, it was renamed "Molan".

Molan: "Taber, holographic projection, the finished picture of the Molan, let's see it first!"

"Received~"

Tubb replied.

In the meeting hall, the white lights went out, and then lit up again little by little.

In the dim light, a giant sphere painted in nine gorgeous colors emerged, hanging above the insects' heads and rotating slowly.

Molan introduced very professionally: "The 'Molan Survival Mothership' is designed with 10 entrance and exit channels."

"The mothership is located at the equator, divided into eight directions, and eight teleportation portals are arranged. Zerg fighters enter and exit from here."

"At the South and North Poles, triple-gate passages are designed to accommodate the entry and exit of heavy engineering ships."

"Engineering ships, carrier ships, and cargo Star Spiders enter and exit from the Arctic Gate. The corresponding gate is the shipboard repair factory. Damage is repaired promptly and regular maintenance is carried out."

"The energy ship enters and exits from the Antarctic Gate. It corresponds to the mothership's energy supply system."

Molan waved his antennae and said, "Taber, switch to vertical section."

"Okay~"

The Tubber replied.

The starship was split into two parts with a vertical crack in the middle, and pictures and texts were provided to show its internal structure.

"The 'Molan Survival Mothership' has one master and three deputy officers, four control cabins, all located in the equatorial zone. This is the main control cabin. For the time being, it is set that Chief Longbai and Chief Molan will have the highest control authority, and the Palen Scepter will assist in the operation."

"The No. 1 auxiliary control cabin is mainly responsible for the mothership's reconnaissance and defense. A special combat team must be arranged to be on duty around the clock. The main purpose is to prevent high-speed asteroids in the material zone from hitting the starship, and to form an array to resist the impact of cosmic energy such as supernova explosions and neutron star collisions."

"Auxiliary Control Module No. 2 is mainly responsible for the dispatch of the Force within the starship, circulation of living materials, food supply, work coordination and other logistical matters."

"Auxiliary Control Cabin No. 3 is mainly responsible for the regular inspection and maintenance of the mothership itself, as well as the repair and maintenance of other types of coordinated starships and star spiders."

On the way back, Molan spent three years familiarizing herself with the internal design of the "Molan Survival Carrier" and the general process of its operation.

Most of the Zerg warriors and Xianglan Mountain management present did not understand the "survival mothership" used to build star systems and their eyes were blank.

However, there are also Zisha, Linli, and twenty well-educated warriors in the seat. They have spent 230 years learning everything from the most basic to the most advanced, and they understand.

Seeing that everyone was listening attentively, Molan was also enjoying the talk.

It took a whole day to roughly explain the structure and general operating principles of the mothership.

finished speaking,

Let’s go to the lakeside for dinner together, and Longbai will make detailed arrangements for the next work process.

Done,

Long Bai drove the Taber, carrying Mo Lan, Zi Sha and Lin Li, and set out on a long journey to dismantle the core components of the Pei Diernan Luo Ao Xing Shen. He made two trips and transported them back to the Xianglan Mountain Treasure House for collection.

PS: I went to the dentist today. I had too many bad teeth and spent the whole afternoon fixing them. I have to have them extracted tomorrow afternoon. I will take a day off tomorrow. (End of this chapter)