Astral Ants

The Baiwei Chamber of Commerce has increased its efforts in training Flame Spider Warriors.

Through the Yutao star system operated by the company, the Azure star system of the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce, and the Citi star system operated by Citi Mountain, the three major star systems have a total of 22 life planets. Over a period of 71 years, the total number of chamber of commerce members has reached .

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Ironwood star system.

Tianmu Star, North District 5212.

Three Star Spiders, one large and two small, ran along the black main road and came straight to the headquarters of the Baiwei Chamber of Commerce: Huangtao Mountain

The dirt square behind the mountain,

Zeqi is guiding two little flame spider warriors to develop their abilities.

"President Bai Wei!"

"President Bai Wei!"

The two little flame spiders greeted.

The little flame spider is not that small.

One is named Peanut, in the Nine-Trace Realm.

One is named Basil, in the Three Scars Realm.

The Chamber of Commerce has enough insect members, so no trading tasks have been assigned to them for the time being. Their main focus is on growth and evolution.

Jiaowu and Zijin, who were on duty, were lying in wait on the mountain. They sensed something and teleported over there.

"President Zeqi!"

"Vice President Zeqi!"

"My most respected elder Zeqi!"

Baiwei, Dudou, Caolong, Yudou, Zhuban and Wushou jumped down from the Star Spider one after another.

Meet and greet.

All eyes were focused on Dudou.

"Watch what I do?"

"Cargo Star Spider?"

"Yes. Barbarian Elephant Armor series, Bi-Horned Elephant Armor-200-1000 special cargo spider. It can reach an empty speed of 220 times the speed of light, and has a maximum load of 1000 million tons. It carries a super-reinforced cargo dimension space with a side length of 1200 meters. It also carries a life space with a diameter of 1200 meters. It can transport cargo, and can also temporarily serve as a large-capacity passenger spider."

"How many original crystals?"

"1200 billion! I'll give you a matching Tianniu-50-1000 cargo starship. The down payment is 200 billion, and the remaining 1000 billion will be paid in installments for a thousand years, which means it will be paid off in ten installments, or ten thousand years."

"Officially named 'Qiming Bean'."

Poison Bean complained, "President Bai Wei is too evil! She planned to form an interstellar cargo fleet with great fanfare, but she only arranged for Poison Mai and Fei Yang to join me. In addition, Fei Peng, the three spiders and one insect were responsible for such a large project. She completely treated us as coolies~"

"..."

Zeqi looked dignified and said seriously, "Bai Wei, are you doting on Poison Bean too much? 1200 billion is not a small amount! How many crystals can you earn from a single shipment? You spend a huge amount of money to buy such a thing? Can you make your money back?"

"Don't make money from freighting Star Spiders!"

Bai Wei waved her claws and said, "Let's go and take a look at the newly purchased Star Spider first! I have something important to announce!"

The large star spider running in front is 80 meters long and only about 35 meters wide.

A big, thin, weird-looking spider that's a bit eye-catching.

Cargo Star Spiders may often need to drill into some remote areas. The star network passages in such places are usually narrow, so they are designed with slender, short legs that violate the aesthetics of the Flame Spider tribe.

the hatch opens,

There is only a space of 20 meters on the abdomen, which is slightly narrow compared to the size of the Star Spider. There are six transmission devices, three of which transmit goods and three transmit life forms.

Looking forward, there are three cockpits at the head position, one main and two deputy cockpits, which require three Star Realm Flame Spider Warriors to provide energy at the same time to drive them. When fully loaded with 1000 million tons, three Star Realm Flame Spider Warriors are needed to carry it.

A brief tour around.
Bai Wei said happily: "Zeqi Spider King, I have just purchased a Universe 43 private insect exclusive star spider as a gift to you. It is 500 times the speed of light. Interstellar travel will be much faster in the future. No matter where you go, you will have a grand occasion, and communicating with large tribes will not weaken your momentum!"

"Oh--"

"Hi--"

"Am I that kind of flashy spider? What a waste of original crystals!"

"It's not easy for everyone to work hard to earn some raw crystals. Bai Wei, you should plan carefully."

The Paint Spider King was delighted. He raised his front paws and knocked on the metal floor of the Qiming Bean. Then he got back to the point and asked:
"Bai Wei, you just said that you don't make money from shipping goods? What's the point of buying a big thing worth 1200 billion if you don't use it to make money?"

“Three aspects to consider.”

Bai Wei: "First, our Bai Wei Chamber of Commerce needs a professional team that is familiar with interstellar shipping. Dudou will take the lead, and Dumai, Feiyang, and Feipeng will assist, and slowly build up the team."

"Secondly, don't the Longbai Ant Kings have some ability to build survival motherships? Let's see how the 'Molan Survival Mothership' they built works. If it works, we can consider ordering core components that the Zerg cannot produce, such as power systems, energy conversion systems, reconnaissance and defense systems, from the Baxiang star system in the future, and cooperate with the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce to half purchase and half build it ourselves. At that time, Dudou and the others will come in handy."

"Third, over the past 15,000 years, Yudou and Caolong have been traveling around to gather information on mining stars and metal energy materials, and accidentally discovered a good business..."

Bai Wei paused and explained, "Due to various complex and uncontrollable factors, the prices of many primary and secondary primary energy metals that are not commonly used or not used in large quantities fluctuate greatly."

"My idea is to have Yudou and Caolong collect information from various sources and make friends with the big families that run mining stars. They can buy raw energy materials when prices are low, hoard them, and sell them when prices are high. Buy low and sell high, it's profitable!"

"There are bugs doing this business, they are smart and can make money!"

Zeqi said bluntly: "As far as I know, Yudou and Caolong are not very smart, right?"

Yudou: “…”

Caolong: "..."

Hazu: "It's okay if you have inside information."

Cao Long: "President Sishu and Xia Li introduced me to the Saint Butterfly Warrior who is in charge of the Baijing Chamber of Commerce in the Eight Stars System, and we established a good relationship with him."

Yudou: "In the universe and interstellar trade, some businesses are based on relationships and information gaps."

Cao Long: "Vice President Zeqi, we are now in the boundless starry sky. You must keep up with the times and pay attention to understanding and learning new knowledge!"

"..."

Zeqi was silent. He had no idea about this business and didn't comment much.

"How to speak?"

"Show some respect!"

Bai Wei waved her claws and knocked on Yudou and Caolong's heads twice, and continued, "At present, our Force food trade has been spread out in the star field centered on the two secondary source star systems of Bauhinia and Ironwood. The next step is the Honeysuckle star system."

"The scale of the Force Food trade alone is getting bigger and bigger, and the Chamber of Commerce's profits are growing year by year. The annual net income is about to exceed 2000 million Force Crystals. According to the plan, in the next 3000 years, the trade will quickly cover the entire Phoenix Eye Star Region, and the income will exceed 4000 million. 5000 million is not a difficult matter, and 6000 million and 1 million are not dreams. An annual income of million is the first major goal of our Chamber of Commerce."

"We will try in advance to open up the second, third, and fourth areas of trade. We will start with a small scale to familiarize ourselves with the market and train Flame Spiders who are proficient in this business. After that, we will make comparative analysis and decide which industry to focus on and invest heavily in."

"At present, our core business is the trade of Force food; the second is the management of zero-level source points; we plan to engage in star system construction projects and the trade of energy metals."

“Four businesses in total.”

Bai Wei paused for a moment, then changed her tone and formally announced:
"The duties and responsibilities of the Chamber of Commerce's insect members have been significantly adjusted. Vice President Zeqi, please return to the headquarters of the Bauhinia star system. From now on, you will be fully responsible for all of the Chamber of Commerce's Force food trade."

"I will send Zhuban and Wuju to assist you first. Wuju will stay and be in charge of the affairs of the Tiemu star system. Vice President Zeqi, you and Zhuban will come with me first, and we will go to the Honeysuckle star system for investigation. Zhuban will be in charge of the Honeysuckle star system later."

"Qingtao is in charge of the Chamber of Commerce's management of the Level Zero Source Point Star System, and will be assisted temporarily by Nan Di and Yu Tao."

"Looking back, the Molan survival mothership of the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce has been built, and has been contracted to build a star system. I will personally lead the team to participate and familiarize myself with the market. No insect supervisor will be assigned for the time being."

"Yudou and Caolong are in charge of the energy metal trade. In the short term, they will focus on getting familiar with the market and getting to know the big clans on the mining planet."

"The interstellar transport team is officially established with the assistance of Dudou, Dumai, Feiyang, and Feipeng. For the time being, you will drive the 'Qimingdou' and get familiar with interstellar shipping. At the same time, you will listen to the orders of Yudou and Caolong and assist them in their work."

"???"

"President Bai Wei... is rebelling?"

Poison Bean raised his paw to signal, unconvinced, "Why should I listen to the orders of Feather Bean and Grass Dragon? I have more seniority than them, and my position in the Chamber of Commerce is higher than theirs, so shouldn't they listen to my orders?"

Bai Wei said bluntly: "Because your brain is not as good as theirs."

"what?"

Poison Bean was even more dissatisfied and said, "If they had a good brain, they would not have betrayed you when they left their home planet..."

--Hey!

——You are such a rebellious little thing!

——The Luoli Chamber of Commerce won’t accept you, right?

——Do you really think you are capable just because of your temporary luck?

Yudou and Caolong picked up the poison beans from the left and right and beat them.

"..."

Zeqi asked, "Bai Wei, your arrangement is unreasonable, isn't it? What about Tianjie and Diedou? In my opinion, none of the juniors you brought from the mother planet are reliable. Only Tianjie can take on the important task... Yeah. That's right. It's not your junior."

"I think so..."

Bai Wei was powerless and reluctant to agree, and asked: "Vice President Zeqi, do you still remember the time on our home planet, Chiwu Mountain? During this daylight sea arena battle, I contacted the great leader Qingyuan of Chiwu Mountain, and reached an agreement to exchange the law fruit. Wang Baizi and Julong Bamboo Fruit were exchanged, and I was the middleman, making money on both ends." "This transaction is too important, and its benefits are irreplaceable and cannot be measured in raw crystals. I will go there myself first."

"I arranged for Tianjie and Diedou to follow the Xianglanshan team to travel to the Liming and Lizhu star systems to make preparations for the flare change in advance. Tianjie has been smart and calm since he was young. In the future, Tianjie and Diedou will be responsible for the task of exchanging the law fruits."

"Chiwu Mountain..."

"Exchange of Law Fruits? It seems that you have gained a lot on this trip!"

Zeqi called out, "Bai Wei, tell me in detail..."

...

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[Time: 78th Era - 190 Yuan - 000th - March]

The star system of Capricornus.

Outer space.

Larch led the juniper, waving its front paws and tentacles, exerting its strength wantonly and exercising its abilities.

In the direction of the star system, there are continuous space fluctuations.

Bai Liu led Ang Tianlian and Zi Chan and teleported here through space.

finally come!

They really followed the time and arrived on time.

"Longbai Ant King!"

"Leader Longbai!"

"Captain Ang Tianlian! Zichan!"

meet and greet,

Longbai greeted and asked, "Where's Yingye? Where are Haiyu and Gansui?"

Ang Tianlian said: "They made the star core power too strong, consuming a large amount of world gems and chaos raw stones, but they have not been able to condense the first mark so far."

Ang Tianlian said implicitly: "Haiyu, Gan Sui and Yingye all don't want to move. The resources are exhausted, so Zichan and I came here."

Ang Tianlian then asked, "Captain Longbai, I heard from Bai Liu that you were waiting for me? Is there something important to discuss?"

"It's not a big deal~"

Long Bai slowed down his speech and explained, "It's like this. Twenty thousand years ago, Molan and his group of insects were wandering around the stars when they had nothing to do. They accidentally found the remains of a survival mothership from the old universe era, a civilization called Pei Diernan..."

Long Bai narrated the whole story.

Ang Tianlian's eyes were full of disbelief.

Zichan asked with difficulty: "Captain Longbai, are you planning to build your own starship... a survival mothership?"

“It can’t be considered as self-made…”

Long Bai said: "It's just a shell on the outside and some partitions on the inside. It doesn't have much technological content, but it consumes a lot of materials. If we do it ourselves, we can save a lot of raw crystal costs."

"Captain Longbai is too modest. It's amazing that you can assemble the mothership by yourself."

Zichan exclaimed in praise.

Longbai nodded his antennae and continued, "We also got two Star God Armor pieces that were scrapped but not completely scrapped, and we can dismantle them to get a lot of Level 3 materials. We in Xianglan Mountain are not convenient to come forward, and we are not familiar with the market. Captain Ang Tianlian, Zichan, as adventurers, you should have a lot of connections in the Baxiang star system. Can you find a suitable way out?"

"Have!"

Ang Tianlian answered affirmatively, and said thoughtfully: "Star God Armor... a weapon that can enable the warriors of the Su Realm to exert some of their dominant combat power?"

Ang Tianlian asked, "Captain Longbai, you didn't take the things away, did you?"

Longbai: “No.”

"That's good!"

Ang Tianlian explained: "Some Zerg warriors, as well as some companies or individuals on the human side who are researching the technology of civilizations from the old universe, should be interested in buying it back as a collection or to study the technology inside. The complete one is more valuable."

Zichan was very interested and asked, "Captain Longbai, where is the thing? Can you show it to us first?"

"Panglan Mountain!"

Longbai released the half-ant artist and waved his antennae to greet him, "Let's go back!"

...

...

Long Bai led the way into the underground treasure house and first took a tour of the core components of the Peidiernan Luo Ao Xingshen.

Then we came to the depths of the treasury.

Two strangely shaped combat weapons with upright legs and a height of more than 800 meters!
“It’s very well preserved!”

"This look... isn't very good... it doesn't fit the Zerg aesthetic!"

Ang Tianlian commented, "The Zerg warriors may not be very interested in collecting it, but this thing perfectly fits the image of the human race. There must be no shortage of wealthy people in human civilization who are willing to buy it at a high price."

After saying this, he concentrated his mind and calmed down, scanning inside and outside with his mental power.
Ang Tianlian said: "Level 3 materials account for more than 50%! The manufacturing process is exquisite and very different from that of human civilization. The research value is not low! If we sell it as scrap, the materials can be dismantled for 200 billion. As a valuable relic of an old civilization, it is expected to sell for 300 billion."

"Captain Longbai, I do have a way to get that thing out of your claws. I will do my best to help you with this!"

"Thanks in advance!"

Long Bai simply said: "Two Star God Armor, and two Law Fruits as reward afterwards. The Law Fruits can be recorded and reserved in advance when needed."

"it is good!"

"You have definitely chosen the right person to handle this matter. Don't worry."

Ang Tianlian said confidently, raised his claws and pointed at the Star God Armor, and asked: "Let me take one first..."

Long Bai: "If it's convenient, you can take it with you."

"Then I won't hesitate to help you get rid of them all in one trip."

After Ang Tianlian finished speaking, he took a few steps back and activated his spatial ability. A white beam of light shot out from his forehead, covering a Star God Armor and putting it into the Shanglu space. Then he took the second one in with a simple effort.

Long Bai said truthfully: "I stayed in Xianglan Mountain mainly to wait for you, Captain Ang Tianlian, to come and entrust you with the handling of the Star God Armor. Once that is done, I will immediately leave for the Tiannan Star system to preside over the reconstruction of the survival mothership. Captain Ang Tianlian, after you are done, you can come to Hunan Star, North 6578 District to find me, and also visit the technology city and technology park of our Giant Head Ant civilization."

"……it is good!"

Ang Tianlian agreed.

Ang Tianlian is well-informed and doesn't feel anything about this.

Human civilization can easily build a survival mothership that can travel at 1000 times the speed of light, and the price is reasonable.

You, you went to great lengths to build a 50 times light speed survival mothership, but you can only build the outer shell, inner partitions, and the frame. What's the point? Can you really save money?
Ang Tianlian didn't know what to say, so she said politely, "Then I'll take care of it and come to you as soon as possible."

Ang Tianlian quickly changed the topic and asked, "Captain Longbai, how has the development been over the years? How many wild God-given seeds have been cultivated?"

Longbai: "Not many. Molan Private Insect and I have more than 130 wild God-given seeds, but the ones we brought from the mother planet early on have already begun to evolve into the planetary realm..."

Talking while walking,

Walk out of the treasure house and head towards the lake, visiting the wild God-given seeds along the way.

On the mountain ant trails, fish vines crawled slowly...

"Derris? Come here!"

Longbai waved its tentacles and called.

Yu Teng teleported forward and greeted them one by one.

Longbai asked, "Yu Teng, what are you doing?"

Derris: "Take a walk, see the scenery, appreciate nature, and cultivate your mind..."

"Oh--"

"So you have nothing to do?"

Long Bai said, "That's perfect! Yu Teng, follow Captain Ang Tianlian and gain some experience. When you're done, continue to borrow the Artist's Soul Box and take the time to improve your spatial power. Your Gate of Truth will be of great use in the next star system construction project."

Long Bai asked again: "Captain Ang Tianlian, how much is the fee? I will help Yu Teng pay..."

Ang Tianlian understood Long Bai's intention in an instant.

The two star gods are wearing armor, and even if they are sold as scrap, they can be sold for 400 billion original crystals.

Selling price fluctuations are in billions.

How can ants be completely at ease?
It makes sense to send a flame spider to keep watch.

Besides, it's hard to refuse this...

Ang Tianlian said politely: "Since it is the chief Longbai who needs it, there is no need to pay the fees. The star realm cannot consume the power of the soul box, so let the fish vine follow. We live in seclusion in the Tongtong star system, Haitong Star. Whenever you need the fish vine, you can send a bug to pick it up..."

PS: I went to get my teeth fixed today. The doctor asked me if it hurt a few times before, and I said no. But today, he didn’t give me any painkillers after the procedure. Damn, the pain on the right side of my head almost split apart after the anesthesia wore off.

Take a rest first, I hope it won't affect the update. (End of this chapter)